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Mundell Lowe Quartet – live at Le Bilboquet, Paris – May 4, 1988 – Radio France Musique “Jazz Club” – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – Mundell Lowe this weekend. With a quartet featuring Olivier Hutman on piano, Luigi Trusardi on bass and Philippe Combelle on drums. It was recorded at...
Thelonious Monk Quartet – live in Amiens, France – 1966 – ORTF – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – I realize I ran another Monk concert from his 1966 tour in July of this year. But times call for much needed comfort and Thelonious Monk is comfort food – and man,...
Dave Brubeck Quartet – live at The White House- April 14, 1964 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – Dave Brubeck to take things down a few decibels and degrees this weekend. A tape not broadcast, but circulated to friends of the artist of a White House gig for LBJ and...
Sonny Rollins Quartet – live at Pori Jazz Festival 1979 – Pori, Finland – July 13, 1979 – YLE- Finland – The Sonny Rollins Quartet – live at the Pori Jazz Festival in Finland on July 13, 1979 and broadcast by the Finnish Radio network YLE. With all the insanity...
Mildred Bailey – Music Till Midnight – CBS – rebroadcast by Armed Forces Radio – October 20, 1944 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – Heading back to the 40s and the Big Band era with Mildred Bailey, along with guests Teddy Wilson, Jimmy Dorsey and the Delta Rhythm Boys in...
Ralph Towner – Gary Peacock – Kenny Wheeler – live in Eschede, Germany – June 21, 1992 – WDR – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – It continues – it’s relentless – it doesn’t seem to want to stop. This time it’s Gary Peacock, poet of the Bass and collaborator with...
Charlie Parker All Stars – Live At Birdland – December 23, 1950 – WJZ Radio – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – Charlie Parker – legend, immortal, prime suspect, icon – all those superlatives to describe probably one of the most influential alto sax players in Jazz history; and he would...
Ben Webster Quartet – live in Copenhagen – January 10, 1965 – DRK-Radio – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – Ben Webster to chill out on a hot Summer Sunday – Recorded at Radio House by DRK in Copenhagen on January 10, 1965. Joining Webster is Kenny Drew, piano – Niels-Henning...
Henry Threadgill’s Very Very Circus – live at Salle Le Ges˘Festival International de Jazz de Montreal, Quebec – July 9, 1995 – Radio Canada International Henry Threadgill’s Very Very Circus in concert this week. Henry Threadgill – alto saxophone, flute- Tony Cedras, accordian – Brandon Ross – guitars – Jose...
Chipping in, and the perks are rather cool: Become a Patron! Artie Shaw and his band, live from The Blue Room at the Hotel Lincoln in New York, broadcast by CBS on December 6, 1938. Mixing things up a bit this week – heading into Big Bands of the 1930s...
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