Monday, July 31, 2017
Sonny Rollins - Live at Umbria Jazz Festival
Recorded July 18, 1996 in Perugia, Italy, featuring Sonny Rollins (tenor sax), Stephen Scott (piano), Clifton Anderson (trombone), Bob Cranshaw (bass), Victor See Yuen (percussion), and Harold Summey (drums).
Sonny Rollins official site
Sunday, July 30, 2017
Saturday, July 29, 2017
Friday, July 28, 2017
Thursday, July 27, 2017
Hawkwind - Live in Nottingham
Recorded in 1990, featuring Alan Davey (vocals, bass, synthesizer), Dave Brock (vocals, guitar, keyboards), Harvey Bainbridge (keyboards, vocals), Richard Chadwick (drums, percussion), and Simon House (violin), with Bridget Wishart (additional vocals), Julie Murray (dancer), and Kris Tait & Wango Riley (fire-eaters).
Hawkwind official site
Wednesday, July 26, 2017
Geri Allen - "LBW's House"
Recorded in 2014 at the Commencement Concert for Berklee College of Music in Boston, MA.
Geri Allen on Wikipedia
Tuesday, July 25, 2017
Freddie Hubbard Quintet - Live at the Berlin Jazz Festival
Recorded November 2, 1985, featuring Freddie Hubbard (trumpet), Kenny Garrett (alto sax), Mark Templeton (piano), Ira Coleman (bass), and Carl Allen (drums).
Freddie Hubbard official site
Monday, July 24, 2017
Sunday, July 23, 2017
Sam Rivers Trio - Live in Atlanta
Recorded February 23, 2002 at the First Existentialist Congregation in Atlanta, GA, featuring Sam Rivers (tenor sax, soprano sax, flute, piano), Doug Matthews (bass, bass clarinet), and Anthony Cole (drums, saxophone, piano).
Sam Rivers official site
Saturday, July 22, 2017
Friday, July 21, 2017
Thursday, July 20, 2017
Wednesday, July 19, 2017
Tuesday, July 18, 2017
Dexter Gordon - "Backstairs"
Recorded in 1979 at Carrousel Zaal in The Hague, The Netherlands, featuring Dexter Gordon (tenor sax), Kirk Lightsey (piano), Rufus Reid (bass), and Eddie Gladden (drums).
Dexter Gordon official site
Monday, July 17, 2017
Sunday, July 16, 2017
Saturday, July 15, 2017
Tony Bennett - "The Way You Look Tonight"
Recorded December 31, 2008 for the TV program Spectacle: Elvis Costello with..., featuring Tony Bennett (vocals) and Bill Charlap (piano).
Tony Bennett official site
Friday, July 14, 2017
The Headhunters - "If You Got It, You'll Get It"
Recorded May 9, 1975 at Winterland in San Francisco, CA, featuring Paul Jackson (bass, vocals), Bennie Maupin (tenor sax, vocals, percussion), Bill Summers (percussion), Mike Clark (drums), and DeWayne "Blackbyrd" McKnight (guitar, vocals).
The Headhunters on Wikipedia
Mike Clark official site
Paul Jackson official site
Bennie Maupin official site
DeWayne "Blackbyrd" McKnight official site
Thursday, July 13, 2017
Mavis Staples - "You Are Not Alone"
Recorded May 22, 2013 at the studios of radio station WFUV in New York City.
Mavis Staples official site
Wednesday, July 12, 2017
Tuesday, July 11, 2017
Thad Jones/Mel Lewis Orchestra
- Live at the Kongsberg Jazz Festival
Recorded June 26, 1974 at the Kongsberg Jazz Festival in Kongsberg, Norway, featuring Thad Jones, Jon Faddis, Steve Furtado, Jim Bossy, and Cecil Bridgewater (trumpet, flugelhorn); Jimmy Knepper, Billy Campbell, Quentin "Butter" Jackson, and Dave Taylor (trombone); Edward Xiques, Jerry Dodgion, Billy Harper, Ron Bridgewater, and Pepper Adams (saxophone, clarinet, flute); Walter Norris (piano), George Mraz (bass), and Mel Lewis (drums).
Vanguard Jazz Orchestra official site
Thad Jones tribute site
Mel Lewis biography
Monday, July 10, 2017
Hot 8 Brass Band - "Can't Nobody Get Down"
Recorded in 2017 in the studios of radio station KCRW in Santa Monica, CA.
Hot 8 Brass Band official site
Sunday, July 09, 2017
Richard "Groove" Holmes
- "The Man I Love" & "Bar Wars"
Recorded in 1980 in Spain, featuring Richard "Groove" Holmes (organ), Willis "Gator" Jackson (tenor sax), Steve Giordano (guitar), and Roger Humphries (drums).
Richard "Groove" Holmes on Wikipedia
Saturday, July 08, 2017
McCoy Tyner Trio with Michael Brecker - "Impressions"
Recorded June 26, 1996 in Prague, Czech Republic, featuring McCoy Tyner (piano), Michael Brecker (tenor sax), Avery Sharpe (bass), and Aaron Scott (drums).
McCoy Tyner official site
Michael Brecker official site
Friday, July 07, 2017
Thursday, July 06, 2017
James Brown - "Please Please Please"
Recorded in October, 1964 for the film The TAMI Show at the Santa Monica Civic Auditorium in Santa Monica, CA.
James Brown official site
Wednesday, July 05, 2017
Mary Halvorson & Nels Cline - Live at The Stone
Recorded August 2, 2016 at The Stone in New York City, featuring Mary Halvorson (guitars) and Nels Cline (guitars).
Mary Halvorson official site
Tuesday, July 04, 2017
Monday, July 03, 2017
Sunday, July 02, 2017
Yusef Lateef Quartet - Autophysiopsychic Music
Recorded for the TV program Jazz Harmonie on April 22, 1972 at Parc Floral de Paris in Paris, France, featuring Yusef Lateef (tenor sax, flute, oboe), Kenny Barron (piano), Bob Cunningham (bass), and Albert "Tootie" Heath (drums, wood flute).
Yusef Lateef official site
Saturday, July 01, 2017
Lambert, Hendricks & Ross with Joe Williams
- "The King"
Recorded in October 1959 at WBKB-TV, Chicago, IL for the syndicated television series Playboy's Penthouse, featuring Joe Williams, Dave Lambert, Jon Hendricks, and Annie Ross (vocals) with Count Basie (piano), Freddie Green (guitar), Ed Jones (bass), and Sonny Payne (drums).
Jon Hendricks official site
Joe Williams Wikipedia page