WAYNE SHORTER SPEAK NO EVIL – Engelwood Cliffs, N.J., December 24, 1964 Witch hunt, Speak no evil Freddie Hubbard (tp) Wayne Shorter (ts) Herbie Hancock (p) Ron Carter (b) Elvin Jones (d)             YUVAL COHEN FREEDOM – Tel Aviv?, August 31 & September 4, 2006 Prayer, Tango (2), Freedom (1) […]

PHIL NAPOLEON ORIGINAL MEMPHIS FIVE – New York, October 2, 1922 Ji ji boo, You can have him, I don’t want him, didn’t love Phil Napoleon (tp) Miff Mole (tb) Jimmy Lytell (cl) Frank Signorelli (p) Jack Roth (d) – New York, c. November 26, 1926 The chant, One sweet letter from you Phil Napoleon […]

FREDDIE HUBBARD READY FOR FREDDIE – Englewood Cliffs, NJ, August 21, 1961 Birdlike, Crisis Freddie Hubbard (tp) Bernard McKinney (euphonium) Wayne Shorter (ts) McCoy Tyner (p) Art Davis (b) Elvin Jones (d)           LARRY FULLER OVERJOYED – Paramus, NJ, August 13 & 14 & September 24, 2018 Fried pies, Lined with […]

RED RODNEY SUPERBOP – Los Angeles, March 26, 1974 Superbop, On Green Dolphin Street (2) Superbop Red Rodney (tp) Sam Noto (tp,flhrn-1) Jim Mulidore (sop,fl-2) Dolo Coker (p) Ray Brown (b) Shelly Manne (d) MCCOY TYNER NIGHTS OF BALLADS AND BLUES – Englewood Cliffs, N.J., March 4, 1963 Star eyes, Blue Monk McCoy Tyner (p) […]

JOHN SCOFIELD SWALLOW TALES – Steinhardt, NY, March, 2019 She was young. Falling grace, Away John Scofield (g) Steve Swallow (b) Bill Stewart (d)             NINA SIMONE AT TOWN HALL – New York, September & October, 1959 Black is the color of my true love’s hair, The other woman, Summertime, […]

SIMONA PREMAZZI LUCID DREAMER – December 16 & 17, 2012 One for Hunter S. (2), The lucid dreamer (1) Greg Osby (as-1) Melissa Aldana (ts-2) Simona Premazzi (p,comp) Ameen Saleem (b) Jochen Rueckert (d) MILES DAVIS QUINTET THE FINAL TOUR – “Koncerthuset”, Stockholm, Sweden, March 22, 1960 Miles Davis (tp) John Coltrane (ts) Wynton Kelly […]

SPIKES’ SEVEN PODS OF PEPPER ORCHESTRA – Los Angeles, May 1922 Ory’s creole trombone, Society Blues Mutt Carey (cnt) Kid Ory (tb) Dink Johnson (cl) Freddie Washington (p) Ed Garland (b) Ben Borders (d) LOUIS ARMSTRONG AND HIS HOT FIVE – Chicago, November 12, 1925, February 22, 1926 (1) Gut bucket blues, Come back sweet […]

J.J. JOHNSON AND HIS ORCHESTRA “THE DYNAMIC SOUND OF J.J. WITH BIG BAND – New York, December 7, 1964 Stratusphunk, Bemsha swing Clark Terry (tp,flhrn) Ernie Royal (tp) J.J. Johnson (tb,arr) Jimmy Cleveland (tb) Tony Studd (b-tb) Jerry Dodgion (as,fl) Oliver Nelson (as,ts,arr) Jerome Richardson (ts,bar,fl) Hank Jones (p) Bob Cranshaw (b) Grady Tate (d) […]

  Celebramos el Dia Internacional del Jazz con la saxofonista Melissa Aldana quien comparte música que ha sido importante en su carrera.                 JOE HENDERSON THE STATE OF THE TENOR, VOL 1 & 2 – LIVE “VILLAGE VANGUARD” – New York, November 14, 1985 Ask Me Now Joe […]

FATS WALLER AND HIS RHYTHM NBC REMOTE BROADCAST “YACHT CLUB” – New York, October 22, 1938 Summer souvenirs, You must have been a beautiful baby Herman Autrey (tp) Gene Sedric (cl,ts) Fats Waller (p,vcl) Al Casey (g) Cedric Wallace (b) Slick Jones (d) FATS WALLER JAM SESSION WNEW RADIO BROADCAST – New York, November 23, […]