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August Birthdays, including the George Shearing Centennial
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Playlist
- Pat Metheny "James" from Trio>Live (Warner Bros) 00:00
- Wayne Shorter "Sacajawea " from Alegria (Verve) 05:48
- Cecile McLorin-Salvant "Devil May Care" from Dreams and Daggers (Mack Avenue) 13:24
- Branford Marsalis "Cianna" from The Secret Between the Shadow and the Soul (Okeh) 21:16
- Eddie Jefferson "Workshop" from Still on the Planet (Muse) 28:46
- Louis Armstrong "Louis Remembers-Part 8" from Satchmo (Decca) 32:00
- George Shearing "Lullaby of Birdland" from 45 rpm single (MGM) 57:46
- George Shearing "September in the Rain" from 78 rpm single (MGM) 1:01:21
- George Shearing "Donna Lee" from Back to Birdland (Telarc) 1:04:35
- Charlie Parker "Bird Feathers" from Complete Dial Modern Jazz Sessions (Mosaic) 1:11:02
- Charlie Parker "Klact-Oveeseds-Tene" from Complete Dial Modern Jazz Sessions (Mosaic) 1:15:03
- Charlie Parker "My Old Flame" from Complete Dial Modern Jazz Sessions (Mosaic) 1:18:02
- Rahsaan Roland Kirk "On the Corner of King and Scott Streets" from Complete Mercury Recordings of Roland Kirk (Mercury) 1:21:10
- Oscar Peterson "I've Never Been in Love Before" from The London House Sessions (Verve) 1:26:40
- Count Basie "One O'Clock Jump" from The Savory Collection 1935-1940 (Mosaic) 1:32:16
- Count Basie "Every Tub #1" from The Savory Collection 1935-1940 (Mosaic) 1:37:35
- Jimmy Rushing "St. Louis Blues" from Blues&Things (New World) 1:40:54
- Lester Young "Three Little Words" from The "Kansas City" Sessions (Commodore) 1:45:16
- Benny Carter "More Than You Know" from The Savory Collection 1935-1940 (Mosaic) 1:48:09
- Benny Carter "Honeysuckle Rose" from The Savory Collection 1935-1940 (Mosaic) 1:53:55
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