Samuel Jones (November 12, 1924 – December 15, 1981) was an American
jazz
Jazz is a music genre that originated in the African-American communities of New Orleans, Louisiana, in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. Its roots are in blues, ragtime, European harmony, African rhythmic rituals, spirituals, h ...
double bassist, cellist, and composer.
Background
Sam Jones was born in
Jacksonville, Florida
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, United States, to a musical family. His father played piano and drums and his aunt played organ in church. In 1955, he moved to
New York City
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and began his recording career with
Tiny Bradshaw
Myron Carlton "Tiny" Bradshaw (September 23, 1907 – November 26, 1958) was an American jazz and rhythm and blues bandleader, singer, composer, pianist, and drummer. His biggest hit was "Well Oh Well" in 1950, and the following year he record ...
, before working with
Bill Evans
William John Evans (August 16, 1929 – September 15, 1980) was an American Jazz piano, jazz pianist and composer who worked primarily as the leader of his trio. His use of impressionist harmony, block chords, innovative chord voicings, a ...
,
Bobby Timmons
Robert Henry Timmons (December 19, 1935 – March 1, 1974) was an American jazz pianist and composer. He was a sideman in Art Blakey's Jazz Messengers for two periods (July 1958 to September 1959; February 1960 to June 1961), between which he ...
, Les Jazz Modes,
Kenny Dorham
McKinley Howard "Kenny" Dorham (August 30, 1924 – December 5, 1972) was an American jazz trumpeter, composer, and occasional singer. Dorham's talent is frequently lauded by critics and other musicians, but he never received the kind of attention ...
,
Illinois Jacquet
Jean-Baptiste Illinois Jacquet (October 30, 1922 – July 22, 2004) was an American jazz tenor saxophonist, best remembered for his solo on " Flying Home", critically recognized as the first R&B saxophone solo. He is also known as one of the w ...
,
Freddie Hubbard
Frederick Dewayne Hubbard (April 7, 1938 – December 29, 2008) was an American jazz trumpeter. He played bebop, hard bop, and post-bop styles from the early 1960s onwards. His unmistakable and influential tone contributed to new perspectives fo ...
,
Dizzy Gillespie
John Birks "Dizzy" Gillespie ( ; October 21, 1917 – January 6, 1993) was an American jazz trumpeter, bandleader, composer, educator and singer. He was a trumpet virtuoso and improvisation, improviser, building on the virtuosic style of Roy El ...
(1958–59), and
Thelonious Monk
Thelonious Sphere Monk ( October 10, 1917 – February 17, 1982) was an American Jazz piano, jazz pianist and composer. He had a unique improvisational style and made numerous contributions to the Jazz standard, standard jazz repertoire, includ ...
. He is probably best known for his work with
Cannonball Adderley
Julian Edwin "Cannonball" Adderley (September 15, 1928August 8, 1975) was an American jazz Alto saxophone, alto saxophonist of the hard bop era of the 1950s and 1960s.
Adderley is perhaps best remembered by the general public for the 1966 soul ...
, performing in his quintet from 1955 to 1956 and then again from 1959 to 1964, and recording extensively for
Riverside Records
Riverside Records was an American jazz record company and label. Founded by Orrin Keepnews and Bill Grauer, Jr, under his firm Bill Grauer Productions in 1953, the label played an important role in the jazz record industry for a decade. Riversid ...
as both a leader and
sideman
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. He later spent several years working with
Oscar Peterson
Oscar Emmanuel Peterson (August 15, 1925 – December 23, 2007) was a Canadian jazz pianist and composer. As a virtuoso who is considered to be one of the greatest Jazz piano, jazz pianists of all time, Peterson released more than 200 recordin ...
(1966-1970) and
Cedar Walton
Cedar Anthony Walton Jr. (January 17, 1934 – August 19, 2013) was an American hard bop jazz pianist. He came to prominence as a member of drummer Art Blakey's band, The Jazz Messengers, before establishing a long career as a bandleader and c ...
(1972-1977). In the 1970s, Jones recorded several albums as a bandleader for the Xanadu and SteepleChase labels. Jones wrote the
jazz standards
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"Del Sasser" and " Unit 7" while working with Adderley. Other compositions include "Blue Funk", "O.P.", "Bittersweet", and "Seven Minds".
He died of lung cancer in 1981 at the age of 57.
East Wind
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In culture and mythology
In Islam, the east wind Saba holds religious signi ...
Double Bass
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Niels-Henning Ørsted Pedersen
Niels-Henning Ørsted Pedersen (; 27 May 1946 – 19 April 2005), also known by his abbreviated nickname NHØP, was a Danish jazz double bassist.
Biography
Pedersen was born in Osted, near Roskilde, on the Danish island of Zealand, the son o ...
Muse
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Muse
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Kenny Barron
Kenneth Barron (born June 9, 1943) is an American jazz pianist and composer who has appeared on hundreds of recordings as leader and sideman and is considered one of the most influential mainstream jazz pianists since the bebop era.
Early life
...
* 1979: '' Something New'' (Interplay)
* 1988: ''Right Down Front: The Riverside Collection'' ( Original Jazz Classics) – compilation of Riverside recordings
As sideman
With
Cannonball Adderley
Julian Edwin "Cannonball" Adderley (September 15, 1928August 8, 1975) was an American jazz Alto saxophone, alto saxophonist of the hard bop era of the 1950s and 1960s.
Adderley is perhaps best remembered by the general public for the 1966 soul ...
Blue Note
Blue Note Records is an American jazz record label now owned by Universal Music Group and operated under Capitol Music Group. Established in 1939 by German-Jewish emigrants Alfred Lion and Max Margulis, it derived its name from the blue no ...
African Waltz
''African Waltz'' is an album by jazz saxophonist Cannonball Adderley, released on the Riverside label and performed by Adderley with an orchestra conducted by Ernie Wilkins.
Cannonball in Europe!
''Cannonball in Europe!'' is a live album by jazz saxophonist Cannonball Adderley recorded at the Comblain-la-Tour in Belgium and released on the Capitol label featuring performances by Adderley with Nat Adderley, Yusef Lateef, Joe Zawinul, Sam ...
'' (1962; Riverside)
* ''
Jazz Workshop Revisited
''Jazz Workshop Revisited'' is a live album by the jazz saxophonist Cannonball Adderley released on the Riverside Records, Riverside label. Alongside Adderley, it features performances by Nat Adderley, Yusef Lateef, Joe Zawinul, Sam Jones (musici ...
Nippon Soul
''Nippon Soul'' is a live album by jazz saxophonist Cannonball Adderley recorded at the Sankei Hall in Tokyo during his 1963 Japanese tour and released on the Riverside label (RLP 477) featuring performances by Adderley with Nat Adderley, Yusef ...
'' (1963; Riverside)
* '' The Sextet'' (Milestone, 1962-63
982
Year 982 ( CMLXXXII) was a common year starting on Sunday of the Julian calendar.
Events
By place Europe
* Summer – Emperor Otto II (the Red) assembles an imperial expeditionary force at Taranto, and proceeds along the gulf coas ...
Nat Adderley
Nathaniel Carlyle Adderley (November 25, 1931 – January 2, 2000) was an American jazz
Jazz is a music genre that originated in the African-American communities of New Orleans, Louisiana, in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. It ...
