Stanley Jordan plays at Newport Jazz (1986)

Stanley Jordan plays at Newport Jazz (1986)
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Mahavishnu Orchestra attend a French festival (1972)

Mahavishnu Orchestra attend a French festival (1972)
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Bill Frisell takes his trio to New-Jersey (2017)

Bill Frisell takes his trio to New-Jersey (2017)
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We remember Toots Thielemans. ‘Toots, 94, Une (dernière) Fois’

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This day (August 22, 2016), in Brussels, Belgium, died Jean-Baptiste Frédéric Isidor, Baron Thielemans a.k.a Toots Thielemans, a Belgian jazz musician well known for his guitar and harmonica playing as well as his whistling. Thielemans is credited as one of the greatest harmonica players of the 20th century. (more…)

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Al Di Meola, Stanley Clarke & Jean-Luc Ponty meet in Newport (1995)

Al Di Meola, Stanley Clarke & Jean-Luc Ponty meet in Newport (1995)
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Roy Hargrove plays at Newport Jazz (1995)

Roy Hargrove plays at Newport Jazz (1995)
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Marcus Miller performs at Tokyo jazz (2005)

Marcus Miller  performs at Tokyo jazz (2005)
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On TV today, Count Basie at “Jazz Casual” (1968)

On TV today,  Count Basie at “Jazz Casual” (1968)
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Ella Fitzgerald begins the recording of ‘Ella Fitzgerald Sings the Rodgers and Hart Songbook’ (19656)

Ella Fitzgerald Sings the Rodgers and Hart Songbook’ is a studio album recorded between August 21 & 31, 1956, with an orchestra conducted by Buddy Bregman and released the same year by Verve.

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Dorothy Donegan plays at Newport Jazz (1995)

Dorothy Donegan plays at Newport Jazz (1995)
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Freddie Hubbard records ‘Ready for Freddie’ with Wayne Shorter, McCoy Tyner et al (1961)

Freddie Hubbard‘s ‘Ready for Freddie’ is his fourth album recorded on August 21, 1961 with Bernard McKinney, Wayne Shorter, McCoy Tyner, Art Davis and Elvin Jones and released the same year by Blue Note.

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