Category: Past Daily Downbeat
Bob Brookmeyer Sextet – Live In Norway – 1981 – Past Daily Downbeat
Bob Brookmeyer Sextet – live at Reenskaug Hotel, Drøbak Norway, 1981 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – Bob Brookmeyer this weekend. In a live date from Drøbak Norway in 1981, Brookmeyer and a Norwegian ensemble consisting of John Paul Inderberg, sax – Atle Hammer, trumpet/flugelhorn – Per Hasby, piano and
Louis Prima And His Orchestra – 1945 – Past Daily Downbeat
Louis Prima -Coca-Cola Spotlight Bands – January 15, 1945 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – Louis Prima this weekend. In the days before Call Of The Wildest and his legendary stints in Vegas, Louis Prima was a staple of the Big-Band era, writing a string of classic songs and, as
Jimmie Lunceford And His Orchestra – 1945 – Past Daily Downbeat
Jimmie Lunceford And His Orchestra – Coca-Cola Spotlight Bands – Nov. 23, 1945 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – Our nod to the Swing era continues this week with a performance by Jimmie Lunceford and his Orchestra, broadcast on November 23, 1945 as part of Coca-Cola’s Victory Parade of Spotlight
Coleman Hawkins – Live From Birdland – 1952 – Past Daily Downbeat
Coleman Hawkins Quintet – live At Birdland – September 1952 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – Legends in Jazz this weekend – Coleman Hawkins, one of the first prominent jazz musicians on his instrument, as Joachim E. Berendt explained: “there were some tenor players before him, but the instrument was
Wild Bill Davis Quartet – Live In Paris 1976 – Past Daily Downbeat
Wild Bill Davis Quartet – live in Paris – January 24, 1976 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – To the sultry B-3 stylings of Wild Bill Davis this week. Featuring his quartet; Eddie “Lockjaw” Davis on tenor sax, Billy Butler on guitar and Oliver Jackson on drums – recorded by
Carla Bley Big Band – Live In Vennes – 2009 – Past Daily Downbeat
Carla Bley Big Band – live in Vennes, France – July 30, 2009 – Radio France Musique- Gordon Skene Sound Collection – Pardon me while I plug some Desert Island music this weekend – Carla Bley has been a favorite in all her various endeavors for quite some time now.
Art Blakey’s Jazz Messengers – Live In Zurich 1958 – Past Daily Downbeat
Art Blakey – Jazz Messengers – Live In Zurich – December 4, 1958 – Swiss Radio – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – Art Blakey this weekend. A concert recorded in Zurich Switzerland on December 4, 1958 and broadcast by Swiss Radio. A few well-chosen words from The Estate Of Art