All,About Jazz Review: Justin Morell Dectet - Subjects and Compliments

Justin Morell: Justin Morell Dectet - Subjects and Compliments

University of Idaho announces 2014 Jazz Festival Lineup

Please click here for the latest information on the 2014 Lionel Hampton Jazz Festival

Benny Golson, Eddie Palmieri and Sheila Jordan to perform at Lionel Hampton Jazz Festival February 2014

NEA Grant to Bring Benny Golson, Eddie Palmieri and Sheila Jordan to the Lionel Hampton Jazz Festival

 

MOSCOW, Idaho – The University of Idaho’s Lionel Hampton Jazz Festival received a $15,000 grant from the NEA Jazz Masters Live grant program to support the performances of Benny Golson, Eddie Palmieri and Sheila Jordan.

The festival was one of six non-profit organizations to receive a grant to support performance and educational activities featuring NEA Jazz Masters, recipients of the nation’s highest honor in jazz.

 

"I am pleased the NEA will provide opportunities for members of the public to experience performances by some of our nation's jazz greats," said Joan Shigekawa, NEA senior deputy chairman. "These six organizations are providing invaluable opportunities for the public to interact with these artists and furthering the understanding of their remarkable contributions to jazz in this country."

 

NEA Jazz Masters Live is funded by the National Endowment for the Arts and managed by Arts Midwest. The program offers a unique opportunity for the public to engage with the NEA Jazz Masters through such activities as performances, speaking engagements, master classes, workshops, lecture and demonstrations, panel discussions, and public interviews or speaker forums.

“There’s nothing more validating than to have the National Endowment for the Arts recognize – for the second time in three years – and support the contribution the University of Idaho’s Lionel Hampton Jazz Festival is making to the students of our region,” said Steve Remington, executive director.

 

Golson is a multi-talented and internationally famous jazz legend who has made major contributions to the world of jazz. He is the only living jazz artist to have written eight standards for jazz repertoire. The standards have been used in countless recordings internationally and continue to be used in today’s recordings. He has recorded over 30 albums and has written more than 300 compositions.

 

He has composed and arranged music for Count Basie, John Coltrane, Miles Davis, Sammy Davis Jr., Ella Fitzgerald, Dizzy Gillespie, Benny Goodman, Lionel Hampton, Quincy Jones, Diana Ross and many other jazz legends.

Golson also has written scores for hit television series’ and films including M*A*S*H, Mannix, Mission Impossible, Mod Squad, The Patridge Family and The Academy Awards. Additionally, he has written music for national radio and television spots for some of the major advertising agencies in the country.

 

“Benny Golson is amazing. He hasn’t been here since 1997, and we’ve really missed him. He’s the most eloquent man I’ve met in years. And of course, he wrote the Ore-Ida Potatoes commercials,” said Remington.

 

Jordan was raised in poverty in Pennsylvania and started singing at a young age. By her early teens, she was performing semi-professionally in Detroit clubs. She was a member of the vocal trio Skeeter, Mitch and Jean. The trio worked with Charlie Parker to sing versions of Parker’s songs. In the early 1950s, she married Parker’s pianist Duke Jordan.

 

In the early ‘60s, she made her first recording. Her style encompassed jazz liturgies sung in churches and extensive club work. Throughout her career, she worked with Steve Kuhn, Steve Swallow, Harvie Swartz and Cameron Brown.

 

“Ms. Jordan is a well-spring of enthusiasm and joy. She knows jazz inside and out and has really lived her art,” said Remington.

 

Palmieri was born in Spanish Harlem in 1936. At an early age, he started playing piano. By age 13, he joined his uncle’s orchestra, where he played timbales. He began his professional career in the early 1950s with Edie Forrester’s Orchestra. He joined Johnny Segui’s band in 1955. By 1961, he had formed his own band La Perfecta, which featured a trombone section in place of trumpets.

