“All of me” August 24, 2008
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What do the Muppets, Pia Zadora, Django Reinhardt, Jimmie Scott, Billie Holiday, Anne Murray, Willie Nelson, Johnnie Ray, Redd Foxx, Louis Armstrong, Paul Whiteman, Dean Martin, Ella Fitzgerald, Belle Baker, NOFX, Frank Sinatra and Mildred Bailey have in common?
They all covered this …
Bon anniversaire, Stéphane January 26, 2008
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Today would have been the one hundredth birthday of the greatest jazz violinist of all time.
Above, from 1991, the eighty-three-year-old Stéphane Grappelli performs “How High The Moon” by Nancy Hamilton and Morgan Lewis, accompanied by McCoy Tyner on piano, Marc Fosset on guitar and Jean-Philip Viret on bass.
“Some Skunk Funk” January 20, 2008
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The Brecker Brothers …
Oscar Peterson, 1925-2007 December 26, 2007
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One of the greatest jazz pianists of all time passed away on Sunday.
Anita O’Day December 11, 2007
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Tastes change. I remember my Dad playing Anita O’Day for me when I was in my ‘twenties and on a Billie Holiday kick, and I just didn’t get it. Now I do.
These clips are from documentaries on O’Day’s life, and although there’s relatively little music it tells more of her astounding life than paragraphs of purple prose could accomplish.
4 background musicians = 1 cool quartet December 3, 2007
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Milt Jackson on vibraphone, John Lewis on piano, Percy Heath on bass and Kenny Clarke on drums.
Four musicians on instruments that normally play under the leads in modern jazz. No horns, no reeds, no vocals.
“Afro Blue” November 10, 2007
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From the Jazz Casual program of December 7, 1963: John Coltrane on sax, McCoy Tyner on piano, Jimmy Garrison on bass, and Elvin Jones on drums, performing the number from the Afro Blue Impressions album that was released that year.
“‘Round Midnight” October 29, 2007
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From a concert in Norway in 1966, the brilliant jazz pianist Thelonius Monk appears with drummer Ben Riley, bassist Larry Gales and tenor saxophonist Charlie Rouse, performing Monk’s own composition.
Joe and Herbie — “Lush Life” October 21, 2007
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This is just amazing. From 1993, Joe Henderson on sax and Herbie Hancock on piano performing “Lush Life”.
Ella and Duke — “Lush Life” October 20, 2007
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Ella Fitzgerald on vocals and Duke Ellington on piano, performing one of the the best-known songs of Ellington’s long-time collaborator, Billy Strayhorn.
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“So What” August 29, 2007
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Personnel this clip: Miles Davis (trumpet), John Coltrane (tenor saxophone), Wynton Kelly (piano), Paul Chambers (bass), Jimmy Cobb (drums), plus Jimmy Cleveland and either Bill Elton, Rod Levitt or Frank Rehak (trombone).
It should have been Cathy’s waltz August 24, 2007
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From 1961, the Dave Brubeck Quartet performs “Take Five” by Paul Desmond. Dave Brubeck on piano, Paul Desmond on drums, Joe Morello on drums and Gene Wright on bass.
Max Roach, 1924-2007 August 21, 2007
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From the mid-1960s, featuring Coleridge Parkinson on piano, Eddie Kahn on bass, Clifford Jordan on tenor sax and the vocals of Roach’s second wife, the amazing Abbey Lincoln.
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