PuroJazz

DUKE ELLINGTON AND HIS COTTON CLUB ORCHESTRA  – New York, January 8, 1929 Doin’ the voom voom, Tiger rag Bubber Miley, Freddy Jenkins, Arthur Whetsel (tp) Joe Nanton (tb) Barney Bigard (cl,as) Johnny Hodges (as,sop) Harry Carney (bar,cl,as) Duke Ellington (p) Fred Guy (bj) Wellman Braud (b) Sonny Greer (d) Irving Mills, Ozie Ware (vcl) […]

TED NASH – SOMEWHERE ELSE: WEST SIDE STORY SONGS – New York, December 17 & 18, 2018 Jet song, A boy like that, Something’s coming Ted Nash (ts,cl,arr) Steve Cardenas (g) Ben Allison (b)           TED ROSENTHAL TRIO – IMPROMPTU – Riveredge, N.J., December 21 & 23, 2009 Nocturne in F […]

PAUL MOTIAN – I HAVE THE ROOM ABOVE HER – New York, April 6, 2004 Osmosis part III, I have the room above her, Dreamland Joe Lovano (ts) Bill Frisell (g) Paul Motian (d)           RACHEL Z – ON THE MILKY WAY EXPRESS – 2000 Pinocchio, Footprints, Black Nile Rachel Z […]

THE EIGHTY SEVEN YEARS OF DOC CHEATHAM – New York, September 17 & 18, 1992 Okay, baby, Love you madly, That’s my home, Have you met Miss Jones Doc Cheatham (tp,vcl) Chuck Folds (p) Bucky Calabrese (b) Jackie Williams (d)           CHET BAKER QUINTET LONELY STAR – Englewood Cliffs, N.J., August […]

MASTERS & BARON MEET BLANTON & WEBSTER – Glendale, CA, October, 2019 I got it bad (and that ain’t good), A flower is a lovesome thing, Jack the bear Scott Engelbright, Les Lovitt, Ron Stout, Tim Hagans (tp) Les Benedict, Dave Woodley, Art Baron (tb) Danny House (as,cl) Kirsten Edkins, Jerry Pinter (ts,sop) Bruce Lett […]

JOHNNY DODDS’ BLACK BOTTOM STOMPERS – Chicago, April 22, 1927 Melancholy, Weary blues, New Orleans stomp, Wild man blues Louis Armstrong (cnt) Roy Palmer (tb) Johnny Dodds (cl) Barney Bigard (ts) Earl Hines (p) Bud Scott (bj) Baby Dodds (d)           FLETCHER HENDERSON AND HIS ORCHESTRA NEW YORK: – September 13, […]

ART BLAKEY & THE JAZZ MESSENGERS – MEET YOU AT THE JAZZ CORNER OF THE WORLD VOL II – Live “Birdland”, New York, September 14, 1960 High modes, Night watch Lee Morgan (tp) Wayne Shorter (ts) Bobby Timmons (p) Jymie Merritt (b) Art Blakey (d)         GERRY MULLIGAN – MEETS BEN WEBSTER […]

THE BILL HOLMAN BAND – BRILLIANT CORNERS THE MUSIC OF THELONIOUS MONK – Hollywood, CA, February 11 & 12, 1997 Bemsha swing, Brilliant corners Carl Saunders, Frank Szabo, Ron Stout, Bob Summers (tp,flhrn) Jack Redmond, Andy Martin (tb) Bob Enevoldsen (v-tb) Kenny Shroyer (b-tb) Lanny Morgan (as,fl) Bill Perkins (as,sop,fl) Pete Christlieb (ts,sop,fl) Ray Herrmann […]

JIMMY RUSHING – BLUES AND THINGS  – New York, July 19, 1967 Am I blue ?, Save it pretty mama (jr vcl), St. Louis blues (jr vcl) Budd Johnson (ts,sop-1) Earl Hines (p) Bill Pemberton (b) Oliver Jackson (d) Jimmy Rushing (vcl) ANAT FORT – AND IF  – Oslo, Norway, February, 2009 Paul Motian (#1), […]

SARAH WILSON – KALEIDOSCOPE – Brooklyn, NY, June 12 & 13, 2012 Presence, Young woman, Kaleidoscope, Go Sarah Wilson (t/voz) Myra Melford (p) Matt Wilson (dr) Charles Burnham (vln) , el bajista Jerome Harris (b) John Schott (g)           AZAR LAWRENCE – PRAYER FOR MY ANCESTORS – Pasadena, CA, July 5 […]