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April 12, 2011Bang was an important figure on the experimental jazz scene that blossomed in New York in the 1970s.
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April 11, 2011Featuring Punch Miller’s New Orleans Band, Kid Thomas’ Algiers Stompers, Billie & DeDe Pierce, Jane’s Alley Six, Kid Clayton’s Happy...
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March 13, 2011Perhaps one of the coolest jazz drummers of all time, Joe never looked like he would break a sweat while...
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February 23, 2011Respected jazz drummer who helped break the mould.
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February 14, 2011The composer of the enduring jazz standard “Lullaby of Birdland” died of heart failure in Manhattan on Valentine’s Day.
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January 25, 2011Duke Ellington plucked him out of Texas Southern University to join his orchestra and later became its leader.
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January 03, 2011Philadelphia-based acoustic bassist performed with McCoy Tyner, Art Blakey and Wynton Marsalis.
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December 19, 2010w/Quincy Jones, Duke Ellington, Ray Charles, Coleman Hawkins, Woody Herman, Louis Prima, Etta James, Cal Tjader, Django Reinhardt and more.
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July 19, 2010A 2-hour spiritual journey celebrating the life of jazz legend, John Coltrane.
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June 24, 2010A Portuguese Avant-Garde compilation w/Plopoplot Pot, A Maquina Do Almoco Da Pancadas, Desirat-Toral-Silva, and No Noise Reduction.
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May 08, 2010Oscar Peterson for MPS in 1971, with Milt Jackson, vibraphone; Ray Brown, bass; and Louis Hayes on drums.
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May 05, 2010A memorial podcast of the legendary trombone player from Jazz FM 91.1 in Toronto.
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May 04, 20104-part WNYC radio podcast on the jazz jams documented by W. Eugene Smith at his NYC Loft.
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April 17, 2010A brilliant recording on the United Artist label [UAS-6224] from 1962.
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March 27, 2010The all-percussion ensemble of Max Roach, Roy Brooks, Joe Chambers, Omar Clay, Warren Smith, Freddie Waits, Richard Landrum.
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March 06, 2010Featuring Mike Stephans on drums (leader); Tom Garvin, piano; John Patitucci, bass; Bob Ojeda, cornet; Bob Sheppard, saxes.
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February 27, 2010Recorded on a Sunday afternoon in 1973 at the New Jersey Club Casa Caribe.
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February 06, 2010Una Mas; 1963; Kenny Dorham, trumpet; Joe Henderson, tenor saxophone; Herbie Hancock, piano; Butch Warren, bass; Tony Williams, drums.
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January 30, 2010Recorded in Copenhagen, 1963: Don Byas, tenor sax; Bent Axen, piano; Niels Pederson, bass; William Schiopffe, drums.
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January 30, 2010This is a memorial re-post of George Allen Russell’s (23 June 1923 – 27 July 2009) classic 1961 album.
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December 25, 2009Geopolitics meets a Charlie Brown Christmas when Obama pre-empts the TV classic to whip up support for more war.
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December 04, 2009Download this and you’ll soon learn why Jimi Hendrix was a fan of the pyrotechnics of Terry Kath.
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November 28, 2009A tasty introduction to the West Coast sound.
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November 21, 2009w/Art Blakey, Kenny Clarke, Max Roach, Shelly Manne, Billy Cobham, Gene Krupa, Buddy Rich, Tony Williams, Louie Bellson, and more.
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November 18, 2009One of Tyner’s final three Blue Note sessions now available in an audiophile vinyl boxset by Mosaic.
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August 22, 2009Ripped from The Stereophonic Sound of Woody Herman.
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June 06, 2009Another road trip mix for wayword souls. CAUTION: listening at high volumes may make you crash into the avant-garde rail!
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May 16, 2009About to hit the road for a long trip? We cannot be held responsible for what happens if you don’t...
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March 14, 20095 years before Stan Getz took Bossa Nova international, Almeida was creating the foundations with Bud Shank.
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February 21, 2009Basement Rug co-contributor Blind Joe Death was recently visiting and noted that we both have a sizable collection of tiny...
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