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)

Today in Jazz

Mar 13

Birthdays 

Drummer Roy Haynes born 1926 in Roxbury, MA. Trumpeter/composer Terence Blanchard born 1962 in New Orleans, LA. Roy Haynes Recordings Cannonball Adderley/Bill Evans - Know What I Mean? (1961) Trombonist Albert Mangelsdorff records A Matter of Taste, 1977. Jackie McLean - Rhythm of the Earth (1992)

Today in Jazz

Mar 11
 

Recordings Pianist Kenny Barron records Scratch with bassist Dave Holland and drummer Daniel Humair, 1985.Tenor saxophonist Stan Getz and guitarist Johnny Smith record Moonlight In Vermont, 1952. Freddie Hubbard - The Body and the Soul (1963) Steve Lacy/Roswell Rudd/Kent Carter/Beaver Harris - Trickles (1976)  Frank Morgan - You Must Believe in Spring (1992) Birthdays Violinist Leroy Jenkins born 1932 in Chicago, IL. Astor Piazzola, Argentina  b.1921 d. 1992 Astor Piazzola

Today in Jazz

Mar 7

 

Boogie-woogie pianist Meade "Lux" Lewis records Honky Tonk Train Blues 1937 Sonny Rollins - Way Out West (1957) Kenny Burrell & John Coltrane (1958) Sonny Rollins - Freedom Suite (1958) This is Walt Dickerson (1961) Miles Davis - Someday My Prince Will Come (1961) John Coltrane and Johnny Hartman (1963) Hank Mobley - The Turnaround! (1963) Shirley Horn - I Love You, Paris (1992) Guitarist Gabor Szabo born 1936 in Budapest, Hungary. Bassist Alcide Pavageau born 1888 in New Orleans, LA

Today in Jazz

Recordings
Gary Burton - The New Quartet (1973)
Stan Getz/Kenny Barron - People Time (1991)
Steve Lacy Double Sextet - Clangs (1992)
Duke Ellington records Ko-Ko 1940

Birthdays
Trumpeter Howard McGhee born 1918 in Tulsa, OK
Guitarist Wes Montgomery born 1925 in Indianapolis, IN.

Wes Montgomery

Jazz Hall of Fame opens voting to fans online

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Today in jazz

Mar 5
 

Recordings Louis Armstrong records Knocking A Jug with trombonist Jack Teagarden, 1929.Frank Foster and Frank Wess record Two Franks, Please, 1956. Gary Burton - The New Quartet (1973) Mark Helias - The Current Set (1987) Stan Getz/Kenny Barron - People Time (1991) Steve Lacy Double Sextet - Clangs (1992) Birthdays Vocalist Carol Sloane born 1937 in Providence, RI. Bop pianist Lou Levy b. 1928 d. 2001

Today in Jazz

Mar 4
 
Recordings

Guitarist Charlie Christian records Solo Flight with Benny Goodman's band, 1941. Trumpeter Dizzy Gillespie's Big Band records Carnegie Hall Concert, 1961. Sam Rivers - Crystals (1974) Mark Helias - The Current Set (1987) Stan Getz/Kenny Barron - People Time (1991) Steve Lacy Double Sextet - Clangs (1992) Ari Brown - Venus (1998) Birthdays Saxophonist Jan Garbarek born 1947 in Mysen, Norway. Trumpeter Bobby Shew 1941