Irving Mills

Kurt Elling’s ‘The Messenger’ is his second studio album, released on April 8, 1997 by Blue Note. Track Listing : 1.Nature Boy (Eden Ahbez) – 06:09 . 2.April In Paris (Vernon Duke, Yip Harburg) – 05:10 . 3.Beauty Of All Things (Kurt Elling, Laurence Hobgood) – 08:08 . 4.The Dance (Laurence Hobgood) – 01:34 . […]

Joe Lovano’s ‘Rush Hour’ is an album recorded with an orchestra arranged and conducted by Gunther Schuller, between April 6 & June 12, 1994 and released in 1995 by Blue Note. Track Listing : 1.Prelude To A Kiss (Duke Ellington, Irving Gordon, Irving Mills) – 03:58 . 2.Peggy’S Blue Skylight (Charles Mingus) – 03:33 . […]

‘Together for the First Time / The Great Reunion” is the combination of two recordings done on April 3–4, 1961 by a sextet combining Duke Ellington with Louis Armstrong & His All-Stars, and both released the same year by Roulette. Track Listing : 1.Duke’S Place (Duke Ellington, Bob Katz, Bob Thiele) – 05:08 . 2.I’M […]

Lalo Schifrin’s ‘Black Widow’ is an album featuring, among others, Patti Austin on vocals and recorded on March 29 & 30, 1976 and released the same year by CTI Track Listing : 1.Black Widow (Lalo Schifrin) – 04:11 . 2.Flamingo (Edmund Anderson, Ted Grouya) – 04:31 . 3.Quiet Village (Les Baxter) – 05:45 . 4.Moonglow/Theme […]

‘Billie Holiday Sings’ is her first album recorded on March 26, 1952 and released the same year by Clef Records. Track Listing : 1.I Only Have Eyes For You (Al Dubin, Harry Warren) – 02:57 . 2.You Turned The Tables On Me (Louis Alter, Sidney D. Mitchell) – 03:29 . 3.Blue Moon (Richard Rodgers, Lorenz […]

‘An Evening with Lena Horne’ is a live album recorded on September 19, 1994 with the Count Basie Orchestra and released on March 21, 1995 by Blue Note. Track Listing : 1.I Come Runnin’ (Roc Hillman) – 03:08 . 2.Maybe (Billy Strayhorn) – 02:47 . 3.I’Ve Got The World On A String (Harold Arlen, Ted […]

Charles Mingus’ ‘Cornell 1964’ is a live album recorded on March 18, 1964 with a Sextet featuring Eric Dolphy and released in 2007 by Blue Note. Track Listing : 1.Opening (Charles Mingus) – 00:16 . 2.Atfw You (Jaki Byard) – 04:26 . 3.Sophisticated Lady (Duke Ellington, Irving Mills, Mitchell Parish) – 04:23 . 4.Fables Of […]

‘The Popular Duke Ellington’ is a studio album recorded on March 9, 10 & 11, 1966 and released In 1967 by RCA Track Listing : 1.Take The A Train (Billy Strayhorn) – 04:40 . 2.I Got It Bad (And That Ain’T Good) (Duke Ellington, Paul Francis Webster) – 02:36 . 3.Perdido (Juan Tizol) – 03:14 […]

Marcus Miller’s ‘Silver Rain’ is his seventh album released on March 8, 2005 by Koch. Track Listing : 1.Intro Duction (Marcus Miller) – 00:30 . 2.Bruce Lee (Marcus Miller) – 05:23 . 3.La Villette (Lalah Hathaway, Marcus Miller) – 05:54 . 4.Behind The Smile (Marcus Miller) – 06:24 . 5.Frankenstein (Edgar Winter) – 06:33 . […]

Nina Simone’s ‘Little Girl Blue’ a.k.a. ‘Jazz As Played in an Exclusive Side Street Club’ is her debut album released in February 1959 by Bethlehem Records Track Listing : 1.Mood Indigo (Duke Ellington, Barney Bigard, Irving Mills) – 04:02 . 2.Don’T Smoke In Bed (Willard Robison) – 03:11 . 3.He Needs Me (Arthur Hamilton) – […]

