Category: Past Daily Downbeat
Roy Hargrove (And Strings) – Live At The Detroit Jazz Festival – 2016 – Past Daily Downbeat – Memorial Edition (RIP Roy Hargrove – 1969-2018)
Roy Hargrove Quintet w/The Detroit Festival Orchestra – Live at The Detroit Jazz Festival – September 3, 2016 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – More sad news this week. In a year that has already seen unfathomable loss of so many iconic artists, we can add the name Roy Hargrove
Art Tatum – In Session – 1951 – Past Daily Downbeat
Art Tatum – Enchanted Keyboard Series – Armed Forces Radio – 1951 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – Diving into the archives this weekend for a few tunes from the legendary pianist Art Tatum. Tatum is considered one of the greatest jazz pianists of all time. His performances were hailed
Anthony Braxton Quartet – Live At Chateuvallon Festival – 1973 – Past Daily Downbeat
Anthony Braxton – Live at Chateauvallon Jazz Festival – August 22, 1973 – Radio France International – Anthony Braxton at the Chateauvallon Jazz Festival in 1973 this week. Heading into the direction of the Avant-Garde and explorations into Free-Jazz. Admittedly this isn’t for everyone, especially those whose taste in Jazz
Randy Weston Live In Paris – 1976 – RIP: Randy Weston (1926-2018) – Past Daily Downbeat: Tribute Edition
Randy Weston Sextet – Live at Maison de la Radio – February 4, 1976 – Radio France Musique – With the sad news that Randy Weston passed away yesterday at age 92, the Jazz world lost one of its most gifted and profound practitioners; who successfully argued that Jazz did,