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Miles Davis at Carnegie Hall. (1961) In Person Friday and Saturday Nights at the Blackhawk, Complete, also called The Complete Blackhawk, is a 2003 four-disc collection of the 1961 live performances of the Miles Davis Quintet at the Black Hawk nightclub in San Francisco. These sets, performed with recording in mind, [1] forged new ground for ...
Straight-ahead jazz is a genre of jazz that developed in the 1960s, with roots in the prior two decades. It omits the rock music and free jazz influences that began to appear in jazz during this period, instead preferring acoustic instruments, conventional piano comping, walking bass patterns, and swing- and bop-based drum rhythms.
The Crusaders played a wide assortment of genres, including straight ahead jazz, urban R&B, R&B-based jazz, and the blues. The band reached a commercial apex in 1979 with their hit single "Street Life", featuring lead vocals by Randy Crawford, and their accompanying album of the same name.
Finally, Cohen’s quintet returns for a full concert at 7:30 p.m. Saturday. Cohen, 33, combines straight-ahead contemporary jazz with bebop from the 1940s and even stride piano from the 1920s in ...
V.S.O.P. subsequently became a semi-regular touring band through the late 1970s, recording several live albums, but also released a studio album, Five Stars, in 1979. Allmusic's Richard Ginell suggested that the band's back-to-basics artistry helped lay the foundation for the 1980s post-bop and straight-ahead jazz revival.
Discharged from the Army in 1953, Mance immediately started working at the Bee Hive Jazz Club in Chicago, completing the house rhythm section with Israel Crosby (bass) and Buddy Smith (drums). During his year at the Bee Hive, Mance backed musicians such as Charlie Parker , [6] Coleman Hawkins , [8] Eddie "Lockjaw" Davis , [6] and Sonny Stitt.
Mingus at the Bohemia is a live album by the jazz composer and bassist Charles Mingus. It was released in August 1956 through Mingus's own label Debut Records. [1] [4] It was recorded at Café Bohemia in New York City on December 23, 1955. Max Roach makes a guest appearance on one track.
Cannonball Adderley Quintet in Chicago. Cannonball Adderley Quintet in Chicago (later released as Cannonball & Coltrane in 1964, on Limelight) is an album by jazz saxophonist Cannonball Adderley, his final release on the Mercury label, featuring performances by Adderley with John Coltrane, Wynton Kelly, Paul Chambers and Jimmy Cobb. [1]