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[?]God Emperor of Mastodon (future account) » 🌐
@michal@sapka.pl

At the age of 95 Sonny Rollins has died. He was the colossus.


    [?]Denmark » 🌐
    @dk@pubeurope.com

    europesays.com/dk/92174/ Vilnius Launches “Unearthing the Great Synagogue of Vilna”

    Vilnius Launches “Unearthing the Great Synagogue of Vilna”

    Alt...Vilnius Launches “Unearthing the Great Synagogue of Vilna”

      [?]Italy » 🌐
      @italy@pubeurope.com

      VR Experience Transports Guests to Ancient Rome

      My first encounter with Virtual Reality (VR) came with the purchase of a Sony Playstation. Donning a futuristic…
      -depthculturecoverageincludingtheatre
      europesays.com/italy/19245/

        [?]Misty [she/her] » 🌐
        @misty@digipres.club

        [?]Mingusienne 🍉🐸🌈 » 🌐
        @TokyoSonata@eldritch.cafe

        Le meilleur album de Charles Mingus, qui va me faire tenir toute l'aprem au taf : "Blues & roots" youtube.com/watch?v=aNjRKk5Q040
        Même les allergiques au peuvent aimer :blob_cat_heart:

          [?]Mingusienne 🍉🐸🌈 » 🌐
          @TokyoSonata@eldritch.cafe

          Un morceau que tout le monde peut aimer, promis :
          When it rains, Brad Meldhau youtube.com/watch?v=a8XRdY-JQnA

            [?]Mingusienne 🍉🐸🌈 » 🌐
            @TokyoSonata@eldritch.cafe

            Cannonball Adderley Quintet - "Mercy, Mercy, Mercy" (1966) youtube.com/watch?v=s4rXEKtC8iY
            (même les allergiques au peuvent aimer ce morceau, j'vous promets)

              [?]Mingusienne 🍉🐸🌈 » 🌐
              @TokyoSonata@eldritch.cafe

              On reste dans la catégorie du que tout le monde peut aimer, d'autant que c'est via un air que vous connaissez TOUS grâce aux mariages :
              Hiromi, Pachelbel's Canon youtube.com/watch?v=cdhHOFv5su

                [?]Benjamin Han » 🌐
                @BenjaminHan@sigmoid.social

                [?]Misty [she/her] » 🌐
                @misty@digipres.club

                Sam Cranford boosted

                [?]Jo - pièce de résistance » 🌐
                @JoBlakely@mastodon.social

                From the playlist.
                Incognito - Talking Loud (Live)
                youtu.be/9LvJWhylb9I

                  [?]Third Foundation » 🌐
                  @rayckeith@techhub.social

                  [?]Amy Maybe [She/Her/Hey You] » 🌐
                  @APBBlue@thepit.social

                  The older I get, the more I enjoy . Is this a thing?

                    [?]peter honeyman » 🌐
                    @peterhoneyman@a2mi.social

                    the kids got a record player recently so i let my son-in-law lead me to a bunch of amazing used record stores in södermalm and i picked up a few LPs to help get their record collection going

                    Dizzy Gillespie - "Have Trumpet, Will Excite!" Verve Records. 

The bebop legend smiling broadly in dark sunglasses, his famous upturned trumpet visible. The quote "Have Trumpet, Will Excite!" in bold red letters captures Dizzy's charismatic showmanship. 

Gillespie was one of bebop's architects alongside Charlie Parker, known for his virtuosic technique, distinctive puffed cheeks, and bent trumpet bell. His innovations in Afro-Cuban jazz and harmonic complexity revolutionized the music. This album showcases his ability to combine technical brilliance with entertainment - he understood that jazz could be both serious art and joyful performance.