Much Brass
''Much Brass'' is an album by jazz cornetist Nat Adderley released on the Riverside label featuring performances by Adderley's Sextet with Slide Hampton, Wynton Kelly, Sam Jones, Laymon Jackson, and Albert Heath.Work Song
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'' (1960; Riverside)
*''
That's Right!
''That's Right!'' is an album by jazz cornetist Nat Adderley and the Big Sax Section released on the Riverside label featuring Adderley with his brother Cannonball Adderley, Jimmy Heath, Charlie Rouse, Yusef Lateef, Tate Houston, Wynton Kelly, ...
'' (1960; Riverside)
*''
Naturally!
''Naturally!'' is an album by jazz cornetist Nat Adderley released on the Jazzland Records (1960), Jazzland label featuring performances by Adderley with two separate groups, the first featuring Joe Zawinul, Sam Jones (musician), Sam Jones, and Lo ...
'' (1961; Jazzland)
*'' In the Bag'' (1962; Jazzland)
*''
Autobiography
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'' (1964; Atlantic)
With Joe Alexander
*''Blue Jubilee'' (Jazzland, 1960)
With
Gene Ammons
Eugene "Jug" Ammons (April 14, 1925 – August 6, 1974), also known as "The Boss", was an American jazz tenor saxophonist. The son of boogie-woogie pianist Albert Ammons, Gene Ammons is remembered for his accessible music, steeped in soul and R ...
972
Year 972 ( CMLXXII) was a leap year starting on Monday of the Julian calendar.
Events
By place
Byzantine Empire
* Spring – Emperor John I Tzimiskes divides the Bulgarian territories, recently held by the Kievan Rus', into six ...
– with
Dodo Marmarosa
Michael "Dodo" Marmarosa (December 12, 1925 – September 17, 2002) was an American jazz pianist, composer, and arranger.
Originating in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, Marmarosa became a professional musician in his mid-teens, and toured with several ...
Sonny Stitt
Sonny Stitt (born Edward Hammond Boatner Jr.; February 2, 1924 – July 22, 1982) was an American jazz saxophonist of the bebop/hard bop idiom. Known for his warm tone, he was one of the best-documented saxophonists of his era, recording over ...
976
Year 976 ( CMLXXVI) was a leap year starting on Saturday of the Julian calendar.
Events
By place Byzantine Empire
* January 10 – Emperor John I Tzimiskes dies at Constantinople, after returning from a second campaign against ...
– with Sonny Stitt
*''
Goodbye
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* ''Goodbye'' (1918 film), a British drama directed by Maurice Elvey
* ''Goodbye'' (1995 film) (''Tot Ziens!''), a Dutch film directed by Heddy Honigmann
* ''Goodbye'' ( ...
'' (Prestige, 1974)
With
Chet Baker
Chesney Henry "Chet" Baker Jr. (December 23, 1929 – May 13, 1988) was an American jazz trumpeter and vocalist. He is known for major innovations in cool jazz that led him to be nicknamed the "Prince of Cool".
Baker earned much attention and ...
Walter Bishop Jr.
Walter Bishop Jr. (October 4, 1927 – January 24, 1998) was an American jazz pianist.
Early life
Bishop was born in New York City on October 4, 1927.Greene, Philip; Kernfeld, Barr"Bishop, Walter Jr." ''The New Grove Dictionary of Jazz'' (2nd ed ...
976
Year 976 ( CMLXXVI) was a leap year starting on Saturday of the Julian calendar.
Events
By place Byzantine Empire
* January 10 – Emperor John I Tzimiskes dies at Constantinople, after returning from a second campaign against ...
979
Year 979 (Roman numerals, CMLXXIX) was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Julian calendar. It was the 979th year of the Common Era and the Anno Domini designation, the 979th year of the 1st millennium, the 79th year of the 10th century, ...
With
Tina Brooks
Harold Floyd "Tina" Brooks (June 7, 1932 – August 13, 1974) was an American jazz tenor saxophonist and composer best remembered for his work in the hard bop style.
Early years
Harold Floyd Brooks was born in Fayetteville, North Carolina, and ...
Ray Bryant
Raphael Homer "Ray" Bryant (December 24, 1931 – June 2, 2011) was an American jazz pianist, composer, and arranger.
Early life
Bryant was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, on December 24, 1931. His mother was an ordained minister who had tau ...
*''
All Blues
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Kenny Burrell
Kenneth Earl Burrell (born July 31, 1931) is an American jazz guitarist known for his work on numerous top jazz labels: Prestige Records, Prestige, Blue Note, Verve Records, Verve, CTI Records, CTI, Muse Records, Muse, and Concord Records, Conco ...
*''
Blue Lights Volume 1
''Blue Lights, Vols. 1 & 2'' are a pair of separate but related albums by American jazz guitarist Kenny Burrell recorded on May 14, 1958 and released by Blue Note later that year.
'' (1958; Blue Note)
*''
Blue Lights Volume 2
''Blue Lights, Vols. 1 & 2'' are a pair of separate but related albums by American jazz guitarist Kenny Burrell recorded on May 14, 1958 and released by Blue Note later that year.
'' (1958; Blue Note)
*'' Swingin''' (Blue Note, 1956
el. 1980
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* El, a List of Shugo Chara! characters#El, character from the manga series ''Shugo Chara!'' by Peach-Pit
* Eleven (Stranger Things), Eleven (''Stranger Things'') (El), a fiction ...
With
Donald Byrd
Donaldson Toussaint L'Ouverture Byrd II (December 9, 1932 – February 4, 2013) was an American jazz and rhythm & blues trumpeter, composer and vocalist. A sideman for many other jazz musicians of his generation, Byrd was one of the few h ...
Byrd in Hand
''Byrd in Hand'' is an album by American jazz trumpeter Donald Byrd recorded on May 31, 1959 and released on Blue Note later that year.
Reception
''The Penguin Guide to Jazz'' described the recording as a "typical Blue Note blowing session".
...
The Sound of the Wide Open Spaces!!!!
''The Sound of the Wide Open Spaces!!!!'' is the debut album by American saxophonist/flautist James Clay and the second album by David "Fathead" Newman, featuring performances recorded in 1960 and released on the Riverside label.David "Fathead" Newman
David "Fathead" Newman (February 24, 1933 – January 20, 2009) was an American jazz and rhythm-and-blues saxophonist, who made numerous recordings as a session musician and leader, but is best known for his work as a sideman on seminal 1950s an ...
*''
A Double Dose of Soul
''A Double Dose of Soul'' is the second album by saxophonist/flautist James Clay featuring performances recorded in 1960 and originally released on the Riverside label.
'' (Riverside, 1960)
With
Arnett Cobb
Arnett Cleophus Cobb (August 10, 1918 – March 24, 1989) accessed July 2010. was an American tenor saxophonist, somet ...
*''
More Party Time
''More Party Time'' is an album by jazz tenor saxophonist Arnett Cobb recorded in 1960 for the Prestige label.Movin' Right Along'' (Prestige, 1960)
With
Al Cohn
Al Cohn (November 24, 1925 – February 15, 1988) was an American jazz saxophonist, arranger and composer. He came to prominence in the band of clarinetist Woody Herman and was known for his longtime musical partnership with fellow saxophonist ...
*''
Al Cohn's America
''Al Cohn's America'' is a jazz album by saxophonist Al Cohn, recorded in 1976 for Xanadu Records.Al Cohn catalog
'' (Xanadu, 1976)
*'' True Blue'' (Xanadu, 1976) – with
Dexter Gordon
Dexter Gordon (February 27, 1923 – April 25, 1990) was an American jazz tenor saxophonist, composer, and bandleader. He was among the most influential early bebop musicians. Gordon's height was , so he was also known as "Long Tall Dexter" an ...
