BENNY CARTER & PHIL WOODS MY MAN BENNY, MY MAN PHIL  – New York, November 21 & 22, 1989 Sultry serenade, Just a mood (I), I’m just wild about Harry Benny Carter (as,tp-1,vcl-3) Phil Woods (as,cl-2) Chris Neville (p) George Mraz (b) Kenny Washington (d) MATT WILSON QUARTET HUG !  – Pipersville, PA, October 13, […]

JOE BUSHKIN ONE NIGHT STAND, LIVE “EMBERS”  – New York, December, 1953 But Not For Me, After You’ve Gone, St. Louis Blues Buck Clayton (tp) Joe Bushkin (p) Milt Hinton (b) Jo Jones (d) BILLY TAYLOR TRIO SLEEPING BEE  – New York, April, 1969 La petite mambo, Bye y’all, Brother, where are you ?, A […]

ART PEPPER THE ART OF PEPPER  – Hollywood, CA, April 1, 1957 Holiday flight, Too close for comfort, Surf ride Art Pepper (as); Carl Perkins (p); Ben Tucker (b); Chuck Flores (d). WARREN WOLF WARREN WOLF  – New York,   c. 2011 Emily, Senor House (pm,cm,gh out), One for Lenny, 427 Mass. Ave (1,2) Jeremy […]

CANNONBALL ADDERLEY QUINTET IN CHICAGO – Chicago, IL, February 3, 1959 Limehouse blues, Wabash, Grand central Cannonball Adderley (as) John Coltrane (ts) Wynton Kelly (p) Paul Chambers (b) Jimmy Cobb (d)             EMBER AUGUST IN MARCH – Samurai Hotel, Astoria, NY, December 3rd, 2022 Flotation Device and the Shivers, Suspense, […]

NATHAN DAVIS THE HIP WALK  – Villingen, Germany, September 1, 1965 The hip walk (1,2), Carmell’s Black Forest waltz (nd out,1), B’s blues (1,3) Carmell Jones (tp-1) Nathan Davis (ts-2,sop-3,fl-4) Francy Boland (p) Jimmy Woode (b) Kenny Clarke (d) HERB GELLER YOU’RE LOOKING AT ME  – Hollywood, CA, February 25 & 26, 1997 You’re looking […]

MIKE CLARK PLAYS HERBIE HANCOCK  – New York, June, 2022 Toys, Speak like a child Jon Davis (p) Leon Lee Dorsey (b) Mike Clark (d) Herbie Hancock (comp) BILL EVANS & JIM HALL UNDERCURRENT  – New York, May 14, 1962 My funny Valentine, Skating in Central Park, Darn that dream Bill Evans (p)  Jim Hall […]

CHARLIE JOHNSON’S ORIGINAL PARADISE TEN  – New York, February 25, 1927Paradise wobble, Birmingham black bottom, Don’t you leave me here. Charlie Johnson’s Original Paradise Ten : Jabbo Smith, Leonard Davis, Tom Morris (cnt) Charlie Irvis (tb) Benny Carter (cl,sop,as) Ben Whitted (cl,as) Elmer Harrell (cl,ts) Charlie Johnson (p) Bobby Johnson (bj) Cyrus St. Clair (tu) […]

LAGE LUND TERRIBLE ANIMALS  – New York, April 26, 2018 Hard eights, Aquanaut, Haitian ballad Sullivan Fortner (p) Lage Lund (g,effects) Larry Grenadier (b) Tyshawn Sorey (d) TRAVIS SHOOK TRAVIS SHOOK  – New York, 1993 Astarte (1), Witchcraft (tw out), Dewey north Bunky Green (as-1) Travis Shook (p) Ira Coleman (b) Tony Williams (d) BENNIE […]

BOB MOSES TIME STOOD STILL  – New York, August, 1993: “Felonious Thunk” Miles Evans (tp) Rob Scheps (ts) Bryan Carrott (vib) Yossi Fine, Matthew Garrison (b) Bob Moses (d,talking d,keyboards,rap) Simon Haggiag (cga) Billy Martin (perc) Ben Wittman (perc,d) The Boston Illharmonic : Mike Peipman (tp,flhrn) Walter Platt (tp) or Scott Cowens (tp) Bob Pilkington […]

JOHNATHAN BLAKE PASSAGE  – c. 2022 – Passage, Groundhog day Immanuel Wilkins (as) Joel Ross (vib) David Virelles (p) Dezron Douglas (b) Johnathan Blake (d,comp) VINCENT GARDNER THREE-FIVE  – New York, March, 2008Sweet’n’sour, Long as you’re living, Dee wee Derrick Gardner (tp) Vincent Gardner (tb) Mark Gross (ts) Aaron Goldberg (p) Greg Williams (b) Ali […]