Born On This Day in Jazz: October 28 youtu.be/PFcm_oiP_9w?si=ZjZv… via @YouTube Today we honor the wide-range baritone vocalist and pianist Andy Bey, legendary Cuban composer and arranger Chico O'Farrill, and innovative American jazz bassist Glen Moore. #BornOnThisDay

"The music is the message." ~ Art Blakey Photo by Brian McMillen, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons #ArtBlakey #jazzquotes #jazzlegends #projazznet

ARILD ANDERSEN / PAOLO VINACCIA / TOMMY SMITH – LIVE AT BELLEVILLE projazz.net/arild-andersen-p… Live At Belleville is a live jazz album by Norwegian bassist Arild Andersen, drummer Paolo Vinaccia, and tenor saxophonist Tommy Smith. #ArildAbdersen #contemporaryjazz #ECM

📖 Few musicians changed jazz as dramatically as Bird. Which book best captures his story? #CharlieParker #book

Happy Birthday to Philip Catherine 🎂🎂🎂 📸: Dirk Neven, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons #PhilipCatherine #jazzguitarist #projazznet

Happy Birthday to Arild Andersen! 🎂🎂🎂 📷: Birgit Fostervold, public domain, via Wikimedia Commons #ArildAndersen #jazzbassist #projazznet

PHILIP CATHERINE – TRANSPARENCE projazz.net/philip-catherine… Transparence is a contemporary jazz album by Belgian jazz guitarist Philip Catherine, recorded in November 1986 and released in 1987. #PhilipCatherine #guitar #postbop #projazznet

Steve Lacy – The Straight Horn of Steve Lacy projazz.net/steve-lacy-the-s… The Straight Horn of Steve Lacy is the third album by Steve Lacy and the first to be released on the Candid label in 1961. #SteveLacy #sopranosax #projazznet

🟥Oct 27 ♦Pianist George Wallington born 1924 in Palmero, Italy. ♦Soprano saxophonist Steve Lacy records The Straight Horn of, with drummer Roy Haynes, 1960. ♦Clarinetist Benny Goodman records Texas Tea Party featuring trombonist Jack Teagarden, 1933. #TodayInJazzHistory

Born On This Day in Jazz: October 27 youtu.be/OeO9pPgKiWw?si=n4WP… via @YouTube Today we honor bebop piano pioneer George Wallington, jazz bassist Arild Andersen, Belgian jazz guitarist Philip Catherine, bebop vocalist Babs Gonzales, and big band leader Boyd Raeburn. #BornOnThisDay

TEDDY EDWARDS QUARTET - TEDDY’S READY projazz.net/teddy-edwards-qu… Teddy’s Ready! is an album by saxophonist Teddy Edwards which was recorded in 1960 and released on the Contemporary label. #TeddyEdwards #tenorsaxophone #hardbop #jazzlegends #projazznet

"Jazz is the only art form of the 20th century that was actually invented in America." ~ Ken Burns Photo: LBJ Library Now, public domain, via Wikimedia Commons #KenBurns #jazzquotes #projazznet

VIJAY IYER TRIO – HISTORICITY projazz.net/vijay-iyer-trio-… Historicity is an album by pianist Vijay Iyer released on the ACT label in 2009. #VijayIyer #piano #contemporaryjazz #projazznet

🟥Oct 26 ♦Tenor saxophonist Warne Marsh born 1927 in Los Angeles, CA. ♦Bandleader/saxophonist Charlie Barnet born 1913 in New York, N.Y. ♦C. Luckyeth "Luckey" Roberts records an unissued session for Columbia 1916 #TodayInJazzHistory

EDDIE HENDERSON – SUNBURST projazz.net/eddie-henderson-… Sunburst is an album by American jazz trumpeter Eddie Henderson recorded in 1975 and released on the Blue Note label. #EddieHenderson #fusion #jazzfunk #trumpet #jazzlegends #projazznet

Happy Birthday to Eddie Henderson! 🎂🎂🎂 Photo: by Zoot Mojo, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons #EddieHenderson #jazztrumpeter #projazznet

WARNE MARSH – LIVE IN HOLLYWOOD projazz.net/warne-marsh-live… Live in Hollywood, is a live album by saxophonist Warne Marsh, recorded in 1952 and released on the Xanadu label in 1979. #WarneMarsh #tenorsaxophone #colljazz #bop #jazzlegends #projazznet

Born On This Day in Jazz: October 26 🎷 youtu.be/IWIUat68suU?si=xAP3… via @YouTube Today we honor saxophonists Charlie Barnet and Warne Marsh, trumpeter Eddie Henderson, pianist Vijay Iyer, and organist Mike LeDonne. #BornOnThisDay

HUBERT LAWS - AFRO-CLASSIC projazz.net/hubert-laws-%e2%… Afro-Classic is an album by flautist Hubert Laws released on the CTI label featuring performances of popular and classical music by Laws recorded at Rudy Van Gelder’s studio in 1970. #HubertLaws #flute

"I want to make the saxophone sound like a human voice." ~ Stan Getz Photo by Geir. Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons #StanGetz #jazzquotes #jazzlegends #projazznet