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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...
Benny Goodman – Camel Caravan program – February 14, 1939 – NBC Radio – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – Become a Patron! Benny Goodman and a dose of Swing this weekend. Listening to this broadcast, made some 80 years ago, you wonder what the status of Popular music was during...
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...
Woody Herman – Live at Cafe Rouge, New York – July 23, 1945 – AFRS One Night Stand Series – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – Become a Patron! Woody Herman this weekend, jumping into some Big Band of the 1940s. Herman was a child prodigy who sang and danced in...
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...
