RCA publish Graham Parker’s ninth album : ‘The Mona Lisa’s Sister’ (1988)

Graham Parker's 'The Mona Lisa's Sister' is his ninth album co-produced with Brinsley Schwarz and released in April 1988 by RCA1 . Under The Mask Of Happiness (w/ Brinsley Schwarz, Madrid, 05/09/2014) 2 . Back In Time (Live Acoustic) 3 . I'm Just Your Man ne) 4 . Get Started, Start A Fire 5 . Get Started, Start A Fire 6 . The Girl Isn't Ready / Cupid (3/27/11, FTC Fairfield, CT) 7 . Blue…

Miles Davis records ‘Miles Smiles’ with Wayne Shorter, Herbie Hancock, Ron Carter and Tony Williams (1966)

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.1 . Footprints (Stadthalle, Karlsruhe, Germany, 11-7-67) 2 . Footprints 3 . Gingerbread Boy (1967) Track Listing : 1.Orbits (Wayne Shorter) - 04:37 . 2.Circle (Miles Davis) - 05:52 . 3.Footprints (Wayne Shorter)…

Columbia publish Herbie Hancock’s ‘Sunlight’ recorded with Tony Williams and Jaco Pastorius (1978)

Herbie Hancock's 'Sunlight' is an album recorded with Tony Williams and Jaco Pastorius and released on June 15, 1978 by Columbia.1 . I Thought It Was You Track Listing : 1.I Thought It Was You (Herbie Hancock, Melvin Ragin, Jeffrey Cohen) – 08:56 . 2.Come Running To Me (Herbie Hancock, Allee Willis) – 08:25 . 3.Sunlight (Herbie Hancock) - 07:12 . 4.No Means Yes (Herbie Hancock) - 06:21 . 5.Good…

We remember Cecil Taylor. ‘Still Ahead Cecil’

This day ( April 5, 2018), in New York City, died Cecil Percival Taylor, an American free jazz pianistTracklist : 1 . Perugia (2009) 2 . Improvisation #1 (Excerpt) (2007) 3 . Song 2 (2004) 4 . w/ Max Roach - Duo (2000) 5 . w/ Thurman Barker - Frankfurt (1995) 6 . @ Jazz Ost-West Festival (1984) 7 . w/ Art Ensemble Of Chicago - Live (1984) Tracklist : Bemsha Swing . Rick Kick Shaw . Song .…

Herzlichen Glückwunsch zum Geburtstag! Peter Brötzmann. ‘Still Free After All These Years’

This day (March 6, 1941), in Remscheid, Germany, is born Peter Brötzmann, a German free jazz saxophonist and clarinetist.Tracklist : 1 . w/ Fred Lonberg-Holm - Memories of a Tunicate (2020) 2 . Full Blast Citadelic ( 2019) 3 . w/ Heather Leigh Wels (2016) 4 . w/ Hans Bennink - Nou en !? (2014) 5 . w/ Fred Lonberg-Holm, Paal Nilssen-Love, Masahiko Satoh, Akira Sakata - Brötzfest Shinjuku Pit Inn…

Happy Birthday James Carter. ‘Future Tense’

This day (January 3, 1969), in  Detroit, Michigan , is born James Carter, an American jazz saxophonist.Tracklist : 1 . Trading blues solos (2020) 2 . w/ D.D. Jackson, Darius Jones, William Parker, Ronnie Burrage & Juma Sultan – @ Vision 24 (2019) 3 . Soul Street (2018) 4 . I can’t give you anything but love (2015) 5 . Giant Steps (2014) 6 . w/ Organ Trio – Low Flame (2012) 7 . Saxophone…

Cecil Taylor backs a ballet in Berlin (1983)

October 30, 1983 - Cecil Taylor will perform in West Berlin with Jimmy Lyons (as, perc), Brenda Bakr (voc), William Parker (b), Rashid Bakr (d), Andre Martinez (d) plus ballet dancers Doretha Davidson, Leon Brown, Philip Bond and Pauline Zaguhei

David S Ware attends an Italian festival (2010)

September 1, 2010 - The David S Ware Quartet - that is David S Ware (ts), Matthew Shipp (p). William Parker (b) and Guillermo E. Brown (d) - performs at Sant'Anna Arresi Jazz Festival in Sardigna,Italy

Happy Birthday Anthony Braxton. ‘Professor Braxton’

