GERALD WILSON YOU BETTER BELIEVE IT – Los Angeles, September 9, 1961 Blues for Yna Yna Ray Triscari, Jimmy Zito, John Audino, Carmell Jones (tp) Bob Edmondson, Lester Robertson, John “Streamline” Ewing (tb) Ken Shroyer (b-tb) Buddy Collette (cl,as,fl) Harry Klee (as) Harold Land, Teddy Edwards (ts) Jack Nimitz (bar) Richard “Groove” Holmes (org) Jimmy […]

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MULLIGAN MEETS MONK – New York, August 12 & 13, 1957 Round midnight, Rhythm-a-ning, I mean you Gerry Mulligan (bar) Thelonious Monk (p) Wilbur Ware (b) Shadow Wilson (d) AHMAD JAMAL – MARSEILLE – Malakoff, France, July, 2016 Marseille, Sometimes I feel like a motherless child, I came back to see you/You were not there […]

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JOE LOVANO – 52ND STREET THEMES – New York, November 4, 1999 Charlie Chan, Passion flower, Tadd’s delight Tim Hagans (tp) Conrad Herwig (tb) Steve Slagle (as) Joe Lovano (ts,arr) George Garzone (ts) Gary Smulyan (bar) John Hicks (p) Dennis Irwin (b) Lewis Nash (d) JACK DEJOHNETTE – RETURN – New York, June 6 & […]

LAUREN SEVIAN – BLISS – Brooklyn, NY, September 19, 2017 Triple water, Bliss, Miss Lady Lauren Sevian (bar) Alexa Tarantino (as) Robert Rodriguez (p) Christian McBride (b) E.J. Strickland (d) OWL TRIO FEATURING KURT ELLING – LIFE OF THE PARTY – April 2019 New York City French song, Life of the party, Struggle session, The […]

  FRANK SOCOLOW – SOUNDS BY SOCOLOW – New York, November, 1956 Miss Finegold (1), But not for me (1), Swing low, sweet Socolow, I cried for you (1) Eddie Bert (tb) Frank Socolow (as,ts) Eddie Costa (p) Sal Salvador (g) Bill Takas (b) Jimmy Campbell (d) Manny Albam (arr-1) FRANK MORGAN – MOOD INDIGO […]

TONY MARTUCCI – ANCESTRAL VOICES – – Annapolis, Md May, Oct 2016 Dialed in, Quite Some Sweating Tent Jeff Antoniuk (st/ss/sa) Luis Hernandez (st) Tom Baldwin (b) John Lee (g) Tony Martucci (dr) NICOLAS VERA – LA RUEDA DEL TIEMPO – Brooklyn, NY, May 4, 2016 Eronel, El maravilloso mundo del silencio, You’ve changed Nicolas […]