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Joe Henderson‘s ‘The Kicker’ is an album recorded on August 10 & September 27, 1967 with Mike Lawrence, Grachan Moncur III, Kenny Barron, Ron Carter and Louis Hayes and released the same year by Milestone.
Archie Shepp‘s ‘Four for Trane’ is a studio album recorded on August 10, 1964 and co-produced by John Coltrane and released the same year by Impulse!.
‘Miles & Quincy Live at Montreux’ is the last album (a collaboration with Quincy Jones for the 1991 Montreux Jazz Festival) recorded by Miles Davis and released on August 10, 1993 by Warner Bros.
‘The Amazing Bud Powell, Vol. 1′ is an album recorded on August 9, 1949 in quintet and May 1, 1951 in trio and released the same year In 1951 by Blue Note.
This day (August 9, 1942), in Chicago, Illinois, is born Jack DeJohnette, an American jazz drummer. (more…)
Duke Ellington‘s ‘Live at the Blue Note’ is an album recorded on August 9, 1959 and released the same year by Roulette.
This day (August 8, 1975), in Gary, Indiana, died Julian Cannonball Adderley, a jazz alto saxophonist. (more…)
Oscar Peterson‘s ‘At the Stratford Shakespearean Festival’ is a live album recorded on August 8, 1956, with Ray Brown and Herb Ellis and released the same year In 1956 by Verve.
‘The Modern Jazz Quartet at Music Inn Volume 2′ is a live album recorded on August 3 & 31, 1958 with Sonny Rollins appearing on two numbers and released in 1959 By Atlantic.
Sonny Rollins‘ ‘Easy Living’ is an album recorded between August 3 and 6, 1977 with George Duke, Paul Jackson and Tony Williams and released the same year by Milestone.
Wayne Shorter‘s ‘JuJu’ is his fifth album recorded on August 3, 1964. In 1964 and released the same year by Blue Note.
Brad Mehldau‘s ‘Live in Marciac’ is a live album recorded on August 2, 2006 at ‘Jazz in Marciac,’ France and released on February 22, 2011 By Nonesuch.
J. J. Johnson’s ‘J.J. Inc.’ is an album recorded on August 1 & 3, 1960 with Freddie Hubbard and Clifford Jordan and released on April 10, 1961 By Columbia.
This day (July 31, 1959), in Chicago, United States, is born Stanley Jordan, an American jazz/jazz fusion guitarist and pianist who played with Quincy Jones, Michal Urbaniak, and Richie Cole. (more…)
Christian Scott‘s ‘Christian aTunde Adjuah’ is an album released on July 31, 2012 by Concord.
Miles Davis‘ ‘In a Silent Way’ is a studio album recorded in just one day, on February 18, 1969 at CBS Studio B in New York and released on July 30, 1969 by Columbia.
Oscar Peterson‘s ‘The Trio’ is a live album recorded with Ray Brown and Ed Thigpen on July 28 and 29, 1961 at the London House jazz club in Chicago and released the same year by Verve.
Sonny Rollins‘ ‘Our Man in Jazz’ is an album recorded at The Village Gate in New York City on July 27–30, 1962 and February 20, 1963 and released by RCA Victor.
Miles Davis‘ ‘In Europe’ is an album with Ron Carter, George Coleman, Herbie Hancock and Tony Williams, recorded on July 27, 1963 at Festival Mondial du Jazz in Antibes and released in 1964 by Columbia.
‘Chet Baker & Crew’ is a studio album recorded on July 24, 25 and 31, 1956 and released the same year by Pacific Jazz.