This day (June 4, 1945), in Chicago, Illinois, is born Anthony Braxton, an American composer, saxophonist, clarinettist, flautist, pianist and philosopher.Tracklist : 1 . Solo (2019) 2 . Fringe Arts (2017) 3 . Sonic Genome (2015) 4 . Solo alto saxophone (2012) 5 . Documentary (2010) 6 . Impressions 7 . On Woody Shaw 8 . w/ William Parker, Hamid Drake - Blue Note, Milano (2007) 9 . w/ Sonic Genome…

David Bowie releases his eighth album : ‘Diamond Dogs’ featuring ‘Rebel Rebel’ and ‘1984’ (1974)

David Bowie's 'Diamond Dogs' feat. 'Rebel Rebel'" is his eighth studio album released on May 24, 1974 by RCA.1 . Diamond Dogs (Live, 1974) 2 . Diamond Dogs (Lorelei, 6/22/96) 3 . Sweet Thing / Candidate (From "Cracked Actor's Songs") 4 . Rebel Rebel ("A Reality Tour") 5 . Rebel Rebel (Live) 6 . Rebel Rebel ("TopPop") 7 . 1984 8 . 1984 (The Marquee Club, 1973) David Bowie - Diamond Dogs Track…

Janelle Monáe releases her debut album : ‘ The ArchAndroid’ (2010)

Janelle Monáe's 'The ArchAndroid' is her debut studio album released on May 18, 2010, by Wondaland Arts Society / Bad Boy1 . Dance Or Die (Live, 2011) 2 . The Archandroid (NYC Listening Event) 3 . Faster (Live) 4 . Locked Inside 5 . Cold War (Official Video) 6 . Cold War (Nobel Peace Prize Concert, 2011) 7 . Tightrope (w/ Big Boi) 8 . Oh Maker (Transmusicales, 2010) 9 . Oh, Maker (Dublin,…

Art Pepper records ‘Art Pepper + Eleven – Modern Jazz Classics’ with a big band conducted by Marty Paich (1959)

'Art Pepper + Eleven – Modern Jazz Classics' is an album recorded on March 12, 24 & May 12, 1959 with a jazz big band conducted and arranged by Marty Paich and released the same year by Contemporary.Track Listing : 1.Move (Denzil Best) - 03:26 . 2.Groovin' High (Dizzy Gillespie) - 03:22 . 3.Opus De Funk (Horace Silver) - 03:13 . 4.'Round Midnight (Bernie Hanighen, Thelonious Monk, Cootie…

Four Concerts With Cornell Dupree’

One of the greatest R&B guitarists, Cornell Dupree, who died today in 2011 has been for almost 50 years a "top session guitarist".Very much in demand, Cornell has played on numerous albums and behind the greatest (you want to verify ? click on //go.rvm.pm/cornelldupree).The 'Four Concerts with Cornell Dupree' are with Les McCann, Various Friends, Stuff and King Curtis plus a bonus Aretha…

Michel Petrucciani and Niels-Henning Ørsted Pedersen record ‘Michel Petrucciani & NHOP’ at the Jazzhouse in Copenhagen (1994)

'Michel Petrucciani & NHOP' is a collaboration album between Petrucciani, the pianist and Niels-Henning Ørsted Pedersen, the bassist recorded on April 18, 1994 at the Copenhagen Jazzhouse and released on March 24, 2009 by Dreyfus Records.Track Listing : 1.All The Things You Are (Oscar Hammerstein Ii,Jerome Kern) - 06:43 . 2.I Can'T Get Started (Vernon Duke,Ira Gershwin) - 07:05 . 3.Oleo…

Junior Wells starts the recording of ‘Come on in This House’ for Telarc (1996)

Junior Wells' 'Come on in This House' is a blues album recorded between April 16 and May 31, 1996 and released the same year by Telarc.Track Listing : 1.What My Momma Told Me/That'S All Right (Arthur "Big Boy" Crudup, Junior Wells) - 04:34 . 2.Why Are People Like That? (Bobby Charles) - 03:55 . 3.Trust My Baby (Sonny Boy Williamson Ii) - 05:02 . 4.Million Years Blues (Sonny Boy Williamson Ii) -…

We remember Buddy Rich. ‘My Buddy Was Rich’

