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Roy McCurdy

Born: November 28, 1936

Roy McCurdy will probably always be best-known for his important contributions to Cannonball Adderley’s Quintet (1964-1975), but he has been a tasteful and stimulating participant in many other sessions through the years. Early on, he worked with Chuck and Gap Mangione in the Jazz Brothers (1960-1961). McCurdy gained recognition for his playing with the Jazztet (1961-1962), Bobby Timmons, Betty Carter (who was fairly obscure during his stint with her in 1962-1963), and Sonny Rollins (1963-1964) before joining Adderley. The supportive drummer was flexible enough to evolve with Cannonball’s popular group during the decade of change

Poppin In Paris: Live At L'Olympia 1972

By Cannonball Adderley

Label: Elemental Music
Released: 2024
Track listing: Black Messiah; Autumn Leaves; Soli Tomba; Walk Tall (Baby, That's What I Need); Doctor Honoris Causa; Hummin'; Directions; Mercy, Mercy, Mercy; The Scene.

Live in Montreal May 1975

By Cannonball Adderley

Label: Liberation Hall
Released: 2024
Track listing: Five Of A Kind; First Trip; Mercy, Mercy, Mercy; The Scene; Cannonball Intro to Waban; Waban; Cannonball Intro To Country Preacher; Country Preacher.

Burnin’ in Bordeaux: Live in France 1969

By Cannonball Adderley

Label: Elemental Music
Released: 2024
Track listing: The Scavenger; Manhã De Carnaval; Work Song; Somewhere; Why Am I Treated So Bad; Experience In E; Blue ‘n’ Boogie; Come Sunday; Walk Tall (Baby, That's What I Need); Mercy, Mercy, Mercy; The Scene; Oh Babe.

Record Store Day 2024 Jazz Releases

by Kyle Simpler
April 11, 2024

Every year, Record Store Day (RSD) promises limited edition vinyl releases for all tastes in music. From the latest popular artists to the most obscure archival releases, RSD drops try to cover a lot of musical territory. Practically all genres of music are represented and, of course, jazz is no exception. Fortunately, the April 2024 drop ...

Overtones

By Doug MacDonald

Label: Self Produced
Released: 2023
Track listing: Night by Night; Bossa for PK; Blues by Eight; Hortense; Lover Man; Over #21; Ground Up; Rickey Speaking.

Coast to Coast

Label: Origin Records
Released: 2023
Track listing: One Day at a Time; I Told You So; You've Changed; Broadway; Art Deco; Girl Talk; Quarter Nelson; Front Row Family; So Long Eric.

East West Trumpet Summit: Coast to Coast

By Ray Vega

Label: Origin Records
Released: 2023
Track listing: One Day at a Time; I Told You So; You've Changed; Broadway; Art Deco; Girl Talk; Quarter Nelson; Front Row Family; So Long Eric.

Ray Vega & Thomas Marriott East West Trumpet Summit: Coast to Coast

by Jack Bowers
July 31, 2023

Coast to Coast is the third East West Trumpet Summit recorded by Ray Vega and Thomas Marriott in a musical partnership that has spanned nearly three decades. The years have been kind, and when it comes to playing persuasive jazz, neither Vega nor Marriott appears to have lost a step. Marriott, a native of Seattle, and ...

Ray Vega & Thomas Marriott East West Trumpet Summit: Coast to Coast

by Paul Rauch
June 16, 2023

For some people, the whole notion of an east-west summit of anything in jazz brings up the perceived differences over time between American west coast jazz and its east coast counterpart. The basic premise is that jazz on the American west coast is a cousin to the cool jazz movement, a calmer, less soulful part of ...