Playlist 1081 ~ 1090

【PlayList 1081】

S.R.O. - DUKE ELLINGTON

Edward Kennedy "Duke" Ellington (April 29, 1899 - May 24, 1974; aged 75) was an American composer, pianist, and leader of a jazz orchestra from 1923 through the rest of his life. Ellington was known for his inventive use of the orchestra, or big band, as well as for his eloquence and charisma. He was awarded a posthumous Pulitzer Prize Special Award for music in 1999.
S.R.O. is an album by Duke Ellington and His Orchestra recorded 1961, Europe, released 1985 Japanese Nippon Columbia label.

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【PlayList 1082】

THE TURNING POINT - McCOY TYNER

Alfred McCoy Tyner (December 11, 1938 - March 6, 2020; aged 81) was an American jazz pianist and composer known for his work with the John Coltrane Quartet and a long solo career. He was an NEA Jazz Master and a five-time Grammy winner. Not a player of electric keyboards and synthesizers, he was committed to acoustic instrumentation. Tyner, who was widely imitated, is one of the most recognizable and most influential pianists in jazz history.
The Turning Point is an album by McCoy Tyner's Big Band released on the Birdology label in 1992. It was recorded in November 1991 and features performances by Tyner's Big Band.

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【PlayList 1083】

INSENSATEZ - LALO SCHIFRIN

Boris Claudio "Lalo" Schifrin (born June 21, 1932; age 90) is an Argentine-American pianist, composer, arranger and conductor. He is best known for his large body of film and TV scores since the 1950s, including the "Theme from Mission: Impossible", "Bullitt" and "Enter the Dragon". Associated with the jazz music genre, Schifrin is also noted for his collaborations with Clint Eastwood from the late 1960s to the 1980s, particularly the Dirty Harry series of films.
Insensatez is an album by Lalo Schifrin recorded October 23 & 24, 1962, NYC.

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【PlayList 1084】

NEW BOTTLE OLD WINE - GIL EVANS

Ian Ernest Gilmore Evans (born Green; May 13, 1912 - March 20, 1988; aged 75) was a Canadian-American jazz pianist, arranger, composer and bandleader. He is widely recognized as one of the greatest orchestrators in jazz, playing an important role in the development of cool jazz, modal jazz, free jazz, and jazz fusion. He is best known for his acclaimed collaborations with Miles Davis.
New Bottle Old Wine is an album by Gil Evans recorded in 1958 by Evans with an orchestra. The album is a suite of songs written by and/or associated with major jazz musicians and composers, in original arrangements by Gil Evans.

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【PlayList 1085】

LUNAR ECLYPSE - GIL EVANS and the Gil Evans Orchestra

Ian Ernest Gilmore Evans (born Green; May 13, 1912 - March 20, 1988; aged 75) was a Canadian-American jazz pianist, arranger, composer and bandleader. He is widely recognized as one of the greatest orchestrators in jazz, playing an important role in the development of cool jazz, modal jazz, free jazz, and jazz fusion. He is best known for his acclaimed collaborations with Miles Davis.
Lunar Eclypse is an album by Gil Evans and Gil Evans Orchestra recorded live in Europe, 1981.

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【PlayList 1086】

THE POPULAR - DUKE ELLINGTON

Edward Kennedy "Duke" Ellington (April 29, 1899 - May 24, 1974; aged 75) was an American composer, pianist, and leader of a jazz orchestra from 1923 through the rest of his life. Ellington was known for his inventive use of the orchestra, or big band, as well as for his eloquence and charisma. He was awarded a posthumous Pulitzer Prize Special Award for music in 1999.
The Popular is a studio album by Ellington featuring many of the tunes associated with his orchestra rerecorded in 1966 and released on the RCA label in 1967.

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【PlayList 1087】

CUMBIA & JAZZ FUSION - CHARLES MINGUS

Charles Mingus Jr. (April 22, 1922 - January 5, 1979; aged 56) was an American jazz double bassist, pianist, composer and bandleader. A major proponent of collective improvisation, he is considered to be one of the greatest jazz musicians and composers in history, with a career spanning three decades and collaborations with other jazz musicians such as Louis Armstrong, Duke Ellington, Charlie Parker, Dizzy Gillespie, and Herbie Hancock.
Cumbia & Jazz Fusion is an album by Charles Mingus, recorded for the Atlantic label in 1977. It features two extended compositions written for the film Todo Modo by Mingus and performed by large ensembles featuring Jack Walrath, Jimmy Knepper, Paul Jeffrey, Ricky Ford, Dannie Richmond, Candido, Ray Mantilla, George Adams and Danny Mixon.

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(2022/11/16)
 

【PlayList 1088】

COUNT BASIE and The Kansas City 7

William James "Count" Basie (August 21, 1904 - April 26, 1984) was an American jazz pianist, organist, bandleader, and composer. In 1935, he formed the Count Basie Orchestra, and in 1936 took them to Chicago for a long engagement and their first recording. He led the group for almost 50 years, creating innovations like the use of two "split" tenor saxophones, emphasizing the rhythm section, riffing with a big band, using arrangers to broaden their sound, and others.
Count Basie and the Kansas City 7 is an album by Count Basie featuring small group performances recorded in 1962 for the Impulse! label.

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(2022/11/17)
 

【PlayList 1089】

DIGITAL DUKE - THE DUKE ELLINGTON ORCHESTRA

Mercer Kennedy Ellington (March 11, 1919 – February 8, 1996; aged 76) was an American musician, composer, and arranger. His father was Duke Ellington, whose band Mercer led for 20 years after his father's death.
Digital Duke is an album by Mercer Ellington and the Duke Ellington Orchestra that won the Grammy Award for Best Large Jazz Ensemble Album in 1988.

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【PlayList 1090】

NEW YORK, N.Y. - GEORGE RUSSELL

George Allen Russell (June 23, 1923 - July 27, 2009; aged 86) was an American jazz pianist, composer, arranger and theorist. He is considered one of the first jazz musicians to contribute to general music theory with a theory of harmony based on jazz rather than European music, in his book Lydian Chromatic Concept of Tonal Organization (1953).
New York, N.Y. is an album by George Russell, originally released on Decca in either July or August 1959.

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