This day (April 2, 1987), in Los Angeles, California, died Bernard 'Buddy' Rich, an American jazz drummer and bandleader.Tracklist : 1 . Just In Time (1987 ) 2 . Channel One Suite (1983) 3 . The Carioca (1982) 4 . Vs Animal – The Muppet Show (1980) 5 . Norwegian Wood (1973) 6 . Basically Blues (1970) 7 . w/ Gene Krupa – Famous Drum Battle (1966) 8 . w/ Jerry Lewis – Drum Solo Battle (1965) 9 .…

We remember Jackie Mclean. ‘Jackie Left His Bag’

This day (March 31, 2006), in Hartford, Connecticut, died John Lenwood 'Jackie' McLean, an American jazz alto saxophonist.Tracklist : 1 . Round Midnight (2004) (1/2) 2 . Round Midnight (2004) (2/2) 3 . w/ Roy Hargrove – tribute to Charlie Parker (1992) 4 . w/ Miles Davis and Friends – Jean-Pierre (1991) 5 . w/ Sadao Watanabe – Confirmation (1988) 6 . w/ Woody Shaw – Sonny’s Crib (1986) 7 . w/…

Usher releases ‘Raymond v. Raymond,’ his sixth album on LaFace Records (2010)

Usher's 'Raymond v. Raymond' is his sixth studio album recorded during 2008 to 2010 and released on March 26, 2010 by LaFace Records.1 . Hey Daddy (Daddy's Home) (Official Video) 2 . There Goes My Baby (Official Video) 3 . There Goes My Baby 4 . Lil Freak ( w/ Nicki Minaj) 5 . Lil Freak (on "The Graham Norton Show") 6 . OMG (w/ Will.I.Am) Usher - Raymond v. Raymond Track Listing : 1.Monstar…

Stax publish ‘King & Queen’ by Otis Redding & Carla Thomas (1967)

'King & Queen' by Otis Redding & Carla Thomas is a studio album (her fourth and his sixth and final) released on March 16, 1967 by Stax. Track Listing : 1.Knock On Wood (Steve Cropper, Eddie Floyd) - 02:48 . 2.Let Me Be Good To You (Isaac Hayes, David Porter, Carl Wells) - 02:48 . 3.Tramp (Lowell Fulson, Jimmy Mccracklin) - 03:00 . 4.Tell It Like It Is (George Davis, Lee Diamond) -…

Happy Birthday Roy Haynes. ‘Vive Le Roy’

This day (March 13, 1925 ), in Boston, Massachusetts, is born Roy Owen Haynes, an American jazz drummer.Tracklist : 1 . w/ David Kikoski (2019) 2 . The 7-Decade Career of Drummer Roy Haynes (2018) 3 . w/ The Fountain Of Youth Quartet – At Dizzy’S Club (2011) 4 . Interview 5 . Various (2009) 6 . w/ Chick Corea – Duet (2009) 7 . w/ Pat Metheny, Dave Holland – How Insensitive (1992) 8 . Red Rodney…

Elektra publishes ‘Ghost Town’ by Bill Frisell, his first with guitar loops (2000)

Bill Frisell's 'Ghost Town' is his twelfth (and the first to feature solo performances, overdubs and loops) album released on March 7, 2000 by Elektra Nonesuch.1 . Tell Your Ma, Tell Your Pa 2 . Wildwood Flower (w/ Joey Baron ) 3 . Follow Your Heart 4 . I'm So Lonesome I Could Cry 5 . My Man's Gone Now 6 . Outlaws Bill Frisell - Ghost Town Track Listing : 1.Tell Your Ma, Tell Your Pa (Bill…

Boogie Down Productions release ‘Criminal Minded’ their debut album featuring KRS-One (1987)

Boogie Down Productions' 'Criminal Minded' is their debut studio album produced by Scott La Rock, KRS-One and Ced-Gee and released on March 3, 1987 by B-Boy1 . South Bronx (Live, NYC) 2 . South Bronx (w/ Snoop Dogg, HVW8, Video Shoot) 3 . The Bridge Is Over 4 . Criminal Minded Boogie Down Productions - Criminal Minded Track Listing : 1.Poetry (Lawrence Parker, Scott La Rock) - 05:01 . .…

Albert King records ‘Born Under a Bad Sign’ with Booker T. & The MG’s (1966)

Albert King's 'Born Under a Bad Sign' is his second studio album recorded on March 3, 1966 & June 9, 1967 and released in August 1967 by Stax.1 . Born Under A Bad Sign (1981) 2 . Crosscut Saw (The Stanhope House, May 26,1988 ) 3 . Kansas City (Live) 4 . Pretty Woman (w/ Gary Moore & Albert Collins ) 5 . As The Years Go Passing By (Sweden, 1980) 6 . The Very Thought Of You 7 . Born…

