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We remember James Moody. ‘Moody Blues’

This day (December 9, 2010), in San Diego, California, died James Moody, an American jazz saxophone and flute player.Tracklist : 1 . Moody’s Mood for Love (2008) 2 . w/ George Benson & Clark Terry – So What 3 . w/ Dizzy Gillespie, Gene Harris, Ray Brown, Grady Tate – Ow! (1985) 4 . w/ Al Haig, Ray Brown & Kenny Clarke – Groovin’ High 5 . Mmm Hmm 6 . Moody’s Mood for Love Tracklist :…

This week In Jazz Legends 14/52

Joshua Redman, John Coltrane, Chris Potter, Paquito D'Rivera, Gato Barbieri, Benny Carter, Sonny Rollins, James Moody, Kenny Garrett, Benny Maupin, Peter Brötzmann , David Murray

This week In Jazz Legends 49/52

Miles Davis, John Coltrane, Abdullah Ibrahim, Carlos Ward, Duke Ellington, Billy Strayhorn, Stan Getz, Flora Purim, Dave Brubeck, Benny Goodman, Wes Montgomery, Antônio Carlos Jobim, Chick Corea, Roy Haynes, Miroslav Vitous, Thelonious Monk, Dizzy Gillespie, James Moody, Gene Harris, Ray Brown, Grady Tate

Happy Birthday Flora Purim. ‘Pure Rhythm’

This day (March 6, 1942), in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, is born Flora Purim a Brazilian jazz singer.Tracklist : 1 . w/ Airto Moreira Live 2 . w/ United Nation All Star Orchestra Esquinas 3 . w/ Airto Moreira @ Telluride Jazz Festival 4 . w/ Elaine Elias, & David Sanborn – Jobim Medley (1997) 5 . w/ Fourth World & Diana Moreira-Purim – Time One 6 . Rhythm Runner – Overdub By Giovanni Hidalgo…

We remember Dizzy Gillespie. ‘Dizzy Pieces’

This day (January 6, 1993), in Englewood, New Jersey, died Dizzy Gillespie, an American jazz trumpeter, bandleader, composer and occasional singer.Tracklist : 1 . w/ Stan Getz: – A Night In Tunisia (1978) 2 . w/ Lalo Schifrin – Here it tis (1992) 3 . w/ Miriam Makeba – Live The Future 4 . w Bernard Purdie (1982) 5 . w/ James Moody/Gene Harris/Ray Brown/Grady Tate – Ow! (1985) 6 . w/ Charlie…

Happy Birthday Chris Potter

This day (January 1st, 1971), in Chicago, Illinois,, is born Chris Potter, an American jazz saxophonist, composer and multi-instrumentalist.Tracklist : 1 . w/ NYU Ensemble – Tangerine (2019) 2 . w/ Dr Lonnie Smith Trio – @ Festival International de Jazz de Montréal (2018) 3 . w/ Danilo Pérez, Avishai Cohen, Wycliffe Gordon, Ben Street & Adam Cruz (2017) 4 . w/Ari Hoenig – @ Smalls Jazzcub…

Quincy Jones releases ‘Q’s Jook Joint,’ an album featuring Stevie Wonder, Bono and Ray Charles among other famous guests (1995)

Quincy Jones' 'Q's Jook Joint' is an album (his first in six years) released on November 7, 1995 by Qwest.1 . Let The Good Times Roll (w/ Stevie Wonder & Nikki Yanofsky ) 2 . Cool Joe, Mean Joe (Killer Joe) 3 . Moody's Mood For Love (w/ Take 6, Brian Mcknight, Patti Austin) 4 . Moody's Mood For Love 5 . Do Nothing Till You Hear From Me Track Listing : 1.Jook Joint Intro (Quincy Jones) -…

Dizzy Gillespie plays in Berlin (1980)

November 4, 1980 - Dizzy Gillespie plays with Claudio Roditti (flh), James Moody (ts), Arturo Sandoval (tp), Pablo Watkins (tb), Paquito d'Riviera (as, cl), Danilo Perez (p), Airto Moreira (perc), Flora Purim (voc) and more at the Jazzfestival in Berlin

Amy Winehouse releases her debut album : ‘Frank’ featuring ‘Fuck Me Pumps’ (2003)

Amy Winehouse's 'Frank' is her debut studio album released on October 20, 2003 by Island.1 . Stronger Than Me 2 . Stronger Than Me (V Festival, 2004) 3 . You Sent Me Flying 4 . Fuck Me Pumps 5 . I Heard Love Is Blind (Live) 6 . I Heard Love Is Blind (+ Intervie, Jonathan Ross, 2004) 7 . No Greater Love (Live) 8 . There Is No Greater Love (Live) 9 . In My Bed (Live Acoustic, 2004) 10 . In My…

Benson Strictly Guitar

This Day (but in 2011), George Benson releases "Guitar Man" a mostly instrumental album.Now, guitar players are great on CD or streaming, but they are even better on video. By the simple fact that you can watch their fingers. (No you cannot on a CD).So we have compiled a "Benson Strictly Guitar" video playlist featuring a non-singing Benson, for all of you out there who love to watch the…

Charles Mingus records ‘Let My Children Hear Music,’ an album for Columbia (1971)

Charles Mingus' 'Let My Children Hear Music' is an album recorded on September 23 – November 18, 1971 with a large jazz orchestra by Columbia.Track Listing : 1.The Shoes Of The Fisherman'S Wife Are Some Jiveass Slippers (Charles Mingus) - 09:34 . 2.Adagio Ma Non Troppo (Charles Mingus) - 08:22 . 3.Don'T Be Afraid, The Clown'S Afraid Too (Charles Mingus) - 09:26 . 4.Taurus In The Arena Of Life…

