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ART HODES’ HOT FIVE – New York, October 12, 1945 Save it pretty mama, ‘Way down yonder in New Orleans (2), Memphis blues (1), St. James infirmary Wild Bill Davison (cnt) Sidney Bechet (sop-1,cl-2) Art Hodes (p) Pops Foster (b) Freddie Moore (d,vcl)           COOTIE WILLIAMS AND HIS RUG CUTTERS – […]

J.C. HEARD/BILL PERKINS QUINTET LIVE “LIGHTHOUSE” – Hermosa Beach, CA, February, 1964 Bob’s blues, J.C.’s tune Bill Perkins (ts,bar) Frank Strazzeri (p) Joe Pass (g) Jim Hughart (b) J.C. Heard (d)             HAROLD MABERN MABERN PLAYS COLTRANE – LIVE “SMOKE” – New York, January 5-7, 2018 Dahomey dance, Blue Train, […]

DAYNA STEPHENS TRIO LIBERTY – c. 2019 Loosy goosy, Tarifa, Rhyming history, The sound goddess Dayna Stephens (ts) Ben Street (b) Eric Harland (d)             MCCOY TYNER NONET TENDER MOMENTS – Englewood Cliffs, N.J., December 1, 1967 Mode to John (2,4), The high priest (4), Lee plus three (1) Lee […]

BUD FREEMAN MIDNIGHT AT EDDIE CONDON’S – New York, December 5 & 10, 1945: – Midnigt at Eddie Condon’s, I’ve found a new baby, The blue room (Live) Edmond Hall (cl) Bud Freeman (ts) Gene Schroeder (p) Bob Casey (b) Dave Tough (d) – Time on my hands Charlie Shavers (tp) Vernon Brown (tb) added, […]

BUD POWELL F. CURTIS FULLER BUD ! THE AMAZING BUD POWEL – Hackensack, N.J., August 3, 1957 Idaho (1), Don’t blame me (1), Moose the mooche (1), Keepin’ in the groove Curtis Fuller (tb-1) Bud Powell (p) Paul Chambers (b) Art Taylor (d)           ELLA FITZGERALD “SINGS THE DUKE ELLINGTON SONG […]

MCKENZIE AND CONDON’S CHICAGOANS – Chicago, December 8 * 16 (1), 1927 China boy, Sugar, Liza (1) Jimmy McPartland (cnt) Frank Teschmacher (cl) Bud Freeman (ts) Joe Sullivan (p) Eddie Condon (bj) Jim Lannigan (tu,b) Gene Krupa (d) Mezz Mezzrow (cymbals – 1) – Chicago, March 27, 1928 Jazz me blues Entra Muggsy Spanier (cnt) […]

MELISSA ALDANA 12 STARS – New York, 2021 Falling, Emilia Melissa Aldana (st) Sullivan Fortner (p) Lage Lund (g) Pablo Menares (b) Kush Abadey (dr).             ROSWELL RUDD & DUCK BAKER LIVE – The Outpost en Albuquerque, Nuevo México, 2004; Tonic club Nueva York en 2002. Bemsha Swing, The Happenings, […]

ETHAN IVERSON QUARTET C/TOM HARRELL COMMON PRACTICE – Live “Village Vanguard”, New York, 2017 Wee, Sentimental journey, Jed from Teaneck Tom Harrell (tp) Ethan Iverson (p) Ben Street (b) Eric McPherson (d)             ROY HARGROVE EARFOOD – Los Angeles, September 19-21, 2007 I’m not so sure , Brown , Strasbourg/St. […]

NAT KING COLE’S SOLID SWINGERS – Chicago, IL, July 28, 1936 Stomping at the Panama [Skoller’s shuffle] Kenneth Roane (tp) Tommy Thompson (as,ts) Bill Wright (ts) Nat King Cole (p) Eddie Cole (b,vcl) Jimmy Adams (d) NAT KING COLE TRIO – Hollywood, CA, July, 1943 Solid potato salad, I’m an errand boy for rhythm, Straighten […]

SONNY ROLLINS, COLEMAN HAWKINS SONNY MEETS HAWK ! – New York, July 18, 1963 Just friends, Summertime, At McKie’s Sonny Rollins, Coleman Hawkins (ts) Paul Bley (p) Henry Grimes (b) Roy McCurdy (d)           PETE MALINVERNI ON THE TOWN (MALINVERNI PLAYS LEONARD BERNSTEIN) – Nueva Jersey, c 2021 Some other time, […]