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Dizzy Gillespie, Charlie Parker, Bud Powell, Charles Mingus & Max Roach a.k.a. ‘The Quintet’ record ‘Jazz at Massey Hall’ (1953)

'Jazz at Massey Hall' by Dizzy Gillespie, Charlie Parker, Bud Powell, Charles Mingus & Max Roach a.k.a. 'The Quintet' is a live album recorded on May 15, 1953 and released the same year In 1953 by Debut.Track Listing : 1.Perdido (Juan Tizol, Hans Lengfelder, Ervin M. Drake) - 07:47 . 2.Salt Peanuts (Dizzy Gillespie, Kenny Clarke) - 07:44 . 3.All The Things You Are / 52Nd Street Theme (Jerome…

We remember Charlie Parker. ‘The Bird Flew Away’

This day (March 12, 1955), in New York City, New York, died Charles Parker, Jr. simply known as Charlie Parker, an American jazz saxophonist .Tracklist : 1 . Laughing At Coleman Hawkins 2 . w/ Dizzy Gillespie - Hot House 3 . The Charlie Parker Story 4 . Charlie Parker documentary BBC Tracklist : Ornithology . All The Things You Are . Now's the Time . Just Friends . Lover Man . A Night in…

Charlie Parker & Dizzy Gillespie record ‘Bird & Diz’ for Clef Records (1950)

'Bird & Diz' by Charlie Parker & Dizzy Gillespie is a studio album recorded (primarily) on June 6, 1950 with Thelonious Monk and Buddy Rich and released in 1952 by Clef.Track Listing : 1.Bloomdido (Charlie Parker) - 03:25 . 2.My Melancholy Baby (Ernie M. Burnett, George A. Norton) - 03:24 . 3.Relaxin' With Lee (Charlie Parker) - 02:47 . 4.Passport (Charlie Parker) - 03:00 . 5.Leap Frog…

Your Favourite Charlie Parker

From 'Ornithology' to 'Salt Peanuts', the 16 most popular songs of Charlie Parker, 'an American jazz saxophonist and composer, a leading figure in the development of bebop, a form of jazz characterized by fast tempos, virtuoso technique, and improvisation. '

Charlie Haden records ‘Quartet West,’ an album for Verve (1986)

Charlie Haden's 'Quartet West' is an album recorded on December 22 and 23, 1986 and released in 1987 by Verve.Track Listing : 1.Hermitage (Pat Metheny) - 07:59 . 2.Body And Soul (Frank Eyton, Johnny Green, Edward Heyman, Robert Sour) - 06:19 . 3.The Good Life (Ornette Coleman) - 04:39 . 4.In The Moment (Charlie Haden) - 06:06 . 5.Bay City (Charlie Haden) - 06:46 . 6.My Foolish Heart (Ned…

Dexter Gordon records for Blue Note ‘Our Man in Paris’ with Bud Powell et al (1963)

Dexter Gordon's 'Our Man in Paris' is an album recorded on May 23, 1963 in Paris, with Bud Powell, Kenny Clarke and Pierre Michelot and released the same year by Blue Note.1 . Night In Tunisia (1964) Track Listing : 1.Scrapple From The Apple (Charlie Parker) - 07:22 . 2.Willow Weep For Me (Ann Ronell) - 08:47 . 3.Broadway (Billy Byrd, Teddy Mcrae, Henri Woode) - 06:44 . 4.Stairway To The…

Cannonball Adderley records ‘Cannonball Adderley & the Poll-Winners’ with Wes Montgomery, Ray Brown, Victor Feldman and Louis Hayes (1960)

'Cannonball Adderley & the Poll-Winners' is an album recorded on May 21, June 5, 1960, with Wes Montgomery, Ray Brown, Victor Feldman and Louis Hayes and released in 1961 by Riverside. .Track Listing : 1.The Chant (Victor Feldman) - 06:36 . 2.Lolita (Barry Harris) - 08:06 . 3.Azule Serape (Victor Feldman) - 06:29 . 4.Au Privave (Charlie Parker) - 03:54 . 5.Yours Is My Heart Alone (Franz…

We Remember Coleman Hawkins. ‘The True Mister Bean’

