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, […]

  MYRON WALDEN THIS WAY – Barcelona, Spain, Mar 24, 2003 & Brooklyn, NY, Sept 29, 2003 What goes up must come down, Sooner than later Myron Walden (as) Jimmy Greene (ts) Vicente Archer (b) E.J. Strickland (d) BILL CHARLAP TRIO STREET OF DREAMS – New York, May 24 & 25, 2021 The Duke, Day […]

  ANTHONY HERVEY WORDS FROM MY HORN – c. 2022 Neither here, nor there, Afro power, The glider Anthony Hervey (tp,comp) Sean Mason (p) Philip Norris (b) Miquel Russell (d) TYSHAWN SOREY CONTINUING – New Haven, CT, December, 2022 Angel Eyes Aaron Diehl (p) Matt Brewer (b) Tyshawn Sorey (d) STEVE WILSON QUARTET FOUR FOR […]

    BILLY KYLE BIG EIGHT – New York, September 11, 1946 H.R.S. bounce, Ooh, baby, you knock me out, Date for eight, Contemporary blues Dick Vance (tp) Trummy Young (tb,vcl) Buster Bailey (cl) Lem Davis (as) John Hardee (ts) Billy Kyle (p) John Simmons (b) Buddy Rich (d) BILLY TAYLOR QUARTET: – New York, […]

URI CAINE LIVE “VILLAGE VANGUARD” – New York, May 23-25, 2003 Nefertiti, I thought about you Uri Caine (p) Drew Gress (b) Ben Perowsky (d) FRANCISCO MELA ANCESTROS – New York, September 14, 2017 Duende, Ornette, Ancestros Hery Paz (b-cl,saxes) Kris Davis (p) Gerald Cannon (b) Francisco Mela (d) URBIE GREEN: – BLUES & OTHER […]

BILLY HARPER SOUL OF AN ANGEL  – New York, December 1 & 2, 1999 Credence (1), Let all the voices sing (1,2), Was it here…is it there ? Eddie Henderson (tp-1) John Clark (fhr-2) Billy Harper (ts) Francesca Tanksley (p) Clarence Seay (b) Newman Taylor Baker (d) MATTHEW SHIPP FOR DUKE  – New York, June […]

DRED SCOTT THE PACIFIC JAZZ GROUP – Los Angeles 2022 Bernie’s Tune, Nights At The Turntable, Utter Chaos Eric Crystal (st) Dred Scott (p) John Wiitala (b) Smith Dobson (dr) VINCENT ARCHER SHORT STORIES – New York, June 9, 2022 Lighthouse, Mirai, Message to a friend, It takes two to know one Gerald Clayton (p) […]

JAVON JACKSON WITH PETER BRADLEY – 2022 Peter Bradley, Amy’s Theme, Never Let Me Go Javon Jackson (st) Jeremy Manasia (p) David Williams(b) Charles Goold (dr) guest Greg Glassman (t) KENNY BURRELL BLUESIN’ AROUND – New York, November 21 (1), 28, 1961 The switch (1), Funk junction, The squeeze, How could you, Mood indigo Illinois […]