Billy Eckstine Orchestra performing with saxophonists Gene Ammons, Leo Parker, John Jackson, Bill Frazier, Dexter Gordon, Tommy Potter on bass, possibly Connie Wainwright on guitar, possibly John Malachi on piano, Art Blakey’s drums on the right, Hill City Auditorium (Savoy Ballroom), October 1944

"His big, bluesy sound, and his sensitiveness to what the public expected out of him... He knew just how to make nuances on his instrument to please the public. He was really in touch with what the people wanted at that time, that period." - Johnny Griffin Happy Birthday Gene Ammons April 14, 1925

"It's so rare making a living doing what you love to do. In my mind I was more wrapped up in just having fun than worrying about: is it West Coast or East Coast, and are we doing something that's better than something else?" Happy Birthday Shorty Rogers born April 14, 1924

On This Day In Jazz Age Music! APRIL 14TH... open.substack.com/pub/onthisda... #April14th #April14 #AnnetteHanshaw #OTD #BOTD #OnThisDay #JazzAge #MusicSky #MusicianSky #EarlyBlues #Ragtime #78rpm #OldMusic #jugBand #TinPanAlley #EarlyRecordings #HotJazz #ClassicJazz #Music #Vaudeville #JAZZ #BLUES

Organ failure. It's no laughing matter. #musicsky

This is a fantastic compilation 👍😎 On A Cool Day: The Soulful Side Of Cool Jazz (2014) Not a duff track on it! #NowPlaying #Jazz #CoolJazz JazzSky

A photo of a doctor

On This Day In Jazz Age Music! APRIL 13TH open.substack.com/pub/onthisda... #April13 #April13th #OTD #BOTD #OnThisDay #JazzAge #MusicSky #MusicianSky #EarlyBlues #Ragtime #78rpm #TinPanAlley #EarlyRecordings #HotJazz #ClassicJazz #Music #HarlemRenaissance #WilliamH.Johnson #JAZZ #SamuelBeckett

ON THIS DAY IN JAZZ AGE MUSIC! APRIL 12TH... open.substack.com/pub/onthisda... #April12 #April12th #OTD #BOTD #OnThisDay #JazzAge #JosephineBaker #JohnnyDodds #LilyPons #MusicSky #MusicianSky #EarlyBlues #Ragtime #78rpm #OldMusic #jugBand #TinPanAlley #EarlyRecordings #HotJazz #ClassicJazz #Music

Blues great “Hound Dog” Taylor (Theodore Roosevelt Taylor) born April 12, 1915 at Natchez, MS. D. 1975. “Shake your Money Maker” youtu.be/WT5vkGyNvCk?...

This acetate only had the line up written on it, but what a line up! A bit of detective work shows it to be a recording of an episode of Art Ford’s Jazz Show TV show from 24th July 1958. Tracks 4-7 side A and 9, 10 & 15 side B A killer jam session 👍😎 #NowPlaying #Jazz #Acetate JazzSky

— Shakey Jake Harris (Earle, Arkansas, 12/4/1921 - 2/3/1990, Forrest City) us-american blues singer, harmonica player & songwriter. He grew up in Chicago & began his musical career there. He released 5 record albums, owned a nightclub & his own music label. ⤵️ —

"When jazz musicians play together, there is a sense of merging with others. When you play together, your playing becomes a launching pad for the others to get more and more into the expression of their own inner individuality." Happy Birthday Herbie Hancock born April 12, 1940

1960 - Miles Davis Quintet featuring Sonny Stitt, Thelonious Monk trio, Betty Carter, James Moody, Eddie Jefferson - Apollo Theater - New York #jazz #MilesDavis #SonnyStitt #TheloniousMonk #JamesMoody jazzsky

Starting the day with… Commodore Showcase (1979 Japanese pressing) The sessions: Kansas City Five (1938) Eddie Heywood And His Orch. (1944) Mel Powell And His Orch. (1942) Joe Bushkin Sextet With Bill Harris (1944) Marvellous stuff 👍😎 #NowPlaying #Jazz #Vinyl JazzSky

On This Day In Jazz Age Music! APRIL 11TH... open.substack.com/pub/onthisda... #April11th #April11 #OTD #BOTD #OnThisDay #JazzAge #MusicSky #MusicianSky #EarlyBlues #Ragtime #78rpm #OldMusic #jugBand #TinPanAlley #EarlyRecordings #HotJazz #ClassicJazz #Music #Vaudeville #JAZZ #JAZZ #ODJB#EarlyJazz

