1/5/25 O&A NYC SUNDAY AFTERNOON JAZZ CONCERT: Lonnie Liston Smith “Expansions” Katalyst and Loren Oden Live

Expansions is an album by pianist Lonnie Liston Smith, featuring performances recorded in 1974 and released by the Flying Dutchman label the following year. Continue reading

12/29/24 O&A NYC SUNDAY AFTERNOON JAZZ: Olivia Dean – Live At The Jazz Cafe

Olivia Lauryn Dean is a English Neo Soul artist.She has released one studio album: Messy and five EPs. In 2023, Dean was selected as BBC Music Introducing Artist of the Year. Continue reading

12/1/2 O&A NYC SUNDAY AFTERNOON JAZZ CONCERT: Oscar Peterson Trio and Ella Fitzgerald – Jazz At The Philharmonic

This is the full concert of The Oscar Peterson Trio with Ella Fitzgerald from the Jazz At The Philharmonic tour 1957 in the Amsterdam Concertgebouw, the Netherlands. The concert is introduced by Norman Granz himself. Continue reading

11/10/24 O&A NYC SUNDAY AFTERNOON JAZZ CONCERT: Quincy Jones’ 85th Birthday Celebration

The Qwest TV original production at the Montreux Jazz Festival in 2018 presents a star-studded cast of both bright young prospects and established luminaries who came together to pay tribute to the one and only Quincy Jones for his eighty-fifth birthday. Continue reading

10/27/24 O&A NYC SUNDAY AFTERNOON JAZZ: Jill Scott (Live at North Sea Jazz Festival 2008)

Jill Scott delivered an unforgettable performance at the North Sea Jazz Festival on July 11, 2008. Held at the Ahoy Hall in Rotterdam, Netherlands, her set was part of the festival’s rich lineup that year. Continue reading

10/13/24 O&A NYC SUNDAY AFTERNOON JAZZ: George Duke & Chaka Khan (Live at the North Sea Jazz Festival 2009- Full Concert)

George Duke and Chaka Khan perform live at the 2009 North Sea Jazz Festival on Saturday July  11, 2009 at Ahoy Hall in Rotterdam, The Netherlands. Continue reading

9/8/24 O&A NYC SUNDAY AFTERNOON JAZZ CONCERT: Bunny Briggs and Duke Ellington- David Danced Before the Lord

Duke Ellington’s Sacred Concert of Music featured guest artist, famed tap dancer Bunny Briggs. Briggs known as Duke’s Dancer had a smooth effortless style perfect for Ellington’s Come Sunday. Continue reading

8/11/24 O&A NYC SUNDAY AFTERNOON JAZZ: Spyro Gyra Full Concert At The North Sea Jazz Festival • World of Jazz

The American jazz fusion band Spyro Gyra played at the North Sea Jazz Festival on July 13th 1986 in the Garden Pavillion of the Congresgebouw, The Hague The Netherlands. Continue reading

7/21/24 O&A NYC SUNDAY AFTERNOON JAZZ: Thelonious Monk – Blue Monk (Norway, 1966)

Thelonious Monk performing Blue Monk with Charlie Rouse on tenor saxophone, Larry Gales on bass and Ben Riley on drums live at the University Aula in Oslo, Norway, 1966. Continue reading

5/12/24 O&A NYC SUNDAY AFTERNOON JAZZ CONCERT: Marcus Miller – Live at Jazz in Marciac 2012

William Henry Marcus Miller Jr.  is a jazz artist, songwriter and record producer. He has worked with Miles Davis , Herbie Hancock, Luther Vandross and saxophonists Wayne Shorter and David Sanborn among others. Continue reading