Fatima Mansions for this Tuesday Afternoon lunchroom – recorded at Le Cigale in Paris on October 19, 1990 and broadcast by Radio France FIP. I don’t think we’re ever going to witness the end of the list of bands that have gone underrated or overlooked in our musical history. Fatima
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The Cannonball Adderley Sextet as they appeared on the 625 Program at the BBC on May 14, 1964. Appearing with Nat Adderley – Cornet, Charles Lloyd – Tenor Sax, Flute, Joe Zawinul – Piano, Sam Jones – Bass and Louis Hayes – Drums. Adderley’s direct style on alto was indebted
Getting Monday up and running with a set by The Charlatans – recorded at the Reading Festival – on August 28, 1992 and broadcast over BBC Radio 1. Always a perennial favorite, and the band I routinely cite as game changers which started as the 80s were winding down and
John Lewis Trio – live at Town Hall – Lenox, Massachusetts – July 13, 1996. Perennial favorite John Lewis this weekend – along with Marc Johnson, bass and Albert “Tootie” Heath on drums, in concert at Town Hall in Lenox Massachusetts on July 13, 1996. Probably best known as one
Jimi Hendrix – in concert from Stockholm – Konserthuset – January 9, 1969 – Sveriges Radio – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – Jimi Hendrix as a reminder who we lost, this day 56 years ago. A concert recorded by Sveriges Radio in Sweden, on January 9, 1969 from the Konserhuset
– NBC Nightly News – September 18, 1970 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – 56 years ago today, the music world suffered a devastating loss – it would be one of three to go that year, and their passings signified the end of an era, the party was over. But
Weather Report this weekend – recorded at the International Music Forum at Stitshoff, Ossiach, Austria on July 27, 1971 and broadcast via WDR. Featured in the band is: Joe Zawinul, Wayne Shorter, Mirolslav Vitous, Alphonse Mouzon and Dom Um Romano – the original lineup and reportedly the earliest known recorded
What was going on, this day in 1993. Well . . .Starting in Washington: Seeking to forge an inspired new partnership between the civil rights and labor movements, about 75,000 marchers converged Saturday at the Lincoln Memorial on the 30th anniversary of the march led by Martin Luther King Jr.
August 17, 1977 – CBS News – The World Tonight – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – August 17, 1977 – It was the day after the death of Elvis Presley. A wave of nostalgia hit the country as fans by the thousands gathered outside his Graceland home in Memphis to
