– New York, February 25, 1927Paradise wobble, Birmingham black bottom, Don’t you leave me here.
Charlie Johnson’s Original Paradise Ten : Jabbo Smith, Leonard Davis, Tom Morris (cnt) Charlie Irvis (tb) Benny Carter (cl,sop,as) Ben Whitted (cl,as) Elmer Harrell (cl,ts) Charlie Johnson (p) Bobby Johnson (bj) Cyrus St. Clair (tu) George Stafford (d) Monette Moore (vcl)
JIMMY HARRISON W CHARLIE JOHNSON AND HIS PARADISE BAND
– New York, September 19, 1928The boy in the boat (the rock) (bw arr), Walk that thing (bw arr)
Leonard Davis, Sidney DeParis, JIMMY HARRISON (tp) Ben Whitted (cl,as) Edgar Sampson (cl,as,vln) Benny Waters (cl,ts,arr) Charlie Johnson (p) Bobby Johnson (bj) Cyrus St. Clair (tu) George Stafford (d)
JOHNNY DUNN JOHNNY DUNN AND HIS BAND
– New York, March 13, 1928 Sergeant Dunn’s bugle call blues, Ham and eggs, Buffalo blues Johnny Dunn (cnt) Herb Flemming (tb) Garvin Bushell (cl,as) Jelly Roll Morton (p) John Mitchell (bj) Harry Hull (tu) prob Mort Perry (d)
JOHNNY DUNN AND HIS JAZZ BAND
– New York, April 11, 1924Dunn’s cornet blues
Johnny Dunn And His Band – New York, March 13, 1928
JABBO SMITH’S RHYTHM ACES
– Chicago, January 29 & February 23, 1929
Sleepy time blues (1), Sweet and low blues (js vcl,1), Little Willie blues, Jazz battle, Let’s get together (js vcl )
Jabbo Smith (cnt,vcl) Omer Simeon (cl) Cassino Simpson (p) Ikey Robinson (bj) Hayes Alvis (tu-3)
Miles Evans (tp) Rob Scheps (ts) Bryan Carrott (vib) Yossi Fine, Matthew Garrison (b) Bob Moses (d,talking d,keyboards,rap) Simon Haggiag (cga) Billy Martin (perc) Ben Wittman (perc,d) The Boston Illharmonic : Mike Peipman (tp,flhrn) Walter Platt (tp) or Scott Cowens (tp) Bob Pilkington (tb) , Russell Jewell (tb) or Jeff Galindo (tb) Dave Harris (b-tb) W. Marshall Sealy (fhr) Bob Gay (as) or Bruce Nifong (as) Ole Mathisen (ts,sop)
“Time stood still”
Miles Evans (tp) Rob Scheps (ts,sop,fl) Bryan Carrott (mar) Duke Levine (slide g) Wesley Wirth, Matthew Garrison (b) Billy Martin (d,perc) Bob Moses (d,keyboards) Simon Haggiag (cga) Ben Wittman (perc) Stan Strickland (voice) The Boston Illharmonic : Mike Peipman (tp,flhrn) Walter Platt (tp) or Scott Cowens (tp) Bob Pilkington (tb) , Russell Jewell (tb) or Jeff Galindo (tb) Dave Harris (b-tb) W. Marshall Sealy (fhr) Bob Gay (as) or Bruce Nifong (as) Ole Mathisen (ts)
“Jaco”
Bryan Carrott (vib) Wesley Wirth, Matthew Garrison (b) Bob Moses (d) Billy Martin, Ben Wittman (perc) The Boston Illharmonic : Mike Peipman (tp,flhrn) Walter Platt (tp) or Scott Cowens (tp) Bob Pilkington (tb) , Russell Jewell (tb) or Jeff Galindo (tb) Dave Harris (b-tb) W. Marshall Sealy (fhr) Bob Gay (as) or Bruce Nifong (as) Ole Mathisen (ts,sop)
DANIEL LEVIN LIVE, “FIREHOUSE 12”
– New Haven, CT, May 27, 2016
Lost and found, Jumpman, Matt/Torbjorn
Matt Moran (vib) Mat Maneri (viola) Daniel Levin (cello) Torbjorn Zetterberg (b)
GILAD HEKSELMAN FAR STAR
– Tel Aviv, Israel & New York, March 2020-June 2021
Long way from home (1), Fast moving century (1,2), I didn’t know (1)
Shai Maestro (p-2) Gilad Hekselman (el-g,b,keyboards,perc,vcl) Eric Harland (d-1)
Miles Davis (tp) Milt Jackson (vib) Thelonious Monk (p) Percy Heath (b) Kenny Clarke (d)
– Hackensack, NJ, June 29, 1954
Airegin, Doxy
Miles Davis (tp) Sonny Rollins (ts) Horace Silver (p) Percy Heath (b) Kenny Clarke (d)
MIKE CLARK PLAYS HERBIE HANCOCK
– New York, June, 2022
Toys, Speak like a child, Dolphin dance
Jon Davis (p) Leon Lee Dorsey (b) Mike Clark (d) Herbie Hancock (comp)
TONY ALLEN JAZZ IS DEAD 18
– c. 2020
No beginning, Ebun, Steady tremble
Emile Martinez, Tatiana Tate (tp) Lasim Richards (tb) Scott Mayo (fl) Phillip Whack (as) Jaman Laws (ts) David Urquidi, Jacob Scesney (bar) Adrian Younge (el-b-g,el-g,org,mar,perc) Tony Allen (d) Marcus Gray, Jazmin Hicks, Loren Oden (perc)
Alphonse and Gaston, Do nothin’ till you hear from me, When your lover has gone, I gotta right to sing the blues Rex Stewart (cnt) Cootie Williams (tp) Lawrence Brown, J.C. Higginbotham (tb) Coleman Hawkins, Bud Freeman (ts) Hank Jones (p) Billy Bauer (g) Milt Hinton (b) Gus Johnson (d)
PEE WEE RUSSELL NEW GROOVE
– New York, November 12, 1962
Pee Wee’s Blues, Moten swing, Good bait Marshall Brown (v-tb,b-tp) Pee Wee Russell (cl) Russell George (b) Ron Lundberg (d)
BUCK CLAYTON BUCK MEETS RUBY
– New York, July 1, 1954
Kandee, I can’t get started
Buck Clayton (tp) Ruby Braff (cnt) Benny Morton (tb) Buddy Tate (ts) Jimmy Jones (p) Steve Jordan (g) Aaron Bell (b) Bobby Donaldson (d)