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March 26, 2024Puro Jazz 25 marzo 2024
SONNY FORTUNE AWAKENING
New York, August 28, 1975
Triple threat (2,aa out) Nommo (3)
Charles Sullivan (tp,flhrn-1) Sonny Fortune (as,fl,perc) Kenny Barron (p,el-p) Wayne Dockery (b-2) Reggie Workman (b-3) Billy Hart (d) Angel Allende (perc)
DON RANDI TRIO WHERE DO WE GO FROM HERE ?
Los Angeles, January 31 & February 1, 1962
Autumn leaves, T.J.’s blues
Don Randi (p) Leroy Vinnegar (b) Mel Lewis (d)
KENNY DORHAM UNA MAS
Englewood Cliffs, NJ, April 1, 1963
Una mas, Sao Paulo
Kenny Dorham (tp) Joe Henderson (ts) Herbie Hancock (p) Butch Warren (b) Tony Williams (d)
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59 min
March 23, 2024Puro Jazz 22 marzo 2024
MATANA ROBERTS COIN COIN CHAPTER FIVE : IN THE GARDEN
Brooklyn, NY, 2022
Unbeknownst, Predestined confessions, A caged dance, The promise
Matana Roberts (hrn,hca,perc,vcl,spoken-word,comp) Matt Lavelle (alto-cl,pocket-tp,tin whistle,vcl) Stuart Bogle (b-cl,cl,tin whistle,vcl) Darius Jones (as,tin whistle,vcl) Cory Smythe (p,vcl,tin whistle) Kyp Malone (synt) Mazz Swift (vln,vcl,tin whistle) Mike Pride, Ryan Sawyer (d,perc,vcl) Gitanjali Jain (text collage)
ARCHIE SHEPP & KAHIL EL’ZABAR’S RITUAL TRIO CONVERSATIONS
Chicago, IL, January 23 & 24, 1999
Big Fred, Brother Malcolm (2), Revelations
Archie Shepp (ts,p-1) Ari Brown (p,ts-2) Malachi Favors Maghostut (b) Kahil El’Zabar (d)
AMANDA GARDIER AUTEUR: MUSIC INSPIRED BY THE FILMS OF WES ANDERSON
February 2022, Indianapolis, IN
Let’s Hope It’s Got A Happy Ending, The Incarcerated Artist And His Muse
Amanda Gardier (sa) Charlie Ballantine (g) Jesse Wittman (b) Dave King (dr)
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59 min
March 22, 2024Puro Jazz 21 marzo 2024
KENNY DORHAM MATADOR
New York, April 15, 1962
Smile, Beautiful love (kd out), There goes my heart
Kenny Dorham (tp) Jackie McLean (as) Bobby Timmons (p) Teddy Smith (b) J.C. Moses (d)
TETE MONTOLIU TRIO CATALONIAN FIRE
Copenhagen, Denmark, May 26, 1974
A nightingale sang in Berkeley Square, Blues for Perla, Au privave
Tete Montoliu (p) Niels-Henning Orsted Pedersen (b) Albert “Tootie” Heath (d)
ARTHUR BLYTHE LENOX AVENUE BREAKDOWN
New York, c.
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1 hr
March 21, 2024Puro Jazz 20 marzo 2024
AL FOSTER LOVE, PEACE AND JAZZ! – “VILLAGE VANGUARD”
New York, April 27 & 28, 2007
Fungi mama (1), Brandyn (1)
Eli DeGibri (sop-1,ts-2) Kevin Hays (p) Doug Weiss (b) Al Foster (d)
SIMONA PREMAZZI OUTSPOKEN
Released July 14, 2017
Euterpe’s Dance; Premaxity; It Is Here; Digression
Simona Premazzi (p) Dayna Stephens (ss/st) Joe Martin (b) Nasheet Waits (dr) Invitados: Jeremy Pelt (t) Sara Serpa (voz).
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59 min
March 20, 2024Puro Jazz 19 marzo 2024
SIDNEY BECHET CLARENCE WILLIAMS’ BLUE FIVE
New York, July 30, 1923
Wild cat blues, Kansas City man blues
Tom Morris (cnt) John Mayfield (tb) Sidney Bechet (cl,sop) Clarence Williams (p) Buddy Christian (bj)
New York, c. October 3, 1923
Tain’t nobody’s business if I do, New Orleans hop scop blues, Oh daddy blues
Tom Morris (cnt) John Mayfield (tb) Sidney Bechet (sop) Clarence Williams (p) Buddy Christian (bj)
BUNK JOHNSON BUNK JOHNSON’S BAND
New Orleans, LA -, August 2, 1944
Weary blues, Royal garden blues, Cee Cee rider, Careless love
Bunk Johnson (tp) Jim Robinson (tb) George Lewis (cl) Lawrence Marrero (bj) Alcide “Slow Drag” Pavageau (b) Baby Dodds (d)
DON EWELL SOLO
Baltimore, prob August 1946
Just You, Just Me
Don Ewell (p) solos
Free ‘N Easy!