Columbia publish Solange’s fourth album : ‘When I Get Home’ (2019)

Solange's 'When I Get Home' is her fourth studio album released on March 1, 2019 by Columbia1 . Things I Imagined / Down With The Clique (Official Video) 2 . Way To The Show (Official Video) 3 . Almeda (Official Video) 4 . Binz (Official Video) 5 . Beltway (Official Video) Track Listing : 1.Things I Imagined (Solange) - 01:59 . 2.S Mcgregor (Solange, John Key, Giovanni Cortez) - 00:16 . .…

2Pac releases his fourth album : ‘All Eyez on Me’ featuring ‘I Love L.A.’How Do U Want It’ and ‘California Love’ (1996)

2Pac's 'All Eyez on Me' feat. 'California Love' is his fourth studio album released on February 13, 1996 by Death Row Records and Interscope Records.1 . All About U (w/ Nate Dogg, Outlawz & Top Dogg ) 2 . All About You (Live) 3 . How Do You Want It (w/ KC(i & Jojo) ) 4 . How Do You Want It (The House Of Blues) 5 . 2 Of Amerikaz Most Wanted (The House Of Blues) 6 . Life Goes On 7 .…

Frank Sinatra records his ninth album for Capitol : ‘In the Wee Small Hours’ arranged by Nelson Riddle (1955)

Frank Sinatra's 'In the Wee Small Hours' is his ninth studio album arranged by Nelson Riddle, recorded on March 1, 1954, February 8 & March 4, 1955 and released in April 1955 By Capitol.1 . I Get Along Without You Very Well 2 . Can't We Be Friends (w/ Ella Fitzgerald) 3 . When Your Lover Has Gone 4 . Last Night When We Were Young (1958) Frank Sinatra - In the Wee Small Hours Track…

Archie Shepp begins the recording of ‘Attica Blues,’ an album for Impulse! (1972)

Archie Shepp's 'Attica Blues' is an album (in direct reference to the Attica Prison riots) recorded on January 24–26, 1972 at A&R Recording, NYC and released the same year by Impulse!1 . Blues For Brother G. Jackson (w/ Attica Blues Big Band) Track Listing : 1.Attica Blues (Archie Shepp, Beaver Harris) - 04:49 . 2.Invocation: Attica Blues (Archie Shepp, Beaver Harris) - 00:18 . 3.Steam,…

Warner Bros. publish Bootsy’s Rubber Band’s album : ‘Ahh…The Name Is Bootsy, Baby!’ produced by George Clinton (1977)

Bootsy's Rubber Band's 'Ahh...The Name Is Bootsy, Baby!' is an album produced by George Clinton and Bootsy Collins and released on January 14, 1977 by Warner Bros. Records.1 . The Name Is Bootsy Baby (1998) 2 . Ah The Name Is Bootsy Baby / Disco To Go 3 . Pinocchio's Theory 4 . What's A Telephone Bill (The Key Club, Hollywood) 5 . We Want Bootsy... (Paris, 2011) Track Listing : 1.Ahh...The…

Kurt Elling records ‘Man in the Air’ his sixth album for Blue Note (2003)

Kurt Elling's 'Man in the Air' is his sixth album recorded on January 13 & 17, 2003 and released on July 22, 2003 By Blue Note.1 . Winelight (Poland) 2 . Time To Say Goodbye (w/ Metropole Orchestra, Arr. By Erica Seguine) 3 . Higher Vibe (w/John McLean, Tel Aviv) Track Listing : 1.Minuano (Six-Eight) (Pat Metheny, Lyle Mays) - 07:53 . 2.In The Winelight (William Eaton, Paul Gladston, Kurt…

Bill Evans records the album ‘The Solo Sessions, Vol. 2’ (1963)

Bill Evans' 'The Solo Sessions, Vol. 2' is an album recorded on January 10, 1963 and released in 1992 By Milestone.1 . I Loves You Porgy (NYC 1969) Track Listing : 1.All The Things You Are (Oscar Hammerstein Ii, Jerome Kern) - 09:10 . 2.Santa Claus Is Coming To Town (J. Fred Coots, Haven Gillespie) - 04:33 . 3.I Loves You Porgy (George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin, Dubose Heyward) - 05:50 . 4.What…

