Friday, Dec. 30:
2 BEST LIVE of 2005Sonny
Rollins, "Without a Song," Without a Song: The 9/11 Concert (Milestone)
- , "A Nightingale Sang in Berkeley Square," - (-)
- , "Why Was I Born?" - (-)
- , "Global Warming," Global Warming (-)
Bar Kokhba Sextet, "Lilin," Bar Kokhba Sextet (Tzadik)
- , "Ner Tamid," - (-)
- , "Karet," - (-)
- , "Khebar," - (-)
- , "Eitan," - (-)
- , "Kivah," - (-)
- , "Teli," - (-)
John Zorn, "Ecars," Spy vs. Spy (Elektra/Musician)
Saturday, Dec. 24:
THE YULE DEAL
Dick Wellstood, "Jingle Bells," Live at
Hanratty's (Chazz Jazz)
Bessie Smith, "At the Christmas Ball," Complete, Vol. 2 (Columbia)
James P. Johnson, "Snowy Morning Blues," 1921-1928 (Classics)
Benny Goodman & His Orchestra, "Jingle Bells," 1935 (-)
Count Basie & His Orch., "Good Morning Blues" (take 2), Complete Decca
Recordings (Decca)
Fats Waller & His Rhythm, "Swingin' Them Jingle Bells" (vocal), Early Years,
Pt. 3: Fractious Fingering (Bluebird/RCA)
Lionel Hampton & His Orch., "Gin for Christmas," 1939-1940 (Classics)
John Kirby & His Orch., "Bounce of the Sugar Plum Fairy," 1939-1941 (-)
Woody Herman & His Orch., "Let It Snow! Let It Snow! Let It Snow!" Blowin'
Up a Storm: Columbia Years 1945-47 (Columbia)
Claude Thornhill & His Orch., "Snowfall," Best of the Big Bands (-)
Nat "King" Cole Trio, "The Christmas Song," Complete Capitol Trio
Recordings (Mosaic)
Charlie Parker & His All Stars, "White Christmas," Bird at the Roost: The
Savoy Years, Vol. 2 (Savoy)
Leo Watson with the Vic Dickenson Quintet, "Jingle Bells," Original Scat Man
(Indigo)
Babs Gonzalez, "Be-Bop Santa Claus," Hipsters' Holiday (Rhino)
Dexter Gordon-Wardell Gray Quintet, "Jingle Jangle Jump," Dexter
Gordon:1947-1952 (Classics)
Billie Holiday, "I've Got My Love to Keep Me Warm," Stay with Me (Verve)
Pearl Bailey & Hot Lips Page, "Baby It's Cold Outside," Hot Lips Page:
1946-1950 (Classics)
John Coltrane, "Greensleeves" (11/2/61), Complete Village Vanguard Sessions
(Impulse)
Roland Kirk Quartet, "We Free Kings," We Free Kings (Mercury)
Nat "King" Cole, "Christmas greeting," Programming Aids from Capitol
(Capitol)
Pharoah Sanders, "The Christmas Song," A Prayer Before Dawn (Theresa)
Miles Davis, "Blue Xmas (To Whom It May Concern)," Jingle Bell Jazz (Columbia)
Lord Buckley, "Scrooge," Bad Rapping of the Marquis de Sade (Blue Note)
Billy Harper, "It Came Upon a Midnight Clear," Soul of an Angel (Metropolitan)
Louis Armstrong, "The Night Before Christmas (A Poem)," Christmas Through the
Years (LaserLight)
Friday, Dec. 23:
CHET BAKER
Charlie Parker, "Irresistible You," Inglewood
Jam (Time Is)
Gerry Mulligan Quartet, "Bernie's Tune," Original Quartet with Chet Baker
(Pacific Jazz)
- , "Freeway," - (-)
- , "Aren't You Glad You're You," - (-)
- , "Get Happy," - (-)
Gerry Mulligan Tentette, "Rocker," Complete Capitol Quartet and Tentette
(Mosaic)
Gerry Mulligan Quartet, "My Funny Valentine," Original Quartet with Chet Baker
(Pacific Jazz)
Chet Baker Quartet, "Maid in Mexico," Quartet with Russ Freeman (-)
- , "Imagination," - (-)
- , "Russ Job," - (-)
- , "Band Aid," - (-)
- , "Bea's Flat," - (-)
- , "The Thrill Is Gone," - (-)
Chet Baker, "The Wind," With Strings (Columbia)
Chet Baker Quartet, "I Fall in Love Too Easily," Quartet with Russ Freeman
(Pacific Jazz)
Chet Baker, "Sad Walk," In Paris (Polygram)
- , "Love Nest," Quartet (Pacific Jazz)
- , "Well You Needn't," Chet Is Back (Bluebird)
- , "Once Upon a Summertime," Once Upon a Summertime (Galaxy/OJC)
Charlie Haden, "Conception," Silence (Soul Note)
Chet Baker, "Sippin' at Bells," Last Great Concert (Enja/Justin Time)
Saturday, Dec. 17:
LADY SINGS & THE GENTLEMEN PLAY, Part 2
Billie Holiday & Her Orchestra, "Back in Your Own
Backyard," The Quintessential, Vol. V (Columbia)
Gene Ammons, - , Story: The 78 Era (Prestige)
Billie Holiday & Her Orch., "I Can't Get Started with You," The
Quintessential, Vol. VI (Columbia)
Teddy Wilson Sextet, - , All Star Sessions, Vol. 1 (Musicraft)
Billie Holiday & Her Orch., "All of Me," The Quintessential, Vol. IX
(Columbia)
Lester Young-Teddy Wilson Quartet, - , Pres and Teddy (Verve)
Billie Holiday, "Lover Man (Oh Where Can You Be)," The Complete Decca Recordings
(Decca)
Charlie Parker & His Orch., "Loverman," The Complete Verve Master Takes
(Verve)
Miles Davis, "I Loves You, Porgy," Porgy & Bess (Columbia)
Billie Holiday, - , The Complete Decca Recordings (Decca)
- , "Solitude," - (-)
Duke Ellington, - , The Popular (RCA)
Billie Holiday, "God Bless the Child," The Complete Decca Recordings (Decca)
Sonny Rollins, - , The Bridge (Bluebird)
Billie Holiday, "Moonlight in Vermont," All or Nothing at All (Verve)
Johnny Smith, - , Moonlight in Vermont (Capitol/Roulette)
Billie Holiday, "A Foggy Day," All or Nothing at All (Verve)
Dick Sutton Sextet, - , Steve Lacy: Early Years (Fresh Sound)
Billie Holiday, "Body and Soul," All or Nothing at All (Verve)
Tony Scott & the All Stars, - , Coleman Hawkins: In the '50s (Decca)
Billie Holiday, "Embraceable You," All or Nothing at All (Verve)
Charlie Parker Quintet, - (alternate take), The Complete Savoy & Dial Studio
Recordings (Savoy)
Billie Holiday, "But Not for Me," All or Nothing at All (Verve)
Sun Ra & His Astro Infinity Arkestra, - , Holiday for Soul Dance (Evidence)
Billie Holiday, "Stormy Blues," Songbook (Verve)
Friday, Dec. 16:
LADY SINGS & THE GENTLEMEN PLAY, Part 1
Teddy Wilson & His Orchestra, "Easy to
Love," Billie Holiday: The Quintessential, Vol. II (Columbia)
Babe Russin & His Orch., - , Tenor All Stars: Battle of the Saxes (Trip/Emarcy)
Billie Holiday & Her Orch., "Summertime," The Quintessential, Vol. II
(Columbia)
Miles Davis, - , Porgy & Bess (-)
Teddy Wilson & His Orch., "These Foolish Things," Billie Holiday: The
Quintessential, Vol. II (-)
Lennie Tristano, - , Tristano (Atlantic)
Teddy Wilson & His Orch., "Pennies from Heaven," Billie Holiday: The
Quintessential, Vol. III (Columbia)
Harry "Sweets" Edison, - , The Inventive Mr. Edison (Pacific Jazz)
Teddy Wilson & His Orch., "I Can't Give You Anything but Love, Baby," Billie
Holiday: The Quintessential, Vol. III (Columbia)
Warne Marsh Quartet, - , A Ballad Album (Criss Cross
Ruby Braff, "This Year's Kisses," With the Ed Bickert Trio (Sackville)
Teddy Wilson & His Orch., - , Billie Holiday: The Quintessential, Vol. III (Columbia)
Billie Holiday & Her Orch., "I¹ve Got My Love to Keep Me Warm,² (-)
Teddy Wilson & His Orch., "Mean to Me," Billie Holiday: The Quintessential,
Vol. IV (Columbia)
Lester Young, - , Lester Swings (Verve)
Teddy Wilson & His Orch., "Foolin' Myself," Billie Holiday: The
Quintessential, Vol. IV (Columbia)
Warne MarshLee Konitz Quintet, - , Jazz Exchange, Vol. 2 (Storyville)
Teddy Wilson & His Orch., "Easy Living," Billie Holiday: The Quintessential,
Vol. IV (Columbia)
Al Haig Quartet, - , Wardell Gray: Memorial Album, Vol. 1 (Prestige/OJC)
Billie Holiday & Her Orch., "A Sailboat in the Moonlight," The
Quintessential, Vol. IV (Columbia)
Ruby Braff/Scott Hamilton, - , A Sailboat in the Moonlight (Concord)
Billie Holiday & Her Orch., "He's Funny That Way," The Quintessential, Vol.
V (Columbia)
Illinois Jacquet, - , 1946-1947 (Classics)
Teddy Wilson & His Orch., "When You're Smiling," The Quintessential Billie
Holiday, Vol. V (Columbia)
Ralph Sutton, - , Bix Beiderbecke Suite and Piano Portraits (Commodore)
Teddy Wilson & His Orch., "If Dreams Come True," The Quintessential Billie
Holiday, Vol. V (Columbia)
Teddy Wilson Sextet, - , 1942-1945 (Classics)
Saturday, Dec. 10:
RAY NANCE
Duke Ellington & His Famous Orch., "Take the 'A'
Train," The Blanton-Webster Band (Bluebird)
- , "Bakiff," - (-)
Barney Bigard & His Orch., "'C' Blues," Duke Ellington: Sophisticated Lady
(RCA)
Duke Ellington & His Famous Orch., "Someone," The Blanton-Webster Band
(Bluebird)
- , "A Slip of the Lip (Can Sink a Ship)," - (-)
- , "Just Squeeze Me (But Don't Tease Me)," Black, Brown & Beige (-)
- , "Moon Mist," The Collection: '46-47 Recordings (Hindsight)
Duke Ellington, "Rock-Skippin' at the Blue Note," Ellington Uptown (Columbia)
- , "Just a-Sittin' and a-Rockin'," The Complete Capitol Recordings (Mosaic)
- , "Chile Bowl," - (-)
- , "Mr. Gentle and Mr. Cool," Newport 1958 (Columbia)
- , "Dancing in the Dark," Ellington Indigos (-)
- , "Low Key Lightly," Anatomy of a Murder (Rykodisc)
- , "Black, Brown and Beige: Part V (Come Sunday)," Black, Brown and Beige
(Columbia)
- , "Jump for Joy," New Mood Indigo (Doctor Jazz)
- , "Mahalia," The Girls Suite/The Perfume Suite (Columbia)
- , "Day Dream," Jazz Violin Session (Atlantic)
- , "I'm Getting Sentimental over You," Recollections of the Big Band Era
(Atlantic)
- , "Lay-by," Three Suites (Columbia)
Earl Hines, "Sunday," Up to Date (RCA Victor)
- , "The Hour of Parting," - (-)
Mercer Ellington Septet, "Sassy," Duke Ellington: New Mood Indigo (Doctor Jazz)
Ray Nance, "Take the 'A' Train," Body and Soul (Solid State)
- , "Guitar Amour," - (-)
- , "Wild Child," Huffin' n' Puffin' (MPS/BASF)
Friday, Dec. 9:
YOUNG DONALD BYRD
Donald Byrd, "Long Green," Timeless (Savoy)
Hank Jones, "Hank's Pranks," Bluebird (-)
Paul Chambers, "Omicron," Whims of Chambers (Blue Note)
- , "We Six," - (-)
Horace Silver, "Enchantment," Six Pieces of Silver (-)
Sonny Rollins, "Decision," Vol. 1 (-)
Gigi GryceDonald Byrd Jazz Laboratory, "Batland," At Newport (Verve)
- , "Satellite," Modern Jazz Perspective (Columbia)
Sonny Clark, "With a Song in My Heart," Sonny's Crib (Blue Note)
Red Garland, "Solitude," Quintets (Prestige)
John Coltrane, "Lover Come Back to Me," Black Pearls (Prestige/OJC)
Horace Silver, "Tippin'," Six Pieces of Silver (Blue Note)
Thelonious Monk Orch., "Off Minor," At Town Hall (Riverside/OJC)
Jackie McLean, "Greasy," New Soil (Blue Note)
Donald Byrd, "Amen," Fuego (-)
Saturday, Dec. 3:
(MOSTLY) CONTINENTAL
Enrico Rava, "Full of Life," Full of Life (CAM)
Tommaso-Rava Quartet, "La Dolce Vita," La Dolce Vita (-)
Gianluigi Trovesi Ottetto, "African Triptych: Wide Lake/Scarlet Dunes/Western
Dream," Fugace (ECM)
Enrico Pieranunzi, "Hello My Lovely," Special Encounter (CAM)
- , "Miradas," - (-)
Enrico Rava, "Golden Eyes," Tati (ECM)
- , "E Lucevan le Stelle," - (-)
Bar Kokhba Sextet, "Lilin," Bar Kokhba Sextet (Tzadik)
Bruno Chevillon, "Hors les Murs," Louis Sclavis: L'affrontement des Prétendants
(ECM)
Louis Sclavis Quintet, "L'affrontement des Prétendants," - (-)
Orchestre National de Jazz, "Estramadure, Parts 1-3," Charmediterranéen (-)
Bobo Stenson, "There Comes a Time," Goodbye (-)
- , "Race Face," - (-)
Friday, Dec. 2:
WYNTON KELLY
J.J. Johnson, "Jay," The Eminent, Vol. 2 (Blue
Note)
Art Farmer, "I've Never Been in Love Before," Early Art (Prestige/OJC)
Dizzy Gillespie, "That's All," Dizzy Gillespie Big Band (Verve
Stuff Smith, "It's Only a Paper Moon," Stuff SmithDizzy GillespieOscar Peterson
(Verve)
Sonny Rollins, "How Are Things in Glocca Morra," Sonny Rollins (Blue Note)
Steve Lacy, "Little Girl Your Daddy Is Calling You," Soprano Sax (Prestige/OJC)
Lee Morgan, "I Remember Clifford," Vol. 3 (Blue Note)
Dizzy Reece, "Groovesville," Star Bright (-)
John Coltrane, "Harmonique," Coltrane Jazz (Atlantic)
Paul Gonsalves, "Low Gravy," Gettin' Together (Jazzland/OJC)
Hank Mobley, "The More I See You," Roll Call (Blue Note)
- , "Smokin'," Workout (-)
Wes Montgomery, "Full House," Full House (Riverside/OJC)
Roland Kirk, "Get out of Town," The Complete Mercury Recordings (Mercury)
Jimmy Heath Quintet, "Project S," On the Trail (Riverside/OJC)
Saturday, Nov. 26:
MILES: OSAKA '75, Part 2
Miles Davis, "Zimbabwe," Pangaea (Columbia)
- , "Mtume" (excerpt), Get Up With It (-)
- , Gondwana," Pangaea (-)
- , "Maiysha" (excerpt), Get Up With It (-)
Friday, Nov. 25:
PAUL DESMOND: TORONTO '75
Paul Desmond Quartet, "Wendy," Live
(Horizon/A&M)
- , "Wave," - (-)
- , "Things Ain't What They Used to Be," - (-)
- , "Nancy," - (-)
- , "My Funny Valentine," - (-)
- , "Indian Summer," Skylark (CTI)
- , "Manha de Carnival," Live (Horizon/A&M)
- , "Here's That Rainy Day," - (-)
- , "When Sunny Gets Blue," Paul Desmond (Artists House)
- , "Darn That Dream," - (-)\
- , "Too Marvelous for Words," - (-)
- , "Take Five," Live (Horizon/A&M)
Saturday, Nov. 19:
MILES: OSAKA '75, Part 1
Miles Davis, "Prelude," Agharta (Columbia)
- , "Maiysha," - (-)
- , "Mtume" (excerpt), Get Up With It (-)
- , "Interlude," Agharta (-)
- , "Theme from Jack Johnson," - (-)
Friday, Nov. 18:
DON CHERRY
Ornette Coleman, "The Blessing," Something Else
(Contemporary/OJC)
- , "Giggin'," Tomorrow Is the Question (-)
- , "Rejoicing," - (-)
- , "Chronology," The Shape of Jazz to Come (Atlantic)
John Coltrane & Don Cherry, "Cherryco," The Avant-Garde (-)
Don Cherry, "Complete Communion: Complete Communion/And Now/Golden
Heart/Remembrance," Complete Communion (Blue Note)
Codona, "Codona," Codona (ECM)
Old and New Dreams, "Guinea," Old and New Dreams (-)
- , "Happy House," Playing (-)
Don Cherry, "When Will the Blues Leave," Art Deco (A&M)
- , "Art Deco," - (-)
- , "Trumpet," Multikulti (-)
- , "Multikulti Soothsayer Player," - (-)
- , "Pettiford Bridge," - (-)
Saturday, Nov. 12:
BUCK CLAYTON
Count Basie & His Orch., "Swinging at the Daisy
Chain," At the Chatterbox (Jazz Archives)
- , "One O'Clock Jump," Best of Early Basie (Decca)
Teddy Wilson & His Orch., "Why Was I Born?" Billie Holiday: The
Quintessential, Vol. 3 (Columbia)
Mildred Bailey & Her Orch., "The Moon Got in My Eyes," 1937-1938 (Classics)
Billie Holiday & Her Orch., "He's Funny That Way," The Quintessential, Vol.
