6. "Mack the Knife," Wayne Shorter, 1959.
There's something interesting about the evolution of a musical number about a serial killer adapting to the popular music scenes of the early to mid-20th century. Theatre, swing, big band jazz...
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NOW ON THE RECORD STORE DAY PODCAST!
Zev Feldman, "the Jazz Detective," returns to discuss Jazz and Blues titles he curated for Exclusive Release on Record Store Day. It's a fast-flying frenzy of free music finery.
The Record Store Day Podcast,
Wherever you get your podcasts or:
bit.ly/RSDPODCAST
“ #Bassists hold a special kind of gravity, an unseen, if not underappreciated role as the quiet force of the band. They hold the #music upright while everything dances above it.” #BusterWilliams #jazz #jazzsky #music #MusicSky open.substack.com/pub/activeli...
#Jazzsky #Jazz #Music
Join me😊🙏 #JazzLunch
Wed 15 April 12-2pm 🎺
📻5MBS 99.9FM #Adelaide
Stream stream01.sigile.net/5mbs-128-mp3
Listen On Demand 5MBS
#JazzMusic a few, incl @diannereeves1.bsky.social ##WyntonKelly plus #HankMobley
youtu.be/Y2YtfRWwI9Q
Album art
BestEverAlbums.com chart of the day (#5285) is Jazz by RockyRaccoon. The top-ranked album in this chart is Sarah Vaughan by Sarah Vaughan from 1955. #MusicSky #Music #1950s #Vinyl View chart on BEA: https://www.besteveralbums.com/thechart.php?c=25721
SPOTLIGHT: JOSEPHINE BAKER!
(June 3, 1906 – April 12, 1975)
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#April12 #April12th #JosephineBaker #OTD #AmericanEntertainer #OnThisDay #JazzAge #MusicSky #MusicianSky #BananaDance #RevueNegré #HotJazz #Music #Flapper #FrenchEntertainer #JazzAgeDancer #JAZZ #RACISM
“Moran is among a growing number of musicians who have been targeted on music streaming platforms by what appear to be AI bots masquerading as the real artists. It’s happened to at least a dozen famous jazz musicians, indie rock artists & even the rapper Drake”
www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
A black-and-white studio portrait of Josephine Baker (1906–1975), the legendary American-born French dancer, singer, actress, and civil rights activist who became one of the most celebrated performers in Europe during the Jazz Age. In this iconic, high-contrast photograph, she is captured in a dynamic, theatrical pose radiating exuberance and glamour: reclining slightly against a dark curved backdrop, she leans back with one arm gracefully raised and bent behind her head, fingers lightly touching her hair, while her body twists toward the camera with joyful abandon. Her face turns to the right of the viewer with a wide, radiant smile revealing bright teeth and sparkling eyes enhanced by dramatic stage makeup. She wears an extravagant, voluminous white feather costume—a massive swirling boa of long soft plumes that cascades dramatically across her shoulders, chest, and arms as if caught mid-dance—paired with a matching oversized feathered headdress and an ornate headpiece of small white flowers or jewels crowning her sleek dark hair. The overall composition is bold and energetic, with strong diagonal lines created by the flowing feathers and her angled pose, the lighting emphasizing the texture of every plume and the smooth tone of her skin against the deep black background. The mood is one of unapologetic joy, sensuality, confidence, and show-stopping charisma, powerfully symbolizing Baker’s groundbreaking rise from humble beginnings to international stardom as a trailblazing Black woman who shattered racial and cultural barriers on stage while using her fame to champion civil rights.
American/French dancer, singer & actress Josephine Baker died #OTD in 1975.
DYK: In Nazi-occupied France, Baker was a French Resistance operative. She used her celebrity status to gather intel on German troop movements & smuggled the information using invisible ink on sheet music.😮
#WWII #histsky
Picture of Jazz music great Charles Mingus playing his bass with a quote from him that states: Anyone can make the simple complicated. Creativity is making the complicated simple
Anyone can complicate simple matters. What creativity does is cut through the BS and simplify those complicated matters. Not as easy as it sounds. ONE LOVE CHARLES MINGUS #BlackSky #SoulSky #JazzSky
“Jazz is about being in the moment.”
“Music is an art form that transcends language.”
“Life is not about finding your limitations; it's about finding your infinity.”
“I think there's a great beauty to having problems. That's one of the ways we learn.”
BOTD jazz musician Herbie Hancock 1940
Old Friends Radio #MusicChallenge
OldFriendsRadio.org Free Streaming Classic Vintage #Jazz Internet Radio. No Fees! Free Apps.
