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April Birthday Salutes

By Marc Cohn | Gifts & Messages
April 26, 2019
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This week we salute Alfred Lion (co-founder of Blue Note) with three tracks (Hubbard, Green, Turrentine with James Oscar). Then we add two blues with lyrics by

Alberta Hunter

vocals
1895 - 1984

" data-original-title="" title="">Alberta Hunter, including Bessie Smith's very first recording; the April 'first ladies of song' do Ellington; Ellington does Ellington in three different settings; and Mingus celebrates in Paris (impress your friends by identifying the many Bird tunes quoted!). There's more, so don't be shy. Hit the button, relax and enjoy yourself.

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Freddie Hubbard

trumpet
1938 - 2008

" data-original-title="" title="">Freddie Hubbard "Philly Mignon" from Here To Stay (Blue Note) 00:00

Benny Green

piano
b.1963

" data-original-title="" title="">Benny Green "Bu's March" from Testifyin' (Blue Note) 05:50

Jimmy Smith

organ, Hammond B3
1925 - 2005

" data-original-title="" title="">Jimmy Smith "Red Top" from Pray Meetin' (Blue Note) 10:39

Lionel Hampton

vibraphone
1908 - 2002

" data-original-title="" title="">Lionel Hampton "Hamp's Note" from Live at the Blue Note (Telarc) 18:45

Alberta Hunter "I've Had Enough" from The Glory of Alberta Hunter (Columbia) 28:52

Bessie Smith

vocals
1894 - 1937

" data-original-title="" title="">Bessie Smith "Down Hearted Blues" from The Complete Recordings (Columbia) 33:01

Ella Fitzgerald

vocals
1917 - 1996

" data-original-title="" title="">Ella Fitzgerald "I Ain't Got Nothin' But the Blues" from Fitzgerald & Pass Again (Pablo) 37:04

Carmen McRae

vocals
1920 - 1994

" data-original-title="" title="">Carmen McRae "Something to Live For" from I'll Be Seeing You (Decca) 41:36

Billie Holiday

vocals
1915 - 1959

" data-original-title="" title="">Billie Holiday "Solitude" from Lady Day (Columbia) 44:47

Joey DeFrancesco

organ, Hammond B3
1971 - 2022

" data-original-title="" title="">Joey DeFrancesco "Joey D" from Wonderful! Wonderful! (HighNote) 48:20

Charles Mingus

bass, acoustic
1922 - 1979

" data-original-title="" title="">Charles Mingus "Parkeriana" from The Great Concert of Charles Mingus (Prestige) 57:47

Gerry Mulligan

saxophone, baritone
1927 - 1996

" data-original-title="" title="">Gerry Mulligan "Half Nelson" from Gerry Mulligan-Chet Baker Original Quartet (American Jazz Classics) 1:22:45

Duke Ellington

piano
1899 - 1974

" data-original-title="" title="">Duke Ellington "REM Blues" from Money Jungle (Blue Note) 1:27:00

Duke Ellington

piano
1899 - 1974

" data-original-title="" title="">Duke Ellington,

Louis Armstrong

trumpet and vocals
1901 - 1971

" data-original-title="" title="">Louis Armstrong "I'm Just a Lucky So and So" from Together for the First Time (Roulette) 1:31:43

Duke Ellington

piano
1899 - 1974

" data-original-title="" title="">Duke Ellington "Reminiscing in Tempo" from Complete 1932-1040 Brunswick, Columbia And Master Recordings of Duke Ellington (Mosaic) 1:35:40

Randy Weston

piano
1926 - 2018

" data-original-title="" title="">Randy Weston "Let's Climb a Hill" from Randy Weston (Mosaic) 1:48:24

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