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A Shelly Manne Centennial and More June Birthdays

By Marc Cohn | Gifts & Messages
June 26, 2020
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June birthdays on Gifts and Messages. The 'big' ones: singer Dakota Staton @ 90 and drummer Shelly Manne @ 100. It's also Anthony Braxton's 75th birthday with tunes from his Charlie Parker Project. On our broadcast day in Baton Rouge, Eric Dolphy's 92nd. More of course, mostly pianists: Chick Corea, Kenny Barron, Geri Allen, Misha Mengelberg with Braxton and Andrew Hill, as well as guitarists Grant Green and Tal Farlow. Enjoy the show.

Playlist

Chick Corea "Sifu" from A Week at the Blue Note (Stretch) 00:00
Dakota Staton "That's No Joke" from Dakota Staton (Muse) 11:05
Dakota Staton "The Late Late Show" from The Late, Late Show (Capitol) 14:40
George Shearing/Dakota Staton "In the Night" from In the Night (Capitol) 17:26
Grant Green "Freedom March" from Sunday Morning (Blue Note) 20:13
Shelly Manne "Cabu" from Shelly Manne & His Men at the Blackhawk, Vol 4 (Contemporary) 28:46
Shelly Manne "On the Street Where You Live" from My Fair Lady (Contemporary) 40:34
Shelly Manne "Me and Some Drums" from 2-3-4 (Impulse) 46:14
Kenny Barron "Morning Blues" from Green Chimneys (Criss Cross) 52:15
Tal Farlow "Will You Still Be Mine" from A Recital by Tal Farlow (Verve) 57:48
Charlie Haden [Geri Allen] "Dolphy's Dance" from Etudes (Soul Note) 1:02:18
Andrew Hill "Spectrum" from Point of Departure (Blue Note) 1:06:28
Eric Dolphy "Music Matador" from Musical Prophet (Resonance) 1:16:39
Anthony Braxton "Bebop" from Charlie Parker Project 1993 (HatArt) 1:26:56
Anthony Braxton "Passport" from Charlie Parker Project 1993 (HatArt) 1:35:50
Anthony Braxton "Scrapple From The Apple" from Charlie Parker Project 1993 (HatArt) 1:42:19
Eric Dolphy "Come Sunday" from Musical Prophet (Resonance) 1:48:06

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