*'' Silver Blue'' (Xanadu, 1976) – with Dexter Gordon
With
George Coleman
George Edward Coleman (born March 8, 1935) is an American jazz saxophonist known for his work with Miles Davis and Herbie Hancock in the 1960s. In 2015, he was named an NEA Jazz Master.
Early life
Coleman was born in Memphis, Tennessee. He was ...
Ronnie Cuber
Ronald Edward Cuber (December 25, 1941 – October 7, 2022) was an American jazz saxophonist. He also played in Latin, pop, rock, and blues sessions. In addition to his primary instrument, baritone sax, he played tenor sax, soprano sax, clarinet, ...
*''Cuber Libre'' (Xanadu, 1976)
With
King Curtis
Curtis Montgomery (February 7, 1934 – August 13, 1971), known professionally as King Curtis, was an American saxophonist who played rhythm and blues, jazz, and rock and roll. A bandleader, band member, and session musician, he was also a musi ...
Davis Cup
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'' (1959; Blue Note)
With
Lou Donaldson
Louis Andrew Donaldson Jr. (November 1, 1926 – November 9, 2024) was an American jazz Alto saxophone, alto saxophonist. He was best known for his soulful, bluesy approach to playing the alto saxophone, although in his formative years he was he ...
Cadet
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)
With
Kenny Dorham
McKinley Howard "Kenny" Dorham (August 30, 1924 – December 5, 1972) was an American jazz trumpeter, composer, and occasional singer. Dorham's talent is frequently lauded by critics and other musicians, but he never received the kind of attention ...
*''
'Round About Midnight at the Cafe Bohemia
''Round About Midnight at the Cafe Bohemia'' is a live album by American jazz trumpeter Kenny Dorham recorded at the Café Bohemia on May 31, 1956 and released on Blue Note later that year.
Background Composition and recording
The song "Hill ...
'' (1956; Blue Note)
*''And The Jazz Prophets, Vol. 1'' (1956; ABC-Paramount)
*''
This Is the Moment!
''This Is the Moment!'' (subtitled ''Kenny Dorham Sings and Plays'') is an album by American jazz trumpeter Kenny Dorham featuring performances recorded in 1958 and released on the Riverside label.
'' (1958; Riverside)
With
Kenny Drew
Kenneth Sidney "Kenny" Drew (August 28, 1928 – August 4, 1993) was an American-Danish jazz pianist.
Biography
Drew was born on August 28, 1928, in New York City, United States, and he received piano lessons from the age of five. Feather, ...
Ted Dunbar
Earl Theodore Dunbar (January 17, 1937 – May 29, 1998) was an American jazz guitarist, composer, and educator.
Career
Born in Port Arthur, Texas, Dunbar trained as a pharmacist at Texas Southern University, but by the 1970s he only did pharmac ...
*''
Opening Remarks
''Opening Remarks'' is a 1978 studio album by jazz guitarist Ted Dunbar, recorded for Xanadu Records.
Track listing
#"Entrance"
#"Two Areas" - 9:08
#"Hang In There" - 7:43
#"Lazy Lane" - 4:41
#"Never Again" - 5:23
#"Tonal Search" - 8:06
#"Grand ...
'' (Xanadu, 1978)
With
Bill Evans
William John Evans (August 16, 1929 – September 15, 1980) was an American Jazz piano, jazz pianist and composer who worked primarily as the leader of his trio. His use of impressionist harmony, block chords, innovative chord voicings, a ...
*''
Everybody Digs Bill Evans
''Everybody Digs Bill Evans'' is a trio and solo album by jazz pianist Bill Evans. It was released in early 1959 on the Riverside Records label.
The cover of the album features tribute quotations from some of Evans's most esteemed contemporaries ...
'' (1958; Riverside)
With
Art Farmer
Arthur Stewart Farmer (August 21, 1928 – October 4, 1999) was an American jazz trumpeter and flugelhorn player. He also played flumpet, a trumpet–flugelhorn combination especially designed for him. He and his identical twin brother, doub ...
*''
Homecoming
Homecoming is the tradition of welcoming back alumni or other former members of an organization to celebrate the organization's existence. It is a tradition in many high schools, colleges, and churches in the United States and Canada.
United St ...
'' (Mainstream, 1971)
*''
Yesterday's Thoughts
''Yesterday's Thoughts'' is an album by Art Farmer recorded in 1975 and originally released on the Japanese East Wind label.Ziegler, F.East Wind discographyaccessed August 5, 2014
Reception
Ken Dryden of AllMusic states, " Don't expect to fin ...
'' (East Wind, 1975)
*''
To Duke with Love
''To Duke with Love'' is an album by Art Farmer featuring compositions associated with Duke Ellington recorded in 1975 and originally released on the Japanese East Wind label.Ziegler, F.East Wind discographyaccessed August 5, 2014
Reception
Sco ...
'' (East Wind, 1975)
*''
The Summer Knows
''The Summer Knows'' is an album by Art Farmer recorded in 1976 and originally released on the Japanese East Wind Records, East Wind label.Ziegler, F.East Wind discographyaccessed August 5, 2014
Reception
Scott Yanow of AllMusic states, "The m ...
'' (East Wind, 1976)
*''
Art Farmer Quintet at Boomers
''Art Farmer Quintet at Boomers'' is a live album by Art Farmer recorded in New York in 1976 and originally released on the Japanese East Wind label.Ziegler, F.East Wind discographyaccessed August 5, 2014 A second volume of recordings was release ...
'' (East Wind, 1976)
With
Victor Feldman
Victor Stanley Feldman (7 April 1934 – 12 May 1987) was an English jazz musician who played mainly piano, vibraphone, and percussion. He began performing professionally during childhood, eventually earning acclaim in the UK jazz scene as ...
*''
Merry Olde Soul
''Merry Olde Soul'' is an album by vibraphonist/pianist Victor Feldman recorded in early 1961 (with one track from December 1960) and originally released on the Riverside label.
'' (Riverside, 1961)
With
Red Garland
William McKinley "Red" Garland Jr. (May 13, 1923 – April 23, 1984) was an American modern jazz pianist. Known for his work as a bandleader and during the 1950s with Miles Davis, Garland helped popularize the block chord style of playing in jazz ...
Eddie "Lockjaw" Davis
Edward F. Davis (March 2, 1922 – November 3, 1986), known professionally as Eddie "Lockjaw" Davis, was an American jazz tenor saxophonist.
It is unclear how he acquired the moniker "Lockjaw" (later shortened to "Jaws"): it is either said that ...
*''
Halleloo-Y'-All
''Halleloo-Y'-All'' is an album by American pianist, composer and bandleader Red Garland which was recorded in 1960 and released on the Prestige label.
'' (Prestige, 1960)
*''
Soul Burnin'
''Soul Burnin'' is an album by jazz pianist Red Garland, recorded in 1960 and 1961, but not released on Prestige Records until 1964.Bright and Breezy'' (Jazzland, 1961)
*''
Solar
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* Of or relating to the Sun
** Solar telescope, a special purpose telescope used to observe the Sun
** A device that utilizes solar energy (e.g. "solar panels")
** Solar calendar, a calendar whose dates indicate t ...
'' (Jazzland, 1962)
*''
Red's Good Groove
''Red's Good Groove'' is an album by American jazz pianist Red Garland with a quintet which was recorded in 1962 and released on the Riverside Records, Jazzland label.
