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Milt Jackson Quintet – live at The Charlie Parker Festival, Tompkins Square Park, N.Y. – August 27, 1995 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – Patrons: You can download this one for free by signing up: Become a Patron! The legendary Milt Jackson this weekend. Recorded in concert during the 1995...
Jubilee – Armed Forces Radio – May 24, 1943 – Louis Armstrong, Theresa Harris, Red Callender, Sonny Woods – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – Jumping into some wartime Big Band this weekend with a broadcast via Armed Forces Radio of the legendary Jubilee program from 1943. This one featuring the...
Christian Garros et son Orchestre – Jazz-Danse Nr. 1 – French Columbia Records – EP ESDF – 1218 – EMI/Columbia – France – Subscribers get the proverbial backstage pass: Become a Patron! Pulling records off the shelf tonight, running into sounds of French Big Band from the 1950s. Lest you...
Harold Mabern Trio – Village Vanguard – August 26, 2018 – Subscribers: Become a Patron! Harold Mabern (1936-2019) – With the sad news earlier this week of the passing of the much loved and admired Piano giant Harold Mabern, I thought it would only be fitting and proper to run...
Yusef Lateef Quartet – Davenport Jazz Festival – October 22, 1971 – The Netherlands – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – Subscribers get an exclusive download – Become a Patron! Yusef Lateef live Groendaal Restaurant during the Davenport Jazz Festival, October 22, 1971. The quartet consists of Kenny Baron on piano,...
Shelly Manne Quartet – Live at La Maison Pour Tous, Elancourt – November 11, 1977 – Radio France – Become a Patron! Shelly Manne, along with alto sax Lee Konitz, Mike Wofford on Piano and Chuck Domanico on bass, recorded live at Maison Pour Tour in Elancourt, France by the...
VSOP II – Live in Tokyo – recorded at NHK Hall – May 19, 1983 – NHK-FM – Become a Patron! VSOP II in concert from Tokyo this weekend. Recorded at NHK Hall in Tokyo on May 19, 1983 and broadcast by NHK. This one isn’t new or newly discovered...
Walter Wanderley – Four from Samba No Esquema – Odeon Records, Brazil – 1963 Become a Patron! Brazilian Organist Walter Wanderley for Sunday night. One of the cornerstones of the Samba and Bossa Nova movements in Brazil from the late 1950s through the 1960s. These are selections from his Brazilian...
Jacques Loussier Trio – Live in Hannover, Germany – February 18, 1965 – North German Radio – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – Become a Patron! Jacques Loussier in concert for a Sunday. With the sad news earlier this year of the passing of Jacques Loussier, I was reminded how wildly...
Erroll Garner Trio – Live In Paris – June 12, 1962 – France Musique – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – Erroll Garner this weekend. Recorded live in Paris on June 12, 1962 and preserved for posterity by Radio France. Lucky for everyone, the broadcasting outlets in Europe felt strongly about...
