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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...
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,...
Teddy Wilson – Live in Oslo, Norway – Recorded At Down Town – 1973 – NRK Radio – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – Become a Patron! Teddy Wilson, live in Oslo this weekend. Recorded by the Norwegian Radio Network NRK in 1973 at the Down Town Club. Described by critic...
Benny Goodman and His Orchestra – CBS Radio – Camel Caravan – November 18, 1939 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – Become a Patron! Benny Goodman for this Holiday weekend. 80 years ago this was the state of Popular Music in America. Big Band Swing was in its heyday and...
Stan Kenton and His Orchestra – NBC Radio – Concert In Miniature -August 12, 1952 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – Stan Kenton: A name synonymous with the revolution in Modern Jazz by taking it from the dance hall to the concert hall and achieving mixed results in the process....
Jubilee – Armed Forces Radio Service – June 11, 1945 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – Here is a prime example of just how diverse and all-inclusive Jazz was (and still is). Jubilee was one of the most popular programs aired to service personnel during and just after World War...
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...
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...