 

His musical career has spanned over 50 years as a bandleader of Salsa and Latin Jazz orchestras. His musical style merged black and Latin styles to produce a sound that had elements of salsa, funk, soul and jazz. Throughout Palmieri’s career, he received nine GRAMMY Awards®. 

 

“To have these three living masters come and share their artistry with the students of the Pacific and Inland Northwest is more than just a treat – it’s a ‘must see’ in a long line of ‘not-to-be-missed’ performances in the Lionel Hampton Jazz Festival’s history,” said Remington.

 

The 2014 Lionel Hampton Jazz Festival will take place Feb. 19-22. For more information, visit www.uidaho.edu/jazzfest or call (208) 885-5900.

 

 

Courtesy: University of Idaho Communications

 

 

 

Big losses for Jazz this week

Just this week alone we have lost pianist Cedar Walton, Vocalist and composer Sathima Bea Benjamin and pianist Marian McPartland. Thank you all for your contributions to the great American art form we call Jazz.

Will WBEZ tune back in to jazz?

Reich: Will WBEZ tune back in to jazz?

Review - Bob James & David Sanborn: Quartette Humaine

Read the review at All About Jazz

Diane Schuur to play Arborcrest Winery Wednesday July 24th

July 24: Diane Schuur  7:00–8:30 pm
This Grammy® Award-winning vocalist and pianist will be performing Wednesday July 24th at 7pm. Tickets available starting April 15 at both Arbor Crest Tasting Rooms or through ticketswest.com

Tune into KEWU for your chance to win a pair of tickets to see Grammy Award Winner Diane Schuur.

Today in Jazz

June 20th

Eric Dolphy b. 1928 Los Angeles, CA d. 1964 Berlin, Germany

 

To find out more about Erc Dolphy click here.

Today in Jazz

Celebrate!

Ernest Ranglin  (born 19 June 1932, Manchester, Jamaica) is a Jamaican guitarist and composer who established his career while working as a session guitarist and music director for various Jamaican record labels including Studio One and Island Records. Ranglin played guitar on many early ska recordings and helped create the rhythmic guitar style that defined the form. Ranglin has worked with Theophilus Beckford, Jimmy Cliff, Monty Alexander, Prince Buster, The Skatalites, Bob Marley and the Eric Deans Orchestra. He is noted for a chordal and rhythmic approach that blends jazz, mento and reggae with percussive guitar solos incorporating rhythm 'n' blues and jazz inflections. 

Today in Jazz

June 18

Recordings

Metronome All Stars record, including bassist Charles Mingus, trumpeter Thad Jones, alto saxophonist Lee Konitz and drummer Art Blakey.1956

Tenor saxophonist Jimmy Heath records A New Face with pianist Tommy Flanagan, 1985


Birthdays
Drummer/bandleader Ray McKinley born 1910 in Fort Worth, TX.
 

Today in Jazz

Jun 17
 
Recordings

Soprano saxophonist Sidney Bechet records When a Soprano Meets a Piano with Martial Solal, 1957. The Thad Jones-Mel Lewis Jazz Orchestra records Central Park North, 1969. Birthdays Clarinetist Tony Scott born 1921 in Morristown, NJ.

Today in Jazz

 

Artist Of The Day Drummer Shelly Manne born 1920 in New York, NY. Recordings Pianist Fats Waller records I Ain't Got Nobody piano solo 1937 Lennie Tristano (1955) The Tony Bennett/Bill Evans Album (1975) Bill Dixon in Italy Vol. 1 & 2 (1980) Billy Bang Quintet - Rainbow Gladiator (1981) Django Bates - Summer Fruits (and Unrest) (1993) Pianists George Shearing, John Lewis and Dave McKenna record A Tribute to Bill Evans, 1981

Today in Jazz and Blues

Jun 10

Birthdays

Howlin' Wolf  (Chester Arthur Burnett)  b.June 10, 1910 – d.January 10, 1976

Bassist Charnett Moffett born 1967 in New York, NY. Trombonist Dicky Wells born 1907 in Centerville, TN. Recordings Erroll Garner records Frankie and Johnny 1947, with Red Callender and Hal "Doc" West. John Coltrane - Transition / Kulu Se Mama (1965) Jacques Coursil - Black Suite (1969) The Tony Bennett/Bill Evans Album (1975) Billy Bang Quintet - Rainbow Gladiator (1981) Django Bates - Summer Fruits (and Unrest) (1993) Artist of the Day Howlin' Wolf - to learn more about this amazing Bluesman click here.

