Summertime

This day (September 28, 1991), in Santa Monica, California, died Miles Dewey Davis III a.k.a. Miles Davis, a America trumpeter.Digest Tracklist : w/ Chaka Khan – Human Nature (Montreux 1989) . DonT Stop Me Now (Paris 1989) . Time After…

'Nina Simone at Town Hall' is her third release and her first live album recorded live at The Town Hall New York City on September 12, 1959 and released the same year by Colpix.Track Listing : 1.Black Is The Color Of My True Love'S Hair…

'Porgy and Bess' by Louis Armstrong & Ella Fitzgerald is a studio album recorded on August 18-19 & October 14, 1957 and released the same year by Verve.Track Listing : 1.Overture (George Gershwin) – 10:52 . 2.Summertime (George…

'Brian Wilson Reimagines Gershwin' is his ninth album (including two new songs completed from unfinished Gershwin fragments) released on August 17, 2010 by Walt Disney Records.Track Listing : 1.Rhapsody In Blue/Intro (George Gershwin) -…

Kurt Rosenwinkel's 'Intuit' is his second album as a band leader, recorded on August 14 and 15, 1998 and released in 1999 by Criss Cross Jazz.Track listing : 1.How Deep Is the Ocean (Irving Berlin) - 09:25 . 2.Conception I (George…

Dinah Washington's 'Dinah Jams' is a live album recorded in Hollywood on August 15, 1954, featuring Clifford Brown, Clark Terry, Maynard Ferguson and Max Roach among others and released in February 1955 by EmArcyTrack Listing : 1.Lover Come…

This day (August 13, 2009), in White Plains, New York, died Lester William Polsfuss a.k.a Les Paul, an American guitarist, songwriter and inventor of the solid-body electric guitar.Digest Tracklist : Live In New York (2003) . Live in New…

Big Brother and the Holding Company's 'Cheap Thrills' is their second album and their last album with Janis Joplin, released on August 12, 1968 by Columbia. Track listing : 1.Combination of the Two (Sam Andrew) - 05:47 . 2.I Need a Man to…

Ella Fitzgerald's 'Live at Mister Kelly's' is an album recorded on August 10, 1958 in Chicago and released in 2007 by Verve.Track listing : 1.Your Red Wagon (Gene de Paul, Richard M. Jones, Don Raye) - 02:59 . 2.Nice Work If You Can Get…

'Miles & Quincy Live at Montreux' is the last album (a collaboration with Quincy Jones for the 1991 Montreux Jazz Festival) recorded by Miles Davis and released on August 10, 1993 by Warner Bros.Track listing : 1.Introduction (Quincy…

'Sarah Vaughan Sings George Gershwin' is a studio album recorded on August 6-8, 1957 and released in 1958 by EmArcy.Track listing : 1.Isn't It a Pity? (George Gershwin) - 03:53 . 2.Of Thee I Sing (George Gershwin) - 03:10 . 3.I'll Build…

The Smashing Pumpkins, Macy Gray,Portishead, The Rolling Stones, Morrissey, Queen, Zapp, Roger, Beastie Boys, Dj Jazzy Jeff, The Fresh Prince, Mary J. Blige. They are the '90s Throwback' artists selected among the 307 Posts we publish this…

This day (July 31, 1931), in Detroit, Michigan, is born Kenny Burrell, an American jazz guitarist.Digest Tracklist : All Star Guitar Night (2015) . w/ Stevie Wonder – Live in Hollywood (2011) . All Blues . Jeannine (1990) . w/ Grover…

Macy Gray, Terence Trent D'Arby / Sananda Maitreya, Jamiroquai, Mary J. Blige, Jennifer Lopez, DJ Jazzy Jeff, The Fresh Prince, Ice Cube, Kid Rock, Metallica, Limp Bizkit, The Smashing Pumpkins, Morrissey. They are the '90s Throwback'…

This day (July 24, 1953), in Oakland, California, is born Jon Faddis, an American jazz trumpet player and conductor.Digest Tracklist : w/ Barcelona Jazz Orquestra - Groovin' For Nat (2020) . w/ Melissa Aldana - New picture (2017) . I…

'Homebase' by DJ Jazzy Jeff & The Fresh Prince is their fourth studio album released on July 23, 1991 by Jive/RCA .Track Listing : 1.I'M All That (Rick James, Will Smith, Jeff Townes) - 03:44 . . 2.Summertime (Robert "Kool" Bell,…

Miles Davis' 'Porgy and Bess' is a studio album (featuring arrangements by Davis and Gil Evans from the George Gershwin's opera) recorded on July 22 and August 18, 1958 and released on March 1959 by Columbia Records. Track listing : .…

Rahsaan Roland Kirk's 'Boogie-Woogie String Along for Real' is his final album recorded on July 18, 1977 with a string section and orchestra and released the same year by Warner Bros.Track Listing : 1.Boogie Woogie String Along For Real…

This day (July 17, 1959), in New York City, New York, died Eleanora Harris a.k.a Billie Holiday, an American jazz singer and songwriter.Digest Tracklist : My Man . Strange Fruit . What A Little Moonlight Can Do (1958) . Don't Explain…

This day (July 14, 1960 ), in Ouidah, Benin, is born Angelique Kidjo, a Beninoise singer and songwriter.Digest Tracklist : w/ Yemi Alade - Shekere . La Vida Es Un Carnaval (2019) . Born Under Punches (2018) . w/ Terrence Blanchard A Change…

Charles Mingus' 'Mingus Three' (also referred to as 'Trio') is an album recorded on July 9, 1957 with pianist Hampton Hawes and drummer Dannie Richmond and released the same year by Jubilee.Track Listing : 1.Yesterdays (Otto Harbach,…

