This week In Jazz Legends 44/52

Lou Donaldson, Thelonious Monk, Roy Hargrove, Duke Ellington, Benny Goodman, Freddie Hubbard, Dizzy Gillespie, Woody Shaw, Dizzy Gillespie, Miles Davis, Charles Mingus, Buddy Rich, Art Blakey, Art Ensemble Of Chicago, Cecil Taylor

We remember Cecil Taylor. ‘Still Ahead Cecil’

This day ( April 5, 2018), in New York City, died Cecil Percival Taylor, an American free jazz pianist

Tracklist :

1 . Perugia (2009)

2 . Improvisation #1 (Excerpt) (2007)

3 . Song 2 (2004)

4 . w/ Max Roach - Duo (2000)

5 . w/ Thurman Barker - Frankfurt (1995)

6 . @ Jazz Ost-West Festival (1984)

7 . w/ Art Ensemble Of Chicago - Live (1984)

Tracklist :

Bemsha Swing . Rick Kick Shaw . Song . Azure . Steps . Charge 'em Blues . You'd Be So Nice to Come Home to . Tales (8 Whisps) . Sweet and Lovely . Air .

World Wide Xmas

From 'Christmas In Jamaica' to 'A Spaceman Came Travelling' , we have mixed 20 'Jazz & World Music' tunes around the theme of 'Xmas Around The World'. It has Chacal Y Yakarta, Ensemble del Doppio bordone, MaryLee, Aaron Neville and many more.

I Wish I Could But I Can’t

From 'I Can't Stay Mad At You' to 'I Can't Get Started' , we have mixed 17 'Jazz, Soul, Blues,…' tunes around the theme of 'Things You Can't Do'. It has Skeeter Davis, Shirley Bassey, Jerry Lee Lewis, Connie McLean's Rythm Boys and many more.

Twenty Piano Men (and Women)

From 'Moten Swing' to 'The Beast', we have mixed 22 'Jazz' tunes around the theme of 'Piano Players'. It has Hazell Scott, Mose Allison, Joe Sullivan, Bennie Moten and many more.