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Miles Davis'  studio album  Kind of Blue  is widely regarded as one of the greatest musical statements of the 20th century, the definitive album that changed the face of music itself. Besides Miles on trumpet his sextet comprises tenor saxophonist John Coltrane, alto saxophonist  Julian 'Cannonball'  Adderley, drummer Jimmy Cobb, bassist Paul Chambers and pianist Bill Evans (resident Wynton Kelly plays piano on  Freddy Freeloader).  Each of these players of what was probably the greatest jazz ensemble ever, would have legendary careers. The five tracks were recorded on March 2nd and April 22nd, 1959, at Columbia's 30th Street Studio in New York City, and released on August 17 of that year by Columbia Records.  This peerless innovative, sophisticated masterpiece is regarded as one of the best records of all time, the pioneer of modal jazz, a music free of the fixed harmonies and forms, one that becomes weightless in these cat's hands.  John Coltran

My WOODSTOCK Collection Woodstock was a music festival held 50 years ago, August 15–18, 1969, which attracted an audience of more than 4,00,000. Billed as "an Aquarian Exposition: 3 Days of Peace & Music", it was held at Max Yasgur's 600-acre dairy farm in Bethel, New York, 43 miles (70 km) southwest of Woodstock.  It was alternatively referred to as the Bethel Rock Festival or the Aquarian Music Festival.  Thirty-two acts performed outdoors despite sporadic rain.  It has become widely regarded as a pivotal moment in popular music history, as well as the definitive nexus for the larger counterculture generation.  I remember my Dad taking me to EROS Theatre to see the film when it was released. [wikipedia.org/wiki/Woodstock] Bobbi and Nick Ercoline, the couple on the iconic Woodstock album ... together decades later! Woodstock Remembered [Rolling Stone] Santana - Soul Sacrifice at Woodstock Judy & Jerry Griffin at Woodstock 48

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‘The Vault Is on Fire’ A New York Times investigation has revealed that decades of Universal Music Group treasures burned in 2008. The fire that swept across the backlot of Universal Studios Hollywood on Sunday, June 1, 2008, began early that morning, in New England. At 4:43 a.m., a security guard at the movie studio and theme park saw flames rising from a rooftop on the set known as New England Street, a stretch of quaint Colonial-style buildings where small-town scenes were filmed for motion pictures and television shows. That night, maintenance workers had repaired the roof of a building on the set, using blowtorches to heat asphalt shingles. They finished the job at 3 a.m. and, following protocol, kept watch over the site for another hour to ensure that the shingles had cooled. But the roof remained hot, and some 40 minutes after the workers left, one of the hot spots flared up. Louis Armstrong, 1953 The fire moved quickly. It engulfed the backlot’s famous New York