Soul Summit is the combined effort of two of the most hard-swinging saxophonists of the 1960s: Gene Ammons and Sonny Stitt.
Song of the Day
Song of the Day: Miles Davis – “In A Silent Way”
When Miles Davis released the album In a Silent Way in the summer of 1969, it represented a tectonic shift in the trumpeter’s artistry.
Song of the Day: Sarah McKenzie – “My True Love”
Sarah McKenzie’s ballad “My True Love is You” gained over 1 million plays on Spotify…
Song of the Day: Stan Getz & Charlie Byrd – “Samba De Uma Nota So”
On this date in 1962, saxophonist Stan Getz and guitarist Charlie Byrd — Brazilophiles both — came together at All Souls Unitarian Church in Washington, D.C., to record Jazz Samba, one of America’s earliest known recordings of bossa nova.
Song of the Day: Bing Crosby with the Duke Ellington Orchestra – “St. Louis Blues”
On this date in 1932, vocalist Bing Crosby, at just 29 years old, recorded this rendition of “St. Louis Blues” with the Duke Ellington Orchestra for Columbia Records.
Song of the Day: Nandan Gautam – “The Divine Flaw”
Baku-based writer, composer and yogi, Nandan Gautam grew up in Bangalore, India. He received his…
Song of the Day: Bruce Lewis – “It Could Happen To You”
Bruce Lewis aka “Bhuba Bruce Lewis” has been a club/concert guitarist in a 40-year career…
Song of the Day: Ralph Hepola – “Roots and Wings”
Ralph Hepola is a Scandinavian-American improvising tubaist. A musician who plays the language of contemporary…
Song of the Day: Roy Eldridge – “The Song Is Ended”
In the lineage of jazz trumpet, Roy Eldridge was a crucial link between the Dixieland-oriented playing of Louis Armstrong and the lightning-fast bebop style of Dizzy Gillespie.
Song of the Day: Don Shirley – “At Last”
The film ‘Green Book’ has generated plenty of awards buzz since its release, but more importantly, it has shined a light on Don Shirley, a tragically underappreciated musician and his body of work.
Song of the Day: Charlie Parker and Lester Young – “Lady Be Good”
This version of “Lady Be Good” was recorded on January 28, 1946, by saxophonists Charlie Parker and Lester Young, who together shared a bill in that year’s Jazz at the Philharmonic concert series in Los Angeles.
Song of the Day: Wes Montgomery – “June in January”
Jazz legend Wes Montgomery recorded the tune “June in January” for the album The Montgomery Brothers in…
Song of the Day: Wayne Wilkinson Trio – “Proceed to Route”
On their latest album, Proceed To Route, the Wayne Wilkinson Trio with special guest Thomas…
Song of the Day: Django Reinhardt – “Nuages”
A lesser-known document of Django’s later period, the album found him embracing the sound of the electric guitar and incorporating techniques from modern swing and bebop.
Song of the Day: Frost Duo – “Play Nice”
The Frost Duo is a Group from Blakely, Pennsylvania, comprised of multi instrumentalist/Songwriter Christian Gratz,…
Song of the Day: Miles Davis – “Jeru”
Miles Davis’s Birth of the Cool set the mold for the genre that would come to be known as cool jazz. The trailblazing trumpeter and his musical partner, the imaginative conductor-arranger Gil Evans, began recording the album on this day — January 21 — in 1949.
Song of the Day: Remembering Jimmy Heath – “Gingerbread Boy”
Jimmy Heath, a saxophonist whose career in jazz spanned nearly eight decades, and whose genre-defining…
Song of the Day: Cedar Walton – “Martha’s Prize”
A member of Art Blakey’s sextet in the 1960s, Walton was a leading voice in the development of hard-bop piano, possessed of a style that welded meticulous technical execution to an exuberant sense of swing.
Song of the Day: Ahmad Jamal – “But Not For Me”
‘At the Pershing: But Not For Me’ was a breakout album for Ahmad Jamal, introducing the world at large to a pianist with a refreshingly minimalist style and an exceptional feel for dynamics.
Song of the Day: Gerry Mulligan – “What Is There To Say?”
The album featured Art Farmer on trumpet, Bill Crow on bass and Dave Bailey on drums, and was praised for its intimate yet incendiary energy.