Michel Petrucciani’s ‘Solo Live’ is a piano album recorded on February 27,1997 in Frankfurt and released in 1998 By Dreyfus. Track Listing : 1.Looking Up (Michel Petrucciani) – 04:24 . 2.Besame Mucho (Consuelo Velázquez) – 04:03 . 3.Rachid (Michel Petrucciani) – 02:22 . 4.Chloe Meets Gershwin (Michel Petrucciani) – 04:08 . 5.Home (Michel Petrucciani) – […]

Archie Shepp’s ‘Fire Music’ is a studio album recorded on February 16 and March 9, 1965 and released the same year 1965 by Impulse!. Track Listing : 1.Hambone (Archie Shepp) – 12:29 . 2.Los Olvidados (Archie Shepp) – 08:54 . 3.Malcolm, Malcolm Semper Malcolm (Archie Shepp) – 04:48 . 4.Prelude To A Kiss (Duke Ellington, […]

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, […]

‘An Electrifying Evening with the Dizzy Gillespie Quintet’ is a live album recorded on February 9, 1961 at Museum of Modern Art in New York City and released the same year by Verve. Track Listing : 1.Kush (Dizzy Gillespie) – 11:01 . 2.Salt Peanuts (Kenny Clarke, Dizzy Gillespie) – 07:08 . 3.A Night In Tunisia […]

Frank Sinatra’s ‘In the Wee Small Hours’ is his ninth studio album arranged by Nelson Riddle, recorded on March 1, 1954, February 8 & March 4, 1955 and released in April 1955 By Capitol. Track Listing : 1.In The Wee Small Hours Of The Morning (Bob Hilliard, David Mann) – 03:00 . 2.Mood Indigo (Barney […]

Duke Ellington’s ‘In the Uncommon Market’ is a live album recorded in Europe on February 6 or 7, & 21, 1963 and July 27, 1966 and released in 1986 by Pablo. Track Listing : 1.Bula (Duke Ellington) – 04:44 . 2.Silk Lace (Duke Ellington) – 05:18 . 3.Asphalt Jungle (Duke Ellington) – 04:05 . 4.Star-Crossed […]

Johnny Hodges’ ‘Everybody Knows Johnny Hodges’ is an album recorded on February 6, 1964 & March 8, 1965 with regular members of the Ellington orchestra and released in 1964 by Impulse!. Track Listing : 1.Everybody Knows (Johnny Hodges) – 07:25 . 2.A Flower Is A Lovesome Thing (Billy Strayhorn) – 03:04 . 3.Papa Knows (Johnny […]

‘Tony Bennett on Holiday’ is a studio album recorded in tribute to Billie Holiday and released on February 4, 1997 by Columbia. Track Listing : 1.(In My) Solitude (Eddie Delange, Duke Ellington, Irving Mills) – 02:57 . 2.All Of Me (Gerald Marks, Seymour Simons) – 01:44 . 3.When A Woman Loves A Man (Bernie Hanighen, […]

Modern Jazz Quartet’s ‘For Ellington’ is a tribute album recorded on February 1-3, 1988 in New-York City and released the same year by East West. Track Listing : 1.For Ellington (John Lewis) – 08:01 . 2.Jack The Bear (Duke Ellington) – 05:04 . 3.Prelude To A Kiss (Duke Ellington, Irving Gordon, Irving Mills) – 05:05 […]

Duke Ellington’s ‘The Carnegie Hall Concerts: January 1943’ is a live album recorded on January 23, 1943 at Carnegie Hall In New York City and released in 1977 By Prestige. Track Listing : 1.The Star Spangled Banner (Francis Scott Key, John Stafford Smith) – 01:12 . 2.Black And Tan Fantasy (Duke Ellington, James Bubber Miley) […]