This day (May 19, 1969), in New York City, New York, died Coleman Hawkins, an American jazz tenor saxophonist.Tracklist : 1 . Disorder At The Border 2 . With Lester Young 3 . With Harry Edison 4 . South Of France Blues 5 . Body and Soul (1967) 6 . With Charlie Parker (1950) Tracklist : Greensleeves . Body And Soul . La Rosita . Smoke Gets in Your Eyes . Desafinado . One Note Samba (Samba De…

We Remember Elvin Jones. ‘Heavy Elvin’

This day (May 18, 2004), in Englewood, New Jersey, died Elvin Jones, an American jazz drummer.Tracklist : 1 . Night In Tunisia (1999) 2 . A Love Supreme (1997) 3 . A Different Drummer 4 . w/ Mccoytyner, Freddie Hubbard, Ron Carter (1982) 5 . The Children/Merry-Go-Round (1973) 6 . John Coltrane Quartet – My Favorite Things (1965) 7 . John Coltrane Quartet With Eric Dolphy – Impressions (1961)…

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…

We remember Barney Kessel. ‘Kessel, Poll Winner’

This day (May 6, 2004), in San Diego, California, died Barney Kessel, one of the greatest jazz guitarists of the 20th century.Tracklist : 1 . w/ Tal Farlow & Charlie Byrd – Lover (1988) 2 . Minor mode (1985) 3 . w/ Herb Ellis playing – Oh Lady Be Good (1979) 4 . w/ Oscar Peterson – Watch What Happens (1974) 5 . Basies Blues – (1973) 6 . w/ Kenny Burrell, Grant Green – Blue Mist 7 . St.…

Jackie McLean records ‘New Soil’ with trumpeter Donald Byrd (1959)

Jackie McLean's 'New Soil' is an album recorded on May 2, 1959 with Donald Byrd on trumpet and released rhe same year by Blue Note. .Track Listing : 1.Hip Strut (Jackie Mclean) - 11:20 . 2.Minor Apprehension (Jackie Mclean) - 07:34 . 3.Greasy (Walter Davis Jr.) - 07:25 . 4.Sweet Cakes (Walter Davis Jr.) - 06:46 . 5.Davis Cup (Walter Davis Jr.) - 05:26 Musicians : Jackie Mclean - Alto Saxophone .…

We remember Percy Heath from the Modern Jazz Quartet. ‘Modern Jazz Percy’

This day (April 28, 2005), in Southampton, New York, died Percy Heath, an American jazz bassist, member of the Modern Jazz Quartet.Digest Tracklist : Modern Jazz Quartet - 'Round Midnight . Heath Brothers (2004) . Modern Jazz Quartet - Summertime (1987) . Documentary (2004) . Heath Brothers - Brotherly Jazz . Heath Brothers, Rome (1981) . Modern Jazz Quartet - Winter Tale (1964) . Tracklist :…

We remember Billy Paul. ‘We And Mr. Paul’

This day (April 24, 2016), in New Jersey, died Billy Paul, an American soul singer, known for his number-one single "Me and Mrs. Jones".Tracklist : 1 . Billy Paul - Me & Mrs. Jones 2 . Your Song 3 . w/ Chimène Badi - Ain'T No Mountain High Enough 4 . It'S Too Late (2010) 5 . Let Em In (1995) 6 . Black Wonders Of The World Tracklist : Me And Mrs. Jones . Your Song . Am I Black Enough For…

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) -…

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…

We Remember Lee Konitz. ‘Cool Lee’

This day (April 15, 2020), in New-York City, died Lee Konitz, an American jazz alto saxophonist Tracklist : 1 . Darn that dream (2018) 2 . @ SeixalJazz (2017) 3 . Body & Soul 4 . Live In Italy (2012) 5 . Solar (2008) 6 . w/ Zimbo Trio – Luiza (1999) 7 . w/ Frank Wunch – Thingin’ (1995) 8 . w/ Paul Motian Trio ~ I Wish I Knew (1991) 9 . w/ Chick Corea – Stella By Starlight (1981) 10 . Bird…

Joe Henderson records ‘In ‘n Out,’ his third album with McCoy Tyner, Elvin Jones et al (1964)

