In A Mellow Tone
Wednesday June 15th, 2022 with Natalie McGrath
1959: A Striking Year for Innovation and Transformative Success in the Genre of Jazz
This week on In a Mellow Tone, our newest host Natalie McGrath will be talking about the impact the year 1959 had on jazz in regards to change, success, controversy, and innovation. In 1959, four major albums were released that sparked a transformative turning point with the way people listened and interpreted jazz music. In this session, you’ll hear our host discuss the context and listen to the contents from Miles Davis’ album titled “Kind of Blue”, Dave Brubeck’s album “Time Out”, Charles Mingus’ album “Mingus Ah Um”, and Ornette Coleman’s album “The Shape of Jazz to Come”. To this day, these albums have stood the test of time and remain top selling jazz albums.
In light of Black Music Appreciation Month, this session will cover how these timeless albums played by several black artists broke barriers during 1959, the Eisenhower era during peak middle America culture.
| Freddie Freeloader Miles Davis - Kind of Blue - Columbia Records |
| So What Miles Davis - Kind of Blue - Columbia Records |
| Flamenco Sketches Miles Davis - Kind of Blue - Columbia Records |
| Take Five The Dave Brubeck Quartet - Time Out - Columbia Records |
| Strange Meadow Lark The Dave Brubeck Quartet - Time Out - Columbia Records |
| Everybody’s Jumpin’ The Dave Brubeck Quartet - Time Out - Columbia Records |
| Blue Rondo à la Turk The Dave Brubeck Quartet - Time Out - Columbia Records |
| Boogie Stop Shuffle Charles Mingus - Mingus Ah Um - Columbia Records |
| Self Portrait In Three Colours Charles Mingus - Mingus Ah Um - Columbia Records |
| Fables of Faubus Charles Mingus - Mingus Ah Um - Columbia Records |
| Better Git it in Your Soul Charles Mingus - Mingus Ah Um - Columbia Records |
| Goodbye Pork Pie Hat Charles Mingus - Mingus Ah Um - Columbia Records |
| Lonely Woman Ornette Coleman - The Shape of Jazz to Come - Atlantic Records |
| Focus on Sanity Ornette Coleman - The Shape of Jazz to Come - Atlantic Records |
| Peace Ornette Coleman - The Shape of Jazz to Come - Atlantic Records |
| Eventually Ornette Coleman - The Shape of Jazz to Come - Atlantic Records |
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Just luv it!!! I was around in Toronto for these geniuses...it was called the City of Jazz (probably only by Torontonians!);-).... there was free jazz in parks...it was great for a kid.
9:18 PM, June 15th, 2022