Celebrate!

Jun 3

Birthday's Trombonist/composer Grachan Moncur III born 1937 in New York. Trumpeter Ted Curson born 1935 in Philadelphia, PA. Recordings The Modern Jazz Quartet and Orchestra (1960) Johnny Griffin Orchestra - The Big Soul-Band (1960) Joe Henderson records Page One (1963) Sunny Murray Trio - Live at Moers-Festival (1979)

Celebrate!

May 30


Artist of The Day  - Benny Goodman

Birthdays 

Frank Trumbauer born 1901 in Carbondale, IL.   Benny Goodman born 1909 in Chicago, IL.   Sidney DeParis born 1905 in Crawfordsville, IN. Recordings George Benson - Bad Benson (1974) Kalaparush Maurice McIntyre & The Light - South Eastern (2001) Hamid Drake & Assif Tsahar - Soul Bodies, Vol. 1 (2001)

Mulgrew Miller passes away

The Jazz world has suffered another loss.

Jazz pianist Mulgrew Miller has passed away unexpectedly due to a stroke....read the New York Times obituary here.

Artist of The Day

May 20


 Recordings

Woody Herman's Woodchoppers record Pam featuring trumpeter Sonny Berman, 1946. Mills Blue Rhythm Band records St. Louis Wiggle Rhythm with trumpeter Henry "Red" Allen, 1935. Milt Jackson Quartet (1955) Grant Green - Matador (1964) Antonio Carlos Jobim - Stone Flower (1970) Steve Lacy - Momentum (1987) Artist of the Day

 Louis Smith b. 1931

Celebrate!

May 16

 Birthdays

Reedman/bandleader Woody Herman born 1913 in Milwaukee, WI. Vocalist Betty Carter born 1930 in Flint, MI. Recordings Jimmie Noone records Four or Five Times (1928) with/ Earl Hines. Charlie Parker - One Night in Birdland (1950) Barry Harris at the Jazz Workshop (1960) Roy Haynes - Out of the Afternoon (1962) The Modern Jazz Quartet - The Sheriff (1963) Sonny Sharrock - Black Woman (1969) Freddie Hubbard - The Black Angel (1969) Andrew Hill - Lift Every Voice (1969) Oscar Peterson/Joe Pass/Niels-Henning Orsted Pedersen - The Trio (1973) Yusef Lateef - Part of the Search (1973)

Celebrate!

May 15

 Birthdays

Pianist Ellis Larkins born 1923 in Baltimore, MD. Multi-instrumentalist  Rahsaan Roland Kirk born 1936 in Columbus, OH. Recordings Charlie Parker - One Night in Birdland (1950) The Quintet - Jazz at Massey Hall (1953) Barry Harris at the Jazz Workshop (1960) Rahsaan Roland Kirk - Rahsaan Rahsaan (1970) Philip Wilson Quartet - Live at Moers Festival (1978) Marilyn Crispell - Spirit Music (1981)

Review - Joe Locke Lay Down My Heart: Blues & Ballads

Read the review at allaboutjazz.com and listen to KEWU to hear tracks form this great new release.

Celebrate!

May 13

BIRTHDAYS

Red Garland born 1923 in Dallas, TX. Gil Evans born 1912 in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, and records Priestess, 1977 Maxine Sullivan b. 1911

RECORDINGS
Louis Armstrong records S.O.L. Blues, 1927.
Herbie Nichols - The Third World (1955)
Curtis Counce - You Get More Bounce With Curtis Counce! (1957)
Chick Corea - Is (1969)

Celebrate!