975
Year 975 ( CMLXXV) was a common year starting on Friday of the Julian calendar.
Events
By place
Byzantine Empire
* Arab–Byzantine War: Emperor John I raids Mesopotamia and invades Syria, using the Byzantine base at Antioch to pres ...
*''
Feelin' Red
''Feelin' Red'' is an album by pianist Red Garland which was recorded in 1978 and released on the Muse Records, Muse label in 1979.
'' (Muse, 1978)
With
Terry Gibbs
Terry Gibbs (born Julius Gubenko; October 13, 1924) is an American jazz vibraphonist and band leader.
He has performed or recorded with Tommy Dorsey, Chubby Jackson,Theroux, Gary"Gibbs, Terry".''Grove Music Online''. Oxford University Press. R ...
Bopstacle Course
''Bopstacle Course'' is a jazz album by vibraphonist Terry Gibbs, recorded in 1974 for Xanadu Records.
Track listing
# "Bopstacle Course" (Gibbs) - 4:39
# "Body and Soul" (Eyton, Green, Heyman, Sour) - 7:06
# "Waltz For My Children" (Gibbs) ...
'' (Xanadu, 1974)
With
Dizzy Gillespie
John Birks "Dizzy" Gillespie ( ; October 21, 1917 – January 6, 1993) was an American jazz trumpeter, bandleader, composer, educator and singer. He was a trumpet virtuoso and improvisation, improviser, building on the virtuosic style of Roy El ...
*''
The Ebullient Mr. Gillespie
''The Ebullient Mr. Gillespie'' is an album by trumpeter Dizzy Gillespie, recorded in 1959 and released on the Verve Records, Verve label.
'' (Verve, 1959)
*''
Have Trumpet, Will Excite!
''Have Trumpet, Will Excite!'' is a 1959 studio album by trumpeter Dizzy Gillespie.
Reception
''The Penguin Guide to Jazz'' rates the album three stars and states that "there's a case for saying that this is one of the best of all Gillespie's ...
'' (Verve, 1959)
With
Paul Gonsalves
Paul Gonsalves ( – ) was an American jazz tenor saxophonist best known for his association with Duke Ellington. At the 1956 Newport Jazz Festival, Gonsalves played a 27-chorus solo in the middle of Ellington's " Diminuendo and Crescendo in Bl ...
Dexter Gordon
Dexter Gordon (February 27, 1923 – April 25, 1990) was an American jazz tenor saxophonist, composer, and bandleader. He was among the most influential early bebop musicians. Gordon's height was , so he was also known as "Long Tall Dexter" an ...
*''
The Jumpin' Blues
''The Jumpin' Blues'' is an album by saxophonist Dexter Gordon which was recorded in 1970 and released on the Prestige label.
'' (Prestige, 1970)
*''
Biting the Apple
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'' (SteepleChase, 1977)
With Rein de Graaff
*''New York Jazz'' (Timeless Records,1979) – with
Louis Hayes
Louis Hayes (born May 31, 1937) is an American jazz drummer and band leader. He was with McCoy Tyner's trio for more than three years. Since 1989 he has led his own band, and together with Vincent Herring formed the Cannonball Legacy Band. He i ...
With
Grant Green
Grant Green (June 6, 1935 – January 31, 1979) was an American jazz guitarist and composer.
Green has been called one of the "most sampled guitarists."
Biography
Grant Green was born on June 6, 1935, in St. Louis, Missouri, to John and ...
980
Year 980 ( CMLXXX) was a leap year starting on Thursday of the Julian calendar.
Events
By place Europe
* Peace is concluded between Emperor Otto II (the Red) and King Lothair III (or Lothair IV) at Margut, ending the Franco-Germa ...
*''
Nigeria
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'' (Blue Note, 1962
980
Year 980 ( CMLXXX) was a leap year starting on Thursday of the Julian calendar.
Events
By place Europe
* Peace is concluded between Emperor Otto II (the Red) and King Lothair III (or Lothair IV) at Margut, ending the Franco-Germa ...
980
Year 980 ( CMLXXX) was a leap year starting on Thursday of the Julian calendar.
Events
By place Europe
* Peace is concluded between Emperor Otto II (the Red) and King Lothair III (or Lothair IV) at Margut, ending the Franco-Germa ...
985
Year 985 ( CMLXXXV) was a common year starting on Thursday of the Julian calendar.
Events
By place
Europe
* Summer – Henry II (the Wrangler) is restored as duke of Bavaria by Empress Theophanu and her mother-in-law Adelaide at an ...
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Johnny Griffin
John Arnold Griffin III (April 24, 1928 – July 25, 2008) was an American jazz tenor saxophonist. Nicknamed "the Little Giant" for his short stature and forceful playing, Griffin's career began in the mid-1940s and continued until the month of ...
Barry Harris
Barry Doyle Harris (December 15, 1929 – December 8, 2021) was an American jazz pianist, bandleader, composer, arranger, and educator. He was an exponent of the bebop style. Influenced by Thelonious Monk and Bud Powell, Harris in turn influenc ...
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Barry Harris at the Jazz Workshop
''Barry Harris at the Jazz Workshop'' is a live album by jazz pianist Barry Harris. Recorded in San Francisco in 1960, it was released later that year on the Riverside label.Live in Tokyo'' (Xanadu, 1976)
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Louis Hayes
Louis Hayes (born May 31, 1937) is an American jazz drummer and band leader. He was with McCoy Tyner's trio for more than three years. Since 1989 he has led his own band, and together with Vincent Herring formed the Cannonball Legacy Band. He i ...
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Louis Hayes
Louis Hayes (born May 31, 1937) is an American jazz drummer and band leader. He was with McCoy Tyner's trio for more than three years. Since 1989 he has led his own band, and together with Vincent Herring formed the Cannonball Legacy Band. He i ...
'' (Vee-Jay, 1960)
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Jimmy Heath
James Edward Heath (October 25, 1926 – January 19, 2020), nicknamed Little Bird, was an American jazz saxophonist, composer, arranger, and big band leader. He was the brother of bassist Percy Heath and drummer Albert Heath.
Biography
Heath w ...
994
Year 994 ( CMXCIV) was a common year starting on Monday of the Julian calendar.
Events
By place
Byzantine Empire
* September 15 – Battle of the Orontes: Fatimid forces, under Turkish general Manjutakin (also the governor ...
Johnny Hodges
Johnny Hodges (July 25, 1907 – May 11, 1970) was an American alto saxophone, alto saxophonist, best known for solo work with Duke Ellington's big band. He played lead alto in the saxophone section for many years. Hodges was also featured on sop ...
John Lee Hooker
John Lee Hooker (August 22, 1912 or 1917 – June 21, 2001) was an American blues singer, songwriter, and guitarist. The son of a sharecropper, he rose to prominence performing an electric guitar-style adaptation of Delta blues that he develo ...
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That's My Story
''That's My Story'' is a studio album by American blues musician John Lee Hooker, released in April or May 1960 on Riverside Records. The album was recorded in one session on February 9, 1960 at Reeves Sound Studio in New York City. It was prod ...
'' (Riverside, 1960)
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Freddie Hubbard
Frederick Dewayne Hubbard (April 7, 1938 – December 29, 2008) was an American jazz trumpeter. He played bebop, hard bop, and post-bop styles from the early 1960s onwards. His unmistakable and influential tone contributed to new perspectives fo ...
