We remember Steve Lacy. ‘Steve Soprano’
This day (June 4, 2004), in , died Steven Norman Lackritz a.k.a Steve Lacy, a jazz soprano saxophonist. (more…)
Blue Note publish Gregory Porter’s fourth album : ‘Take Me to the Alley’ (2016)
Gregory Porter‘s ‘Take Me to the Alley’ is his fourth studio album released on May 20, 2016 by Blue Note.
Duke Ellington records ‘The Carnegie Hall Concerts: January 1943’ for Prestige (1943)
Duke Ellington‘s ‘The Carnegie Hall Concerts: January 1943’ is a live album recorded on January 23, 1943 at Carnegie Hall In New York City and released in 1977 By Prestige.
Verve record ‘Johnny Hodges with Billy Strayhorn and the Orchestra’ (1962)
Johnny Hodges with Billy Strayhorn and the Orchestra’ is a studio album arranged by Billy Strayhorn, featuring many members of Duke Ellington‘s orchestra and recorded on December 11–12, 1962 and released in June 1962 by Verve.
Ella Fitzgerald records ‘Ella Fitzgerald Sings the Duke Ellington Song book’ with the Duke Ellington Orchestra (1957)
Ella Fitzgerald Sings the Duke Ellington Song book’ is a studio album recorded with the Duke Ellington Orchestra on June 25 and October 17, 1957 and released the same year By Verve Records.