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🎸 Who proved that the guitar belongs at the heart of jazz?
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DIANNE REEVES – THE CALLING: CELEBRATING SARAH VAUGHAN
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The Calling: Celebrating Sarah Vaughan is a 2001 tribute album to Sarah Vaughan by Dianne Reeves, released in 2001 on Blue Note Records.
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Born On This Day in Jazz: October 23 🎷 🎙 https://t.co/GtbISvBAM2 via @YouTube Today we honor acclaimed alto saxophonist Sonny Criss, versatile sax and woodwind master Ernie Watts, and five-time Grammy-winning jazz vocalist Dianne Reeves. #BornOnThisDay #JazzHistory

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🟥Oct 23
♦Alto saxophonist Sonny Criss born 1927 in Memphis, TN
♦Composer Gary McFarland born 1933 in Los Angeles, CA.
♦The Brass Ensemble Of The Jazz And Classical Music Society records J.J. Johnson's Jazz Suite for Brass feat. trumpeters Miles Davis and Bernie Glow, 1956

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JACKIE MCLEAN – STRANGE BLUES
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Strange Blues is an album by American saxophonist Jackie McLean recorded in 1957 and released on the Prestige label.
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🟥Oct 22
♦Pianist/composer Clare Fischer born 1928 in Durand, MI
♦Count Basie records The Atomic Basie, 1957, featuring arrangements by Neal Hefti..
♦Sam Morgan's Jazz Band records Bogalousa Strut in New Orelans, 1927.
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CHICK COREA – ELECTRIC CHICK
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Electric Chick is a jazz-fusion compilation albumby the legendary keyboardist and composer Chick Corea, released on May 5, 2008, by Verve Records as part of their Jazzclub / Legends series.
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Remembering Clare Fischer on His Birthday
CLARE FISCHER – FIRST TIME OUT
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First Time Out is the debut album by American composer,arranger,pianist and keyboardist Clare Fischer, recorded and released in 1962 by Pacific Jazz Records.
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Born On This Day in Jazz: October 22 🎹🎤 https://t.co/qjomCn9RXR via @YouTube Today we honor American keyboardist, composer, and arranger Clare Fischer, alongside renowned Polish jazz vocalist Urszula Dudziak. #BornOnThisDay #JazzHistory

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ERROLL GARNER – OVERTURE TO DAWN
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Overture to Dawn: The Apartment Sessions Vol. 1is a historic jazz album by pianist Erroll Garner, originally recorded in late 1944 and first released in 1952.
Erroll Garner – piano
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"There’s a lot of silence in my music."
~ Ahmad Jamal
Photo by Shahin Novrasli, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
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🎓 If one jazz legend could personally teach you, who would you choose?
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LEE RITENOUR – RIO
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Rio is an album by jazz guitarist Lee Ritenour, recorded in New York City, Santa Barbara, and Rio de Janeiro, originally titled Lee Ritenour in Rio.
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🟥Oct 21
♦Trumpeter Dizzy Gillespie born 1917 in Cheraw, SC.
♦In 1946, Billy Strayhorn begans rehearsing his and Ellington's only Broadway show Beggar's Holiday, which closed after only 4 months.
♦Tenor saxophonist Don Byas born 1912 in Muskogee, OK.
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THE FRED HERSCH TRIO – SUNDAY NIGHT AT THE VANGUARD
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Sunday Night at the Vanguard is an album by the Fred Hersch Trio. It earned the group a Grammy Award nomination for Best Jazz Instrumental Album.
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Happy Birthday to Fred Hersch 🎂🎂🎂
Photo by Todd Van Hoosear, CC BY-SA 2.0 via Wikimedia Commons
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Born On This Day in Jazz: October 21 https://t.co/OOeJz6MFnw via @YouTube ! Today we honor bebop pioneer and trumpet titan Dizzy Gillespie, swing and bebop tenor saxophonist Don Byas, acclaimed bassist Marc Johnson, and master jazz pianist Fred Hersch. #BornOnThisDay

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MARIAN MCPARTLAND – INTERPLAY
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Interplay is a live album by British-American jazz pianist Marian McPartland, released in 1969 on her own label, Halcyon Records.
Linc Milliman – bass
Marian McPartland – piano
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💿 Which forgotten or overlooked recording deserves another spin?
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JOHN MCLAUGHLIN – AFTER THE RAIN
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After the Rain is a jazz album by John McLaughlin, released in 1995 on Verve Records.
John McLaughlin – guitar
Joey DeFrancesco – Hammond organ
Elvin Jones – drums
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