5 (Columbia)
Count Basie & His Orch., "Blues in the Dark," Best of Early Basie (Decca)
Teddy Wilson & His Orch., "If Dreams Come True" (alternate take), Lester
Young: Story, Vol. 2 (Columbia)
Kansas City Five, "I Know That You Know," 1938-1944 (Classics)
Billie Holiday & Her Orch., "The Very Thought of You," The Quintessential,
Vol. 6 (Columbia)
Kansas City Six with Lester Young, "I Want a Little Girl," 1938-1944 (Classics)
Basie's Bad Boys, "(Let Me) Live and Love Tonight," Essential, Vol. 1 (Columbia)
Count Basie & His Orch., "Love Jumped Out," Essential, Vol. 3 (-)
- , "The Jitters," America's #1 Band (Columbia)
- , "Fiesta in Blue," One O'Clock Jump (ASV)
- , "It's Sand, Man," America's #1 Band (Columbia)
Coleman Hawkins Quintet, "A Shanty in Old Shanty Town," The Complete (Mercury)
Count Basie & His Orch., "Red Bank Boogie," One O'Clock Jump (ASV)
- , "Avenue C," America's #1 Band (Columbia)
J.C. Heard Quintet, "What's the Use?" Roy Eldridge: And the Swing Trumpets
(Mercury)
Buck Clayton Jam Session, "Lean Baby" (alternate take), Complete CBS Jam
Sessions (Mosaic)
Sidney Bechet All Stars, "All of Me," Recorded at the Brussels Fair, 1958
(Columbia)
Pee Wee Russell, "I Would Do Anything for You," Swingin' with Pee Wee (Prestige)
- , "Englewood," (-)
Buck Clayton & Buddy Tate, "When a Woman Loves a Man," Buck & Buddy
(Prestige/Swingville/OJC)
Buck Clayton & His Swing Band, "Nancy's Fancy," A Swingin' Dream (Stash)
Friday, Nov. 11:
HOAGY CARMICHAEL
Hoagy Carmichael, "Riverboat Shuffle," V-Disc
Recordings (Collectors' Choice)
Paul Whiteman & His Orch., "Washboard Blues," Hoagy Carmichael: Stardust,
and Much More (Bluebird)
Arkansas Travellers, "Boneyard Shuffle," Hoagy Carmichael: First of the Singer
Songwriters (JSP)
Emil Seidel & His Orch., "Star Dust," - (-)
Hoagy Carmichael's Collegians, "March of the Hoodlums," - (-)
- , "Walkin' the Dog," - (-)
Eddie Lang's Orch., "What Kind o' Man Is You?" - (-)
Irving Mills & His Hotsy-Totsy Gang, "High and Dry," - (-)
Hoagy Carmichael & His Orch., "Rockin' Chair," Stardust, and Much More
(Bluebird)
- , "Georgia on My Mind," - (-)
- , "Lazy River," - (-)
- , "Moon Country," - (-)
Hoagy Carmichael, "Cosmics," - (-)
Hoagy Carmichael & His Orch., "Judy," - (-)
Louis Armstrong & His Orch., "Lazy River," Essential (Columbia)
- , "Star Dust" (Take 2), Story, Vol. 4 (-)
Dave Brubeck Quartet, - , Jazz at Oberlin (Fantasy/OJC)
Mildred Bailey & Her Orch., "Rockin' Chair," Complete Columbia Recordings
(Mosaic)
Ruby Braff & Scott Hamilton, - , A First (Concord)
Gene Krupa & His Orch., "Skylark," 1941-1942 (Classics)
Jim Hall, - , Jim Hall's Three (Concord)
Bob Dorough, "Baltimore Oriole," Devil May Care (Bethlehem)
Billie Holiday, "I Get Along Without You Very Well," Lady in Satin (Columbia)
John Coltrane, "Little Old Lady," Coltrane Jazz (Rhino/Atlantic)
Gene Ammons & Dodo Marmarosa, "Georgia," Jug & Dodo (Prestige)
Saturday, Nov. 5:
2 LIVE DISCOVERIES
Thelonious Monk Quartet with John Coltrane, "Monk's
Mood," At Carnegie Hall (Blue Note)
- , "Evidence," - (-)
- , "Crepuscule with Nellie," - (-)
- , "Nutty," - (-)
- , "Epistrophy," - (-)
- , "Bye-Ya," - (-)
- , "Sweet and Lovely," - (-)
- , "Blue Monk," - (-)
- , "Epistrophy," - (-)
Dizzy Gillespie-Charlie Parker, "Bebop," Town Hall (Uptown)
- , "A Night in Tunisia," - (-)
- , "Groovin' High," - (-)
- , "Salt Peanuts," - (-)
- , "Hot House," - (-)
- , "Fifty-Second Street Theme," - (-)
- , "Koko," BeBop's Heartbeat (Savoy)
- , "A Night in Tunisia," - (-)
Friday, Nov. 4:
4 MORE FROM MAYBECK
Dave McKenna, "Knowledge Medley: Teach Me
Tonight/School Days/An Apple for the Teacher/I Didn't Know About You," Live at
Maybeck Recital Hall (Concord)
- , "Knowledge Medley (Part 2): I Didn't Know What Time It Was/I Wish I Knew/I Didn't
Know Enough About You," - (-)
- , "I Don't Why (I Just Do)/You'll Never Know," - (-)
- , "I Never Knew," - (-)
Joanne Brackeen, "Thou Swell," Live at Maybeck Recital Hall (-)
- , "The Most Beautiful Girl in the World," - (-)
- , "Dr. Chu Chow," - (-)
- , "Yesterdays," - (-
Denny Zeitlin, "Blues on the Side," At Maybeck (-)
- , "The Girl Next Door," - (-)
- , "My Man's Gone Now," - (-)
- , "Lady Bird," - (-)
- , "'Round Midnight," - (-)
Monty Alexander, "Island in the Sun," At Maybeck (-)
- , "Estaté," - (-)
- , "For Sentimental Reasons," - (-)
- , "Speak Low," - (-)
- , "Smile," - (-)
Saturday, Oct. 29:
ZOOT SIMS
Joe Bushkin Sextet with Bill Harris, "Georgia on My
Mind" (Take 2), Mel Powell/Joe Bushkin: The World Is Waiting (Commodore)
Woody Herman & His Orch., "Four Brothers," Blowin' Up a Storm (Columbia)
Zoot Sims Quartet, "My Silent Love," Quartets (Prestige/OJC)
- , "Jane-O," - (-)
- , "Zoot Swings the Blues" (Take 1), - (-)
Zoot Sims & Al Cohn, "The Red Door," The Brothers (-)
Stan Kenton, "Zoot," The Definitive Kenton (Artistry)
Clifford Brown, "Finders Keepers," Jazz Immortal (Pacific Jazz)
Zoot SimsBob Brookmeyer Quintet, "Zoot's Tune," Tonite's Music Today (Black
Lion)
Zoot Sims, "Quicker Blues," Plays 4 Altos (ABC/Paramount)
- , "The Man I Love," That Old Feeling (Chess)
- , "All Across the City," Otra Vez (Mainstream)
- , "Once I Loved," Waiting Game (Jasmine/Impulse)
- , "Take Ten," With Bucky Pizzarelli (Classic Jazz)
Benny Goodman, "Jitterbug Waltz," On Stage (London)
- , "Oh Lady Be Good," - (-)
Zoot Sims, "Softly as in a Morning Sunrise," Zoot at Ease (Mobile
Fidelity/Famous Door)
Count Basie/Zoot Sims, "Blues for Nat Cole," Basie & Zoot (Pablo/OJC)
Zoot Sims, "You're My Thrill," Warm Tenor (-)
Zoot Sims/Joe Pass, "Pennies from Heaven," Blues for Two (-)
Zoot Sims, "Cinnamon and Cloves," Quietly There (-)
Friday, Oct. 28:
BILL HARRIS
Joe Bushkin Sextet with Bill Harris, "Pickin' at the
Pic," Zoot Sims: Tenorly (Jazz Hour)
- , "Fade Out," - (-)
Woody Herman & His Orch., "Red Top," 1944-1946 (First Heard)
Chubby Jackson & His Orch., "Cryin' Sands," Small Herds (Mercury)
Woody Herman & His Orch., "I Wonder," Complete Columbia Recordings (Mosaic)
Bill Harris & His Septet, "Characteristically, B.H.," Small Herds (Mercury)
- , "Mean to Me," - (-)
- , "Cross Country," - (-)
- , "She's Funny That Way," - (-)
Woody Herman & His Orch., "Bijou (Rhumba in Jazz)," Blowin' Up a Storm
(Columbia)
- , "Welcome to My Dream," Complete Columbia Recordings (Mosaic)
Woody Herman's Woodchoppers, "Nero's Conception," - (-)
Bill Harris & His New Music, "Everything Happens to Me," Small Herds
(Mercury)
- , "Frustration," - (-)
Woody Herman & His Orch., "Everywhere," Blowin' Up a Storm (Columbia)
Bill HarrisCharlie Ventura Quintet, "Body and Soul," Live at the 3 Deuce
(Phoenix Jazz)
- , "The Great Lie," - (-)
Woody Herman & His Orch., "Tenderly," Complete Capitol Recordings (Mosaic)
Bill Harris, "It Might as Well Be Spring," And Friends (Fantasy/OJC)
- , "Crazy Rhythm," - (-)
Bill Harris, "Early Autumn," The Ex-Hermanites (VSOP/Mode)
- , "Blue Flame," - (-)
Bill Harris, "Just One More Chance," And Friends (Fantasy/OJC)
Oct. 21 and 22 were fund-raising shows during
"Celebration 2005."
Thanks for your generous support!
