Illinois Jacquet, Dexter Gordon, Arnett Cobb, Buddy Tate & Budd Johnson Live • World of Jazz

https://youtu.be/i1NZfNVI6BU Tenor Saxophone Battle, North Sea Jazz Festival 15 July 1979 The worlds greatest tenor saxophone players: Illinois Jacquet, Dexter Gordon, Arnett Cobb, Buddy Tate and Budd Johnson perform a sensational and memorable tenor sax battle live on the stage … Continue reading

The Hendrix/Davis connection: real jazz/rock at it’s finest

No, this isn’t an unreleased recording of Jimi Hendrix and Miles Davis. One of the great tragedies in modern music was the potential recording session between the Electric Gypsy and the Prince of Darkness. Davis said in his 1990  autobiography that … Continue reading