Joe Henderson's 'In 'n Out' is his third album recorded on April 10, 1964 with Kenny Dorham, McCoy Tynerr, Richard Davis and Elvin Jones and released the same year by Blue Note.Track Listing : 1.In 'N Out (Joe Henderson) - 10:23 . 2.Punjab (Joe Henderson) - 09:07 . 3.Serenity (Joe Henderson) - 06:16 . 4.Short Story (Kenny Dorham) - 07:10 . 5.Brown'S Town (Kenny Dorham) - 06:23 Francis WolffALSO…

Gil Evans starts the recording of ‘New Bottle Old Wine’ with Cannonball Adderley (1958)

Gil Evans' 'New Bottle Old Wine' is an album featuring Cannonball Adderley as the only soloist, recorded between April 9 and May 26, 1958 and released the same year by World Pacific.Track Listing : 1.St. Louis Blues (W. C. Handy) - 05:26 . 2.King Porter Stomp (Jelly Roll Morton) - 03:19 . 3.Willow Tree (Fats Wallerandy Razaf) - 04:40 . 4.Struttin' With Some Barbeque (Lil Armstrong) - 04:34 .…

Buddy Rich records ‘Richcraft’ with a big band arranged by Ernie Wilkins (1959)

Buddy Rich's 'Richcraft' is a studio big band album with arrangements by Ernie Wilkins, recorded on April 9–10, 1959 and released in 1959 by Mercury.1 . Clap Hands Here Comes Charlie 2 . Cherokee (w/ Harry James, 1964) Buddy Rich - Richcraft Track Listing : 1.Indiana (Back Home Again In Indiana) (Ballard Macdonald, James F. Hanley) - 03:38 . 2.Richcraft (Ernie Wilkins) - 03:06 . 3.Sweets Tooth…

Verve publish Chris Potter’s album : ‘Gratitude’ (2001)

Chris Potter's 'Gratitude' is an album recorded with Brian Blade, Scott Colley & Kevin Hayes and released on April 3, 2001 by Verve.1 . The Source For J. Coltrane (w/ John Patitucci & Brian Blade) 2 . Body And Soul 3 . Body And Soul 4 . Body And Soul (Clinic) 5 . On Charlie Parker And Jazz Vocabulary Track Listing : 1.The Source (Chris Potter) - 06:39 . 2.Shadow (Chris Potter) -…

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/…

Happy Birthday Courtney Pine. ‘English Pine’

This day (March 18, 1964), in London, England, is born Courtney Pine, an English saxophone , flute, clarinet, bass clarinet and keyboards player.Tracklist : 1 . w/ The Inner City Ensemble Captain Green (2018) 2 . w/ Omar (2017) 3 . Liamuiga (Cook Up) (2015) 4 . House of Legends (2013) 5 . Liamuiga (Cook Up) (2012) 6 . Dunfermline -Fife Jazz Festival (2011) 7 . At The Skywards Dubai (2008) 8 . The…

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…

We Remember J. J. Johnson. ‘Bonified’

This day ( February 4, 2001), in Indianapolis, Indiana, died James Louis ‘J.J.’ Johnson, an American jazz trombonist.Tracklist : 1 . Autumn Leaves 2 . w/ Kai Winding - It'S Alright With Me 3 . It Never Entered My Mind 4 . Blue Bossa (1993) 5 . w/ Sonny Stitt H. Mcghee - Now'S The Time 6 . w/ Jamey Abersold - Unknown 7 . Quintergy (1993) 8 . Carolyn Johnson - Lament Tracklist : Lover Man .…

Happy Birthday Sadao Watanabe. ‘Tanjoubi Omedetou, Mister’

This day (February 1, 1933), in Utsunomiya, Japan, is born Sadao Watanabe,a Japanese jazz alto & sopranino saxophonist and flutist.Tracklist : 1 . Chega De Saudade (2017) 2 . Kaze no yukue(Where the wind goes) / Share the world 3 . w/ Kids - Kuroi Hitomi(Black Eyes) 4 . w/ Gordon Goodwin - Get In Line 5 . w/ Don Grusin & La All Stars - The Chaser 6 . Chega De Saudade (2001) 7 . Orange…

Jackie McLean records ‘Right Now!’ an album for Blue Note (1965)

