Modern Jazz Quartet record ‘For Ellington’ a tribute album for East West (1988)
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.
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Duke Ellington records ‘The Carnegie Hall Concerts: January 1943’ for Prestige (1943)
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.
Ella Fitzgerald records ‘Fine and Mellow,’ an album for Pablo (1974)
Ella Fitzgerald's 'Fine and Mellow' is a studio album recorded on January 8, 1974 and released in 1979 by Pablo.
Verve tape ‘Oscar Peterson Plays the Duke Ellington Song book’ (1959)
'Oscar Peterson Plays the Duke Ellington Song book' is an album recorded between July 14 and August 9, 1959 with Ray Brown on double bass and Ed Thigpen on drums and released the same year by Verve.
Weather Report record ‘Night Passage,’ live in a Los Angeles studio (1980)
Weather Report's 'Night Passage' is their eleventh album recorded live before a crowd of 250 people on July 12 and 13, 1980 and released the same year by Columbia.
Ella Fitzgerald records ‘Ella Fitzgerald Sings the Duke Ellington Song book’ with the…
Ella Fitzgerald Sings the Duke Ellington Song book' is a studio album recorded with the Duke Ellington Orchestra on June 25 and October 17, 1957 and released the same year By Verve Records.
We remember Percy Heath from the Modern Jazz Quartet. ‘Modern Jazz Percy’
This day (April 28, 2005), in Southampton, New York, died Percy Heath, an American jazz bassist, member of the Modern Jazz Quartet.