DUKE PEARSON SWEET HONEY BEE – Englewood Cliffs, N.J., December 7, 1966 Big Bertha (2), Empathy (1) Freddie Hubbard (tp) James Spaulding (fl1,as2) Joe Henderson (ts) Duke Pearson (p,arr) Ron Carter (b) Mickey Roker (d)             SHIRLEY SCOTT BLUES EVERYWHERE LIVE “BIRDLAND” – New York, November 22, 1991 Blues everywhere, […]

LEO GENOVESE RITUAL – Porto, Portugal, July 29, 2019 Tinajitas (nl vcl), Burn the waltz, The law of positivity Leo Genovese (p,comp) Demian Cabaud (b) Jeff Williams (d) Nadia Larcher (vcl)       MARK WADE TRUE STORIES – Mount Vernon, New York, in May of 2021. Feel More Like I Do Now, Feel More […]

BENNY GOODMAN AND HIS ORCHESTRA – Hollywood, CA, July 7, 1937 Roll ’em (mlw arr), When it’s sleepy time down south (fh arr), Afraid to dream (bv vcl), Changes (fh arr) Harry James (tp, arr) Ziggy Elman, Chris Griffin (tp) Red Ballard, Murray McEachern (tb) Benny Goodman (cl) Hymie Schertzer, George Koenig (as) Arthur Rollini, […]

THELONIOUS MONK QUINTET /  MILT JACKSON QUINTET – New York, July 23, 1951 Four in one, Criss cross, Eronel, Willow, weep for me (ss out) Sahib Shihab (as) Milt Jackson (vib) Thelonious Monk (p) Al McKibbon (b) Art Blakey (d) – New York, April 7, 1952 Bags’ groove Lou Donaldson (as1) Milt Jackson (vib) John […]

JOE KING OLIVER CREOLE JAZZ BAND – Richmond, Indiana, April 5, 1923 Just gone, Canal Street blues, Mandy Lee blues, Weather Bird Rag, I’m Going Away To Wear You Off My Mind, Chimes blues King Oliver, Louis Armstrong (cnt) Honore Dutrey (tb) Johnny Dodds (cl) Lil Armstrong (p) Bud Scott (bj) Baby Dodds (d)   […]

DON CHERRY ART DECO – Englewood Cliffs, N.J., August 27, 28 & 30, 1988 Art deco, The blessing Don Cherry (tp) James Clay (ts) Charlie Haden (b) Billy Higgins (d)               CHARLES LLOYD WILD MAN DANCE – Jazztopad Festival, Wroclaw, Poland, November 24, 2013 Wild man dance suite – […]

IMMANUEL WILKINS THE 7TH HAND Nueva York (?) – c. 2021 Fugitive ritual, Lighthouse, Don’t break Elena Pinderhughes (fl) Immanuel Wilkins (as) Micah Thomas (p) Daryl Johns (b) Kweku Sumbry (d) + Farafina Kan Percussion Ensemble             WARREN VACHE DREAM DANCING – New York, May 13 & 14, 2003 Close […]

DAVE BRUBECK QUARTET TIME OUT – New York, June 25, 1959 Blue rondo a la turk, Take five, Strange meadow lark, Pick Up The Sticks Paul Desmond (as) Dave Brubeck (p) Eugene Wright (b) Joe Morello (d)             RON MILES I AM A MAN – Denver, CO, December, 2016 Is […]

TOMMY LADNIER LOVIE AUSTIN AND HER BLUES SERENADERS – Chicago, December, 1923 Southern blues Ma Rainey (vcl) acc by Tommy Ladnier (cnt) Jimmy O’Bryant (cl) Lovie Austin (p) FLETCHER HENDERSON AND HIS ORCHESTRA – Nueva York 8 De Diciembre, 1926 Hot mustard Russell Smith, Joe Smith, Tommy Ladnier (tp) Benny Morton (tb) Buster Bailey (cl,sop,as) […]

BILL EVANS TRIO IN BUENOS AIRES – Morning Glory – Live “Cine Teatro Gran Rex”, Buenos Aires, Argentina, June 24, 1973 Re: person I knew, What are you doing the rest of your life?, Waltz for Debby, My foolish heart Bill Evans (p) Eddie Gomez (b) Marty Morell (d)             […]