This week In Jazz Legends 24/52

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” performers selected among the 423 Posts we publish this week.

Here, they are reunited in one glorious playlist. Enjoy!

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Tracklist

1 . Chet Baker . Almost Blue Lifted from : Chet Baker records ‘Chet Baker in Tokyo’ (1987)

2 . Ornette Coleman . Lonely Woman Lifted from : We remember Ornette Coleman. ‘Ornette, What Else?’

3 . Sonny Rollins . Four Denmark (w/ Niels Henning Orsted Pedersen, Kenny Drew) Lifted from : Sonny Rollins records ‘There Will Never Be Another You’ at Museum of Modern Art, New York (1965)

4 . Benny Goodman . Sing, Sing, Sing (w/ Gene Krupa) Lifted from : We remember Benny Goodman. ‘Such . Goodman’

5 . Jimmy Dorsey . Man, That’s Groovy Lifted from : We remember Jimmy Dorsey. ‘Dorsey Junior’

6 . Lester Bowie . Summertime (w/ Brazz Bros) Lifted from : Lester Bowie sits in with the Brazz Bros at Jazz Baltica (1993)

7 . Henry Mancini . Charlie’s Angels Theme Lifted from : We remember Henry Mancini. ‘Thematic’

8 . Art Blakey & Jazz Messengers . One By One Lifted from : Art Blakey records ‘Ugetsu’ with the Jazz Messengers featuring Wayne Shorter and Freddie Hubbard (1963)

9 . Marcus Miller . Bruce Lee Lifted from : Happy Birthday Marcus Miller. ‘Marcus Imperator’

10 . Gil Evans Orchestra . Up From the Skies Lifted from : RCA record ‘The Gil Evans Orchestra Plays the Music of Jimi Hendrix’ (1974)

11 . Roy Hargrove & Karriem Riggins . @ Jazz Baltica Lifted from : The Roy Hargrove Quintet plays at Jazzbaltica (1996)

12 . Spyro Gyra . Funkyard Dog Lifted from : Heads Up Records release Spyro Gyra’s twenty-ninth album . ‘Good to Go-Go’ (2007)

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