The Giants Of Jazz are: Art Blakey, Thelonious Monk, Kai Winding, Dizzy Gillespie, Sonny Stitt, with Al McKibbon on bass gave a live performance on the Newport Jazz Festival October 31, 1971 in De Doelen Rotterdam, The Netherlands. Continue reading
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4/18/23 O&A NYC SONG OF THE DAY: Thelonius Monk Quartet _Monk au danemark
Thelonious Monk the greatest pianist, composer of Jazz of all time, At twenty-two he is the official pianist of Minton’s club in Harlem. During jam sessions with drummer Kenny Clark, trumpeter Dizzy Gillespie, saxophonist Charlie Parker and guitarist Charlie Christian, among others, he developed a new style: Bebop. Continue reading
4/16/23 O&A NYC SUNDAY AFTERNOON JAZZ CONCERT: Spyro Gyra Live | Leverkusener Jazztage 2022 | Jazz Line
Spyro Gyra rose from humble beginnings in Buffalo, New York in 1974 to their current international prominence in the jazz world. Every year they continue to exhibit how to remain among a relative handful of artists who will be able to say that they have worked constantly in their 50 year career in the year 2024. Continue reading
1/5/19 O&A NYC SUNDAY AFTERNOON JAZZ CONCERT – Fourplay – Live In Tokyo
Contemporary Jazz group Fourplay featuring Bob James, Chuck Loeb, Nathan East and Harvey Mason. Performed in December 2010, the 91-minute concert features the band in a grand symphonic setting in Tokyo. Continue reading