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Bird Lives

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Lou Donaldson 💯 #botd, #jazzsky

Blue Note Records @bluenoterecords.bsky.social · 1d

Lou Donaldson was born 100 years ago today on November 1, 1926! The great alto saxophonist began recorded more than 30 albums for the label ranging from bebop & hard bop to soul jazz & jazz-funk. Get 20% off all Lou titles on the Blue Note Store today: store.bluenote.com/collections/...

November 1, 2026 at 1:29 PM

Graham H

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#NowPlaying #vinylcommunity #jazz #jazzsky

November 1, 2026 at 3:21 PM

Glen Wotherspoon

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Wynton Kelly Trio & Wes Montgomery - Smokin' At The Half Note.
#Jazzsky

October 31, 2026 at 5:19 PM

Rocky N. Bullwinkle

@lproulx.bsky.social

Can't go wrong. Jazzsky #jazz

Blue Note Records @bluenoterecords.bsky.social · 15h

The November edition of "The Blue Note Monthly" celebrates the legacy of Lou Donaldson in celebration of the great alto saxophonist's centennial today! Explore his Blue Note discography which spans bebop & hard bop to soul jazz & jazz-funk! Listen: bluenote.lnk.to/BlueNoteMont...

November 1, 2026 at 10:36 PM

Mr Natural

@neilmatheson66.bsky.social

#BOTD 1926. Remembering jazz alto saxophonist Lou Donaldson. (d.2024) #JazzSky

November 1, 2026 at 6:41 AM

Mr Natural

@neilmatheson66.bsky.social

#BOTD 1931. Remembering jazz alto saxophonist, clarinetist, composer, and bandleader - Phil Woods. (d.2015) #JazzSky

November 2, 2026 at 5:04 AM

Stuart Dickson

@stuartintrosley.bsky.social

It’s #JazzyMcJazz time !

#NowPlaying number 1761.

Miles Davis - E.S.P.

#jazzsky

October 31, 2026 at 10:09 PM

Rocky N. Bullwinkle

@lproulx.bsky.social

Not Ella. jazzsky #jazz

The Far Side Bot @farside-bot.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 7d

#thefarside #farside #comic https://www.thefarside.com/2026/10/25/1

Infamous moments in jazz

October 31, 2026 at 6:43 PM

Bird Lives

@birdlives1.bsky.social

Zoot Sims 🎂 #botd, #jazzsky

davidc1935.bsky.social @davidc1935.bsky.social · 3d

From 1960, "Jive at Five" by Dave McKenna, George Tucker,
Dannie Richmond and Zoot Sims, #BOTD.

www.youtube.com/watch?v=YXA4...

Zoot Sims Quartet - Jive at Five

YouTube video by 60otaku4

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October 29, 2026 at 5:12 PM

Mr Natural

@neilmatheson66.bsky.social

#BOTD 1922. Remembering Jazz musician, composer, and bandleader Jean-Baptiste Illinois Jacquet. (d.2004) #JazzSky

October 31, 2026 at 4:54 AM

Mr Natural

@neilmatheson66.bsky.social

#BOTD 1930. Remembering jazz tenor saxophonist Booker Irvin. (d.1970) #JazzSky

October 31, 2026 at 5:01 AM

Rocky N. Bullwinkle

@lproulx.bsky.social

I remember Clifford. Jazzsky #jazz

Blue Note Records @bluenoterecords.bsky.social · 2d

The brilliant trumpeter Clifford Brown was born on this day October 30, 1930. Brownie recorded 2 Blue Note sessions in 1953 — a quintet date with Lou Donaldson & a sextet date under his own name — that were compiled on the LP "Memorial Album" after his tragic death: bluenote.lnk.to/CliffordBrow...