HANK MOBLEY “SOUL STATION” – Englewood Cliffs, NJ, February 7, 1960 Remember, This I dig of you Hank Mobley (ts) Wynton Kelly (p) Paul Chambers (b) Art Blakey (d)             STEVE CÁRDENAS “BLUE HAS A RANGE” – New York, July, 2019 Lost and found, Blue language, Language of love […]

AL COHN “THE NATURAL SEVEN” – New York, February 3, 1955 Doggin’ around, Jump the blues away, Jack’s kinda swing, The natural thing to do, A.C. meets Osie Joe Newman (tp) Frank Rehak (tb) Al Cohn (ts,arr) Nat Pierce (p) Freddie Green (g) Milt Hinton (b) Osie Johnson (d)           CARL […]

FELIPE DUHART “ALIWEN” – Santiago de Chile 2022 Viaje al sol, Ya es tiempo Felipe Duhart (g) Agustín Moya (st), Sebastián Castro (p), Milton Russell (b) y Félix Lecaros (dr).             EDDIE “LOCKJAW” DAVIS “SMOKIN'” – Hackensack, N.J., September 12, December 5, 1958 High fry, Smoke this, Pennies From Heaven, […]

PAUL MOTIAN “DANCE” – Ludwigsburg, Germany, September, 1977 Waltz song, Dance Charles Brackeen (sop,ts) David Izenzon (b) Paul Motian (d,perc)           SAMUEL BLASER / PIERRE FAVRE “SAME PLACE, ANOTHER TIME” – Lucerne, Switzerland, October 23, 2018 La moretta, Same place, another time, ‘Round midnight Samuel Blaser (tb) Pierre Favre (d)   […]

    ELVIN JONES “LIVE THE LIGHTHOUSE” – Hermosa Beach, CA, September 9, 1972 The children, save the children (3,5); Taurus People (3,5); Small One (1,4); David Liebman (fl-1,sop-2,ts-3) Steve Grossman (ss -5, ts)-5 Gene Perla (b) Elvin Jones (d)           RANDY WESTON / BILLY HARPER “THE ROOTS OF THE BLUES” […]

  SAM RIVERS “FUCHSIA SWING SONG” – Englewood Cliffs, N.J., December 11, 1964 Fuchsia swing song, Cyclic episode, Beatrice, Luminous monolith, Downstairs Sam Rivers (ts) Jaki Byard (p) Ron Carter (b) Tony Williams (d)           JOSHUA REDMAN /BRAD MEHLDAU / CHRISTIAN MCBRIDE / BRIAN BLADE “LONGGONE” – New York, 2022 Long […]

DUKE ELLINGTON “THE WASHINGTONIANS” – New York, November, 1924 Rainy nights, Choo choo Bubber Miley (tp) Charlie Irvis (tb) Otto Hardwick (as) Duke Ellington (p) George Francis (bj) Sonny Greer (d) DUKE ELLINGTON “AND HIS KENTUCKY CLUB ORCHESTRA” – New York, November 29, 1926 East St. Louis Toodle-oo, Birmingham breakdown, Immigration blues Bubber Miley, Louis […]

  BRIAN CHARETTE “JACKPOT” – Englewood Cliffs, NJ, November 4, 2021 Tight connection, Triple threat, Upstairs Cory Weeds (ts) Brian Charette (org,comp) Ed Cherry (g) Bill Stewart (d)             RICHARD TWARDZIK “TRIO” – Hackensack, N.J., October 27, 1954 Albuquerque social swim, A Crutch for the Crabs, Bess, you is my […]

JOHN COLTRANE PROGRAMA ESPECIAL No. 3 de 3: “ASCENSION” – Englewood Cliffs, N.J., June 28, 1965 Ascension Freddie Hubbard, Dewey Johnson (tp) John Tchicai, Marion Brown (as) John Coltrane, Pharoah Sanders, Archie Shepp (ts) McCoy Tyner (p) Jimmy Garrison, Art Davis (b) Elvin Jones (d) “INTERSTELLAR SPACE” – Englewood Cliffs, N.J., February 22, 1967 Jupiter […]

  JOHN COLTRANE PROGRAMA ESPECIAL No. 2 de 3:               “MY FAVORITE THINGS” – New York, October 21, 1960 My Favorite Things John Coltrane (sop,ts) McCoy Tyner (p) Steve Davis (b) Elvin Jones (d) “COLTRANE PLAYS THE BLUES” – New York,October 24, 1960 Blues to Bechet (2) John Coltrane […]