May 8

Birthdays 

Pianist Keith Jarrett born 1945 in Allentown, PA. Pianist/composer Mary Lou Williams born 1910 in Atlanta, GA. Recordings Fats Waller records I'm Gonna Sit Right Down and Write Myself A Letter, 1936. Charlie Parker - Bird/The Savoy Recordings Vol. 1 (1947) Horace Silver Quintet - Silver's Serenade (1963) The Jazz Composer's Orchestra (1968) Antonio Carlos Jobim - Stone Flower (1970)

Michael Dease: Coming Home

Michael Dease: Coming Home

Today in Jazz

May 1


Birthdays
 

Vocalist/pianist Shirley Horn born 1934 in Washington, D.C. Shirley Horn Recordings  Bud Powell - Night in Tunisia (1951)

 Portrait of Art Farmer (1958)
Albert Ayler - Bells (1965)
Ran Blake Plays Solo Piano (1965)
Albert Ayler Quintet at Slugs' Saloon (1966)
Music Inc. - Live at Slugs' Vol. 1 & 2 (1970)
Charles Mingus - Cumbia and Jazz Fusion (1977)
David Liebman - Trio + One (1988)

Thank You!

We took a bit of a hiatus during our Spring Pledge Drive, but we will be back very soon bringing you the latest information from the Jazz world.


Thank you to all who participated in our Spring Pledge Drive!

Your support is greatly appreciated!

The Management and Staff of KEWU

Jazz Notes

THURS APR 18

Seattle

            Sonando, 7:30 @ Tula’s

            Joan Osborne and the Holmes Brothers, 7:30 @ Jazz Alley

Adam Kessler and Phil Sparks, 9 @ Barca

Spokane                   

            Cruxie, 8 @ Zola                    Sammy Eubanks, 7 @ Blues at the Bend

            Dueling Pianos, 8 @ Gibliano Bros.             The Finns, 8 @ Jones Radiator       

Tone Collaborative, 7:30 @ The Phat House

            (CHENEY) Kenny Sager and Friends, 6 @ Willow Springs Station

CDA

            Pat Coast, 7 @ The Cellar    

FRI APR 19

Seattle

Joan Osborne and the Holmes Brothers, 7:30 @ Jazz Alley        

Jazz and Sushi, 7 @ Hiroshi’s

            Marc Seales, 7:30 @ Tula’s

Spokane

            Big Mumbo, 9 @ Bluz at the Bend

            Dueling Pianos, 8 @ Gibliano Bros

            Troubador, 10 @ Zola

            CHENEY:  EWU Band Invitational Concert w/ the EWU Wind Ensemble, 7

@ Showalter Hall

CDA

            Truck Mills, 7 @ The Fedora

            Brad Perry, 7 @ The Cellar 

 

SAT APR 20

 

Seattle

            Joan Osborne and the Holmes Bros, 7:30 @ Jazz Alley

            Greta Matassa, 7:30 @ Tula’s

            Jazz and Sushi, 7 @ Hiroshi’s

Spokane

            Big Mumbo, 9 @ Bluz at the Bend              

            Dueling Pianos, 8 @ Gibliano Bros            

Flying Spiders, 10 @ THE Blue Spark

            Troubador, 8 @ Zola                        4/20 w/ Push, 7:30 @ The Phat House

CDA

 

            Truck Mills, 7 @ The Fedora                                  

Pink Tango, 7 @ The Cellar

 

SUN APR 21

 

Seattle

The Jim Cutler Jazz Orchestra, 8 @ Tula’s

            Joan Osborne and the Holmes Brothers, 7:30 @ Jazz Alley                    

The Bobby Blue Band, 7:30 @ The Triple Door

Spokane

            The Bucket List, 8 @ Zola               

Voodoo Church, 8 @ Cheap Shots

The Eddie Haskell Trio, 5 @ Geno’s

CDA

            Steve Ridler, 7 @ The Cellar

Today in Jazz

Apr 17

 

Bassist Buster Williams born 1942 in Camden, NJ. Banjoist/guitarist Johnny St. Cyr born 1890 in New Orleans, LA. Johnny Griffin - Introducing Johnny Griffin (1956) Bobby Hutcherson - Cirrus (1974) Slide Hampton Quintet - Roots (1985) Charles Gayle - Consecration (1993) Mary Lou Williams and Cecil Taylor record Embraced at Carnegie Hall, 1977.

