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Big September Birthdays & More

By Marc Cohn | Gifts & Messages
October 9, 2020
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We celebrate big September birthdays this week on G&M: Ray Charles, Muhal Richard Abrams and Sonny Rollins @ 90; Gary Bartz, Hamiet Bluiett, Dave Burrell and Roy Ayers @ 80! Of course, we have more: Horace Silver, Wilbur Ware, Elvin Jones, Sam Rivers, Cannonball Adderley and John Coltrane. So many of the greats and near-greats celebrate in September. There's not enough time to recognize or remember them all. But I decided to focus on the big birthday celebrants. You only hit those high round numbers once. Enjoy the show!

Playlist

Ray Charles "Let the Good Times Roll" from The Genius of Ray Charles (Atlantic) 00:00
Ray Charles "From the Heart" from Genius + Soul = Jazz (Impulse) 03:14
Ray Charles "Doodlin'" from The Great Ray Charles (Atlantic) 07:33
Horace Silver "The Skunky Funky Blues" from Rockin' with Rachmaninoff (Bop City) 13:30
Gary Bartz "Celestial Blues" from Harlem Bush Music—Uhuru (Milestone) 20:36
Gary Bartz "Vilia/Ole" from Coltrane Rules: Tao of a Music Warrior (OYO Music) 29:07
Cannonball Adderley, John Coltrane "The Sleeper" from Cannonball & Coltrane (EmArcy) 39:29
Sam Rivers "Dance of the Tripedal" from Contours (Blue Note) 47:04
Roy Ayers "It Could Only Happen with You" from Daddy Bug (Atlantic) 58:22
Sonny Rollins "Four" from A Night at the Village Vanguard, Volume 1 (Blue Note) 1:01:03
Sonny Rollins "Woody 'n' You" from A Night at the Village Vanguard, Volume 1 (Blue Note) 1:10:29
Sonny Rollins "Old Devil Moon" from A Night At The Village Vanguard, Volume 1 (Blue Note) 1:18:39
Muhal Richard Abrams "The Prism 3" from One Line, Two Views (New World) 1:27:02
Hamiet Bluiett "Head Drake" from Resolution (Black Saint) 1:36:35
Dave Burrell "Lovedance" from Black Spring (Futura Marge) 1:44:17
John Coltrane "It's Easy to Remember" from Ballads (Impulse) 1:52:54

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