– Englewood Cliffs, NJ, July 27, 2021 Persistence, Second thoughts, Epistrophy Eric Alexander (ts) Michael Weiss (p,arr) Paul Gill (b) Pete Van Nostrand (d)
GERI ALLEN “THE PRINTMAKERS”
– Stuttgart, Germany, February 8 & 9, 1984 Eric, M’s heart, When Kabuya dances Geri Allen (p) Anthony Cox (b) Andrew Cyrille (d,perc)
FRANK ROSOLINO “FREE FOR ALL”
– Hollywood, CA, December 22, 1958 Love for sale, Don’t take your love from me, Free for all, There is no greater love
Frank Rosolino (tb) Harold Land (ts) Victor Feldman (p) Leroy Vinnegar (b) Stan Levey (d)
– Los Angeles, February 12, 1945
Dippermouth blues [Sugar foot stomp], Savoy blues, High society, Ballin’ the Jack Mutt Carey (tp) Kid Ory (tb) Joe Darensbourg (cl,vcl) Buster Wilson (p) Bud Scott (g) Ed Garland (b) Alton Redd (d)
LOUISIANA FIVE
– New York, 1918 & 1919
Clarinet squawk, A good man is hard to find, Yelping Hound, You can’t get lovin’ Charlie Panelli (tb) Alcide Nunez (cl) Joe Cawley (p) Karl Berger (bj) Anton Lada (d,ldr)
BUD FREEMAN
– And His Orchestra – Chicago, December 3, 1928
Crazeology, Can’t help lovin’ dat man (rmk vcl) Johnny Mendell (tp) Floyd O’Brien (tb) Bud Jacobson (cl,as) Bud Freeman (ts) Dave North (p) Herman Foster (bj) Johnny Mueller (b) Gene Krupa (d) Red McKenzie (vcl)
– And His Windy City Five – New York, December 4, 1935
What Is There To Say, The Buzzard
Bunny Berigan (tp) Bud Freeman (cl,ts) Claude Thornhill (p) Eddie Condon (g) Grachan Moncur (b) Cozy Cole (d)
NAT GONELLA AND JOHN KIRBY’S ORCHESTRA
– New York, January 20, 1939
You must have been a beautiful baby, Just a kid named Joe, Jeepers creepers
Nat Gonella (tp,vcl) acc by John Kirby’s Orchestra , : Buster Bailey (cl) Benny Carter (as) Billy Kyle (p) Brick Fleagle (g) John Kirby (b) Jack Maisel (d)
– San Francisco, CA, September 24, 1959
Cabu, A gem from Tiffany (theme)
Joe Gordon (tp) Richie Kamuca (ts) Victor Feldman (p) Monty Budwig (b) Shelly Manne (d)
VINCE GUARALDI “THE VINCE GUARALDI TRIO”
– San Francisco 1956 Django, Fenwyck farfel, Never never land
Vince Guaraldi (p) Eddie Duran (g) Dean Reilly (b)
JAMES WILLIAMS SEXTET “ALTER EGO”
– New York, July 19 & 20, 1984
Black scholars, Alter ego, Four play (ke out)
Billy Pierce (ts,sop-1) Bill Easley (ts,as,fl,alto-fl,cl) James Williams (p) Kevin Eubanks (g) Ray Drummond (b) Tony Reedus (d)
– Hackensack, N.J., July 28, 1956 Violets for your furs, Wee dot
Jerry Lloyd Hurwitz (tp) Zoot Sims (ts) Jutta Hipp (p) Ahmed Abdul-Malik (b) Ed Thigpen (d)
DAVID MURRAY BRAVE NEW WORLD TRIO – “SERIANA PROMETHEA”
– Winterthur, Switzerland, November 27, 2021
Seriana promethea, Necktar, Metouka shell (Ballad for Adrienne)
David Murray (ts,b-cl,comp) Brad Jones (b) Hamid Drake (d)
PIERRE FAVRE / SAMUEL BLASER – “SAME PLACE, ANOTHER TIME”
– Klein Theater, Luzern, Switzerland on October 23rd 2018.
