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THE EIGHTY SEVEN YEARS OF DOC CHEATHAM – New York, September 17 & 18, 1992 Okay, baby, Love you madly, That’s my home, Have you met Miss Jones Doc Cheatham (tp,vcl) Chuck Folds (p) Bucky Calabrese (b) Jackie Williams (d)           CHET BAKER QUINTET LONELY STAR – Englewood Cliffs, N.J., August […]

MASTERS & BARON MEET BLANTON & WEBSTER – Glendale, CA, October, 2019 I got it bad (and that ain’t good), A flower is a lovesome thing, Jack the bear Scott Engelbright, Les Lovitt, Ron Stout, Tim Hagans (tp) Les Benedict, Dave Woodley, Art Baron (tb) Danny House (as,cl) Kirsten Edkins, Jerry Pinter (ts,sop) Bruce Lett […]

JOHNNY DODDS’ BLACK BOTTOM STOMPERS – Chicago, April 22, 1927 Melancholy, Weary blues, New Orleans stomp, Wild man blues Louis Armstrong (cnt) Roy Palmer (tb) Johnny Dodds (cl) Barney Bigard (ts) Earl Hines (p) Bud Scott (bj) Baby Dodds (d)           FLETCHER HENDERSON AND HIS ORCHESTRA NEW YORK: – September 13, […]

ART BLAKEY & THE JAZZ MESSENGERS – MEET YOU AT THE JAZZ CORNER OF THE WORLD VOL II – Live “Birdland”, New York, September 14, 1960 High modes, Night watch Lee Morgan (tp) Wayne Shorter (ts) Bobby Timmons (p) Jymie Merritt (b) Art Blakey (d)         GERRY MULLIGAN – MEETS BEN WEBSTER […]

THE BILL HOLMAN BAND – BRILLIANT CORNERS THE MUSIC OF THELONIOUS MONK – Hollywood, CA, February 11 & 12, 1997 Bemsha swing, Brilliant corners Carl Saunders, Frank Szabo, Ron Stout, Bob Summers (tp,flhrn) Jack Redmond, Andy Martin (tb) Bob Enevoldsen (v-tb) Kenny Shroyer (b-tb) Lanny Morgan (as,fl) Bill Perkins (as,sop,fl) Pete Christlieb (ts,sop,fl) Ray Herrmann […]

JIMMY RUSHING – BLUES AND THINGS  – New York, July 19, 1967 Am I blue ?, Save it pretty mama (jr vcl), St. Louis blues (jr vcl) Budd Johnson (ts,sop-1) Earl Hines (p) Bill Pemberton (b) Oliver Jackson (d) Jimmy Rushing (vcl) ANAT FORT – AND IF  – Oslo, Norway, February, 2009 Paul Motian (#1), […]

SARAH WILSON – KALEIDOSCOPE – Brooklyn, NY, June 12 & 13, 2012 Presence, Young woman, Kaleidoscope, Go Sarah Wilson (t/voz) Myra Melford (p) Matt Wilson (dr) Charles Burnham (vln) , el bajista Jerome Harris (b) John Schott (g)           AZAR LAWRENCE – PRAYER FOR MY ANCESTORS – Pasadena, CA, July 5 […]

KID ORY – CREOLE JAZZ BAND – Los Angeles, August 3, 1944 Get out of here, South, Blues for Jimmie, Creole song (ko vcl) Mutt Carey (tp) Kid Ory (tb,vcl) Omer Simeon (cl) Buster Wilson (p) Bud Scott (bj) Ed Garland (b) Alton Redd (d)         JACK TEAGARDEN AND HIS CHICAGOANS AND […]

LENNIE TRISTANO PERSONAL RECORDINGS 1946-1970               (I) – Live Trio Live “White’s Restaurant”, Freeport, Long Island, NY, 1946 Lennie’s song, Lennie Tristano (p) Billy Bauer (g) Arnold Fishkin (b) – Live Trio NYC October 1947 Rhapsody Lennie Tristano (p) Billy Bauer (g) ( b unknown) (II) – Solo piano […]

PAUL BLEY – FRAGMENTS – Oslo, Norway, January 15-17, 1986 Memories, Once around the park , Nothing ever was anyway John Surman (sop,bar,b-cl) Paul Bley (p) Bill Frisell (el-g) Paul Motian (d)           PATTY WATERS – AN EVENING IN HOUSTON – April 9, 2018 You’re my thrill, Lonely woman , I […]