ELVIN JONES DEAR JOHN C – Englewood Cliffs, NJ, February 23, 1965 Dear John C, Ballade, That five-four bag (1) Charlie Mariano (as) Sir Roland Hanna o Hank Jones (1) (p) Richard Davis (b) Elvin Jones (d)         FRANK WESS. QUINTET – New York, May 8, 1954 Wess point, Some other spring, […]

SOUND PRINTS : JOE LOVANO & DAVE DOUGLAS – “Monterey Jazz Festival”, Monterey, CA, September 21, 2013 Destination unknown, To sail beyond the sunset Dave Douglas (tp) Joe Lovano (ts) Lawrence Fields (p) Linda Oh (b) Joey Baron (d)   SHAI MAESTRO HUMAN – Pernes-les-Fontaines, France, February, 2020 Time, In a sentimental mood, Ima (for […]

  KID ORY SPIKES’ SEVEN PODS OF PEPPER ORCHESTRA – Los Angeles, May 1922 Ory’s creole trombone Mutt Carey (cnt) Kid Ory (tb) Dink Johnson (cl) Freddie Washington (p) Ed Garland (b) Ben Borders (d) – Los Angeles, August 3, 1944 Creole song (ko vcl), Get out of here, Blues for Jimmie Mutt Carey (tp) […]

KENDRICK SCOTT CORRIDORS – Rhinebeck, NY, January 22 & 23, 2022 What day is it ?, Corridors, Isn’t this my sound around me ? Walter Smith, III (ts) Reuben Rogers (b) Kendrick Scott (d,vcl)           STEVE KUHN TEMPTATION – New York, June 13 & 14, 2001 Temptation, Dark eyes, Django Steve […]

  JURE PUKL ABSTRACT SOCIETY – Brooklyn, NY, May 11, 2011 Abstract society (2), Circle mind (2), The mind and the soul (1) Jure Pukl (ts-1,sop-2) Vijay Iyer (p) Joe Sanders (b) Damion Reid (d)           LABTRIO FLUXUS – Pernes-les-Fontaines, France, August 4 & 5, 2012 Plan B, For those two […]

  JOE LOVANO QUINTET LIVE “THE VILLAGE VANGUARD” – New York, March 12, 1994 Fort Worth, Birds of springtimes gone by Tom Harrell (tp,flhrn) Joe Lovano (ts,sop,c-mel) Anthony Cox (b) Billy Hart (d,cymb) – January 20, 1995 Lonnie’s lament Blue, Duke Ellington’s sound of love Joe Lovano (ts) Mulgrew Miller (p) Christian McBride (b) Lewis […]

STANLEY TURRENTINE MR. NATURAL  – Englewood Cliffs, N.J., September 4, 1964 Stanley’s blues, Can’t buy me love (rb out) Lee Morgan (tp) Stanley Turrentine (ts) McCoy Tyner (p) Bob Cranshaw (b) Elvin Jones (d) Ray Barretto (cga) STEVE CARDENAS  HEALING POWER – THE MUSIC OF CARLA BLEY  – Pipersville, PA, June 11 & 12, 2021 […]

  GEORGE BARNES & CARL KRESS: TWO GUITARS – New York, January, 1962 Mountain greenery, Ghost of a chance, Original George Barnes, Carl Kress (g) duet TWO GUITARS AND A HORN – New York, 1962 Disenchanted trout (1), Something tender (1), The eel’s nephew (1) Bud Freeman (ts-1) George Barnes, Carl Kress (g)   JACK […]

THE BURTON/MCPHERSON TRIO THE SUMMIT ROCK SESSION AT SENECA VILLAGE, CENTRAL PARK – New York, June 20, 2021 Seneca blues, Flower Abraham Burton (ts) Dezron Douglas (b) Eric McPherson (d)         ALBERT “TOOTIE” HEATH PHILADELPHIA BEAT – Philadelphia, PA, October 5 & 7, 2014 Bags’ groove, Concorde, Con alma, Bye-ya, Speak low […]

PEPPER ADAMS ENCOUNTER ! – New York, December 11 & 12, 1968 In and out, Cindy’s tune, Punjab Zoot Sims (ts) Pepper Adams (bar) Tommy Flanagan (p) Ron Carter (b) Elvin Jones (d)           ARUÁN ORTIZ SERRANÍAS SKETCHBOOK FOR PIANO TRIO – September 18, 19, 2022, Winterthur, Suiza Shaw ‘Nuff (Siento […]