Mel Tormè with Woody Herman – live at The Monterey Jazz Festival 1970 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – Mel Tormè this weekend. Along with Woody Herman’s Third Herd, tearing it up at the 1970 Monterey Jazz Festival. Dubbed The Velvet Fog for good reason, the warm, luxuriant voice of
Jay McShann – live at Kool Jazz Festival 1982 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – Jay McShann – the legendary pianist, band leader and singer would have turned 100 on January 12th of this year. His contributions to Jazz, as well as to the popularity of Jump-Blues are far-reaching.
– The Camel Caravan With Benny Goodman And His Orchestra – Sept.6, 1938 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – As long as I’ve been posting on the weekend Downbeat page, I’ve never gotten around to posting anything from the acknowledged Big Band Era of the 1930s – certainly no live
– CBS Radio – Chuck Cabot And His Orchestra – live from The Rice Hotel, Houston Texas – April 1953 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – As a distinct contrast between my Lennie Tristano post earlier today, I ran across this tape, and noted only a year separated the two.
– Duke Ellington and His Famous Orchestra – Live at Kongresshaus, Zurich – October 9, 1959 – RTS-Radio – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – Classic Jazz this weekend, from the mind of the inimitable and beyond-category Duke Ellington, along with his Famous Orchestra, recorded for posterity by Swiss Radio on
. . . or click on the link here for Audio Player – Ralph Flanagan Band – CBS Radio – September 19, 1950 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection. I haven’t posted any Big Band in a while. If you discount Count Basie, Stan Kenton and Duke Ellington, then I really
. . . or click on the link here for Audio Player – Jaki Byard – In Concert at The Public Theatre,NYC – 1979 – NPR-Jazz Alive The legendary Jaki Byard this week. In concert,featuring solo work, his quartet and his big band, The Apollo Stompers, in concert at
. . . or click on the link here for Audio Player – ABC Radio – Claude Thornhill – Live At The Hotel Pennsylvania – Sept. 22, 1947 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection. In the history of Jazz, one of those names which gets mentioned occasionally is that of Claude
. . . or click on the link here for Audio Player – Stan Kenton – live at Steel Pier, New Jersey – Sept. 21, 1953 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection. As the era of the Big-Band began to fade, a lot of effort was put in to reinventing the
. . . or click on the link here for Audio Player – Jazz At Lincoln Center – Music Of John Lewis and Gerry Mulligan – Jazz At Lincoln Center Two favorites given a contemporary look-over as part of the Jazz At Lincoln Center radio series from 2014. The Music