This is full tilt, high octane, good time jazz 👍😎 Bob Wallis & His Storyville Jazzmen - 1957 Recorded for Doug Dobell’s 77 Records and featuring Ginger Baker on drums! #NowPlaying #Jazz #TradJazz JazzSky

On This Day In Jazz Age Music! APRIL 10TH… open.substack.com/pub/onthisda... #FudLivingston #FUD #Fess #FessWilliams #APRIL10 #APRIL10TH #OTD #BOTD #OnThisDay #JazzAge #MusicSky #MusicianSky #EarlyBlues #Ragtime #78rpm #OldMusic #jugBand #TinPanAlley #EarlyRecordings #HotJazz #ClassicJazz #Music

Happy B'Day April 10 to John Brim blues great! Ice Cream Man youtube.com/watch?v=-FXz... Whose Muddy Shoes youtube.com/playlist?lis... John Brim & Grace Brim youtube.com/playlist?lis... #blues #elmorejames #bluesguitar #bluessinger

Happy B'Day April 10 to Rosco Gordon blues & r&b giant! No More Doggin youtube.com/watch?v=Is62... Just A Little Bit youtube.com/watch?v=FXR6... The Best of Rosco Gordon youtube.com/playlist?lis... #blues #bluesmusic #rhythmandblues #singer #sunrecords

Happy B'Day April 10 to Brian Setzer rockabilly & swing guitar maestro! Jump Jive an’ Wail youtube.com/watch?v=aHWc... Rock This Town youtube.com/watch?v=0RxB... Stray Cat Strut youtube.com/watch?v=vEtb... #straycats #rockabilly #gretsch #gretschguitars #jumpblues

"Bird had a heart of gold, and he could play anything. I was standing next to him playing, and he just grinned from ear to ear, because he had never heard a guitar player play like that." Happy Birthday George Freeman born April 10, 1927

"I always considered my music was ageless. I didn't go to create a pop tune or to make a hit record. I recorded because it was something I wanted to do." Happy Birthday Martin Denny born April 10, 1911

This is superb 👍😎 Buddy Tate 1945-1950 (2001) This album has everything; small group swing, blues, honkin’ R&B and bebop, all featuring the tenor sax of Buddy Tate! #NowPlaying #Jazz #RhythmAndBlues #Blues #Swing JazzSky BluesSky

1956 - Sonny Stitt and his New All Star Quartet / Illinois Jacquet and his World Famous Orchestra - Loop Lounge - Cleveland #jazz #SonnyStitt #IllinoisJacquet jazzsky

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Happy B'Day April 9 to famed Texas songster Mance Lipscomb (1895-1976)! Texas Sharecropper & Songster youtube.com/watch?v=YGeu... A Well Spent Life (Les Blank) youtube.com/watch?v=jA51... #texas #blues #bluesmusic #lightninhopkins #bluesguitar #bluessinger #arhoolierecords

Happy B'Day April 9 to carl Perkins rockabilly legend (1932-1998)! Blue Suede Shoes youtube.com/watch?v=DRNy... Matchbox youtube.com/watch?v=bdiD... Everybody’s Trying To Be My Baby youtube.com/watch?v=4S_u... #rockabilly #johnnycash #TheBeatles #guitarist #elvispresley #sunrecords

"See, I came up with this idea of playing pop music with jazz. When I went to Grant Green with these things I wanted to do, he was just ecstatic. He was like: 'Yeah, man. Let's go. This is hip. Come on, Ru, let's do this thing.'" Happy Birthday Reuben Wilson born April 9, 1935

APRIL 8TH... open.substack.com/pub/onthisda... #APRIL8 #APRIL8TH #OTD #BOTD #OnThisDay #JazzAge #MusicSky #MusicianSky #EarlyBlues #Ragtime #78rpm #OldMusic #jugBand #TinPanAlley #HotJazz #ClassicJazz #Music #Vaudeville #Yip #YipHarberg #Harberg #YipHarburg #JAZZ #BLUES #WizardOfOz #OverTheRainbow

1957 - James Moody and his World Famed Orchestra / Lester Young and his All Star Jazz Trio - Loop Lounge - Cleveland #jazz #JamesMoody #LesterYoung jazzsky

1) Remembering pianist, percussionist and vibraphonist Victor Feldman, born OTD 1934 in Edgware. Feldman was a student of drummer and producer Carlo Krahmer (whom my mother worked for in the 60s) and played in Ronnie Scott's orchestra before emigrating to the US in 1955. #jazzsky #musicsky

"I love the challenge and discipline of playing time. Sticking with a great Jazz improvisor is the fastest ride around. Anticipating what he's going to play, shaping the time flow so that he's always accompanied is the height of playing." Happy Birthday Pete La Roca born April 7, 1938

