Body And Soul

This day (August 23, 1927), in Algiers, Algeria, is born Martial Solal, a French jazz pianist and composer.

This day (August 19, 2013) in Brooklyn, N.Y, died Cedar Anthony Walton, Junior a.k.a. , Cedar Walton, an American hard bop jazz pianist.

This day (August 3, 1926), in Astoria, Queens, is born Anthony Dominick Benedetto a.k.a Tony Bennett, an American singer.

This day (July 25, 1998), in New York City, New York, died Talmage Holt Farlow simply known as Tal Farlow, an American jazz guitarist, nicknamed the Octopus,

Amy Winehouse, who passed away today eight years ago, has covered quite a few songs either on television or as guest with other artists. We have selected ten of them : Here, they are reunited in one glorious playlist. Enjoy! Tracklist 1 . All My Loving Performed at : BBC THREE 2 . Body And […]

This day (July 23, 2011), in Camden, London, died Amy Winehouse, an English singer and songwriter of R&B, soul and jazz.

‘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. Track Listing : 1.Grand Street (Sonny Rollins) – 06:04 . 2.Far Out East (Ernie Wilkins) – 04:31 . 3.Who Cares? (Ira Gershwin, George Gershwin) – 03:56 […]

‘MTV Unplugged: Tony Bennett’ is an album where he sings the Great American Songbook released on June 28, 1994 by Columbia. Track Listing : 1.Old Devil Moon (E.Y. Harburg, Burton Lane) – 02:28 . 2.Speak Low (Ogden Nash, Kurt Weill) – 03:10 . 3.It Had To Be You (Isham Jones, Gus Kahn) – 03:13 . […]

Dexter Gordon, Horace Silver, The Bad Plus, Joshua Redman, Chris Barber, Joe Williams, Eddie Harris, Dave Holland, Quincy Jones, Lalo Schifrin, John Surman, Miles Davis, The Great Quartet. They are the “Jazz Legends” performers selected among the 294 Posts we publish this week. Here, they are reunited in one glorious playlist. Enjoy! Tracklist 1 . […]

This day (June 13, 1986), in New York City, died Benjamin David Goodman a.k.a Benny Goodman, an American jazz and swing musician, clarinetist and bandleader.

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

This day (April 25, 1990), in Philadelphia, died Dexter Gordon, an American jazz tenor saxophonist.

Sarah Vaughan’s ‘How Long Has This Been Going On?’ is a studio album recorded on April 25, 1978 with a quartet led by Oscar Peterson and released the same year by Pablo. Track Listing : 1.I’Ve Got The World On A String (Harold Arlen, Ted Koehler) – 05:38 . 2.Midnight Sun (Sonny Burke, Lionel Hampton, […]

Caetano Veloso’s ‘A Foreign Sound’ is his twenty ninth (his second in English) studio album, released on April 6, 2004 by Nonesuch. Track Listing : 1.The Carioca (Edward Eliscu, Gus Kahn, Vincent Youmans) – 03:33 . 2.So In Love (Cole Porter) – 05:31 . 3.Always (Irving Berlin) – 03:43 . 4.Come As You Are (Kurt […]

Chris Potter’s ‘Gratitude’ is an album recorded with Brian Blade, Scott Colley & Kevin Hayes and released on April 3, 2001 by Verve. Track Listing : 1.The Source [For John Coltrane] (Chris Potter) – 06:39 . 2.Shadow [For Joe Henderson] (Chris Potter) – 05:50 . 3.Sun King [For Sonny Rollins] (Chris Potter) – 07:01 . […]

This day (April 3, 1990), in Hidden Hills, California, died Sarah Lois Vaughan a.k.a. Sarah Vaughan, an American singer, nicknamed ‘Sailor Sassy’ and ‘The Divine One’

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) […]

This day (March 6, 1944), in Greenville, Mississippi , is born Mary Wilson, an American singer and founding member of The Supremes.

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 . […]