Saturday, Oct. 15:
LEE KONITZ
Lee Konitz, "Palo Alto," Live at the Half Note
(Verve)
- , "April," - (-)
- , "How About You?" - (-)
- , "It's You or No One," - (-)
- , "Scrapple from the Apple," - (-)
- , "Lover Man," Strings for Holiday (Enja)
- , "Baby, Baby All the Time," Live at the Half Note (Verve)
- , "You Stepped out of a Dream," - (-)
- , "Lennie-Bird," - (-)
- , "My Melancholy Baby," - (-)
- , "Just Friends," - (-)
- , "317 E. 32nd," - (-)
- , "Lover Man," Strings for Holiday (Enja)
Friday, Oct. 14:
ART TATUM
Art Tatum, "Tea for Two," Piano Starts Here
(Columbia)
- , "Cocktails for Two," Classic Early Solos (Decca)
- , "The Shout," - (-)
- , "Stormy Weather," - (-)
- , "Chlo-e," - (-)
- , "Humoresque," Solos (1940) (-)
- , "Tiger Rag," - (-)
- , "Rosetta," - (-)
- , "Indiana," - (-)
Art Tatum & His Band, "Stompin' at the Savoy," I Got Rhythm (-)
- , "Battery Bounce," - (-)
Art Tatum, "Sweet Lorraine," God Is in the House (High Note)
- , "Toledo Blues," - (-)
- , "Sweet Georgia Brown," - (-)
Art Tatum Trio, "I Got Rhythm," I Got Rhythm (Decca)
- , "Honeysuckle Rose," - (-)
- , "After You've Gone," - (-)
Barney Bigard Sextet, "Blues for Art's Sake," 1944-1945 (Classics)
Art Tatum, "She's Funny That Way," The V-Discs (Black Lion)
- , "I Cover the Waterfront," Complete Capitol Recordings, Vol. 1 (Capitol)
- , "Aunt Hagar's Blues," - (-)
- , "Nice Work if You Can Get It," - (-)
Art Tatum Trio, "Out of Nowhere," - (-)
Art Tatum, "Just A-Sittin' and A-Rockin'," Solo Masterpieces, Vol. 1 (Pablo)
- , "Have You Met Miss Jones," - (-)
Art Tatum/Lionel Hampton/Buddy Rich, "More Than You Know," Group Masterpieces,
Vol. 3 (-)
Art Tatum/Red Callender/Jo Jones, "Just One of Those Things," Group
Masterpieces, Vol. 6 (-)
Art Tatum/Ben Webster et al., "Gone with the Wind," Group Masterpieces, Vol. 8
(-)
Saturday, Oct. 8:
MILES DAVIS, DECEMBER 1970
Miles Davis, "Directions," The Cellar Door
Sessions (Columbia)
- , "Honky Tonk," - (-)
- , "What I Say," - (-)
- , "Directions II," Directions (-)
- , "Directions," The Cellar Door Sessions (-)
- , "Improvisation #4," - (-)
- , "Inamorata," - (-)
- , "Sanctuary," - (-)
- , "It's About That Time," - (-)
Friday, Oct. 7:
4 W's at MAYBECK
Gerry Wiggins, "You're Mine You," Live at
Maybeck Recital Hall (Concord)
- , "I Should Care," - (-)
- , "Don't Blame Me," - (-)
- , "Take the 'A' Train," - (-)
- , "Berkeley Blues," - (-)
- , "Lullaby of the Leaves," - (-)
Mike Wofford, "Duke's Place/Mainstem," At Maybeck (-)
- , "Topsy," - (-)
- , "Impresiones Intimas No. 1," - (-)
- , "Lullaby in Rhythm," - (-)
Jessica Williams, "Summer Song," At Maybeck (-)
- , "It's Easy to Remember," - (-)
- , "Nice Work if You Can Get It," - (-)
- , "Blue Tuesday," - (-)
- , "I Remember Bill," - (-)
James Williams, "Inner Urge," At Maybeck (-)
- , "Street of Dreams," - (-)
- , "Blues Étude," - (-)
- , "Spiritual Medley: Holy, Holy, Holy/Sometimes I Feel Like a Motherless
Child/Blessed Assurance/Why We Sing," - (-)
Saturday, Oct. 1:
DAVE HOLLAND, Birdland 2001
Dave Holland Quintet, "The Balance," Extended
Play (ECM)
- , "High Wire," - (-)
- , "Make Believe," - (-)
- , "Free for All," - (-)
- , "Claressence," - (-)
- , "Prime Directive," - (-)
- , "Metamorphos," - (-)
Friday, Sept. 30:
MONK & TRANE, November 1957
Evidence (WBGO/Thelonious/Blue Note) Thelonious Monk
Quartet with John Coltrane, "Monk's Mood," At Carnegie Hall
(Blue Note) , "Evidence," - (-)
- , "Crepuscule with Nellie," - (-)
- , "Nutty," - (-)
- , "Epistrophy," - (-)
- , "Bye-Ya," - (-)
- , "Sweet and Lovely," - (-)
- , "Blue Monk," - (-)
- , "Epistrophy," - (-)
Saturday, Sept. 24:
FATS NAVARRO
Billy Eckstine & His Orch., "Tell Me Pretty
Baby," Timeless (Savoy)
The Bebop Boys, "Webb City," Fats Navarro Story (Proper)
Coleman Hawkins & His Orch., "Bean and the Boys," Bean & the Boys
(Prestige)
Eddie Davis Quartet, "Maternity," Fats Navarro: Timeless (Savoy)
- , "Hollerin' and Screamin'," - (-)
Fats Navarro & His Thin Men, "Ice Freezes Red," - (-)
- , "Eb-Pob," - (-)
WNEW Saturday Night Swing Session, "Sweet Georgia Brown," Fats Navarro Story
(Proper)
Tadd Dameron, "The Squirrel," Fats Navarro & Tadd Dameron: Complete Blue
Note and Capitol Recordings (Blue Note)
- , "Our Delight," - (-)
Barry Ulanov's All Star Metronome Jazzmen, "Fats Flats," Fats Navarro:
Everything's Cool (Pearl)
Fats Navarro Quintet, "Nostalgia," Timeless (Savoy)
- , "Fats Blows," - (-)
Tadd Dameron, "The Tadd Walk," Fats Navarro: Featured with the Tadd Dameron Band
(Milestone)
Benny Goodman Septet, "Stealin' Apples," Fats Navarro & Tadd Dameron:
Complete Blue Note and Capitol Recordings (Blue Note)
Tadd Dameron Sextet, "Symphonette," - (-)
- , "Lady Bird," - (-)
- , "Good Bait," Fats Navarro: Fats' Gang (Talcrip)
Tadd Dameron & His Orch., "Sid's Delight," Fats Navarro & Tadd Dameron:
Complete Blue Note and Capitol Recordings (Blue Note)
Earl Coleman & His All Stars, "Yardbird Suite," Fats Navarro Story (Proper)
Fats Navarro Quintet, "Move" (Take B), - (-)
Bud Powell's Modernists, "Wail," Amazing, Vol. 1 (Blue Note)
- , "Dance of the Infidels," - (-)
- , "52nd Street Theme," - (-)
Dan Lanphere Quintet, "Stop," Prestige 1st Sessions, Vol. 1 (Prestige)
Fats Navarro, "Night in Tunisia," Fats Navarro Story (Proper)
Friday, Sept. 23:
JOHN COLTRANE (1946-60)
Jam session, "Hot House," John Coltrane: The
Last Giant (Rhino)
Dizzy Gillespie, "Good Groove," - (-)
Miles Davis, "Bye Bye Blackbird," 'Round About Midnight (Columbia)
Thelonious Monk, "Trinkle Tinkle," Monk with Coltrane (Riverside/OJC)
John Coltrane, "Traneing In," Traneing In (Prestige/OJC)
- , "Moment's Notice," Blue Train (Blue Note)
- , "Naima," Giant Steps (Rhino/Atlantic)
Miles Davis, "Straight No Chaser," Milestones (Columbia)
John Coltrane, "Giant Steps," Giant Steps (Rhino/Atlantic)
Miles Davis, "So What," Kind of Blue (Columbia)
John Coltrane, "Fifth House," Coltrane Jazz (Rhino/Atlantic)
- , "Blues to Bechet," Coltrane Plays the Blues (-)
- , "Body and Soul," Coltrane's Sound (-)
- , "Equinox," - (-)
Saturday, Sept. 17:
LEGACY REISSUES
Gerry Mulligan, "Here I'll Stay," Jeru
(Columbia)
Ahmad Jamal, "Pavanne," Legendary Okeh and Epic Recordings (-)
- , "Aki and Ukthay," - (-)
- , "Love for Sale," - (-)
Art Blakey, "The New Message (aka Little T)," Drum Suite (-)
- , "D's Dilemma," - (-)
- , "Cubano Chant," - (-)
Horace Silver, "The Night Has a Thousand Eyes," Silver's Blue (-)
Gerry Mulligan, "Blue Boy," Jeru (-)
Bob Brookmeyer, "Jive Hoot," & Friends (-)
- , "Daydream," - (-)
Dexter Gordon, "Body and Soul," Manhattan Symphonie (-)
- , "LTD," - (-)
Woody Shaw, "Blues for Ball," Stepping Stones: Live at the Village Vanguard (-)
Friday, Sept. 16
JOE VENUTI
Joe Venuti & Eddie Lang, "Black and Blue
Bottom," Classic Columbia and Okeh
Joe Venuti and Eddie Lang Recordings (Mosaic)
- , "Stringing the Blues," - (-)
Jack Pettis & His Band, "Stockholm Stomp," - (-)
Joe Venuti & Eddie Lang, "Wild Cat," - (-)
- , "Sunshine," - (-)
- , "Goin' Places," - (-)
Joe Venuti's Blue Four, "Four String Joe," - (-)
- , "The Wild Dog," - (-)
- , "Runnin' Ragged," - (-)
Joe Venuti's Rhythm Boys, "The Wolf Wobble," - (-)
Joe VenutiEddie Lang Blue Five, "Raggin' the Scale," - (-)
Joe Venuti & His Blue Six, "Sweet Lorraine," - (-)
- , "Doin' the Uptown Lowdown," - (-)
Joe Venuti & Russ Morgan, "Red Velvet," - (-)
Joe Venuti and Zoot Sims, "My Honey's Lovin' Arms," Joe Venuti and Zoot Sims
(Chiaroscuro)
- , "Lady of the Evening," - (-)
- , "Where or When," - (-)
Joe Venuti & Earl Hines, "You Can Depend on Me," Hot Sonatas (-)
- , "Hot Sonatas," - (-)
- , "She's Funny That Way," - (-)
Joe Venuti and George Barnes, "Lover," Gems (Concord)
- , "I'll Never Be the Same," - (-)
- , "I'm Coming Virginia," - (-)
- , "What Are You Doing the Rest of Your Life," Live at the Concord Summer
Festival (-)
Saturday, Sept. 10:
MILES LIVE 4/61
Miles Davis, "All of You," In Person Friday and
Saturday Nights at the Blackhawk Complete (Columbia)
- , "Neo," - (-)
- , "I Thought About You," - (-)
- , "Bye Bye Blackbird," - (-)
- , "Walkin'," - (-)
- , "Oleo," - (-)
- , "No Blues," - (-)
- , "Bye Bye (Theme)," - (-)
- , "If I Were a Bell," - (-)
- , "So What," - (-)
- , "No Blues," - (-)
Friday, Sept. 9:
ELVIN JONES
John Coltrane, "Your Lady," Live at Birdland
(Impulse)
- , "Afro-Blue," - (-)
- , "The Drum Thing," Crescent (-)
Elvin Jones/Richard Davis, "Shiny Stockings," Heavy Sounds (-)
- , "Summertime," - (-)
Elvin Jones Trio, "Jay-Ree," Puttin' It Together (Blue Note)
Elvin Jones, "The Children's Merry-Go-Round March," Merry-Go-Round (-)
Elvin Jones Quartet, "Sambra," Live at the Lighthouse, Vol. 1 (-)
- , "Three Card Molly," Earth Jones (Quicksilver)
- , "Is Seeing Believing?" - (-)
Elvin Jones, "Island Birdie," In Europe (Enja)
Great Jazz Trio, "Caravan," Someday My Prince Will Come (Columbia)
Saturday, Sept. 3:
TRIBUTE TO NEW ORLEANS
Bob Crosby & His Orch., "South Rampart Street
Parade," South Rampart Street Parade (Decca)
King Oliver's Creole Jazz Band, "Canal Street Blues," Louis Armstrong and King
Oliver (Milestone)
New Orleans Wanderers, "Perdido Street Blues," Johnny Dodds: 1926 (Classics)
Louis Armstrong & His Hot Five, "Basin Street Blues," Complete Hot Five and
Hot Seven Recordings (Columbia)
Henry "Red" Allen & His Orch., "Canal Street Blues," 1937-1941
(Classics)
Jelly Roll Morton & His Red Hot Peppers, "Sidewalk Blues," Birth of the Hot
(Bluebird)
Jelly Roll Morton Trio, "Turtle Twist," Centennial (Bluebird)
Jelly Morton's New Orleans Jazzmen, "High Society," - (-)
- , "I Thought I Heard Buddy Bolden Say," - (-)
Sidney Bechet's New Orleans Jazzmen, "Tiger Rag," 1947-1949 (Classics)
Paul Barbarin, "Bourbon Street Parade," And His New Orleans Jazz (Atlantic)
Louis Armstrong, "Mahogany Hall Stomp," Satchmo: A Musical Autobiography (Verve)
Sam Morgan's Jazz Band, "Down by the Riverside," Sound of New Orleans (Columbia)
Professor Longhair, "Tipitina," Fess: The Anthology (Rhino)
James "Sugar Boy" Crawford & His Cane Cutters, "Jock-a-Mo," Chess
Blues-Rock Songbook (Chess)
Professor Longhair, "Ball the Wall," Fess: The Anthology (Rhino)
Shirley & Lee, "Let the Good Times Roll," Let the Good Times Roll (Ace)
Huey "Piano" Smith & the Clowns, "Rockin' Pneumonia and the Boogie
Woogie Flu (Part 1)," Having a Good Time (WestSide)
- , "High Blood Pressure," - (-)
- , "Don't You Just Know It," - (-)
Clarence "Frogman" Henry, "Ain't Got No Home," Best of (Chess)
Jessie Hill, "Ooh Poo Pah Doo (Part 1)," Golden Classics (Collectables)
Ernie K-Doe, "Mother-in-Law," A Real Mother-in-Law for Ya (WestSide)
Lee Dorsey, "Ride Your Pony," Ride Your Pony (Sundazed)
Meters, "Cissy Strut," Very Best of (Rhino)
Wynton Marsalis Quartet, "Do You Know What It Means to Miss New Orleans," Live
at Blues Alley (Columbia)
Mahalia Jackson, "Move on Up a Little Higher," How I Got Over (-)
Friday, Sept. 2:
HORACE SILVER
Stan Getz Quartet, "Penny," Complete Roost
Recordings (Roulette)
Horace Silver, "Horoscope," Trio (Blue Note)
- , "Quicksilver," - (-)
- , "Opus de Funk," - (-)
- , "Doodlin'," And the Jazz Messengers (-)
- , "The Preacher," - (-)
- , "Shirl," 6 Pieces of Silver (-)
- , "Señor Blues," - (-)
- , "Sweet Stuff," Fingerpoppin' (-)
- , "Sister Sadie," Blowin' the Blues Away (-)
- , "The St. Vitus Dance," - (-)
- , "Peace," - (-)
- , "Strollin'," Horace-scope (-)
- , "Nica's Dream," - (-)
- , "Song for My Father," Song for My Father (-)
- , "Nutville," Cape Verdean Blues (-)
- , "Serenade to a Soul Sister," Serenade to a Soul Sister (-)
- , "Red Beans and Rice," Pencil Packin' Papa (Columbia)
Saturday, Aug. 27:
LESTER YOUNG
Jones-Smith Inc., "Shoe Shine Boy," Count Basie:
America's #1 Band (Columbia)
- , "Oh, Lady Be Good," - (-)
Count Basie & His Orch., "Jumpin' at the Woodside," Best of Early Basie
(Decca)
Billie Holiday & Her Orch., "A Sailboat in the Moonlight," Lady Day: The
Best of (Columbia)
Count Basie & His Orch., "Taxi War-Dance," America's #1 Band (-)
- , "Pound Cake," - (-)
Glenn Hardman & His Hammond Five, "Who?" Lester Young: Story, Vol. 4 (-)
Count Basie & His Orch., "Clap Hands! Here Comes Charley!" America's #1 Band
