Joe Henderson‘s ‘Lush Life: The Music of Billy Strayhorn‘ is a (tribute to Billy Strayhorn) album recorded on September 3 & 8, 1991 and released In 1992 By Verve.
Art Pepper‘s ‘Winter Moon’ is an album recorded on September 3 & 4, 1980 with strings and released In 1981 By Galaxy Records.
Stan Getz‘ ‘Big Band Bossa Nova’ is an album recorded on August 27 and 28, 1962 with the Gary McFarland Orchestra and released the same year by Verve.
Dexter Gordon‘s ‘Go!’ is his tenth studio album recorded on August 27, 1962 and released the same year by Blue Note.
This day (August 26, 1960), in Breaux Bridge, Louisiana, is born Branford Marsalis, an American saxophonist, composer and bandleader. (more…)
‘Mulligan Meets Monk’ by Gerry Mulligan & Thelonious Monk is an album recorded on August 12–13, 1957 In 1957 and released the same year by Riverside.
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!.
This day (August 8, 1975), in Gary, Indiana, died Julian Cannonball Adderley, a jazz alto saxophonist. (more…)
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.
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.
Roland Kirk‘s ‘Volunteered Slavery’ is an album recorded on July 7, 1968 at Newport Jazz Festival, and on July 22 & 23, 1969 in studio and released in 1969 by Atlantic.
Rahsaan Roland Kirk‘s ‘Boogie-Woogie String Along for Real’ is his final album recorded on July 18, 1977 with a string section and orchestra and released the same year by Warner Bros.
Stan Getz‘ ‘Focus’ is an album recorded on July 14 & 28 and September-October 1961 with a string orchestra and released the same year by Verve.
Cannonball Adderley‘s ‘Nippon Soul’ is a live album recorded on July 9, 14 and 15, 1963 in Tokyo, Japan with Nat Adderley, Yusef Lateef and Joe Zawinul and released in 1964 by Riverside.
Wayne Shorter‘s ‘Footprints Live!’ is an album recorded between July 14 and 24, 2001 with Danilo Perez, John Patitucci and Brian Blade and released in 2002 by Verve.
This day (July 12, 2003), in / Los Angeles, California, died Benny Carter, an American jazz alto saxophonist, clarinetist, trumpeter, composer, arranger, and bandleader. (more…)
Roland Kirk‘s ‘Kirk’s Work’ is an album recorded on July 11, 1961 with Jack McDuff and released the same year by Prestige.
