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LOUIS ARMSTRONG’S BIG BAND – New York, October 3, 1935 I’m in the mood for love, La Cucaracha, Got a bran’ new suit Louis Armstrong (tp,vcl) Louis Bacon, Leonard Davis, Gus Aiken (tp) Harry White, Jimmy Archey (tb) Henry Jones, Charlie Holmes (as) Bingie Madison (cl,ts) Greely Walton (ts) Luis Russell (p) Lee Blair (g) […]

GEORGE SHEARING & THE MONTGOMERY BROTHERS – Los Angeles – October 9, 1961 Double deal, No hard feelings, Darn that dream, Love for sale Buddy Montgomery (vib) George Shearing (p) Wes Montgomery (g) Monk Montgomery (b) Walter Perkins (d) – October 10, 1961 Stranger in paradise, Mambo in chimes (wp out) Armando Peraza (cga) Rimaro […]

THE COTTON PICKERS – New York, March 27 & May 16 (1), 1929 Rampart Street blues, St. Louis gal (hc,sl vcl), Kansas City Kitty, No parking (1) Tommy Dorsey (tp) Glenn Miller (tb) Jimmy Dorsey (cl,as) Arthur Schutt (p) Perry Botkin (bj) Joe Tarto (b) Stan King (d) Hoagy Carmichael, Scrappy Lambert (vcl) prob. Carl […]

ART DAVIS – A TIME REMEMBERED – Hollywood, CA, January, 1995 Everybody’s doing it, Evidence, Every time we say goodbye Ravi Coltrane (ts,sop) Herbie Hancock (p) Art Davis (b) Marvin “Smitty” Smith (d)             JOE FARNSWORTH – CITY OF SOUNDS – New York, febrero 2021 New York Attitude, Bud-Like, No […]

LEE KONITZ & MARTIAL SOLAL – LIVE AT THE BERLIN JAZZ DAYS – Berlin, Germany, October 30, 1980 A ballad for Lennie, Improvisation No. 53, Subconcious-Lee Lee Konitz (as) Martial Solal (p)           BILL HOLMAN – KENTON PRESENTS JAZZ – Los Angeles, July 13, 1955 The mild one, My buddy, Where […]

  BUDDY RICH – THE SWINGING BUDDY RICH – Los Angeles, August 26, 1955 Sonny and Sweets [Blues in the closet], The two mothers, A smooth one Harry “Sweets” Edison (tp) Sonny Criss (as) Jimmy Rowles (p) John Simmons (b) Buddy Rich (d)         NAT KING COLE – AFTER MIDNIGHT – Los […]

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 , […]