Bud Powell records ‘The Amazing Bud Powell, Vol. 1’ with Fats Navarro, Sonny Rollins,…
'The Amazing Bud Powell, Vol. 1' is an album recorded on August 9, 1949 in quintet and May 1, 1951 in trio and released the same year In 1951 by Blue Note.
Sonny Rollins records ‘The Sound of Sonny’ with Sonny Clark, Roy Haynes, Percy Heath and…
Sonny Rollins' 'The Sound of Sonny' is an album recorded on June 11, 12 & 19 1957 with Sonny Clark, Roy Haynes and Percy Heath or Paul Chambers and released the same year by Riverside.
Roy Haynes records ‘Out of the Afternoon’ with Roland Kirk, Tommy Flanagan and Henry…
Roy Haynes' 'Out of the Afternoon' is an album recorded on May 16, 1962, with Roland Kirk on tenor saxophone, Tommy Flanagan on piano and Henry Grimes on bass and released the same year by Impulse!
Chick Corea records ‘Now He Sings, Now He Sobs’ with Miroslav Vitouš and Roy Haynes…
Chick Corea's 'Now He Sings, Now He Sobs' is an album recorded on March 14, 19 and 27, 1968, with Miroslav Vitouš on bass and Roy Haynes on drums and released the same year by Solid State.
Happy Birthday Roy Haynes. ‘Vive Le Roy’
Pat Metheny records ‘Question and Answer’ with Dave Holland and Roy Haynes (1989)
Pat Metheny's 'Question and Answer' is an album recorded on December 21, 1989, with Dave Holland and Roy Haynes and released in 1990 by Geffen.
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Playing Coltrane
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Happy Birthday Miroslav Vitous. ‘Vitous’Virtuosity’
Happy Birthday Kevin Eubanks. ‘All The Way To Eubanks’
Sarah Vaughan records ‘In the Land of Hi-Fi’ for Emarcy (1955)
Sarah Vaughan's 'In the Land of Hi-Fi' is a studio album recorded on October 26,27 1955 and released the same year by Emarcy.
Four Jazz Messengers Euro Gigs
Prestige Records tape ‘Sonny Rollins with the Modern Jazz Quartet’ (1953)
Sonny Rollins with the Modern Jazz Quartet' is an album (including four tracks performed with the Modern Jazz Quartet) recorded on January 17, December 17, 1951 & October 7, 1953 by Prestige.
Jackie McLean records the album ‘Destination… Out!’ for Blue Note (1963)
Jackie McLean's 'Destination... Out!' is an album recorded on September 20, 1963 by Blue Note.
Eric Dolphy records his second album as leader : ‘Out There’ (1960)
Eric Dolphy's 'Out There' is his second album as band leader, recorded on August 15, 1960 and released the same year by New Jazz.
Thelonious Monk records ‘Misterioso’ at the Five Spot Café, New York City (1958)
Thelonious Monk's 'Misterioso' is a live album recorded on August 7, 1958 at Five Spot Café, New York City with Roy Haynes, Ahmed Abdul-Malik and Johnny Griffin.
Concord release Chick Corea’s ‘The Vigil’ (2013)
Chick Corea's 'The Vigil' is an album reinventing some of his old compositions with a band of young musicians, released on August 6, 2013 by Concord.
Sarah Vaughan and her Trio record ‘At Mister Kelly’s’ in Chicago ‘1957)
Sarah Vaughan's 'At Mister Kelly's' is a live album recorded from August 6 till 8, 1957 at Mister Kelly's jazz club in Chicago
Stan Getz records ‘Focus’ for Verve with a string orchestra (1961)
Stan Getz' 'Focus' is an album recorded on July 14 & 28 and September-October 1961 with a string orchestra and released the same year by Verve.
Sonny Rollins records ‘Sonny Rollins and the Big Brass’ with a big band (1958)
'Sonny Rollins and the Big Brass' is an album recorded on July 10 & 11 1958, in quartet with a big band and released the same year by Metrojazz.
Roland Kirk records ‘Left & Right’ for Atlantic (1968)
Roland Kirk's 'Left & Right' is an album recorded on June 17 & 18 1968 and released the same year By Atlantic.
We remember Stan Getz. ‘Getz à Go Go’
Happy Birthday Kenny G. ‘Super G’
Happy Birthday Christian McBride. ‘The Prince McBride’
Impulse! publish John Coltrane’s ‘Impressions’ featuring Eric Dolphy on one track…
John Coltrane's 'Impressions' is an album (both live and studio) recorded in November 1961, on September 18, 1962 and April 29, 1963 and released in 1963 by Impulse!
We remember Percy Heath from the Modern Jazz Quartet. ‘Modern Jazz Percy’
MGM / Verve publish ‘Jazz Samba’ by Stan Getz & Charlie Byrd (1962)
'Jazz Samba' by Stan Getz & Charlie Byrd is a bossa nova (and the first on the American jazz scene) album released on April 20, 1962 by Mgm/Verve.
We remember Jackie Mclean. ‘Jackie Left His Bag’
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Stan Getz records ‘Sweet Rain’ with Chick Corea et al (1967)
Stan Getz' 'Sweet Rain' is an album recorded on March 21 & 30, 1967 with Chick Corea, Ron Carter and Grady Tate and released in July 1967.