We remember Buddy Rich. ‘My Buddy Was Rich’
This day (April 2, 1987), in Los Angeles, California, died Bernard ‘Buddy’ Rich, an American jazz drummer and bandleader. (more…)
This week In Jazz Legends 10/52
Herbie Hancock, Ron Carter & Billy Cobham, Sonny Rollins, Ernestine Anderson, Art Blakey & The Jazz Messengers, Buddy Rich & His Orchestra, Freddie Hubbard, Les Mccann & Eddie Harris, Duke Ellington, Louis Armstrong, Stan Getz & Flora Purim, Milton Nascimento & Naná Vasconcelos, Bobby Mcferrin
Weather Report release their eighth album : ‘Heavy Weather’ featuring ‘Birdland’ by Joe Zawinul and Teen Town by Jaco Pastorius (1977)
Weather Report‘s ‘Heavy Weather’ is their eighth (and most commercially successful) album released in March 1977 y Columbia.
Weather Report record ‘8:30,’ a double live album for Columbia (1979)
Weather Report ‘s ‘8:30’ is a double album recorded live (except for 2 tracks) in January–February 1979, produced by Joe Zawinul & Jaco Pastorius and released the same year by Columbia.
Arista Records publish Patti Smith’s debut album : ‘Horses’ featuring ‘Gloria’ (1975)
Patti Smith‘s ‘Horses’ is her debut studio album produced by John Cale and released on December 13, 1975 by Arista Records.
We remember Maynard Ferguson. ‘The Magnitude Of Ferguson’
This day (August 23, 2006), in Ojai, California, died Maynard Ferguson, a Canadian jazz musician and bandleader. (more…)
This week In Jazz Legends 34/52
Branford Marsalis, Wayne Shorter, Freddie Hubbard, Woody Shaw, Joe Henderson, McCoy Tynerr, Mahavishnu Orchestra, Herbie Hancock, Return to Forever, Stan Kenton, Jimmy Smith, Maynard Ferguson, Gerry Mulligan, Modern Jazz Quartet, Martial Solal, Toots Thielemans
Quincy Jones releases ‘Back on the Block’ recorded with famous jazz, soul and hip-hop artists (1989)
Quincy Jones‘s ‘Back on the Block’ is a studio album released on August 8, 1989 by Qwest and featuring many famous artists : Ella Fitzgerald, Miles Davis, Joe Zawinul, Ice-T, Big Daddy Kane, Sarah Vaughan, Dizzy Gillespie, George Benson, Luther Vandross, Dionne Warwick, Barry White, Chaka Khan, Take 6, Bobby McFerrin, Al Jarreau, Al B. Sure!, James Ingram, El DeBarge, Ray Charles and more.
This week In Jazz Legends 19/52
Stan Getz, Chet Baker, Arturo Sandoval, Branford Marsalis, Dexter Gordon, Thelonious Monk, Joshua Redman, Sonny Rollins, Mal Waldron, Woody Shaw , Pharoah Sanders, Carla Bley, Steve Swallow, Andy Sheppard, Keith Jarrett, Gary Peacock, Jack Dejohnette, Gary Burton, Pat Metheny, Steve Swallow, Antonio Sanchez