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Thursday, February 28

Today in Jazz

Feb 28

Recordings 

 Mildred Bailey records Downhearted Blues with the John Kirby Sextet, 1939.
This is Ray Brown (1958)
Billy Bang Quartet - Spirits Gathering (1996)
Keith Jarrett - Treasure Island (1974)
Art Ensemble of Chicago - The Meeting (2003)
Malachi Thompson & Africa Brass - Blue Jazz (2003)

Willie Bobo
Birthdays
 Percussionist Willie Bobo born 1934 in New York, NY.
Violin Svend Asmussen born 1916 in Copenhagen, Denmark

Wednesday, February 27

Today in Jazz

Feb 27

Birthdays

Dexter Gordon born 1923 in Los Angeles, CA.

Dexter Gordon


Recordings

Pianist Erroll Garner records The One and Only, 1953.
Oscar Pettiford and Max Roach record There Will Never Be Another You as a duet, 1958.
 This is Ray Brown (1958)
Max Roach - It's Time (1962)
Keith Jarrett - Treasure Island (1974)
Woody Shaw - Bemsha Swing (1986)
Ralph Moore Quartet - 623 C Street (1987)
Art Ensemble of Chicago - The Meeting (2003)
Malachi Thompson & Africa Brass - Blue Jazz (2003)

Today in Jazz

Feb 26

Recordings

Louis Armstrong records the first jazz scat vocal Heebie Jeebies, 1926.
Count Basie records Avenue C with Shadow Wilson on drums, 1945
 Max Roach - It's Time (1962)
Harold Land - The Peace-Maker (1968)
Andrew Hill - Blue Black (1975)
Brotherhood of Breath - Bremen to Bridgewater (1975)
Woody Shaw - Bemsha Swing (1986)
Charlie Kohlhase Quintet - Dart Night (1995)
Joe Morris Ensemble - Elsewhere (1996)
Albert Ayler in Greenwich Village (1966)

Birthdays

Tenor saxophonist Flip Phillips born 1915 in Brooklyn, NY.

Dave Pell


Saxophonist Dave Pell b. 1935

Monday, February 25

Today in Jazz

Feb 25
 
Recordings

Duke Ellington recordsThe Queen's Suite (of which only one copy is made and given to the Queen of England) 1959.
Clifford Brown/Max Roach - Study in Brown (1955)
Art Taylor - Taylor's Wailers (1957)
Jimmy Smith - The Sermon! / House Party / Confirmation (1958)
Eric Dolphy - Out to Lunch! (1964)
Alexander von Schlippenbach - Monk's Casino (2004)

Birthdays

George Harrison b. 1943 d. 2001
Trombonist Ake Persson born 1932 in Hassleholm, Sweden

Thursday, February 21

Today in jazz

February 21

Birthdays

Composer/pianist Tadd Dameron born 1917 in Cleveland, OH.

Vocalist Nina Simone born 1933 in Tryon, NC.

Nina Simone

Recordings

Art Blakey Quintet with Clifford Brown - A Night at Birdland Vol. 1-3 (1954)
Cannonball Adderley/Bill Evans - Know What I Mean? (1961)
Stan Getz - Stan the Man (1961)
Bill Evans at Town Hall, Vol.1 (1966)
Circle - Paris-Concert (1971)
Air - Open Air Suit (1978)
Charlie Haden Quartet West - The Art of the Song (1999)

Wednesday, February 20

Today in Jazz


Feb 20

Birthdays

Nancy Wilson (1937)
Pianist/composer Anthony Davis born 1951 in Paterson, NJ.
Pianist/arranger Phil Moore born 1918 in Portland, OR.


