Body And Soul

Freddie Hubbard’s ‘The Body & the Soul’ is his eighth album recorded on March 11 & May 2, 1963, with among others Eric Dolphy and Wayne Shorter and released the same year by Impulse!. Track Listing : 1.Body And Soul (Frank Eyton, Johnny Green, Edward Heyman, Robert Sour) – 04:39 . 2.Carnival (Manha De Carnaval) […]

Herbie Hancock, Ron Carter & Billy Cobham, Sonny Rollins, Ernestine Anderson, Art Blakey & The Jazz Messengers, Buddy Rich & His Orchestra, Freddie Hubbard, Les Mccann & Eddie Harris, Duke Ellington, Louis Armstrong, Stan Getz & Flora Purim, Milton Nascimento & Naná Vasconcelos, Bobby Mcferrin. They are the “Jazz Legends” selected among the 230 Posts […]

This day (March 6, 1944), in Greenville, Mississippi , is born Mary Wilson, an American singer and founding member of The Supremes. Tracklist : Imagine (2018) . I Am Changing (2015) . Up Close The Copa Room . Stop In The Name Of Love (2010) . w/ Sugababes – Stop (2008) . w/ James Gavin […]

Sarah Vaughan’s ‘Swingin’ Easy’ is an album recorded (partly) on February 14, 1957 and released the same year by Emarcy. Track Listing : 1.Shulie A Bop (George Treadwell, Sarah Vaughan) – 02:42 . 2.Lover Man (Oh, Where Can You Be?) (Jimmy Davis, Ram Ramirez, Jimmy Sherman) – 03:19 . 3.I Cried For You (Gus Arnheim, […]

‘Billie Holiday at Jazz at the Philharmonic’ is a live album recorded (partly) on February 12, 1945 at the Shrine Auditorium in Los Angeles and released in 1954 by Clef Records. Track Listing : 1.Body And Soul (Edward Heyman, Robert Sour, Frank Eyton, Johnny Green) – 03:24 . 2.Strange Fruit (Abel Meeropol) – 03:01 . […]

This day (January 26, 1958), in Toledo, Ohio, is born Anita Baker,an American R&B/soul jazz singer. Tracklist : The Impossible Dream (2009) . Tracks Of My Tears (2008) . Summertime . w/ Mary J. Blige . Body & Soul . Sweet Love . w/ George Duke – God Bless The Child (1987) . w/ Paul […]

This day (January 21, 1975), in Houston, Texas, is born Jason Moran ,a jazz pianist and composer . Tracklist : Wind (2019) . Staged (2016) . w/ Bill Frisell – Memories of Tomorrow (2014) . w/ Alicia Hall Moran – BLEED (2012) . Lulu’s Back In Town (2011) . w/ Cristina Zavalloni – Body And […]

Benny Goodman’s ‘The Famous 1938 Carnegie Hall Jazz Concert’ is one of the first recording (done on January 16, 1938) of music issued on the new long-playing format and one of the first to sell over a million copies. Track Listing : 1.Don’T Be That Way (Edgar Sampson, Benny Goodman, Mitchell Parish) – 04:23 . […]

Billie Holiday’s ‘Body and Soul’ is a studio album recorded on January 3, 4,7 & 9, 1957 and released the same year by Verve Records. Track Listing : 1.Body And Soul (Frank Eyton, Johnny Green, Edward Heyman, Robert Sour) – 06:18 . 2.They Can’T Take That Away From Me (George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin) – 04:08 […]

Joe Lovano’s ‘From the Soul’ is an album recorded on December 28, 1991 with Michel Petrucciani, Dave Holland and Ed Blackwell and released in 1992 by Blue Note. Track Listing : 1.Evolution (Joe Lovano) – 08:59 . 2.Portrait Of Jenny (Gordon Burdge, J. Russel Robinson) – 07:56 . 3.Lines And Spaces (Joe Lovano) – 06:20 […]

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 […]

This day (December 11, 2013), in New-York City, died James Stanley a.k.a. Jim Hall, an American jazz guitarist. Tracklist : w/ Scott Colley – Live At North Sea Jazz (2012 ) . w/ Pat Metheny – Duo . Interview At The Eddie Lang Jazz Festival (2010) . w/ Joe Lovano 4Tet – In A Sentimental […]

This day (November 18, 1928), in Detroit, Michigan, is born Sheila Jordan, an American jazz singer. Digest Tracklist : @ Sala Clamores. (2018) . Sheila’s Blues (2014) . Confirmation (2012) . Dat Dere (2011) . Autumn In New York . w/ Steve Kuhn Trio – Blackbird (2004) . At Half Note (2003) . w/ Phil […]

Art Blakey, The Jazz Messengers, Paquito D’Rivera, Tete Montoliu, Sonny Rollins, United Jazz and Rock Ensemble, Keith Jarrett, Paul Motian, Dewey Redman, Charlie Haden, Phil Woods, Sheila Jordan, Benny Carter All Stars, Freddie Hubbard, Masada, Miles Davis, Sam Rivers, Charles Mingus. They are the “Jazz Legends” performers selected among the 277 Posts we publish this […]

This day (November 17, 2006), in Henderson, Nevada, died Ruth Brown, an American singer also known as Queen of R&B. Digest Tracklist : w/ B.B.King – Ain’t Nobody’s Business (1993) . w/ Bonnie Raitt – Mama, He Treats Your Daughter Mean (1993) . Snap Your Finger (1991) . Teardrops From My Eyes (1989) . Body […]

Thelonious Monk’s ‘Monk’s Dream’ is an album recorded between October 31 and November 6, 1962 and released in 1963 by Columbia. Track Listing : 1.Monk’S Dream (Thelonious Monk) – 06:26 . 2.Body And Soul (Edward Heyman, Robert Sour, Frank Eyton, Johnny Green) – 04:29 . 3.Bright Mississippi (Thelonious Monk) – 08:34 . 4.Five Spot Blues […]

Wes Montgomery’s ‘Movin’ Along’ is his fifth album recorded on October 12, 1960. Track Listing : 1.Movin’ Along (Wes Montgomery) – 05:40 . 2.Tune-Up (Miles Davis) – 04:27 . 3.I Don’T Stand A Ghost Of A Chance With You (Victor Young, Ned Washington, Bing Crosby) – 05:02 . 4.Sandu (Clifford Brown) – 03:23 . 5.Body […]

Tony Bennett’s ‘Duets II’ is an album recorded with seventeen very famous guests and released on September 20, 2011 by Columbia. Track listing : 1.The Lady Is a Tramp (Richard Rodgers, Lorenz Hart) – 03:18 . 2.One for My Baby (and One More for the Road) (Harold Arlen, Johnny Mercer) – 02:58 . 3.Body and […]

Anita Baker‘s ‘Rhythm of Love’ is her fifth album released on September 13, 1994 by Elektra. Track Listing : 1.Rhythm Of Love (Anita Baker, Patrick Moten) – 05:50 . 2.The Look Of Love (Burt Bacharach, Hal David) – 04:47 . 3.Body And Soul (Rick Nowels, Ellen Shipley) – 05:42 . 4.Baby (Anita Baker) – 04:25 […]

Benny Goodman came to Japan three times to perform in concert. In 1957 (or is it 1956?) sponsored by the U.S. State Department / ANTA and with a big band, in 1964 with a small group and in 1980 for the “Aurex Jazz Festival” happening in three cities.