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Thursday, May 30

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)

Wednesday, May 29

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.

Monday, May 20

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

Thursday, May 16

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)

Wednesday, May 15

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)

Monday, May 13

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)

Wednesday, May 8

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

Wednesday, May 1

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)