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Saluting Dave Grusin!Happy 91st birthday to the amazing Dave Grusin, who was born on 26 June 1934 in Colorado.Check out ...
26/06/2025

Saluting Dave Grusin!

Happy 91st birthday to the amazing Dave Grusin, who was born on 26 June 1934 in Colorado.
Check out more about his fantastic work with GRP Records in this uDiscover article.

The story of GRP Records goes back to 1976 and the label went on to make an outstanding contribution to jazz over the coming decades.

Andrew Hill's Blue Note classic!The pianist’s 1968 album 'Andrew!!!', recorded in a torrent of creativity, is the latest...
25/06/2025

Andrew Hill's Blue Note classic!
The pianist’s 1968 album 'Andrew!!!', recorded in a torrent of creativity, is the latest entry in Blue Note Records’ Tone Poet series.
The album, which features vibraphonist Bobby Hutcherson, was recorded on 25 June 1964.
This stereo Tone Poet Vinyl Edition was produced by Joe Harley, mastered by Kevin Gray from the original analog master tapes, pressed on 180g vinyl at RTI, and packaged in a deluxe gatefold tip-on jacket.
For details on how to order, click on the uDiscover shopping link below:

Pianist Andrew Hill burst onto the scene in 1963-64 with a torrent of creativity that produced 5 remarkable albums including Andrew!!! featuring saxophonist John Gilmore, vibraphonist Bobby Hutcherson, bassist Richard Davis & drummer Joe Chambers performing 6 of Hill’s mercurial inside-out com...

Fleetwood Mac star’s love of Louie!Saluting drummer Mick Fleetwood, who was born on this day in 1947 in Redruth, Cornwal...
24/06/2025

Fleetwood Mac star’s love of Louie!
Saluting drummer Mick Fleetwood, who was born on this day in 1947 in Redruth, Cornwall.
Fleetwood was a huge fan of Louie Bellson, saying once; "Louie Bellson had totally mastered and made a career out of African beats put to jazz. I loved all of that tom-tom playing! He was a real master, who had a very effective style and legacy. His tom-tom work was so melodic. I've tried to pay attention to that in the way I play, just trying to make it musical."
Find out more about the Fleetwood Mac's early career in this article

Mick Fleetwood has been reminiscing about his days on the UK blues circuit with John Mayall, and early Fleetwood Mac, of whom Steven Tyler was a big fan.

Brilliant jazz recording made at 3am!Tenor saxophonist Sonny Rollins arrived on his first trip to the West Coast in 1957...
23/06/2025

Brilliant jazz recording made at 3am!
Tenor saxophonist Sonny Rollins arrived on his first trip to the West Coast in 1957.
On 7 March that year, Rollins arrived at the Contemporary studio in LA at 3 a.m. to record for Lester Koenig’s label, with Ray Brown on bass, Barney Kessel on guitar and Shelly Manne on drums. All the musicians were heavily committed to club and studio appearances day and evening, hence the early morning recording call.
Find out more at uDiscover – including details of how to purchase the album, which was re-released in 2023.

'Go West', a new three-disc collection of jazz legend Sonny Rollins' Contemporary Records recordings is due out through Craft on June 23

Remembering Judy Garland.Teddy Wilson often accompanied Garland's vocal performances, particularly during radio broadcas...
22/06/2025

Remembering Judy Garland.
Teddy Wilson often accompanied Garland's vocal performances, particularly during radio broadcasts in the 1940s.
Garland was only 47 when she died of an overdose on 22 June 1969.
In this uDiscover article, Charles Waring remembers her best songs:

Judy Garland first achieved worldwide fame in 'The Wizard of Oz,' but her best songs prove that she was much more than that.