Hootin' 'n Tootin'
''Hootin' 'n Tootin is the debut album by American saxophonist Fred Jackson, and the sole recording under his leadership, recorded in 1962 and released on the Blue Note label.
'' (Blue Note, 1962)
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Milt Jackson
Milton Jackson (January 1, 1923 – October 9, 1999), nicknamed "Bags", was an American jazz vibraphonist. He is especially remembered for his cool swinging solos as a member of the Modern Jazz Quartet and his penchant for collaborating with ...
More Gravy
''More Gravy!'' is the second studio album, by Australian blues band, Collard Greens & Gravy. At the ARIA Music Awards of 2001, the album won Best Blues and Roots Album.ARIA Award previous winners. The group's line-up was James Bridges on gui ...
'' (Prestige, 1963)
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Eddie Jefferson
Eddie Jefferson (August 3, 1918 – May 9, 1979) was an American jazz vocalist and lyricist. He is credited as an innovator of vocalese, a musical style in which lyrics are set to an instrumental composition or solo. Jefferson himself claims ...
A Touch of Satin
''A Touch of Satin'' is an album by J. J. Johnson's Quartet which was released on the Columbia label.Etta Jones
Etta Jones (November 25, 1928 – October 16, 2001) was an American jazz singer. Her best-known recordings are "Don't Go to Strangers" and "Save Your Love for Me". She worked with Buddy Johnson, Oliver Nelson, Earl Hines, Barney Bigard, Gene Ammo ...
Hank Jones
Henry Jones Jr. (July 31, 1918 – May 16, 2010) was an American jazz pianist, bandleader, arranger, and composer. Critics and musicians have described Jones as eloquent, lyrical, and impeccable. In 1989, The National Endowment for the Arts h ...
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Groovin' High
"Groovin' High" is an influential 1945 song by jazz composer and trumpeter Dizzy Gillespie. The song was a bebop mainstay that became a jazz standard, one of Gillespie's best known hits, and according to ''Bebop: The Music and Its Players'' author ...
'' (Muse, 1978)
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Jo Jones
Jonathan David Samuel Jones (October 7, 1911 – September 3, 1985) was an American jazz drummer. A band leader and pioneer in jazz percussion, Jones anchored the Count Basie Orchestra rhythm section from 1934 to 1948. He was sometimes k ...
Philly Joe Jones
Joseph Rudolph "Philly Joe" Jones (July 15, 1923 – August 30, 1985) was an American Jazz drumming, jazz drummer.
Biography Early career
As a child, Jones appeared as a featured tap dancer on ''The Kiddie Show'' on the Philadelphia radio stat ...
Clifford Jordan
Clifford Laconia Jordan (September 2, 1931 – March 27, 1993) was an American jazz tenor saxophone player and composer. Originally from Chicago, Jordan later moved to New York City, where he recorded extensively in addition to touring across ...
Half Note
In music, a half note (American) or minim (British) is a Musical note, note played for half the duration of a whole note (or semibreve) and twice the duration of a quarter note (or crotchet). It was given its Latin name (''minima'', meaning "le ...
'' (SteepleChase, 1974
985
Year 985 ( CMLXXXV) was a common year starting on Thursday of the Julian calendar.
Events
By place
Europe
* Summer – Henry II (the Wrangler) is restored as duke of Bavaria by Empress Theophanu and her mother-in-law Adelaide at an ...
977
Year 977 ( CMLXXVII) was a common year starting on Monday of the Julian calendar.
Events
By place Europe
* May – Boris II, dethroned emperor (''tsar'') of Bulgaria, and his brother Roman manage to escape from captivity in Const ...
978
Year 978 ( CMLXXVIII) was a common year starting on Tuesday of the Julian calendar.
Events
By place
Byzantine Empire
* Battle of Pankaleia: Rebel forces under General Bardas Skleros are defeated by the Byzantine army loyal to Emper ...
979
Year 979 (Roman numerals, CMLXXIX) was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Julian calendar. It was the 979th year of the Common Era and the Anno Domini designation, the 979th year of the 1st millennium, the 79th year of the 10th century, ...
Duke Jordan
Irving Sidney "Duke" Jordan (April 1, 1922 – August 8, 2006) was an American jazz pianist.
Biography
Jordan was born in New York and raised in Brooklyn where he attended Boys High School. An imaginative and gifted pianist, Jordan was a regul ...
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Misty Thursday
''Misty Thursday'' is an album led by pianist Duke Jordan recorded in 1975 and released on the Danish SteepleChase label.
'' (SteepleChase, 1975
976
Year 976 ( CMLXXVI) was a leap year starting on Saturday of the Julian calendar.
Events
By place Byzantine Empire
* January 10 – Emperor John I Tzimiskes dies at Constantinople, after returning from a second campaign against ...
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Duke's Delight
''Duke's Delight'' is an album led by pianist Duke Jordan recorded in 1975 and released on the Danish SteepleChase label.976
Year 976 ( CMLXXVI) was a leap year starting on Saturday of the Julian calendar.
Events
By place Byzantine Empire
* January 10 – Emperor John I Tzimiskes dies at Constantinople, after returning from a second campaign against ...
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Lover Man
"Lover Man (Oh, Where Can You Be?)" (often called simply "Lover Man") is a 1941 popular song written by Jimmy Davis, Roger ("Ram") Ramirez, and James Sherman. It is particularly associated with Billie Holiday, for whom it was written, and her ...
'' (SteepleChase, 1975
979
Year 979 (Roman numerals, CMLXXIX) was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Julian calendar. It was the 979th year of the Common Era and the Anno Domini designation, the 979th year of the 1st millennium, the 79th year of the 10th century, ...
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Wynton Kelly
Wynton Charles Kelly (December 2, 1931 – April 12, 1971) was an American jazz pianist and composer. He is known for his lively, blues-based playing and as one of the finest accompanists in jazz. He began playing professionally at the age of 1 ...
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Wynton Kelly!
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Harold de Vance Land (December 18, 1928 – July 27, 2001) was an American hard bop and post-bop tenor saxophonist. Land developed his hard bop playing with the Max Roach/Clifford Brown band into a personal, modern style, often rivalling Clifford ...
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West Coast Blues!
''West Coast Blues!'' is a studio album by American tenor saxophonist Harold Land, released in 1960 by Jazzland label.
Reception
According to Scott Yanow of AllMusic: "The music is as well-played and swinging as one would expect from this su ...
'' (Jazzland, 1960)
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Yusef Lateef
Yusef Abdul Lateef (born William Emanuel Huddleston; October 9, 1920 – December 23, 2013) was an American jazz multi-instrumentalist, composer, and prominent figure among the Ahmadiyya Community in the United States.
Although Lateef's main i ...
Abbey Lincoln
Anna Marie Wooldridge (August 6, 1930 – August 14, 2010), known professionally as Abbey Lincoln, was an American jazz vocalist and songwriter. She was a civil rights activist beginning in the 1960s. Lincoln made a career out of delivering dee ...
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It's Magic
"It's Magic" is a popular song written by Jule Styne, with lyrics by Sammy Cahn, published in 1947. They wrote the song for Doris Day in her Warner Brothers film debut, ''Romance on the High Seas'' (retitled ''It's Magic'' in the United Kingdom, ...
