Feliz Cumpleaños Chucho Valdés. ‘Qui Va Chucho Va Piano’
This day (October 9, 1941), in Quivicán, Cuba, is born Chucho Valdés, a Cuban pianist, bandleader and founder of Irakere. (more…)
This day (October 9, 1941), in Quivicán, Cuba, is born Chucho Valdés, a Cuban pianist, bandleader and founder of Irakere. (more…)
This day (October 9, 1934), in Cape Town, South Africa, is born Adolph Johannes Brand a.k.a. Dollar Brand a.k.a. Abdullah Ibrahim, a South African pianist and composer. (more…)
On October 9, 1989, two days before his 70th birthday, Art Blakey took his Jazz Messengers to the Leverkusen Jazz festival in Germany.
Thelonious Monk‘s ‘Brilliant Corners’ is a studio album recorded on October 9, 15 and December 7, 1956 and released In 1957 by Riverside.
This day (October 9, 1960), in Detroit, Michigan , is born Kenny Garrett, an American jazz saxophonist and flautist. (more…)
Cécile McLorin Salvant's 'The Window' is her fifth album recorded with pianist Sullivan Fortner and released on October 5, 2018 by Mack Avenue
John Coltrane‘s ‘Live at Birdland’ is an album recorded on October 8 , March 6 and November 18, 1963 (half in Birdland, half in studio) and released in 1964 by Impulse!.
Chick Corea‘s ‘My Spanish Heart’ is an album (among his most successfull) recorded in October, 1976 and released In 1976 By Polydor.
Brad Mehldau Trio’s ‘Anything Goes’ is an album recorded on October 8–9, 2002 and released on February 24, 2004 By Warner Bros.
Ornette Coleman‘s ‘Change of the Century’ is his fourth studio album recorded on October 8 and 9, 1959, with Don Cherry, Charlie Haden and Billy Higgins and released In June 1960 By Atlantic.
Ella Fitzgerald‘s ‘At the Opera House’ is a live album recorded on October 7, 1957 in Los Angeles and released in 1958 by Verve.