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delightfulee:

John Birks Gillespie at The Royal Roost, NYC (1948).
Credit: Herman Leonard.
theburbach:

Johnny Coltrane, sailor of the US Naval Reserve.
nkrumah:

Charles Mingus.
bellepoques:

Stan Getz
bainer:

charlievilla:

[Portrait of Thelonious Monk, Minton’s Playhouse, New York, N.Y., ca. Sept. 1947] (LOC) (by The Library of Congress)

Thelonious Monk at the piano where he solidified his legend.
delightfulee:

Roy Eldridge
bainer:

Thelonious Monk with his wife Nellie in Milan Italy circa 1964 (photo by Roberto Polillo)
bainer:

Thelonious Monk in concert in Milan Italy circa 1964 (photo by Roberto Polillo)
bainer:

Woody Shaw in concert at the Bergamo Festival in Italy, circa 1972 (photo by Roberto Polillo)
The Dave Brubeck Quartet - Blue Rondo A La Turk
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jazznightly:

Blue Rondo A La Turk by The Dave Brubeck Quartet

classicbluenotes:

Billie Holiday
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jazz-swing:

Wayne Shorter