Happy Birthday Quincy Jones. ‘Today is ‘Super Q’s Day”

This day (March 14, 1933), in Seattle, Washington, is born Quincy Delightt Jones a.k.a. Quincy Jones, an American record producer, conductor, arranger, film composer, ..Tracklist : 1 . w/ Big Band – Moanin’ 2 . The 75Th Birthday Celebration Live At Montreux (2008) 3 . w/ Toots Thielemans, Patti Austin – Setembro (1996) 4 . Back On Block Live (1991) 5 . w/ Tamia & Babyface – Slow Jams 6 . w/…

Mary J. Blige releases her second album : ‘My Life’ featuring ‘Be Happy’ and ‘I’m Goin’ Down’ (1994)

Mary J. Blige's 'My Life' is her second studio album produced by Puff Daddy and released on November 29, 1994 by Uptown Records.1 . All Night Long (On "Letterman") 2 . I'm The Only Woman (On "Letterman") 3 . I'm The Only Woman ("Live From The House Of Blues") 4 . Be Without You (Official Video) 5 . Don't Go (Atlantic City ) Track Listing : 1.Intro (Mary J. Blige, Sean Puffy Combs, Chucky…

The new Esperanza Spalding feels like Robert Wyatt in bed with Judy Garland. It has that organic intellectualism that implies ‘I put twelve spells on you because you’re mind’

Esperanza Spalding's '12 Little Spells' is her seventh album released on October 19, 2018 by Concord. Visual artist Ethan Samuel Young has directed the video version of the album. (Source Esperanza Spalding - 12 Little Spells | Official Site)Rolling Stone ...that will make your head spin with its exquisite intergenre oddity, like the prog-meets-pop-meets-spoken-word mini opus WBGO ..a word that…

Happy Birthday Marcus Miller. ‘Marcus Imperator’

This day (June 14, 1959), in Brooklyn, New York, is born Marcus Miller, an American bass player, composer, producer and multi-instrumentalist.Tracklist : 1 . Trip Trap & Bitches Brew (2020) 2 . Laid Black (2019) 3 . w/ Kinga Glyck - Blast (2018) 4 . w/ Tom Ibarra - Tutu (2016) 5 . Solo (2013) 6 . Tightrope (2012) 7 . Blast (2008) 8 . Jean Pierre (2008) 9 . Come Together (2007) 10 . Bruce Lee…

Happy Birthday Kenny G. ‘Super G’

This day (June 5, 1956), in Seattle, Washington, is born Kenneth Bruce Gorelick a.k.a Kenny G, an American contemporary and smooth jazz saxophonist.Tracklist : 1 . Midnight Motion (1988) 2 . w/ Stevie Wonder – Besame Mucho (2009) 3 . w/David Foster & Friends - Love Theme From St. Elmo'S Fire (2008) 4 . w/ Yolanda Adams - I Believe I Can Fly (2004) 5 . The Moment 6 . w/ Michael Bolton - How Am…

Happy Birthday Gonzalo Rubalcaba. ‘Rubalcaba De Cuba’

This day (May 27, 1963), in Havana, Cuba, is born Gonzalo Rubalcaba, a Grammy Award-winning Cuban jazz pianist and composer.Digest Tracklist : Joy, Joie (2019) . Gitaneria (2018) . w/ Anna Maria Jopek - Twe Usta Klamia (2017) . Volcan Trio (2016) . Joao (2014) . Supernova (2012) . Promenade (1999) . Agua De Beber (1995) . Giant Steps (1992) . & Chick Corea – Inprovisation (1991) . Autumn…

Sixth ‘International Jazz Day’ happens in Cuba (2017)

April 30, 2017 - Ambrose Akinmusire, Melissa Aldana, Richard Bona, Regina Carter, Kurt Elling, Roberto Fonseca, Kenny Garrett, Herbie Hancock, Quincy Jones, Ivan Lins, Marcus Miller, Youn Sun Nah, Gonzalo Rubalcaba, Antonio Sánchez, Esperanza Spalding, Chucho Valdés and many more are gathered at Gran Teatro de la Habana Alicia Alonso in Cuba for the 6th "International Jazz Day"

May Flowers

From 'Apple Blossom' to 'Daisy Bell', we have mixed 14 'Lady Singers' tunes around the theme of 'Flowers'. It has Marianna Leporace, Dinah Shore, Maysa, Pauline Scanlon and many more.

