Sam Rivers records ‘Contours’ with Freddie Hubbard, Herbie Hancock et al (1965)
Sam Rivers‘ ‘Contours’ is his second (fully avant-garde) album recorded on May 21, 1965 and released the same year by Blue Note.
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Sam Rivers‘ ‘Contours’ is his second (fully avant-garde) album recorded on May 21, 1965 and released the same year by Blue Note.
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‘Cannonball Adderley & the Poll-Winners’ is an album recorded on May 21, June 5, 1960, with Wes Montgomery, Ray Brown, Victor Feldman and Louis Hayes and released in 1961 by Riverside. .
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The John Scofield Band’s ‘Up All Night’ is their second (and sixth for Scofield) album released on May 20, 2003 by Verve Records.
Esperanza Spalding‘s ‘Esperanza’ is her second studio album released on May 20, 2008 by Heads Up
Randy Weston‘s ‘The Spirits Of Our Ancestors’ is an album recorded on May 20, 21 & 22, 1991 with an all-star cast of musicians and released the same year by Verve.
Grant Green‘s ‘Matador’ is an album recorded on May 20 1964 with McCoy Tynerr, Bob Cranshaw and Elvin Jones and released in 1979 by Blue Note.
Ella Fitzgerald‘s ‘Ella and Oscar’ is an album recorded with Oscar Peterson and Ray Brown, on May 19, 1975 and released .the same year by Pablo.
Horace Silver‘s ‘Doin’ the Thing’ is a live album recorded on May 19 & 20 1961 at the Village Gate in New York City and released the same year by Blue Note.
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