This day (January 4, 1986), in Salisbury, Wiltshire, England, died Philip Parris 'Phil' Lynott , an Irish bassist, singer, songwriter, co-founder of Skid Row with Gary Moore and founder of Thin Lizzy.

This day (January 4, 1942), in  Doncaster, South Yorkshire (UK), is born John McLaughlin, an English guitarist, bandleader and composer.

Sonny Rollins' 'No Problem' is an album recorded between December 9 and 15, 1981 with Bobby Broom, Bobby Hutcherson, Bob Cranshaw and Tony Williams and released the same year by Milestone.

Artists United Against Apartheid's 'Sun City' is an album featuring Miles Davis, Bono and Bob Dylan among other guests produced by Steven Van Zandt and released on December 7, 1985 by EMI / Manhattan Records

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-Fella

Rap Quotes • How do I slow this down When I’m already in so deep (Dappy) • Hands up if you're proud of your body count (hands up) (Krept & Konan) • I don't say much, I just let the heat talk (Kodak Black) • And all that shit, then I come through with my ABC (Jme) • Yo we only caught the train 'cause you know I hate the bus (Loyle Carner) • All I really wanna see is the (Money) (Cardi B)

Music-wise : Atl Hip Hop, Grime, Hip Hop, Indie Soul, Pop Rap, Rap, Trap, Uk Hip Hop

Lou Donaldson, Thelonious Monk, Roy Hargrove, Duke Ellington, Benny Goodman, Freddie Hubbard, Dizzy Gillespie, Woody Shaw, Dizzy Gillespie, Miles Davis, Charles Mingus, Buddy Rich, Art Blakey, Art Ensemble Of Chicago, Cecil Taylor

This day (October 25, 2014), in Suffolk, died Jack Bruce an English vocalist, bass guitarist and founding member of Cream.

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

Herbie Hancock's 'Mr. Hands' is his thirtieth album (with Jaco Pastorius on one track.) released in September 1980 by Columbia.

Kanye West's 'Late Registration' is his second studio album featuring Adam Levine, Lupe Fiasco, Jamie Foxx, Common, Jay-Z, Brandy, Nas and more as guests and released on August 30, 2005 by Roc-A-Fella / Def Jam.

Herbie Hancock, David Sanborn, Marcus Miller, Steps Ahead, Spyro Gyra, Arturo Sandoval, Wayne Bergeron, Gerry Mulligan, Dave Brubeck, Doc Severinsen, Miles Davis, Chet Baker, Sonny Rollins, Joshua Redman, Brad Mehldau, Wayne Shorter

Herbie Hancock's 'Quartet' is his thirty-fourth album recorded on July 28, 1981 with the V.S.O.P. Quartet featuring Ron Carter, Wynton Marsalis and Tony Williams and released in 1982 by Columbia.

Sonny Rollins, Frank Foster, John Faddis, Jimmy Smith, Kenny Burrell, VSOP II, Laurindo Almeida, Johnny Griffin, Herbie Hancock, Santana, Gil Evans, Rahsaan Roland Kirk, Miles Davis, Charles Mingus, Globe Unity Orchestra, Ornette Coleman

This day (July 18, 1939), in London, England, is born Brian Auger, a jazz and rock keyboardist playing the Hammond organ.

Herbie Hancock's 'V.S.O.P.' is a live album recorded at Newport Jazz Festival, New York on June 29, 1976 and released in April 1977 by Columbia..

Miles Davis' 'Nefertiti' is a studio (and his last fully acoustic) recorded on June 7, 22-23 and July 19, 1967 and released in December 1967 by Columbia.

Kanye West's 'Yeezus' is his sixth studio album featuring 'Black Skinhead' and 'Bound 2' and released on June 18, 2013 by Def Jam / Roc-A-Fella Records.

Herbie Hancock's 'Empyrean Isles' feat. 'One Finger Snap' and 'Cantaloupe Island. is his fourth album recorded on June 17, 1964 and released the same year by Blue Note.

