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Alexandra Eckhardt, a 7th-semester music education major with a jazz emphasis, performed alongside UConn Jazz Faculty professors Earl MacDonald and Bill Reynolds on Monday at 8 p.m. in Von der Mehden Recital Hall.

Opening the set with "So What" off Kind of Blue - the biggest selling jazz record of all time - Davis takes extra solos prior to and directly after Coltrane to make up for the absence of alto saxophonist Julian "Cannonball" Adderley, who purportedly was unable to attend the taping due to illness.

During the 1950s, the careers of trumpeter Miles Davis and saxophonist Sonny Rollins were ascending to their eventual legendary statuses, due to their great musical talents and in spite of their dangerous vices.

Detroit has contributed much to music and jazz -- arguably America's greatest art form.

When renowned jazz critic Leonard Feather was asked about this record, he said something favorable.

Tina Brooks Back To The Tracks Blue Note / Music Matters 2009 Although probably not the intention, Back To The Tracks appropriately labels saxophonist Tina Brooks' mode of operation during the 1960 Blue Note sessions that would produce this album.

Tito Puente, seen here playing in London, was one of the best percussionists of any era.