Helen Sung – Anthem For A New Day

Released in January 2014, "Anthem For A New Day" is the sixth studio album by Helen Sung and her first with a quintet.Track Listing : 1.Brother Thelonious (Helen Sung) - 05:37 . 2.Armando'S Rhumba (Chick Corea) - 04:37 . 3.Hidden (Helen Sung) - 05:48 . 4.It Don'T Mean A Thing (If It Ain'T Got That Swing) (Duke Ellington, Irving Mills) - 04:10 . 5.Hope Springs Eternally (Helen Sung) - 05:33 .…

Vertigo publish ‘Black Sabbath’ their eponymous debut album featuring ‘N.I.B.’ (1970)

'Black Sabbath' is their eponymous debut studio album released on February 13, 1970 in the UK by Vertigo1 . Black Sabbath (Official Video) 2 . N.I.B. (Live) Black Sabbath - debut Track Listing : 1.Lullaby Of Birdland (George Shearing, George David Weiss) - 04:44 . 2.Send In The Clowns (Stephen Sondheim) - 06:03 . 3.Speak Low (Ogden Nash, Kurt Weill) - 06:26 . 4.Obsession (Tracy Mann, Danilo…

Geffen Records publish Mary J. Blige’s seventh album : ‘The Breakthrough’ (2005)

Mary J. Blige's 'The Breakthrough' is her seventh studio album released on December 20, 2005 by Geffen Records.1 . Enough Cryin (w/ Brook Lynn, Official Video) 2 . Enough Cryin' (Live) 3 . Be Without You (Official Video) 4 . Take Me As I Am (Official Video) 5 . Take Me As I Am (Live) 6 . Baggage (Live) 7 . Can't Hide From Luv (w/ JayZ(, "Sessions @ AOL) ) 8 . One (w/ U2, Official Video) Track…

Columbia publish Earth, Wind & Fire’s tenth album : ‘Faces’ (1980)

Earth, Wind & Fire's 'Faces' is their tenth studio album released as a double-LP on October 14, 1980 by Arc/Columbia Records. 1 . Let Me Talk (Official Video) 2 . Pride & Mighty Mighty 3 . Keep Your Head To The Sky ("Live By Request") Track Listing : 1.Let Me Talk (Philip Bailey, Larry Dunn, Ralph Johnson, Al Mckay, Maurice White, Verdine White) - 04:09 . 2.Turn It Into Something Good…

We remember Barry White. ‘Just The Way Barry Was’

This day (July 4, 2003), in Los Angeles, California, died Barry Eugene Carter a.k.a. Barry White, an American composer and ass-voice singer.Tracklist : 1 . Let The Music Play 2 . w/ Lisa Stansfield - All Around The World 3 . Just The Way You Are (1990) 4 . Never Never Gonna Give You Up (1987) 5 . Love'S Theme (1976) 6 . You'Re The First, The Last, My Everything 7 . Can'T Get Enough Of Your Love…

Antônio Carlos Jobim records ‘Wave,’ his fourth album for A&M (1967)

Antônio Carlos Jobim's 'Wave' is his fourth (and his most successful album to date) album recorded on May 22-24 and June 15, 1967 and released in September 1967 By A&M.1 . Wave Track Listing : 1.Wave (Antônio Carlos Jobim) - 02:56 . 2.The Red Blouse (Antônio Carlos Jobim) - 05:09 . 3.Look To The Sky (Antônio Carlos Jobim) - 02:20 . 4.Batidinha (Antônio Carlos Jobim) - 03:17 . 5.Triste…

Lincoln Center premieres Wynton Marsalis’ oratorio ‘Blood on the Fields’ (1994)

Wynton Marsalis' 'Blood on the Fields' is a three-and-a-half-hour jazz oratorio composed by Marsalis, premiered on April 1, 1994 at Lincoln Center's Alice Tully Hal and released in 1995 by Columbia1 . Soul For Sale (w/ Jon Hendricks & The Lincoln Center Jazz Orchestra ) 2 . Blood On The Fields (Rehearsal) 3 . Work Song 4 . The Sun Is Gonna Shine Wynton Marsalis - Blood on the Fields Track…

Morning Glories

From 'What's Your Story Morning Glory' to 'In The Wee Small Hours Of The Morning', we have mixed 19 'Jazz' tunes around the theme of 'Morning'. It has Stacey Kent, Billie Holiday, Room Eleven, Peggy Lee and many more.