April In Paris

‘The Magnificent Thad Jones’ is an album recorded on July 9 and 14, 1956 and released the same year by Blue Note. Track Listing : 1.April In Paris (Vernon Duke, E. Y. Harburg) – 06:43 . 2.Billie-Doo (Thad Jones) – 07:30 . 3.If I Love Again (Jack Murray, Ben Oakland) – 07:27 . 4.If Someone […]

This day (July 7, 1927), in Arlington, Oregon, is born Carl Hilding Severinsen a.k.a Doc Severinsen, an American pop and jazz trumpeter.

This day (June 29, 2002), in Beverly Hills, California, died Rosemary Clooney, an American singer and actress.

‘Tony Bennett at Carnegie Hall’ is a live album recorded on June 9, 1962 at Carnegie Hall, New York City and released on July 23, 1962 by Columbia. Track Listing : 1.Lullaby Of Broadway (Al Dubin, Harry Warren) – 02:10 . 2.Just In Time (Betty Comden, Adolph Green, Jule Styne) – 02:08 . 3.All The […]

Wynton Marsalis’ ‘Marsalis Standard Time, Vol. 1’ is an album recorded on May 29 and September 25, 1986 by Cbs/Columbia. Track Listing : 1.Caravan (Juan Tizol) – 08:18 . 2.April In Paris (Vernon Duke, E.Y. “Yip” Harburg) – 05:04 . 3.Cherokee (Ray Noble) – 02:21 . 4.Goodbye (Gordon Jenkins) – 08:14 . 5.New Orleans (Hoagy […]

Ella Fitzgerald’s ‘Ella and Oscar’ is an album recorded with Oscar Peterson and Ray Brown, on May 19, 1975 and released .the same year by Pablo. Track Listing : 1.Mean To Me (Fred E. Ahlert, Roy Turk) – 03:30 . 2.How Long Has This Been Going On? (George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin) – 04:59 . 3.When […]

This day (May 19, 1969), in New York City, New York, died Coleman Hawkins, an American jazz tenor saxophonist.

This day (April 26, 1984), in Hollywood, Florida, died William ‘Count’ Basie a.k.a Count Basie, an American jazz pianist, organist, bandleader and composer.

Thelonious Monk’s ‘Thelonious Himself’ is a studio album (almost all solo) recorded on April 12 and 16, 1957 and released the same year by Riverside. Track Listing : 1.April In Paris (Vernon Duke, E. Y. Harburg) – 03:54 . 2.(I Don’T Stand) A Ghost Of A Chance (With You) ( Victor Young, Ned Washington) – […]

Kurt Elling’s ‘The Messenger’ is his second studio album, released on April 8, 1997 by Blue Note. Track Listing : 1.Nature Boy (Eden Ahbez) – 06:09 . 2.April In Paris (Vernon Duke, Yip Harburg) – 05:10 . 3.Beauty Of All Things (Kurt Elling, Laurence Hobgood) – 08:08 . 4.The Dance (Laurence Hobgood) – 01:34 . […]

This day ( February 17, 1982), in Englewood, New Jersey, died Thelonious Sphere Monk, an American jazz pianist and composer.

Frank Sinatra’s ‘Come Fly with Me’ is an album (and his first collaboration with arranger/conductor Billy May) released on January 6, 1958 by Capitol. Track Listing : 1.Come Fly With Me (Sammy Cahn, Jimmy Van Heusen) – 03:19 . 2.Around The World (Victor Young, Harold Adamson) – 03:20 . 3.Isle Of Capri (Will Grosz, Jimmy […]

Sarah Vaughan with Clifford Brown’ is an album also known as ‘Sarah Vaughan,’ recorded on December 18, 1954 and released in 1955 by Emarcy. Track Listing : 1.Lullaby Of Birdland (George Shearing, George David Weiss) – 04:06 . 2.April In Paris (Vernon Duke, E.Y. Yip Harburg) – 06:26 . 3.He’S My Guy (Gene De Paul, […]

This day (October 18, 1961), in New Orleans, Louisiana, is born Wynton Marsalis, trumpeter, composer and bandleader

Louis Armstrong‘s exuberant and gravelly voice happened to be the perfect match with the mellifluous or crooning voices of his contemporaries. His blasting trumpet, the perfect contrast with the pianist. Who ever they were, Billie Holiday, Bing Crosby, Danny Kaye, Dean Martin, Ella Fitzgerald, Frank Sinatra, Johnny Cash, Marlene Dietrich, Peggy Lee, Earl Hines, Duke […]

Erroll Garner’s ‘Concert by the Sea’ is a live album recorded on September 19, 1955 in Carmel, California and released on October 13, 1955 by Columbia. Track Listing : 1.I’Ll Remember April (Gene De Paul, Patricia Johnston, Don Raye) – 04:14 . 2.Teach Me Tonight (Sammy Cahn, De Paul) – 03:37 . 3.Mambo Carmel-By-The-Sea (Erroll […]

‘Ella and Louis’ by Ella Fitzgerald & Louis Armstrong is a studio album recorded on August 16, 1956 with the Oscar Peterson Quartet. Track Listing : 1.Can’T We Be Friends? (Paul James, Kay Swift) – 03:47 . 2.Isn’T This A Lovely Day? (Irving Berlin) – 06:16 . 3.Moonlight In Vermont (John Blackburn, Karl Suessdorf) – […]