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Now, guitar players are great on CD or streaming, but they are even better on video. By the simple fact that you can watch their fingers. (No you cannot…
Anita O’Day records ‘Waiter, Make Mine Blues,’ an album for Verve (1961)
Anita O'Day's 'Waiter, Make Mine Blues' is an album recorded on August 1, October 4 and 7, 1960 and released in April 1961 By Verve Records.
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We remember Miles Davis. ‘Last Miles’
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Miles Davis records ‘Live at the 1963 Monterey Jazz Festival’ with George Coleman,…
Miles Davis' 'Live at the 1963 Monterey Jazz Festival' is an album recorded with George Coleman, Herbie Hancock, Ron Carter and Tony Williams on September 20, 1963 and released on July 31, 2007 By Monterey Jazz Festival Records.
Joe Pass records ‘Virtuoso,’ a solo album for Pablo Records (1973)
Joe Pass' 'Virtuoso' is an album recorded on August 28, 1973 and released In December, 1973 By Pablo.
Ray Charles records ‘Dedicated to You’ with Betty Carter (1960)
Ray Charles' 'Dedicated to You' is an album recorded on August 23, 1960 with Betty Carter and released In January 1961 by ABC Paramount.
V.S.O.P. Quintet that gathers Herbie Hancock, Wayne Shorter, Tony Williams, Ron Carter and Freddie…
V.S.O.P. Quintet's 'Live Under the Sky' is a live album recorded on July 26 and 27, 1979 with Herbie Hancock, Wayne Shorter, Tony Williams, Ron Carter and Freddie Hubbard and released the same year by Columbia.
We remember Illinois Jacquet. ‘Screeching’
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We Remember Joe Pass. ‘Virtuoso Joe’
Chet Baker records ‘Jazz at Ann Arbor’ live at the University of Michigan (1954)
Chet Baker's 'Jazz at Ann Arbor' is a live album recorded at the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan on May 9, 1954 and released in 1955 by Pacific Jazz.
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Blue Note publish Joe Lovano’s ‘I’m All For You,’ a ballads album recorded…
Joe Lovano's 'I'm All For You' is a ballads album recorded with Hank Jones, George Mraz and Paul Motian and released on May 4, 2004 by Blue Note.
Happy Birthday to Ron Carter. ‘Beau Ron’
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Michel Petrucciani and Niels-Henning Ørsted Pedersen record ‘Michel Petrucciani &…
'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
…We remember Horace Parlan. ‘Movin’ & Horacin”
Miles Davis records for Columbia, ‘My Funny Valentine’ at Lincoln Center in New York…
Miles Davis' 'My Funny Valentine' is a live album recorded on February 12, 1964 at Philharmonic Hall of Lincoln Center in New York City and released in May 1965 by Columbia.
Bill Evans records ‘Conversations with Myself,’ a solo album for Verve (1963)
Bill Evans' 'Conversations with Myself' is a solo album recorded on February 6, 9 & May 20, 1963 and released the same year by Verve.
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Anita O’Day records with Oscar Peterson ‘Anita Sings the Most’ an album for Verve…
Anita O'Day's 'Anita Sings the Most' is an album recorded on January 31, 1957 with Oscar Peterson on piano and released the same year by Verve.
Ella Fitzgerald records the album ‘Clap Hands, Here Comes Charlie!’ with a quartet led…
Ella Fitzgerald's 'Clap Hands, Here Comes Charlie!' is a studio album recorded on January 23, 1961 &June 22-23, 1961 with a jazz quartet led by Lou Levy and released the same year By Verve.