(-)
Count Basie's Kansas City Seven, "Lester Leaps In," - (-)
Count Basie & His Orch., "Tickle Toe," - (-)
Billie Holiday & Her Orch., "All of Me" (take 3), Lady Day: The Best of
(Columbia)
Lester Young Quartet, "Sometimes I'm Happy," 1941-1944 (EPM)
Kansas City Seven, "After Theatre Jump," - (-)
Lester Young, "These Foolish Things," Prez Conferences (Jass)
Lester Young & His Band, "D.B. Blues," Complete Aladdin Recordings (Blue
Note)
Lester Young Sextet, "Just You, Just Me," Town Hall Concert 1947 (-)
- , "Jumpin' with Symphony Sid," - (-)
Lester Young, "I Can't Get Started," With the Oscar Peterson Trio (Verve)
- , "It Takes Two to Tango," - (-)
- , "Stardust," - (-)
- , "Up 'n Adam," Carnegie Blues (-)
- , "I Cover the Waterfront," - (-)
- , "Lester Leaps In," - (-)
Lester YoungTeddy Wilson Quartet, "All of Me," Pres and Teddy (-)
Friday, Aug. 26:
JIMMY RUSHING
Bennie Moten Orchestra, "That Too, Do,"
1929-1930 (Classics)
Jones-Smith Inc., "Boogie-Woogie," Count Basie: America's #1 Band (Columbia)
- , "Evenin'," - (-)
Benny Goodman & His Orch., "He Ain't Got Rhythm," Sing, Sing, Sing
(Bluebird)
Count Basie & His Orch., "The You and Me That Used to Be," Golden Years,
Vol. 1 (EPM)
Basie's Bad Boys, "Going to Chicago," 1939 (Classics)
Count Basie & His Orch., "How Long Blues," 1939, Vol. 2 (-)
- , "Baby, Don't Tell on Me," 1939 (-)
- , "I Can't Believe That You're in Love with Me," 1939, Vol. 2 (-)
- , "I Left My Baby," - (-)
- , "Harvard Blues," 1941 (-)
- , "I'm Gonna Move to the Outskirts of Town," 1942 (-)
- , "Jimmy's Blues," 1943-1945 (-)
- , "Don't You Want a Man Like Me," Complete Original American RCA-Victor
Recordings (Definitive)
- , "After You've Gone," - (-)
Jimmy Rushing, "Every Day I Have the Blues," Rushing Lullabies (Columbia)
- , "Tricks Ain't Walkin' No More," Cat Meets Chick/Jazz Odyssey of James
Rushing, Esq. (Collectables)
Count Basie, "Sent for You Yesterday and Here You Come Today," At Newport
(Verve)
Jimmy Rushing, "Trav'lin' Light," Rushing Lullabies (Columbia)
Benny Goodman, "Brussels Blues," Benny in Brussels, Vol. 1 & 2
(Collectables)
Duke Ellington, "Hello Little Girl," Jazz Party (Columbia)
Dave Brubeck Quartet featuring Jimmy Rushing, "Blues in the Dark," Brubeck &
Rushing (-)
Jimmy Rushing, "Arkansas Blues," Mr. Five by Five (-)
- , "Please Come Back," Five Feet of Soul (Roulette/Colpix)
Earl Hines & Jimmy Rushing, "Exactly Like You," Blues & Things (New
World/Master Jazz)
Jimmy Rushing, "Linger Awhile," The You and Me That Used to Be (Bluebird)
- , "I Surrender Dear," - (-)
Saturday, Aug. 20:
JACK TEAGARDEN CENTENNIAL
Eddie's Hot Shots, "I'm Gonna Stomp Mr. Henry
Lee," Jack Teagarden: That's a Serious Thing (Bluebird)
- , "That's a Serious Thing," - (-)
Mound City Blue Blowers, "Tailspin Blues," - (-)
- , "Never Had a Reason to Believe in You," - (-)
Ben Pollack & His Orchestra, "If I Could Be with You One Hour Tonight," Jack
Teagarden: King of the Blues Trombone (Collectors' Choice)
Jack Teagarden & His Band, "Loveless Love," - (-)
Jack Teagarden & His Orch., "That's What I Like About You," - (-)
- , "(I'll Be Glad When You're Dead) You Rascal You," - (-)
Benny Goodman & His Orch., "Ain't Cha Glad?" - (-)
- , "Texas Tea Party," - (-)
- , "As Long as I Live," - (-)
Jack Teagarden & His Orch., "Stars Fell on Alabama," - (-)
Paul Whiteman & His Orch., "Ain't Misbehavin'," Jack Teagarden: That's a
Serious Thing (Bluebird)
Three T's, "I'se A-Muggin', Part 1 - (-)
Jack Teagarden & His Orch., "I Gotta Right to Sing the Blues," - (-)
- , "Peg o' My Heart," - (-)
- , "Beale Street Blues," - (-)
- , "Swingin' on the Teagarden Gate," - (-)
Louis Armstrong & His All Stars, "Saint James Infirmary," Jack Teagarden:
That's a Serious Thing (Bluebird)
- , "Jack-Armstrong Blues," - (-)
Bud Freeman's Summa Cum Laude Orch., "There'll Be Some Changes Made," - (-)
- , "I Cover the Waterfront," - (-)
Jack Teagarden, "Casanova's Lament," Big T's Dixieland Band (Capitol)
- , "Weary River," - (-)
Jack Teagarden & His Sextet, "Basin Street Blues," Mis'ry and the Blues
(Verve)
- , "Peaceful Valley," - (-)
- , "It's All in Your Mind," - (-)
Friday, Aug. 19:
R.I.P. LUCKY THOMPSON
Count Basie & His Orchestra, "Avenue C,"
America's #1 Band (Columbia)
Dinah Washington, "Blues for a Day," Mellow Mama (Delmark)
George's Dukes & Dutchess, "Cherokee," Lucky Thompson: The Beginning Years
(IAJRC)
Tempo Jazzmen, "Dynamo B," Confirmation (Spotlite)
Lucky Thompson Quartet, "Scuffle That Ruff," Lucky Moments (Ocium)
Lucky Thompson & His Lucky Seven, "Just One More Chance," - (-)
Lucky Thompson & His Orch., "Over the Rainbow," - (-)
Miles Davis, "Walkin'," Walkin' (Prestige/OJC)
Lucky Thompson, "Where or When," Accent on Tenor Sax (Fresh Sound)
- , "Deep Passion," Tricotism (Impulse)
Milt Jackson, "The Lady Is a Tramp," Jazz Skyline (Savoy)
Lucky Thompson, "A Lady's Vanity," Tricotism (Impulse)
- , "Thin Ice," Lucky Thompson (Swing)
- , "One Last Goodbye," - (-)
- , "Midnight Sun," Lucky in Paris (High Note)
- , "Soul Food," - (-)
Lucky Thompson Quartet, "In a Sentimental Mood," Lucky Strikes (Prestige/OJC)
- , "Invitation," - (-)
Lucky Thompson, "Slow Dough," Lucky Meets Tommy (Fresh Sound)
- , "Soul's Nite Out," Soul's Nite Out (Ensayo)
Saturday, Aug. 13:
MULGREW MILLER
Mulgrew Miller Trio, "If I Were a Bell," Live at
Yoshi's, Vol. 1 (MaxJazz)
- , "Waltz for Monk," - (-)
- , "O Grande Amor," - (-)
- , "The Organ Grinder," - (-)
- , "Don't You Know I Care," - (-)
Mulgrew Miller & Wingspan, "Samba d' Blue," The Sequel (-)
Mulgrew Miller Trio, "Joshua," Live at Yoshi's, Vol. 2 (-)
- , "Comes Love," - (-)
- , "Road Life," - (-)
- , "One's Own Room," - (-)
- , "Citadel," - (-)
Friday, Aug. 12:
ARNETT COBB, EARL COLEMAN, PAT METHENY
Arnett Cobb, "Flying Home," Party Time
(Prestige/OJC)
Lionel Hampton & His Orch., "Flying Home No. 2," Story (Proper)
Arnett Cobb, "Cobb's Idea," Arnett Blows for 1300 (Delmark)
- , "Blue Me," More Party Time (Prestige/OJC)
- , "Cocktails for Two," Party Time (-)
Charlie Parker Quartet, "This Is Always," Complete Savoy and Dial Master Takes
(Savoy)
Sonny Rollins, "My Ideal," Tour de Force (Prestige/OJC)
Earl Coleman, "There's No You," Love Songs (Atlantic)
- , "All in Love Is Fair," A Song for You (Xanadu)
Arnett Cobb, "Black Velvet," Blue and Sentimental (Prestige)
Pat Metheny with Dave Holland & Roy Haynes, "All the Things You Are,"
Question and Answer (Geffen)
Pat Metheny, "Bright Size Life," Bright Size Life (ECM)
Joshua Redman, "Blues for Pat," Wish (Warner Bros.)
Michael Brecker, "Slings and Arrows," Tales from the Hudson (Impulse)
Pat Metheny Trio, "Giant Steps," Live (Warner Bros.)
Pat Metheny with Dave Holland & Roy Haynes, "Solar," Question and Answer
(Geffen)
Saturday, Aug. 6:
NICHOLAS HOFFMAN INTERVIEW
Wes Montgomery, "Full House," Full House
(Riverside/OJC)
Fangs, "Ugetsu," Fangs (The Jazz Project, www.jazzproject.org)
- , "Fangs," - (-)
- , "On a Misty Night," - (-)
Grant Green, "Oleo," Complete Quartets with Sonny Clark (Blue Note)
Tal Farlow, "Gibson Boy," Complete Verve Sessions (Mosaic)
Melvin Sparks, "Thank You (Falletin' Me Be Mice Elf Again)," Legends of Acid
Jazz (Prestige)
Pat Martino, "Sunny," Head and Heart (32 Jazz)
Ginger Baker, "Straight No Chaser," Going Back Home (Atlantic)
John Scofield, "Eisenhower," Meant to Be (Blue Note)
Fangs, "Rakin' and Scrapin'," Fangs (The Jazz Project)
Friday, Aug. 5:
RED NORVO
Red Norvo Quintet, "Knockin' on Wood," Dance of
the Octopus (Hep)
Red Norvo Quartet, "In a Mist," - (-)
- , "Dance of the Octopus," - (-)
Red Norvo & His Swing Septet, "The Night Is Blue," - (-)
Red Norvo & His Swing Octet, "Blues in E Flat," - (-)
Red Norvo & His Orch., "A Porter's Love Song to a Chambermaid," Knockin' on
Wood (ASV)
- , "Remember," - (-)
Teddy Wilson & His Orch., "Honeysuckle Rose," 1937-1938 (Classics)
- , "Just a Mood, Part 1," - (-)
Edmond Hall's All Star Quintet, "Rompin' in '44" (alternate take), Profoundly
Blue (Blue Note)
Red Norvo All Star Sextet, "The Man I Love," Improvisations (Mercury)
Red Norvo's All Star Septet, "Russian Lullaby," - (-)
Slam Stewart Quintet, "Time on My Hands," Continental Sessions, Vol. 1
(Storyville)
- , "Mood to Be Stewed," - (-)
Red Norvo's Selected Sextet, "Get Happy," Modern (Savoy)
Red Norvo Quintet, "I Don't Stand a Ghost of a Chance with You," 1944-1945
(Classics)
Red Norvo & His Orch., "Blue at Dawn" Time in His Hands (Xanadu)
Red Norvo Trio, "Move," Modern (Savoy)
- , "September Song," - (-)
Red Norvo Quintet, "Blue Lou," Just a Mood (Bluebird)
Red Norvo Septet, "Rose Room," - (-)
Red Norvo Sextet, "Just a Mood," - (-)
- , "Easy on the Eye," - (-)
Red Norvo, "The Red Broom," Music to Listen to Red Norvo By (Contemporary/OJC)
Saturday, July 30:
CHARLIE CHRISTIAN, Part 2
Benny Goodman & His Sextet featuring Count Basie,
"Royal Garden Blues,"
Charlie Christian: Genius of the Electric Guitar (Columbia)
Benny Goodman Octet, "Lester's Dream," - (-)
Benny Goodman & His Sextet featuring Count Basie, "Benny's Bugle," - (-)
Benny Goodman & His Sextet, "I Can't Give You Anything but Love, Baby," -
(-)
Benny Goodman & His Sextet featuring Count Basie, "Breakfast Feud," - (-)
- , "I Found a New Baby," - (-)
Metronome All Star Band, "One O'Clock Jump," Metronome All Star Bands (Bluebird)
Edmond Hall Celeste Quartet, "Jammin' in Four," Profoundly Blue (Blue Note)
- , "Profoundly Blue," - (-)
Benny Goodman & His Orchestra, "Solo Flight," Charlie Christian: Genius of
the Electric Guitar (Columbia)
Jam Session, "Riffin' Around/A Smo-o-o-oth One/I Can't Believe That You Are in Love
with Me/Rose Room/I Hadn't Anyone Till You/Blues in B," - (-)
Benny Goodman & His Sextet, "Good Enough to Keep Air Mail Special)," - (-)
- , "Ida, Sweet as Apple Cider," Charlie Christian: Complete Live Recordings
(Definitive)
Charlie Christian w/ Minton's Playhouse band, "Honeysuckle Rose," - (-)
Charlie Christian w/ Monroe's Uptown House band, "I Got Rhythm," - (-)
- , "Stompin' at the Savoy," - (-)
Charlie Christian w/ Minton's Playhouse Band, "Stompin' at the Savoy," - (-)
- , "Topsy," - (-)
Benny Goodman & His Orch., "Solo Flight," - (-)
Friday, July 29:
CHARLIE CHRISTIAN, Part 1
Benny Goodman Sextet, "Flying Home," Charlie
Christian: Volume 1 (Masters of Jazz)
Jerry Jerome Quintet, "I Got Rhythm," - (-)
- , "Tea for Two," Something Old, Something New (Arbors)
Benny Goodman Sextet, "Rose Room (In Sunny Roseland)," Charlie Christian: Genius
of the Electric Guitar (Columbia)
- , "Star Dust," Charlie Christian: Volume 1 (Masters of Jazz)
Lionel Hampton & His Orchestra, "Haven't Named It Yet," - (-)
Benny Goodman Sextet, "Seven Come Eleven," Charlie Christian: Genius of the
Electric Guitar (Columbia)
Benny Goodman & His Orchestra, "Honeysuckle Rose," - (-)
Benny Goodman Sextet, "Dinah," Charlie Christian: Volume 1 (Masters of Jazz)
- , "AC-DC Current," Charlie Christian: Genius of the Electric Guitar (Columbia)
- , "Shivers," - (-)
- , "Memories of You," From Spirituals to Swing (Vanguard)
Kansas City Six, "Pagin' the Devil," - (-)
- , "Good Morning Blues," - (-)
Count Basie Orchestra et al., "Oh, Lady Be Good," - (-)
Metronome All Stars, "All Star Strut" (take B), Charlie Christian: Genius of the
Electric Guitar (Columbia)
Benny Goodman Sextet, "Till Tom Special," - (-)
- , "Gone with 'What' Wind," - (-)
- , "The Sheik of Araby," Charlie Christian: Volume 1 (Masters of Jazz)
- , "I Surrender, Dear," Charlie Christian: Genius of the Electric Guitar
(Columbia)
- , "Boy Meets Goy (Grand Slam)," - (-)
- , "Six Appeal," - (-)
- , "These Foolish Things," - (-)
Benny Goodman Octet, "Ad Lib Blues," - (-)
- , "I Never Knew," - (-)
- , "Wholly Cats" (excerpt), - (-)
Saturday, July 23:
STEVE LACY
Dick Sutton Sextet, "Let's Get Away from It
All," Steve Lacy: Early Years 1954-1956 (Fresh Sound)
Steve Lacy, "Rockin' in Rhythm," Soprano Sax (Prestige/OJC)
- , "Day Dream," - (-)
Gil Evans, "Just One of Those Things," & Ten (Prestige)
Steve Lacy, "Four in One," Reflections (Prestige/OJC)
- , "Reflections," - (-)
- , "Louise," The Straight Horn of (Candid)
- , "The Crust," Hooky (Emanem)
