DAN BLAKE DA FE – USA, August, 2019 Cry of the east , Doctor Armchair, Da fe Dan Blake (ts,sop) Carmen Staaf (p) Leo Genovese (synt,p) Dmitry Ishenko (b,el-b) Jeff Williams (d)             THE HERBIE NICHOLS PROJECT LOVE IS PROXIMITY – Brooklyn, NY, May 4, 1995 & May 11, 1996 […]

BUDDY JOHNSON AND HIS ORCHESTRA  –  New York, November 16, 1939 Reese’s idea Courtney Williams (tp) Don Stovall (as) Sonny Fredericks (ts) Buddy Johnson (p,vcl) unknown (g), (b) and (d)  – New York, May 1, 1941 Troyon club swing, Southern exposure Shad Collins (tp) Scoville Brown (as,cl) Joe Eldridge (as) Kenneth Hollon (ts) Buddy Johnson […]

FRANK SOCOLOW’S  – DUKE QUINTET /  SOUNDS BY SOCOLOW – New York, May 2, 1945 Reverse the charges, The man I love, September in the rain Freddie Webster (tp) Frank Socolow (ts) Bud Powell (p) Leonard Gaskin (b) Irv Kluger (d) – New York, November, 1956 Miss Finegold (1), But not for me (1), Swing […]

TOMMY LADNIER NEW ORLEANS FEETWARMERS – New York, September 15, 1932 Sweetie dear (2), I want you tonight (wm vcl,1,2,*), I’ve found a new baby (1), Maple leaf rag [Maple rag], Shag (wm vcl,1) Tommy Ladnier (tp) Teddy Nixon (tb) Sidney Bechet (sop-1,cl-2) Hank Duncan (p) Ernest Wilson Myers (b,vcl) Morris Morand (d) Bill Maxey […]

BRANFORD MARSALIS THE DARK KEYS   – Tarrytown, NY, July 31-August 2, 1996 The dark keys, Judas Iscariot (1) Kenny Garrett (as-1) Branford Marsalis (ts,sop) Joe Lovano (ts-2) Reginald Veal (b) Jeff “Tain” Watts (d)           DENA DEROSE ODE TO THE ROAD – Teaneck, NJ, October 1 & 2, 2019 Ode […]

MATTHEW SHIPP TRIO PIANO SONG – Brooklyn, NY, April 5, 2016 Cosmopolitan, Links, Scrambled brain Matthew Shipp (p) Michael Bisio (b) Newman Taylor Baker (d)           MILES DAVIS QUINTET FREEDOM JAZZ DANCE THE BOOTLEG SERIES VOLUME 5 – New York, October 24, 1966 Freedom Jazz Dance, Circle, Footprints Miles Davis (tp) […]

JOHNNY HODGES AND HIS ORCHESTRA EVERYBODY KNOWS JOHNNY HODGES – New York, February 6, 1964 Everybody know, A flower is a lovesome thing, The Jeep is jumpin’ Ray Nance (tp,vln,vcl) Cat Anderson, Rolf Ericson, Herbie Jones (tp) Lawrence Brown, Buster Cooper, Britt Woodman (tb) Jimmy Hamilton (cl,ts) Russell Procope (cl,as) Johnny Hodges (as) Paul Gonsalves […]

CURTIS FULLER SLIDING EASY – New York, March 9, 1959 C.T.A. (1), When lights are low (2), Bongo bop (2), A bit of heaven (2) Lee Morgan (tp) Curtis Fuller (tb) Hank Mobley (ts) Tommy Flanagan (p) Paul Chambers (b) Elvin Jones (d) Gigi Gryce (arr-1,tamb-3)           SIR ROLAND HANNA – […]

ART HODES’ HOT FIVE – New York, October 12, 1945 Save it pretty mama, ‘Way down yonder in New Orleans (2), Memphis blues (1), St. James infirmary Wild Bill Davison (cnt) Sidney Bechet (sop-1,cl-2) Art Hodes (p) Pops Foster (b) Freddie Moore (d,vcl)           COOTIE WILLIAMS AND HIS RUG CUTTERS – […]

J.C. HEARD/BILL PERKINS QUINTET LIVE “LIGHTHOUSE” – Hermosa Beach, CA, February, 1964 Bob’s blues, J.C.’s tune Bill Perkins (ts,bar) Frank Strazzeri (p) Joe Pass (g) Jim Hughart (b) J.C. Heard (d)             HAROLD MABERN MABERN PLAYS COLTRANE – LIVE “SMOKE” – New York, January 5-7, 2018 Dahomey dance, Blue Train, […]