Today in Jazz

Apr 12

 Birthdays

Pianist Herbie Hancock born 1940 in Chicago, IL. Clarinetist Johnny Dodds born 1892 in New Orleans, LA. Recordings

Thelonious Monk - Thelonious Himself (1957)
Oscar Peterson Trio at the Concertgebouw (1958)
Pharoah Sanders - Live (1981)
Bob Moses - When Elephants Dream of Music (1982)
Joshua Redman - Freedom in the Groove (1996)
Byard Lancaster Quartet - Ancestral Link Hotel (2005)

Today in Jazz

April 10

Birthdays
Saxophonist/arranger Fud Livingstone born 1906 in Charleston, SC.
Pianist Denny Zeitlin born 1938 in Chicago, IL.
Hammond player Joey De Francesco b. 1971 Philadelphia, PA

Recordings
Count Basie's band features Coleman Hawkins on FeedingThe Bean, 1941.
Anthony Braxton - 3 Compositions of New Jazz (1968)
Miles Davis - Black Beauty (1970)
Charles Gayle Quartet feat. John Tchicai - Always Born (1988)
Steve Lacy - Actuality (1995)
Joshua Redman - Freedom in the Groove (1996)
Chick Corea - Past, Present & Futures (2001)

Today in Jazz

Recordings
 

Freddie Hubbard records Hub Cap with Jimmy Heath, 1961. Gil Evans records New Bottle, Old Wine featuring  Cannonball Adderley 1959 Sonny Simmons Trio - Transcendence (1996) Birthdays Reuben Wilson 1935 Steve Gadd 1945

Review - Next Collective

 

Check out the All About Jazz review of  Next Collective's "Cover Art"

Challenges for musicians - getting paid

 New York Times article (at length) about the problems Performance Rights Organizations, such as Broadcast Music Incorporated or BMI  face in collecting royalties for the licensed music of the songwriters and music publishers they represent. The main issue is public performance royalties in for profit settings such as a bars or restaurants.

Get Lit!

 

Mark your calendar for April 8-14, 2013 for the 15th annual Get Lit! Festival!

Eastern Washington University’s Get Lit! Programs engages members of the Inland Northwest community in a celebration of the written word by encouraging discussion, at all age levels, of literature in its many forms. The Get Lit! Festival is an annual celebration of reading, writing, and storytelling. The weeklong festival includes readings, interviews, workshops, panel discussions, poetry slams, writing contests, and more. With as many as 10,000 people attending from Spokane and the surrounding region each April, the festival has become an integral part of the artistic and cultural landscape of the Inland Northwest each April. Plus our on-going educational outreach programs—Authors Tour, Writers-in-Residence, and Poetry Out Loud—reach more than 5,000 students annually. We target low-income, rural, and alternative schools to help develop literacy, engage students in discussions around literature, and encourage students to think critically and creatively about our world. As one sixth-grade student put it, Get Lit! Programs “helps your mind grow.”