 
 Recordings

Vocalist Ethel Waters records Sugar 1926
Sonny Rollins - Three in Jazz / On the Outside (1963)
Art Blakey and the Jazz Messengers - Kyoto (1964)
Herb Ellis/Joe Pass - Two for the Road (1974)
Frank Lowe Trio - Vision Blue (1997)
Charlie Haden Quartet West - The Art of the Song (1999)

Tuesday, February 19

Today In Jazz


Feb 19

Birthdays

Saxophonist/composer/bandleader David Murray born 1955 in Berkeley, CA















Recordings

Wynton Kelly - Kelly Blue (1959)
Gene Ammons and Sonny Stitt record Soul Summit, 1962.
Archie Shepp - Live in San Francisco (1966)
Pharoah Sanders - Karma (1969)
Sonny Fortune - Awakening (1975)
Marion Brown - Vista (1975)
Pat Metheny Group - First Circle (1984)
Frank Lowe Trio - Vision Blue (1997)
Charlie Haden Quartet West - The Art of the Song (1999)

Friday, February 15

Today In Jazz

February 15th

Birthdays
Saxophonist/composer Henry Threadgill b.1944 in Chicago, IL.
Composer Harold Arlen b.1905 in Buffalo, NY.
Pianist Kirk Lightsey (1937)
Henry Threadgill











Recordings
Duke Ellington records Blue Serge 1941
Chet Baker Sings (1954)
Max Roach - It's Time (1962)
Lee Morgan - Search for the New Land (1964)
John Coltrane - Expression / Stellar Regions (1967)
Lee Morgan - Taru (1968)
David Holland/Barre Phillips - Music From Two Basses (1971)
Tommy Flanagan - The Tokyo Recital (1975)
Pat Metheny Group - First Circle (1984)

Thursday, February 14

Today in Jazz

Feb 14

Recordings

Milt Jackson - Ballads and Blues (1956)
Clifford Jordan/Sonny Red - A Story Tale (1961)
Sonny Rollins - The Bridge (1962)
Junior Mance Trio - Junior's Blues (1963)
Pharoah Sanders - Karma (1969)
Don Cherry and the Jazz Composers Orchestra - Relativity Suite (1973)
Dennis Gonzalez New Dallas Sextet - Namesake (1987)
McPhee/Vandermark/Kessler - A Meeting in Chicago (1996)

Happy Birthday

Pianist Perry Bradford born 1893 in Montgomery, AL
Maceo Parker (1943)
 

Wednesday, February 13

Today in Jazz

Feb 13
 
Birthdays
Trumpeter Wingy Manone born 1900 in New Orleans, LA.
Tenor saxophonist Wardell Gray born 1921 in Oklahoma City, OK.

Wardell Gray

Recordings

Stan Kenton - The Formative Years (1942)
Sonny Rollins - The Bridge (1962)
Stan Getz/Charlie Byrd - Jazz Samba (1962)
Albert Ayler - Love Cry (1968)
Barney Kessel - Feeling Free (1969)
Phineas Newborn Jr. - Harlem Blues (1969)
Mary Lou Williams - Mary Lou's Mass (1970)
Herb Ellis/Joe Pass - Two for the Road (1974)

Tuesday, February 12

Today in Jazz

February 12th

Recordings



Vocalist Mahalia Jackson records Come Sunday with Duke Ellington, 1958.



Miles Davis - Four and More / My Funny Valentine (1964)
Phineas Newborn Jr. - Harlem Blues (1969)
Roland Hanna Trio - Child of Gemini (1971)
Gunter Hampel and his Galaxie Dream Band - Journey to the Song Within (1974)
Steve Lacy Two, Five & Six - Blinks (1983)
Dennis Gonzalez New Dallasorleanssippi - Debenge-Debenge (1988)
Charles Gayle Trio - Live at Glenn Miller Cafe (2006)


Monday, February 11

Today in Jazz

Feb 11

 
Recordings

Bing Crosby records St.Louis Blues with Duke Ellington's Orchestra, 1932.Benny Carter records The King with vibraphonist Milt Jackson and pianist Tommy Flanagan, 1976
Sonny Rollins - Freedom Suite (1958)
Roland Hanna Trio - Child of Gemini (1971)
Alan Skidmore, Mike Osborne, & John Surman - S.O.S. (1975)
Dennis Gonzalez New Dallasorleanssippi - Debenge-Debenge (1988)






Birthdays

Guitarist/vocalist Josh White born 1908 in Greenville, MS.