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                    Alt...Dizzy Gillespie - "Have Trumpet, Will Excite!" Verve Records. The bebop legend smiling broadly in dark sunglasses, his famous upturned trumpet visible. The quote "Have Trumpet, Will Excite!" in bold red letters captures Dizzy's charismatic showmanship. Gillespie was one of bebop's architects alongside Charlie Parker, known for his virtuosic technique, distinctive puffed cheeks, and bent trumpet bell. His innovations in Afro-Cuban jazz and harmonic complexity revolutionized the music. This album showcases his ability to combine technical brilliance with entertainment - he understood that jazz could be both serious art and joyful performance. ALT by Claude

                    Quincy Jones - "This is how I feel about Jazz" ABC-Paramount Records. 

A young Quincy Jones in casual gray polo shirt, absorbed in reading a book. Behind him: abstract shapes in coral, mint green, yellow, and black create a sophisticated mid-century modern aesthetic. This early album captures Jones before his transformation into one of music's most successful producers. Already showing his arranging brilliance, he would go on to produce Michael Jackson, score films, and become a cultural force. This album represents his pure jazz roots - serious, intellectual, artistic - before the pop crossover that made him a household name.

                    Alt...Quincy Jones - "This is how I feel about Jazz" ABC-Paramount Records. A young Quincy Jones in casual gray polo shirt, absorbed in reading a book. Behind him: abstract shapes in coral, mint green, yellow, and black create a sophisticated mid-century modern aesthetic. This early album captures Jones before his transformation into one of music's most successful producers. Already showing his arranging brilliance, he would go on to produce Michael Jackson, score films, and become a cultural force. This album represents his pure jazz roots - serious, intellectual, artistic - before the pop crossover that made him a household name.

                    Lester Young and the Kansas City 5 Commodore Records. 

Powerful black and white photograph of "Pres" (Lester Young) playing tenor saxophone, dressed in suit and tie with pocket square. Young was one of jazz's most influential saxophonists, bridging the swing era and bebop with his cool, lyrical tone and relaxed phrasing. His sound influenced generations - Stan Getz, John Coltrane, and countless others built on his innovations. The Kansas City connection reflects the city's role as a jazz incubator where Young developed his distinctive voice. His nickname "Pres" (short for "President of the Saxophone") was given by Billie Holiday, his close collaborator.

ALT by Claude

                    Alt...Lester Young and the Kansas City 5 Commodore Records. Powerful black and white photograph of "Pres" (Lester Young) playing tenor saxophone, dressed in suit and tie with pocket square. Young was one of jazz's most influential saxophonists, bridging the swing era and bebop with his cool, lyrical tone and relaxed phrasing. His sound influenced generations - Stan Getz, John Coltrane, and countless others built on his innovations. The Kansas City connection reflects the city's role as a jazz incubator where Young developed his distinctive voice. His nickname "Pres" (short for "President of the Saxophone") was given by Billie Holiday, his close collaborator. ALT by Claude

                      [?]peter honeyman » 🌐
                      @peterhoneyman@a2mi.social

                      mo mo wax

                      Charles Mingus - "Mingus Ah Um" Columbia Records (Music On Vinyl reissue, 325 kr Swedish price). 

One of the most iconic album covers in jazz - brilliant abstract geometric design featuring circles, triangles, and organic shapes in vibrant blues, purples, oranges, and reds. This masterpiece includes "Goodbye Pork Pie Hat" (Mingus's elegy to Lester Young), "Better Git It in Your Soul," and "Fables of Faubus" (his protest against segregation). Mingus combined composition, orchestration, and raw emotion like no one else - his music was intensely personal, politically charged, and musically sophisticated, bridging jazz tradition with avant-garde exploration.

ALT by Claude

                      Alt...Charles Mingus - "Mingus Ah Um" Columbia Records (Music On Vinyl reissue, 325 kr Swedish price). One of the most iconic album covers in jazz - brilliant abstract geometric design featuring circles, triangles, and organic shapes in vibrant blues, purples, oranges, and reds. This masterpiece includes "Goodbye Pork Pie Hat" (Mingus's elegy to Lester Young), "Better Git It in Your Soul," and "Fables of Faubus" (his protest against segregation). Mingus combined composition, orchestration, and raw emotion like no one else - his music was intensely personal, politically charged, and musically sophisticated, bridging jazz tradition with avant-garde exploration. ALT by Claude

                      Cal Tjader - "Jazz at Monterey" High Fidelity Stereo. 

