Charlie Parker

Keith Jarrett’s ‘Still Live’ is a live album recorded on July 13, 1986 at Philharmonic Hall in Munich, with Gary Peacock and Jack DeJohnette and released the same year by ECM. Track Listing : 1.My Funny Valentine (Lorenz Hart, Richard Rodgers) – 10:51 . 2.Autumn Leaves (Joseph Kosma, Johnny Mercer, Jacques Prévert) – 10:24 . […]

‘Bird & Diz’ by Charlie Parker & Dizzy Gillespie is a studio album recorded (primarily) on June 6, 1950 with Thelonious Monk and Buddy Rich and released in 1952 by Clef. Track Listing : 1.Bloomdido (Charlie Parker) – 03:25 . 2.My Melancholy Baby (Ernie M. Burnett, George A. Norton) – 03:24 . 3.Relaxin’ With Lee […]

Miles Davis’ ‘Round About Midnight’ is an album recorded on October 26, 1955; June 5 and September 10, 1956 and released on March 18, 1957 by Columbia. Track listing . 1.’Round Midnight (Thelonious Monk, Cootie Williams) – 06:00 . 2.Ah-Leu-Cha (Charlie Parker) – 05:55 . 3.All of You (Cole Porter) – 07:05 . 4.Bye Bye […]

Brad Mehldau Trio’s ‘Blues and Ballads’ is an album featuring Larry Grenadier on bass and Jeff Ballard on drums and released on June 3, 2016 by Nonesuch. Track Listing : 1.Since I Fell For You (Buddy Johnson) – 10:56 . 2.I Concentrate On You (Cole Porter) – 07:23 . 3.Little Person (Jon Brion) – 03:55 […]

Dexter Gordon’s ‘Our Man in Paris’ is an album recorded on May 23, 1963 in Paris, with Bud Powell, Kenny Clarke and Pierre Michelot and released the same year by Blue Note. Track Listing : 1.Scrapple From The Apple (Charlie Parker) – 07:22 . 2.Willow Weep For Me (Ann Ronell) – 08:47 . 3.Broadway (Billy […]

‘Cannonball Adderley & the Poll-Winners’ is an album recorded on May 21, June 5, 1960, with Wes Montgomery, Ray Brown, Victor Feldman and Louis Hayes and released in 1961 by Riverside. . Track Listing : 1.The Chant (Victor Feldman) – 06:36 . 2.Lolita (Barry Harris) – 08:06 . 3.Azule Serape (Victor Feldman) – 06:29 . […]

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

‘Jazz at Massey Hall’ by Dizzy Gillespie, Charlie Parker, Bud Powell, Charles Mingus & Max Roach a.k.a. ‘The Quintet’ is a live album recorded on May 15, 1953 and released the same year In 1953 by Debut. Track Listing : 1.Perdido (Juan Tizol, Hans Lengfelder, Ervin M. Drake) – 07:47 . 2.Salt Peanuts (Dizzy Gillespie, […]

‘Art Pepper + Eleven – Modern Jazz Classics’ is an album recorded on March 12, 24 & May 12, 1959 with a jazz big band conducted and arranged by Marty Paich and released the same year by Contemporary. Track Listing : 1.Move (Denzil Best) – 03:26 . 2.Groovin’ High (Dizzy Gillespie) – 03:22 . 3.Opus […]

‘Michel Petrucciani & NHOP’ is a collaboration album between Petrucciani, the pianist and Niels-Henning Ørsted Pedersen, the bassist recorded on April 18, 1994 at the Copenhagen Jazzhouse and released on March 24, 2009 by Dreyfus Records. Track Listing : 1.All The Things You Are (Oscar Hammerstein Ii,Jerome Kern) – 06:43 . 2.I Can’T Get Started […]

Gil Evans’ ‘New Bottle Old Wine’ is an album featuring Cannonball Adderley as the only soloist, recorded between April 9 and May 26, 1958 and released the same year by World Pacific. Track Listing : 1.St. Louis Blues (W. C. Handy) – 05:26 . 2.King Porter Stomp (Jelly Roll Morton) – 03:19 . 3.Willow Tree […]

Buddy Rich’s ‘Richcraft’ is a studio big band album with arrangements by Ernie Wilkins, recorded on April 9–10, 1959 and released in 1959 by Mercury. Track Listing : 1.Indiana (Back Home Again In Indiana) (Ballard Macdonald, James F. Hanley) – 03:38 . 2.Richcraft (Ernie Wilkins) – 03:06 . 3.Sweets Tooth (Ernie Wilkins) – 04:01 . […]

Jimmy Smith’s ‘Cool Blues’ is a live album recorded on April 7, 1958 at Small’s Paradise in New York City and released in 1978 By Blue Note. Track Listing : 1.Dark Eyes (Traditional) – 11:43 . 2.Groovin’ At Small’S (Babs Gonzales) – 12:01 . 3.A Night In Tunisia (Dizzy Gillespie) – 17:04 . 4.Cool Blues […]

This day (March 31, 2006), in Hartford, Connecticut, died John Lenwood ‘Jackie’ McLean, an American jazz alto saxophonist.

Bobby McFerrin’s ‘The Voice’ is a live album recorded between March 17 & 26, 1984 in Germany and released the same year by Elektra. Track Listing : 1.Blackbird (John Lennon, Paul Mccartney) – 03:07 . 2.The Jump (Bobby Mcferrin) – 04:48 . 3.El Brujo (Bobby Mcferrin) – 04:11 . 4.I Feel Good (James Brown) – […]

This day (March 12, 1955), in New York City, New York, died Charles ‘Charlie’ Parker, Jr. , an American jazz saxophonist .

Bill Evans’ ‘The Solo Sessions, Vol. 2’ is an album recorded on January 10, 1963 and released in 1992 By Milestone. Track Listing : 1.All The Things You Are (Oscar Hammerstein Ii, Jerome Kern) – 09:10 . 2.Santa Claus Is Coming To Town (J. Fred Coots, Haven Gillespie) – 04:33 . 3.I Loves You Porgy […]

‘The Swinging Guitar of Tal Farlow’ is an album by Tal Farlow released on January 9, 1957 by Verve. Track Listing : 1.Taking A Chance On Love (Vernon Duke, John Latouche, Ted Fetter) – 04:43 . 2.Yardbird Suite (Charlie Parker) – 05:15 . 3.You Stepped Out Of A Dream (Nacio Herb Brown, Gus Kahn) – […]

This day (January 6, 1993), in Englewood, New Jersey, died Dizzy Gillespie, an American jazz trumpeter, bandleader, composer and occasional singer.

Wes Montgomery’s ‘Fingerpickin” is his debut album recorded on December 30, 1957 and featuring seven tracks originally released as The Montgomery Brothers. Track Listing : 1.Sound Carrier (Buddy Montgomery) – 06:57 . 2.Bud’S Beaux Arts (Buddy Montgomery) – 07:33 . 3.Bock To Bock (Buddy Montgomery) – 10:08 . 4.Billie’S Bounce (Charlie Parker) – 04:42 . […]