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  • Miles Davis & John Coltrane - So What?

    Miles Davis & John Coltrane - So What?

    Miles is the epitome of cool and Coltrane is smoldering.

    This is the great 1959 performance of "So What" from the Robert Herridge Theatre on CBS tel... 1587 views

  • Thelonious Monk - Round About Midnight

    Thelonious Monk - Round About Midnight

    This is a magnificent and particularly radical reading of his best known composition.

    By the look of the set, this was a ‘60s European television pr... 1271 views

  • Max Roach-Hi Hat

    Max Roach-Hi Hat

    This is an amazing demonstration of pure rhythm and technique.

    Max Roach gets more out of hi-hat than many do out of an entire drum set.

    He starte... 1409 views

  • Art Blakey Jazz Messengers Rehearsal Footage

    Art Blakey Jazz Messengers Rehearsal Footage

    These short snippets from a 1984 rehearsal by an all-star Jazz Messengers with Benny Golson, Freddie Hubbard, Curtis Fuller, Walter Davis, Jr., Buster... 1234 views
  • Joe Lovano & Hank Jones - Kids

    Joe Lovano & Hank Jones - Kids

    Two magnificent musicians doing what they do. This is Jo Lovano's "I'm All For You" based on the chord changes to "Body And Soul." This is from a tele... 892 views
  • Wayne Shorter

    Wayne Shorter

    This Wayne Shorter solo is a teaser. A glimpse at the amazing trust and empathy and innovation that tramspired every minute that Miles Davis, Wayne Sh... 1805 views
  • Bud Powell with Kenny Clarke - Get Happy 1959

    Bud Powell with Kenny Clarke - Get Happy 1959

    Bud, Klook and Pierre Michelot at the Blue Note Club in Paris, December 1959.

    This was pretty much their home in those years. Bud misses some notes ... 1155 views

  • Joe Henderson Quartet

    Joe Henderson Quartet

    In an era of Coltrane clones, Joe Henderson was a fresh voice when he hit the new York scene in 1963.

    This 1977 performance of his "Records Me" is a... 1557 views

  • Art Ensemble Of Chicago Live with Cecil Taylor (1984)

    Art Ensemble Of Chicago Live with Cecil Taylor (1984)

    A pairing of Cecil Taylor’s dense, thunderous aesthetic with the spare, spatial music of the Art Ensemble Of Chicago seems at cross purposes.

    But t... 1061 views

  • Andrew Hill at Trinity

    Andrew Hill at Trinity

    Andrew Hill emerged in the '60s as one of most original and identifiable pianists and composers in jazz. Blue Note founder Alfred Lion considered him ... 1150 views