All That Philly Jazz

Aretha Franklin released ‘Aretha Live at Fillmore West’ (1971) 55 years ago this week | Listen to the album + read our tribute by @tenelson65 here: album.ink/AFranklinLFW @ArethaFranklin

Happy 60th birthday to the legendary Janet Jackson.

Listening now to the beautifully nostalgic Jazz track 'Central Park West' by the great John Coltrane (soprano sax) along with the contemplative piano of McCoy Tyner. Originally recorded in 1960 & released in the 1964 Lp 'Coltrane's Sound' Enjoy!

Nelson Mandela during his June 1990 visit to NYC, shortly after his release from prison, wearing a Yankees jacket and cap while walking with security.

Howlin' Wolf Museum - West Point, MS..

‘Billie Jean’ by Michael Jackson hits #1 on the Global Spotify chart for the first time with 6.02 million streams. It was released over 40 years ago.

May 15, 1946, Camilla Williams became the first Black contract singer with the New York City Opera. She made her debut singing the title role in Giacomo Puccini’s ‘Madama Butterfly’.

Martin Luther King Jr. and Sammy Davis Jr. share a laugh in Davis' dressing room at New York's Majestic Theater in 1965.

JOHN COLTRANE & ALICE COLTRANE Family Home Movies #Jazz

Sidney Bechet, born May 14, 1897, New Orleans—died May 14, 1959, Paris, jazz musician known as a master of the soprano saxophone. 🎷❤️🖤💚🎷 #sidneybechet

Happy B'Day May 14 to Sidney Bechet jazz clarinet & sax legend 1897-1959! Wild Cat Blues youtube.com/watch?v=m7TvDv… Si Tu Vois Ma Mere youtube.com/watch?v=b5G8gy… Lazy River youtube.com/watch?v=Yxug65… #jazz #neworleans #clarinet #jazzmusic

ANNOUNCEMENT: The Library of Congress has selected 25 recordings to be inducted into the National Recording Registry, chosen for their cultural, historic or aesthetic importance to preserve the nation’s recorded sound history. 🧵 ⬇️ #NatRecRegistry

Ray Charles tuned into the Grand Ole Opry every week as a child, but became a leader in the developing R&B genre before opting to cut a country record in 1962. “Modern Sounds in Country and Western Music” is described as a crossover success, and had four hit singles, but defies easy categorization.

Though only 29 years old at the time, saxophonist Oliver Nelson was well established as a jazz composer, arranger, soloist and bandleader when he recorded the groundbreaking set featured in “Blues and the Abstract Truth” in a single day in February 1961.

Ruth Brown's 1950 single "Teardrops from My Eyes" has been heralded as a feminist turning point in American music, and Brown herself has been acknowledged as a vital link in the artistic progression from Ma Rainey and Bessie Smith to the likes of Etta James and Big Mama Thornton.

Clarence Carter, the blind Southern soul star whose songs were often as emotionally profound as they were delightfully bawdy, died Thursday, May 14. He was 90. rollingstone.com/music/music-ne…

RIP Clarence Carter, Singer "Patches," "Strokin'", "Slip Away", "Back Door Santa", "Tell Daddy" Grammy Award Winner Alabama Music Hall of Fame #InMemoriam #RIP

Remembering B.B. King. He was born on September 16, 1925, in Itta Bena, Mississippi. He became one of the best-known blues musicians in history. We remember B.B. King and enjoy his music forever.

Remembering the great B. B. King, who passed away 11 years ago today.

Remembering Chet Baker today on the 38th anniversary of his passing (May 13, 1988) | Explore his musical legacy (including audio & video highlights) here: album.ink/ChetBakerRIP