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Miles Davis, 1959

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Miles Davis

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Lester Young outside the Five Spot Jazz Club, the Bowery, 1958.

The first jazz musician I ever photographed, Lester Young performing at The Five Spot Café, on the Bowery, 1958. Now here was a quiet soul, someone who let his music speak for him. I took this shot outside before the show, Lester being greeted by an unknown admirer or so I believe. I've never been able to identify this person. The famous pork pie hat at a slight—and cool—angle.

     —Herb Snitzer

Photo: Herb Snitzer

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Archie Shepp and Charles Greenlee in Coda magazine (May 1975)

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1940's Jazz Classics [Jazz, Jazz Classics, Smooth Jazz]

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How cool is this? 😀🎷🎷🎷

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My modest collection of vintage musicians is humming along.

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Way too cool 😀

Davis' Cup

Davis’ Cup

The Miles Davis Quintet  “Davis’ Cup”  “Bye Bye Birdie” b/w  “Dear Old Stockholm” Philips Jazz Gallery series – Philips Records (UK) Paul Chambers, “Philly” Joe Jones, Red Garland, John Coltrane, Miles Davis.   From the 1957 Columbia album “Round Midnight”.

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Herbie Hancock-there will never be another like him.

Herbie!

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Lookin’ at Monk! 😀

"Lookin' at Monk!": A Dynamic Tribute to a Jazz Icon

Introduction: In the pantheon of jazz innovators, few figures loom as large as Thelonious Monk. His idiosyncratic compositions, angular melodies, and rhythmic playfulness revolutionized jazz and have become touchstones for generations of musicians. In 1961, tenor saxophonists Johnny Griffin and Eddie “Lockjaw” Davis joined forces to celebrate Monk’s genius with the album “Lookin’ at Monk!”—a…

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Dizzy Gillespie, jazz.

Dizzy Gillespie, jazz.

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DJ Hairy Larry Presents Jazz Writers Big Band Playing "Elegy"

From The Archives Of Something Blue 2024-08-25

DJ Hairy Larry Presents Jazz Writers Big Band Playing "Elegy"

From The Archives Of Something Blue 2024-08-25

Thanks Marty, today we're going to hear a Big Band play a composition written by an Arkansas jazz educator.

I went to school at ASU with Joseph Curtis. After he graduated he was band director at Hoxie and Trumann. He's now in Law School in Little Rock.

I think the first time I recorded Joseph was when he was playing in an ASU small group called "Jazztette". Ron Horton wanted me to take some video of him teaching jazz improvisation and I also recorded their concert. I interviewed Dr. Horton and four of the students and produced a documentary, "Jazztette - Teaching Jazz Improvisation". They played an original jazz composition by Joseph Curtis called "Baile de Trece".

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Stan Getz (Düsseldorf, 1960) - colorized

Stan Getz (Düsseldorf, 1960) - colorized

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'Ghost Riders in the Sky' (Trumpet Cover)

'Ghost Riders in the Sky' is a perfect song for the trumpet! :) There have been many versions of this great song, this one is inspired by Johnny Cash--which he released in 1979, and it was recently featured in the new movie, 'Twisters'. Thanks for watching, Music4Life :)

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Roy Hargrove doubled on both trumpet & flugelhorn--good stuff! :)

Roy Hargrove, jazz!

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