JOHNNY DODDS: “DODDS & PARHAM” – Chicago, c. March, April, 1927 Oh daddy, Loveless love Johnny Dodds (cl) Tiny Parham (p) “DODDS & LIL ARMSTRONG” – Chicago, April 21, 1927 Oh ! Lizzie [A lover’s lament], Clarinet wobble, The new St. Louis blues Johnny Dodds (cl) Lil Armstrong (p) Bud Scott (g)     […]

  DICK OATTS “SIMONE’S DANCE” – May 1998 Simone’s Dance, Half life, Reverse locomotion Dick Oatts (as) Bruce Barth (p) Dave Santoro (b) James Oblon (d)               RAHM BURTON “THE POEM” – New York, June 8, 1992 Alone together, Chinatown, my Chinatown, Unforgettable Rahn Burton (p) [aka Ron Burton […]

  JOE CHAMBERS “SAMBA DE MARACATU” – Wilmington & Rocky Point, NC, June 12 & 13, 2020 Samba de Maracatu, You and the night and the music, Sabah el nur Brad Merritt (keyboards) Steve Haines (b) Joe Chambers (d,perc,vib,comp) Stephanie Jordan, MC Parrain (vcl)             ENRICO RAVA / FRED HERSCH […]

JAKI BYARD “OUT FRONT!” – Englewood Cliffs, NJ, May 21 & 28, 1964 Out front (rw,be out,*), European episode (1), After the lights go down low (1) Richard Williams (tp-1) Booker Ervin (ts-1) Jaki Byard (p) Bob Cranshaw (b) Walter Perkins (d)           STEVE LACY “EVIDENCE” – Englewood Cliffs, NJ, November […]

GARY BARTZ “ANOTHER EARTH” – New York, June 19, 1968 Dark nebula, UFO, Lost in the stars (gb,rw only), Perihelion and Aphelion Gary Bartz (as) Stanley Cowell (p) Reggie Workman (b) Freddie Waits (d)             – Villingen, Germany, June, 1977 Tricrotism, No moon at all, The party’s over, 500 Miles […]

  JELLY ROLL MORTON “AND HIS RED HOT PEPPERS” – Chicago, September 15 & 21, 1926 Smokehouse blues, The chant, Sidewalk blues George Mitchell (cnt) Kid Ory (tb) Omer Simeon (cl) Jelly Roll Morton (p) Johnny St. Cyr (bj) John Lindsay (b) Andrew Hilaire (d)             MUTT CAREY “AND HIS […]

  MILT JACKSON “MILT JACKSON W/ THELONIOUS MONK QUINTETS” – New York, July 23, 1951 Four in one, Criss cross, Eronel Sahib Shihab (as) Milt Jackson (vib) Thelonious Monk (p) Al McKibbon (b) Art Blakey (d) – New York, April 7, 1952 Tahiti (1), Bags’ groove (1) Lou Donaldson (as-1) Milt Jackson (vib) John Lewis […]

FLORIAN ARBENZ “CONVERSATION #6 & #7” – Basel, Switzerland, c. 2022 Dancing with Kirk, Fee-fi-fo-fum, Pinocchio (1) Domenic Landolf (sax-1) Kirk Lightsey (p) Tibor Elekes (b-1) Florian Arbenz (d) THE SUN RA ARKESTRA “LIVING SKY”  – Philadelphia, PA, June 15, 2021 Chopin, Somebody else’s idea Michael Ray, Cecil Brooks (tp) Dave Davis, Robert Stringer (tb) […]

  EMMET COHEN “FUTURE STRIDE” – New York, 2021 Symphony Raps, Reflections at Dusk, Dardanella, Pitter Panther Patter Melissa Aldana (ts) Marquis Hill (t) Emmet Cohen (p) Russell Hall (b) Kyle Poole (dr)           BILL EVANS & JIM HALL “UNDERCURRENT” – New York, April 24 & May 14, 1962 I hear […]

CHARLES TOLLIVER “CHARLES TOLLIVER AND HIS ALL STARS” – Englewood Cliffs, N.J., July 2, 1968 Earl’s world, Right now, Paper man (1) Charles Tolliver (tp) Gary Bartz (as-1) Herbie Hancock (p) Ron Carter (b) Joe Chambers (d)             SEXTETO HINDEMITH 76 “HINDEMITH 76” – Santiago, 1975 Piazzollada, Cueca Del Cerro, […]