SONNY ROLLINS, COLEMAN HAWKINS SONNY MEETS HAWK ! – New York, July 18, 1963 Just friends, Summertime, At McKie’s Sonny Rollins, Coleman Hawkins (ts) Paul Bley (p) Henry Grimes (b) Roy McCurdy (d)           PETE MALINVERNI ON THE TOWN (MALINVERNI PLAYS LEONARD BERNSTEIN) – Nueva Jersey, c 2021 Some other time, […]

CLAUDE HOPKINS AND HIS ORCHESTRA – New York, May 24, 1932 I would do anything for you (oa vcl, Mad moments (ch arr), Mush mouth (jm arr), How’m I doin’ ? (oa vcl) Albert Snaer, Sylvester Lewis (tp) Ovie Alston (tp,vcl) Fernando Arbello (tb) Edmond Hall (cl,as,bar) Gene Johnson (as) Bobby Sands (ts) Claude Hopkins […]

THE LEADERS SLIPPING AND SLIDING – Brooklyn, New York, June 15-17, 1993 & January 7 & 8, 1994 Slippin’ and slidin’, Blues on the bottom Lester Bowie (tp) Arthur Blythe (as) Chico Freeman (ts,sop,b-cl) Kirk Lightsey (p) Cecil McBee (b) Famoudou Don Moye (d, perc)         BILL EVANS TRIO CON WARNE MARSH […]

ANDREW HILL – ONE FOR ONE – Englewood Cliffs, N.J., January 23, 1970 Ocho rios (One for One) Cascade [Without malice] Charles Tolliver (tp,flhrn) Pat Patrick (fl,as,bar) Bennie Maupin (fl,ts,b-cl) Andrew Hill (p) Ron Carter (b) Ben Riley (d)         AARON SACHS OCTET – CLARINET & CO – New York, February 18 […]

BUDDY RICH AND HIS ORCHESTRA THIS ONE’S FOR BASIE – Los Angeles, August 24 & 25, 1956 Blues for Basie, Down for double, Jump for me Pete Candoli, Harry “Sweets” Edison, Conrad Gozzo (tp) Frank Rosolino (tb) Bob Enevoldsen (v-tb) Bob Cooper (ts) Buddy Collette (bar,fl) Jimmy Rowles (p) Bill Pittman (g) Joe Mondragon (b) […]

HERBIE NICHOLS THE PROPHETIC HERBIE NICHOLS, VOL. 1 – Hackensack, N.J., May 6, 1955 The third world, Step tempest, Dance line, Blue chopsticks, Double exposure, Cro-Magnon nights Herbie Nichols (p) Al McKibbon (b) Art Blakey (d)           HERBIE NICHOLS THE PROPHETIC HERBIE NICHOLS, VOL. 2 – Hackensack, N.J., May 13, 1955 […]

CHARLIE JOHNSON’S ORIGINAL PARADISE TEN – New York, January 24, 1928 You ain’t the one (mm vcl,bc arr), Charleston is the best dance after all (bc arr) Jabbo Smith, Leonard Davis, Sidney DeParis (tp) Charlie Irvis (tb) Benny Carter (cl,sop,as) Edgar Sampson (as,vcl) Elmer Harrell (cl,ts) Charlie Johnson (p) Bobby Johnson (bj) Cyrus St. Clair […]

BILL EVANS QUINTET INTERPLAY – New York, July 16, 1962 You go to my head, When you wish upon a star, I’ll never smile again Freddie Hubbard (tp) Bill Evans (p) Jim Hall (g) Percy Heath (b) Philly Joe Jones (d)           FÉLIX LECAROS BITÁCORA – Santiago 2021 Smac, Wee See, […]

DONALD BYRD – THE CREEPER – Englewood Cliffs, N.J., October 5, 1967 The creeper, Samba Yantra Donald Byrd (tp) Sonny Red (as) Pepper Adams (bar) Chick Corea (p) Miroslav Vitous (b) Mickey Roker (d)           GONZALO RUBALCABA – SKYLINE -ca 2020 Lagrimas Negras, A Quiet Place, RonJackRuba Gonzalo Rubalcaba (p) Ron […]

ROY ELDRIDGE AND HIS ORCHESTRA – Chicago, May 14, 1936 Too good to be true, Warming up, Blues in C sharp minor Roy Eldridge (tp,vcl) Buster Bailey (cl) Chu Berry (ts) Teddy Wilson (p) Bob Lessey (g) Israel Crosby (b) Sidney Catlett (d) – Chicago, January 23, 1937 Wabash stomp, Florida stomp. Roy Eldridge (tp) […]