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"Because ignorance of your culture is considered uncool"
Modern Jazz Quartet – live at Newport Jazz Festival, Oslo – October 21, 1970 – NRK Radio – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – Modern Jazz Quartet (MJQ) this week. An extraordinary group, who not only typified Cool Jazz but became…
Charlie Parker and The Stars Of Modern Jazz – Carnegie Hall – Dec. 24, 1949 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – History this week. Charlie Parker, along with a stellar lineup which included Miles Davis, Serge Chaloff, Kai Winding, Stan…
Mary Lou Williams Trio – Live at Keystone Corner, San Francisco – April 29, 1977 – KPFA – Anybody who has even a passing interest in Jazz knows the name Mary Lou Williams – Artists, arranger, composer, band leader; Mary…
Duke Ellington At The Bowl – part 1 – Oscar Peterson Trio – Vicki Carr – August 3, 1968 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – part 1 Duke Ellington At The Bowl – Part 2 – Duke Ellington and His…
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Stanley Turrentine Quintet – live at Windows On The World – World Trade Center – Dec. 31, 1989 – WBGO-FM – Stanley Turrentine this week, during his turn to Jazz/Soul/Funk with his Quintet during New Years Eve at The World…
Gary Burton Quartet w/ Larry Coryell – Live At The House of Culture, Helsinki – November 1,1967 – YLE Radio, Helsinki – Master of four-mallet and Fusion innovator Gary Burton this weekend – one of his many collaborations with guitarist…
Abdullah Ibrahim with Gato Barbieri and Don Cherry – Live in Hamburg – August 3, 1968 – NDR Radio – Abdullah Ibrahim, just prior to his transformation from Dollar Brand, has been one of the truly unique and pioneering voices…
Mahavishnu Orchestra – Live at Kenyon College – Gambier, Ohio – February 16, 1973 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – Mahavishnu Orchestra this week – led by the inimitable John McLaughlin, at a concert at Kenyon College in Gambier…
As you know, Past Daily is in the middle of its Spring Fundraiser – we have to do this a couple times a year. We have to do it to raise enough money so we can keep the operation going,…