Sadao Watanabe
Rendezvous
WEA, 1984
Sadao Watanabe was born in Utsunomiya (Japan) in 1933 and listening to his music is like reading the 40-year history of jazz in Japan.
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Steve Gadd
Gaddabout, 1984
Steve Gadd was born on April 9, 1945 in Rochester, New York.
Steve’s uncle was a drummer in the army and encouraged him to learn to play drums at the age of seven. He studied music at Eastman College in Rochester, played in a…
Art Blakey And The Jazz Messengers
New York Scene
Concord Jazz, 1984
Art Blakey (1919-1990) was an American jazz drummer and bandleader. In the 1950s, he formed the Jazz Messengers with Horace Silver, and was the band’s drummer for 35 years. In 1984, he won the Grammy…
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Linda Ronstadt
Lush Life
Asylum, 1984
Lush Life is an album released by the American singer Linda Ronstadt in late 1984. The record is the second of a jazz trilogy co-produced with conductor Nelson Riddle, and it won the 1985 Grammy Award for…
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