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MICKEY MARDONES – DA GRACIAS A LA VIDA – Santiago, Chile, October, 2005 Robbins’ nest (2), Whims of Chambers (2) Mickey Mardones (as-1,ts-2) Gabriel Feller (g) Daniel Navarette (b) Nicolas Rios (d) LENNIE TRISTANO – THE DUO SESSIONS – 1967-1976 Out Of A Dream (1), Melancholy Stomp (1), Ensemble (1), Concerto, Pt. 2 (3), Session […]

LOVIE AUSTIN AND HER BLUES SERENADERS Chicago: – November 1924 Traveling blues Tommy Ladnier (cnt) Jimmy O’Bryant (cl) Lovie Austin (p) – August, 1925 Too sweet for words Bob Shoffner (cnt) Jimmy O’Bryant (cl) Lovie Austin (p) – April, 1926 Jackass blues, Frog tongue stomp Bob Schoffner (cnt) Albert Wynn (tb) Johnny Dodds (cl) Lovie […]

FREDDIE HUBBARD – BREAKING POINT   – Englewood Cliffs, NJ, May 7, 1964 Blue frenzy, Far away (1), Mirrors (1) Freddie Hubbard (tp) James Spaulding (as,fl-1) Ronnie Mathews (p) Eddie Khan (b) Joe Chambers (d) JEFF COSGROVE – HISTORY GETS AHEAD OF THE STORY  – Saugerties, NY, 2018 O’Neal’s porch, Wood flute song, Harlem Jeff Lederer […]

DONALD BYRD – THE CREEPER – Englewood Cliffs, N.J., October 5, 1967 The creeper, Samba Yantra Donald Byrd (tp) Sonny Red (as) Pepper Adams (bar) Chick Corea (p) Miroslav Vitous (b) Mickey Roker (d) GONZALO RUBALCABA – SKYLINE -ca 2020 Lagrimas Negras, A Quiet Place, RonJackRuba Gonzalo Rubalcaba (p) Ron Carter (b) Jack DeJohnette (dr) […]

ROY ELDRIDGE AND HIS ORCHESTRA – Chicago, May 14, 1936 Too good to be true, Warming up, Blues in C sharp minor Roy Eldridge (tp,vcl) Buster Bailey (cl) Chu Berry (ts) Teddy Wilson (p) Bob Lessey (g) Israel Crosby (b) Sidney Catlett (d) Roy Eldridge And His Orchestra – Chicago, January 23, 1937 Wabash stomp, […]

HANK MOBLEY – DIPPIN’ – Englewood Cliffs, NJ, June 18, 1965 The dip The breakthrough,I see your face before me, The vamp Lee Morgan (tp) Hank Mobley (ts) Harold Mabern (p) Larry Ridley (b) Billy Higgins (d) GERALD WILSON – YOU BETTER BELIEVE IT – Los Angeles, September 9, 1961 Blues for Yna Yna, The […]

BUSTER BAILEY – And His Seven Chocolate Dandies – New York, December 28, 1934 Call of the delta, Shanghai shuffle Henry “Red” Allen (tp) J.C. Higginbotham (tb) Buster Bailey (cl) Benny Carter (as) Charlie Beal (p) Danny Barker (g) Elmer James (b) Walter Johnson (d) Fletcher Henderson (arr) New York, December 28, 1934. – And […]

THE COOKERS – LOOK OUT! – Englewood Cliffs, NJ, c. 2020 Destiny is yours, Traveling lady Eddie Henderson, David Weiss (tp) Donald Harrison (as) Billy Harper (ts) George Cables (p) Cecil McBee (b) Billy Hart (d) WYNTON KELLY – KELLY BLUE – New York, February 19, 1959 Kelly blue Nat Adderley (cnt) Bobby Jaspar (fl) […]

RED GARLAND – REDISCOVERED – Hackensack, NJ – June 27, 1958 Blues in mambo (1) Red Garland (p) Paul Chambers (b) Art Taylor (d) Ray Barretto (cga-1) – August 12, 1959 Blues in the closet Red Garland (p) Doug Watkins (b) Specs Wright (d) – March 16, 1961 Skinny’s blues Richard Williams (tp) Oliver Nelson […]

LOUIS ARMSTRONG’S BIG BAND – New York, October 3, 1935 I’m in the mood for love, La Cucaracha, Got a bran’ new suit Louis Armstrong (tp,vcl) Louis Bacon, Leonard Davis, Gus Aiken (tp) Harry White, Jimmy Archey (tb) Henry Jones, Charlie Holmes (as) Bingie Madison (cl,ts) Greely Walton (ts) Luis Russell (p) Lee Blair (g) […]