This day (July 6, 1971), in Corona, Queens, died Louis Armstrong, an American jazz trumpeter and singer.Digest Tracklist : Louis Armstrong - Hello Dolly . w/ Johnny Cash - Blue Yodel No 9 (1970) . Basin Street Blues (1964) . Someday (1962)…

This day (July 2, 2002), in Indianapolis, Indiana, died Ray Brown, an American jazz double bassist,Digest Tracklist : Black Orpheus (2001) . Ray'S New Funk (2000) . Blue Monk . Summertime . w/ John Clayton - Five O'Clock Whistle (1994) .…

This day (June 23, 1960), in New Orleans, Louisiana, is born Donald Harrison, an American jazz saxophonist.Digest Tracklist : Big Chief (2019) . Charlie Parker w Strings (2018) . Cherokee (2016) . Hu Ta Nay (2015) . w/ Christian Scott –…

This day (June 22, 1943), in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, is born Eumir Deodato, a Brazilian pianist, composer and arranger.Digest Tracklist : Carly and Carole . Super Strut (2007) . Skyscrapers (2011) . Memorial da América Latina (2007) . Also…

This day (June 15, 1996), in Beverly Hills, California, died Ella Fitzgerald, an American jazz singer, also known as the First Lady of Song, Queen of Jazz, and Lady Ella.Digest Tracklist : Mack The Knife . w/ Frank Sinatra - The Lady Is A…

Chet Baker, Ornette Coleman, Sonny Rollins, Benny Goodman, Jimmy Dorsey, Lester Bowie, Henry Mancini, Art Blakey, Jazz Messengers, Marcus Miller, Gil Evans Orchestra, Roy Hargrove, Karriem Riggins, Spyro Gyra. They are the "Jazz Legends"…

This day (May 23, 1994), in Los Angeles, California, died Joseph Anthony Jacobi Passalaqua a.k.a Joe Pass, an Italian-American jazz guitarist.Digest Tracklist : & Roy Clark - Jambalaya (1993) . Summertime (1992) . & Niels-Henning…

This day (April 28, 2005), in Southampton, New York, died Percy Heath, an American jazz bassist, member of the Modern Jazz Quartet.Digest Tracklist : Modern Jazz Quartet - 'Round Midnight . Heath Brothers (2004) . Modern Jazz Quartet -…

'Jim Hall & Pat Metheny' is an album featuring 11 tracks done in studio and 6 done live and released on April 27, 1999 by Telarc. Track Listing : 1.Lookin' Up (Jim Hall) - 04:34 . 2.All The Things You Are (Oscar Hammerstein Ii, Jerome…

John Coltrane, Dexter Gordon, Jimmy Smith, Count Basie, Joshua Redman, Benny Golson, Freddie Hubbard, Stan Getz, Michel Legrand, Sarah Vaughan, Ella Fitzgerald, The Modern Jazz Quartet, Toots Thielemans, Fred Hersch, Diane Schuur. They are…

Caetano Veloso's 'A Foreign Sound' is his twenty ninth (his second in English) studio album, released on April 6, 2004 by Nonesuch.Track Listing : 1.The Carioca (Edward Eliscu, Gus Kahn, Vincent Youmans) - 03:33 . 2.So In Love (Cole Porter)…

This day (April 3, 1990), in Hidden Hills, California, died Sarah Lois Vaughan a.k.a. Sarah Vaughan, an American singer, nicknamed 'Sailor Sassy' and 'The Divine One'Digest Tracklist : George Gershwin Medley . On A Clear Day (1990) . Round…

George Benson whose birthday is today - Happy Birthday BTW - has played guitar or sang with a myriad of artists, either jazz or soul. We have selected twelve of them : Rachelle Ferrell , Marcus Miller, Al Jarreau, Carlos Santana, Jill…

This day (March 18, 1964), in London, England, is born Courtney Pine, an English saxophone , flute, clarinet, bass clarinet and keyboards player.Tracklist : w/ The Inner City Ensemble Captain Green (2018) . w/ Omar (2017) . Liamuiga…

This day (March 12, 1955), in New York City, New York, died Charles 'Charlie' Parker, Jr. , an American jazz saxophonist .Tracklist : Laughing At Coleman Hawkins . w/ Dizzy Gillespie - Hot House . The Charlie Parker Story . Charlie Parker…

Marcus Miller's 'Live & More' is a live album recorded in 1996 and released on March 10, 1998 by GRP Records.Track Listing : 1.Intro (Marcus Miller) - 02:26 . 2.Panther (Marcus Miller) - 09:06 . 3.Tutu (Marcus Miller) - 10:59 . 4.Funny…

This day (February 17, 2006), in Hoboken, New Jersey, died Ray Barretto, a Puerto Rican conga player.Tracklist : Live In Paris . Libertad Spirit . Irresistible . Cocinando . w/ Celia Cruz & Adalberto Santiago - Nadie Se Salva De La…

Ella Fitzgerald's 'Ella in Berlin' is a live album recorded on February 13, 1960, at the Deutschlandhalle, Berlin and released the same year by Verve.Track Listing : 1.Gone With The Wind (Herb Magidson, Allie Wrubel) - 02:25 . 2.Misty…

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) .…

This day (January 27, 1972), in Evergreen Park, Illinois, died Mahalia Jackson,an African-American gospel contre-alto singer referred to as 'The Queen of Gospel'.Tracklist : Silent Night . Trouble Of The World . Jesus And The Woman At The…

This day (January 26, 1958), in Toledo, Ohio, is born Anita Baker,an American R&B/soul jazz singer.Tracklist : The Impossible Dream (2009) . Tracks Of My Tears (2008) . Summertime . w/ Mary J. Blige . Body & Soul . Sweet Love . w/…