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Post by Terry J on May 19, 2019 0:18:07 GMT
The 'Track of the Day' is currently running down a list of the 'Top 300 Jazz Artists'. rateyourmusic.com/list/noname219/top_300_jazz_artists/2/. The list is based upon the number of entries and positions that an artist has achieved in a published list of best Jazz albums. Because it based upon album popularity, there is necessarily a bias towards more recent artists. Louis Armstrong may have sold umpteen different 'Greatest Hits' album but unless one or more particular 'Greatest Hits' album is rated, then none of them count towards his standing in the 'Top 300 Jazz Artists'. Despite this limitation, it is an interesting list that is worth exploring. Some Blues
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Post by Terry J on May 19, 2019 11:36:41 GMT
This is a beautifully relaxed piece.
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Post by Terry J on May 20, 2019 16:18:51 GMT
At 127, Earth Wind and Fire. I don't really think they are a Jazz group but on the first track here they come pretty close.
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Post by Terry J on May 21, 2019 12:57:39 GMT
Earth, Wind and Fire emerged from the Ramsey Lewis Group. here they are together.
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Post by Terry J on May 22, 2019 15:17:16 GMT
At 126, Portico Quartet. This is my first look at these guys. They sound great.
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Post by Terry J on May 23, 2019 11:19:39 GMT
Portico Quartet: great stuff!!
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Post by Terry J on May 24, 2019 11:51:03 GMT
Prickly Pear! What a great title! And what a great trad Jazz feel!
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Post by Terry J on May 25, 2019 22:03:23 GMT
One More ..
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Post by Terry J on May 26, 2019 13:13:05 GMT
Onwards and upwards, at 125, Ike Quebec saxophonist and pianist (alternately not simultaneously).
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Post by Terry J on May 27, 2019 9:40:36 GMT
Ike Quebec made some of his best known recordings just before he died in 1963. Here is a recording from an earlier era.
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Post by Terry J on May 28, 2019 7:40:19 GMT
At 124, Julie Driscoll and the Brian Auger Trinity.
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Post by Terry J on May 29, 2019 11:12:51 GMT
Julie Driscoll became Julie Tippetts. Here she is with 'Working Week'
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Post by Terry J on May 30, 2019 9:42:55 GMT
At 123 composer David Axlerod.
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Post by Terry J on May 31, 2019 16:41:27 GMT
More from David Axlerod
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Post by Terry J on Jun 1, 2019 8:36:10 GMT
At 122, Coleman Hawkins
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