McCoy Tyner records ‘Expansions,’ his tenth album with Woody Shaw, Gary Bartz, Wayne Shorter et al (1968)

McCoy Tynerr’s ‘Expansions’ is his tenth album recorded on August 23, 1968 with Woody Shaw, Gary Bartz, Wayne Shorter, Ron Carter, Herbie Lewis and Freddie Waits and released in June 1970 by Blue Note.

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Bud Powell records ‘The Amazing Bud Powell, Vol. 1’ with Fats Navarro, Sonny Rollins, Tommy Potter and Roy Haynes (1949)

‘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.

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Oscar Peterson records ‘At the Stratford Shakespearean Festival’ with Ray Brown and Herb Ellis (1956)

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.

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