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October Birthdays Featuring Art Blakey & Anita O'Day Centennial Salutes
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Indeed—October jazz birthdays. This week's show honoring the 90th birthday of
Dan Morgenstern
author1929 - 2024
Art Blakey
drums1919 - 1990
Anita O'Day
vocals1919 - 2006
Babs Gonzales
vocals1919 - 1980
Zoot Sims
saxophone, tenor1925 - 1985
Clifford Brown
trumpetb.1930
Dizzy Gillespie
trumpet1917 - 1993
Thelonious Monk
piano1917 - 1982
Illinois Jacquet
saxophone, tenor1922 - 2004
Norman Simmons
pianob.1929
Roy Hargrove
trumpet1969 - 2018
Ed Blackwell
drums1929 - 1992
Lester Bowie
trumpet1941 - 1999
Art Tatum
piano1909 - 1956
Harry "Sweets" Edison
trumpet1915 - 1999
Barney Kessel
guitar, electric1923 - 2004
Playlist
- Zoot Sims "Zoot Swings the Blues" from Zoot Case (Prestige) 00:00
- Art Blakey "E.T.A." from The Sesjun Radio Sessions (Out of the Blue) 08:58
- Art Blakey "Purple Shades" from Art Blakey's Jazz Messengers with Thelonious Monk (Atlantic) 16:50
- Clifford Brown "Easy Living" from Complete Blue Note & Pacific Jazz Recordings (Blue Note) 24:35
- Clifford Brown "Wail Bait" from Complete Blue Note & Pacific Jazz Recordings (Blue Note) 28:52
- Dizzy Gillespie "Night in Tunisia" from Giants Of Jazz Live At The Victoria Theatre, London (Atlantic) 33:16
- Art Blakey "What Know" from Meet You at the Jazz Corner of the World, Volume 1 (Blue Note) 44:01
- Illinois Jacquet "Groovin'" from Flying Home: Best of the Verve Years (Verve) 54:26
- Norman Simmons "My Silent Love" from The Art of Norman Simmons (Savant) 57:47
- Anita O'Day "Sing, Sing, Sing" from Anita Sings the Winners (Verve) 1:06:21
- Anita O'Day "Frenesi" from Anita Sings the Winners (Verve) 1:10:17
- Anita O'Day "Body And Soul" from Anita Sings the Winners (Verve) 1:13:25
" data-original-title="" title="">Gene Krupa "Let Me Off Uptown" from Drummer Man (Verve) 1:16:32Gene Krupa
drums
1909 - 1973
" data-original-title="" title="">Stan Kenton "And Her Tears Flowed Like Wine" from Stan Kenton's Greatest Hits (Capitol) 1:20:28Stan Kenton
piano
1911 - 1979- Babs Gonzales "Professor Bop" from Weird Lullaby (Blue Note) 1:23:35
- Roy Hargrove "Wee" from Diamond in the Rough (RCA Novus) 1:26:36
" data-original-title="" title="">Ornette Coleman "T & T" from Ornette! (Atlantic) 1:31:07Ornette Coleman
saxophone, alto
1930 - 2015- Lester Bowie "Night Life" from The Fire This Time (In + Out) 1:36:26
- Art Tatum "Plaid" from The Group Masterpieces (Verve) 1:46:44
Tags
Radio
Art Blakey
Marc Cohn
Dan Morgenstern
Lorraine Gordon
Anita O'Day
Babs Gonzales
Zoot Sims
Clifford Brown
Dizzy Gillespie
Thelonious Monk
Illinois Jacquet
Norman Simmons
Roy Hargrove
Ed Blackwell
Lester Bowie
Art Tatum
Sweets Edison
Barney Kessel
Giants Of Jazz
Gene Krupa
Stan Kenton
Ornette Coleman
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