J.J. JOHNSON SEXTET THE EMINENT JAY JAY JOHNSON – New York, June 22, 1953 Capri (1), Turnpike (1,2), It could happen to you (cb out), Get happy (1) Clifford Brown (tp) J.J. Johnson (tb) Jimmy Heath (ts-1,bar-2) John Lewis (p) Percy Heath (b) Kenny Clarke (d)               WALT DICKERSON […]

  LESTER YOUNG KANSAS CITY SEVEN – New York, March 22, 1944 After theatre jump, Six cats and a prince, Lester leaps again Buck Clayton (tp,arr) Dicky Wells (tb) Lester Young (ts) Count Basie (p) [as Prince Charming (p) ] Freddie Green (g) Rodney Richardson (b) Jo Jones (d)           BARNEY […]

JEREMY PELT MEN OF HONOR – Englewood Cliffs, N.J., August 11, 2009 Backroad, Milo Hayward, Brooklyn bound Jeremy Pelt (tp) J.D. Allen (ts) Danny Grissett (p) Dwayne Burno (b) Gerald Cleaver (d)             HAMPTON HAWES QUARTET FOR REAL – Los Angeles, March 17, 1958 Crazeology, Numbers game, For real Harold […]

  SIDNEY BECHET / ALBERT NICHOLAS BLUE FIVE – New York, February 12, 1946 Quincy Street Stomp [Blame it on the blues], Stack O’Lee blues, Bechet’s fantasy, Weary way blues Sidney Bechet (cl,sop) Albert Nicholas (cl) Art Hodes (p) Pops Foster (b) Danny Alvin (d)           BIX BEIDERBECKE BIX RESTORED VOL.1 […]

LOUIS HAYES CRISIS – New York, January, 2021 Arab Arab, Roses poses, It’s only a paper moon Abraham Burton (ts) Steve Nelson (vib) David Hazeltine (p) Dezron Douglas (b) Louis Hayes (d)             LARRY BLUTH FORMATIONS – New York, October, 1996 Formations, Moonlight in Vermont Larry Bluth (p) Don Messina […]

TED NASH STILL EVOLVED – Maggie’s Farm, Bucks County, PA, August 28 & 29, 2002 The shooting star (1), Ida’s spoons (1) Wynton Marsalis (tp-1) Marcus Printup (tp-2) Ted Nash (ts) Frank Kimbrough (p) Ben Allison (b) Matt Wilson (d)       SARA CASWELL FIRST SONG – Nashville, TN, August 26 and September 3 […]

  CHARLIE BARNET Y SU ORQUESTA – New York, January 20, 1939 Tin roof blues, Knockin’ at the Famous Door, Jump session, Swing street strut Bob Burnet, John Mendell, Charles Huffine (tp) Ben Hall, Bill Robertson, Don Ruppersberg (tb) Charlie Barnet (sax,ldr,arr) Gene Kinsey, Don McCook (as) James Lamare (ts,bar) Kurt Bloom (ts) Nat Jaffe […]

ALI JACKSON/AARON GOLDBERG/OMER AVITAL YES! – Brooklyn, NY, December 29, 2009 Maraba blue, Epistrophy Aaron Goldberg (p) Omer Avital (b) Ali Jackson (d)             SERGE CHALOFF’S “SEXTETTE” / “AND THE HERDSMEN” – New York, March 5, 1947 Pumpernickel, Gabardine and Serge, A bar a second Red Rodney (tp) Earl Swope […]

DEPARIS BROTHERS ORCHESTRA – New York, February 5, 1944 I’ve found a new baby, Black and blue, The Sheik of Araby Sidney DeParis (tp) Wilbur DeParis (tb) Edmond Hall (cl) Clyde Hart (p) Billy Taylor, Sr. (b) Specs Powell (d)           GEORGE WETTLING AND HIS RHYTHM KINGS – New York, July […]

LARRY GOLDINGS – PETER BERNSTEIN – BILL STEWART PERPETUAL PENDULUM – New York, July 15 & 16, 2021. United, Prelude, Django Larry Goldings (org) Peter Bernstein (g) Bill Stewart (dr)             RUDY ROYSTON RISE OF ORION – New York, February 29, 2016 Nautical, Kolbe war Jon Irabagon (ts) Yasushi Nakamura […]