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Blue Note 50th Anniversaries for March

By Marc Cohn | Gifts & Messages
March 7, 2019
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We're off to Van Gelder's for Blue Note sessions from March 1969, including tracks originally from the

Elvin Jones

drums
1927 - 2004

" data-original-title="" title="">Elvin Jones LP The Prime Element with

Lee Morgan

trumpet
1938 - 1972

" data-original-title="" title="">Lee Morgan,

George Coleman

saxophone, tenor
b.1935

" data-original-title="" title="">George Coleman, and

" data-original-title="" title="">Joe Farrell. And there's Blue Note #7 from 1939, as well as 21st century music that grabbed my ears. Enjoy the show. Next week: listener favorites and we celebrate DrJ's birthday (BTW, he's '40') with some tunes that always show up on his car stereo system. R.I.P. Ira Gitler (18 Dec 1928—23 Feb 2019), but playing ice hockey across the universe

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Ark Ovrutski
bass, acoustic
b.1963
" data-original-title="" title="">Ark Ovrutski "Second Line" from Journey Moments (self-produced) 00:00
Ken Fowser
saxophone, tenor
b.1982
" data-original-title="" title="">Ken Fowser,
Behn Gillece
vibraphone
b.1982
" data-original-title="" title="">Behn Gillece "Stranded In Elizabeth" from Top Shelf (Posi-Tone) 04:16
Bill O'Connell
piano
" data-original-title="" title="">Bill O'Connell "Quicksand" from Jazz Latin (Savant) 10:28
Marcos Varela
bass, acoustic
" data-original-title="" title="">Marcos Varela "I Should Care" from San Ygnacio (Origin) 17:18
Jimmy Ponder
guitar
1946 - 2013
" data-original-title="" title="">Jimmy Ponder "TNT" from What's New (HighNote) 23:49
Clayton-Hamilton Jazz Orchestra
band / ensemble / orchestra
b.1995
" data-original-title="" title="">Clayton-Hamilton Jazz Orchestra "Soupbone" from Heart And Soul (Capri) 28:46
Stanley Turrentine
saxophone, tenor
1934 - 2000
" data-original-title="" title="">Stanley Turrentine "The Way You Look Tonight" from Another Story (Blue Note) 36:58
Stanley Turrentine
saxophone, tenor
1934 - 2000
" data-original-title="" title="">Stanley Turrentine "Six and Four" from Another Story (Blue Note) 46:20
Reuben Wilson
organ, Hammond B3
b.1935
" data-original-title="" title="">Reuben Wilson "Love Bug" from Love Bug (Blue Note) 57:48
Reuben Wilson
organ, Hammond B3
b.1935
" data-original-title="" title="">Reuben Wilson "Stormy" from Love Bug (Blue Note) 1:06:25
Reuben Wilson
organ, Hammond B3
b.1935
" data-original-title="" title="">Reuben Wilson "Hot Rod" from Love Bug (Blue Note) 1:12:12
J.C. Higginbotham
b.1906
" data-original-title="" title="">J.C. Higginbotham "Basin Street Blues" from Port Of Harlem Jazzmen (Blue Note) 1:18:18
Port Of Harlem Seven "Blues for Tommy" from The Port Of Harlem Jazzmen (Blue Note) 1:23:02
Elvin Jones "Once I Loved" from Complete Blue Note Elvin Jones Sessions (Mosaic) 1:27:27
Elvin Jones "Dido Afrique" from Complete Blue Note Elvin Jones Sessions (Mosaic) 1:34:30
Pete Rodriguez
trumpet and vocals
b.1969
" data-original-title="" title="">Pete Rodriguez "Ten Fe" from El Conde Negro (Destiny) 1:45:46

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