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CARLA BLEY “BIG BAND THEORY” – London, England, July 2 & 3, 1993 On the stage in cages, Birds of paradise, Fresh impression Lew Soloff, Guy Barker, Claude Deppa, Steve Waterman (tp) Gary Valente, Richard Edwards, Annie Whitehead (tb) Ashley Slater (b-tb) Roger Jannotta (sop,fl) Wolfgang Puschnig (as,fl) Andy Sheppard (ts,sop) Pete Hurt (ts) Julian […]

J.J. JOHNSON “J.J. INC.” – New York, August 1, 1960 Mohawk, Minor mist, In walked Horace Freddie Hubbard (tp) J.J. Johnson (tb) Clifford Jordan (ts) Cedar Walton (p) Arthur Harper (b) Albert “Tootie” Heath (d)             BARNEY KESSEL “THE POLL-WINNERS” – Los Angeles, March 18 & 19, 1957 Jordu, Mean […]

DAKOTA STATON “THE LATE LATE SHOW” – New York, February 28, March 2, 1957 The late late show, Summertime, Misty, A foggy day Dakota Staton (vcl) acc by Jonah Jones (tp) Hank Jones (p) unknown vib, g, b and d + orchestra, Van Alexander (dir)           CHET BAKER “CHET – THE […]

  JOHNNY DODDS: “DODDS & PARHAM” – Chicago, c. March, April, 1927 Oh daddy, Loveless love Johnny Dodds (cl) Tiny Parham (p) “DODDS & LIL ARMSTRONG” – Chicago, April 21, 1927 Oh ! Lizzie [A lover’s lament], Clarinet wobble, The new St. Louis blues Johnny Dodds (cl) Lil Armstrong (p) Bud Scott (g)     […]

AL FOSTER “REFLECTIONS” – New York, January 25, 2022 Pent-Up House, Anastasia, Punjab Nicholas Payton (t) Chris Potter (st/ss) Kevin Hays (p/tcl) Vicente Archer (b) Al Foster (dr)             TOMMY FLANAGAN “OVERSEAS” – Stockholm, Sweden, August 15, 1957 Eclypso, Dalarna, How Long Has This Been Going On Tommy Flanagan (p) […]

DIANA KRALL “THE GIRL IN THE OTHER ROOM” – Hollywood, CA & New York, 2004 Stop this world, Temptation, Almost blue, Black crow Diana Krall (vcl,p) acc by Neil Larsen (org-1) Anthony Wilson (g) Christian McBride (b) or John Clayton (b) Peter Erskine (d) or Jeff Hamilton (d) or Terri Lyne Carrington (d)     […]

    CONCERT TOWN HALL – NEW YORK, JUNE 9, 1945 RED NORVO GROUP – Seven come eleven Flip Phillips (t), Shorty Rogers (tp) Teddy Wilson (p) Remo Palmieri (g) Aaron Sachs (cl) Slam Stewart (b) Eddie Bert (tb) Norvo (vib) Specs Powell (d)           BILL COLEMAN – Star dust Bill […]

MARK TURNER “YAM YAM” – New York, December 12, 1994 Moment’s notice, Zurich (1) Mark Turner (ts) Seamus Blake, Terence Dean (ts-1) Kurt Rosenwinkel (g) Brad Mehldau (p) Larry Grenadier (b) Jorge “Jordi” Rossy (d)             CHARLES LLOYD “HYPERION WITH HIGGINS” – Los Angeles, December, 1999 Dancing waters, Big Sur […]

IDA COX “BLUES FOR RAMPART STREET” – New York, April 11 – 12, 1961 Hard, oh Lord, Blues for Rampart Street, St. Louis blues, Hard time blues Ida Cox (vcl) acc by Roy Eldridge (tp) Coleman Hawkins (ts) Sammy Price (p) Milt Hinton (b) Jo Jones (d)             EARL HINES […]

EASTERN REBELLION “MOSAIC” – New York, December 14 & 16, 1990 Sunflower, John’s blues Ralph Moore (ts) Cedar Walton (p) David Williams (b) Billy Higgins (d)             CYRUS CHESTNUT “MY FATHER’S HANDS” – New York, December 14, 2021 Nippon soul connection, Yesterday, Thinking about you Cyrus Chestnut (p) Peter Washington […]