in 1959
A history of the year 1959 by Miles Bullough
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Sunday 21 February 2010
The Downfall of the Havana Mob
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1st January 1959 was a turning point for Cuba in a number of ways but especially because the hated Cuban President Fulgencio Batista resigne...
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Saturday 21 November 2009
Ornette Coleman and The Battle of The Five Spot
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On 17th November 1959, 29 year-old Ornette Coleman began a 2 week residency at the Five Spot jazz Club in New York that shook the jazz world...
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Sunday 8 November 2009
Miles Davis - 'Kind of Blue'
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It's extraordinary that four (some say five) such influential jazz records should have been released in one year. Miles – Davis - 'K...
Sunday 1 November 2009
why 1959?
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It all started when I realised that 1959 was the year in which the music that I love was invented – modern jazz. Miles Davis' 'Kind ...
Thursday 29 October 2009
1959 Timeline
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Jan 2 Soviet Union launches Luna 1 spacecraft Jan 7 US recognises Cuban Government of Fidel Castro Jan 8 de Gaulle inaugurated as 1st pre...
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