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Count Basie and His Orchestra – America Dances – CBS – July 9, 1938 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – The incomparable Count Basie and his Orchestra to help slide into this Holiday weekend. Broadcast on July 9, 1938 from the CBS series America Dances and broadcast via shortwave to...
Modern Jazz Quartet w/Paul Desmond – live at Carnegie Hall – Christmas Day 1971 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – The MJQ and a special Christmas Concert featuring Paul Desmond, recorded live at Carnegie Hall on Christmas day, 1971. This concert has been released in various forms and in various...
Since we’re approaching knee-deep in the Christmas season, what better excuse to play the Carla Bley Christmas Carols Concert from Berlin in 2008 than now. As one of the leading lights in the Free Jazz Movement, Bley has been involved in an extraordinary number of projects, with a far ranging...
Ella Fitzgerald with Joe Pass – live in Hamburg -North German Radio – May 19, 1976 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – Tis the season: Become a Patron! Ella Fitzgerald, the First Lady Of Song this weekend, with Joe Pass lending some virtuoso guitar to the proceedings. All recorded live...
Jimmy Smith Trio – live at Festival de Paris – October 28, 1984 – Radio France Musique – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – The immortal Jimmy Smith in concert this weekend. Recorded at Théåtre de la Ville during the Festival de Paris on October 28, 1984 in this extended excerpt...
Count Basie and his Orchestra – live at The Blue Note, Chicago – February 8, 1953- Stars In Jazz -NBC Radio – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – Count Basie, live at The Blue Note in Chicago and recorded on February 8, 1953 for the Stars In Jazz program over NBC...
Coleman Hawkins – Live at the first Playboy Jazz Festival – August 7, 1959 – Armed Forces Radio – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – Coleman Hawkins this weekend. Recorded live and broadcast by Armed forces Radio during the first Playboy Jazz Festival, held in Chicago on August 7, 1959. Nicknamed...
Duke Ellington and His Famous Orchestra – Live At The Blue Note, Chicago – August 6, 1952 – NBC Radio Network – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – Duke Ellington and his Famous Orchestra to get November rolling. Recorded live at The Blue Note in Chicago by NBC Radio on August...
Arhtur Blythe Quintet – Live at The Public Theatre, New York – May 4, 1979 – NPR: Jazz Alive! series – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – Arthur Blythe Quintet, in concert at The Public Theatre in New York and recorded for National Public Radio’s Jazz Alive! series on May 4,...
Artie Shaw and His Orchestra – Live from The Blue Room, Lincoln Hotel, New York City – January 18, 1939 – NBC Radio – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – Artie Shaw makes another appearance on these pages – this time in a remote broadcast from The Blue Room at the...
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