We remember Jaco Pastorius. ‘Jaco is Gone’
This day (September 21, 1987), in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, died John Francis Anthony Pastorius III, known as Jaco Pastorius, an electric bass player.…
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Jaco Pastorius takes the Word of Mouth Big Band to ‘Aurex Jazz Festival 1982’
During the first week of September 1982, Jaco Pastorius, the Word of Mouth Big Band and a couple of special guests such as Toots Thielemans took part in the "Aurex Jazz Festival" held in three different Japanese venues : Budokan, Tokyo
…Happy Birthday Gonzalo Rubalcaba. ‘Rubalcaba De Cuba’
This day (May 27, 1963), in Havana, Cuba, is born Gonzalo Rubalcaba, a Grammy Award-winning Cuban jazz pianist and composer.…
Tracklist :
1 . Joy, Joie (2019)
2 . Gitaneria (2018)
3 . w/ Anna Maria Jopek – Twe Usta Klamia (2017)
4 . Volcan
Art Pepper records ‘Art Pepper + Eleven – Modern Jazz Classics’ with a big band…
'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) -
…We Remember Lee Konitz. ‘Cool Lee’
This day (April 15, 2020), in New-York City, died Lee Konitz, an American jazz alto saxophonist …
Tracklist :
1 . Darn that dream (2018)
2 . @ SeixalJazz (2017)
3 . Body & Soul
4 . Live In Italy (2012)
5 . Solar (2008)
6 . w/ Zimbo Trio –
We remember Charlie Parker. ‘The Bird Flew Away’
This day (March 12, 1955), in New York City, New York, died Charles Parker, Jr. simply known as Charlie Parker, an American jazz saxophonist .…
We remember Clark Terry
This day (February 21, 2015), in Pine Bluff, Arkansas , died Clark Terry, an American trumpeter.…
Tracklist :
1 . Mumbles
2 . w/ Red Mitchell - Take The A Train
3 . w/ Roberta Gambarini - It Don'T Mean A Thing If It Ain'T Got No Mumbles
Happy Birthday Wynton Marsalis. ‘Master Wynton’
This day (October 18, 1961), in New Orleans, Louisiana, is born Wynton Marsalis, trumpeter, composer and bandleader…