"Because ignorance of your culture is considered uncool"
"Because ignorance of your culture is considered uncool"
Become a Patron! Live Jazz from the 1950’s this weekend with a double bill, live from Birdland in New York City on September 9,1952. Not together, though sharing the same stage, Slim Gaillard and Arthur Prysock. Starting off the set…
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Dizzy Gillespie Sextet – Live at Theatre National Populaire, Palais de Chaillot, Paris – Oct. 22, 1971 – Radio France – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – Dizzy Gillespie – something legendary this weekend. Recorded live at the Palais de Chaillot…
Chuck Berry – in concert from Belgium – June 2, 1965 – RTBF, Belgium – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – Barely getting over the news of the passing of Blues icon, James Cotton, comes the devastating news that Chuck Berry…
Charlie Parker and The Stars Of Modern Jazz – Carnegie Hall – Dec. 24, 1949 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – History this week. Charlie Parker, along with a stellar lineup which included Miles Davis, Serge Chaloff, Kai Winding, Stan…
Lee Konitz with Lennie Tristano and Warne Marsh – live in Toronto – 1952 Become a Patron! More terrible news tonight – hearing of the passing of Jazz giant Lee Konitz, the direct result of COVID-19. I was trying to…
Day 20 – 10 days left to go and the last full week of our Spring Fundraiser. This is the make-or-break period and we need every penny of support we can if we’re going to get even close to our…
. . . or click on the link here for Audio Player – NBC Radio – New World: Comic Books – July 1, 1956 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection As the 50s galloped on, and as the Cold War brought…
. . . or click on the link here for Audio Player – Interview with Mamie Van Doren for The Beat Generation – June 6, 1959 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection. A staple of the American cultural diet since Cinema…
. . . or click on the link here for Audio Player – Dizzy Gillespie – Live In Paris – February 5, 1953 – Radio France This one’s not only rare, it sounds amazing. The legendary Dizzy Gillespie; high-priest of…