Today in Jazz

Birthdays

Vocalist Carmen McCrae born 1920 in New York, NY. Recordings Dizzy Gillespie - Birks' Works (1957) The New Elvin Jones Trio - Puttin' It Together (1968) Chick Corea - The Song of Singing (1970) Max Roach - Lift Every Voice and Sing (1971) Timeless All-Stars - Timeless Heart (1983) Geri Allen/Charlie Haden/Paul Motian - Segments (1989) Tom Harrell records Form with Joe Lovano, Dave Leibman and John Abercrombie 1990

Today In Jazz

Apr 5

Recordings  Lionel Hamption records Sweethearts on Parade featuring tenor saxophonist Chu Berry, 1939. Art Blakey - The Jazz Messengers (1956) Yusef Lateef - Part of the Search (1973) Cecil Taylor Unit / 3 Phasis (1978) Karl Berger - Crystal Fire (1991) Wadada Leo Smith & Anthony Braxton - Organic Resonance (2003) Prince Lasha & The Odean Pope Trio - The Mystery of Prince Lasha (2005) Birthdays Saxophonist Stanley Turrentine born 1934 in Pittsbugh, PA. Drummer Stan Levey born 1925 in Philadelphia, PA.

Jazznotes Thursday April 4th - Sunday April 7th

THURS APR 4

Seattle

Jacqueline Tabor and Friends, 7:30 @ Tula’s
Brian Culbertson, 7:30 @ Jazz Alley
The Tommy Dorsey Orchestra, 7:30 @ Benaroya Hall (  206-215-4747 )

Spokane                   

Cruxie, 8 @ Zola                   

Sammy Eubanks, 7 @ Blues at the Bend

Dueling Pianos, 8:30 @ Gibliano Bros       
(CHENEY) Kenny Sager and Friends, 6 @ Willow Springs Station

CDA

 Riverboat Dave, 7 @ The Cellar

FRI APR 5

Seattle

Brian Culbertson, 7:30 @ Jazz Alley          
Jazz and Sushi, 7 @ Hiroshi’s
The Bill Anschell Quartet, 7:30 @ Tula’s

Spokane

Blackwater Prophet, 7:30 @ The Phat House
Led Foot Deacon, 9 @ Bluz at the Bend

CDA

The Coeur d'Alene Blues Festival with headliner Charlie Musselwhite @ the Coeur d'alene Resort  for more information  log onto www.cdabluesfestival.com

Truck Mills, 7 @ The Greenbriar Inn         
Bill Bozely, 7 @ The Fedora
Brad Perry, 7 @ The Cellar 

           

SAT APR 6

Seattle

Jazz and Blues w/ Debbie Cavitt, 6 @ The Scarlet Tree (801 NE 65^th St)
Brian Culbertson, 7:30 @ Jazz Alley
The Greta Matassa Quartet, 7:30 @ Tula’s

Spokane

Led Foot Deacon, 9 @ Bluz at the Bend                

Dueling Pianos, 8 @ Gibliano Bros

CDA

 

The Coeur d'Alene Blues Festival with headliner Charlie Musselwhite @ the Coeur d'alene Resort for more information log onto www.cdabluesfestival.com

Bill Bozely, 7 @ The Fedora                       

Truck Mills, 6 @ The Seasons
Bones, Bolan and Nelson, 7 @ The Cellar

SUN APR 7

Seattle

The Jim Cutler Jazz Orchestra, 8 @ Tula’s

Brian Culbertson, 7:30 @ Jazz Alley                      

Danny Kolke Trio, 6 @ Boxley’s

Spokane

The Bucket List, 8 @ Zola               

Voodoo Church, 8 @ Cheap Shots

CDA

 Steve Ridler, 7 @ The Cellar

Today in Jazz

Apr 4

Recordings Booker Little, Max Roach eric Dolphy - Out Front (1961) Yusef Lateef - Part of the Search (1973) Cecil Taylor Unit / 3 Phasis (1978) Freddie Hubbard - Super Blue (1978) Karl Berger - Crystal Fire (1991) McCoy Tyner - New York Reunion (1991)  Birthdays Bluesman Muddy Waters 1915 Issaquena County, Mississippi Pianist Benny Green born 1963 in New York, NY.

Roy "Futureman" Wooten coming to Spokane!

