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Wayne Shorter Quartet - "All Blues" (2003)

April 7, 2011

Sarah Vaughan - "You're Not the Kind" (1951)

March 27, 2011

Shelly Manne - "Speak Low" (1962)

March 22, 2011

Bay Area Organ Trio BASSment Announces Their Last Public Performance

March 21, 2011

BASSment will perform at the Hedley Lounge in the Hotel De Anza in San Jose on Friday, March 18th from 8:30pm-12:30am. One of the most unique and versatile bands to come out of the Bay Area in recent years, BASSment combines jazz, blues, funk, soul, and everything in between to create a tasteful mélange of musical ...

Coltrane's Poor Cousin

March 20, 2011

John Coltrane's 1960 Album Coltrane Plays the Blues is often overshadowed by its more famous companion LP, Coltrane's Sound. This is unfortunate, because Plays the Blues is a consistently strong album from Coltrane and even contains a few surprises for listeners. All the songs on the original releases were recorded over two days, October 24 and ...

U.S. Postal Service Jazz Stamp Revealed

March 15, 2011

Later this year, the U.S. Postal Service will begin selling a postage stamp honoring jazz music. Here is the design and the press announcement from the USPS website. Jazz Appreciation With this stamp, the U.S. Postal Service is proud to pay tribute to jazz, America's musical gift to the world, and to the musicians ...

Cannonball Adderley - "Jive Samba" (1963)

March 10, 2011

A Cup of "Ko-Ko"

March 7, 2011

"Ko-Ko“ was a songrecorded on this date in 1940 by the famous Blanton-Webster version of the DukeEllington Orchestra (bassist Jimmy Blanton and saxophonist Ben Webster werefeatured soloists). Ellington said that the song was meant to evoke CongoSquare in New Orleans (where Louis Armstrong Park is now), a place whereAfrican-Americans gathered on Sundays in the pre-jazz days ...

Happy Birthday, Dexter Gordon!

February 27, 2011

Happy Birthday, Nina Simone!

February 20, 2011