‘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.
Art Blakey‘s ‘The Big Beat’ is an album recorded on March 6, 1960, with the Jazz Messengers featuring Lee Morgan, Wayne Shorter, Bobby Timmons and Jymie Merritt and released the same year by Blue Note.
Ray Charles‘ ‘Genius + Soul = Jazz’ is an album arranged by Quincy Jones, recorded on December 26–27, 1960 with members of The Count Basie Band and released in March 1961 By Impulse!.
Art Blakey‘s ‘Moanin” is an album he recorded on October 30, 1958 with the Jazz Messengers and released in January 1959 by Blue Note.
The Cannonball Adderley Quintet in San Francisco’ is an album recorded on October 18 & 20, 1959 and released In 1959 by Riverside.
Wes Montgomery‘s ‘Portrait of Wes’ is his tenth album recorded on October 10, 1963 and released the same year by Riverside..
On October 9, 1989, two days before his 70th birthday, Art Blakey took his Jazz Messengers to the Leverkusen Jazz festival in Germany.
Art Blakey‘s ‘A Night in Tunisia’ is an album recorded on August 7 and 14, 1960 with the Jazz Messengers featuring Lee Morgan, Wayne Shorter, Bobby Timmons and Jymie Merritt in 1960 and released the same year by Blue Note.
Brad Mehldau‘s ‘Live in Marciac’ is a live album recorded on August 2, 2006 at ‘Jazz in Marciac,’ France and released on February 22, 2011 By Nonesuch.
‘Chet Baker & Crew’ is a studio album recorded on July 24, 25 and 31, 1956 and released the same year by Pacific Jazz.
Sarah Vaughan‘s ‘Sarah Sings Soulfully’ is a studio album recorded on June 6,12, 1963 and arranged by Gerald Wilson.
Starting and ending with Mongo Santamaría’s composition ‘Afro Blue’, we have mixed 18 ‘Strictly Jazz with some Salsa’ tunes around the theme of ‘Mongo Santamaría’. It has Donald Byrd, Sheila Jordan, Airto Moreira, Ray Barretto & Tito Allen and many more. (more…)
Starting and ending with Milt Jackson‘s composition ‘Bags’ Groove’, we have mixed 18 ‘linked together by a clue’ tunes. “Jazzin’Around Bags’ Groove” has Wes Montgomery, Herbie Hancock, Nat Adderley, Sonny Stitt, Booker Ervin, Don Patterson and many more. (more…)
From ‘My Funny Valentine’ to ‘My Funny Valentine’ , we have mixed 18 ‘linked together by a clue’ tunes around the theme of ‘ Richard Rodgers and Lorenz Hart ‘. It has Cassandra Wilson, Kenny Burrell, Nossa Alma Canta ft. Rosa Bittolo Bon, Charmian Carr & Dan Truhite and many more. (more…)
From ‘Moanin’ to ‘Moanin” , we have mixed 18 ‘linked together by a clue’ tunes around the theme of ‘Art Blakey‘. It has Nat King Cole, George Lewis, The Mar-Keys, Al Jolson and many more. (more…)
From ‘Moten Swing’ to ‘The Beast’, we have mixed 22 ‘Jazz’ tunes around the theme of ‘Piano Players’. It has Hazell Scott, Mose Allison, Joe Sullivan, Bennie Moten and many more. (more…)
From ‘Satin Doll’ to ‘Day Dream’, we have mixed 20 ‘Jazz’ tunes written or co-written by ‘Billy Strayhorn’. It has Ella Fitzgerald, David Sanborn, Archie Shepp, Jimmy Smith and many more. (more…)
From ‘Shout for joy’ to ‘Sometimes I’m Happy’, we have mixed 18 ‘Jazz’ tunes around the theme of ‘Joy & Happiness’. It has Tony Bennett, Rigmor Gustafsson, Bobby Timmons, B.B. King and many more. (more…)