Set List Feature - Miles Davis 2nd Solo

Young Man with a Horn

Second album also known as Miles Davis, Vol. 1

Released in 1953

Reception -

The Encyclopedia of Popular Music - 3/5 Stars

Tracks -

Side One -

1.  Dear Old Stockholm

2,  Would'n You

3.  Yesterdays

Side Two -

4.  Chance It (a.k.a. Max is Making Wax)

5.  Donna (a.k.a. Dig)

6.  How Deep Is the Ocean?

Personnel -

Miles Davis - Trumpet

Jay Jay Johnson - Trombone

Jackie McLean - Alto saxophone

Gil Coggins - Piano

Oscar Pettiford - Bass

Kenny Clarke - Drums

(Wikipedia)

Set List Feature - Miles Davis Solo Debut

The New Sounds

Debut solo album by jazz musician, Miles Davis

Released in 1951

Tracks -

Side One -

1.  Conception

2.  Dig?

Side Two -

3.  My Old Flame

4.  It's Only a Paper Moon

Personnel -

Miles Davis - Trumpet

Jackie McLean - Alto saxophone

Sonny Rollins - Tenor saxophone

Walter Bishop, Jr. - Piano

Tommy Potter - Double bass

Art Blakey - Drums

(Wikipedia)

Jazz Style - David Sanborn

July 30, 1945 - May 12, 2024

American alto saxophonist

Genres considered - Jazz, Jazz Fusion, Blues Rock, R&B, Pop, Blues

Brief note - David contracted polio at the age of three and was confined to an iron lung for a year.  He was left with impaired respiration and his left arm shorter than his right.

David Sanborn has been linked to radio-friendly smooth jazz.  Ironic point - He never considered himself a jazz musician.

As a session musician, David played on albums by such artists as Stevie Wonder, Bruce Springsteen, Aretha Franklin, Sting, the Eagles, James Brown, George Benson, Elton John, The Rolling Stones, and more.

David Sanborn has released over 20 albums over the course of his career.

Point of interest - David was a member of the Saturday Night Live band in 1980.  In the late 1980s, David was a frequent guest member of Paul Shaffer's band on Late Night with David Letterman.

Honors -

6 Grammy Awards

8 Gold albums

1 Platinum album

Inducted into the St. Louis Walk of Fame (2004)

25 albums as a leader

5 compilation albums

2 albums as a guest

7 films as a composer

5 appearances as an actor/host

12 appearances as himself

Sanborn Sessions - Official YouTube Channel

(Wikipedia)

Ella Fitzgerald and The Inkspots - Into Each Life Some Rain Must Fall

Black History Month on Set List - Play it, Ella Fitzgerald

Ella Jane Fitzgerald

"Queen of Jazz"

April 25, 1917 - June 15, 1996

American singer, songwriter, and composer

Genres considered - Jazz, Swing, Bebop, Traditional Pop, Blues, Soul, Doo-wop, Post-bop

Known for purity of tone, timing, absolute pitch, and other musical attributes (including scat singing)

"Lady Ella" - Solo career, collaborative work with Louis Armstrong, Duke Ellington, Count Basie, and The Ink Spots

Songs from Ella's partnerships include "Dream a Little Dream of Me," "Cheek to Cheek," "Into Each Life Some Rain Must Fall," "It Don't Mean a Thing (If It Ain't Got That Swing)"

Albums from Ella's partnerships include -

(3 studio albums with Louis Armstrong - Refer to his post below)

!"quintessential swing singer" best highlighted in the 1963 album, 

Ella and Basie! ... 1972 album, Jazz at Santa Monica Civic '72 ... 1979 albums - Digital III at Montreux, A Classy Pair, A Perfect Match

*Ella Fitzgerald and Duke Ellington worked on two live albums (recorded in the French Riviera & in Sweden) and two studio albums, especially the highly acclaimed 1965 album Ella at Duke's Place.

Side note - Louis Armstrong and Ella Fitzgerald were preeminent figures in the fight to end segregation through their music and social stature.  Louis worked with the Little Rock Crisis.  Ella's performances during the Jazz at the Philharmonic tour came with stipulations - no "color" seats and no "white" seats, Ella would receive equal pay and equal accommodations and if these requirements were not met, the shows would be cancelled.  Ella herself, sadly, was not immune to racial discrimination.

Ella was awarded the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People Equal Justice Award & American Black Achievement Award.  She was bestowed the National Medal of Arts and Presidential Medal of Freedom (America's highest non-military honor).

Awards -

13 Grammy Awards 

Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award (1967)

Society of Singers Lifetime Achievement Award

George and Ira Gershwin Award for Lifetime Musical Achievement

Honors -

Kennedy Center Medal of Honor

Honorary Doctorate of Music from Yale University (1986)

Honorary Doctorate of Music from Harvard University (1990)

No. 45 on Rolling Stone's 200 Greatest Singers of All Time (2023)

Tributes -

- Ella's archival material is housed in the Archives Center at the Smithsonian National Museum of American History.  

- Ella's personal musical arrangements are housed in the Library of Congress.

- Ella's cookbook collection was donated to Harvard University.

- Ella's collection of published sheet music was donated to UCLA.

Tribute albums -

To Ella With Love by Ann Hampton Callaway (1996)

Dear Ella by Dee Dee Bridgewater (1997)

For Ella by Patti Austin (2002)

We All Love Ella - Multi-collaboration tribute to Ella Fitzgerald's 90th birthday (Such artists as Michael Buble, Natalie Cole, Chaka Khan, Gladys Knight, Diana Krall, k.d. Lang, Queen Latifah, Linda Ronstadt, and more...2007)

(Wikipedia)

Full list of awards and nominations on Wikipedia.

Full albums discography on Wikipedia.

Full singles discography on Wikipedia.

Louis Armstrong - Hello, Dolly! (Audio)

Black History Month on Set List - Play it, Louis Armstrong

Louis Daniel Armstrong

"Satchmo" "Satch" "Pops"

August 4, 1901 - July 6, 1971

American trumpeter and singer

One of the most influential figures in jazz...foundational influence in jazz

International musical icon by the 1950s, appearing regularly in radio, television, and film

"...keeping a joyful public image at all times..."

Signature songs include -

"What a Wonderful World" ... "La Vie en Rose" ... "Hello, Dolly!" ... "On the Sunny Side of the Street" ... "Dream a Little Dream of Me" ... "When You're Smiling" ... "When the Saints Go Marching In"

Collaborations with Ella Fitzgerald - Ella and Louis (1956), Ella and Louis Again (1957), Porgy and Bess (1959)

One of the first African-American performers to cross racial divide and appeal to white and international audiences

Honors -

No. 39 on Rolling Stone's 200 Greatest Singers of All Time (2023)

Grammy Award - Male Vocal Performance - "Hello, Dolly!"

Posthumously awarded Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award (1972)

Grammy Hall of Fame - 

12 songs recorded between 1925 & 1967/inducted between 1974 & 2016

"West End Blues" - On Rock and Roll Hall of Fame's 500 Songs that Shaped Rock and Roll

Inductions -

DownBeat Jazz Hall of Fame (1952)

Hollywood Walk of Fame (1960)

Big Band and Jazz Hall of Fame (1978)

Rock and Roll Hall of Fame (1990)

Louisiana Music Hall of Fame (2007)

Gennett Records Walk of Fame (Richmond, Indiana)/(2007)

Long Island Music Hall of Fame (2007)

National Rhythm & Blues Hall of Fame (2017)

(Wikipedia)

Discography - 

36 albums from 1944 to 1971

46 singles from 1923 to 1969

(Wikipedia)