Roy Hargrove Quintet, Wynton Marsalis, Eliane Elias, Mary Lou Williams, Christian McBride, Count Basie, Ella Fitzgerald, Doc Cheatham, Herbie Hancock, Miles Davis, Marcus Miller, Joe Henderson, Sun Ra Arkestra , Pete Escovedo

Herbie Hancock's 'Maiden Voyage' is his fifth album released on May 17, 1965 by Blue Note.

This day (May 14, 2015), in Las Vegas, died Riley B. King a.k.a. B.B. King (B.B. short for Blues Boy), an American blues guitarist and singer.

Miles Davis' 'Seven Steps to Heaven' is his eighth studio album recorded April 16-17 and May 14, 1963 and released the same year In 1963 by Columbia Records..

This day (May 4, 1937), in Ferndale, Michigan, is born Ron Carter, an American jazz double-bassist.

Jackie McLean's 'One Step Beyond' is an album recorded on April 30, 1963 with a a vibraphone player in place of the pianist and released the same year by Blue Note.

From 'Love Is Blue' to 'Born To Be Blue', we have mixed 24 tunes around the theme of 'Doubled Songs In "Blue"'. It has Jeff Beck, Yehudi Menuhin & Stephane Grappelli, Caetano Veloso, Esther Philips, Jazz Crusaders and many more.

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 we may have missed : Wayne Shorter ("Bitches Brew", "In a Silent Way", "Big Fun"), Kenny Garrett ("Amandla"), Dave Liebman ("On the Corner", "Dark Magus"), Carlos Garnett ("On the Corner", "Big Fun", "Get Up with It"), Sonny Fortune ("Big Fun", "Agharta", "Pangaea"), Steve Grossman ("Big Fun", "Get Up with It", "Jack Johnson"), John Stubblefield ("Get Up with It"), Bob Berg ("You're Under Arrest"), Bill Evans ("We Want Miles", "Decoy", "Star People"), Branford Marsalis ("Decoy"), Marcus Miller ("Tutu"). They are the "Miles Davis' Sopranos"

Track Listing :

1.Trane Lives! (David Liebman) - 12:32 . 2.Seeds From The Underground…

From 'Let's Go Get Stoned' to 'Queen Of Diamonds', we have mixed 18 'Jazz & Blues' tunes around the theme of 'Stones'. It has Muddy Waters, Janis Joplin, Dinah Washington, John Scofield and many more.

From 'Harlem Nocturne' to 'Spanish Harlem' , we have mixed 17 'Good Old Jazz' tunes around the theme of 'Harlem'. It has Charlie Barnet, Duke Ellington And His Orchestra, Bessie Smith, James P. Johnson and many more.

From 'Beyond The Sea' to 'East Of The Sun (And West Of The Moon)' , we have mixed 21 'Languorous Jazz' tunes around the theme of 'Sea, Sex, Sun and Summer'. It has Tony Williams, Alejandro De Pinedo, Ray Charles, Count Basie and many more.

From 'Misty' to 'In A Mist', we have mixed 18 'Jazz & Other Musics' tunes around the theme of 'Mist and Fog'. It has Osvaldo Fresedo, Freddie Hubbard, The Out Islanders, Anjani Thomas and many more.

From 'Marbles' to 'Two Sisters', the 12 most popular songs of John McLaughlin , ' an English guitarist, bandleader and composer whose music includes many genres of jazz, and rock, which he coupled with an interest in Indian classical music to become one of the pioneering figures in fusion.'

Michael Bublé's 'To Be Loved' is his eighth studio album produced by Bob Rock and released on April 22, 2013 by 143 / Reprise

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.

This day (April 15, 2017), in Vista, California, U.S.A, died Allan Holdsworth, an English guitarist and composer

This day (April 11, 1966), in Heywood, Lancashire, England, is born Lisa Stansfield an English singer.

Massive Attack's 'Blue Lines' is their debut studio album released on April 8, 1991 by Wild Bunch (their own label).