Review - Bob James & David Sanborn: Quartette Humaine

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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.

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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.
 

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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.

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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

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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.

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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)