– Hackensack, N.J., May 7, 1956 Wee jah, Polka dots and moonbeams
Donald Byrd (tp) Hank Mobley, John Coltrane (ts) Elmo Hope (p) Paul Chambers (b) Philly Joe Jones (d)
LOU DONALDSON WITH & THE THREE SOUNDS “LD + 3”
– Hackensack, N.J., February 18, 1959 Smooth groove, Confirmation, Blue moon
Lou Donaldson (as) Gene Harris (p) Andy Simpkins (b) Bill Dowdy (d)
ART PEPPER – “THE HOLLYWOOD STARS SESSIONS” – “FUNK ‘N FUN”
– Hollywood, CA, March 26 & 27, 1979 Just friends, P-town, Funny blues
Bill Watrous (tb) Art Pepper (as) Russ Freeman (p) Bob Magnusson (b) Carl Burnett (d)
– Paris, France, June 2, 1964 Tanya
Donald Byrd (tp) Dexter Gordon (ts) Kenny Drew (p) Niels-Henning Orsted Pedersen (b) Art Taylor (d)
JOHN LEWIS / BILL PERKINS “TWO DEGREES EAST, THREE DEGREES WEST”
– Los Angeles, February 10, 1956
Two degrees east, three degrees west, Easy living, I can’t get started (bp, jh out), Skylark (bp out)
Bill Perkins (st) John Lewis (p) Jim Hall (g) Percy Heath (b) Chico Hamilton (dr)
KENNY WERNER “CHURCH ON MARS”
– New York, October 8, 2018
Superfluous, Embraceable you, Think of one
David Liebman (ts,sop) Kenny Werner (p) James Genus (b) Terri Lyne Carrington (d) Vivienne Aerts (vcl)
– Madrid, Santiago, Junio 2019 (1), Julio – Septiembre, 2021.
Trashumante (1) , Casi cueca del Aconcagua, Río Manzanares, Barrio Italia
Emilio Garcia, composición, guitarra, producción general; Jorge Pardo, Flauta; Antonio Restucci, Mandolina; Jorge Arribas, Acordeón; Marcelo Córdova, Contrabajo; Felipe Candia, Batería.
FREDDIE HUBBARD “READY FOR FREDDIE”
– Englewood Cliffs, NJ, August 21, 1961
Birdlike, Crisis
Freddie Hubbard (tp) Bernard McKinney (euphonium) Wayne Shorter (ts) McCoy Tyner (p) Art Davis (b) Elvin Jones (d)
CAL TJADER “MONTEREY CONCERTS”
– Carmel, CA, April 20, 1959
Afro Blue, A Night In Tunisia, Tumbao
Paul Horn (fl) Cal Tjader (vib) Lonnie Hewitt (p) Al McKibbon (b) Willie Bobo (d, tim) Mongo Santamaria (bgo, per)
– Chicago, November 14, 1925 Sugar foot stomp, She’s got ’em, Up jumped the devil Agregar a: Bill Creger (as,cl) Lew King (vcl)
OSCAR “PAPA” CELESTIN AND THE ORIGINAL TUXEDO JAZZ ORCHESTRA
– New Orleans, April 11, 1927 Dear Almanzoer, Papa’s got the jim-jams (af vcl), Just for you dear I’m crying (fj vcl)
Oscar “Papa” Celestin, Ricard Alexis (cnt) Sid Carriere (sop,ts) Simon Marrero (b) added, Abbey “Chinee” Foster, Ferdinand Joseph (vcl)
– New Orleans, December 13, 1928 When I’m with you, It’s jam up
Oscar “Papa” Celestin, Ricard Alexis (cnt) or George McCullum (cnt) August Rousseau (tb) or Bill Matthews (tb) Clarence Hall (cl,as) Oliver Alcorn (cl,ts) Jeanette Salvant (p) John Marrero (bj) Simon Marrero (b) Josiah “Cie” Frazier (d)
BILLY KYLE’S BIG EIGHT
– New York, September 11, 1946 H.R.S. bounce; Ooh, baby, you knock me out; Date for eight; Contemporary blues
Dick Vance (tp) Trummy Young (tb,vcl) Buster Bailey (cl) Lem Davis (as) John Hardee (ts) Billy Kyle (p) John Simmons (b) Buddy Rich (d)
FATS WALLER
– New York, December 24, 1936 Havin’ a ball, I’m sorry I made you cry, Who’s afraid of love ?, Please keep me in your dreams
Fats Waller (p,vcl) Herman Autrey (tp) Gene Sedric (cl,ts) Al Casey (g) Charlie Turner (b) Slick Jones (d)
– New York August 29 & 30, 1992
So sorry please (ab,ww out), Chelsea bridge (ab,ww out), Dear old Stockholm
Abraham Burton (as) Willie Williams (ts) Jacky Terrasson (p) Tyler Mitchell (b) Art Taylor (d)
JOE CHAMBERS “HORACE TO MAX”
– New York, August 13 & 14, 2009
Ecaroh, Water babies, Evidence
Eric Alexander (ts) Joe Chambers (vib,mar,d) Xavier Davis (p) Dwayne Burno (b) Steve Berrios (d,perc)
DONALD HARRISON / TERENCE BLANCHARD “CRYSTAL STAIR” – New York, April 1-3, 1987 Crystal stair, Endicott, Slam Terence Blanchard (tp) Donald Harrison (as,c-mel,sop) Cyrus Chestnut (p) Reginald Veal (b) Carl Allen (d)
– San Antonio, TX, prob. c. 2021 Blood count, Dorotea’s studio
Charles Lloyd (ts,fl) Bill Frisell (g) Thomas Morgan (b)
MIKE MAINIERI “AN AMERICAN DIARY”
– New York, October 1 & 2, 1994
Somewhere, Town meetin’, Piano sonata no. 1, Overture to the school for scandal
Joe Lovano (ts, alto-cl)) Mike Mainieri (vib, (concert-mar,b-mar)) Eddie Gomez (b) Peter Erskine (d)
GEORGE BRAITH “EXTENSION”
– New York, December 16, 1963 Extension, Sweetville, Every time we say goodbye George Braith (ts,sop,as) Grant Green (g) Billy Gardner (org) Clarence Johnston (d)
– New York, October 24, 1966 Orbits, Footprints, Dolores
Miles Davis (tp) Wayne Shorter (ts) Herbie Hancock (p) Ron Carter (b) Tony Williams (d)
DAVE BRUBECK TRIO “LIVE FROM VIENNA 1967”
– November 12, 1967 St. Louis Blues, Someday My Prince Will Come, Take the A Train Dave Brubeck (p) Eugene Wright (b) Joe Morello (dr).
NDUDUZO MAKHATHINI “IN THE SPIRIT OF NTU”
– ca 2021 Unonkanyamba, Emlilweni
Nduduzo Makhathini (p) Linda Sikhakhane & Jaleel Shaw (saxos) Robin Fassie Kock (t) Dylan Tabisher (vib.) Stephen de Souza (b) Gontse Makhene (perc.) Dane Paris (dr)
– 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)