 

 

 

Friday, April 12

 

SFCC Jazz Presents: “Futureman” Roy Wooten and The Black Mozart Ensemble, 7:30 p.m., Music/Performing Arts Building auditorium, Bldg. 15, Spokane Community College, 3410 W. Fort George Wright Drive Tickets available at Hoffman Music, Luxe Coffeehouse, Ticketswest and SFCC Cashiers Office (Bldg. 17). Information: 533-3741

 

 

Today in Jazz

Apr 3
 

Recordings Alto saxophonist Charlie Parker rehearses with Gene Roland's Big band, 1950. It is issued as The Band That Never Was. Kenny Drew - This is New (1957) Bobby Hutcherson - Dialogue (1965) Cecil Taylor Unit / 3 Phasis (1978) Jimmy Knepper Quintet - Dream Dancing (1986) McCoy Tyner - New York Reunion (1991) Birthdays

Bassist Scott Lafaro born 1936 in Newark, NJ.

Organist Jimmy McGriff born 1936 in Philadelphia, PA.

other notable events

Death of Sarah Vaughan 1990. New York Times Obituary

Washington State Jazz Festivals 2013

Washington State Jazz Festivals 2013

• Earshot Jazz Festival
• Ballard Jazz Festival
• Bellevue Jazz Festival
• The Seasons Music Festival
• Jazz In The Valley
• Jazz Port Townsend
• Art of Jazz Series
• Vancouver Wine and Jazz Festival

Today in Jazz

Apr 2

Recordings 

Tenor saxophonist Coleman Hawkins, pianist Bud Powell, bassist Oscar Pettiford and drummer Kenny Clarke record All The Things You Are in Essen,Germany 1960 Lester Young - The Pres (1950) Red Garland - Red Alone (1960) Kenny Barron - Sunset to Dawn (aka Soft Spoken Here) (1973) Anderson/Drake/Jordan/Parker - 2 Days in April (1999) Birthdays Trumpeter Booker Little born 1938 in Memphis, TN. Guitarist and Univeristy of Washington Alumni Larry Coryell born 1943 in Galveston, TX.

Apr 1

APRIL IS JAZZ APPRECIATION MONTH! 

Recordings Trumpeter/bandleader Cootie Williams is the first to record a Thelonious Monk composition, Epistrophy, 1942. The Mike Westbrook Concert Band - Marching Song Vol. 1 & 2 (1969) Charles Mingus - Cumbia and Jazz Fusion (1976) Freddie Hubbard - Super Blue (1978) Anderson/Drake/Jordan/Parker - 2 Days in April (1999) Birthdays Saxophonist Harry Carney born 1910 in Boston, MA. Saxophonist John Laporta born 1920 in Philadelphia, PA. Gil Scott - Heron  b. 1949 Chicago, IL

Today in Jazz

Mar 28
 

Recordings Soprano saxophonist/clarinetist Sidney Bechet and cornetist Muggsy Spanier record China Boy, 1940. Kenny Drew - This is New (1957) Art Pepper + Eleven - Modern Jazz Classics (1959) Various - The New Wave in Jazz (1965) McCoy Tyner - Sama Layuca (1974) Arthur Doyle & Sunny Murray - Live at Glenn Miller Cafe (2000) Birthdays Thaddeus Joseph Jones (March 28, 1923 - August 21, 1986) was an American jazz trumpeter, composer, and bandleader. Thad Jones

Today in Jazz

Mar 27

Birthdays 

Saxophonist Ben Webster born 1909 in Kansas City, MO. Clarinetist Pee Wee Russell born 1906 in St. Louis, MO. Vocalist Sarah Vaughan born 1924 in Newark, NJ. Sarah Vaughan Recordings Hank Mobley Quartet (1955) Ornette Coleman - Ornette on Tenor (1961) George Braith - Extension (1964) Anthony Braxton - 3 Compositions of New Jazz (1968) McCoy Tyner - Sama Layuca (1974) Cecil Brooks III - The Collective (1989)