"There's nothing like the sound of a trumpet - it carries, you know. It either puts your ears out or puts 'em in! It's like a violin - you hear a bad violin, you don't want to hear it, because of the tone." Happy Birthday Freddie Hubbard born April 7, 1938

Happy B'Day April 6 to Big Walter Horton blues harmonica legend (1921-1981)! Walking By Myself youtube.com/watch?v=qhjD... The Soul of Blues Harmonica youtube.com/playlist?lis... Easy youtube.com/watch?v=W26O... #blues #bluesmusic #harmonica #bluesharp #chicagoblues

This is absolutely phenomenal 👍😎 Nat ‘King’ Cole - Quincy Jones Big Band (2013) Recorded live at Kongresshaus Zurich, Switzerland, May 1, 1960 Incredible performance from everyone! #NowPlaying #Jazz JazzSky

"Once you start creating, you never know what's happening on the bandstand, once the flow of whoever is on there starts meshing and you hear that pulse, you have to be dead not to start patting your feet. That's the beauty of that music." Happy Birthday Charlie Rouse born April 6, 1924

"A drummer is the man. If you have a sad drummer, you have a sad band. If you got a good drummer, you got a good band. Simple as that, no matter what the guys are playing." Happy Birthday Art Taylor born April 6, 1929

"I started to think what magical process happened when the African came in contact with a European instrument. For us to go ahead, we have to way back, and find out how our ancestors created all this music. They were greater than us. It’s an amazing story." Happy Birthday Randy Weston April 6, 1926

"I met Bill Hardman in Cleveland. That's where he was from, yeah. He came by to sit in, and I liked him, so I hired him." - Lou Donaldson Happy Birthday Bill Hardman born April 6, 1933

APRIL 6TH open.substack.com/pub/onthisda... #APRIL6TH #APRIL6 #OTD #BOTD #OnThisDay #JazzAge #MusicSky #MusicianSky #EarlyBlues #Ragtime #78rpm #OldMusic #jugBand #TinPanAlley #EarlyRecordings #HotJazz #ClassicJazz #Music

Born 98 years ago today: Platters lead singer Tony Williams (died 1992). No disrespect to Glenn Miller or the Ink Spots, but this is the best version of "My Prayer." #1001CoverSongs Song # 287 youtu.be/eDlcqhlzDqQ?...

Easing into the day with… The Bob Wilber - Dick Wellstood Duet (1984) Absolutely fantastic 👍😎 Autographed by Dick Wellstood! #NowPlaying #Jazz #Vinyl Jazzsky

"Look within yourself, you'll find a lot of things, that's what my father told me. That cooled me out. I'm not afraid of playing myself. As a matter of fact, that's the only way I can play." Happy Birthday Stanley Turrentine born April 5, 1934

APRIL 5TH open.substack.com/pub/onthisda... #MISTINGUETT #FrenchActress #FrenchSinger #CurtBois #HerbFlemming #HarlemHamfats #RoySmeck #Uke #Ukulele #Ukelele #BanjoPlayer #SteelGuitarist #Cabaret #Chauntuese #JazzSinger #April5 #April5th #OTD #BOTD #JazzAge #MusicSky #MusicianSky #78rpm #Music

Starting the day with… Strictly From Dixie - Various Artists (1956) Marvellous 👍😎 #NowPlaying #Jazz #Dixieland JazzSky

The Tubby Hayes Quartet featuring Mike Pyne, Danny Thompson and Tony Levin, at the Ritz Ballroom, Bournemouth, April 22nd 1966. Photo from the archive of Chris Bolton-Levin

"I believe in the 'Sonic signature'. I felt playing in the early days was like being a surrealist. But there are many modes of playing because every song has a different meaning, should be so you have to give the nature of the song it's full value." Happy Birthday Ray Russell born April 4, 1947

"Unless you've got the basics - good sound, and good timing - then everything else is meaningless. You might be asked to play one note and hold it there for seven minutes, and long notes are the stuff that musicianship's made from." Happy Birthday Danny Thompson April 4, 1939

ON THIS DAY IN JAZZ AGE MUSIC! APRIL 4TH... open.substack.com/pub/onthisda... #APRIL4 #APRIL4TH #OTD #BOTD #OnThisDay #JazzAge #MusicSky #MusicianSky #Blues #Ragtime #78rpm #OldMusic #jugBand #TinPanAlley #EarlyRecordings #HotJazz #ClassicJazz #Music #MarionHarris #Jazz #BobShoffner #TZARA #DADA