We remember Bucky Pizzarelli. ‘A century for Bucky’

This day (April 1, 2020), in Saddle River, New Jersey, died John Paul 'Bucky' Pizzarelli, an American Jazz guitarist and banjoistTracklist : 1 . All Through The Night (1983) 2 . w/ Frank Vignola – Fly Me To The Moon 3 . On 7-String 2010 4 . w/ The Byo – Stompin’ At The Savoy (2008) 5 . w/ Craig Wagner, Brandon Coleman – All The Things You Are (2011) 6 . w/ John Pizzarelli – Your Eyes/Nuages 7 .…

Marvin Gaye records for Tamla, ‘Marvin Gaye Live!’ at Oakland Coliseum in California (1974)

'Marvin Gaye Live!' is his second live album, recorded on January 4, 1974 at Oakland Coliseum, Oakland, California On June 19, 1974 and released by Tamla Records.Track Listing : 1.Introduction – 0:34 . 2.Overture (Marvin Gaye) - 02:24 . 3.Trouble Man (Marvin Gaye) - 06:36 . 4.Flyin' High (In The Friendly Sky)/ Mercy Mercy Me (The Ecology) (Marvin Gaye, Anna Gordy Gaye, Elgie Stover) - 04:28 .…

Columbia publish Taj Mahal’s second album : ‘The Natch’l Blues’ (1968)

Taj Mahal's 'The Natch'l Blues' is his second studio album released on December 23, 1968 by Columbia.1 . Corinna 2 . Going Up To The Country, Paint My Mailbox Blue 3 . Going Up To The Country, Paint My Mailbox Blue 4 . w/ Bonnie Raitt (On "The Today Show") 5 . Done Changed My Way Of Living ("Rhythm & Roots," 2013) 6 . She Caught The Katy (w/ Todd Rundgren, "Night Music," 10/29/89) Track…

Casablanca Records publish Parliament’s fourth album : ‘Mothership Connection’ (1975)

Parliament's 'Mothership Connection' is their fourth (and the first to feature Maceo Parker and Fred Wesley) album released on December 15, 1975 by Casablanca Records.1 . Give Up The Funk 2 . Give Up The Funk (Mothership Connection, Houston, 1976) 3 . Sick Nasty Supergroovalisticprosifunkstication 4 . Give Up The Funk 5 . Give Up The Funk (Rockefeller Park, NYC, 7/12/12) 6 . One Nation Under A…

Bryan Ferry releases ‘The Jazz Age,’ an album recorded with the Bryan Ferry Orchestra (2012)

'The Jazz Age' by The Bryan Ferry Orchestra is an album featuring rerecordings of some of Bryan Ferry's compositions, as played in jazz style of the 1920s and released on November 26, 2012 by Bmg Rights Management.1 . Do The Strand ("The Jazz Age") 2 . Back To Black (Zermatt) 3 . Music For Baz Luhrmann's "The Great Gatsby" 4 . Crazy In Love (w/ Emeli Sande) 5 . The Same Old Blues (Live) Track…

Def Jam / Roc-A-Fella publish Kanye West’s fourth album : ‘808s and Heartbreak’ (2008)

Kanye West's '808s & Heartbreak' is his fourth studio album featuring Kid Cudi and Lil Wayne among other guests and released on November 24, 2008 by Def Jam / Roc-A-Fella1 . Say You Will (Sunday Service) 2 . Say You Will (Coachella, 2011) 3 . Welcome To Heartbreak (w/ Kid Cudi) 4 . Heartless ("VH1 Storytellers") 5 . Amazing (w/ Young Jeezy) 6 . Love Lockdown 7 . Love Lockdown 8 . Paranoid…

Polydor release James Brown’s album : ‘Get On the Good Foot’ featuring ‘Cold Sweat’ and ‘Please, Please, Please’ (1972)

James Brown's 'Get On the Good Foot' feat. 'Cold Sweat' & 'Please, Please, Please' is a double album released on November 20, 1972 by Polydor.1 . Get On The Good Foot 2 . Good Foot 3 . Cold Sweat (The Boston Garden) 4 . Please Please Please (The Apollo Theatre, 1985) 5 . Ain't That A Groove (w/ The Famous Flames ) 6 . Make It Funky Track Listing : 1.Get On The Good Foot, Pts. 1& 2…