On TV today, Dizzy Gillespie at BBC Jazz (1966)

August 17, 1966 - you do not miss the Dizzy Gillespie Quintet - that is Dizzy Gillespie (tp), James Moody (ts, fl), Kenny Barron (p), Christopher Wesley White (b), Rudy Collins (d) on British Television "BBC Jazz"

George Benson releases ‘Give Me The Night,’ an album produced by Quincy Jones (1980)

George Benson's 'Give Me The Night' is an album by produced by Quincy Jones and released in August, 1980 by Qwest Records. 1 . Love X Love (Montreux, 1986) 2 . Off Broadway (w/ Pat Kelley) 3 . Give Me The Night Track listing : . 1.Love X Love (Rod Temperton) - 04:45 . 2.Off Broadway (Rod Temperton) - 05:23 . 3.Moody's Mood (Eddie Jefferson, James Moody) - 03:24 . 4.Give Me the Night (Rod…

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.1 .…

Cubop-A-Lula

From 'Go Bongo' to 'Mama Inez 1947', we have mixed 19 'Latin Jazz' tunes around the theme of 'Cuban Influences'. It has Chico O'Farrill, Charlie Parker & Machito, Candido, James Moody and many more.

Columbia publish Miles Davis’ ‘Kind of Blue’ recorded with, on some tracks, John Coltrane & Bill Evans (1959)

Miles Davis' 'Kind of Blue' is a studio album recorded on March 2 and April 22, 1959 with on some tracks John Coltrane & Bill Evans and released on August 17, 1959 by Columbia1 . So What (Official Video) 2 . So What (The Robert Herridge Theater, New York, April 2, 1959) 3 . All Blues (1964, Milan, Italy) 4 . All Blues Miles Davis - Kind of Blue Track listing 1.So What (Miles Davis) -…

Sam Cooke records his tenth album : ‘Twistin’ the Night Away’ for RCA (1961)

Sam Cooke's 'Twistin' the Night Away' is his tenth studio album (and one of his most successful) recorded on January 30, 1961 and released in April 1962 by RCA1 . Twistin' The Night Away (Live, 1963) Sam Cooke - Twistin' the Night Away Track Listing : 1.Twistin' The Night Away (Sam Cooke) - 02:39 . 2.Sugar Dumpling (Sam Cooke) - 02:16 . 3.Twistin' In The Kitchen With Dinah (Sam Cooke) - 02:08…

This month In Blues Legends 11/12

T Bone Walker, John Mayer, Lonnie Brook, Gary Moore, Albert Collins, Stevie Ray Vaughan, B B King, Albert King, Paul Butterfield, Etta James, John Mayall, the Bluesbreakers, Roy Buchanan, Muddy Waters, The Rolling Stones, John Hammond, Taj Mahal, Bobby McFerrin, Big Joe Turner, Lucky Peterson

Ella Fitzgerald records ‘Ella Fitzgerald Sings the Johnny Mercer Song Book’ for Verve (1964)

'Ella Fitzgerald Sings the Johnny Mercer Song Book' is a studio album recorded on October 19–21, 1964, with the Nelson Riddle Orchestra and released the same year by Verve.1 . Too Marvelous For Words (1965) Track Listing : 1.Too Marvelous For Words (Johnny Mercer, Richard A. Whiting) - 02:31 . 2.Early Autumn (Johnny Mercer, Ralph Burns) - 03:51 . 3.Day In, Day Out (Johnny Mercer, Rube Bloom)…

Stevie Wonder releases his eighteenth album : ‘Songs in the Key of Life’ featuring ‘Sir Duke’ ‘Pastime Paradise’ and ‘I Wish’ (1976)

Stevie Wonder's 'Songs in the Key of Life' is his eighteenth album released on September 28, 1976 by Motown Records.1 . Love's In Need Of Love Today (w/ Take 6, "From America: A Tribute To Heroes") 2 . Love's In Need Of Love Today (w/ George Michael, Live) 3 . Village Ghetto Land 4 . Songs In The Key Of Life - Ghetto Village Land 5 . Sir Duke 6 . I Wish (Live) 7 . I Wish 8 . Isn't She Lovely…

Tamla Records publish Marvin Gaye’s twelfth album : ‘Let’s Get It On’ (1973)

Marvin Gaye's 'Let's Get It On' is his twelfth studio album released on August 28, 1973 by Tamla Records. 1 . Distant Lover (Live) 2 . Distant Lover (Live, 1976 3 . Let's Get It On Track listing : 1.Let's Get It On (Marvin Gaye, Ed Townsend) - 04:44 . 2.Please Stay (Once You Go Away) (Marvin Gaye, Ed Townsend) - 03:32 . 3.If I Should Die Tonight (Marvin Gaye, Ed Townsend) - 03:57 . 4.Keep…

Jill Scott releases her fourth album : ‘The Light of the Sun’ (2011)

Jill Scott's 'The Light of the Sun' is the fourth (her first release after a four-year hiatus) studio album released on June 21, 2011 by Blue Babe.1 . Blessed (Official Video) 2 . Blessed (Live Performance) 3 . So In Love (w/ Anthony Hamilton, Official Video) 4 . So In Love (46th Annual Hampton Jazz Festival 2013) 5 . Shame (w/ Eve & The A Group) 6 . So Gone (What My Mind Says) (w/ Paul…