- , "The New Duck," - (-)
Mal Waldron/Steve Lacy, "Johnny Come Lately," Sempre Amore (Soul Note)
- , "Prelude to a Kiss," - (-)
Gil Evans/Steve Lacy, "Reincarnation of a Lovebird," Paris Blues (Owl)
Steve Lacy, "Cliches," The Door (Novus)
Steve Lacy + 16, "Sweet 16" (excerpt), Itinerary (Hat Art)
Steve Lacy, "Eronel," 5 x Monk 5 x Lacy (Silkheart)
Steve Lacy Trio, "Pi-Pande," Bye-Ya (Freelance)
Steve Lacy/Eric Watson, "Goodbye Pork Pie Hat," Spirit of Mingus (-)
Friday, July 22:
AL HAIG
Dizzy Gillespie, "Shaw 'Nuff," Odyssey:
1945-1952 (Savoy)
- , "Salt Peanuts," - (-)
Wardell Gray Quartet, "Stoned," Small Combos (EPM)
Charlie Parker & the All Stars, "Groovin' High," Bird at the Roost, Vol. 1
(Savoy)
- , "Confirmation," Bird at the Roost, Vol. 4 (-)
Don Lanphere Quintet, "Go," Prestige First Sessions, Vol. 1 (Prestige)
Stan Getz Quartet, "Long Island Sound," Quartets (Prestige/OJC)
- , "Indian Summer," - (-)
Al Haig Quartet, "Twisted," Wardell Gray: Memorial, Vol. 1 (-)
- , "Southside," - (-)
- , "Sweet Lorraine," - (-)
Al Haig Trio, "'Round Midnight," Trio and Sextets (Period/OJC)
- , "Yardbird Suite," - (-)
Al Haig Quartet, "Someone to Watch Over Me," Al Haig Quartet (Fresh
Sound/Period)
- , "Woodyn' You," - (-)
Al Haig Trio, "Thrio," Today! (Fresh Sound/Mint)
- , "The Good Life," - (-)
- , "If You Could See Me Now," Invitation (Spotlite)
Al Haig, "Summertime," Solitaire (-)
- , "In Your Own Sweet Way," - (-)
- , "We Two," Parisian Thoroughfare (Musica)
- , "Bess, Oh Where's My Bess," - (-)
- , "A Night in Tunisia," They All Played Bebop (Columbia)
Saturday, July 16:
CAL TJADER
Cal Tjader, "Cubano Chant," Los Ritmos Calientes
(Fantasy)
Dave Brubeck Trio, "Undecided," (-)
Cal Tjader, "Bernie's Tune," Los Ritmos Calientes (-)
- , "Perdido," (-)
- , "Lover, Come Back to Me," Jazz at the Blackhawk (Fantasy/OJC)
- , "Mambo Inn," Los Ritmos Calientes (Fantasy)
- , "The Last Luff," Sentimental Moods (-)
- , "Union Square," - (-)
- , "Land's End," Jazz at the Blackhawk (Fantasy/OJC)
- , "Perfidia Cha Cha," Los Ritmos Calientes (Fantasy)
- , "Viva Cepeda," Sentimental Moods (-)
- , "Will You Still Be Mine," Gozame! Pero Ya... (Concord)
- , "Bye Bye Blues," - (-)
- , "This Couldn't Be the Real Thing," - (-)
- , "Roger's Samba," - (-)
- , "Quietly There," The Shining Sea (-)
- , "The Continental," A Fuego Vivo (-)
- , "Emily," The Shining Sea (-)
- , "Mindanao," A Fuego Vivo (-)
- , "Song from MASH," The Shining Sea (-)
Friday, July 15:
PHILLY JOE JONES
Tadd Dameron Orch., "Look, Stop and Listen," The
Magic Touch (Riverside/OJC)
Miles Davis, "All of You," 'Round About Midnight (Columbia)
- , "Ah-Leu-Cha," - (-)
Serge Chaloff, "The Goof and I," Blue Serge (Capitol)
Paul Chambers, "Tale of the Fingers," Whims of Chambers (Blue Note)
John Coltrane, "Locomotion," Blue Trane (-)
Sonny Rollins, "The Surrey with the Fringe on Top," Newk's Time (-)
Clark Terry, "Let's Cool One," In Orbit (Riverside/OJC)
Johnny Griffin, "Hot Sausage," Way Out! (-)
Sonny Clark, "Two Bass Hit," Trio (Blue Note)
Bud Powell, "Buster Rides Again," Time Waits (-)
Bill Evans, "How Am I to Know?" On Green Dolphin Street (Milestone)
Hank Mobley, "Out of Joe's Bag," Another Workout (Blue Note)
Kenny Dorham, "Whistle Stop," Whistle Stop (-)
- , "'Philly' Twist," - (-)
Bill Evans, "Funkallero," Loose Blues (Milestone)
Ben Webster & Joe Zawinul, "Soulmates,"
Soulmates (Riverside/OJC)
Philly Joe Jones/Dameronia, "Killer Joe," Look Stop Listen (Uptown)
Saturday, July 9:
RUMPROLLIN'
Horace Silver Quintet, "Jungle Juice," Serenade
to a Soul Sister (Blue Note)
Lee Morgan, "The Rumproller," The Rumproller (-)
John Coltrane, "Good Bait," Soultrane (Prestige/OJC)
Jackie McLean, "Fidel," Jackie's Bag (Blue Note)
Duke Pearson, "Amanda," Wahoo (-)
Donald Byrd, "Fuego," Fuego (-)
Booker Little, "Opening Statement," Booker Little (Time)
Lucky Thompson, "Mid-Nite Oil," Lucky Strikes (Prestige/OJC)
Joe Henderson, "Blue Bossa," Page One (Blue Note)
Sonny Rollins, "East Broadway Run Down," East Broadway Run Down (Impulse)
Herbie Hancock, "Cantaloupe Island," Empyrean Isles (Blue Note)
Bobby Hutcherson, "Maiden Voyage," Happenings (-)
Friday, July 8:
BILLY ECKSTINE, LOUIS JORDAN
Earl Hines & His Orch., "Jelly, Jelly,"
1939-1940 (Classics)
- , "Stormy Monday Blues," 1942-1945 (-)
Billy Eckstine & His Deluxe All Star Band, "I Stay in the Mood for You,"
Legendary Big Band (Savoy)
Billy Eckstine & His Orch., "If That's the Way You Feel," - (-)
- , "Blue 'n Boogie (theme)," Big Band Jazz: The Jubilee Sessions (Hindsight)
- , "Blowing the Blues Away," - (-)
- , "'Deed I Do," - (-)
- , "I Want to Talk About You," - (-)
- , "Blue 'n Boogie (theme)," - (-)
Billy Eckstine, "Everything I Have Is Yours," Everything I Have Is Yours (Verve)
- , "Blue Moon," - (-)
- , "Caravan," - (-)
- , "My Foolish Heart," - (-)
Billy Eckstine & Sarah Vaughan, "Dedicated to You," - (-)
Billy Eckstine, "One for My Baby," - (-)
- , "If You Could See Me Now," - (-)
Louis Jordan & His Tympany Five, "Knock Me a Kiss," Best of (MCA)
- , "Five Guys Named Moe," - (-)
- , "What's the Use of Getting Sober," - (-)
- , "Caldonia," - (-)
- , "Don't Let the Sun Catch You Cryin'," - (-)
- , "Choo Choo Ch'Boogie," - (-)
- , "Beware," - (-)
- , "Buzz Me Blues," - (-)
- , "Let the Good Times Roll," - (-)
- , "Ain't Nobody Here but Us Chickens," - (-)
- , "Run Joe," - (-)
- , "Early in the Mornin'," - (-)
- , "Saturday Night Fish Fry, Parts 1 & 2," - (-)
- , "Nobody Knows You When You're Down and Out," - (-)
Saturday, July 2:
AHMAD JAMAL
Ahmad Jamal's Three Strings, "The Surrey with the
Fringe on Top," Poinciana (Columbia)
- , "Billy Boy," - (-)
- , "Ahmad's Blues," - (-)
- , "A Gal in Calico," - (-)
Ahmad Jamal, "New Rumba," Chamber Music of the New Jazz (Argo/Verve)
- , "It's You or No One," At the Pershing, Vol. 2 (Argo)
- , "They Can't Take That Away from Me," - (-)
- , "Poor Butterfly," - (-)
- , "But Not for Me," At the Pershing: But Not for Me (Chess)
- , "Poinciana," - (-)
- , "Tranquility," Tranquility (Impulse)
- , "Have You Met Miss Jones," At the Top: Poinciana Revisited (-)
- , "Stolen Moments," The Awakening (-)
- , "Make Someone Happy," Live at the Montreal Jazz Festival 1985 (Atlantic)
- , "Milan," Rossiter Road (-)
- , "Acorn," - (-)
- , "Daahoud," Chicago Revisited (Telarc)
- , "Chelsea Bridge," I Remember Duke, Hoagy & Strayhorn (-)
- , "My Foolish Heart," Olympia 2000 (Dreyfus)
Friday, July 1:
SOUL MEETING
Shirley Scott, "The Soul Is Willing," Soul
Shoutin' (Prestige)
King Curtis, "In a Funky Groove," Soul Meeting (-)
Stanley Turrentine, "Stanley's Time," Up at Minton's (Blue Note)
Harold Vick, "Dolly's Dream," Steppin' Out (-)
Lou Donaldson, "Autumn Nocturne," Blues Walk (-)
Roland Kirk w/ Jack McDuff, "Funk Underneath," Kirk's Work (Prestige/OJC)
Red Holloway, "This Can't Be Love," Brother Red (Prestige)
Cannonball Adderley, "Money in the Pocket," Cannonball in Japan (Capitol)
Billy Butler, "The Twang Thang," Legends of Acid Jazz (Prestige)
Houston Person, "Drown in My Own Tears," Legends of Acid Jazz (-)
Lou Donaldson, "Midnight Creeper," Midnight Creeper (Blue Note)
Eddie Harris, "Live Right Now," Plug Me In/High Voltage (Collectables)
Charles Earland, "Aquarius," Black Talk (Prestige/OJC)
Melvin Sparks, "Who's Gonna Take the Weight," Legends of Acid Jazz (Prestige)
Saturday, June 25:
GETZ & PALS / BIG BANDS & DUOS
Herb Ellis, "People Will Say We're in Love,"
Meets Jimmy Giuffre (Verve)
Lee Konitz, "The Song Is You," Meets Jimmy Giuffre (-)
Zoot Sims Quartet, "That Old Feeling," That Old Feeling (Chess)
Freddie Green/Al Cohn, "Easy Does It," Natural Rhythm (Bluebird)
Stan Getz, "Blue Bells," And the Cool Sounds (Verve)
- , "Roundup Time," - (-)
- , "Pernod," At the Shrine (-)
Bill Evans Trio feat. Stan Getz, "But Beautiful," But Beautiful (Milestone)
- , "Emily," - (-)
Bob Florence Limited Edition, "Laura," With All the Bells and Whistles (MAMA)
Alan Broadbent/Gary Foster, "Wonder Why," Alan Broadbent/Gary Foster (Concord)
Carla Bley, "Fleur Carnivore," Fleur Carnivore (Watt)
Dave McKenna/Joe Temperley, "Sunset & the Mockingbird," Sunbeam and
Thundercloud (Concord)
Gil Evans, "Remember," & Ten (Prestige)
Adam Makowicz/George Mraz, "Say It Isn't So," Adam Makowicz/George Mraz
(Concord)
Ruby Braff & Roger Kellaway, "Always," Inside & Out (-)
Friday, June 24:
HERMETO PASCOAL
Conjunto Som 4, "Consolação," Conjunto Som 4
(Warner Arquivos)
Quarteto Novo, "Misturada," Quarteto Novo (Odeon)
Miles Davis, "Little Church," Live-Evil (Columbia)
Hermeto Pascoal, "Coalhada," Brazilian Adventure (Muse)
- , "Guizos," - (-)
- , "Carinhoso," Free Music of Hermeto Pascoal (Verve)
- , "Mixing Pot (Tacho)," Slaves Mass (Rhino/Warner Bros.)
- , "Just Listen (Escuta Meu Piano)," - (-)
Elis Regina, "Garota de Ipanema," Montreux Jazz Festival (Warner Arquivos)
Hermeto Pascoal, "Susto," Zabumbê-Bum-Á (-)
- , "Religiosidade," Cérebro Magnético (-)
Hermeto Pascoal e Grupo, "Aquela Coisa," Lagoa da Canoa Município de Arapiraca
(Happy Hour)
- , "Tiruliruli," - (-)
- , "Ilsa na Feijoada," - (-)
- , "Era Pra Ser e Nào Foi," Brasil Universo (Rio)
Hermeto Pascoal, "Nenê," Por Diferentes Caminhos ()
Hermeto Pascoal e Grupo, "Round Midnight," Festa dos Deuses (Phillips)
- , "Ginga Carioca," - (-)
Hermeto Pascoal, "A Sua Benção, Brasil," Eu e Eles (Rádio Mec)
Hermeto Pascoal e Grupo, "Celso," Mundo Verde Esperança (-)
- , "Taynara," - (-)
Saturday, June 18:
MAINSTREAM
Al Sears, "Ain't No Use," Swing's the Thing
(Prestige/OJC)
Harry Edison & His Orch., "Hollering at the Watkins," Sweets (Verve)
Joe Newman Quintet, "Wednesday's Blues," Jive at Five (Prestige/OJC)
Tiny Grimes w/ J.C. Higginbotham, "Grimes' Times," Callin' the Blues (-)
John Lewis, "Body and Soul," Wonderful World of Jazz (Atlantic)
Lawrence Brown, "Caravan," Slide Trombone (Verve)
Johnny Hodges, "Preacher Blues," Complete Verve Small Group Sessions 1956-6
(Mosaic)
Herb Ellis, "Patti Cake," Nothing but the Blues (Verve)
Ruby Braff, "Thinking of You," Music for the Still of the Night (Arbors)
Louis Armstrong, "You Go to My Head," Meets Oscar Peterson (Verve)
Ben Webster, "Lover Come Back to Me," Soulville (-)
Earl Hines & Jimmy Rushing, "Exactly Like You," Blues & Things (New
World)
Claude Williams, "I'm Just a Lucky So-and-So," Swingin' the Blues (Bullseye)
Friday, June 17:
MILES DAVIS, DECEMBER 1970
Keith Jarrett, "Expectations," Expectations
(Columbia)
Miles Davis, "Directions," The Cellar Door Sessions (-)
- , "Honky Tonk," - (-)
- , "What I Say," - (-)
- , "Directions," - (-)
- , "Improvisation #4," - (-)
- , "Inamorata," - (-)
- , "Sanctuary," - (-)
- , "It's About That Time," - (-)
Saturday, June 11:
SHELLY MANNE
Coleman Hawkins' Swing Four, "The Man I Love,"
Classic Jazz (Sony)
Barney Bigard Trio, "Step Steps Down," Barney's Bounce (ASV)
Dizzy Gillespie Sextet, "Blue 'n' Boogie," The Best of Odyssey 1945-52 (Savoy)
Stan Kenton & His Orch., "Artistry in Percussion," 1946 (Classics)
Shelly Manne & His Men, "Grasshopper," Vol. 1 (Contemporary/OJC)
- , "Mallets," - (-)
Chet Baker, "Say When," Quartet with Russ Freeman (Pacific Jazz)
Sonny Rollins, "Way Out West," Way Out West (Contemporary/OJC)
- , "The Song Is You," And the Contemporary Leaders (-)
Ornette Coleman, "Lorraine," Tomorrow Is the Question! (-)
Bud Shank, "Barefoot Adventure," Pacific Jazz Studio Sessions (Mosaic)
Shelly Manne & His Men, "A Gem from Tiffany," At the Black Hawk, Vol. 5
(Contemporary/OJC)
Bill Evans/Shelly Manne, "With a Song in My Heart," Empathy (Verve)
Herb Ellis & Stuff Smith, "Skip It," Together! (Koch/Epic)
L.A. 4, "Manteca," Concierto de Aranjuez (Concord)
- , "St. Thomas," - (-)
Russ Freeman/Shelly Manne, "One on One," One on One (Contemporary)
Friday, June 10:
DICKIE WELLS
Lloyd Scott & His Orch., "Symphonic Screach," Dickie Wells: 1927-1943
(Classics)
Cecil Scott & His Bright Boys, "Bright Boy Blues," - (-)
- , "In a Corner," - (-)
Henry AllenColeman Hawkins & Their Orch., "I Wish I Could Shimmy Like My
Sister Kate," Henry "Red" Allen: 1929-1933 (-)
Spike Hughes & His American Orch., "Music at Midnight," 1933 (Retrieval)
