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Grammy Award-winning Brazilian singer and guitarist João Gilberto - “Father of Bossa Nova” - 82 today…
João Gilberto: Chega de Saudade - from Chega de Saudade, 1959
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From the latest hit to the wisdom of old...
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Kenny Barron: New York Attitude - from New York Attitude, 1985
Personnel: Rufus Reid - b, Freddie Waits - dm, Kenny Barron - p
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Jazz pianist Kenny Barrron is 70 today!
Stan Getz/Kenny Barron: I Thought About You- from Café Montmartre, 1991
Piano – Kenny Barron
Tenor Saxophone – Stan Getz
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Dino at 96!
Dean Martin: A Place in the Shade - from Welcome to My World, 1967
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Celebrating 104 years of Swing Big Band King, Benny Goodman…
Benny Goodman: Goodbye
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Silje Nergaard: This Is Not America (Metheny/Mays; lyrics David Bowie) - from Nightwatch, 2003
Piano: Tord Gustavsen; bass - Harald Johnsen; drums - Jarle Vespestad
Horns arranged by Magnus Lindgren
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Steve Swallow: “You Didn’t Think” (music by Steve Swallow/poem by Robert Creeley, from his 1978 volume Hello) - from Home, 1980
Personnel: Sheila Jordan (voice); Steve Kuhn (piano); David Liebman (saxophone); Lyle Mays (synthesizer); Bob Moses (drums); Steve Swallow (bass)
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Red Garland — Please Send Me Someone to Love
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Red Garland Trio: Please Send Me Someone to Love - from Red Garland’s Piano, 1957
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The Gil Evans Orchestra: Where Flamingos Fly - from Out of the Cool, 1960
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One final jazz birthday: Joe ‘King’ Oliver, cornetist, band leader and composer: May 11, 1885 - 1938…
King Oliver’s Creole Jazz Band: St. James Infirmary, 1930
/w. Bubber Miley on trumpet and vocals by Frank Marvin
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Nat King Cole — The Song is Ended (But the Melody Lingers On)
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Nat King Cole: The Song Is Ended (But the Melody Lingers On) (Irving Berlin) - from Just One of Those Things, 1957
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Gerald Clayton: Future Reflection - from Life Forum, 2013
Album personnel: Gerald Clayton - piano; Joe Sanders - bass; Justin Brown - drums; Logan Richardson - saxophones; Dayna Stephens - saxophones; Ambrose Akinmusire - trumpet; Gretchen Parlato - vocals; Sachal Vasandani - vocals; Carl Hancock Rux - poetry
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Carla Bley & Steve Swallow: Lawns - from Very Very Simple - Live, 1996
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Carla Bley: Houses and People - from Sextet, 1987
Personnel: Carla Bley - organ, synth bass; Larry Willis - piano; Hiram Bullock - guitar; Steve Swallow - bass guitar; Victor Lewis - drums; Don Alias - percussion
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Birthday of Keith Jarrett (b. May 8, 1945) who - unlike virtually every other pianist in the world - has equal credentials within the strictly regulated world of classical music where the performer’s role is to interpret the composer’s score as exactly as possible, and within the world of jazz and free solo improvisation where Jarrett was the undisputed king throughout the 70s and 80s…
Keith Jarrett: Lalene - from Facing You, 1971
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