Jazz Flashes

A companion site to 'The Vintage Bandstand,' this is a series of brief posts about all kinds of good jazz, written and published by Anton Garcia-Fernandez in Martin, Tennessee, U.S.A.

Showing posts with label Thad Jones. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Thad Jones. Show all posts
Sunday, May 7, 2017

Thad Jones on Blue Note, 1956

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One of the greatest jazzmen to emerge from the Detroit area, Thad Jones was born in Pontiac, MI, in 1923 and in time would become known a...
Tuesday, July 5, 2016

Count Basie in Stockholm with Louis Bellson, 1962

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In 1962, drummer Sonny Payne was involved in a car accident and had to bow out of the Count Basie orchestra's impending tour of Swed...
Wednesday, June 29, 2016

Keepin' Up with the Jones Brothers, 1958

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The Leonard Feather -produced album Keepin' Up with the Joneses , cut in 1958 for MGM, is one of the most obscure dates by a quartet t...
Saturday, May 21, 2016

Sarah Vaughan Swings Again, 1967

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Not that Sarah Vaughan had quit swinging by 1967, but she had been concentrating on more pop-oriented albums such as Viva! Vaughan , Sara...
Friday, May 6, 2016

Giant Steps: Woody Herman in 1973

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By 1973, bandleader and occasional vocalist Woody Herman could look back on several decades of memorable recordings and consistently out...
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