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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 […]

ALEX SIPIAGIN DESTINATIONS UNKNOWN – Brooklyn, NY, January 14, 2011 Fast forward, Meu canario vizinho azul Alex Sipiagin (tp,flhrn) David Binney (as) Chris Potter (ts) Craig Taborn (p,el-p) Boris Kozlov (b) Eric Harland (d)           THE OSCAR PETERSON QUARTET W JOE PASS A TIME FOR LOVE – Live “Kulttuuritalo”, Helsinki, Finland, […]

DUKE ELLINGTON AND HIS COTTON CLUB ORCHESTRA  – New York, January 8, 1929 Doin’ the voom voom, Tiger rag Bubber Miley, Freddy Jenkins, Arthur Whetsel (tp) Joe Nanton (tb) Barney Bigard (cl,as) Johnny Hodges (as,sop) Harry Carney (bar,cl,as) Duke Ellington (p) Fred Guy (bj) Wellman Braud (b) Sonny Greer (d) Irving Mills, Ozie Ware (vcl) […]

TED NASH – SOMEWHERE ELSE: WEST SIDE STORY SONGS – New York, December 17 & 18, 2018 Jet song, A boy like that, Something’s coming Ted Nash (ts,cl,arr) Steve Cardenas (g) Ben Allison (b)           TED ROSENTHAL TRIO – IMPROMPTU – Riveredge, N.J., December 21 & 23, 2009 Nocturne in F […]

PAUL MOTIAN – I HAVE THE ROOM ABOVE HER – New York, April 6, 2004 Osmosis part III, I have the room above her, Dreamland Joe Lovano (ts) Bill Frisell (g) Paul Motian (d)           RACHEL Z – ON THE MILKY WAY EXPRESS – 2000 Pinocchio, Footprints, Black Nile Rachel Z […]