ART PEPPER – PROMISE KEPT – Burbank, CA, May 25 & 26, 1979 Straight No Chaser Art Pepper (as) George Cables (p) Charlie Haden (b) Billy Higgins (d) – New York, February 23, 1979 My Friend John Art Pepper (as) Hank Jones (p) Ron Carter (b) Al Foster (d)       RAHN BURTON – […]

BENNY GOODMAN. Early Goodman – Benny Goodman’s Boys – New York, June 4, 1928 Jungle blues (1,4) Benny Goodman (cl-1,as-2,bar-3,cnt-4) Jimmy McPartland (cnt) Glenn Miller (tb) Fud Livingston (cl, ts) Tommy Dorsey (tb-5) Vic Briedis (p) Dick Morgan (g) Harry Goodman (tu) Ben Pollack (d) – New York, December 18, 1933 Riffin’ the scotch (bh […]

  ART BLAKEY & THE JAZZ MESSENGERS – FIRST FLIGHT TO TOKYO: THE LOST 1961 RECORDINGS – Concert “Hibiya Public Hall”, Tokyo, Japan, January 14, 1961 Now’s the time (version 2) Lee Morgan (tp) Wayne Shorter (ts) Bobby Timmons (p) Jymie Merritt (b) Art Blakey (d)           JOHN DENNIS – NEW […]

MUGGSY SPANIER – BUCKTOWN FIVE – Richmond, Indiana, February 25, 1924 Steady roll blues, Chicago blues, Buddy’s habits, Someday sweetheart Muggsy Spanier (cnt) Guy Carey (tb) Volly de Faut (cl) Mel Stitzel (p) Marvin Saxbe (bj,g,cymbal)             FRANK GUARENTE – THE GEORGIANS – December 1, 1922 I wish I could […]

HAROLD MABERN – MABERN PLAYS COLTRANE – Nueva York, Enero 2018, lanzamiento Nov 2021 Dahomey Dance, Naima Harold Mabern (p) Vincent Herring (sa) Eric Alexander (st) Steve Davis (tbn.) John Webber (b) Joe Farnsworth (dr)           MARCUS ROBERTS – THE TRUTH IS SPOKEN HERE – New York, July 26 & 27, […]

BEN ALLISON – QUIET REVOLUTION – New York, September 1 & 2, 2015 All across the city, Move it, Careful, The train and the river Ted Nash (saxes,cl) Steve Cardenas (g) Ben Allison (b)           JASON MORAN – TEN – New York, October, 2009 Blue blocks, RFK in the land of […]

COUNT BASIE AND HIS ORCHESTRA (I) Count Basie Bennie Moten’s Kansas City Orchestra – Camden, NJ, December 13, 1932 Toby, Moten swing Hot Lips Page, Joe Keyes, Prince “Dee” Stewart (tp) Dan Minor (tb) Eddie Durham (v-tb,g,arr) Eddie Barefield (cl,as) Jack Washington (as,bar) Ben Webster (ts) Count Basie (p) Leroy “Buster” Berry (g) Walter Page […]

CHRISTIAN MCBRIDE’S INSIGHT STRAIGHT – AT THE VILLAGE VANGUARD – New York, December 5-7, 2014 The shade of the cedar tree, Stick & move Steve Wilson (as,sop,comp) Warren Wolf (vib,comp) Peter Martin (p) Christian McBride (b,comp) Carl Allen (d) NORMA WINSTONE – STORIES YET TO TELL – Udine, Italy, December, 2009 Just sometimes, Cradle song […]

JIMMIE NOONE – Jimmie Noone’s Apex Club Orchestra – Chicago, May 16, 1928 I know that you know, Four or five times (jn,jp vcl) Jimmie Noone (cl,vcl) Joe Poston (cl,as,vcl) Earl Hines (p) Bud Scott (bj,g) Johnny Wells (d) – New York, December 1, 1937 Apex blues, Oh, sister ! ain’t that hot ? Sweet […]

SUN RA – JAZZ BY SUN RA – Chicago, July 12, 1956 Brainville, A call for all demons, Transition, Street named Hell Art Hoyle (tp,bells-3) Dave Young (tp,bells) Julian Priester (tb,chimes-4,arr) James Scales (as) John Gilmore (ts,woodblocks) Pat Patrick (bar,bells-3) Sun Ra (p,org-2) Richard Evans (b) Wilburn Green (el-b,tamb) Robert Barry (d,bells) Jim Herndon (tymp,timb,bells) […]