Cal Tjader in thick black-rimmed glasses photographed aboard what appears to be an airplane or tour bus. The Latin jazz vibraphonist who successfully bridged jazz and Latin music worlds. Track listing includes standards like "Love me or leave me," "Night in Tunisia," "Bess, you is my woman," and "Afro Blue." Swedish record store sticker (75 kr, Recordmania) indicates this is from Södermalm shopping. 

Tjader brought sophisticated jazz sensibility to Latin rhythms, making him one of the most successful crossover artists of his era.

ALT by Claude

                      Alt...Cal Tjader - "Jazz at Monterey" High Fidelity Stereo. Cal Tjader in thick black-rimmed glasses photographed aboard what appears to be an airplane or tour bus. The Latin jazz vibraphonist who successfully bridged jazz and Latin music worlds. Track listing includes standards like "Love me or leave me," "Night in Tunisia," "Bess, you is my woman," and "Afro Blue." Swedish record store sticker (75 kr, Recordmania) indicates this is from Södermalm shopping. Tjader brought sophisticated jazz sensibility to Latin rhythms, making him one of the most successful crossover artists of his era. ALT by Claude

                      Count Basie - "On My Way & Shoutin' Again!" Verve Records, 1962. 

Count Basie relaxed in a classic convertible automobile, the elegant wire-spoke wheel visible in foreground. Music arranged by Neal Hefti. Swedish price tag (90 kr). The cover perfectly captures Basie's sophisticated, swinging style - cool, elegant, in motion. Basie's orchestra was legendary for its precision, swing feel, and the "Kansas City sound." Hefti's arrangements brought a modern edge to Basie's timeless rhythm section. 

This album represents the continuation of big band jazz in the early 1960s, maintaining excellence and relevance as jazz was fragmenting into multiple directions.

ALT by Claude

                      Alt...Count Basie - "On My Way & Shoutin' Again!" Verve Records, 1962. Count Basie relaxed in a classic convertible automobile, the elegant wire-spoke wheel visible in foreground. Music arranged by Neal Hefti. Swedish price tag (90 kr). The cover perfectly captures Basie's sophisticated, swinging style - cool, elegant, in motion. Basie's orchestra was legendary for its precision, swing feel, and the "Kansas City sound." Hefti's arrangements brought a modern edge to Basie's timeless rhythm section. This album represents the continuation of big band jazz in the early 1960s, maintaining excellence and relevance as jazz was fragmenting into multiple directions. ALT by Claude

                        [?]peter honeyman » 🌐
                        @peterhoneyman@a2mi.social

                        oh and one for me (if i can figure out how to get it home)

                        it's the original fabulous quartet, with keith jarrett, cecil mcbee, and jack dejohnette

                        Charles Lloyd - "In Europe" Atlantic Records. 

A beautifully weathered album that looks like it actually traveled by airmail - complete with "PAR AVION" label, postage stamps, and string tie. Lloyd appears in afro and sunglasses holding his saxophone against a harbor backdrop. "Recorded in Concert in Oslo, Norway" stamped in purple. This captures the authentic touring musician aesthetic of the early 1970s European jazz circuit, when American jazz artists found enthusiastic audiences abroad. The album design itself becomes a travel document, evoking the international journey of jazz music and musicians.

