Benny Carter
We remember Horace Parlan. ‘Movin’ & Horacin”
This week In Jazz Legends 08/52
We remember Louie Bellson. ‘Bellson’s Drum Roll Fades’
Dianne Reeves releases ‘The Calling: Celebrating Sarah Vaughan’ produced by George Duke…
Dianne Reeves' 'The Calling: Celebrating Sarah Vaughan' is a studio album produced by George Duke and released on February 13, 2001 by Blue Note.
Oscar Peterson records ‘The More I See You’ with Benny Carter, Clark Terry, Ray Brown et…
Oscar Peterson's 'The More I See You' is an album (the first since his stroke) recorded on January 15 & 16, 1995 with Benny Carter, Clark Terry, Ray Brown, Lorne Lofsky & Lewis Nash and released the same year by Telarc.
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Carmen McRae records ‘Portrait of Carmen,’ an album for Atlantic (1967)
Carmen McRae's 'Portrait of Carmen' is a studio album recorded on November 27-29, 1967 with Shorty Rogers, Benny Carter and Gene Di Novi and featuring arrangements by Oliver Nelson and released in 1968 by Atlantic.
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We remember Tommy Flanagan. ‘The Modest Magnificent’
Diana Krall starts the recording of her second album : ‘Only Trust Your Heart’ (1994)
Diana Krall's 'Only Trust Your Heart' is her second album recorded between September 13 and 16, 1994 and released on February 14, 1995 by GRP.
Me:nu Du Jour September 11 (EN.FR.ES)
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Billie Holiday records ‘Music For Torching’ with Harry Sweets Edison, Benny Carter,…
Billie Holiday's 'Music For Torching' is a studio album recorded on August 23 & 25, 1955 and released In October 1955 By Clef.
Me:nu Du Jour August 8 (EN.FR.ES)
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Ella Fitzgerald starts the recording of ‘Ella Fitzgerald Sings the Harold Arlen…
'Ella Fitzgerald Sings the Harold Arlen Songbook' is an album recorded between August 1, 1960 and January 14, 1961 with conductor Billy May and released the same year by Verve.
Me:nu Du Jour – July 12 in Music (EN.FR.ES)
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We remember Benny Carter. ‘Mellow Toner’
Verve record ‘On the Town with the Oscar Peterson Trio,’ a live album with Peterson,…
'On the Town with the Oscar Peterson Trio' is a live album recorded on July 1-5 1958 with Herb Ellis and Ray Brown and released the same year by Verve.
Toots Thielemans records ‘Only Trust Your Heart’ with Fred Hersch, Marc Johnson, Harvie…
Toots Thielemans' 'Only Trust Your Heart' is an album recorded in April and May 1988 with Fred Hersch, Marc Johnson, Harvie Swartz & Joey Baron and released by Concord.
Montreux in Brazil
In 1978 Claude Nobs, head and founder of the Montreux Jazz Festival, is invited to promote a jazz festival in Sao Paulo, Brazil. From September 11 through 18, twenty different acts from straight jazz to jazz rock or Brazilian will perform
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