BUCK CLAYTON & BUDDY TATE – KANSAS CITY NIGHTS – Englewood Cliffs, N.J., December 20, 1960 High life, When a woman loves a man (bt out), Thou swell, Can’t we be friends ? Buck Clayton (tp) Buddy Tate (ts) Sir Charles Thompson (p) Gene Ramey (b) Mousie Alexander (d) BOBBY TIMMONS – THIS HERE […]

RAHSAAN ROLAND KIRK – WE FREE KINGS – New York, August 16 & 17, 1961 Blues for Alice, A sack full of soul, You did it, you did it (1) We free kings (1) Rahsaan Roland Kirk (ts,stritch,manzello,fl,siren) Richard Wyands, Hank Jones (1) (p) Wendell Marshall (1), Art Davis (b) Charlie Persip (d) DON FRIEDMAN […]

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ELVIN JONES – PUTTIN’ IT TOGETHER – Englewood Cliffs, N.J., April 8, 1968 Keiko’s birthday march (2), Jay-Ree (1), Gingerbread boy (1) Joe Farrell (ts-1,pic-2) Jimmy Garrison (b) Elvin Jones (d) DICK HYMAN PLAYS DUKE ELLINGTON – High School Auditorium, Santa Ana, CA, August 23, 1992 The clothed woman, I let a song go out […]

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BARRY HARRIS – AT THE JAZZ WORKSHOP – San Francisco, CA, May 15 & 16, 1960 Moose the mooche, Don’t blame me, Woody’n you Barry Harris (p) Sam Jones (b) Louis Hayes (d) J.R. MONTEROSE – Hackensack, N.J., October 21, 1956 Wee jay, Marc V , Beauteous Ira Sullivan (tp) J.R. Monterose (ts) Horace Silver […]

WARREN VACHÉ – DREAM DANCING – New York, May 13 & 14, 2003 Lover, come back to me (1), Close your eyes, What’s new (1) Warren Vache (cnt,vcl) Harry Allen (ts-1) Bill Charlap (p) Dennis Irwin (b) Eddie Locke (d) VICTOR FELDMAN – THE ARRIVAL OF VICTOR FELDMAN – Los Angeles, January 21 & 22, […]