Pierre Vellones – Rhapsody op. 62 – Georges Gourdet, Marie-Claire Jamet, France Clidat, – 1958 – ORTF Radio, Paris – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – Over to Paris this week for a radio broadcast recital featuring Georges Gourdet, saxophone, France Clidat, piano, Marie-Claire Jamet, Harp and Didier Duclos, percussion –
WJSV-Detroit – Larry Gentile’s House Party – February 24, 1950 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – There’s a very good chance you weren’t born yet – maybe not for decades or even that century – have no idea who Tony Martin was. Draw a blank when somebody mentions Johnny Desmond.
Dizzy Gillespie Quintet – live in Paris – Studio 104, Maison de la Radio – March 15, 1970 ORTF, Paris – The legendary Dizzy Gillespie this weekend. With his quintet featuring George Davis, guitar – Mike Longo, piano – Red Mitchell, bass and David Lee Drums. It was all recorded
Shishi – live at ESNS 2022 Festival – Grotingen, Netherlands January 19, 2022 – Live in Vilnius – AGATA – Vilnius – April 2, 2021 – VPRO – Lithuania TV/Radio – Shishi at Eurosonic-Noorderslag (ESNS) 2022, recorded January 19th and an earlier session in Vilnius recorded last April – both
April 29, 1967 – KRLA – Johnny Hayes Show – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – L.A. Saturday, April 29, 1967 – It’s Spring – it’s only 64 degrees out at 2 in the afternoon, so it’s not totally Beach weather. Still, it’s the weekend. If you were like every
Commander Spoon – live at ESNS, Grotingen, Netherlands – January 19, 2022 – VPRO – Commander Soon, in concert from the ESNS Festival in Grotingen, Holland going on this weekend, with this one broadcast live on January 19th of this year. Loosely billed as a hybrid of “Jazz, electronica and
January 21, 1942 – NBC Early Morning Roundup – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – January 21, 1942 – Another day at war with information and reports flooding in – much of it worrisome but some of it came with glimmers of hope. The Pacific front was continuing to be a
Pitou – in concert at ESNS Festival – broadcast live on January 19, 2022 – ESNS Festival – Pitou in concert, recorded just yesterday during the ESNS Festival, which is actually a series of live performances from different studio locations and sadly, with no audience. But even with those restrictions
January 20, 1961 – President Kennedy’s First meeting of newly formed Cabinet – NBC Radio – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – President Kennedy spent the eight weeks following his election choosing his cabinet, staff and top officials. He retained J. Edgar Hoover as Director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation
A busy day, this January 20th. While pre-Inaugural balls were going on in one part of Washington for the upcoming swearing-in of Ronald Reagan, negotiations were reaching a fevered pitch in the final hours of the Carter White House. And while the Inauguration was getting ready to take place, it