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59 min
March 19, 2024Puro Jazz 18 marzo 2024
AARON PARKS’ LITTLE BIG II DREAMS OF A MECHANICAL MAN
New York, December 5-8, 2019
Attention, Earthlings, Here, Solace
Aaron Parks (p,synt,org,el-,cel,vib,glockenspiel, chimes,voice) Greg Tuohey (g) David Ginyard, Jr. (b) Tommy Crane (d,perc)
SONNY CLARK TRIO THE 1960 SESSIONS
New York, January 5 & 6, 1960
Minor meeting, Nica, Sonny’s crib
Sonny Clark (p) George Duvivier (b) Max Roach (d)
MICHAEL BLAKE COMBOBULATE
New York, January 12 & 13, 2022
Bob the Bob, Henry’s boogaloo, Combobulate
Stephen Berstein (tp) Clark Gayton (tb) Michael Blake (ts,sop,fl) Bob Stewart, Marcus Rojas (tu) Allan Mednard (d)
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1 hr
March 16, 2024Puro Jazz 15 marzo 2024
DAVID GIBSON FELLOWSHIP
New York ca. 2023
Meek’s Wrath, Chief Distortion, Fellowship
David Gibson (tbn) Davis Whitfield (p) Joseph Lepore (b) Kush Abadey (dr).
SULLIVAN FORTNER SOLO WORK
ca.2023
I Didn’t Know What Time It Was, Snakes and Ladders, This Is New
Sullivan Fortner, piano, Fender Rhodes, Hammond B-3 organ, vibes, celeste, chime tree, Moog, vocoder, hand percussion, egg shaker, triangle, vocals, hand claps, shakers, Canopus bass drum, Mongolian gong; Kyle Poole, hand claps (11); Cécile McLorin Salvant, vocals (12).
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1 hr
March 15, 2024Puro Jazz 14 marzo 2024
BLUE MITCHELL BOSS HORN
Englewood Cliffs, N.J., November 17, 1966
Straight up and down (2), I should care (1), Rigor Mortez (1)
Blue Mitchell (tp) Julian Priester (tb) Jerry Dodgion (as,fl-1) Junior Cook (ts) Pepper Adams (bar) Cedar Walton (p-1) Chick Corea (p-2)Gene Taylor (b) Mickey Roker (d)
VICTOR FELDMAN THE ARRIVAL OF VICTOR FELDMAN
Los Angeles, January 21 & 22, 1958
Be-bop, Serpent’s tooth, Flamingo, Too blue
Victor Feldman (vib,p) Scott LaFaro (b) Stan Levey (d)
STACY DILLARD GOOD AND BAD MEMORIES
Brooklyn, NY, June 1, 2010
Pleasant, Over and over, Stizzozo
Stacy Dillard (ts) Orrin Evans (p) Craig Magnano (g) Ryan Berg (b) Jeremy “Bean” Clemons (d)
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1 hr
March 13, 2024Puro Jazz 13 marzo 2024
JOEL ROSS NUBLUES
c. 2023
Evidence, Central Park West, What am I waiting for ?, Chant
Gabrielle Garo (fl) Immanuel Wilkins (as) Joel Ross (vib) Jeremy Corren (p) Kanoa Mendenhall (b) Jeremy Dutton (d)
PATRICIA BARBER VERSE
Chicago, IL, February 10-14, 2002
Lost In This Love, Clues (1,2), I could eat your words (2), Dansons la gigue (2)
Patricia Barber (vcl,p,el-p) acc by Dave Douglas (tp) Neal Alger (g) unidentified (strings-1), Michael Arnopol (b) Joey Baron (d-2)
ADAM SCHROEDER MARK MASTERS – CT !
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1 hr
March 12, 2024Puro Jazz 12 marzo 2024
JELLY ROLL MORTON – MORTON’S SEVEN & SIX
New York, January 4, 1940
Sweet substitute (jrm vcl), Panama, If you knew (jrm vcl)
Henry “Red” Allen (tp) Joe Britton (tb) Albert Nicholas (cl) Eddie Williams (as) Jelly Roll Morton (p,vcl) Wellman Braud (b) Zutty Singleton (d)
New York, January 23, 1940
Dirty, dirty, dirty (jrm vcl,*), Swinging the Elks
Joe Britton out, rest same
MUGGSY SPANIER AND HIS RAGTIME BAND
Chicago, July 7, 1939
Big butter and egg man (gb speech), Someday sweetheart, That da da strain (#) Muggsy Spanier (cnt) George Brunies (tb,speech,vcl) Rod Cless (cl) Ray McKinstry (ts) George Zack (p) Bob Casey (g) Pat Pattison (b) Marty Greenberg (d)
New York, November 10, 1939
Livery stable blues [Barnyard blues]
Muggsy Spanier (cnt) George Brunies (tb,vcl) Rod Cless (cl) Bernie Billings (ts) Joe Bushkin (p) Bob Casey (b) Don Carter (d)
DUKE ELLINGTON AND HIS ORCHESTRA
New York, January 13, 1938
Steppin’ into swing society, Prologue to black and tan fantasy, The new black and tan fantasy
Rex Stewart (cnt) Cootie Williams, Arthur Whetsel (tp) Joe Nanton, Lawrence Brown (tb) Barney Bigard (cl,ts) Johnny Hodges (as,sop) Otto Hardwick (as,cl) Harry Carney (bar,cl,b-cl) Duke Ellington (p) Fred Guy (g) Billy Taylor, Sr., Hayes Alvis (b) Sonny Greer (d,chimes) Ivie Anderson (vcl)
New York, February 2, 1938
Riding on a blue note, Lost in meditation
Juan Tizol (tb) added
SANDY WILLIAMS AND HIS OCTET
New York, June 3, 1946
Tea for me, Frost on the moon, Sam-Pan, Sandy’s blues, Gee baby, ain’t I good to you ?
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1 hr