This day (August 19, 2013) in Brooklyn, N.Y, died Cedar Anthony Walton, Junior a.k.a. , Cedar Walton, an American hard bop jazz pianist.

Cannonball Adderley, Thelonious Monk, Count Basie, Nat King Cole, Illinois Jacquet, Ray Brown, Roy Eldridge, Stan Getz, Coleman Hawkins, Oscar Peterson, Flip Phillips, Herb Ellis, Papa Jo Jones, Art Blakey, The Jazz Messengers, Dave Brubeck, Milt Jackson, Ray Brown, Cedar Walton, Micky Roker, Shirley Horn, Ella Fitzgerald, Duke Ellington, Gene Krupa, Anita O'Day, Roy Eldridge, Miles Davis, Michael Brecker

Bobby McFerrin, The LCJO Randy Crawford, Joe Sample, Kenny Garrett, Roy Ayers, Oscar D'Leon, Steve Turre, Joe Zawinul, Trilok Gurtu, Freddie Hubbard, Cedar Walton, Ron Carter, Lenny White, Jim Hall, Attila Zoller, Red Mitchell, Daniel Humair, George Benson, Earl Klugh, Grady Tate, Jimmy Smith, Stanley Turrentine, Hermeto Pascoal, Stan Getz, Larry Coryell, Larry Carlton, John Abercrombie, John Scofield, Tal Farlow, Bill Evans, Kenny Burrell

Freddie Hubbard's 'The Body & the Soul' is his eighth album recorded on March 11 & May 2, 1963, with among others Eric Dolphy and Wayne Shorter and released the same year by Impulse!.

This day ( February 4, 2001), in Indianapolis, Indiana, died James Louis ‘J.J.’ Johnson, an American jazz trombonist.

Joe Henderson's 'Mode for Joe' is his fifth studio album recorded on January 27, 1966 with Lee Morgan, Curtis Fuller, Bobby Hutcherson & more and released the same year by Blue Note.

Freddie Hubbard's 'Bolivia' is an album recorded between December 13, 1990 and January 14, 1991 In 1991 and released by Music Master.

Milt Jackson's 'Goodbye' is an album recorded on December 12, 1972 and December, 1973 with various top class musicians and released in 1974 By Cti.

Clifford Jordan's 'Glass Bead Games' is a double album recorded on October 29, 1973 and released in 1974 By Strata-East.

Art Blakey's 'Caravan' is a studio album recorded on October 23 & 24, 1962 with the Jazz Messengers and released in February 1963 by Riverside.

On October 9, 1989, two days before his 70th birthday, Art Blakey took his Jazz Messengers to the Leverkusen Jazz festival in Germany.

Freddie Hubbard's 'First Light' is an album featuring string arrangements by Don Sebesky and recorded on September 14, 15 & 16, 1971 by By CTI

This day (August 15, 2016), in Montara, California, died Bobby Hutcherson, a jazz vibraphone and marimba player

J. J. Johnson's 'J.J. Inc.' is an album recorded on August 1 & 3, 1960 with Freddie Hubbard and Clifford Jordan and released on April 10, 1961 By Columbia.

This day (July 31, 1931), in Detroit, Michigan, is born Kenny Burrell, an American jazz guitarist.

'Ugetsu' by Art Blakey and the Jazz Messengers is a live album featuring Wayne Shorter and Freddie Hubbard, recorded on June 16, 1963 at Birdland in New-York and released In October 1963 by Riverside.

Bobby Hutcherson's 'Components' is an album mixing hard bop on one side and avant-garde on the other, recorded on June 10, 1965 and released the same year by Blue Note.

Roy Hargrove Quintet's 'Earfood' feat. 'Strasbourg/St. Denis' is a studio album released on June 2, 2008 by Emarcy / Universal.

John Coltrane's 'Giant Steps' is his fifth studio album as leader recorded on May 4–5, 1959 & December 2, 1959 and released on January 27, 1960 by Atlantic.

This day (May 3, 2001), in Inglewood, California, died Billy Higgins, an American jazz drummer who played on over 700 recordings.

EIGHT hours of newly released straight up jazz albums. Shuffle it! : Brian Bromberg . Jim Rotondi . Kenny Barron Trio . Ken Peplowski . Herlin Riley . Dr. Lonnie Smith . Three’s Company . Willie Jones III . . .

Brian Bromberg - Full Circle

From New Orleans to Michael Jackson’s music. With Arturo Sandoval, Bob Sheppard, Kirk Whalum, Doug Webb, Randy Waldman, Mitch Forman, Otmaro Ruiz and Alex Acuña. On Mack Avenue

Jim Rotondi - Dark Blue

The veteran NY trumpeter teams up with David Hazeltine (p), Joe Locke (vb), David Wong (b) and Carl Allen (d). On Smoke Sessions Records

Kenny Barron Trio - Book Of Intuition

The ever young 72 years legend teams up with his regular associates : Kiyoshi Kitagawa on double-bass and Johnathan Blake on drums. On Impulse!

Ken Peplowski - Enrapture

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From 'While My Lady Sleeps' to 'Oh. Lady Be Good!', we have mixed 17 'Jazz' tunes around the theme of 'Men singing their Ladies'. It has Les Hooper, Charlie Barnet, The String Quartet, Stan Getz and many more.

From 'Fat Boy Rag' to 'Fine Fat Daddy', we have mixed 17 'Jazz and Latin Music' tunes around the theme of 'Fat and Fats'. It has Roland Kirk, Dave Brubeck, Astor Piazzolla & Goyeneche, Swing Shift Band and many more..