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Blue Note 50th Anniversaries: December 1968 & More
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Alrighty then. It's the first week of a new month. Our regulars know it's time for Blue Note 50th anniversary salutes. We've got three for you from
Duke Pearson
piano1932 - 1980
Kenny Cox
piano1940 - 2008
Jack Wilson
piano1936 - 2007
Sonny Rollins
saxophoneb.1930
Miles Davis
trumpet1926 - 1991
Playlist
" data-original-title="" title="">Fabio Marziali NY 5tet "7 October" from Windows And Light (self-produced) 00:00Fabio Marziali
saxophone
" data-original-title="" title="">Omer Avital "One Man's Light Is Another Man's Night" from Qantar (Zamzama) 06:32Omer Avital
bass, acoustic- Hart, Scone & Albin "Don't Start Lyin' to Me Now" from Leading The British Invasion (Zoho) 13:42
- Ernest McCarthy Jr.,
" data-original-title="" title="">Jimmie Smith "Mambo Carmel" from A Reunion Tribute To Erroll Garner (BluJazz) 21:06Jimmie Smith
drums
b.1938 
" data-original-title="" title="">Eric Alexander "Jennie's Dance" from Second Impression (HighNote) 28:51Eric Alexander
saxophone, tenor
b.1968- Duke Pearson "Make It Good" from Now Hear This (Blue Note) 34:31
- Duke Pearson "Amanda" from Now Hear This (Blue Note) 40:25
- Duke Pearson "Minor League" from Now Hear This (Blue Note) 44:07
" data-original-title="" title="">Richard Galliano "Love Day" from New Jazz Musette (Ponderosa Music & Art) 50:43Richard Galliano
accordion
b.1950- Kenny Cox "Trance Dance" from Introducing Kenny Cox And The Contemporary Jazz Quintet (Blue Note) 57:32
- Kenny Cox "Number Four" from Introducing Kenny Cox And The Contemporary Jazz Quintet (Blue Note) 1:03:47
- Kenny Cox "You" from Introducing Kenny Cox And The Contemporary Jazz Quintet (Blue Note) 1:15:42
" data-original-title="" title="">Albert Ammons,Albert Ammons
piano
1907 - 1949
" data-original-title="" title="">Meade Lux Lewis "Two And Fews" from The First Day (Blue Note) 1:21:01Meade Lux Lewis
piano
1905 - 1964- Albert Ammons "Chicago In Mind" from The First Day (Blue Note) 1:26:20
- Jack Wilson "Eighty-One" from Song For My Daughter (Blue Note) 1:30:30
- Jack Wilson "Herman's Helmet" from Song For My Daughter (Blue Note) 1:37:47
- Miles Davis "Morpheus" from Chronicles: The Complete Prestige Recordings (Prestige) 1:42:11
- Miles Davis "Down" from Chronicles: The Complete Prestige Recordings (Prestige) 1:45:04
- Miles Davis "Whispering" from Chronicles: The Complete Prestige Recordings (Prestige) 1:48:04
" data-original-title="" title="">Craig Taborn "New Glory" from Daylight Ghosts (ECM) 1:51:26Craig Taborn
piano
b.1970
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Duke Pearson
Marc Cohn
Kenny Cox
Jack Wilson
Sonny Rollins
Miles Davis
Fabio Marziali NY 5tet
Omer Avital
Hart, Scone & Albin
Ernest McCarthy Jr./Jimmie Smith
Eric Alexander
Richard Galliano
Albert Ammons/Meade "Lux" Lewis
Albert Ammons
Craig Taborn
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