L’oiseau de couleur, La Moretta, Mood Indigo
Samuel Blaser (tb) Pierre Favre (d)
– Los Angeles, October 8 & 15, 1956 Landslide, A fifth for Frank
Jack Sheldon (tp) Harold Land (ts) Carl Perkins (p) Curtis Counce (b) Frank Butler (d)
KENNY GARRETT – “SKETCHES OF MD”
– New York, c. 2009 Intro to Africa, Wayne’s thang
Kenny Garrett (as,b-cl,org,synt) Pharoah Sanders (ts,vcl) Benito Gonzales (p,el-p,synt) Nat Reeves (b) Jamire Williams (d)
DANIEL CARTER et al – “WELCOME ADVENTURE ! VOL. 2”
– New York, October 29, 2019 Mask production, Wordwide
Daniel Carter (sop,as,ts,cl) Matthew Shipp (p) William Parker (b) Gerald Cleaver (d)
– New York, 2019 Frida, If it’s magic (cms vcl), The sidewinder
Ingrid Jensen (tp,flhrn) Anat Cohen (cl,b-cl) Melissa Aldana (ts) Renee Rosnes (p) Noriko Ueda (b) Allison Miller (d) Cecile McLorin Salvant (vcl)
BUD POWELL “A PORTRAIT OF THELONIOUS”
– Paris, France, December 17, 1961
Off minor, There will never be another you, I ain’t foolin’, Squatty
Bud Powell (p) Pierre Michelot (b) Kenny Clarke (d)
TEDDY EDWARDS “TEDDY’S READY”
– Los Angeles, August 17, 1960
Blues in G, Scrapple from the apple, The sermon
Teddy Edwards (ts) Joe Castro (p) Leroy Vinnegar (b) Billy Higgins (d)
– New York, July 3 & November 14, 1924
Them ramblin’ blues, Those Panama mamas, Prince of Wails
Bill Moore (tp) Adrian Rollini (goofus) Irving Brodsky (p) Ray Kitchingman (bj) Stan King (d,kazoo)
– New York, July 14, 1925 Melancholy Lou
Roy Johnston (tp) Tommy Dorsey (tb) Bobby Davis (cl,sop,as) Adrian Rollini (bar) Irving Brodsky (p) Tommy Felline (bj) Stan King (d)
JIMMIE NOONE
– Chicago, February, March & April 26, 1929
St. Louis blues, Chicago rhythm, I got misery, Love me or leave me (jn,jp vcl) Jimmie Noone (cl,vcl) Joe Poston (as,vcl) Alex Hill (p) Junie Cobb (bj,g,vcl) Bill Newton (tu) Johnny Wells (d)
TEDDY WILSON AND HIS ORCHESTRA
– New York, December 16, 1936
(I’m with you) Right or wrong (mw vcl), Where the lazy river goes by (mw vcl,*), Tea for two, I’ll see you in my dreams Irving “Mouse” Randolph (tp) Vido Musso (cl) Ben Webster (ts) Teddy Wilson (p) Allan Reuss (g) John Kirby (b) Cozy Cole (d) Midge Williams (vcl)
– New York, March 31, 1937 Fine and dandy
Cootie Williams (tp) Johnny Hodges (as) Harry Carney (cl,bar) Teddy Wilson (p) Allan Reuss (g) John Kirby (b) Cozy Cole (d) Billie Holiday (vcl)
JOHNNY HODGES AND HIS ORCHESTRA
– New York, March 3, 1951
Castle rock, Sophisticated lady, Globetrotter (1), A gentle breeze
Emmett Berry (tp) Lawrence Brown (tb) Johnny Hodges (as) Al Sears (ts) Leroy Lovett (p) Billy Strayhorn (p-1) replaces Lovett, Lloyd Trotman (b) Sonny Greer (d)
– Englewood Cliffs, NJ, January 30, 1962
Hi fly, Tillie Butterball, Excerpts from Yamecraw, Blues in the closet
Jaki Byard (p,as-1) Ron Carter (bPete La Roca (d)
STEVE DAVIS – “BLUESTHETIC”
– New York, February 8, 2022
Encouragement, Faraway dream (gk out), Maybe so
Steve Davis (tb) Steve Nelson (vib) Geoff Keezer (p) Peter Bernstein (g) Christian McBride (b) Willie Jones, III (d)
JAMES FARM – “JAMES FARM”
– New York, August 26-29, 2010
Unravel, If by air, Low fives (1)
Joshua Redman (ts / sop-2) Aaron Parks (p,keyboards) Matt Penman (b) Eric Harland (d)