Sergio Mendez (1941)

Sergio Mendez

 

Friday, February 8

Trumpeter Donald Byrd passes away

Donald Byrd
Trumpeter Donald Byrd passed away earlier this week. The details are unclear, but you can read about him in this Spinner article.

Thursday, February 7

Today in jazz

Feb 7

Birthdays
Pianist Eubie Blake born 1883 in Baltimore, MD.

Eubie Blake
Recordings
Johnny Griffin records Change of Pace w/ French hornist Julius Watkins(1961)
John Coltrane - Soultrane (1958)
Hank Mobley - Soul Station (1960)
Johnny Griffin/Eddie "Lockjaw" Davis - Pisces (1961)
Weather Report - Sweetnighter (1973)

Billy Bang - Untitled Gift (1982)
Django Bates - Winter Truce (and Homes Blaze) (1995)
Trio-X - Journey (2003)

Wednesday, February 6

Featured release - Chris Potter "The Sirens"



Check out the New York Times review of tenorist Chris Potter's latest release on ECM Records "The Sirens"


Today In Jazz


Feb 6

Recordings

Bob Crosby Bob Cats record Spain, 1940.
Alto saxophonist Cannonball Adderley records Sophisticated Swing with Junior Mance, Sam Jones and Jimmy Cobb.
Weather Report - Sweetnighter (1973)
Django Bates - Winter Truce (and Homes Blaze) (1995)
Trio-X - Journey (2003)

Birthdays

Trumpeter Howard McGhee born 1918 in Tulsa, OK.

Howard McGhee

Tuesday, February 5

Today in Jazz

Feb 5

 Recordings
Edmond Hall Celeste Quartet (with guitarist Charlie Christian) records Profoundly Blue 1941
Gil Evans records Pacific Standard Time, 1959.
Anthony Braxton - The Complete Braxton (1971)
Weather Report - Sweetnighter (1973)
Walt Dickerson/Sirone/Andrew Cyrille - Life Rays (1982)

Happy Birthday!
Pianist Rozelle Claxton born 1913 in Memphis, TN.
Bill Mays (1944)

Bill Mays
 

Monday, February 4

Today in Jazz History

February 4th

Count Basie records Jive at Five(featuring Lester Young), 1939.
Frank Trumbauer and Bix Beiderbecke record Singing The Blues 1927

Billy Taylor - Uptown (1960)
Charles Tyler Ensemble (1966)
Robin Kenyatta - Until (1967)
Anthony Braxton - The Complete Braxton (1971)
Weather Report - Sweetnighter (1973)
Tommy Flanagan - Confirmation (1977)
Walt Dickerson/Sirone/Andrew Cyrille - Life Rays (1982)
Music Revelation Ensemble (1988)
Sticks and Stones - Shed Grace (2003)


Pianist Wade Legge born 1934 in Huntington, WVA.

Happy 100th Birthday Rosa Parks!

Friday, February 1

February - Black History Month

Feb 1

 Birthdays

Pianist James P. Johnson born 1894 in New Brunswick, NJ.
Saxophonist Joshua Redman born 1969 in Berkeley, CA.
Saxophonist Sadao Watanabe born 1933 in Utsunomiya, Japan.

James P. Johnson
Recordings

Lee Konitz Plays With The Gerry Mulligan Quartet (1953)
Cannonball Adderley Quintet - Them Dirty Blues (1960)
Roswell Rudd - Everywhere (1966)
Miles Davis - Agharta / Pangaea (1975)
Don Cherry/Ed Blackwell - El Corazon (1982)
Butch Morris - Current Trends in Racism in Modern America (1985)
Jack DeJohnette's Special Edition - Audio-Visualscapes (1988)
The Modern Jazz Quartet - For Ellington (1988)
Django Bates - Winter Truce (and Homes Blaze) (1995)

Sources: Smithsonian.org & tim-webb.com