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"Because ignorance of your culture is considered uncool"
– Charles Mingus Septet – Live At the Nice Jazz Festival – July 20,1972 – Radio France FIP – Charles Mingus this week. One of the most important and innovative figures in 20th Century American Music, Mingus blazed an amazing…
– 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…
– Thelonious Monk Nonet – Live In Paris – ORTF, Paris – Nov. 3, 1967 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – Labor Day weekend and a few notes from the legendary and inimitable Thelonious Monk this afternoon. Recorded live…
– The Camel Caravan With Benny Goodman And His Orchestra – Sept.6, 1938 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – As long as I’ve been posting on the weekend Downbeat page, I’ve never gotten around to posting anything from the acknowledged…
– CBS Radio – Chuck Cabot And His Orchestra – live from The Rice Hotel, Houston Texas – April 1953 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – As a distinct contrast between my Lennie Tristano post earlier today, I ran across…
– Duke Ellington and His Famous Orchestra – Live at Kongresshaus, Zurich – October 9, 1959 – RTS-Radio – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – Classic Jazz this weekend, from the mind of the inimitable and beyond-category Duke Ellington, along with…
Here we are, first full day of our Fundraiser and it’s not looking good. Only one person has contributed so far – one person, out of the thousands who visit us every day to get rarities, history, new music and…
. . . or click on the link here for Audio Player – Oscar Peterson Trio – live in Munich – May 12, 1965 – Bayerischer Rundfunk The legendary Oscar Peterson this week, from a concert performed in Munich on…
. . . or click on the link here for Audio Player – Ralph Flanagan Band – CBS Radio – September 19, 1950 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection. I haven’t posted any Big Band in a while. If you discount…
. . . or click on the link here for Audio Player – Duke Ellington – In Concert from Zurich – September 10, 1959 – DRS-Radio Zurich Over to Switzerland this week for a classic concert by Duke Ellington and…