Happy Monday ☀️. New playlists for Hank Mobley and Lee Morgan have been added to my Apple Music 🍎, Tidal ⚫️, and Spotify 🟢 profiles. Have a great day 😎. linktr.ee/all_thingsjazz #JazzSky #MusicSky

Alfa Mist Antiphon (2017) Full album credits ⬇️ www.discogs.com/master/12043... My favorite tracks “Keep on” youtu.be/XrY2m5rdlQQ?is “Breathe” youtu.be/5-hQsfSoxmI?... #JazzSky #MusicSky

Max Roach The Max Roach 4 Plays Charlie Parker (1959) Max Roach - drums Kenny Dorham - trumpet George Coleman - tenor sax Hank Mobley - tenor sax Nelson Boyd - bass George Morrow - bass My favorite tracks “Yardbird Suite” youtu.be/qX9MDG4oSJU?si “Au Privave” youtu.be/FdFfg49A054?si

Junior Mance I Believe to My Soul (1968) Full album credits ⬇️ www.discogs.com/master/29887... My favorite tracks “I Believe to My Soul” youtu.be/E2SvAB4AE2s?si “Golden Spur” youtu.be/QGPFpuwf0JI?... #JazzSky #MusicSky

Thelonious Monk Brilliant Corners (1957) Thelonious Monk -piano Ernie Henry - sax Sonny Rollins - sax Oscar Pettiford - bass Max Roach - drums & timpani Clark Terry - trumpet Paul Chambers -bass My favorite tracks "Brilliant Corners" youtu.be/0TLEPQZIVOg?si “Bemsha Swing” youtu.be/4LLLFEE8ea8?si

Happy posthumous birthday to the legendary Shelly Manne! 2-3-4 (1962) Coleman Hawkins - tenor sax Hank Jones - piano Eddie Costa - piano, vibes George Duvivier - bass Shelly Manne - drums My favorite tracks “The Sicks of Us” youtu.be/zxfAQGn80Io?is “Lean on Me” youtu.be/DSfir6EVMIk?...

Kamasi Washington Harmony of Difference (2017) Full album credits ⬇️ www.discogs.com/release/1075... My favorite tracks “Desire” youtu.be/XKLAhmPZHe8?si “Truth” youtu.be/kFm41jBG3P8?... #JazzSky #MusicSky

A day late but certainly not less important. Happy posthumous birthday to the legendary Grant Green! Green Street (1961) Grant Green - guitar Ben Tucker - bass Dave Bailey - drums My favorite tracks “Round About Midnight” youtu.be/Ul-0jrzsU24?si “Green with Envy” youtu.be/XHxBIIZX_mY?...

Born on this day in 1932. Happy posthumous birthday to the legendary Oliver Nelson! Sound Pieces (1967) Full album credits ⬇️ www.discogs.com/master/51264... My favorite tracks “Flute Salad” youtu.be/F66DVugWo_o?si “Patterns” youtu.be/PVdMTqe2vmM?... #JazzSky #MusicSky

Art Blakey & Jazz Messengers Moanin' (1959) Art Blakey - drums Lee Morgan - trumpet Benny Golson - tenor sax Jymie Merritt - bass Bobby Timmons - piano My favorite tracks “Moanin’” youtu.be/Cv9NSR-2DwM?si “Blues March” youtu.be/Rld0xn9tBkM?... #JazzSky #MusicSky

Theon Cross Fyah (2019) Theon Cross - tuba Moses Boyd - drums Nubya Garcia - tenor sax Wayne Francis (Ahnansé) - tenor sax Artie Zaitz - electric guitar Tim Doyle - percussion Nathaniel Cross - trombone My favorite tracks “Letting Go” youtu.be/FOf0KiISVXg?si “CIYA” youtu.be/3lpfgoO_I6o?...

Dexter Gordon Dexter Calling... (1962) Dexter Gordon - tenor sax Kenny Drew - piano Paul Chambers - bass Philly Joe Jones - drums My favorite tracks “Soul Sister” youtu.be/hi69YppOnZI?si “Modal Mood” youtu.be/rdRRqdvnqjk?... #JazzSky #MusicSky

Happy 89th birthday to the legendary Louis Hayes! Dreamin' of Cannonball (2002) Louis Hayes - drums Vincent Herring - alto sax Vincent Archer - bass Rick Germanson - piano Jeremy Pelt - trumpet My favorite tracks “Dat Dere” youtu.be/uAB4hprcyZE?si “Fiddler on the Roof” youtu.be/ZBZFAGGuT-4?...