- , "Arabesque," - (-)
- , "Fanfare," - (-)
Fletcher Henderson & His Orch., "King Porter's Stomp," A Study in
Frustration (Columbia)
Henry Allen & His Orch., "I'll Never Say 'Never Again' Again," 1933-1935
(Classics)
Teddy Hill & His Orch., "My Marie," 1935-1937 (-)
Dickie Wells & His Orch., "Hangin' Around Boudon," 1927-1943 (-)
- , "Between the Devil and the Deep Blue Sea," - (-)
- , "Sweet Sue," - (-)
Dickie Wells, "Dickie Wells Blues," - (-)
- , "Lady Be Good," - (-)
Count Basie & His Orch., "Texas Shuffle," Complete Decca Recordings (Decca)
Billie Holiday & Her Orch., "I've Got a Date with a Dream," Quintessential,
Vol. 6 (Columbia)
Count Basie & His Orch., "Taxi War Dance," America's #1 Band (-)
Count Basie & His Kansas City Seven, "Dickie's Dream," - (-)
Dickie Wells & His Orch., "I Got Rhythm," 1927-1943 (Classics)
- , "I'm Fer It, Too," - (-)
Kansas City Seven, "Six Cats and a Prince" (take 3), Kansas City 5, 6 & 7:
Alternative Takes (Neatwork)
Count Basie & His Orch., "Tush," 1944 and 1945 (Circle)
- , "Harvard Blues," Jubilee Alternatives (Hep)
Dickie Wells' Big Seven, "Drag Nasty (The Walk)," Giants of Small-Band Swing
(Riverside/OJC)
Jimmy Rushing, "Jimmy's Blues," Rushing Lullabies (Columbia)
Tommy Gwaltney's Kansas City Nine, "An Old Manuscript," Goin' to Kansas City
(Riverside/OJC)
Leonard Gaskin, "Darktown Strutters Ball" (edit), Bud Freeman: All-Star Swing
Sessions (Prestige)
Saturday, June 4:
ANTHONY BRAXTON
Anthony Braxton, "Side One, Cut One," New York,
Fall 1974 (Arista)
Circle, "73°-A. Kelvin," Chick Corea: Circling In (Blue Note)
Anthony Braxton, "Side One, Cut Three," New York, Fall 1974 (Arista)
- , "You Stepped out of a Dream," Five Pieces 1975 (-)
- , "Side One, Cut One," Creative Orchestra Music 1976 (-)
- , "Composition 40B," Quartet (Dortmund) 1976 (Hatology)
- , "84-Kelvin--G," The Montreux/Berlin Concerts (Arista)
- , "Side One, Cut One," - (-)
- , "Side One, Cut Two," - (-)
- , "Four in One," Six Monk's Compositions (1987) (Black Saint)
- , "How Deep Is the Ocean," Eight (+3) Tristano Compositions 1989 (Hat Art)
- , "Ask Me Now," Six Monk's Compositions (1987) (Black Saint)
Friday, June 3:
GRANT GREEN
Grant Green, "Miss Ann's Tempo," Grant's First
Stand (Blue Note)
Ike Quebec, "Blue and Sentimental," Blue and Sentimental (-)
Grant Green, "It Ain't Necessarily So," The Complete Quartets with Sonny Clark
(-)
- , "Oleo," - (-)
- , "My Funny Valentine," Grantstand (-)
- , "Nomad," Idle Moments (-)
- , "Sometimes I Feel Like a Motherless Child," Feelin' the Spirit (-)
- , "The Kicker," Solid (-)
Larry Young, "Backup," Into Somethin' (-)
Grant Green, "My Favorite Things," Matador (-)
- , "Work Song," Iron City (32 Jazz)
- , "Sookie, Sookie," Alive! (Blue Note)
Saturday, May 28:
TOMMY LADNIER
Ollie Powers' Harmony Syncopators, "Play That
Thing," Tommy Ladnier: Steppin' on the Blues (ASV)
Lovie Austin & Her Blues Serenaders, "Gallion Stomp," - (-)
Fletcher Henderson & His Orch., "Henderson Stomp," A Study in Frustration
(Columbia)
- , "The Chant," - (-)
- , "Snag It," - (-)
- , "Rocky Mountain Blues," - (-)
- , "Tozo!" - (-)
The Dixie Stompers, "St. Louis Shuffle," - (-)
Fletcher Henderson & His Orch., "I'm Coming Virginia," - (-)
The Dixie Stompers, "Goose Pimples," - (-)
Bessie Smith, "Dyin' by the Hour," Complete Recordings, Vol. 3 (-)
- , "Foolish Man Blues," - (-)
Fletcher Henderson & His Orch., "Hop Off," A Study in Frustration (-)
The New Orleans Feetwarmers Orch., "Sweetie Dear," Tommy Ladnier: Steppin' on
the Blues (ASV)
- , "I've Found a New Baby," - (-)
- , "Maple Leaf Rag," - (-)
- , "Shag," - (-)|
Mezz Mezzrow & His Orch., "Comin' On with the Come On, Part 1," 1936-1939
(Classics)
, "Comin' On with the Come On, Part 2," - (-)
Tommy Ladnier & His Orch., "Ja-Da," Steppin' on the Blues (ASV)
- , "Really the Blues," - (-)
- , "When You and I Were Young, Maggie," - (-)
- , "Weary Blues," - (-)
Mezzrow-Ladnier Quintet, "Ain't Gonna Give Nobody None of My Jelly Roll,"
1936-39 (Classics)
- , "If You See Me Comin'," - (-)
- , "Everybody Loves My Baby," - (-)
- , "Gettin' Together," - (-)
- , "Royal Garden Blues," - (-)
Rosetta Crawford & Her Hep Cats, "My Man Jumped Salty on Me," - (-)
Friday, May 27:
NIELS-HENNING ØRSTED PEDERSEN
Ben Webster, "Gone with the Wind," Gone with the
Wind (1201 Music)
Bud Powell, "Straight, No Chaser," Bouncing with Bud (Delmark)
Dexter Gordon, "King Neptune," One Flight Up (Blue Note)
Stuff Smith, "Mack the Knife," Live at the Montmartre (Storyville)
Ben Webster, "Indiana," Gone with the Wind (1201 Music)
Stuff Smith, "Take the 'A' Train," Live at the Montmartre (Storyville)
Dexter Gordon, "Buzzy," Those Were the Days (Moon)
Warne MarshLee Konitz Quintet, "Kary's Trance," Live at the Montmartre Club:
Jazz Exchange, Vol. 1 (Storyville)
Warne Marsh Trio, "The More I See You," The Unissued Copenhagen Studio
Recordings (-)
Roy Eldridge, "Joie de Roy," Montreux '77 (Pablo/OJC)
Stephane Grappelli, "Minor Swing," Young Django (Verve)
Niels-Henning Ørsted Pedersen, "Evening Song," Dancing on the Tables
(Steeplechase)
Joe Pass & Neils-Henning Ørsted Pedersen, "Move," Oscar Peterson: Freedom
Song (Pablo)
Niels-Henning Ørsted Pedersen, "Future Child," - (-)
Miles Davis, "Green," Aura (Columbia)
Niels-Henning Ørsted Pedersen Trio, "Kenny," Friends Forever (Milestone)
Saturday, May 21:
FATS WALLER
Thomas "Fats" Waller, "Your Time Now
('Twill Be Mine After a While)," Low Down Papa (Biograph)
- , "Handful of Keys," Turn On the Heat: The Fats Waller Piano Solos (Bluebird)
- , "Ain't Misbehavin'," - (-)
- , "I've Got a Feeling I'm Falling," - (-)
Fats Waller & His Rhythm, "A Porter's Love Song to a Chambermaid," Breakin'
the Ice: The Early Years, Part 1 (1934-35) (-)
- , "How Can You Face Me?" - (-)
- , "Mandy," - (-)
- , "Honeysuckle Rose," - (-)
- , "If It Isn't Love," - (-)
Thomas "Fats" Waller, "Clothes Line Ballet," Turn On the Heat: The
Fats Waller Piano Solos (-)
- , "Viper's Drag," - (-)
Fats Waller & His Rhythm, "Night Wind," Breakin' the Ice: The Early Years,
Part 1 (1934-35) (-)
- , "I Ain't Got Nobody (And Nobody Cares for Me)," - (-)
- , "I'm Gonna Sit Right Down and Right Myself a Letter," I'm Gonna Sit Right
Down: The Early Years, Part 2 (1935-36) (-)
- , "Christopher Columbus (A Rhythm Cocktail)," Fractious Fingering: The Early
Years, Part 3 (1936) (-)
Fats Waller & His Piano, "Keepin' Out of Mischief Now," Turn On the Heat:
The Fats Waller Piano Solos (-)
Fats Waller & His Rhythm, "(It Will Have to Do) Until the Real Thing Comes
Along," - (-)
Fats Waller & His Piano, "Stardust," - (-)
Fats Waller & His Rhythm, "The Joint Is Jumpin'," The Middle Years, Part 1
(1936-38) (-)
- , "Yacht Club Swing," A Good Man Is Hard to Find: The Middle Years, Part 2
(1938-40) (-)
Fats Waller, "The London Suite: Chelsea," In London (Swing/DRG)
Fats Waller & His Rhythm, "(When You) Squeeze Me," A Good Man Is Hard to
Find: The Middle Years, Part 2 (1938-40) (Bluebird)
- , "Your Feet's Too Big," - (-)
Fats Waller & His Piano, "Georgia on My Mind," Turn On the Heat: The Fats
Waller Piano Solos (-)
- , "Rockin' Chair," - (-)
- , "Honeysuckle Rose (a la Bach, Beethoven, Brahms, and Waller)," - (-)
Fats Waller, His Rhythm & His Orch., "The Jitterbug Waltz," The Last Years
(1940-43) (-)
Fats Waller & His Rhythm, "Ain't Misbehavin'," - (-)
- , "Why Do Hawaiians Sing Aloha?" The Middle Years, Part 1 (1936-38) (-)
Friday, May 20:
MILES DAVIS: VIENNA 11/5/71
Miles Davis, "Red China Blues," Get Up With It
(Columbia)
- , "Directions," What I Say? Vol. 1 (JMY)
- , "Honky Tonk," - (-)
- , "What I Say," - (-)
- , "Sanctuary," - (-)
- , "It's About That Time," - (-)
- , "Yesternow, Part 3," What I Say? Vol. 2 (-)
- , "Funky Tonk," - (-)
- , "The 'Sanctuary' Theme," - (-)
Saturday, May 14:
SIDNEY BECHET
Clarence Williams' Blue Five, "Wild Cat Blues,"
Young Sidney Bechet (Timeless)
-, "Kansas City Blues," - (-)
-, "Texas Moaner Blues," (-)
Sippie Wallace, "I'm So Glad I'm Brownskin," Clarence Williams: Vol. 2 (EPM)
Eva Taylor, "Mandy, Make Up Your Mind," - (-)
The New Orleans Footwarmers, "Maple Leaf Rag," The Legendary Sidney Bechet
(Bluebird)
-, "Shag," Sidney Bechet: The Victor Sessions - Master Takes 1932-43 (-)
Noble Sissle's Swingsters, "Okey Doke," 1937-1938 (Classics)
-, "Characteristic Blues," - (-)
Sidney Bechet Quintet, "Summertime," The Best of (Blue Note)
Sidney Bechet & His New Orleans Footwarmers, "Indian Summer," The Legendary
(Bluebird)
-, "One O'Clock Jump," The Victor Sessions - Master Takes 1932-43 (-)
Bechet-Spanier Big Four, "China Boy," 1940 (Classics)
Sidney Bechet Trio, "Blues in Thirds," The Victor Sessions - Master Takes
1932-43 (Bluebird)
Sidney Bechet & His New Orleans Footwarmers, "Egyptian Fantasy," - (-)
Sidney Bechet's One Man Band, "Blues of Bechet," - (-)
Sidney Bechet & His New Orleans Footwarmers, "Georgia Cabin," - (-)
Sidney Bechet's Blue Note Jazzmen, "Blue Horizon," The Best of (Blue Note)
Sidney Bechet-Albert Nicholas Blue Five, "Blame It on the Blues," The Complete
Blue Note Recordings (Mosaic)
Sidney Bechet's Blue Note Jazzmen, "Fidgety Feet," - (-)
Sidney Bechet with Claude Luter & His Orchestra, "Bechet's Creole Blues,"
1949, Vol. 2 (Classics)
-, "Si Tu Vois Ma Mere," Greatest Hits (RCA Victor)
Sidney Bechet-Martial Solal Quartet, "I Never Knew," When a Soprano Meets a
Piano (Inner City)
-, "All of Me," - (-)
Bechet Concert a Bruxelles, "Indiana," Sidney Bechet and His American Friends,
Vol. 1 (Vogue)
-, "St. Louis Blues," - (-)
Friday, May 13:
GIL EVANS, RED GARLAND,
LES PEETZ INTERVIEW
Red Garland, "A Foggy Day," A Garland of Red
(Prestige/OJC)
- , "My Romance," - (-)
- , "Let Me See," At the Prelude, Vol. 1 (Prestige)
Claude Thornhill & His Orch., "Anthropology," Snowfall (ASV/Living Era)
Miles Davis, "Miles Ahead," Miles Ahead (Columbia)
Thelonious Monk, "'Round Midnight," Best of (Blue Note)
Dizzy Gillespie & His Orch., "Manteca," Greatest Hits (RCA)
Gil Evans, "'Round Midnight," New Bottle, Old Wine (Pacific Jazz)
- , "Manteca," - (-)
- , "Bird Feathers," - (-)
Clyde Pound & Les Peetz, "Epistrophy" (private recording)
- , "Last Night When We Were Young" (-)
Gil Evans & Steve Lacy, "Jelly Roll," Paris Blues (Owl)
Gil Evans / Laurent Cugny, "Orange Was the Color of Her Dress, Then Silk Blues,"
Golden Hair (Emarcy)
Gil Evans & Steve Lacy, "Goodbye Porkpie Hat," Paris Blues (Owl)
Red Garland, "There Will Never Be Another You," At the Prelude, Vol. 1
(Prestige)
Saturday, May 7:
AFRICAN JAZZ
Lemmy "Special" Mabuse, "Kwela Blues,"
Township Jazz 'n' Jive (Music Club)
Jazz Dazzlers, "De Makebam," - (-)
Kippie Moeketsi & the Marabi Kings, "Clarinet Kwela," - (-)
Father Huddlestone Band, "Ndenzeni Na?" - (-)
Spokes Mashiyane, "Banana Ba Rustenburg," - (-)
Solven Whistlers, "Something New in Africa," - (-)
Orlando Seven, "Loafers Corner," - (-)
The Jazz Epistles, "Scullery Department," Jazz in Africa, Vol. 1 (Camden)
- , "Cosmic Ray," - (-)
Dollar Brand (Abdullah Ibrahim), "Black Lightning," Voice of Africa (-)
Abdullah Ibrahim, "Banyana - The Children of Africa," Banyana - The Children of
Africa (Enja)
Dollar Brand, "Mannenberg (Cape Town Fringe)," Voice of Africa (Camden)
Hugh Masekela, "Maseru," Home Is Where the Music Is (Blue Thumb)
Chris McGregor/Brotherhood of Breath, "Country Cooking," Country Cooking
(Virgin)
- , "Bakwetha," - (-)
Mulatu Astatqé, "Tezetayé Antchi Lidj," Ethiopiques 4 (Buda)
- , "Yèkatit," - (-)
Abdullah Ibrahim, "Bayi Lam," Mantra Mode (Enja)
Friday, May 6:
WHITE HOT
The Red Heads, "Alabama Stomp," The Complete
(Jazz Archives)
- , "Hurricane," - (-)
Joe Venuti & Eddie Lang, "Stringing the Blues," Stringing the Blues (Koch)
Arkansas Travellers, "That's No Bargain," Red Nichols & Miff Mole
(Retrieval)
Joe Venuti & Eddie Lang, "Wild Cat," Stringing the Blues (Koch)
Frankie Trumbauer & His Orch., "Singin' the Blues," Bix Beiderbecke: Vol. 1
(Columbia)
- , "Clarinet Marmalade," - (-)
Miff Mole's Molers, "Davenport Blues," Vol. 1 (Frog)
Eddie Lang, "Eddie's Twister," A Handful of Riffs (ASV)
Frankie Trumbauer & His Orch., "I'm Coming Virginia," Bix Beiderbecke: Vol.
