DIEGO RIVERA LOVE AND PEACE  – Brooklyn, NY, June 6, 2021 Battle fatigue, Alabama Diego Rivera (ts,sop-1,comp) Art Hirahara (p) Boris Kozlov (b) Rudy Royston (d) THE THREE SOUNDS BLACK ORCHID  – Englewood Cliffs, N.J., Feb-Nov,  1962 Black orchid, A foggy day, Back home,Tadd’s delight Gene Harris (p) Andy Simpkins (b) Bill Dowdy (d) MARK […]

LOUIS HAYES EXACTLY RIGHT !  – New York ?, late 2022 Hand in glove, Nefertiti, Ugetsu Abraham Burton (ts) Steve Nelson (vib) David Hazeltine (p) Dezron Douglas (b) Louis Hayes (d) JEREMY PELT THE ART OF INTIMACY, VOL. 2  – Englewood Ciffs, NJ, September 1 & 2, 2022 I can’t escape from you (2), There’ll […]

CHICK WEBB THE JUNGLE BAND – New York, June 14 & 27, 1929 Dog bottom (wp vcl), Jungle mama [Jungle blues Ward Pinkett (tp,vcl) Edwin Swayzee (tp) Bob Horton (tb) Hilton Jefferson, Louis Jordan (as,cl) Elmer Williams (bt,cl) Don Kirkpatrick (p) John Trueheart (bj,g) Elmer James (tu) Chick Webb (d) – New York, March 30, […]

CAL TJADER GOZAME ! PERO YA… – San Francisco, CA, June, 1980 Shoshana, Bye bye blues, Roger’s samba Roger Glenn (fl,perc) Cal Tjader (vib) Mark Levine (p,el-p) Mundell Lowe (g) Robb Fisher (b) Vince Lateano (d,timb) Poncho Sanchez (timb,bgo,cga,perc) SONNY CRISS THIS IS CRISS ! – Englewood Cliffs, NJ, October 21, 1966 Steve’s blues, Skylark, […]

JOHN COLTRANE WITH ERIC DOLPHY EVENINGS AT THE VILLAGE GATE – New York, August, 1961 My favorite things, When lights are low, Impressions, Greensleeves John Coltrane (ts,sop) Eric Dolphy (as,b-cl,fl) McCoy Tyner (p) Reggie Workman, Art Davis (b) Elvin Jones (d)

ARTEMIS IN REAL TIME – New York, August 16-18, 2022 Whirlwind (3), Penelope (1) Ingrid Jensen (tp) Alexa Tarantino (as-1,sop-2,fl-3) Nicole Glover (ts) Renee Rosnes (p,el-p) Noriko Ueda (b) Allison Miller (d) ALLEN TOUSSAINT AMERICAN TUNES – New Orleans, LA, May 20 & 21, 2013 & October 1-3 & 5, 2015 Viper’s drag, Lotus blossom, […]

BRANFORD MARSALIS THE DARK KEYS – Live, “The Music Hall Theatre”, Tarrytown, NY, July 31-August 2, 1996 The dark keys, Hesitation, Judas Iscariot (1) Kenny Garrett (as-1) Branford Marsalis (ts,sop) Joe Lovano (ts-2) Reginald Veal (b) Jeff “Tain” Watts (d) RUFUS REID / MICHAEL MOORE THE INTIMACY OF THE BASS – Ringwood, NJ, March 5, […]

CECILIA SMITH SMALL ENSEMBLE REPERTOIRE – VOLUME ONE THE MARY LOU WILLIAMS RESURGENCE PROJECT – c 2022 Sketch 1 – Truth be told for MLW, What’s your story, morning glory, Miss D.D. (Composed for Doris Duke) Cecilia Smith (vib,comp) Carlton Holmes (org) Lafayette Harris, Jr. (p) Kenny Davis (b) Ron Savage (d) Carla Cook (vcl) […]

JOHN LEWIS / SACHA DISTEL AFTERNOON IN PARIS Paris, France, December 4-5, 1956: – Dear old Stockholm, I cover the waterfront Barney Wilen (ts) John Lewis (p) Sacha Distel (g) Pierre Michelot (b) Connie Kay (d) – Bags’ groove Barney Wilen (ts) John Lewis (p) Sacha Distel (g) Percy Heath (b) Kenny Clarke (d) SHIRLEY […]

El violonchelo como instrumento de jazz. AKUA DIXON – AKUA DIXON – Brooklyn, NY, October 22, 2012 Haitian fight song (1,3,4), Poinciana John Blake, Jr. (vln-1) Regina Carter (vln-2) Patrisa Tomassini, Gwen Laster (vln) Ina Paris (viola) Akua Dixon (cello,vcl) Kenny Davis (b-3) Orion Turre (d-4) Andromeda Turre (vcl) ERIK FRIEDLANDER BONEBRIDGE – Brooklyn, NY […]