Body And Soul

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 . […]

This day (January 26, 1958), in Toledo, Ohio, is born Anita Baker,an American R&B/soul jazz singer.

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.

This day (November 18, 1928), in Detroit, Michigan, is born Sheila Jordan, an American jazz singer.

This day (November 17, 2006), in Henderson, Nevada, died Ruth Brown, an American singer also known as Queen of R&B.