ORRIN EVANS THE RED DOOR – Ambler, PA, March 11, 2020 All the things you are (1) Wallace Roney (tp-1) Orrin Evans (p) Buster Williams (b) Gene Jackson (d) – New York, December 12, 2022 Red door (1,2), Big small (1,2), Smoke rings (1,2) Nicholas Payton (tp-1) Gary Thomas (ts-2,fl-3) Orrin Evans (p) Robert Hurst […]

PATRICK CORNELIUS BOOK OF SECRETS  – November 16-18, 2022, Brooklyn, NY Archetype, If You Can, Puzzle Box Patrick Cornelius (says,cl,fl) Behn Gillece (vibr) Art Hirahara (p) Peter Slavov (b) Vinnie Sperrazza (dr) Diego Rivera (st) NOAH HAIDU SLOWLY : SONG FOR KEITH JARRETT  – New York, November 21 & 22, 2020 Air dancing, Lorca. Noah […]

DAVE BASS NO BOUNDARIES – New York, 2019 Lennie’s pennies, Agenbite of Inwit, Neither have I wings Ted Nash (fl,alto-fl,cl,b-cl,sop,as,ts) Dave Bass (p) Carlos Henriquez (b) Jerome Jennings (d) SAMUEL BLASER ROUTES – c. 2022 1 Silver Dollar, 4 Green Island, 7 Lady Rawlinson Samuel Blaser (tb,comp) Steve Turre (tb-4,shells-4) John Fedchock (tb-5) Glenn Ferris […]

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, […]