Eddie Palmieri and his All-stars this weekend – live at the Salsa and Latin Summit from Jazzfestival – Bern, Switzerland on May 4, 2002 and broadcast by RTS-FM. Here’s the lineup: Eddie Palmieri: piano, vocalsBrian Lynch: trumpetRay Vega: trumpetConrad Herwig: tromboneReynaldo Jorge: tromboneMario Rivera: bass saxophoneIvan Renta: altosaxophoneEddie Zervigon: fluteJoe
– Jimmy Smith Trio – Live in Paris – Salle Pleyel – December 1, 1969 – RFI-FIP – The Legendary Jimmy Smith this week. From a concert at the Salle Pleyel in Paris, and recorded on December 1, 1969, The Jimmy Smith Trio featuring Charlie Crosby and drums and Eddie
Frank Wess and his amazing Quintet this weekend – recorded at Dizzy’s Club Coca Cola in New York City on November 2, 2011 Frank Wess was renowned for his extensive solo work; however, he was also remembered for his time playing with Count Basie’s band during the early 1950s into
A taste of Horace Silver this Sunday morning recorded in Copenhagen, Denmark in October 1968 by Danish Radio – DRK. He’s joined by Bill Hardman on trumpet, Bennie Maupin on Tenor, John Williams on bass and Billy Cobham on drums. You can never have too much Horace Silver in your
Monty Alexander Trio for this first Sunday in June – Recorded at Festival de Chåteauvallon on November 7, 1978 and broadcast by Radio France. Monty Alexander is joined by Reggie Johnson on bass and Frant Gant on drums. From Monty Alexander’s Website: Sixty years after he moved to the United
– Dexter Gordon Quartet – Live In Paris – Maison de la Radio – Studio 104 – February 9, 1973 – Radio France – Dexter Gordon this weekend. Some weeks ago I ran a concert featuring Wardell Gray, whose Tenor duels with Dexter Gordon in the early 1950s were legendary. This
Jazz is not dead, never was dead, wasn’t even on life-support – Jazz has been ignored, skipped over, given lip-service, short-shrift and generally shoved into another room where it is hoped to die of old-age by those imbedded in the mainstream who just can’t see the life-giving energy pulsing through
– Artie Shaw – live in Santa Barbara – October 10, 1945 – Coca-Cola Victory Parade Of Bands – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – Artie Shaw this week – another in a month long series of broadcasts Shaw and his orchestra did for the Coca-Cola Victory Parade Of Bands broadcasts
– Ben Webster Quartet with Don Byas – Karlsruhe, Germany – 1968 – RBB Berlin – Heading into Mellow territory this weekend with a concert by Ben Webster, along with Don Byas, Tete Montoliu on piano, Peter Trunk on Bass and Albert Heath on Drums. Webster migrated to Europe in
Since we’re knee-deep in Christmas eve, 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 and diverse
