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May 14, 2025Puro Jazz 13 de mayo, 2025
GERRY MULLIGAN/PAUL DESMOND QUARTET “BLUES IN TIME”
Hollywood, CA, August 2, 1957
Blues in time, Body and soul
Paul Desmond (as) Gerry Mulligan (bar) Joe Benjamin (b) Dave Bailey (d)
THE SINGERS UNLIMITED WITH THE OSCAR PETERSON TRIO “IN TUNE”
Villingen, Germany, July 5-13, 1971 It never entered my mind, A child is born, The shadow of your smile
Oscar Peterson (p) George Mraz (b) Louis Hayes (d) Gene Puerling (vcl,vcl arr) Don Shelton, Len Dresslar, Bonnie Herman (vcl)
RALPH BOWEN “TOTAL ECLIPSE”
October 20, 2011 at Acoustic Recording, Brooklyn, NY
Total eclipse, Behind the curtain, Into the city
Ralph Bowen (ts) Jared Gold (org) Mike Moreno (g) Rudy Royston (d)
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59 min
May 13, 2025Puro Jazz 12 de mayo, 2025
CHARLIE PARKER “CHARLIE PARKER’S REBOPPERS”
New York, November 26, 1945
Billie’s bounce, (1,3) Now’s the time, (1,3) Thriving from a riff Anthropology, Meandering (3), Ko-ko (2,3)
Miles Davis (tp-1) Dizzy Gillespie (tp-2,p-3) Charlie Parker (as) Argonne Thornton (p-4) [aka Sadik Hakim (p) ] Curly Russell (b) Max Roach (d)
PAOLO FRESU & URI CAINE “THINK”
Cavalicco, Italy, October 10-12, 2008
Blood money, Darn that dream, Doxy, Roberto Strepitoso
Paolo Fresu (tp,flhrn) Uri Caine (p,el-p) + Alborada String Quartet : Anton Berovski, Nico Ciricugno (vln) Sonia Peana (viola) Piero Salvatori (cello)
CHET BAKER/ART PEPPER SEXTET “PICTURE OF HEATH”
Hollywood, CA, November 20 & 21, 1956
Picture of Heath, For miles and miles, C.T.A.
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1 hr 1 min
May 09, 2025Puro Jazz 08 de mayo, 2025
LIONESS “PRIDE & JOY”
Brooklyn, NY, September 14, 2018
Mad time, Sunny day pal, Jelly, Down for the count, Ida Lupino
Alexa Tarantino (as) Jenny Hill (ts) Lauren Sevian (bar) Akiko Tsuruga (org) Amanda Monaco (g) Allison Miller (d)
ADRIEN BERNET “CITY NIGHTLIFE”
Santiago 2024
Ruta 23 CH, A street by night in the city centre, Flowers for you
Mauricio Rodríguez (Guitarra) Cristian Gallardo (Saxo alto y flauta) Guillermo Muñoz (Contrabajo) Adrien Bernet (Batería)
MICHAEL BRECKER “TALES FROM THE HUDSON”
New York, 1996
Slings and arrows, Midnight voyage, Song for Bilbao
Michael Brecker (ts) Joey Calderazzo (p) McCoy Tyner (p1) Pat Metheny (g,syntg2) Dave Holland (b) Jack DeJohnette (d) Don Alias (perc1)
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59 min
May 07, 2025Puro Jazz 07 de mayo, 2025
RICH PERRY “PROGRESSION”
New York ?, c. 2022
Blind faith, Progression, Now Rich Perry (ts) Gary Versace (p) Jay Anderson (b) John Riley (d)
HERBIE NICHOLS PROJECT “LOVE IS PROXIMITY”
Brooklyn, NY, May 4, 1995 & May 11, 1996
Love is proximity, Trio, Love, gloom, cash, love
Ron Horton (tp) Ted Nash (saxes) Frank Kimbrough (p) Ben Allison (b) Jeff Ballard (d)
THAD JONES “THE MAGNIFICENT THAD JONES”
Hackensack, N.J., July 14, 1956
April in Paris, If someone had told me
Thad Jones (tp) Billy Mitchell (ts) Barry Harris (p) Percy Heath (b) Max Roach (d)
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58 min
May 07, 2025Puro Jazz 06 de mayo, 2025
SONNY FORTUNE “AWAKENING”
New York, August 28, 1975
For Duke and Cannon
Sonny Fortune (as) John Hicks (p) Wayne Dockery (b) Chip Lyle (d)
BILLY LESTER “FROM SCRATCH”
New York, May 17 & 18, 2018
Scrapple from the apple, Body and soul, Yesterdays
Billy Lester (p) Rufus Reid (b) Matt Wilson (d)
PAUL BOLLENBACK “SOUL GROOVES”
Brooklyn, NY, December 2, 3, 4 & 5, 1998
Dock of the bay, Papa was a rolling stone, Ain’t no mountain high enough Jim Rotondi (tp) Steve Davis (tb) Steve Wilson (as) Eric Alexander (ts) Joey DeFrancesco (org) Paul Bollenback (g,el-g) Jeff “Tain” Watts (d) Broto Roy (tabla)
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59 min
May 06, 2025Puro Jazz 05 de mayo, 2025
SONNY ROLLINS TRIO “DREAM WEAVER THE 1959 EUROPEAN”
Stockholm, Sweden, March, 1959
St. Thomas, There will never be another you
Sonny Rollins (ts) Henry Grimes (b) Pete La Roca (d)
CONTE CANDOLI “QUINTET WITH BILL HOLMAN AND LOU LEVY”
Los Angeles, July 26, 1955
My old flame, Full count, Groovin’ higher
Conte Candoli (tp) Bill Holman (ts) Lou Levy (p) Leroy Vinnegar (b) Larance Marable (d)
OUT OF/INTO “MOTION I”
New York ?, c.
