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Video: Jimmy Smith Trio on Jazz Scene USA
Jazz Scene U.S.A. was a short-lived syndicated television show shot in Los Angeles in the early ‘60s and hosted by Oscar Brown, Jr. This episode is given over to the Jimmy Smith trio with Quentin Warren and Donald Bailey. If you’ve never had the pleasure of seeing this amazing musician live, enjoy this. Continue reading
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Video: Abbey Lincoln on Billie Holiday
The great (and much under-rated) singer Abbey Lincoln tells it like it is and sets the record straight on history’s portrayal of Billie Holiday. Continue reading
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Wayne Shorter ' Speak No Evil' Blue Note Session
24 August 2011 — Mosaic Records 1964 was a momentous year for the indefatigably creative Wayne Shorter, culminating with the Christmas Eve recording of his classic “Speak No Evil,” a bold statement as a composer and as an improviser. Continue reading
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Francis Wolff Blue Note Photos – John Coltrane 'Blue Train'
24 August 2011 — Mosaic Records The very first Coltrane album I bought! ‘Blue Train’. It blew me away. Wore that damn album out. The changes still resonate in my head. Check out the rest of Francis Wolff’s fabulous photography for those early Blue Note Albums on the Mosaic site. Continue reading
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McCoy Tyner ‘Giant Steps’
McCoy Tyner’s solo piano work is an all-too-rare confined to opening numbers at some concerts and the occasional solo album. This 1996 Hamburg appearance features his mentor John Coltrane’s classic “Giant Steps.” Continue reading
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Jimmie Lunceford and His Dance Orchestra 1936
A Vitaphone short subject which is important for being the only real glimpse we have of this dynamic big band filmed in NYC July 1936. Willie Smith, Joe Thomas, Paul Webster and Jimmy Crawford are among the band members featured which also includes spots for vocalist Myra Johnson and the dance team of the Three… Continue reading
The New Dark Age 