ALT by Claude

                        Alt...Charles Lloyd - "In Europe" Atlantic Records. A beautifully weathered album that looks like it actually traveled by airmail - complete with "PAR AVION" label, postage stamps, and string tie. Lloyd appears in afro and sunglasses holding his saxophone against a harbor backdrop. "Recorded in Concert in Oslo, Norway" stamped in purple. This captures the authentic touring musician aesthetic of the early 1970s European jazz circuit, when American jazz artists found enthusiastic audiences abroad. The album design itself becomes a travel document, evoking the international journey of jazz music and musicians. ALT by Claude

                          [?]S. K. Riley » 🌐
                          @SKRiley_Author@universeodon.com

                          Blues For Ruby

                          ~ Frank Wess

                          (feat. Kenny Barron, Russell Malone, Rufus Reid & Winard Harper)

                          youtu.be/iM_KHNHTTd8

                            Greg Wilson boosted

                            [?]Stefan Bohacek » 🌐
                            @stefan@stefanbohacek.online

                            "Every dot is a real subway train. Eight hundred of them, give or take, form a small jazz combo (walking bass, piano, sax, vibes, brushes) that has been playing without pause for over a hundred years. On the platforms they are hot, screaming, full of complaint. This is the music inside the noise."

                            trainjazz.com

                              [?]Ether Diver » 🌐
                              @etherdiver@ravenation.club

                              Jazzaria – “Sesquialtera”

                              A groovy, shifting bit of jazzy downtempo that sounds like the best soundtrack to an underwater level in all of gaming.

                              jazzaria.bandcamp.com/album/se

                              @Jazzaria

                              etherdiver.com/2026/04/10/opm-

                                [?]Journeys In Film » 🌐
                                @JourneysInFilm@hcommons.social

                                🎸Celebrate Jazz Appreciation Month with iconic Black Musicians of the 1960s and Oscar-winning documentary Summer of Soul!

                                This lesson teaches students about essential elements of music with examples from genres of music created by or advanced by Black artists — like jazz! It also introduces students to the amazing Black Musicians of the Harlem Cultural Festival and explores the lasting influence of Black Music.

                                The lesson features class discussion prompts, extension activities, and a class activity/game. It also includes worksheets, handouts, and slideshows. For grades 7-12.

                                Learn more and jazz up your classroom with The Music of the Harlem Cultural Festival!

                                journeysinfilm.org/film/summer

                                Alt...Thumbnail: Detail from the film poster for A Questlove Jawn: Summer of Soul (...or, When the Revolution Could not be Televised) It shows colorful stills from the film of iconic Black musicians of the 1960s performing at the Harlem Cultural Festival in 1969. Video: The official Film Trailer for Summer of Soul.

                                  [?]Journeys In Film » 🌐
                                  @JourneysInFilm@hcommons.social

                                  🎻Celebrate Jazz Appreciation Month with PBS series My Music with Rhiannon Giddens featuring jazz violinist Mazz Swift.

                                  Swift is a Juilliard-trained violinist and composer known for blending classical, jazz, and improvisational music, whose musical journey includes playing music in the New York subway and working with goats on a farm!

                                  Our My Music with Rhiannon Giddens Learning Guide for this episode introduces students to Mazz Swift, and explores themes of Neurodiversity and Learning Styles, Creative and Artistic Growth, and Improvisation in Music. For grades 6-12.

                                  Get this free lesson plan to jazz up your classroom!

                                  journeysinfilm.org/film/my-mus

                                  Mazz Swift plays the violin on the set of My Music with Rhiannon Giddens.

The Journeys in Film logo is in the bottom right corner.

                                  Alt...Mazz Swift plays the violin on the set of My Music with Rhiannon Giddens. The Journeys in Film logo is in the bottom right corner.

                                    [?]AccordionBruce » 🌐
                                    @AccordionBruce@mastodon.social

                                    I gather it helps to write an (including that # ) as a pinned tweet that includes a bunch of other hashtags so people can find you on here?
                                    ❤️‍🔥🪗

                                    ❤️‍🔥🪗
                                    ✊🏻

                                      [?]Benjamin Han » 🌐
                                      @BenjaminHan@sigmoid.social

                                      [?]Journeys In Film » 🌐
                                      @JourneysInFilm@hcommons.social

                                      March is Music in Our Schools Month! Tap into the power of music and film to boost creativity and learning across the curriculum. Explore music-themed lessons for Civics, ELA, Economics, Environmental Science, Film and Media Literacy, Government, History, Physical Education, Psychology, SEL, Social Studies, Visual Arts and more. For grades 2-12 .

