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StLJN Saturday Video Showcase: Giants of jazz in concert

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Since this feature is still employing a non-topical, summer-vacation protocol, today's post is simply a sort of video jazz festival, for which your editor has selected full sets from six of the all-time giants of jazz, recorded at various locations around the world in the middle of the last century.



In order, the videos are:
  • Louis Armstrong in 1959 in Antwerp, Belgium
  • Duke Ellington Orchestra in 1965 in Montreal
  • Count Basie Orchestra in 1972 in Copenhagen, Denmark
  • Thelonious Monk Quartet in 1963 in Japan
  • Charles Mingus Sextet in 1964 in Oslo, Norway
  • Miles Davis Quintet in 1964 in Milan, Italy
The Armstrong video is at the top of this post; the others can be seen after the jump. Enjoy!









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