Duke Ellington and His Famous Orchestra – Live at Ravinia Festival 1957 – CBS Radio – July 1, 1957 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – Duke Ellington this weekend. A sort of memorial, since it was 42 years since his passing on May 24, 1975, and his funeral on May
Allan Holdsworth Trio – Live at Leverkusen, Germany – November 9, 2010 Another passing to report tonight. The Music world has been hit particularly hard these past couple of years – almost to the point of not asking ” who’s next?” but “who’s left?” Tonight it’s news that legendary guitarist
Phil Woods – Straight ahead – multi-Grammy Winner – often referred to as “the new Bird”. Phil Woods – European Rhythm Machine – live at Foyer B – Maison de la Radio, Paris – Dec. 20, 1968 – ORTF, Paris Cool, straight-ahead sounds of Phil Woods this weekend, in a
Tony Scott Quartet – live at Prague International Jazz Festival – Nov. 22, 1968 – Czech Radio Tony Scott this weekend. One of the more underrated and overlooked Jazz clarinetists, Scott was a major practitioner of Cool School Jazz. After achieving considerable notice via Downbeat magazine (awarding him Downbeat Critics
Dave Brubeck Quartet – Live at Juan les Pines Festival, Antibes – July 22, 1967 – Radio France – Dave Brubeck Quartet this weekend. The quartet that formed a first impression of Modern Jazz on a lot of non-Jazz people in the formative period of the mid-late 1950s. And their
Count Basie – Live At Birdland – July 2, 1956 – NBC Radio: All-Star Parade of Bands – Gordon Skene Sound Collection Count Basie this week. From his stint at Birdland in the Summer of 1956, and as broadcast as part of the weekly All-Star Parade of Jazz series on
Coleman Hawkins Quartet – Metropol Restaurant, Oslo Norway – 1963 – NRK (Norwegian Radio-TV) – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – Coleman Hawkins for this first day of Daylight Savings Time. A short, but extremely sweet set as recorded by the Norwegian Radio-TV network NRK at The Metropol Restaurant/club in Oslo
The legendary Dexter Gordon this weekend, recorded live in Paris for Radio France on February 9, 1973. Click on the link at the Past Daily Website and listen to the complete concert. And a HUGE thanks to everyone who chipped in during our Fundraiser this past week. If you missed
Dizzy Gillespie with Charlie Parker – live on Jubillee – Dec. 29, 1945 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – Two legends together this weekend; Dizzy Gillespie and Charlie Parker, together with Milt Jackson on vibes, Al Haig on piano, Ray Brown on bass and Stan Levey on drums. All appearing
Larry Coryell and The 11th House – Live at The Village Gate – November 10, 1975 – WRVR-FM – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – Another staggering loss to the music world over the weekend. It was just learned today that guitar virtuoso/poet/innovator Larry Coryell passed away Sunday. Causes, as yet
