CHET BAKER BLUE ROOM – Hilversum, the Netherlands April 10, 1979 Beautiful Black Eyes, The best thing for you Chet Baker (t) Phil Markowitz (p) Jean-Louis Rassinfosse (b) Charles Rice (dr)           ANTOINE RONEY WHIRLING – New York, April 26 & 27, 1995 Whirling, Blues for Leslie, Purpose, Alterations Antoine […]

JIMMY GIUFFRE:   TANGENTS IN JAZZ – Los Angeles, June 7, 10, 1955 Chirpin’ Time, Scintilla III (1), Lazy tones (1) Jack Sheldon (tp) Jimmy Giuffre (cl-1,ts-2,bar-3) Ralph Pena (b) Art Anton (d)           THE JIMMY GIUFFRE CLARINET – Los Angeles, March 21, 1956 Down home, My funny Valentine (1), So […]

CHARLIE JOHNSON AND HIS PARADISE BAND – New York, May 8, 1929 Harlem drag, Hot bones and rice Leonard Davis, Sidney DeParis (tp) George Stevenson (tb) Edgar Sampson, Ben Whitted (cl,as) Benny Waters (cl,ts) Charlie Johnson (p) Bobby Johnson (bj) Billy Taylor, Sr. (tu) George Stafford (d)           TRUMMY YOUNG BIG […]

CHARLIE ROUSE QUARTET YEAH ! – New York, December 20-21, 1960 Lil’ rousin’, Stella by starlight, Rouse’s point Charlie Rouse (ts) Billy Gardner (p) Peck Morrison (b) Dave Bailey (d)           GERMÁN LEMA Y NICOLÁS OJEDA SU TRAZO Y EL SILENCIO – Buenos Aires, Septiembre de 2022. TQP (Para papá), The […]

JEFF COFFIN LIVE AT THE JAZZ KITCHEN – Indianapolis, Indiana Feb 2023 In The Kitchen, You, The Sun Jeff Coffin (saxos, fl, electo-sax) Leo Genovese (p) Viktor Krauss (b) Jordan Perlson (dr)           SIMON NABATOV LAST MINUTE THEORY – Brooklyn, NY, September 29, 2018 Old fashioned, Slow move, Marching right along […]

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RALPH ALESSI IT’S ALWAYS NOW – Udine, Italy, June, 2021 Old baby, Migratory party, Residue Ralph Alessi (tp,comp) Floiran Weber (p) Banz Oester (b) Gerry Hemingway (d) Ralph Alessi (tp,comp) Floiran Weber (p) Banz Oester (b) Gerry Hemingway (d)             SARA CASWELL THE WAY TO YOU – c. 2022 South […]

  JAMES P. JOHNSON BLUE NOTE JAZZMEN – New York, March 4, 1944 Blue mizz, Joy-mentin’, Victory stride Sidney DeParis (tp) Vic Dickenson (tb) Ben Webster (ts) James P. Johnson (p) Jimmy Shirley (g) John Simmons (b) Sidney Catlett (d)           SANDY WILLIAMS BIG EIGHT – New York, November 5, 1945 […]

JOSHUA REDMAN LONG GONE – New York, 2019 Disco ears, Kite song Joshua Redman (ts,sop) Brad Mehldau (p) Christian McBride (b) Brian Blade (d)           WALTER BISHOP JR. BISH AT THE BANK – The Madison Club on August 28, 1966 Quiet Nights – The Famous Ballroom on February 26, 1967 If […]

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