Jimmy Smith records ‘The Cat’ with a big band arranged by Lalo Schifrin (1964)
Jimmy Smith‘s ‘The Cat’ is an album recorded on April 27 & 29, 1964. with a big band arranged by Lalo Schifrin and released in September 1964 by Verve.
Jimmy Smith‘s ‘The Cat’ is an album recorded on April 27 & 29, 1964. with a big band arranged by Lalo Schifrin and released in September 1964 by Verve.
John Coltrane‘s ‘Crescent’ is a studio album recorded on tenor saxophone exclusively on April 27 and June 1, 1964 and released the same year by Impulse!.
This day (April 26, 1984), in Hollywood, Florida, died William ‘Count’ Basie a.k.a Count Basie, an American jazz pianist, organist, bandleader and composer. (more…)
This day (April 25, 1990), in Philadelphia, died Dexter Gordon, an American jazz tenor saxophonist. (more…)
‘The Young Lions’ is the first and last album (recorded on April 25, 1960) by a supergroup featuring Wayne Shorter, Frank Strozier, Lee Morgan, Bobby Timmons, Bob Cranshaw, Albert Heath and Louis Hayes and released in 1960 by Vee-Jay.
Jimmy Smith‘s ‘Back at the Chicken Shack’ is an album recorded on April 25, 1960 with Kenny Burrell, Stanley Turrentine & Donald Bailey and released in 1963 by Blue Note.
Ella Fitzgerad’s ‘Ella in Rome: The Birthday Concert’ is a live album recorded on April 25, 1958 with a trio led by Lou Levy and released in 1988 by Verve.
Sarah Vaughan‘s ‘How Long Has This Been Going On?’ is a studio album recorded on April 25, 1978 with a quartet led by Oscar Peterson and released the same year by Pablo.
As we wish, today, American musician, Michael League a Happy Birthday, the time has come to playlist the ‘BESTS’ of his band : Snarky Puppy (more…)