'' (Riverside, 1958)
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Abbey Is Blue
''Abbey Is Blue'' is the fourth album by American jazz vocalist Abbey Lincoln featuring tracks recorded in 1959 for the Riverside label.
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Mike Longo
Michael Josef Longo (March 19, 1937 – March 22, 2020) was an American jazz pianist, composer, and author.
Early life
Longo was born in Cincinnati, Ohio to parents who had a musical background. His father played bass, his mother played organ at c ...
*''Matrix'' (Mainstream, 1972)
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Johnny Lytle
John “Johnny” Dillard Lytle (October 13, 1932 in Springfield, Ohio – December 15, 1995 in Springfield) was an American jazz drummer and vibraphonist.
Life and career
Lytle grew up in Springfield, Ohio in a family of musicians, the son o ...
Chuck Mangione
Charles Frank Mangione ( ; born November 29, 1940) is an American flugelhorn player, trumpeter and composer.
He came to prominence as a member of Art Blakey's band in the 1960s, and later co-led the Jazz Brothers with his brother, Gap Mangione, ...
*''Recuerdo'' (Jazzland, 1962)
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Warne Marsh
Warne Marion Marsh (October 26, 1927 – December 18, 1987) was an American tenor saxophonist. Born in Los Angeles, his playing first came to prominence in the 1950s as a protégé of pianist Lennie Tristano and earned attention in the 1970s as ...
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How Deep, How High
''How Deep, How High'', is an album by saxophonist Warne Marsh and pianist Sal Mosca, recorded in concert in 1976 and studio in 1979 and released on the Interplay Records, Interplay label.
'' (Interplay, 1976
980
Year 980 ( CMLXXX) was a leap year starting on Thursday of the Julian calendar.
Events
By place Europe
* Peace is concluded between Emperor Otto II (the Red) and King Lothair III (or Lothair IV) at Margut, ending the Franco-Germa ...
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Jack McDuff
Eugene McDuffy (September 17, 1926 – January 23, 2001), known professionally as "Brother" Jack McDuff or "Captain" Jack McDuff, was an American jazz organist and organ trio bandleader. He was most prominent during the hard bop and soul jazz ...
Eric Dolphy
Eric Allan Dolphy Jr. (June 20, 1928 – June 29, 1964) was an American jazz multi-instrumentalist, composer, and bandleader. Primarily an alto saxophonist, bass clarinetist, and flautist, Dolphy was one of several multi-instrumentalists to gain ...
Siku Ya Bibi (Day of the Lady)
''Siku Ya Bibi (Day of the Lady)'' is an album by saxophonist Charles McPherson, dedicated to Billie Holiday, which was recorded in 1972 and released on the Mainstream label.Beautiful!
''Beautiful!'' is an album by Charles McPherson which was recorded in 1975 and released on the Xanadu label.Xa ...
'' (Xanadu, 1975)
*'' Live in Tokyo'' (Xanadu, 1976)
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Billy Mitchell
William Lendrum Mitchell (December 29, 1879 – February 19, 1936) was a United States Army officer who had a major role in the creation of the United States Air Force.
Mitchell served in France during World War I and, by the conflict's end, ...
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The Colossus of Detroit
''The Colossus Of Detroit'' is an album by jazz saxophonist Billy Mitchell, released in 1978 by Xanadu Records.Blue Mitchell
Richard Allen "Blue" Mitchell (March 13, 1930 – May 21, 1979) was an American trumpeter and composer who worked in jazz, rhythm and blues, soul, rock and funk. He recorded albums as leader and sideman for Riverside, Mainstream Records, and Bl ...
A Sure Thing
''A Sure Thing'' is an album by American trumpeter Blue Mitchell with orchestra recorded in 1962 and released on the Riverside label.
'' (1962; Riverside)
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Thelonious Monk
Thelonious Sphere Monk ( October 10, 1917 – February 17, 1982) was an American Jazz piano, jazz pianist and composer. He had a unique improvisational style and made numerous contributions to the Jazz standard, standard jazz repertoire, includ ...
5 by Monk by 5
''5 by Monk by 5'' is an album by American jazz pianist Thelonious Monk, recorded in June 1959 and released on Riverside later that year. Monk's "five" features brass section Thad Jones and Charlie Rouse, with rhythm section Sam Jones and Art T ...
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* DOL-017, GameCube console
* '' Global Underground 017'', DJ mix album
* Road FC 017, 2014 Mixed Martial Arts event
* Swift 017.n, racing car
* Tyrrell 017, Formula One racing car
See also
* 17 (disambiguation)
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Wes Montgomery
John Leslie "Wes" Montgomery (March 6, 1923 – June 15, 1968) was an American jazz guitarist. Montgomery was known for his unusual technique of plucking the strings with the side of his thumb and for his extensive use of octaves, which gave him a ...
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Movin' Along
''Movin' Along'' is an album by American jazz guitarist Wes Montgomery, released in April 1961. It was reissued in the Original Jazz Classics series with two alternate takes. All the tracks are available in the Wes Montgomery compilation CD-set ...
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Tete Montoliu
Vicenç Montoliu i Massana, better known as Tete Montoliu (28 March 1933 – 24 August 1997) was a Spanish jazz pianist from Catalonia, Spain. Born blind, he learnt braille music at age seven. His styles varied from hard bop, through Afro-Cuban, ...
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Secret Love Secret Love may refer to either a secret admirer or:
Film, TV and theatre
* ''Secret Love'' (1916 film), directed by Robert Z. Leonard
* ''Secret Love'' (1994 film), directed by Edgardo "Boy" Vinarao
* ''Secret Love'' (2010 film), directed by ...
'' (Timeless, 1977)
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Phineas Newborn Jr.
Phineas Newborn Jr. (December 14, 1931 – May 26, 1989) was an American jazz pianist, whose principal influences were Art Tatum, Oscar Peterson, and Bud Powell.
Biography
Newborn was born in Whiteville, Tennessee, and came from a musical famil ...
Sal Nistico
Salvatore Nistico (April 2, 1940 – March 3, 1991) was an American jazz tenor saxophonist.
Career
Associated for many years with Woody Herman's Herd, Nistico played in the group from 1962 to 1965, considered one of Herman's best bands, with ...
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Heavyweights
''Heavyweights'' is a 1995 American comedy film directed by Steven Brill and written by Brill with Judd Apatow. It stars Tom McGowan, Aaron Schwartz, Shaun Weiss, Tom Hodges, Leah Lail, Paul Feig, Kenan Thompson, David Bowe, Max Goldbl ...
Bee Hive
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, 1978)
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Horace Parlan
Horace Parlan (January 19, 1931 – February 23, 2017) was an American pianist and composer known for working in the hard bop and post-bop styles of jazz. In addition to his work as a bandleader Parlan was known for his contributions to the Cha ...
Cecil Payne
Cecil Payne (December 14, 1922 – November 27, 2007) was an American jazz baritone saxophonist born in Brooklyn, New York. Payne also played the alto saxophone and flute. He played with other prominent jazz musicians, in particular Dizzy Gilles ...
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Duke Jordan
Irving Sidney "Duke" Jordan (April 1, 1922 – August 8, 2006) was an American jazz pianist.
Biography
Jordan was born in New York and raised in Brooklyn where he attended Boys High School. An imaginative and gifted pianist, Jordan was a regul ...