Today in Jazz

Mar 26

Recordings 

Tenor saxophonist Hank Mobley records Workout with pianist Wynton Kelly, guitarist Grant Green, bassist Paul Chambers and drummer Philly Joe Jones, 1961. John Coltrane - Settin' the Pace (1958) McCoy Tyner - Sama Layuca (1974) Clifford Jordan - Highest Mountain (1975) Tenor saxophonist David Murray records The Special Quartet with pianist McCoy Tyner and drummer Elvin Jones, 1990. Matthew Shipp Trio - Prism (1993) Greg Osby - Black Book (1994) Charlie Kohlhase Quintet - Dancing on my Bedpost (1998) Birthdays James Moody b. 1925 Savannah, GA d. 2010 San Diego, CA

Today in Jazz

Mar 22

Recordings

Tenor saxophonist Sonny Rollins records Pent-Up House with trumpeter Clifford Brown and drummer Max Roach, 1956.  Red Garland's Piano (1956) Ornette Coleman - Ornette on Tenor (1961) Ornette Coleman - Crisis (1969) Mike Westbrook - Citadel/Room 315 (1975) Henry Threadgill Sextett - Just the Facts and Pass the Bucket (1983) Ernest Dawkins' New Horizons Ensemble - Mean Ameen (2004) Xylophonist Red Norvo band records Eddie Sauter's arrangement of Remember, 1937. Birthdays Guitarist George Benson born 1943 in Pittsburgh, PA.

Today in Jazz

Mar 21
 

Recordings Miles Davis - Someday My Prince Will Come (1961) Andrew Hill - Point of Departure (1964) Mike Westbrook - Citadel/Room 315 (1975) Ernest Dawkins' New Horizons Ensemble - Mean Ameen (2004) Birthdays Pianist/vocalist Amina Claudine Myers born 1942 in Blackwell, AR Clarinetist Hank d'Amico born 1915 in Rochester, NY. Son House b. 1902 d. 1988 Read more about Son House by clicking here.

Today in Jazz

Mar 19

Recordings 

Count Basie records Taxi War Dance, featuring tenor saxophonist Lester Young, 1939 Barney Kessel/Ray Brown/Shelly Manne - The Poll Winners (1957) Abbey Lincoln - It's Magic (1958) Jackie McLean - Let Freedom Ring (1962) Stan Getz/Joao Gilberto - Getz/Gilberto (1963) Herbie Hancock - My Point of View (1963) Jimmy Rowles - I'm Glad There is You (1985) Other Dimensions in Music - Now! (1997) Khan Jamal - Balafon Dance (2002) Birthdays Saxophonist/composer Ornette Coleman b.1930 in Fort Worth, TX. Pianist Lennie Tristano b. 1919 in Chicago, IL. Pianist/Vocalist Eliane Elias b. 1960 Sao Paulo, Brazil

Today in Jazz

Mar 18
 

Recordings Pianist Lil Armstrong records Sixth Street, 1940. Poet Langston Hughes records Weary Blues with bassist Charles Mingus, 1958. Barney Kessel/Ray Brown/Shelly Manne - The Poll Winners (1957) Ella Fitzgerald - Get Happy! (1958) Stan Getz/Joao Gilberto - Getz/Gilberto (1963) Jimmy Rowles - I'm Glad There is You (1985) Shirley Horn - The Main Ingredient (1995) Khan Jamal - Balafon Dance (2002) Birthdays Guitarist Bill Frisell born 1951 in Baltimore, MD. Bill Frisell

Today in Jazz

Mar 15

Birthdays 

Trumpeter/bandleader Harry James born 1916 in Albany, GA. Pianist Cecil Taylor born 1929 in New York, NY. Charles Lloyd, 1938 Memphis, TN (Check out Charles Lloyd's latest release Hagar's Song on the ECM label) Charles Lloyd Recordings Duke Ellington records Concerto for Cootie 1940

Coleman Hawkins - The Hawk Flies High (1957)
Chico Hamilton - Chic Chic Chico (1965)
Gato Barberi - In Search of the Mystery (1967)
Shirley Horn - The Main Ingredient (1995)