PuroJazz

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 […]

  HAL STEIN – SPIRIT ! – Berkeley, CA, May 1, 2005 Shuffle Montgomery, Friday night at the Cadillac Club, Autumn nocturne Hal Stein (ts) Leo Bloom (p) John Wiitala (b) Danny Spencer (d) FRANK KIMBROUGH – MEANTIME – New York, December 7 & 8, 2014 Alabama song, Katonah, Last night when we were young […]

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 […]

THE FOUR FRESHMEN AND FIVE TROMBONES – Los Angeles, August, 1955 Angel eyes, Love is just around the corner, Speak low Bob Flanigan (vcl,tb,b) Don Barbour (vcl,g) Ross Barbour (vcl,d) Ken Errair (vcl,tp,mello,b) acc by Frank Rosolino, Harry Betts, Milt Bernhart, Tommy Pederson (tb) George Roberts (b-tb) Claude Williamson (p) Barney Kessel (g) Joe Mondragon […]

PEPPER ADAMS ENCOUNTER ! – New York, December 11 & 12, 1968 Elusive, Punjab, Verdandi Zoot Sims (ts) Pepper Adams (bar) Tommy Flanagan (p) Ron Carter (b) Elvin Jones (d) GRANT GREEN BORN TO BE BLUE – Englewood Cliffs, N.J., March 1, 1962 Born to be blue, If I should lose you, Back in your […]

  LOUIS HAYES – RETURN OF THE JAZZ COMMUNICATORS – Live, “Smoke Jazz Club”, New York, November 16, 2013 Soul-Leo, Groovin’ for Nat Abraham Burton (ts) Steve Nelson (vib) David Bryant (p) Dezron Douglas (b) Louis Hayes (d) BILL EVANS – TRIO ’64 – New York, December 18, 1963 Little Lulu, A sleepin’ bee, For […]

BENNIE GREEN – BACK ON THE SCENE – Hackensack, N.J., March 23, 1958 I love you, Melba’s mood, Just friends Bennie Green (tb) Charlie Rouse (ts) Joe Knight (p) George Tucker (b) Louis Hayes (d) HANS GLAWISCHNIG – COMMON GROUND – Brooklyn, NY, April 11, 2001 Windy city (1,3), Common ground (1), Out of context […]