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Happy Birthday Marcus Roberts! Also Tony Bennett, Allan Holdsworth, and more

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In addition to the artists named in the title, this edition of Exploration recognizes the classic genius of The Quintet (Charlie Parker, Dizzy Gillespie, Bud Powell, Charlie Mingus, and Max Roach), Horace Silver, and others. More new music from Joe Alterman, Doug Webb, and Terri Lyne Carrington. Birthdays recognized include Eddie Jefferson, Ravi Coltrane, and "Pops" (Louis Armstrong).

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    Marcus Roberts "Exploration" from Time And Circumstance (Columbia) 00:00
  • Charlie Parker and Dizzy Gillespie and Bud Powell and Charles Mingus and Max Roach aka The Quintet "Hot House" from Jazz At Massey Hall (Debut) 15:39
  • Jimmy Smith "Beggar For The Blues" from Bashin'—The Unpredictable Jimmy Smith (Verve) 24:51
  • Miles Davis "Summer Night" from Seven Steps To Heaven (Columbia) 35:31
  • Betty Carter "I Didn't Know What Time It Was/All The Things You Are/I Could Write A Book" from Finally (Roulette) 41:31
  • Lee Morgan "Triple Track" from Expoobident (Vee Jay) 47:16
  • Horace Silver "Senor Blues" from 6 Pieces Of Silver (Blue Note) 52:08
  • Helen Sung "A Little Bird Watchin' (For Jimmy Heath)" from Oracles (Sunnyside) 1:02:28
  • Joe Alterman "The Come Up" from Electric Cornbread (Self-Released) 1:08:06
  • Nicole Zuraitis "It Never Goes Away" from The Devil I Knew (La Reserve) 1:12:43
  • Jesse Davis "Choctaw Alley" from Reflections (Cellar Music) 1:17:01
  • Kurt Elling with WDR Big Band "My Very Own Ride" from In The Brass Palace (Big Shoulder) 1:34:23
  • Conrad Herwig "500 Miles High" from The Latin Side Of Chick Corea (Savant) 1:43:10
  • Doug Webb "The Webb We Weave" from Watch Your Step (Cellar Live) 1:49:16
  • Alternative Guitar Summit featuring Oz Noy and Nir Felder "Song Bird" from Honoring Pat Martino, Pt. 2 (Highnote) 1:55:17
  • Terri Lyne Carrington with Social Science "Forest Song" from Trip The Night Fantastic (Candid) 2:03:02
  • Max Roach featuring Abbey Lincoln "Driva' Man" from We Insist! Freedom Now Suite (Candid) 2:07:41
  • Russell Gunn featuring Louis Heriveaux "Neo (aka Teo)" from Origin Story (Live At The Velvet Note) (Vanglorious Arts) 2:12:52
  • Carol Albert "Mas Que Nada" from Fly Away Butterfly (Self-Released) 2:19:20
  • Eddie Jefferson "Take The 'A' Train" from Letter From Home (Riverside) 2:26:49
  • Tony Bennett "Take The 'A' Train/Don't Get Around Much Anymore" from Bennett Sings Ellington: Hot And Cool (RPM/Columbia) 2:29:56
  • Marcus Roberts "The Entertainer" from The Joy Of Joplin (Sony Classical) 2:33:10
  • Louis Armstrong "Mack The Knife" from Ken Burns Jazz: The Definitive Louis Armstrong (Compilation) (Columbia/Legacy) 2:36:47
  • Eric Alexander "Triste" from Like Sugar (Cellar Music) 2:40:07
  • Ravi Coltrane "Ginger Bread Boy" from Mad 6 (Eighty-Eight's/Columbia) 2:46:13
  • Weather Report featuring Dom Um Romao "Mysterious Traveller" from Mysterious Traveller (Columbia) 2:50:17
  • Allan Holdsworth "Looking Glass" from Atavachron (Enigma) 3:03:28

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