"Because ignorance of your culture is considered uncool"
Stan Kenton and His orchestra -live from Birdland, New York City – June 20, 1953 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – A little reminder: Stan Kenton and his orchestra, live from Birdland in New York and broadcast on June 20, 1953 by NBC Radio as part of their All-Star Parade...
Art Farmer-Benny Golson Jazztet – Live At Newport Jazz Festival 1960 – Voice Of America Radio – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – The cool and swingin’ sounds of Art Farmer and Benny Golson with their legendary Jazztet, recorded at the 1960 Newport Jazz Festival and broadcast by The Voice Of...
Earl Fatha Hines – live at The Grand Terrace, Chicago – August 3, 1938 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – Earl “Fatha” Hines and his band at a club date in Chicago, from August 3, 1938 and broadcast by the NBC Red Network. Earl Kenneth Hines, universally known as Earl...
Gil Evans Orchestra – Live In Lugano – March 5, 1986 – RSI Rete Due, Switzerland – Gil Evans Orchestra in concert this week. Recorded in Lugano, Switzerland on March 5, 1986 by RSI Rete Due. When you hear that Gil Evans has been considered one of the greatest orchestrators...
Fats Waller And His Rhythm – CBS Radio – July 6, 1938 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – Fats Waller, a name synonymous with the early growth of Jazz and one of the world’s finest pianists who laid the groundwork for what eventually became Modern Jazz Piano. Wikipedia has a...
Tito Puente And The Golden Men Of Latin Jazz – Live in Lugano – July 3, 1993 – RSI – Rete Uno – Heading into a Latin Jazz direction, this Cinco de Mayo (although we’re talking more Afro-Cuban and Puerto Rican here, technically speaking). From a concert recorded live in...
GUAI – Nega Nego – live on Portuguese TV, Lisboa – August 2, 2017 – GUAI in performance on Portuguese TV tonight. Taking it down a few notches, because it is Jazz Day and because it just seemed like the right thing to do; offering some peace and calm in...
Fletcher Henderson – live at Casa Mañana – Culver City – September 1945 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – Dipping into the archives this weekend for a club date from 1945 with the legendary Fletcher Henderson and his orchestra, recorded at Casa Mañana in Culver City, California in September of...
Kim Weston – Live at Composers Concept Concert with The Paradise Theatre Orchestra – Detroit – March 26, 1978 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection. Kim Weston this weekend. A lot of music aficionados will recognize the name as the iconic Soul singer and Motown alumnus of the 1960s. You’d be...
Jubilee – Lionel Hampton and Dinah Washington – October 16, 1944 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – If it wasn’t for the Armed Forces Radio Service, started during World War 2, a vast treasure trove of our cultural heritage would be lost forever. Because the service was aimed at troops...
