Playlist 2551 ~ 2560

【PlayList 2551】

PLAYS CHARLES MINGUS - DANNIE RICHMOND 🔎

Charles Daniel Richmond (December 15, 1931 – March 16, 1988; aged 56) was an American jazz drummer who is best known for his work with Charles Mingus. He also worked with Joe Cocker, Elton John and Mark-Almond.
Dannie Richmond Plays Charles Mingus is an album by Dannie Richmond and the Last Mingus Band which was recorded in Italy in 1980 and released on the Dutch Timeless label. The album features compositions by jazz bassist Charles Mingus performed by members of his final working group.

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(2025/8/16)
 

【PlayList 2552】

END FOR THE BEGINNING - MASABUMI KIKUCHI QUINTET 🔎

Masabumi Kikuchi (菊地 雅章 19 October 1939 – 6 July 2015; aged 75) was a Japanese jazz pianist and composer known for his unique playing style. He worked with many diverse musicians, including Sonny Rollins, Miles Davis, McCoy Tyner, Elvin Jones, Gary Peacock and Paul Motian, and collaborated with Gil Evans and Tōru Takemitsu.
End For The Beginning is an album by Masabumi Kikuchi Quintet which was recorded in March 1973 at Victor Studio, Tokyo, Japan.

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(2025/8/17)
 

【PlayList 2553】

MUSICAL MOMENTS - JUNKO ONISHI 🔎

Junko Onishi (大西 順子, Ōnishi Junko; born April 16, 1967 in Kyoto; age 58) is a Japanese jazz pianist; she plays in the post-bop genre. After studying at Berklee College of Music, Onishi moved to New York City, where she played with Joe Henderson, Betty Carter, Kenny Garrett, and Mingus Dynasty.
Musical Moments is the eighth leader album by Junko Onishi, released on July 23, 2009 in Japan.

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(2025/8/18)
 

【PlayList 2554】

EUROPEAN EPISODE - LEE KONITZ / MARTIAL SOLAL 🔎

Leon "Lee" Konitz (October 13, 1927 – April 15, 2020; aged 92) was an American jazz alto saxophonist and composer.
Martial Solal (23 August 1927 – 12 December 2024; aged 97) was a French jazz pianist and composer.
European Episode is an album by Lee Konitz and Martial Solal recorded in Italy in 1968 and released on the Campi label.

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(2025/8/19)
 

【PlayList 2555】

SKIES OF AMERICA - ORNETTE COLEMAN 🔎

Randolph Denard Ornette Coleman (March 9, 1930 – June 11, 2015; aged 85) was an American jazz saxophonist, trumpeter, violinist, and composer. He is best known as a principal founder of the free jazz genre.
Skies of America is the 17th album by Ornette Coleman, released on Columbia Records in 1972. It consists of one long composition by Coleman taking up both sides of the album, played by the London Symphony Orchestra and conducted by David Measham.

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(2025/8/20)
 

【PlayList 2556】

DUKE ELLINGTON LIVE AT THE BLUE NOTE 1952

"Duke Ellington Live at the Blue Note 1952" refers to a famous 1994 CD release, also known by the title Live at the Blue Note, featuring recordings from a July 30, 1952, NBC radio broadcast of Duke Ellington's Orchestra at the Blue Note jazz club in Chicago. The recording includes the band's performances from that night, featuring members like Louis Bellson on drums and Wendell Marshall on bass, with vocalists Betty Roche and Jimmy Grissom.

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(2025/8/21)
 

【PlayList 2557】

LIONEL HAMPTON ALL STAR BAND AT NEWPORT'78 🔎

Lionel Leo Hampton (April 20, 1908 - August 31, 2002; aged 94) was an American jazz vibraphonist, pianist, percussionist, and bandleader. Hampton worked with jazz musicians from Teddy Wilson, Benny Goodman, and Buddy Rich to Charlie Parker, Charles Mingus, and Quincy Jones.
Lionel Hampton All Star Band at Newport ´78 is live sound source when Lionel Hampton appeared in the Newport Jazz Festival in 1978 and the big band stars will continue to play the fierce play.

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(2025/8/22)
 

【PlayList 2558】

SONNY STITT featuring HOWARD McGHEE 🔎

Sonny Stitt (born Edward Hammond Boatner Jr.; February 2, 1924 – July 22, 1982; aged 58) was an American jazz saxophonist of the bebop/hard bop idiom.
Howard McGhee (March 6, 1918 – July 17, 1987; aged 69) was one of the first American bebop jazz trumpeters, with Dizzy Gillespie, Fats Navarro and Idrees Sulieman.

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(2025/8/23)
 

【PlayList 2559】

ST.THOMAS: TRIBUTE TO GREAT TENORS - NEW YORK UNIT 🔎

St. Thomas: Tribute to Great Tenors is an album by New York Unit, consisting of pianist John Hicks, bassist Richard Davis, and drummer Tatsuya Nakamura. This album was recorded at Music Inn Studio, Tokyo, 1991 and released by Paddle Wheel Records.
The trio played "songs either composed by or closely associated with each of the five honored musicians": John Coltrane, Stan Getz, Sonny Rollins, Wayne Shorter and Archie Shepp.

(2025/8/24)
 

【PlayList 2560】

AMONG FRIENDS - GEORGE GARZONE 🔎

George Garzone (born September 23, 1950; age 74) is a saxophonist and jazz educator from Boston, Massachusetts. Garzone is a jazz educator, teaching at the Berklee College of Music, New England Conservatory, Longy School of Music, New York University, and the New School for Jazz and Contemporary Music. He pioneered the triadic chromatic approach.
Among Friends is an album by George Garzone released in 2009 on the Stunt Records.

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(2025/8/25)