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New 1959 Merchandise available at Thread Shop

By Akeem on August 4, 2009

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1959 – A Cool Year for Landmark Jazz Recordings

By Akeem on May 20, 2009

Check out these fine art prints of Legendary Jazz Artists from ICON Collectibles. Visit ICON-Collectibles.com and see “Sketches of Spain” from Miles Davis, The “Anatomy of A Murder” Soundtrack from Duke Ellington, “Time Out” from Dave Brubeck, “Mingus Ah UM” from Charles Mingus.

MILES DAVIS
ICON-MDA-10143Sketches of Spain (Canvas Album Art Cover)
This classic [...]

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Charles Mingus

Charles Mingus Biography
Charles Mingus (1922-1979) was one of 20th century jazz’s most vital creative forces, as well as one of the music’s most fascinating and contradictory characters. A peerlessly brilliant bassist, a formidable bandleader and an adventurous and distinctive composer, Mingus played a key role in bringing bass to the forefront of jazz, as [...]

1959 – Jazz’s Greatest Year

By sam on April 2, 2009

Genre-defining albums by Columbia artists Miles Davis (Kind of Blue, Sketches of Spain), Dave Brubeck (Time Out) and Charles Mingus (Mingus Ah Um) all celebrate their 50th anniversaries in 2009, alongside John Coltrane’s Giant Steps and Ornette Coleman’s The Shape of Jazz To Come.
Following the release of Kind of Blue: Legacy Edition in January,
Columbia/Legacy announces [...]

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