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April Birthday Salutes

By Marc Cohn | Gifts & Messages
April 26, 2019
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This week we salute Alfred Lion (co-founder of Blue Note) with three tracks (Hubbard, Green, Turrentine with James Oscar). Then we add two blues with lyrics by Alberta Hunter, including Bessie Smith's very first recording; the April 'first ladies of song' do Ellington; Ellington does Ellington in three different settings; and Mingus celebrates in Paris (impress your friends by identifying the many Bird tunes quoted!). There's more, so don't be shy. Hit the button, relax and enjoy yourself.

Playlist

Freddie Hubbard "Philly Mignon" from Here To Stay (Blue Note) 00:00
Benny Green "Bu's March" from Testifyin' (Blue Note) 05:50
Jimmy Smith "Red Top" from Pray Meetin' (Blue Note) 10:39
Lionel Hampton "Hamp's Note" from Live at the Blue Note (Telarc) 18:45
Alberta Hunter "I've Had Enough" from The Glory of Alberta Hunter (Columbia) 28:52
Bessie Smith "Down Hearted Blues" from The Complete Recordings (Columbia) 33:01
Ella Fitzgerald "I Ain't Got Nothin' But the Blues" from Fitzgerald & Pass Again (Pablo) 37:04
Carmen McRae "Something to Live For" from I'll Be Seeing You (Decca) 41:36
Billie Holiday "Solitude" from Lady Day (Columbia) 44:47
Joey DeFrancesco "Joey D" from Wonderful! Wonderful! (HighNote) 48:20
Charles Mingus "Parkeriana" from The Great Concert of Charles Mingus (Prestige) 57:47
Gerry Mulligan "Half Nelson" from Gerry Mulligan-Chet Baker Original Quartet (American Jazz Classics) 1:22:45
Duke Ellington "REM Blues" from Money Jungle (Blue Note) 1:27:00
Duke Ellington, Louis Armstrong "I'm Just a Lucky So and So" from Together for the First Time (Roulette) 1:31:43
Duke Ellington "Reminiscing in Tempo" from Complete 1932-1040 Brunswick, Columbia And Master Recordings of Duke Ellington (Mosaic) 1:35:40
Randy Weston "Let's Climb a Hill" from Randy Weston (Mosaic) 1:48:24

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