. . . or click on the link here for Audio Player – Ron Carter Golden Striker Trio – live in Stockholm 2011 – Sveriges Radio P2 The legendary Ron Carter this weekend. Recipient of the Down Beat Jazz Hall of Fame Award in 2012, Ron Carter’s career spans several
. . . or click the link here for Audio Player – Herbie Hancock – Live at Radio Bremen – November 6, 1974 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection 40 years ago? Hard to imagine. The legendary Herbie Hancock, during his Headhunters period; gathering together a wide spectrum of influences under
Click on the link here for Audio Player – The Crusaders – Live in Seattle – 1973 With the sad news this week of the passing of another Jazz giant, founding member of The Jazz Crusaders, and later just Crusaders, Joe Sample, the ranks of influential and pivotal figures in
Click on the link here for Audio Player – Miles Davis Quintet – Live at Hibaya Yagai Ongaku-do Hall, Tokyo – July 12, 1964 – NHK Radio – Tokyo Classic Miles Davis this weekend. His Quintet, featuring Herbie Hancock, Ron Carter, Tony Williams and Sam Rivers live in Tokyo and
Click on the link here for Audio Player – Teddy Charles Quartet – When Your Lover Has Gone – from Word From Bird – Atlantic 1274 – 1957 Kicking off the week on a West Coast Cool School note tonight with a track from a long-lost album by the great
Click on the link here for Audio Player – Claude Thornhill (Piano Solo) – That Old Feeling – Columbia Records – 1948 We tend to think the Wall of Shame, that grim testimony to all those overlooked and underrated bands and musicians is the exclusive property of Rock n’ Roll.
Click on the link here for Audio Player – Jerry Mengo et son Orchestre – Un Ciel Bleu en Hiver – 1953 – Ducretet-Thomson Records Continuing our archeological dig through piles of shellac this weekend, and probably next week too. Tonight it’s a taste of what French Jazz and Big
Click on the link here for Audio Player – PBS Jazz Set: Lonnie Liston Smith – circa 1973 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection Since we’re sticking around in the 70s so far today, I thought I would keep it going with an appearance by Lonnie Liston Smith from 1973. Smith,
Click on the link here for Audio Player – Weather Report – In Concert from Tokyo – June 28, 1978 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection If it wasn’t for Weather Report, I’d be hard pressed to figure out just where Jazz/Fusion would be. Maybe heading off in another direction, or
Click on the link here for Audio Player – Miles Davis Quintet – Live at the Stadthalle, Sindelfingen, Germany – October 8, 1964 – SDR Radio, Germany As long as we’re spending the weekend looking at the dramatic changes 1964 brought about, we can most definitely add the work of
