On The Sunny Side Of The Street

This day (February 8, 2005), in Scottsdale, Arizona, died Jimmy Smith,a jazz musician whose performances on the Hammond B-3 electric organ helped to popularize the instrument. Tracklist : The Cat . Watermelon Man (2004) . St Thomas (1992) . w/ Kenny Burrell – Got My Mojo Workin’ (1993) . Honky Tonk . The Sermon (1964) […]

Chet Baker, Helen Merrill, Dinah Washington, Thelonious Monk, Charles Mingus, Bill Evans , Dizzy Gillespie, Sonny Sttit, Anita O’Day, Louis Armstrong, Jack Teagarden, Freddie Hubbard, Weather Report, Duke Ellington. They are the “Jazz Legends” selected among the 234 Posts we publish this week. Here, they are reunited in one glorious playlist. Enjoy! Tracklist 1 . […]

Dizzy Gillespie’s ‘Sonny Side Up’ is an album recorded in December 1957 with Sonny Rollins and Sonny Stittand released in 1958 by Verve. Track Listing : 1.On The Sunny Side Of The Street (Jimmy Mchugh, Dorothy Fields) – 05:43 . 2.The Eternal Triangle (Sonny Stitt) – 14:10 . 3.After Hours (Avery Parrish) – 12:21 . […]

Lester Young’s ‘The President Plays’ is a studio album recorded on November 28, 1952 with the Oscar Peterson Quartet and released in June 1954 By Norgran Records. Track Listing : 1.Ad Lib Blues (Oscar Peterson, Lester Young) – 05:54 . 2.I Can’T Get Started (Vernon Duke, Ira Gershwin) – 03:41 . 3.Just You, Just Me […]

Tony Bennett’s ‘Duets II’ is an album recorded with seventeen very famous guests and released on September 20, 2011 by Columbia. Track listing : 1.The Lady Is a Tramp (Richard Rodgers, Lorenz Hart) – 03:18 . 2.One for My Baby (and One More for the Road) (Harold Arlen, Johnny Mercer) – 02:58 . 3.Body and […]

This day (August 31, 2002), in New York City, New York, died Lionel Hampton, a jazz vibraphonist, pianist, percussionist and bandleader

‘Ella and Basie!’ is the first studio album (recorded on July 16–17, 1963) by Ella Fitzgerald with the Count Basie Orchestra playing arrangements by Quincy Jones and released in September 1963 by Verve. Track Listing : 1.Honeysuckle Rose (Andy Razaf, Fats Waller) – 02:42 . 2.’Deed I Do (Walter Hirsch, Fred Rose) – 02:40 . […]

This day (June 2, 1997), in New York City, New York, died Adolphus Anthony Cheatham a.k.a Doc Cheatham, a jazz trumpeter,

Frank Sinatra.’s ‘Come Swing with Me!’ is an album recorded (his final for Capitol Records) on March 20-22, 1961 and released the same year. Track Listing : 1.Day By Day (Axel Stordahl, Paul Weston, Sammy Cahn) – 02:39 . 2.Sentimental Journey (Les Brown, Ben Homer, Bud Green) – 03:26 . 3.Almost Like Being In Love […]

This day (March 15, 1959 ), in New York City, New York,, died Lester Willis Young, nicknamed ‘Pres’ or ‘Prez’, an American jazz tenor saxophonist and clarinetist.