JOHNNY GRIFFIN WAY OUT ! – New York, February 26 or 27, 1958 Cherokee, Hot sausage Johnny Griffin (ts) Kenny Drew (p) Wilbur Ware (b) Philly Joe Jones (d) CHRISTINE JENSEN DAY MOON – Montreal, c. 2022 Day moon, Twenty twenty blues, Here’s that rainy day Christine Jensen (as,sop) Steve Amirault (p) Adrian Vedady (b) […]

CHARLES MINGUS THE CLOWN – New York, February 13, March 12, 1957 Haitian fight song (1), Reincarnation of a lovebird (1) Jimmy Knepper (tb) Shafi Hadi (as-1,ts-2) [aka Curtis Porter (as,ts) ] Wade Legge (p) Charles Mingus (b) Dannie Richmond (d,tamb) JOHN PATITUCCI SONGS, STORIES AND SPIRITUALS  – New York, April 9 & 10, 2002It […]

DUKE ELLINGTON AND HIS ORCHESTRA LIVE “CRYSTAL BALLROOM”  – Fargo, North Dakota, November 7, 1940 Ko-ko, Pussy willow, Harlem air-shaft, Rockin’ in rhythm Rex Stewart (cnt) Ray Nance (tp,vln,vcl) Wallace Jones (tp) Joe Nanton, Juan Tizol, Lawrence Brown (tb) Barney Bigard (cl,ts) Johnny Hodges (as) Otto Hardwick (as,cl) Ben Webster (ts) Harry Carney (bar,cl,b-cl) Duke […]

ART FARMER QUARTET INTERACTION – New York, July 25, August 1, 1963 By myself, My little suede shoes, Sometime ago Art Farmer (tp,flhrn) Jim Hall (g) Steve Swallow (b) Walter Perkins (d) ERIC ALEXANDER A NEW BEGINNING – ALTO SAXOPHONE WITH STRINGS – Englewood Cliffs, NJ, August 28, 2021 Maybe September, She was too good […]

MICHAEL BISIO & TIMOTHY HILL INSIDE VOICE/OUTSIDE VOICE  – Saugerties, NY, March 31, 2022 Wise one, Bridge, For all we know Michael Bisio – bass, Timothy Hill vocals/acoustic guitar CONNIE CROTHERS INCANDESCENCE  – Jamaica, NY, June,  1974 Lennie’s Scene, Hillside Avenue, Three-way Connie Crothers (p) Joe Solomon (b) Roger Mancuso (d) MARSHALL ALLEN / ROSCOE […]

CAROLINE TAYLOR FOR THE MOMENT  – London, February 25 & 26, 1998 Groovin’ low, CT blues, Deep blue sea (1) Neil Yates (tp,fl) Denys Baptiste (ts) Dave Frankel (p) Jenny Adejayan (cello-1) Simon Thorpe (b) Caroline Taylor (d) MARCUS ROBERTS DEEP IN THE SHED  – Astoria, NY & New Orleans, LA, August 9-December 15, 1989 […]

PHIL WOODS THREE FOR ALL  – New York, January 6 & 7, 1981 Three for all, You’re me (1), Goodbye Mr. Evans Phil Woods (as,cl-1) Tommy Flanagan (p) Red Mitchell (b) EMMET COHEN UPTOWN IN ORBIT  – New York, December 1 & 2, 2021 Uptown in orbit (1), My love will come again (1), Venus […]

DON REDMAN AND HIS ORCHESTRA  – New York, September 24, 1931 Trouble, why pick on me ? (ld vcl;dr arr), Shakin’ the African (dr vcl), Chant of the weed Bill Coleman, Leonard Davis, Henry “Red” Allen (tp) Claude Jones, Fred Robinson, Benny Morton (tb) Edward Inge, Rupert Cole (cl,as) Don Redman (as,vcl,ldr,arr) Robert Carroll (ts) […]

KALIA VANDEVER REGROWTH  – Brooklyn, NY, c. 2021 Soft (1,3), False memories (3), An unwelcome visit (reprise) (1,2,3) Kalia Vandever (tb,comp) Immanuel Wilkins (as-1) Paul Cornish (p-3) Lee Meadvin (g-2) Nick Dunston (b) Connor Parks (d) GERALD WILSON ORCHESTRA YOU BETTER BELIEVE IT  – Los Angeles, September 9, 1961 Blues for Yna Yna, Straight up […]

  FRANK STROZIER LONG NIGHT – New York, September 12, 1961 How little we know (gc,pp out), The need for love, The crystal ball (1), Pacemaker (gc,pp out) Frank Strozier (as,fl-1) George Coleman (ts) Pat Patrick (bar,fl-1) Chris Anderson (p) Bill Lee (b) Walter Perkins (d) JOE PASS JOY SPRING – Encore Theatre, Los Angeles, […]