LARRY YOUNG – INTO SOMETHIN’ – Englewood Cliffs, N.J., November 12, 1964 Tyrone, Ritha (sr out) Sam Rivers (ts) Larry Young (org) Grant Green (g) Elvin Jones (d)             SACHA PERRY – THE THIRD TIME AROUND – New York, November 4, 2007 Lea, Monkey and dog, Farewell brother Sacha Perry […]

DARNELL HOWARD & LUIS RUSSELL – Chicago, November 17, 1926 Plantation joys, Please don’t turn me down, Sweet Mumtaz, Dolly mine Bob Shoffner (cnt) Preston Jackson (tb) Darnell Howard (cl,as) Barney Bigard (ts) Luis Russell (p) Johnny St. Cyr (bj)         STATE STREET RAMBLERS Vol. 1 Chicago, August 13 & 15, 1927 […]

  ALTFRID M. SICKING – I AM – Munster, Oct 2020 Song for alf, I love these days, Moonsand Altfrid M. Sicking (vib/marimbas) Sebastian Altekamp (p)Ingo Senst (b) Christian Schoenefeldt (dr) Christian Kappe (t/flg) Martin Classen (st) Markus Paslick (perc).             PEGGY LEE – BLACK COFFEE – New York, April […]

BOOKER ERVIN – COOKIN’ – Newark, N.J., November 26, 1960 Dee da doo, Mr. Wiggles, Down in the dumps, Autumn leaves Richard Williams (tp) Booker Ervin (ts) Horace Parlan (p) George Tucker (b) Dannie Richmond (d)         CHRISTIAN VUUST & AARON PARKS – STORYTELLING – Copenhagen, Denmark, August 13, 2014 Eclipse , […]

TAFT JORDAN AND THE MOB – New York, February 21 & 22, 1935 Night wind, Devil in the moon Taft Jordan (tp) Ward Silloway (tb) Johnny Mince (cl) Elmer Williams (ts) Teddy Wilson (p) Bobby Johnson (g) John Kirby (b) Eddie Dougherty (d) TAFT JORDAN QUINTET MOOD INDIGO – New York, March 31 + June […]

LEE MORGAN THE COMPLETE LIVE AT THE LIGHTHOUSE – Hermosa Beach, CA. July 11, 1970 Speedball, Peyote Lee Morgan (t/flisc) Bennie Maupin (st/fl/clb) Harold Mabern (p) Jymie Merritt (b) Mickey Roker (dr).           GOGO PENGUIN MAN MADE OBJECT – Powys, Wales, May & June 2015 & Manchester, England, June & September […]

COOTIE WILLIAMS AND HIS RUG CUTTERS – New York, March 8, 1937 I can’t believe that you’re in love with me, Downtown uproar, Diga diga doo, Blue reverie, Tiger rag [Whispering tiger] Cootie Williams (tp) Joe Nanton (tb) Johnny Hodges (as,sop) Harry Carney (bar) Duke Ellington (p) Hayes Alvis (b) Sonny Greer (d)     […]

HAROLD LAND  – THE PEACEMAKER – Los Angeles, December 11, 1967 & February 26, 1968 40 love, Imagine, One for Nini, Stylin’ Harold Land (ts,fl-1) Bobby Hutcherson (vib) Joe Sample (p) Buster Williams (b) Donald Bailey (d)           PHILIP DIZACK – SINGLE SOUL – Brooklyn, NY, January 29, 2013 Benny’s tune, […]

HELEN SUNG & HARLEM QUARTET – QUARTET+ – c. 2021 Feed the fire (1), Mary’s waltz (3), Kaleidoscope John Ellis (ts-1,sop-2,fl-3) Helen Sung (p) David Wong (b) Kendrick Scott (d) + Harlem Quartet : Ilmar Gavilan, Melissa White (vln) Jaime Amador (viola) Felix Umansky (cello)         CHARLIE ROUSE YEAH ! – New […]

Earl Hines And His Orchestra – Chicago, IL, October 6, 1939 Riff medley (bj arr), XYZ (bj arr), ‘Gator swing (eh,qw arr), After all I’ve been to you (wf vcl,jm arr), Lightly and politely Walter Fuller (tp,vcl) Milton Fletcher, Ed Sims (tp) George Dixon (tp,as) Ed Burke, John “Streamline” Ewing, Joe McLewis (tb) Omer Simeon […]