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69 years ago today, Miles Davis's "Miles Ahead" was released.
Miles with Gil Evans for the first time, on flugelhorn and with a full orchestra. Spacious, cool arrangements that marked a clear break from the small-group work.
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51 years ago today, Tom Waits's "Nighthawks at the Diner" was released.
Recorded live in a studio with an invited audience. Early Waits as beat-poet and piano man, full of late-night stories and the persona he was still shaping.
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Happy birthday to Dizzy Gillespie, born on this day in 1917!
Trumpeter and composer at the center of bebop, alongside Charlie Parker. Later a key figure in Afro-Cuban jazz, with a signature bent horn and blazing upper register.
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60 years ago, Cannonball Adderley's "Mercy, Mercy, Mercy! Live at 'The Club'" was recorded.
Recorded in a studio made to feel like a club, and the album that made “Mercy, Mercy, Mercy” a hit. Cannonball Adderley with Joe Zawinul in the band.
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New on Melodies & Masterpieces: The Weekly Spin 🎶
Like a book club, but for albums. One record a week. Listen along, rate it out of 10 and tell us your standout track.
First up: Afro-Harping by Dorothy Ashby (1968).
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66 years ago, Charles Mingus's "Charles Mingus Presents Charles Mingus" was recorded.
A Candid album with Eric Dolphy, Ted Curson and Dannie Richmond. Tight quartet playing, and one of the sharper political statements in Mingus’s catalog.
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The Melodies & Masterpieces website is live!
Playlist, vinyl spins and merch, all in one place.
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Some rooms hear history. This one recorded it. The story of the Village Vanguard, NYC.
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