                                      ⭐ Plan ahead to teach with these films for Jazz Awareness Month in April, Black Music Appreciation Month in June, and Classical Music Month in September!

                                      journeysinfilm.org/music-in-ou

                                      Colorful text says: "Celebrate Music In Our Schools Month With Film." 

The background is a dark blue field dotted with gold musical symbols.

The Journeys in Film logo is in the bottom right corner.

                                      Alt...Colorful text says: "Celebrate Music In Our Schools Month With Film." The background is a dark blue field dotted with gold musical symbols. The Journeys in Film logo is in the bottom right corner.

                                        [?]Brian Vastag » 🌐
                                        @brianvastag@mas.to

                                        Looks like spotify is now generating AI music & attaching it to the names of real jazz artists like Nat Adderley & other musicians, deceased and living.

                                        Friggin' nightmare for artists. Kill it with fire, please....

                                        honest-broker.com/p/is-spotify

                                          [?]p4bl0p3rn0t » 🌐
                                          @pablopernot@toot.portes-imaginaire.org

                                          [?]Pete Orrall [Pete/Pete] » 🌐
                                          @peteorrall@mastodon.bsd.cafe

                                          @stefano Great song by a great .

                                          My cousin, a professional drummer, introduced me to them decades ago. This album lives permanently in my CD player. My wife and I start our Sundays to it.

                                            [?]ABC Feeds » 🤖 🌐
                                            @abcfeeds@rssfeed.media

                                            Swedish vocal quartet Åkervinda among highlights in annual radio festival on ABC Classic

                                            For 10 years, in the lead-up to International Women's Day, ABC Classic has celebrated classical music by women across centuries. Here's what's in store for 2026.

                                            abc.net.au/news/2026-02-26/gui

                                              [?]S. K. Riley » 🌐
                                              @SKRiley_Author@universeodon.com

                                              [?]Jo - pièce de résistance » 🌐
                                              @JoBlakely@mastodon.social

                                              Jill Scott on Tiny Desk Concert! So good.

                                              youtu.be/M5QOaaRJYFc

                                                [?]David Ojcius » 🌐
                                                @ojcius@mastodon.social

                                                , inclassable musicien, du classique au jazz, est mort.

                                                Il était à la fois soliste international, interprète privilégié des compositeurs contemporains tels que Pierre Boulez ou Luciano Berio, et improvisateur très apprécié du grand public.

                                                lemonde.fr/disparitions/articl

                                                  [?]Jo - pièce de résistance » 🌐
                                                  @JoBlakely@mastodon.social

                                                  Nina Simone, Artist, 2026
                                                  Oil on Wood, 4.5” sq.

                                                  A quote of hers that resonates with me:

                                                  “An artist's duty, as far as I'm concerned, is to reflect the times. I think that is true of painters, sculptors, poets, musicians. As far as I'm concerned, it's their choice, but I CHOOSE to reflect the times and situations in which I find myself. That, to me, is my duty…

                                                  Portrait of Nina from shoulders up, neck elongated in near profile, eyes looking sideyed, but direct at viewer. She wears long dangly earrings with circle shapes and is set against a salmon pink background.

                                                  Alt...Portrait of Nina from shoulders up, neck elongated in near profile, eyes looking sideyed, but direct at viewer. She wears long dangly earrings with circle shapes and is set against a salmon pink background.

                                                    [?]Ether Diver » 🌐
                                                    @etherdiver@ravenation.club

                                                    Very Late Relics – OURORA

                                                    Chilled out, lo-fi ambient jazz, perfect for listening to while you stare out a rain-streaked window at a neon-lit nightscape.

                                                    verylaterelics.bandcamp.com/al

                                                    @verylaterelics.bsky.social

                                                    etherdiver.com/2026/02/06/opm-

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