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Brooklyn Brothers
''Brooklyn Brothers'' is an album led by saxophonist Cecil Payne and pianist Duke Jordan recorded in 1973 and released on the Muse label.Oscar Peterson
Oscar Emmanuel Peterson (August 15, 1925 – December 23, 2007) was a Canadian jazz pianist and composer. As a virtuoso who is considered to be one of the greatest Jazz piano, jazz pianists of all time, Peterson released more than 200 recordin ...
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Blues Etude
''Blues Etude'' is a 1966 album by Oscar Peterson. It was the trio's last recording to feature bassist Ray Brown.
Track listing
# "Blues Etude" (Oscar Peterson) – 3:53
# "Shelley's World" ( Bill Traut) – 5:20
# "Let's Fall in Love" (Harold ...
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Soul Espanol
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Mellow Mood
''Mellow Mood'' is an album by jazz pianist Oscar Peterson and his trio. The session was recorded in Germany at the private studio of :de:Hans Georg Brunner-Schwer, Hans Georg Brunner-Schwer and released on the German MPS Records, MPS label.MPS was ...
Bud Powell
Earl Rudolph "Bud" Powell (September 27, 1924 – July 31, 1966) was an American jazz pianist and composer. A pioneer in the development of bebop and its associated contributions to jazz theory,Grove Powell's application of complex phrasing to ...
Julian Priester
Julian Priester (born June 29, 1935) is an American jazz trombonist and occasional euphoniumist. He is sometimes credited "Julian Priester Pepo Mtoto". He has played with Sun Ra, Max Roach, Duke Ellington, John Coltrane, and Herbie Hancock.
Biog ...
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Keep Swingin'
''Keep Swingin'' is a 1960 album by American jazz trombonist Julian Priester, his debut as leader, which was recorded and released by the Riverside label.
Reception
The AllMusic site awarded the album 4 stars, with reviewer Scott Yanow calling ...
'' (Riverside, 1960)
*'' Spiritsville'' (Jazzland, 1960)
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Ike Quebec
Ike Abrams Quebec (August 17, 1918January 16, 1963) was an American jazz tenor saxophonist. He began his career in the big band era of the 1940s, then fell from prominence for a time until launching a comeback in the years before his death.
Crit ...
Blue & Sentimental
''Blue & Sentimental'' is an album by American jazz saxophonist Ike Quebec recorded for Blue Note on December 16 & 23, 1961 and released the following year.
'' (Blue Note, 1961)
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Jimmy Raney
James Elbert Raney (August 20, 1927 – May 10, 1995) was an American jazz guitarist, born in Louisville, Kentucky, United States, known for his work from 1951 to 1952 and then from 1953 to 1954 with the Red Norvo trio (replacing Tal Farlow) a ...
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The Influence
''The Influence'' is a studio album by American jazz guitarist Jimmy Raney, released in 1975 for Xanadu Records. ...
'' (Xanadu, 1975)
*'' Live in Tokyo'' (Xanadu, 1976)
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Sonny Red
Sylvester Kyner Jr. (December 17, 1932 – March 20, 1981), known as Sonny Red, was an American jazz alto saxophonist, flutist and composer associated with the hard bop idiom among other styles.
Sonny Red played with Art Blakey, Curtis Fuller, ...
Dizzy Reece
Alphonso Son "Dizzy" Reece (born 5 January 1931) is a Jamaican-born jazz trumpeter. Reece emerged within London's burgeoning bebop jazz scene during the 1950s and went on to become a leading proponent of hard bop jazz in New York City.
He l ...
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Comin' On!
''Comin' On!'' is an album by Jamaican-born jazz trumpeter Dizzy Reece, featuring performances recorded at two sessions in 1960, but not released on the Blue Note label until 1999.
'' (Blue Note, 1960)
*'' Blowin' Away'' (Interplay, 1978)
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Red Rodney
Robert Roland Chudnick (September 27, 1927 – May 27, 1994), known professionally as Red Rodney, was an American jazz trumpeter.
Biography
Born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, he became a professional musician at 15, working in the mid-1940 ...
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Bird Lives!
''Bird Lives!'' is an album by trumpeter Red Rodney featuring performances of tunes by, or associated with, Charlie Parker which was recorded in 1973 and released on the Muse Records, Muse label.The Red Tornado'' (Muse, 1975)
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Sal Salvador
Sal Salvador (November 21, 1925 – September 22, 1999), whose name was originally Silvio Smiraglia, was an American bebop jazz guitarist and a prominent music educator.
He was born in Monson, Massachusetts, United States, and began his profession ...
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Starfingers
''Starfingers'' is an album by guitarist Sal Salvador that was recorded in 1978 and released on the Bee Hive label.Archie Shepp
Archie Shepp (born May 24, 1937) is an American jazz saxophonist, educator and playwright who since the 1960s has played a central part in the development of avant-garde jazz.
Biography Early life
Shepp was born in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, but ...
Les Spann
Leslie Spann Jr. (May 23, 1932 – January 24, 1989) was an American jazz guitarist and flautist. As a sideman he recorded with Nat Adderley, Benny Bailey, Bill Coleman, Eddie "Lockjaw" Davis, Curtis Fuller, Red Garland, Benny Goodman, Sam ...
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Gemini
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* Gemini (constellation), one of the constellations of the zodiac
* Gemini (astrology), an astrological sign
Gemini may also refer to:
Science and technology Space
* Gemini in Chinese astronomy, the Gemini constellat ...
'' (Jazzland, 1961)
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James Spaulding
James Ralph Spaulding Jr. (was born July 30, 1937) is an American jazz saxophonist and flutist.
Born in Indianapolis, Indiana, United states, Spaulding attended the Chicago Cosmopolitan School of Music. Between 1957 and 1961, he was a member of ...
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James Spaulding Plays the Legacy of Duke Ellington
''James Spaulding Plays the Legacy of Duke Ellington'' is an album by saxophonist James Spaulding featuring compositions by Duke Ellington which was recorded in 1976 and released on the Danish Storyville label.Sonny Stitt
Sonny Stitt (born Edward Hammond Boatner Jr.; February 2, 1924 – July 22, 1982) was an American jazz saxophonist of the bebop/hard bop idiom. Known for his warm tone, he was one of the best-documented saxophonists of his era, recording over ...
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Tune-Up!
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The first constellati ...
Blues for Duke
''Blues for Duke'' is an album by saxophonist Sonny Stitt featuring selections associated with Duke Ellington, recorded in 1975 and released on the Muse label in 1978.
Reception
The ''Bay State Banner'' wrote that Stitt "sticks mainly to tenor s ...
'' (Muse, 1975
978
Year 978 ( CMLXXVIII) was a common year starting on Tuesday of the Julian calendar.
Events
By place
Byzantine Empire
* Battle of Pankaleia: Rebel forces under General Bardas Skleros are defeated by the Byzantine army loyal to Emper ...
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Idrees Sulieman
Idrees Sulieman, born Leonard Graham (August 7, 1923 – July 23, 2002), was an American bop and hard bop trumpeter.
Biography
Graham was born in St. Petersburg, Florida, United States, later changing his name to Idrees Sulieman, after conve ...
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Now Is the Time
''Now Is the Time'' is the second studio album by Alanis Morissette, released only in Canada on October 20, 1992. It was her final album for MCA Records Canada. Morissette recorded the album with Leslie Howe, who produced her debut album, '' A ...