Jackie McLean's 'Right Now!' is an album recorded on January 29, 1965 and released the same year by Blue Note.Track Listing : 1.Eco (Jackie Mclean) - 06:09 . 2.Poor Eric (Larry Willis) - 10:12 . 3.Christel'S Time (Larry Willis) - 10:34 . 4.Right Now (Charles Tolliver) - 09:29 Francis WolffALSO READWikipediaJazztimes @ PinterestMusicians : Jackie Mclean - Alto Saxophone . Larry Willis - Piano .…

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…

Verve publish ‘The Swinging Guitar of Tal Farlow’ by guitarist Tal Farlow (1957)

'The Swinging Guitar of Tal Farlow' is an album by Tal Farlow released on January 9, 1957 by Verve.Track Listing : 1.Taking A Chance On Love (Vernon Duke, John Latouche, Ted Fetter) - 04:43 . 2.Yardbird Suite (Charlie Parker) - 05:15 . 3.You Stepped Out Of A Dream (Nacio Herb Brown, Gus Kahn) - 05:39 . 4.They Can'T Take That Away From Me (George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin) - 05:42 . 5.Like Someone In…

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 .…

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…

Wes Montgomery records his debut album : ‘Fingerpickin” for Pacific Jazz (1957)

Wes Montgomery's 'Fingerpickin'' is his debut album recorded on December 30, 1957 and featuring seven tracks originally released as The Montgomery Brothers.Track Listing : 1.Sound Carrier (Buddy Montgomery) - 06:57 . 2.Bud'S Beaux Arts (Buddy Montgomery) - 07:33 . 3.Bock To Bock (Buddy Montgomery) - 10:08 . 4.Billie'S Bounce (Charlie Parker) - 04:42 . 5.Lois Ann (Buddy Montgomery) - 04:45 . 6.All…

Wes Montgomery records his nineteenth album : ‘Down Here on the Ground’ for A&M (1967)

Wes Montgomery's 'Down Here on the Ground' is his nineteenth album recorded on December 20, 21, 1967 & January 22, 26, 1968 and released in 1968 By A&M.Track Listing : 1.Wind Song (Herb Alpert, Nick Ceroli, Neil Larsen, John Pisano, Paul Francis Webster) - 02:22 . 2.Georgia On My Mind (Hoagy Carmichael, Stuart Gorrell) - 02:46 . 3.The Other Man'S Grass Is Always Greener (Tony Hatch,…

Gerry Mulligan records with Chet Baker the album : ‘Reunion with Chet Baker’ (1957)

Gerry Mulligan's 'Reunion with Chet Baker' is an album recorded on December 3, 11 & 17, 1957 Quartet with Chet Baker, Henry Grimes and Dave Bailey and released in 1958 By World Pacific.Track Listing : 1.Reunion (Gerry Mulligan) - 04:03 . 2.When Your Lover Has Gone (Einar Aaron Swan) - 05:05 . 3.Stardust (Hoagy Carmichael, Mitchell Parish) - 04:42 . 4.My Heart Belongs To Daddy (Cole Porter) -…

We remember Jon Hendricks. ‘Jon, He ‘s Only Singing

This day (November 22, 2017), in Manhattan, New York, died Jon Hendricks, an American jazz singer, one of the originators of vocaleseTracklist : 1 . w/ Mel Torme – Down For Double 2 . w/ André Minvielle – Live In Paris (2009) 3 . In Walked Bud (1983) 4 . Soul For Sale (1997) 5 . Lambert Hendricks And Ross – Airegin 6 . Chega De Saudade (1993) 7 . w/ The Manhattan Transfer – Airegin (1991) Jon…

Warner Bros. publish ‘Chaka Khan’ her eponymous fourth solo album (1982)

'Chaka Khan' is her eponymous fourth solo album released on November 17, 1982 by Warner Bros. Records.1 . Slow Dancing (w/ Toad The Wet Sprocket) Track Listing : 1.Tearin' It Up (Bunny Sigler, Jane Lumibao) - 06:39 . 2.Slow Dancin' (Featuring Rick James) (Loz Netto) - 05:22 . 3.Best In The West (Dominick Bugatti, Frank Musker) - 04:00 . 4.Got To Be There (Elliot Willenski) - 04:00 . 5.Be Bop…

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) -…