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59 min
May 03, 2025Puro Jazz 02 de mayo, 2025
VIJAY IYER / WADADA LEO SMITH – “DEFIANT LIFE”
Lugano, Switzerland, July, 2024
Floating river requiem (for Patrice Lumumba), Elegy: The pilgrimage Wadada Leo Smith (tp) Vijay Iyer (p,el-p,electronics)
MYRA MELFORD – “SPLASH”
Winterthur, Switzerland, July 29 & 30, 2024
Drift, Interlude I (To dribble, to smear, to splash), Free wheeler
Myra Melford (p,comp) Michael Formanek (b) Ches Smith (d,vib)
CHARLES BRACKEEN – RHYTHM X”
Englewood, NJ, January 26, 1968
Rhythm X, C.B.
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59 min
May 02, 2025Puro Jazz 01 de mayo, 2025
MARC COPLAND “ALL BLUES AT NIGHT”
New York, September, 1990
On Green Dolphin Street, All blues
Tim Hagans (tp,flhrn) Marc Copland (p) Gary Peacock (b) Bill Stewart (d)
CHARLES LLOYD “TRIOS : CHAPEL”
Live Coates Chapel, San Antonio, TX, December, 2018
Blood count, Song my lady sings, Ay amor
Charles Lloyd (ts,fl) Bill Frisell (g) Thomas Morgan (b)
ORRIN EVANS “THE RED DOOR”
New York, December 12, 2022
Red door (1,2), Phoebe’s stroll, Feed the fire
Nicholas Payton (tp-1) Gary Thomas (ts-2,fl-3) Orrin Evans (p) Robert Hurst (b) Marvin “Smitty” Smith (d)
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59 min
May 01, 2025Puro Jazz 30 de abril, 2025
ANGEL PARRA TRIO – “ANGEL PARRA TRIO”
Santiago, March, 1993
I mean you (2), Far Wes (1), S.O.S. (2,3), Beautiful love (1), Begin the blues (1,4) Cristian Cuturrufo (tp-4) Marcos Aldana (ts-3) Angel Parra (g) Roberto “Titae” Lindl (b) Francisco “Pancho” Molina (d-1) Pedro Greene (d-2)
LEE KONITZ / DAN TEPFER – “DECADE”
New York, July 2015-February 2016
Thrill, Pulsing green, Through the tunnel, Rebounds
Lee Konitz (as,sop,voice) Dan Tepfer (p)
CARL ALLEN – “TIPPIN'”
Englewood Cliffs, NJ, January 13, 2024
Parker’s mood, Alter ego, L’s bop
Chris Potter (ts,sop,b-cl) John Lee (p-1) Christian McBride (b) Carl Allen (d)
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59 min
April 30, 2025Puro Jazz 28 de abril, 2025
RED RODNEY “THEN AND NOW”
New York, May 13 & 14, 1992
Woody’n you, My little suede shoes (1), Confirmation (1)
Red Rodney (flhrn) Chris Potter (as-1,ts) Garry Dial (p) Jay Anderson (b) Jimmy Madison (d)
ADAM O’FARRILL “FOR THESE STREETS”
Brooklyn, NY, c. 2024
Scratching the surface of a dream, Migration, The break had not come
Adam O’Farrill (tp,flhrn,comp,arr) Kalun Leung (tb,euph) David Leon (as,fl) Kevin Sun (ts,cl) Patricia Brennan (vib) Mary Halvorson (g) Tyrone Allen, II (b) Tomas Fujiwara (d)
SEAN JONES “JAZZ AT THE BISTRO”
St.
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59 min