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A Tribe Called Quest‘s ‘People’s Instinctive Travels and the Paths of Rhythm’ is their debut album released on April 17, 1990 by Jive Records.
To celebrate Herbie Hancock, who turns 83 today - Happy Birthday BTW - we have put together four of his Eighties (and acoustic) concerts (Tokyo, Lugano, Munich and Hambourg).
This day (March 13, 1962), in New Orleans, Louisiana, is born Terence Blanchard, an American jazz trumpeter, bandleader and film score composer. (more…)
Melanie Blatt, Honeyz, Bubba Sparxxx, Dilated Peoples, Bally Jagpal, Dr. Zeus & General Levy, Choong Family, The Pharcyde, Handsome Boy Modeling School, Khiza & DJ Ams, FYA, Cherish, T.O.K.
This day (March 2, 2023), in Los Angeles, California, died Wayne Shorter, an American jazz saxophonist and composer. (more…)
Bill Evans’ moody “Nardis” evolves into an introspective canvas, while Carmen McRae’s haunting take on “Round Midnight” fuses jazz clarity with late-night ache. The Modern Jazz Quartet reshapes “Softly, as in a Morning Sunrise” with chamber precision, and Ella Fitzgerald’s duet with Sammy Davis Jr. on "'S Wonderful" brims with charm and playful chemistry. Donald Byrd’s groovy “Black Byrd” blends jazz with funk, and Wayne Shorter’s cerebral “Footprints” challenges rhythmic norms. Herbie Hancock’s “Rockit” pushes turntables into center stage, a futuristic clash of funk and electronica, while Weather Report’s “Badia” and “Boogie Woogie Waltz” showcase atmospheric restraint and bold grooves.
Wayne Shorter‘s ‘Adam’s Apple’ is his tenth album recorded on February 2 & 24, 1966 and released the same year by Blue Note.
Miles Davis, Horace Silver, Herbie Hancock, Mwandishi, Benny Goodman, Gil Evans, Orchestra, Freddie Hubbard, Sun Ra, Arkestra, Joe Pass, Niels Henning Ørsted Pedersen, Sonny Rollins, Joe Lovano, Sound Prints, Terence Blanchard, E Collective, John Coltrane
Miles Davis‘ ‘Miles Smiles’ is an album recorded on October 24 & 25, 1966 with Wayne Shorter, Herbie Hancock, Ron Carter and Tony Williams and released in January 1967 by Columbia.
Alfredo "Chocolate" Armenteros, Wynton Marsalis, Stevie Wonder, Chick Corea, Charlie Haden, Kenny Barron, Oscar Peterson, Clark Terry, Mel Torme, George Shearing, Herbie Hancock, Wayne Shorter, Dave Holland, Brian Blade, Dave Liebman, Antonio Faraò, Christian McBride, John Scofield, Antonio Sanchez, Bucky Pizzarelli, Ruby Braff, Bill Frisell, Thomas Morgan, Lee Ritenour, Dave Grusin, Mike Stern, Eric Johnson
Ibrahim Ferrer & Omara Portuondo, Billy Joel & Boyz Ii Men, Bob Dylan, Keith Richards & Ron Wood, George Harrison, Eric Clapton & Leon Russell , John Lennon & Paul Mccartney, Larry Coryell & Murali Coryell, Sachal Jazz Ensemble & Wynton Marsalis , George Duke & Billy Cobham, Carlos Santana & Jerry Garcia, Liza Minnelli & Pet Shop Boys, Lang Lang & Metallica, Rick James & The Temptations
Wayne Shorter‘s ‘Footprints Live!’ is an album recorded between July 14 and 24, 2001 with Danilo Perez, John Patitucci and Brian Blade and released in 2002 by Verve.
Dave Liebman, who turns 70 today belongs to the "soprano sax players featured on a Miles Davis studio record" small club. A club of eleven members - not counting anyone…