Saluting the amazing Lalo Schifrin!Master pianist, composer and arranger Lalo Schifrin was born on 21 June 1932 in Bueno...
21/06/2025

Saluting the amazing Lalo Schifrin!
Master pianist, composer and arranger Lalo Schifrin was born on 21 June 1932 in Buenos Aires, Argentina.
You can find out more about his work with Jimmy Smith at uDiscover

If you know someone who says, ‘They don’t get Jimmy Smith,’ just play them this. It is consummate Hammond B3 playing with Creed Taylor's superb production.

Anniversary of the birth of the great Eric Dolphy!Saxophone master Dolphy was born on 20 June 1928 in Los AngelesCheck o...
20/06/2025

Anniversary of the birth of the great Eric Dolphy!
Saxophone master Dolphy was born on 20 June 1928 in Los Angeles
Check out this brilliant uDiscover guide to Dolphy’s best tracks

Eric Dolphy's best tracks were startling, incandescent. Immediately recognizable on three separate instruments, he was a jazz original.

Freddie Hubbard’s Hanock anniversary!On 17 June 1964, Freddie Hubbard was in the recording studio with Herbie Hancock. H...
17/06/2025

Freddie Hubbard’s Hanock anniversary!
On 17 June 1964, Freddie Hubbard was in the recording studio with Herbie Hancock. He played the cornet as they laid down the track 'Cantaloupe Island' for the Blue Note album 'Empyrean Isles'. They also cut a version of 'One Finger Snap'.
Find out more at uDiscover

From soul-jazz to risk-taking avant-garde explorations, ‘Empyrean Isles’ revealed that Herbie Hancock was a jazz icon in the making.

Congratulations to Johnny Hodges' fan Samara Joy!The Grammy-winning vocalist will receive the Ella Fitzgerald Award at A...
17/06/2025

Congratulations to Johnny Hodges' fan Samara Joy!
The Grammy-winning vocalist will receive the Ella Fitzgerald Award at At 2025 Montreal Jazz Festival.
She told DownBeat in 2021 that she loved the saxophone playing of Johnny Hodges, adding that she wrote lyrics for "a funky blues" that would suit a Hodges solo.
Find out more about her triumph uDiscover

Grammy-winning Samara Joy is set to receive the Ella Fitzgerald Award at the 2025 Montreal Jazz Festival, honoring her significant impact.

Sizzling with Jimmy Smith!'By the time he recorded Home Cookin’ in the summer of 1959, Jimmy Smith was a bonafide star w...
16/06/2025

Sizzling with Jimmy Smith!
'By the time he recorded Home Cookin’ in the summer of 1959, Jimmy Smith was a bonafide star whose infectious soul-jazz records were hands-down the best selling LPs in Blue Note’s catalogue.'

Find out more about this brilliant album, which featured Kenny Burrell on guitar and was completed on 16 June 1959, in this uDiscover feature

The sonic equivalent of grits, greens, and gravy, 'Home Cookin'' confirmed Blue Note organist Jimmy Smith as a soul jazz master chef.

RIP guitar great Wes Montgomery.The great guitarist died of a heart attack on 15 June 1968, at the age of just 45.Find o...
15/06/2025

RIP guitar great Wes Montgomery.
The great guitarist died of a heart attack on 15 June 1968, at the age of just 45.
Find out more about his best work in this uDiscover article celebrating his boundless imagination and guitar skills.

Wes Montgomery was among the most harmonically and rhythmically captivating jazz guitarists who ever lived. Here are some of his best pieces.

When Pops overcame the Beatles!The Beatles had been top of the Billboard singles charts for 14 weeks with ‘Can’t Buy Me ...
13/06/2025

When Pops overcame the Beatles!
The Beatles had been top of the Billboard singles charts for 14 weeks with ‘Can’t Buy Me Love'.... then Louis Armstrong knocked them from the top spot on 13 June 1964 with 'Hello Dolly'.
Find out more about this remarkable music moment in this uDiscover piece.

Louis Armstrong topped both the Billboard singles and album charts with 'Hello Dolly.' He also had huge success with it around the world.

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