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50th Anniversary Blue Notes for May
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Time for 50th anniversaries of Blue Note recordings from May 1970 (logically enough!): Lonnie Smith's Live at Club Mozambique; Donald Byrd's Electric Byrd; Joe Williams' Worth Waiting For and the Thad Jones-Mel Lewis Orchestra (Consummation). Then there's some 21st century music (
Jane Ira Bloom
saxophone, soprano
Andy Hunter
trombone
Tony Kofi
saxophone, tenorb.1966
Brian Bromberg
bassb.1960
Eddie "Lockjaw" Davis
saxophone, tenor1922 - 1986
Johnny Griffin
saxophone, tenor1928 - 2008
Meade Lux Lewis
piano1905 - 1964
Playlist
- Jane Ira Bloom "Rhyme or Rhythm" from Early Americans (Outline) 00:00
- Andy Hunter "Ampersand Band" from Think Like a Mountain (River) 03:27
- Tony Kofi "Full House" from Point Blank (Last Music) 07:23
- Brian Bromberg "Full Circle" from Full Circle (Artistry Music) 12:49
- Johnny Griffin, Eddie 'Lockjaw' Davis "Tickle Toe" from OW! (Real To Real) 21:51
- Lonnie Smith "Love Bowl" from Live at Club Mozambique (Blue Note) 28:54
- Lonnie Smith "I Can't Stand It" from Live at Club Mozambique (Blue Note) 39:12
- Lonnie Smith "Play It Back" from Live at Club Mozambique (Blue Note) 47:32
" data-original-title="" title="">Donald Byrd "Estavanico" from Electric Byrd (Blue Note) 58:10Donald Byrd
trumpet
1932 - 2013- Donald Byrd "The Dude" from Electric Byrd (Blue Note) 1:09:59
- Meade Lux Lewis "Rising Tide Blues" from 78rpm single (Blue Note) 1:18:25
- Meade Lux Lewis "Tell Your Story No. 2" from 78 rpm single (Blue Note) 1:22:28
" data-original-title="" title="">Joe Williams "You Send Me" from Worth Waiting For (Blue Note) 1:26:38Joe Williams
vocals
1918 - 1999- Joe Williams "Baby" from Worth Waiting For (Blue Note) 1:30:06
- Joe Williams "Here's That Rainy Day" from Worth Waiting For (Blue Note) 1:34:51
- Thad Jones—Mel Lewis Orchestra "Ahunk Ahunk" from Consummation (Blue Note) 1:38:26
- Thad Jones—Mel Lewis Orchestra "Us" from Consummation (Blue Note) 1:46:46
- Thad Jones—Mel Lewis Orchestra "A Child Is Born" from Consummation (Blue Note) 1:50:49
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Jane Ira Bloom
Andy Hunter
Tony Kofi
Brian Bromberg
Lockjaw Davis
Johnny Griffin
Meade Lux Lewis
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