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) […]

HANK MOBLEY – DIPPIN’ – Englewood Cliffs, NJ, June 18, 1965 The dip The breakthrough,I see your face before me, The vamp Lee Morgan (tp) Hank Mobley (ts) Harold Mabern (p) Larry Ridley (b) Billy Higgins (d)             GERALD WILSON – YOU BETTER BELIEVE IT – Los Angeles, September 9, […]

BUSTER BAILEY  – And His Seven Chocolate Dandies – New York, December 28, 1934 Call of the delta, Shanghai shuffle Henry “Red” Allen (tp) J.C. Higginbotham (tb) Buster Bailey (cl) Benny Carter (as) Charlie Beal (p) Danny Barker (g) Elmer James (b) Walter Johnson (d) Fletcher Henderson (arr) – And His Rhythm Busters – New […]

THE COOKERS – LOOK OUT! – Englewood Cliffs, NJ, c. 2020 Destiny is yours, Traveling lady Eddie Henderson, David Weiss (tp) Donald Harrison (as) Billy Harper (ts) George Cables (p) Cecil McBee (b) Billy Hart (d)           WYNTON KELLY – KELLY BLUE – New York, February 19, 1959 Kelly blue Nat […]