1 (Columbia)
Tram, Bix & Lang, "For No Reason at All in C," - (-)
The Charleston Chasers, "Delirium," The Charleston Chasers, Vol. 1 (Timeless)
Red Nichols & His Five Pennies, "Mean Dog Blues," Rhythm of the Day (ASV)
Joe Venuti's Blue Four, "Beatin' the Dog," Stringing the Blues (Koch)
Red Nichols & His Five Pennies, "Ida, Sweet as Apple Cider," 1927-1928
(Classics)
Miff Mole & His Molers, "Feelin' No Pain," Vol. 1 (Frog)
- , "The New Twister," - (-)
- , "Honolulu Blues," - (-)
- , "My Gal Sal," - (-)
Red Nichols & the Charleston Chasers, "Five Pennies," The Charleston
Chasers, Vol. 1 (Timeless)
- , "Imagination," - (-)
The Red Heads, "A Good Man Is Hard to Find," The Complete (Jazz Archives)
- , "Baltimore," - (-)
Joe Venuti's Blue Four, "The Wild Dog," Stringing the Blues (Koch)
Miff Mole's Molers, "Crazy Rhythm," Vol. 2 (Frog)
Red Nichols & His Five Pennies, "Dinah," Benny Goodman: B.G. & Big Tea
in NYC (Decca)
- , "The Sheik of Araby," - (-)
Joe VenutiEddie Lang & Their All Star Orch., "After You've Gone," - (-)
- , "Farewell Blues," - (-)
Saturday, April 30:
DUKE ELLINGTON, Part 2
Duke Ellington & His Orch., "Jack the Bear,"
Never No Lament: The Blanton-Webster Band (Bluebird)
- , "Ko-Ko," - (-)
- , "Conga Brava," - (-)
- , "Cotton Tail," - (-)
- , "In a Mellotone," - (-)
- , "Warm Valley," - (-)
- , "I Got It Bad (And That Ain't Good)," - (-)
Duke Ellington, "Solitude," Solos, Duets and Trios (-)
Duke Ellington & His Orch., "The 'C' Jam Blues," Never No Lament: The
Blanton-Webster Band (-)
- , "Black (First Movement of Black, Brown and Beige)," Carnegie Hall Concerts:
January 1943 (Prestige)
Duke Ellington & His Orch., "The Clothed Woman," 1947-1948 (Classics)
Duke Ellington, "Happy-Go-Lucky Local," Complete Capitol Recordings (Mosaic)
- , "Reflections in D," Piano Reflections (Capitol)
- , "Diminuendo and Crescendo in Blue," At Newport (Columbia)
- , "Blues in Blueprint," Blues in Orbit (-)
- , "Lay-By," Three Suites (-)
- , "Self Portrait (Of the Bean)," Meets Coleman Hawkins (Impulse)
Duke Ellington & Johnny Hodges, "Stompy Jones," Side by Side (Verve)
Duke Ellington, "Lotus Blossom," ... And His Mother Called Him Bill (Bluebird)
Friday, April 29:
DUKE ELLINGTON, Part 1
The Washingtonians, "Choo Choo (Gotta Hurry
Home)," Duke Ellington: 1924-26 (Classics)
Duke Ellington & His Kentucky Club Orch., "East Saint Louis Toodle-oo,"
Early Ellington (Decca)
- , "The Creeper," - (-)
- , "Birmingham Breakdown," - (-)
- , "Immigration Blues," - (-)
Duke Ellington & His Washingtonians, "Hop Head," OKeh Ellington (Columbia)
Duke Ellington & His Orch., "Creole Love Call," Indispensable, Vol. 1/2
(RCA)
- , "Black and Tan Fantasy," - (-)
Duke Ellington, "Black Beauty," OKeh Ellington (Columbia)
Duke Ellington & His Orch., "Jubilee Stomp," Jubilee Stomp (Bluebird)
- , "The Mooche," OKeh Ellington (Columbia)
Ellington & His Cotton Club Orch., "Misty Mornin'," - (-)
- , "Hot Feet," Jungle Jamboree (Bluebird)
The Jungle Band, "Jungle Jamboree," Early Ellington (Decca)
Duke Ellington & His Orch., "Ring Dem Bells," Indispensable, Vol. 3/4 (RCA)
- , "Old Man Blues," - (-)
The Jungle Band, "Mood Indigo," Early Ellington (Decca)
The Harlem Footwarmers, "Rockin' in Rhythm," OKeh Ellington (Columbia)
Duke Ellington & His Famous Orch., "It Don't Mean a Thing (If It Ain't Got That
Swing)," The Essential Recordings (Columbia)
- , "The Sheik of Araby," 1932-1933 (Classics)
- , "Drop Me Off in Harlem," 1933 (-)
Duke Ellington & His Orch., "Daybreak Express," 1933-1935 (-)
- , "Delta Serenade," - (-)
- , "Stompy Jones," - (-)
Duke Ellington & His Famous Orch., "In a Sentimental Mood," The Essential
Recordings (Columbia)
- , "Echoes of Harlem (Cootie's Concerto)," 1935-1936 (Classics)
- , "Caravan," The Essential Recordings (Columbia)
- , "Braggin' in Brass," - (-)
- , "I Let a Song Go Out of My Heart," - (-)
- , "Prelude to a Kiss," - (-)
- , "Serenade to Sweden," 1939 (Classics)
Saturday, April 23:
CHARLES MINGUS, Part 2: THE COMPOSER
Charles Mingus, "Pithecanthropus Erectus,"
Pithecanthropus Erectus (Atlantic)
-, "Reincarnation of a Lovebird," The Clown (-)
-, "Haitian Fight Song," - (-)
-, "Scenes in the City," A Modern Jazz Symposium of Music and Poetry (Bethlehem)
-, "Wednesday Night Prayer Meeting," Blues and Roots (Atlantic)
-, "Goodbye Porkpie Hat," Mingus Ah Um (Columbia)
-, "Original Faubus Fables," Presents Charles Mingus (Candid)
-, "Praying with Eric" ("Meditations"), Town Hall Concert (Jazz
Workshop/OJC)
-, "Myself When I Am Real," Mingus Plays Piano," (Impulse)
-, "Remember Rockefeller at Attica," Changes One (Atlantic)
Friday, April 22:
CHARLES MINGUS, Part 1: THE BASSIST
Illinois Jacquet, "Ghost of a Chance," Jumpin'
at Apollo (Delmark)
Dinah Washington, "No Voot - No Boot," Mellow Mama (-)
-, "My Voot Is Really Vout," - (-)
Lionel Hampton, "Mingus Fingers," Midnight Sun (Decca)
Baron Mingus & His Rhythm, "These Foolish Things," West Coast, 1945-49
(Uptown)
Red Norvo, "I'll Remember April," The Modern Red Norvo (Savoy)
-, "Godchild," - (-)
Bud Powell, "Embraceable You," Jazz at Massey Hall, Vol. 2 (Debut/OJC)
Charles Mingus, "Bass-ically Speaking," - (-)
Paul Bley, "Walkin'," Introducing (-)
J.J. Johnson & Kai Winding, "The Major," Jay & Kai (Savoy)
-, "Blues in Twos," - (-)
Miles Davis, "There's No You," Blue Moods (Debut/OJC)
Charles Mingus, "I Can't Get Started," Trio (Blue Note/Jubilee)
-, "Back Home Blues," - (-)
-, "Stormy Weather," Mingus (Candid)
Dave Brubeck, "Non-Sectarian Blues," Jazz Collection (Columbia)
Duke Ellington, "Switch Blade," Money Jungle (Blue Note)
Charles Mingus, "Mood Indigo," Mingus Mingus Mingus Mingus Mingus (Impulse)
-, "Sophisticated Lady," Mingus in Europe (Enja)
Saturday, April 16:
BENNIE GREEN & CO.
Wynton Kelly, "Keep It Moving," Kelly Blue
(Riverside/OJC)
Curtis Fuller & Hampton Hawes, "Roc and Troll," With French Horns (New
Jazz/OJC)
Bennie Green, "Sometimes I'm Happy," Blows His Horn (Prestige/OJC)
- , "Body and Soul," - (-)
Milt Jackson, "Opus de Funk," Opus de Jazz (Savoy)
Arnett Cobb, "When My Dream Boat Comes Home," Party Time (Prestige/OJC)
Lou Donaldson, "Don't Worry 'Bout Me," Good Gracious! (Blue Note)
Gene Ammons, "Can't We Be Friends," The Happy Blues (Prestige/OJC)
Steve Lacy, "Easy to Love," Soprano Sax (-)
Sonny Rollins, "Tune Up," Newk's Time (Blue Note)
Tommy Flanagan, "Delarna," Overseas (Prestige/OJC)
Bennie Green, "We Wanna Cook," Soul Stirrin' (Blue Note)
- , "That's All," - (-)
Wes Montgomery, "Something Like Bags," So Much Guitar! (Riverside/OJC)
Friday, April 15:
BESSIE SMITH
Bessie Smith, "Down Hearted Blues," The Complete
Recordings, Vol. 1 (Columbia)
Fletcher Henderson & His Orchestra, - , 1921-1923 (Classics)
Bessie Smith, "Gulf Coast Blues," The Complete Recordings, Vol. 1 (Columbia)
Clarence Johnson, - , Boogie Woogie Blues (Biograph)
Bessie Smith, "Oh Daddy (You Won't Have No Mama at All)," The Complete
Recordings, Vol. 1 (Columbia)
Johnny Dodds & Tiny Parham, - , 1927 (Classics)
Bessie Smith, "Baby Won't You Please Come Home," The Complete Recordings, Vol. 1
(Columbia)
Sidney Bechet & His New Orleans Feetwarmers, - , The Legendary (Bluebird)
Bessie Smith, "'Tain't Nobody's Bizness if I Do," The Complete Recordings, Vol.
1 (Columbia)
Thomas "Fats" Waller, - , Classic Jazz from Rare Piano Rolls (Biograph)
- , "Mama's Got the Blues," Low Down Papa (-)
Bessie Smith, - , The Complete Recordings, Vol. 1 (Columbia)
Bessie Smith & Her Band, "I Ain't Got Nobody," The Complete Recordings, Vol.
2 (-)
Earl Hines, - , 1928-1932 (Classics)
Bessie Smith, "Squeeze Me," The Complete Recordings, Vol. 3 (Columbia)
Thomas "Fats" Waller, - , Classic Jazz from Rare Piano Rolls (Biograph)
Bessie Smith & Her Blue Boys, "Send Me to the 'Lectric Chair," - (-)
Vic Dickenson, - , Trombone Cholly (Storyville)
Bessie Smith & Her Band, "Alexander's Ragtime Band," The Complete
Recordings, Vol. 3 (Columbia)
Miff Mole's Little Molers, - , Vol. 1 (Frog)
- , "After You've Gone," Vol. 2 (-)
Bessie Smith & Her Band, - , The Complete Recordings, Vol. 3 (-)
Bessie Smith, "A Good Man Is Hard to Find," - (-)
Frankie Trumbauer & His Band, - , Bix Beiderbecke, Vol. 2: At the Jazz Band Ball (-)
Sidney Bechet's Blue Note Jazzmen, "Nobody Knows You When You're Down and Out,"
1949, Vol. 1 (Classics)
Bessie Smith, - , The Complete Recordings, Vol. 4 (Columbia)
Bessie Smith with Buck & His Band, "Do Your Duty," - (-)
Vic Dickenson, - , Trombone Cholly (Storyville)
Bessie Smith with Buck & His Band, "Take Me for a Buggy Ride," The Complete
Recordings, Vol. 4 (Columbia)
- , "Gimme a Pigfoot," - (-)
Saturday, April 9:
BLUES AND THINGS
Oscar Peterson Trio with Milt Jackson, "Reunion
Blues," Very Tall (Verve)
Julian "Cannonball" Adderley, "Somethin' Else," Somethin' Else (Blue
Note)
A Tribute to Miles, "So What," A Celebration of the Life and Music of Miles
Davis (Qwest)
Lee Morgan, "Search for the New Land," Search for the New Land (Blue Note)
- , "The Joker," - (-)
Jackie McLean, "Sundu," A Fickle Sonance (-)
Sonny Red, "Bluesville," Out of the Blue (-)
Jack McDuff, "Blues 1 & 8," Live! (Prestige)
Gene Ammons, "Blue Ammons," Greatest Hits, Vol. 1: The Sixties (Prestige)
Johnny Hodges, "Reelin' and Rockin'," Ben Webster: The Soul of (Verve)
Don Wilkerson, "Señorita Eula," Elder Don (Blue Note)
Horace Silver, "Que Pasa?" Song for My Father (-)
Lonnie Smith, "I Want to Thank You," Live at Club Mozambique (-)
Friday, April 8:
ONE FOR THE BIRDS
Clarence Williams & His Blues Five, "I'm a Little
Blackbird," Eva Taylor: Not Just the Blues (Topaz)
Cliff Edwards & His Hot Combination, "Meadowlark," The Red Heads (Jazz
Oracle)
Louis Armstrong, "Weather Bird Rag," Vol. IV (Columbia)
Cab Calloway & His Orch., "A Chicken Ain't Nothin' but a Bird," Are You Hep
to the Jive? (-)
Coleman Hawkins Quartet, "Flyin' Hawk," Bean and the Boys (Prestige)
Illinois Jacquet, "Robbins Nest," Jumpin' at Apollo (Delmark)
Claude Thornhill & His Orch., "La Paloma," Original Studio Radio
Transcriptions (Swing Factory)
Charlie Parker Quintet, "Bird of Paradise," Bird Up: The Originals (Savoy)
Charlie Parker All-Stars, "Bluebird," Timeless (-)
Bud Powell, "A Nightingale Sang in Berkeley Square," The Genius of (Verve)
Charlie Parker Quartet, "The Bird," Charlie Parker (-)
Bob Dorough, "Baltimore Oriole," Devil May Care (Bethlehem)
Miles Davis, "Bye Bye Blackbird," 'Round About Midnight (Columbia)
Charles Mingus, "Eat That Chicken," Oh Yeah! (Atlantic)
Thelonious Monk, "Stuffy Turkey," It's Monk's Time (Columbia)
Coleman Hawkins, "O Pato," Desafinado (Impulse)
Roland Kirk, "Serenade to a Cuckoo," I Talk to the Spirits (Verve)
Duke Ellington, "Bluebird of Delhi (Mynah)," The Far East Suite (Bluebird)
Chico Hamilton, "Third Wing on the Left Side of an Eagle," The Gamut (Solid
State)
Dave Holland Quartet, "Conference of the Birds," Conference of the Birds (ECM)
Jimmy Giuffre, "Phoenix," Music for People, Birds, Butterflies and Mosquitos
(Choice)
Jimmy Rowles, "The Peacocks," Stan Getz: Jazz Moods: Cool (Columbia)
Pharoah Sanders, "The Bird Song," Welcome to Love (Timeless)
Saturday, March 26:
THE JAMAL/DAVIS CONNECTION, Part 2
Ahmad Jamal's Three Strings, "Ahmad's Blues,"
Poinciana (Columbia)
Miles Davis, - , Workin' (Prestige/OJC)
Ahmad Jamal Trio, "Love for Sale," The Ahmad Jamal Trio (Epic)
Cannonball Adderley, - , Somethin' Else (Blue Note)
Miles Davis, "But Not for Me" (take 2), Bags Groove (Prestige/OJC)
Ahmad Jamal, - , At the Pershing: But Not for Me (Chess)
- , "No Greater Love," - (-)
Miles Davis, "There Is No Greater Love," (Prestige/OJC)
Ahmad Jamal, "Woody'n You," At the Pershing: But Not for Me (Chess)
Miles Davis, - , Relaxin' (Prestige/OJC)
Ahmad Jamal, "You Don't Know What Love Is," Cross Country Tour (Verve)
Miles Davis, - , Walkin' (Prestige/OJC)
Ahmad Jamal, "It Could Happen to You," Portfolio (Argo)
Miles Davis, - , Relaxin' (Prestige/OJC)
Miles Davis Orchestra, "Darn That Dream," Birth of the Cool (Capitol)
