Happy Birthday John Bonham
A hard hitter, who supposedly used the heaviest sticks around.
This is a different (and longer) version than the Zeppelin cover that appeared on King Curtis’ awesome Live At The Fillmore West. Based on the relentless groove, we’re assuming Curtis (sax) is joined by his usual regal Kingpins, including Cornell Dupree on guitar, Bill Preston on organ, and Bernard “Pretty” Purdie on drums.
“Whole Lotta Love” by King Curtis And The Kingpins (1971)
Happy Birthday Benny Goodman
The “King of Swing.”
“Sing Sing Sing” live from Carnegie Hall 1938
Happy Birthday John Fogerty
He knows Diddley…
“Bad Moon Rising” by Bo Diddley
Happy Birthday Dee Dee Bridgewater
Best singer of Horace Silver’s funky tunes period.
“Song For My Father” (1996)
The Freewheelin’ Dylan Jazz Covers
Bob Dylan recorded “Quinn The Eskimo” with The Band in 1967 during sessions for The Basement Tapes. Manfred Mann recorded the song and released it as the chart-topping “The Mighty Quinn” in 1968. Ramsey Lewis gave the song a funky treatment on his Maiden Voyage later that same year.
Our birthday celebration ends as another one begins — Happy Birthday Ramsey.
“The Mighty Quinn” by Ramsey Lewis (1968)
Happy Birthday Niels-Henning Orsted Pedersen
How often do you get to hear two of the greatest bassists (albeit with two completely different styles) play together?
“You Look Great To Me” by Oscar Peterson, Ray Brown and NHOP (1977)
Happy Birthday Levon Helm
He is missed.
“The Weight” by Cassandra Wilson (2002)
Happy Birthday Miss Peggy Lee
Her signature.
“Fever”
Happy Birthday Miles
Finally, the Internet has a use.
The entire 75 minutes performance by the Miles Davis Quintet in Stockholm 1967.
In suits (though not for much longer): Miles (trumpet), Wayne Shorter (tenor), Herbie Hancock (piano), Ron Carter (bass), and Tony Williams (drums)
The Freewheelin’ Jazz Dylan Covers
The title to Gerry Mulligan’s If You Can’t Beat ‘Em, Join ‘Em’s is truth in advertising: the album was clearly designed to appeal to a crossover audience, from its title to its contents — covers of The Beatles (“Can’t Buy Me Love,” “A Hard Day’s Night,” and “If I Fell”), Roger Miller (“King Of The Road”) and Tony Hatch (“Downtown” and “I Know A Place) — but, like every Mulligan album, this one has a lot to recommend it. Mulligan’s radical re-arrangement of Dylan’s “Mr. Tambourine Man” gives this classic song a smokey late night cocktail lounge vibe that makes us want to order a Manhattan and say “play a song for me.” It may not reach the lofty heights of these guys, but it easily surpasses this guy.
“Mr. Tambourine Man” by Gerry Mulligan (1965)
The Zombies // She’s Not There
Custom Fisher-Price Toy Records
Instructibles guide to make your own toy records, here demonstrated with “Stairway To Heaven”:
May 29, 1994
Charlie Rouse-Bossa Nova Bacchanal
1963
Jazz/Bebop/Hard Bop
1. Back To the Tropics
2. Aconteceu
3. Velhos Tempos
4. Samba de Orfeu
5. Un...
