Happy Birthday to Eddie Henderson! 🎂🎂🎂
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WARNE MARSH – LIVE IN HOLLYWOOD
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Live in Hollywood, is a live album by saxophonist Warne Marsh, recorded in 1952 and released on the Xanadu label in 1979.
#WarneMarsh #tenorsaxophone #colljazz #bop #jazzlegends #projazznet
Born On This Day in Jazz: October 26 🎷 youtu.be/IWIUat68suU?si=xAP3… via @YouTube Today we honor saxophonists Charlie Barnet and Warne Marsh, trumpeter Eddie Henderson, pianist Vijay Iyer, and organist Mike LeDonne.
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HUBERT LAWS - AFRO-CLASSIC
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Afro-Classic is an album by flautist Hubert Laws released on the CTI label featuring performances of popular and classical music by Laws recorded at Rudy Van Gelder’s studio in 1970.
#HubertLaws #flute
"I want to make the saxophone sound like a human voice."
~ Stan Getz
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🎵💿 That first track can make or break an album. Which one grabs you immediately?
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THE JIMMY HEATH ORCHESTRA – REALLY BIG!
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Really Big! is the second albumby saxophonist Jimmy Heath featuring big band performances recorded in 1960 and originally released on the Riverside label.
#JimmyHeath #tenorsax #bigband #bandleader #jazzlegends
🟥Oct 25
♦Saxophonist/composer Jimmy Heath born 1926 in Philadelphia, PA.
♦Trombonist Robin Eubanks born 1955 in Philadelphia, PA.
♦Pianist/composer Thelonious Monk records The Way You Look Tonight with Sonny Rollins, 1954.
#TodayInJazzHistory #projazznet
Which jazz guitarist has made the greatest impression on you, and what makes their playing distinctive?
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LEE MORGAN – TARU
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Taru is an album by American jazz trumpeter Lee Morgan, recorded in 1968, but not released on the Blue Note label until 1980.
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Born On This Day in Jazz: October 25 🎷 youtu.be/pl8_xdH-dJ4?si=lRqR… via @YouTube Today we honor legendary saxophonist, composer, and NEA Jazz Master Jimmy Heath, acclaimed jazz fusion trombonist Robin Eubanks, and the visionary "Father of Jazz Guitar" Eddie Lang. #BornOnThisDay
WAYNE SHORTER – ADAM’S APPLE
🔥Adam’s Apple is the tenth 📀album by American jazz 🎷saxophonist Wayne Shorter.
✅Reception
The Allmusic review by Stacia Proefrock awarded the album five stars and stated that “this is one of the great works of mid-’60s jazz”.
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📚 One book. One recommendation. No second choice. What is yours?
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🟥Oct 24
♦Jazz historian Dan Morgenstern born 1929 in Munich, Germany
♦Bassist Wendell Marshall born 1920 in St. Louis, MO.
♦Pianist/composer Thelonious Monk records Well, You Needn't at his first trio session with bassist Gene Ramey and drummer Art Blakey, 1947.
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BOB JAMES TRIO – STRAIGHT UP
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"Bob James has recorded what is certainly the finest jazz album of his career.”- Scott Yanow.
#BobJames #piano #jazztrio #projazznet
Born On This Day in Jazz: October 24 youtu.be/GR9wVB1pOfk?si=4DQM… via @YouTube Today we honor renowned double-bassist Wendell Marshall, exceptional tenor saxophonist Odean Pope, and legendary jazz historian and archivist Dan Morgenstern.
#BornOnThisDay #JazzHistory
DIANNE REEVES – THE CALLING: CELEBRATING SARAH VAUGHAN
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The Calling: Celebrating Sarah Vaughan is a 2001 tribute album to Sarah Vaughan by Dianne Reeves, released in 2001 on Blue Note Records.
#DianneReeves #jazzsinger #jazzlegends #SarahVaughan
Born On This Day in Jazz: October 23 🎷 🎙 youtu.be/4e5Wfhh25Fo?si=IuVi… via @YouTube Today we honor acclaimed alto saxophonist Sonny Criss, versatile sax and woodwind master Ernie Watts, and five-time Grammy-winning jazz vocalist Dianne Reeves. #BornOnThisDay #JazzHistory
