"Because ignorance of your culture is considered uncool"
"Because ignorance of your culture is considered uncool"
Big Jay McNeely – live at Birdland, Seattle Washington – 1957 – Big J Records 1989 – In case you missed it, or it slipped your mind, or you were distracted by the birthday of another celebrated Jazz giant, Duke…
Duke Ellington and His Famous Orchestra – Live in Dakar, Senegal – April 9, 1966 – Radio France Duke Ellington this weekend – yesterday would have been his 118th birthday (April 29, 1899), and to commemorate that, I thought I…
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…
Count Basie and his Orchestra featuring Lambert, Hendricks & Ross – live at Juan-les-Pins Festival – July 20, 1961 – Radio France – The immortal Count Basie orchestra this week, cooking up a storm at the 1961 Juan-les-Pins Festival in…
Count Basie and His orchestra – Live From Birdland – All-Star Parade Of Bands – Feb. 6, 1956 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – Count Basie this weekend. Recorded for the NBC-Radio All-Star Parade Of Bands broadcast of February 6,…
Duke Ellington and His Famous Orchestra with Ivie Anderson, vocals – Live at The Cotton Club – March 18, 1937 – Mutual Radio A bit of history this weekend – Duke Ellington and His Famous Orchestra with Ivie Anderson on…
Louis Prima Band with Lily Ann Carol, vocals – January 1946 – Coca-Cola Spotlight Bands – MBS – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – There are many purists who would strongly object to Louis Prima being referred to as a Jazz…
Count Basie with Joe Williams, live from Zardi’s in Hollywood – May 14, 1956 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – Count Basie featuring Joe Williams on vocals, live from Zardi’s on Hollywood Boulevard from May 14, 1956. The venerable Count…
Sy Oliver was a prominent composer-arranger-sax player, beginning in the 1930s. His reputation grew when he joined up with Jimmie Lunceford‘s band in 1933. He later went on to do some of the memorable arrangements for Ella Fitzgerald. But it…
Harry James and His Orchestra – Spotlight Bands – April 13, 1946 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – Harry James – Trumpeter and leader of one of the pivotal groups of the Big Band era. This program, part of the…