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John Abercrombie Organ Trio – Recorded at Youth House, Szeged Hungary – October 7, 1995 – Radio Bartok, Budapest – The John Abercrombie Organ Trio this weekend. Featuring Dan Wall on Hammond B-3 and Adam Nussbaum on drums and recorded at The Youth House in Szeged, Hungary on October 7,...
Lucky Millinder and his orchestra – Savoy Ballroom, Harlem – July 10, 1945 – One Night Stand Program – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – Lucky Millinder this weekend – with his orchestra, performing at The Savoy Ballroom in Harlem and broadcast by NBC/Armed Forces Radio on July 10, 1945. One...
It helps, a lot: Become a Patron! From NPR’s legendary and much lamented Jazz Alive! series comes this weekend’s Downbeat post. Recorded at the 3rd Annual Art Park Jazz Festival in Lewiston New York, between September 1-3, 1979 and featuring the Lee Konitz Nonet. He performed successfully in a wide...
Over to The Cameo Room in New York City this week for a session with The Bobby Troup Trio with Julie London on vocals. Bobby Troup’s earliest musical success came in 1941 with the song “Daddy” written for a Mask and Wig production. Sammy Kaye and His Orchestra recorded “Daddy”,...
Art Farmer-Benny Golson Jazztet – Live at Théatre St-Denis, International Jazz Festival, Montreal – June 28, 1987 – Radio Canada – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – Historic collaborations this weekend. The Art Farmer-Benny Golson Jazztet live at the International Jazz Festival on Montreal on June 28,1987 and preserved for posterity...
New Years Eve 1957: Times Square. 1957, like every other year, a celebration and a mass of people, converging on Times Square in New York City – waiting for the ball to drop and usher in 1958. Another year and another shot at happiness. With 750,000 people cheering, throwing confetti...
Count Basie and His Orchestra – America Dances – CBS – July 9, 1938 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – The incomparable Count Basie and his Orchestra to help slide into this Holiday weekend. Broadcast on July 9, 1938 from the CBS series America Dances and broadcast via shortwave to...
Since we’re approaching knee-deep in the Christmas season, what better excuse to play the Carla Bley Christmas Carols Concert from Berlin in 2008 than now. As one of the leading lights in the Free Jazz Movement, Bley has been involved in an extraordinary number of projects, with a far ranging...
Over to Austria this week for a concert by the legendary Drummer/Percussionist Max Roach, recorded live at the Vienna JazzFest on July 8, 1994. In the early 1980s, Roach began presenting solo concerts, demonstrating that multiple percussion instruments performed by one player could fulfill the demands of solo performance and...
Ella Fitzgerald with Joe Pass – live in Hamburg -North German Radio – May 19, 1976 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – Tis the season: Become a Patron! Ella Fitzgerald, the First Lady Of Song this weekend, with Joe Pass lending some virtuoso guitar to the proceedings. All recorded live...
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