'' (SteepleChase, 1976)
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Art Taylor
Arthur S. Taylor Jr. (April 6, 1929 – February 6, 1995) was an American jazz drummer, who "helped define the sound of modern jazz drumming".Watrous, Peter (February 7, 1995)"Art Taylor, 65, Jazz Drummer Who Inspired Young Musicians" ''The Ne ...
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Taylor's Tenors
''Taylor's Tenors'' is the second studio album by drummer Art Taylor. It was recorded and released in 1959 for Prestige sub-label New Jazz, as NJ 8219. The album was reissued on CD once in 1995.
Reception
In a review for AllMusic, Al Campbell no ...
'' (1959; Prestige)
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Clark Terry
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He played with Charlie Barnet (1947), Count Basie (1948 ...
Top and Bottom Brass
''Top and Bottom Brass'' is an album by trumpeter Clark Terry featuring performances recorded in early 1959 and originally released on the Riverside label.
'' (Riverside, 1959)
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Lucky Thompson
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I Offer You
''I Offer You'' is an album featuring performances by jazz saxophonist Lucky Thompson which was released on the Groove Merchant label.Teri Thornton
Teri Thornton, born Shirley Enid Avery (September 1, 1934 – May 2, 2000) was an American jazz singer and piano player.
Thornton first performed in local Detroit clubs in the 1950s. She moved to New York City in the 1960s, where she found work ...
Bobby Timmons
Robert Henry Timmons (December 19, 1935 – March 1, 1974) was an American jazz pianist and composer. He was a sideman in Art Blakey's Jazz Messengers for two periods (July 1958 to September 1959; February 1960 to June 1961), between which he ...
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This Here is Bobby Timmons
''This Here Is Bobby Timmons'' is an album by American jazz pianist Bobby Timmons recorded in 1960 and released on the Riverside label.
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Soul Time
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After ''This Here Is Bobby Timmons'', this was the second album recorded under Timmons' leadership. He ha ...
Sweet and Soulful Sounds
''Sweet and Soulful Sounds'' is an album by American jazz pianist Bobby Timmons recorded in 1962 and released on the Riverside label.
Workin' Out!
''Workin' Out!'' is an album by American jazz pianist Bobby Timmons recorded in 1964 and released in 1965 on the Prestige label.
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Little Barefoot Soul
''Little Barefoot Soul'' is an album by American jazz pianist Bobby Timmons recorded in 1964 and released on the Prestige label.
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Stanley Turrentine
Stanley William Turrentine (April 5, 1934 – September 12, 2000) was an American jazz tenor saxophone, tenor saxophonist and record producer. He began his career playing R&B for Earl Bostic and later soul jazz recording for the Blue Note Reco ...
Harold Vick
Harold Vick (April 3, 1936 – November 13, 1987) was an American jazz saxophonist and flautist.
Biography
Harold Vick was born on April 3, 1936, in Rocky Mount, North Carolina. At the age of 13, he was given a clarinet by his uncle, Prince Rob ...
Eddie "Cleanhead" Vinson
Eddie "Cleanhead" Vinson (born Edward L. Vinson Jr.; December 18, 1917 – July 2, 1988) was an American jump blues, jazz, bebop and R&B alto saxophonist and blues shouter. He was nicknamed "Cleanhead" after an incident in which his hair was ...
Cedar Walton
Cedar Anthony Walton Jr. (January 17, 1934 – August 19, 2013) was an American hard bop jazz pianist. He came to prominence as a member of drummer Art Blakey's band, The Jazz Messengers, before establishing a long career as a bandleader and c ...
A Night At Boomers, Vol. 1
''A Night at Boomers, Vol. 1'' (reissued on CD as ''Naima'') is a live album by pianist Cedar Walton recorded in 1973 and released on the Muse Records, Muse label.
976
Year 976 ( CMLXXVI) was a leap year starting on Saturday of the Julian calendar.
Events
By place Byzantine Empire
* January 10 – Emperor John I Tzimiskes dies at Constantinople, after returning from a second campaign against ...
Eastern Rebellion
''Eastern Rebellion'' is an album by Eastern Rebellion led by pianist Cedar Walton which was recorded in late 1975 and became the first release on the Dutch Timeless label.
'' (Timeless, 1976) – with
George Coleman
George Edward Coleman (born March 8, 1935) is an American jazz saxophonist known for his work with Miles Davis and Herbie Hancock in the 1960s. In 2015, he was named an NEA Jazz Master.
Early life
Coleman was born in Memphis, Tennessee. He was ...
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Billy Higgins
Billy Higgins (October 11, 1936 – May 3, 2001) was an American jazz drummer. He played mainly free jazz and hard bop.
Biography
Higgins was born in Los Angeles, California, United States. Higgins played on Ornette Coleman's first records, be ...
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The Pentagon
The Pentagon is the headquarters building of the United States Department of Defense, in Arlington County, Virginia, across the Potomac River from Washington, D.C. The building was constructed on an accelerated schedule during World War II. As ...
Bob Berg
Robert Berg (April 7, 1951 – December 5, 2002) was an American jazz saxophonist.
Biography
Berg was born in Brooklyn, New York.
Berg started his musical education at the age of six when he began studying classical piano. He began playing ...
& Billy Higgins
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First Set
''First Set'' is a live album by pianist Cedar Walton recorded in Denmark in 1977 and released on the Danish SteepleChase label.Second Set'' (SteepleChase, 1977)
*'' Third Set'' (SteepleChase, 1977)
*'' Eastern Rebellion 3'' (Timeless, 1980) – with
Curtis Fuller
Curtis DuBois Fuller (December 15, 1932May 8, 2021) was an American jazz trombonist. He was a member of Art Blakey's Jazz Messengers and contributed to many classic jazz recordings.
Early life
Fuller was born in Detroit on December 15, 193 ...
, Bob Berg & Billy Higgins
With
Roosevelt Wardell
Roosevelt Wardell (1933 – April 29, 1999) was an American jazz and rhythm and blues pianist, singer, and composer.
Life and career
Wardell was co-leader for two singles – "So Glad I'm Free" and "Deep Moanin' Blues" – that were recorded wit ...
*''The Revelation'' (Prestige, 1960)
With
Ben Webster
Benjamin Francis Webster (March 27, 1909 – September 20, 1973) was an American jazz tenor Saxophone, saxophonist. He performed in the United States and Europe and made many recordings with Duke Ellington, Billie Holiday, Johnny Hodges, a ...
Joe Zawinul
Josef Erich Zawinul ( '; 7 July 1932 – 11 September 2007) was an Austrian jazz and jazz fusion keyboardist and composer. First coming to prominence with saxophonist Cannonball Adderley, Zawinul went on to play with Miles Davis and to bec ...
With
Don Wilkerson
Don Wilkerson (c. 1932 – 18 July 1986) was an American soul jazz / R&B tenor saxophonist born in Moreauville, Louisiana. He was raised in Houston, and it remained his base until he died there in 1986.
He is probably best known for his Blu ...
Claude Williamson
Claude Berkeley Williamson (November 18, 1926 – July 16, 2016) was an American jazz pianist.
Williamson was born in Brattleboro, Vermont, United States. He studied at the New England Conservatory of Music before moving to jazz, influenced ma ...
*''New Departure'' (Interplay, 1978)
With
Joe Zawinul
Josef Erich Zawinul ( '; 7 July 1932 – 11 September 2007) was an Austrian jazz and jazz fusion keyboardist and composer. First coming to prominence with saxophonist Cannonball Adderley, Zawinul went on to play with Miles Davis and to bec ...