The Guardian's obituary for Barbara Jay lands a week after her death, and ECM has Enrico Rava's first record with the Fearless Five. Then NBC, 1956, where Nat King Cole gets his own television show and then ends it himself. | The Lead: Barbara Jay, the singer who took the chair in Ronnie Scott's nine piece in 1953 and toured Europe with the last of Benny Goodman's all star British big bands in 1970, died on October 15 at ninety four, and the Guardian's obituary by Peter Vacher is the only full account of her. Listen to This: Enrico Rava's Corners, out on ECM on October 16, is the Fearless Five's first record for the label, cut in Rome in July 2025 with Joe Lovano on tenor and Manfred Eicher producing. The Bridge: In 1956 Nat King Cole got his own show on NBC, and Silas has the story of why he ended it himself and what he said about Madison Avenue. On the Road: Washington sells a Hammond organ night for fifty dollars, while Chicago runs three bills into the small hours, two Mezzrow sets are already gone in advance, and Austin charges nothing before eight. One More Note: Sixty nine years ago today Johnny Griffin cut The Congregation at the Van Gelder studio in Hackensack, and the French national library prints the date three times without once contradicting itself. | The Daily Quintet is an AI-crafted production, researched and checked by humans. Every listing you hear came from the venue or the festival's own organizer.