#ListenNow rdo.to/OFRN
#Jazzsky #JazzRadio #internetradio #Blues #BigBand #Bebop #Music #JazzNow #Radio #OnAir #OnAirNow #LoveJazz ##JazzLovers
Billie Holiday and Friends
“Music must serve humanity…”
Wishing a very happy birthday to Herbie Hancock, born on this day in 1940. In 2010, MOJO sat down with Hancock to talk Miles Davis, 60s jazz, 70s fusion, and 80s funk, and to trace the career path of one of the most important musicians of the 20th Century...
Well, I was directed towards this one, and really really enjoyed it, so satisfying to know there is another 2 volumes! 'Codona' (1979, Tidal), Cherry, Walcott, Vasconcelos with some excellent fusion of world music/jazz. Very enterprising and satisfying too
#influenced
86 anos para Herbie Hancock!!!
Happy Birthday
Qual a sua canção predileta às teclas deste monstro sagrado do jazz, que além de seus trabalhos solo, tocou com outros gigantes, tendo integrado inclusive o quinteto do magnífico Miles Davis?
#happybirthdayherbiehancock #herbiehancock #jazz #music
#Jazzsky #Jazz #Jazzmusic
#JohnnyGriffin & #WesMontgomery w ‘Blue Monk’
If intro talk is still w the clip, the music starts at 03.00
youtu.be/zFEZJXpiyQw
Ella Fitzgerald &
Louis Armstrong
“Dream a Little Dream of Me”
youtu.be/OAVZuSoP8dk?...
#Jazz #Music #JazzSky #MusicSky
#NowPlaying
Soothe your soul, join us on Mondays, on Morning Brew Jazz Notes Edition with Ellen Carter from 5am until 8am at WPFW 89.3 FM or wpfwfm.org. The music will uplift your spirit.
Soothe your soul, join us on Mondays, on Morning Brew Jazz Notes Edition with Ellen Carter from 5am until 8am at WPFW 89.3 FM or wpfwfm.org. The music will uplift your spirit.
ON THIS DAY IN JAZZ AGE MUSIC!
FEBRUARY 9TH…
HAPPY BIRTHDAY BLANCHE CALLOWAY!
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#OTD #BOTD #OnThisDay #JazzAge #MusicSky #MusicianSky #EarlyBlues #78rpm #OldMusic #TinPanAlley #HotJazz #ClassicJazz #Music #February9 #February9TH #BlancheCalloway #SWING #JAZZ #HOT
Icons Miles Davis and John Coltrane will be commemorated in 2026, marking the centennial of their birth in 1926. Their musical contributions continue to have a lasting impact.
#OTD #TDIH #January5, 1979 #DOTD: #RIP #CharlesMingus. #CharlesMingusJr #Bassists #DoubleBassists #Bass #DoubleBass #Composers #Bandleaders #Pianists #Jazz #AngryManOfJazz #NastyBoys #Music #AmericanMusic #Geniuses #MusicSky #JazzSky
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Time for something calm. Hear the stereo image.
Duke Ellington & John Coltrane. In A Sentimental Mood. \m/
#Jazz
#Relax
#Music
#MusicSky
#kleineNachtmusik - Tue-Jan 6th, 26
#JazzSky #Jazz #Blues #music #MusicSky #musique #jazzmusic
..:: EDDIE HARRIS & THE LES McCANN TRIO ::..
Eddie Harris - ts
Benny Bailey - tp
Les McCann - pio
Leroy Vinnegar - bb
Donald Dean - dr
Renowned drummer, Kenny Clarke was born on January 9, 1914, in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, and passed away on January 26, 1985, in Paris, France. He was recognized as a jazz drummer and was an early innovator of the bebop style of drumming.
Renown vibraphonist, Milt Jackson was born on January 1, 1923, in Detroit and passed away on October 9, 1999. He joined Dizzy Gillespie’s sextet and big band in 1945. Jackson was a member of MJQ (Modern Jazz Quartet).
Renowned drummer and composer, Max Roach was born on January 10, 1924 and passed away on August 16, 2007. He participated in the development of Bebop. In addition, Roach elevated the percussionist to the equal of a melodic improvisers.
Renowned pianist and composer Cedar Walton, Jr. was born on January 17, 1934 and passed on August 19, 2013. In April 1959, he recorded with John Coltrane and became a member of the Jazztet.
Renowned guitarist Joe Pass was born on January 13, 1929 and passed on May 23, 1994. He collaborated with pianist Oscar Peterson and vocalist Ella Fitzgerald. Pass won a Grammy, for Best Jazz Performance by a Group in 1975, for the album “TheTrio”.
Renowned trombonist, arranger, composer and educator Melba Liston was born on January 13, 1926 and passed on April 23, 1999. She was an impressive trombone player and first female trombonist to perform in a Big Band. Liston was also known as a wonderful arranger.
