MARK TURNER “YAM YAM” – New York, December 12, 1994 Moment’s notice, Zurich (1) Mark Turner (ts) Seamus Blake, Terence Dean (ts-1) Kurt Rosenwinkel (g) Brad Mehldau (p) Larry Grenadier (b) Jorge “Jordi” Rossy (d)             CHARLES LLOYD “HYPERION WITH HIGGINS” – Los Angeles, December, 1999 Dancing waters, Big Sur […]

IDA COX “BLUES FOR RAMPART STREET” – New York, April 11 – 12, 1961 Hard, oh Lord, Blues for Rampart Street, St. Louis blues, Hard time blues Ida Cox (vcl) acc by Roy Eldridge (tp) Coleman Hawkins (ts) Sammy Price (p) Milt Hinton (b) Jo Jones (d)             EARL HINES […]

EASTERN REBELLION “MOSAIC” – New York, December 14 & 16, 1990 Sunflower, John’s blues Ralph Moore (ts) Cedar Walton (p) David Williams (b) Billy Higgins (d)             CYRUS CHESTNUT “MY FATHER’S HANDS” – New York, December 14, 2021 Nippon soul connection, Yesterday, Thinking about you Cyrus Chestnut (p) Peter Washington […]

  THE LOUNGE LIZARDS “VOICE OF CHUNK” – Sutton, Surrey, England, November, 1988 Bob the Bob, Voice Of Chunk, A paper bag and the sun Curtis Fowlkes (tb) John Lurie (as,sop) Roy Nathanson (as,sop,ts) Marc Ribot (g,tp) Evan Lurie (p) Erik Sanko (b) Dougie Bowne (d) E.J. Rodriguez (perc)             […]

  BILLY DRUMMOND AND FREEDOM OF IDEAS “VALSE SINISTRE” – Englewood Cliffs, NJ, November 6, 2021 Little Melonae, Frankenstein, Valse sinistre Dayna Stephens (saxes) Micah Thomas (p) Dezron Douglas (b) Billy Drummond (d)               KHAN JAMAL “THREE” – Copenhagen, Denmark, October 30, 1984 Lilli goes to town, Blues life, […]

NEAL SMITH “LIVE SMALLS JAZZ CLUB” – New York, August 23 & 24, 2009 Stew peas, Junior Steve Wilson (as) Eric Alexander (ts) Mulgrew Miller (p) Mark Whitfield (g) Dezron Douglas (b) Neal Smith (d)             PAUL DESMOND “GLAD TO BE UNHAPPY” – New York, July 13, 1964 Angel Eyes, […]

COUNT BASIE W BENNIE MOTEN ORCHESTRA “VOLUME 1 1929-30” – Chicago, October 23-24, 1929 Rumba negro, The Jones law blues, Band box shuffle, Small black, Everyday blues [Yo yo blues], Sweetheart of yesterday (wm vcl) Ed Lewis, Booker Washington (cnt) Thamon Hayes (tb) Eddie Durham (v-tb,g,arr) Harlan Leonard (cl,sop,as) Jack Washington (cl,as,bar) Woody Walder (cl,ts) […]

  BUDDY DEFRANCO “JAZZ TONES” – New York, April 7, 1954 Jack the fieldstalker, Cable car, If I should lose you, Blues in the closet Buddy DeFranco (cl) Sonny Clark (p) Eugene Wright (b) Bobby White (d)             ROY HAYNES “JUST US” – Englewood Cliffs, NJ, July 5, 1960 Down […]

JOE HARRIOTT “FREE FORM” – London, November 23 & 30, 1960 Formation, Abstract, Coda, Calypso sketches Shake Keane (tp,flhrn) Joe Harriott (as) Pat Smythe (p) Coleridge Goode (b) Phil Seamen (d)             TRIO VIRIDITAS “WAXWEBWIND@EBROADWAY” – New York, July 27, 2000 From the north, 09 Age Pi @ Mandarin Court […]

  WARNE MARSH “WARNE MARSH” – New York, December 12, 1957 It’s all right with me Warne Marsh (ts) Ronnie Ball (p) Paul Chambers (b) Philly Joe Jones (d) – New York, January 16, 1958 Yardbird suite, Excerpt Warne Marsh (ts) Paul Chambers (b) Paul Motian (d)           PAT BIANCHI “BACK […]