"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

Born On This Day in Jazz: October 17 🥁🎸🎙 youtu.be/PfPvI2XUN8g?si=E68V… via @YouTube Today we honor legendary big band drummer Cozy Cole, influential guitar master Barney Kessel, and acclaimed South African jazz vocalist Sathima Bea Benjamin. #BornOnThisDay #CozyCole #BarneyKessel

AARON PARKS – INVISIBLE CINEMA projazz.net/aaron-parks-invi… Invisible Cinema is an album by jazz pianist and composer Aaron Parks, that was released on the Blue Note label on August 19, 2008. The album is Parks’ debut for Blue Note. #AaronParks #piano #contemporaryjazz #projazznet

"Jazz is a music that requires you to listen as much as you play." ~ Dave Brubeck Photo by Pablosecca, CC BY-SA 4.0 via Wikimedia Commons #DaveBrubeck #jazzlegends #jazzquotes #projazznet

KENNY BURRELL – STORMY MONDAY BLUES projazz.net/kenny-burrell-st… Stormy Monday is an album by American guitarist Kenny Burrellrecorded in 1974 and released on the Fantasy Records label in 1978. #KennyBurrell #guitar #jazzlegends #projazznet