The Crusaders Southern Comfort (1974) Wayne Henderson - trombone Wilton Felder - tenor sax Joe Sample - keyboards Stix Hooper - drums Larry Carlton - guitars My favorite tracks “Stomp and Buck Dance” youtu.be/2TDxCluoTdw?si “The Well’s Gone Dry” youtu.be/Hwl2-r66kR0?... #JazzSky #MusicSky

Sonny Rollins The Bridge (1962) Sonny Rollins – tenor sax Jim Hall – guitar Bob Cranshaw – bass Ben Riley – drums Harry "H.T." Saunders – drums My favorite tracks “Without a Song” youtu.be/7hP3snBSzYU?si “John S” youtu.be/1KW-dAAT2cQ?... #MusicSky

Delvon Lamarr Organ Trio Close But No Cigar (2018) Delvon Lamarr - Organ David McGraw - Drums Jimmy James - Guitar My favorite tracks “Ain’t It Funky Now” youtu.be/NSkmECgWrJU?si “Al Greenery” youtu.be/542Tw8iTUdk?... #JazzSky #MusicSky

Hank Mobley Roll Call (1961) Hank Mobley - tenor sax Freddie Hubbard - trumpet Wynton Kelly - piano Paul Chambers - bass Art Blakey - drums My favorite tracks "Roll Call" youtu.be/9i8yYv83i3Q?si “My Groove Your Move" youtu.be/fVcrU6tvWGc?... #JazzSky #MusicSky

Milt Jackson & John Coltrane Bags & Trane (1961) Milt Jackson - vibraphone John Coltrane - tenor sax Hank Jones - piano Paul Chambers - bass Connie Kay - drums My favorite tracks “Bags & Trane” youtu.be/r80pudI4pX0? “The Late Late Blues” youtu.be/W7US8z8h64w?si #JazzSky #MusicSky

Nubya Garcia Source (2020) Full album credits ⬇️ www.allmusic.com/album/source... My favorite tracks “Pace” youtu.be/ubxP9vNVDAQ?si “Inner Game” youtu.be/D3GGAvb27XM?si

Happy posthumous birthday to the legendary Jackie McLean! Capuchin Swing (1960) Jackie McLean - alto sax Blue Mitchell - trumpet Walter Bishop, Jr. - piano Paul Chambers - bass Art Taylor - drums My favorite tracks “Francisco” youtu.be/eT6OUlU9J2o?si "Condition Blue" youtu.be/2PxnV4RvhUo?si

Stan Getz & Bill Evans (Recorded in 1964, released in 1973) Stan Getz - tenor sax Bill Evans - piano Richard Davis - bass Ron Carter - bass Elvin Jones - drums My favorite tracks “But Beautiful” youtu.be/fl6aEZ47AVs?si "Grandfather's Waltz" youtu.be/2GpE2B9V4Ng?...

Jimmy Smith The Sermon (1959) Jimmy Smith -organ Lee Morgan -trumpet Kenny Burrell -guitar Art Blakey - drums Lou Donaldson -sax Tina Brooks -sax George Coleman -sax Eddie McFadden -guitar Donald Bailey -drums My favorite tracks "The Sermon" youtu.be/e3X5J_wGHrw?si “J.O.S.” youtu.be/r-d28y4PoPs?si

Born on this day in 1950. Happy 76th birthday to the great Ronnie Foster! Two Headed Freap (1972) Full album credits ⬇️ www.allmusic.com/album/the-tw... My favorite tracks “Summer Song” youtu.be/B4V264I1rfw?si "Mystic Brew" youtu.be/5nj1HWC-dQs?si #JazzSky #MusicSky

Chet Baker Chet Is Back! (1962) Full album credits ⬇️ www.discogs.com/master/28425... My favorite tracks “Well You Needn’t” youtu.be/CydM2f311jc?si “Star Eyes” youtu.be/frXqxumM9Lo?si #JazzSky #MusicSky

Happy Mother’s Day. 2 new playlists for Ron Carter & Adrian Younge are now available on my Apple Music 🍎, Tidal ⚫️, & Spotify 🟢 profiles. Also, be on the lookout for part 2 of my four part Miles Davis series, which will be released a little later today. Enjoy your Sunday 😎 linktr.ee/all_thingsjazz

Lou Donaldson Everything I Play Is Funky (1970) Full album credits ⬇️ www.discogs.com/master/64613... My favorite tracks ""Everything I Do Gonh Be Funky (From Now On)" youtu.be/n5GhMvCINIA?si “Donkey Walk” youtu.be/7WMB_9t6b-4?si

Part 1 of my 4 part Miles Davis at 100 series is available on my Substack. The accompanying playlist is also available on my Apple Music 🍎, Tidal ⚫️, and Spotify 🟢 profiles. linktr.ee/all_thingsjazz Enjoy the rest of your day 😎 open.substack.com/pub/allthing... #JazzSky #MusicSky

Happy 89th birthday to the legendary Ron Carter! All Blues (1974) Ron Carter - bass, piccolo bass Joe Henderson - tenor sax Roland Hanna - piano Richard Tee - electric piano Billy Cobham - drums, percussion My favorite tracks "117 Special" youtu.be/L7a5Ekloaqo “All Blues” youtu.be/0lj1e8HVuq0?si

Happy posthumous birthday to the legendary Duke Ellington! Piano In the Foreground (1961) Duke Ellington - piano Aaron Bell - bass Jimmy Woode - bass Sam Woodyard - drums My favorite tracks “I Can’t Get Started” youtu.be/ncwp0Bc63U8?si “Conga Brava” youtu.be/oZYrkohrtQM?...

Immanuel Wilkins Omega (2020) Immanuel Wilkins - alto sax Daryl Johns - bass Kweku Sumbry - drums Micah Thomas - piano Jason Moran - producer My favorite tracks “The Dreamer” youtu.be/eN0ONgprFeE?si “Grace and Mercy” youtu.be/OS0B-8gIBiA?... #JazzSky #MusicSky