"Jazz is a music of hope." ~ Hugh Masekela Photo by WOMEX, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons #HughMasekela #jazzquotes #projazznet

🎹🎻🥁 Three musicians. Three voices. One conversation. Which trio recording wins? #pianotrio #jazztrio #projazznet

WALT DICKERSON – THIS IS WALT DICKERSON! projazz.net/walt-dickerson-t… This Is Walt Dickerson! is the debut album by American vibraphonist Walt Dickerson recorded in 1961 and released on the New Jazz label. #WaltDickerson #vibraphone #postbop #jazzlegends #projazznet

🟥Oct 19 ♦Trombonist Jack Jenney records his classic version of Stardust with his own big band 1939 ♦Clarinetist Eddie Daniels born 1941 in New York, NY. ♦Clarinetist Alphonse Picou born 1878 in New Orleans, LA. #TodayInJazzHistory

HERBIE HANCOCK – LITE ME UP projazz.net/herbie-hancock-l… Lite Me Up is an album with a strong disco-funk feel by Herbie Hancock. #HerbieHancock #jazzfunk #discofunk #projazznet

Born On This Day in Jazz: October 19 youtu.be/vxT2FoMNwKg?si=zoVL… via @YouTube Today we honor acclaimed American jazz clarinetist, saxophonist, and flutist Eddie Daniels, alongside innovative Japanese jazz pianist and composer Masabumi Kikuchi. #BornOnThisDay #JazzHistory

🟥Oct 18 ♦Trumpeter Wynton Marsalis born 1961 in New Orleans, LA ♦Pianist/composer James P. Johnson records Carolina Shout 1921 ♦Tenor saxophonist Stanley Turrentine records Jubilee Shouts, 1962. #todayinjazzhistory

KEELY SMITH – CHEROKEELY SWINGS projazz.net/keely-smith-cher… Cherokeely Swings is a highly acclaimed vocal jazz album by American singer Keely Smith, featuring upbeat arrangements by the renowned bandleader Billy May. #KeelySmith #BillyMay #jazzsinger #bigband #projazznet

Happy 65th Birthday To Wynton Marsalis Photo by Eric Delmar, public domain, via Wikimedia Commons #WyntonMarsalis #jazztrumpeter #projazznet

"I'm not interested in being the best. I'm interested in being unique." ~ Cecil Taylor Photo by Hans Peter Schaefer, CC BY-SA 3.0 via Wikimedia Commons #CecilTaylor #jazzquotes #jazzlegends #projazznet

Happy Birthday to Esperanza Spalding Photo by Andrea Mancini, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons #EsperanzaSpalding #projazznet

Remembering Anita O’Day On Her Birthday ANITA O´DAY – ANITA projazz.net/anita-oday-anita… Anita is a studio album by American singer, Anita O’Day. It was released in March 1956 by Verve Records and was the second studio album of her career. #AnitaODay #jazzsingers #jazzlegends

Born On This Day in Jazz: October 18 youtu.be/UC-MpFa8l5s?si=BJ5L… via @YouTube Today we honor legendary trumpeter Wynton Marsalis, the iconic and powerful jazz vocalist Anita O'Day, and multi-Grammy-winning bassist and composer Esperanza Spalding. #BornOnThisDay

"Music is the healing force of the universe." ~ Albert Ayler Photo published by ABC/Impulse! Records, public domain via Wikimedia Commons #AlbertAyler #jazzquotes #jazzlegends #projazznet

🟥Oct 17 🔻Trombonist Jimmy Harrison born 1900 in Louisville, KY. 🔻Two guitarists born - Barney Kessel 1923 in Muskogee, OK. and Howard Alden 1958 in Newport Beach, CA. 🔻J.J. Johnson and Kai Winding record their first album as co-leaders at Birdland 1954 #TodayInJazzHIstory

J.J. JOHNSON & KAI WINDING – AN AFTERNOON AT BIRDLAND projazz.net/j-j-johnson-kai-… An Afternoon at Birdland is a live jazz album by trombonists J.J. Johnson and Kai Winding, recorded at the famous Birdland club in New York City on October 17, 1954. #JJJohnson #KaiWinding #trombone