"Because ignorance of your culture is considered uncool"
"Because ignorance of your culture is considered uncool"
Heading in a smooth and mellow direction this week with The Dave Brubeck Quartet featuring Paul Desmond, at a private party in Carmel and recorded on June 26, 1955 by a fan, by the group – who knows? One of…
Pete Brown Group – Kai Winding Group – Live from Birdland – September 9, 1952 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection Back over to Birdland in New York City this week for a club date featuring the inimitable Kai Winding and…
All Star Parade of Bands – George Shearing – 1953 Over to The Blue Note club in Chicago for this installment of the weekend Downbeat. George Shearing and his Quintet, recorded and broadcast by NBC Radio on July 11, 1953.…
It helps, a lot: Become a Patron! From NPR’s legendary and much lamented Jazz Alive! series comes this weekend’s Downbeat post. Recorded at the 3rd Annual Art Park Jazz Festival in Lewiston New York, between September 1-3, 1979 and featuring…