Sharing the streaming links to the playlist for the first year of the Wednesday Jazz Classics! Check out these great tunes! A very eclectic collection…and soon, more playlists for the other years of Wednesday Jazz Classic recommendations!
Spotify: https://tinyurl.com/Spotify-Jazz-Classics-1
Apple Music: https://tinyurl.com/Apple-Jazz-Classic-1-playlist
Amazon: https://tinyurl.com/Amazon-Jazz-Classics-1
Wednesday Jazz Classic: Everyone is no doubt posting and sharing “The Girl from Ipanema,” the iconic bossa hit, as they remember the singer, Astrud Gilberto, who passed away yesterday at 83. However, just for something different, here is the jazz/bossa classic “Corcovado (“Quiet Nights of Quiet Stars”) released from the same groundbreaking album “Getz/Gilberto”, released in March 1964. Artists Stan Getz · João Gilberto · Astrud Gilberto · Antonio Carlos Jobim (also the song’s composer) all playing and singing here on “Corcovado.”
The album “Getz/Gilberto” is on all the lists of most important albums of all time, with multiple grammy wins and global acclaim at the time launching attention to bossa everywhere and certainly, Astrud Gilberto’s career.
https://www.allmusic.com/album/getz-gilberto-mw0000649528
Track listing
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | “The Girl from Ipanema“ | Antônio Carlos Jobim, Vinicius de Moraes, Norman Gimbel | 5:21 |
| 2. | “Doralice” | Antônio Almeida, Dorival Caymmi | 2:47 |
| 3. | “Para Machucar Meu Coração” | Ary Barroso | 5:07 |
| 4. | “Desafinado” | Antônio Carlos Jobim, Newton Mendonça | 4:09 |
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | “Corcovado (Quiet Nights of Quiet Stars)“ | Antônio Carlos Jobim, Gene Lees | 4:17 |
| 2. | “Só Danço Samba” | Antônio Carlos Jobim, Vinicius de Moraes | 3:42 |
| 3. | “O Grande Amor” | Antônio Carlos Jobim, Vinicius de Moraes | 5:27 |
| 4. | “Vivo Sonhando” | Antônio Carlos Jobim | 2:56 |
| Total length: | 33:46 | ||
| No. | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 9. | “The Girl from Ipanema” (45 rpm version) | 2:54 |
| 10. | “Corcovado (Quiet Nights of Quiet Stars)” (45 rpm version) | 2:20 |
| Total length: | 39:00 | |
Personnel
New York Times article gifted to you: Astrud Gilberto, 83, Dies; Shot to Fame With ‘The Girl From Ipanema’
Wednesday Jazz Classics shared this eclectic jazz mix of soul, blues, and R & B performers! Queen Latifa, Art Tatum, Frank Sinatra, Ray Charles, and Tony Bennett and Bill Evans Trio in Sept 2022! Click the links to hear the music on YouTube!
You can search for any of these songs in a search engine, like Google, by entering the performer’s name, name of the song, and add YouTube, or other streaming service, to find all the great tunes on this eclectic list.
Wednesday Jazz Classics shared classic Latin jazz guitar with a lost concert from greats, Al Di Meola, Paco De Lucia , John McLaughlin, as well as a well-known TV theme made popular by Sarah Vaughan, and remembered Isaak Hayes in South Lake Tahoe, live, and a Halloween-themed hit by Frank Sinatra—all in Oct 2022!
Wednesday Jazz Classics shared Sarah Vaughan, Ramsey Lewis Trio, Chet Baker, and Bill Evans Trio in Sept 2022! Click the links to hear the music on YouTube!
Wednesday Jazz Classics shared Johnny O’Neal, Dizzy Gillespie, Charlie Parker, and Michel Legrand with Stephane Grapelli in Aug 2022! Click the link to hear on YouTube!
It’s Wednesday! Your classic jazz groove for this week! Queen Ella and the Duke at the Cote d’Azur (Live at the Riviera)! Duke Ellington and Ella Fitgerald recorded live at the Jazz à Juan festival at Juan-les-Pins, on the French Riviera, between June 26 and July 29, 1966. Duke Ellington’s orchestra with one of Ella’s most brilliant scats! This song—and whole album—reminds you of why you love live music!
Check back every Wednesday for a new recommendation from Susan or Matt on a classic performance from jazz greats! You can also check for the video links on our Facebook page, so follow us there or search through our posts for past selections.
Classic Wednesday Jazz—when you feel “Blue in Green”; posted on FB July 20, 2022
Most people agree now that the song was written by Bill Evans. (Some controversy there, because Davis continued to say he wrote it.)
• Miles Davis – trumpet
• John Coltrane – tenor saxophone
• Bill Evans – piano
• Paul Chambers – double bass
• Jimmy Cobb – drums
Duke Ellington & John Coltrane – “In a Sentimental Mood” for the July 13, 2022 Wednesday Jazz Classic! Song composed by Ellington (piano), brought into modern jazz by Coltrane (tenor sax).
Duke Ellington & John Coltrane is a jazz album by Duke Ellington and John Coltrane released in January 1963 on Impulse! Records. Ellington’s song had been a standard hit in his performances but this collaboration brought Ellington into a modern jazz quartet performing standards and some new songs outside of his typical big band framework.
Here is this week’s Wednesday jazz classic! “I’ll See You in My Dreams” performed by Django Reinhardt, virtuoso guitarist in the “jazz manouche” vein. See this Wikipedia article for a deeper dive into Django Reinhardt and his music. Check back every Wednesday for a new recommendation from Susan or Matt on a classic performance from jazz greats! You can also check for the video links on our Facebook page, so follow us there!
Ooh, Wednesday! Time for another classic jazz performance! Sarah Vaughan sings “Lullaby of Birdland.” While you are here, sign up for our Just a Touch of Jazz Insider’s emails to keep up with our music! Stay tuned for these posts for the weekly jazz classic sent right to your door, plus updates on our music, from Just a Touch of Jazz!
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Check back every Wednesday for a new recommendation from Susan or Matt on a classic performance from jazz greats! You can also check for the video links on our Facebook page, so follow us there!
Did you know we have a Facebook page? We’ve recently started sharing a weekly jazz song there every Wednesday. Check out our FB page and follow us to hear a recommendation from Susan or Matt on a classic Jazz performance we want to share!
For those who can’t see the most recent song on Facebook, here is a YouTube link for the beautiful “A Flower is a Lovesome Thing,” by Billy Strayhorn, one of Matt’s piano and compositional influences. You can find the song on YouTube here: https://youtu.be/ggmWs6T4iWQ
Stay tuned each Wednesday for a classic jazz performance recommended by Susan & Matt!
Jazz pianists Eliane Elias and Chick Corea perform “Armando’s Rhumba” from Eliane’s Grammy-winning album MIRROR MIRROR, recorded soon before Corea’s death. https://youtu.be/W99lDFeowpI
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Provided to YouTube by Columbia/Legacy West End Blues · Louis Armstrong & His Hot Five The Essential Louis Armstrong ℗ Originally released 1928. All rights reserved by Columbia Records, a division of Sony Music Entertainment Released on: 1979-12-28 Producer: Unknown Trumpet, Vocal: Louis Armstrong Composer, Lyricist: Clarence Williams Banjo: Mancy Carr Composer, Lyricist: J. Oliver Drums: Zutty Singleton Piano: Earl Hines Clarinet: Jimmy Strong Trombone: Fred Robinson
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