Ahmad Jamal, - , Cross Country Tour (Verve)
- , "Green Dolphin Street," - (-)
Miles Davis, - , "On Green Dolphin Street," Miles Davis & John Coltrane:
Complete Columbia Recordings (Columbia)
Ahmad Jamal, "One for Miles," Naked City Theme (Argo)
Friday, March 25:
THE JAMAL/DAVIS CONNECTION, Part 1
Ahmad Jamal's Three Strings, "Billy Boy,"
Poinciana (Columbia)
Miles Davis, - , Milestones (-)
Ahmad Jamal's Three Strings, "The Surrey with the Fringe on Top," Poinciana (-)
Miles Davis, - , Steamin' (Prestige/OJC)
Ahmad Jamal's Three Strings, "Will You Still Be Mine?" Poinciana (Columbia)
Miles Davis, - , The Musings of Miles (Prestige/OJC)
- , "A Gal in Calico," - (-)
Ahmad Jamal's Three Strings, - , Poinciana (Columbia)
Ahmad Jamal Trio, "Squeeze Me," The Ahmad Jamal Trio (Epic)
Miles Davis, "Just Squeeze Me," The New Quintet (Prestige/OJC)
Ahmad Jamal Trio, "New Rumba," Chamber Music of the New Jazz (Argo)
Miles Davis, "New Rhumba," Miles Ahead (Columbia)
Ahmad Jamal Trio, "I Don't Wanna Be Kissed (By Anyone but You)," Chamber Music
of the New Jazz (Argo)
Miles Davis, - , Miles Ahead (Columbia)
Ahmad Jamal Trio, "All of You," Chamber Music of the New Jazz (Argo)
Miles Davis, - , 'Round About Midnight (Columbia)
Ahmad Jamal Trio, "It Ain't Necessarily So," Chamber Music of the New Jazz
(Argo)
Miles Davis, - , Porgy & Bess (Columbia)
Ahmad Jamal Trio, "Spring Is Here," Chamber Music of the New Jazz (Argo)
Miles Davis, - , At Carnegie Hall - The Complete Concert (Columbia)
Ahmad Jamal Trio, "Ole Devil Moon," Chamber Music of the New Jazz (Argo)
Miles Davis, "Old Devil Moon," Blue Haze (Prestige/OJC)
Saturday, March 19:
LENNIE TRISTANO
Earl Swope Quintet, "Tea for Two," The Lost
Session (Jazz Guild)
Lennie Tristano, "I Found a New Baby," - (-)
Lennie Tristano Trio, "Out on a Limb" (take 3), The Complete Lennie Tristano
(Mercury)
- , "Untitled blues," - (-)
- , "I Can't Get Started with You" (take 2), - (-)
Lennie Tristano Quintet, "Subconscious Lee," Lee Konitz (Prestige/OJC)
Lennie Tristano Sextet, "Wow," Intuition (Capitol)
- , "Crosscurrent," - (-)
Metronome All-Stars, "Victory Ball," The Metronome All-Star Bands (Bluebird)
- , "No Figs," The Bebop Era (Columbia)
Lennie Tristano Sextet, "Intuition," Intuition (Capitol)
Charlie Parker, "I Can't Believe That You're in Love with Me," More Unissued,
Vol. 1 (Royal Jazz)
Lennie Tristano Quintet, "Lennie's Pennies," Live in Toronto 1952 (Jazz)
Lennie Tristano, "Line Up," Lennie Tristano/The New Tristano (Rhino/Atlantic)
- , "I Don't Stand a Ghost of a Chance with You," - (-)
- , "Requiem," - (-)
- , "Pennies in Minor," The Complete Atlantic Recordings of Lennie Tristano,
Lee Konitz & Warne Marsh (Mosaic)
- , "Turkish Mambo," Lennie Tristano/The New Tristano (Rhino/Atlantic)
- , "You Go to My Head," - (-)
- , "East Thirty-Second," - (-)
- , "C Minor Complex," The Complete Atlantic Recordings of Lennie Tristano, Lee
Konitz & Warne Marsh (Mosaic)
- , "Imagination," Concert in Copenhagen (Jazz)
Friday, March 18:
IMPROV FOR ROY HAYNES
Lester Young, "Easy Does It," Complete Aladdin
Recordings (Blue Note)
Wardell Gray, "Southside," Memorial Vol. 1 (Prestige/OJC)
Bud Powell, "52nd Street Theme," Amazing, Vol. 1 (Blue Note)
Stan Getz, "Too Marvelous for Words," Quartets (Prestige/OJC)
Miles Davis, "Down," And Horns (-)
- , "Morpheus," - (-)
Charlie Parker, "My Heart Belongs to Daddy," Cole Porter Songbook (Verve)
Sonny Rollins, "Mangoes," The Sound of Sonny (Riverside/OJC)
Art Farmer, "'And Now...,'" Portrait of (Contemporary/OJC)
Thelonious Monk, "Blue Monk," Thelonious in Action (Riverside/OJC)
- , "Rhythm-a-ning," - (-)
Roy Haynes, "Relection," We Three (Prestige/New Jazz/OJC)
Eric Dolphy, "G.W.," Outward Bound (-)
Oliver Nelson, "Six and Four," Straight Ahead (-)
Roy Haynes, "Snap Crackle," Out of the Afternoon (Impulse)
Roland Kirk, "Rolando," Domino (Verve/Mercury)
McCoy Tyner, "Old Devil Moon," Reaching Forth (Impulse)
John Coltrane, "My Favorite Things," The Very Best of (-)
Saturday, March 12:
ART TATUM w/ LOUIS ET AL.
Lionel Hampton & His Orch., "On the Sunny Side of
the Street," The Complete, Vol. 1-2 (RCA)
Art Tatum, - , The Best of the Complete Pablo Solo Recordings (Pablo)
Teddy Wilson & His Orch., "Mean to Me," Billie Holiday: The Quintessential,
Vol. 4 (Columbia)
Art Tatum, - , The Best of the Complete Pablo Solo Recordings (Pablo)
Chu Berry & His Stompy Stevedores, "Too Marvelous for Words," 1937-1941
(Classics)
Art Tatum, - , The Best of the Complete Pablo Solo Recordings (Pablo)
Ella Fitzgerald, "Someone to Watch Over Me," Pure Ella (Decca)
Art Tatum, - , The Best of the Complete Pablo Solo Recordings (Pablo)
Bud Freeman's Summa cum Laude Orch., "I Cover the Waterfront," JackTeagarden:
The Indispensable (RCA)
Art Tatum, - , The Best of the Complete Pablo Solo Recordings (Pablo)
Sarah Vaughan, "In a Sentimental Mood," After Hours (Blue Note/Roulette)
Art Tatum, - , The Best of the Complete Pablo Solo Recordings (Pablo)
Sarah Vaughan, "I Didn't Know What Time It Was," Crazy and Mixed Up (-)
Art Tatum, - , The Best of the Complete Pablo Solo Recordings (-)
Louis Armstrong & His Orch., "Ain't Misbehavin'," 1929-1930 (Classics)
Art Tatum, - , The Best of the Complete Pablo Solo Recordings (Pablo)
Fats Waller, His Rhythm & His Orch., - , The Very Best of (RCA)
Louis Armstrong & His Orch., "Body and Soul," Love Songs (Columbia)
Art Tatum, - , The Best of the Complete Pablo Solo Recordings (Pablo)
Louis Armstrong & His Orch., "Star Dust," The Essential (Columbia)
Art Tatum, - , The Best of the Complete Pablo Solo Recordings (Pablo)
Louis Armstrong & His Orch., "I've Got the World on a String," More Greatest
Hits (RCA)
Art Tatum, - , The Best of the Complete Pablo Solo Recordings (Pablo)
Red McKenzie with the Spirits of Rhythm, - , Spirits of Rhythm: 1933-1945 (Classics)
Art Tatum, "Makin' Whoopee," The Best of the Complete Pablo Solo Recordings
(Pablo)
Louis Armstrong, - , Meets Oscar Peterson (Verve)
Friday, March 11:
BIX BEIDERBECKE
Wolverine Orchestra, "The Jazz Me Blues," Vol. 1
(1924-1926) (Masters of Jazz)
- , "Riverboat Shuffle," - (-)
Bix Beiderbecke & His Rhythm Jugglers, "Davenport Blues," - (-)
Frankie Trumbauer & His Orch., "Clarinet Marmalade," The Complete OKeh &
Brunswick Recordings of Bix Beiderbecke, Frank Trumbauer and Jack Teagarden 1924-1936
(Mosaic)
- , "Singin' the Blues," - (-)
- , "Riverboat Shuffle," - (-)
- , "I'm Coming Virginia," - (-)
- , "Way Down Yonder in New Orleans," - (-)
Bix Beiderbecke, "In a Mist," - (-)
Jean Goldkette & His Orch., "Clementine (From New Orleans)," Bix
Beiderbecke: The Indispensable (RCA)
Tram, Bix & Lang, "Wringin' & Twistin'," Clarinet Marmalade," The
Complete
OKeh & Brunswick Recordings of Bix Beiderbecke, Frank Trumbauer and Jack
Teagarden 1924-1936 (Mosaic)
Frankie Trumbauer & His Orch., "Krazy Kat," - (-)
Broadway Bell-Hops, "There Ain't No Land Like Dixieland to Me," - (-)
Bix Beiderbecke & His Gang, "At the Jazz Band Ball," - (-)
- , "Royal Garden Blues," - (-)
- , "Jazz Me Blues," - (-)
- , "Sorry," - (-)
Frankie Trumbauer & His Orch., "Cryin' All Day," - (-)
Bix Beiderbecke & His Gang, "Since My Best Gal Turned Me Down," - (-)
Paul Whiteman & His Orch., "Changes," Bix Beiderbecke: With Paul Whiteman
1927-1928 (Classics)
- , "Lonely Melody," - (-)
Paul Whiteman & His Orch., "Dardanella," - (-)
- , "From Monday On," - (-)
- , "You Took Advantage of Me," - (-)
Ralph Sutton, "In a Mist," Bix Beiderbecke Suite and Piano Portraits (Commodore)
Michel Legrand, - , Meets Miles Davis (Philips)
Freddie Hubbard, - , Sky Dive (CTI)
Saturday, March 5:
BOB WILLS CENTENNIAL, Pt. 2
Bob Wills & His Texas Playboys, "Big
Beaver," San Antonio Rose (Bear Family)
- , "White Heat," - (-)
Jimmie Lunceford & His Orch., - , 1930-1934 (Classics)
Bob Wills & His Texas Playboys, "Blue Prelude," San Antonio Rose (Bear
Family)
Casa Loma Orch., - , Stompin' Around (Hep)
Bob Wills & His Texas Playboys, "Sugar Blues," San Antonio Rose (Bear
Family)
Fats Waller & His Rhythm, - , The Early Years, Pt. 2 (Bluebird)
Bob Wills & His Texas Playboys, "Bluin' the Blues," San Antonio Rose (Bear
Family)
Original Dixieland Jazz Band, - , The Complete (RCA)
Bob Wills & His Texas Playboys, "Rosetta," San Antonio Rose (Bear Family)
Henry "Red" Allen & His Orch., - , 1933-1935 (Classics)
Bob Wills & His Texas Playboys, "Dedicated to You," San Antonio Rose (Bear
Family)
Tommy Dorsey & His Orch., - , 1936-1937 (Classics)
Bob Wills & His Texas Playboys, "Honeysuckle Rose," Tiffany Transcriptions,
Vol. 7 (Rhino)
Fats Waller & His Rhythm, - , The Early Years, Pt. 1 (Bluebird)
Bob Wills & His Texas Playboys, "Crazy Rhythm," Tiffany Transcriptions, Vol.
3 (Rhino)
- , "Jumpin' at the Woodside," Tiffany Transcriptions, Vol. 1 (-)
Count Basie & His Orch., - , The Complete Decca Recordings (Decca)
Bob Wills & His Texas Playboys, "At the Woodchoppers' Ball," Tiffany
Transcriptions, Vol. 5 (Rhino)
Woody Herman & His Orch., "Woodchoppers' Ball," 1939 (Classics)
Bob Wills & His Texas Playboys, "A Smooth One," Tiffany Transcriptions, Vol.
5 (Rhino)
Benny Goodman Sextet, "A Smo-o-o-oth One" (Take 1)
Charlie Christian: The Genius of the Electric Guitar (Columbia)
Bob Wills & His Texas Playboys, "In the Mood," Tiffany Transcriptions, Vol.
9 (Rhino)
Glenn Miller & His Orch., - , The Popular Recordings (Bluebird)
Bob Wills & His Texas Playboys, "Take the 'A' Train," Tiffany
Transcriptions, Vol. 3 (Rhino)
Duke Ellington & His Orch., - , Never No Lament: The Blanton-Webster Band (Bluebird)
Bob Wills & His Texas Playboys, "C-Jam Blues," Tiffany Transcriptions, Vol.
7 (Rhino)
Barney Bigard & His Orch., "'C' Blues," Duke Ellington: And the Small Groups
(RCA)
Bob Wills & His Texas Playboys, "Mission to Moscow," Tiffany Transcriptions,
Vol. 1 (Rhino)
Benny Goodman & His Orch., - , Plays Mel Powell (Hep)
Bob Wills & His Texas Playboys, "Barnard Blues," Tiffany Transcriptions,
Vol. 3 (Rhino)
Friday, March 4:
BOB WILLS CENTENNIAL, Pt. 1
Bob Wills & His Texas Playboys, "Four or Five
Times," San Antonio Rose (Bear Family)
McKinney's Cotton Pickers, - , 1928-1929 (Classics)
Bob Wills & His Texas Playboys, "I Can't Give You Anything but Love," San
Antonio Rose (Bear Family)
Louis Armstrong & His Savoy Ballroom Five, - , Essential (Sony)
Bob Wills & His Texas Playboys, "Trouble in Mind," San Antonio Rose (Bear
Family)
Bertha "Chippie" Hill, - , Blues Classics (v/a) (MCA)
Bob Wills & His Texas Playboys, "Bleeding Hearted Blues," San Antonio Rose
(Bear Family)
Bessie Smith, - , Complete Recordings, Vol. 1 (Columbia)
Bob Wills & His Texas Playboys, "Down Hearted Blues," San Antonio Rose (Bear
Family)
Bessie Smith, - , Complete Recordings, Vol. 1 (Columbia)
Bob Wills & His Texas Playboys, "Basin Street Blues," San Antonio Rose (Bear
Family)
Louis Armstrong & His Orch., - , Essential (Sony)
Bob Wills & His Texas Playboys, "Loveless Love," San Antonio Rose (Bear
Family)
Bessie Smith, "Careless Love Blues," Complete Recordings, Vol. 2 (Columbia)
Bob Wills & His Texas Playboys, "Playboy Stomp," San Antonio Rose (Bear
Family)
- , "Too Busy," - (-)
Lillie Delk Christian, - , Louis Armstrong: Complete Hot Five and Hot Seven Recordings
(Columbia)
Bob Wills & His Texas Playboys, "Empty Bed Blues," San Antonio Rose (Bear
Family)
Bessie Smith, "Empty Bed Blues, Parts 1 & 2," Complete Recordings, Vol. 5
(Columbia)
Bob Wills & His Texas Playboys, "I'm a Ding Dong Daddy (From Dumas)," San
Antonio Rose (Bear Family)
Louis Armstrong & His Sebastian New Cotton Club Orch., - , Portrait of the Artist as a
Young Man (Columbia)
Bob Wills & His Texas Playboys, "Old Fashioned Love," San Antonio Rose (Bear
Family)
Red Norvo & His Swing Septet, - , Dance of the Octopus (Hep)
Bob Wills & His Texas Playboys, "St. Louis Blues, Part 1," Tiffany
Transcriptions, Vol. 9 (Rhino)
Bessie Smith, "The St. Louis Blues," Complete Recordings, Vol. 2 (Columbia)
Bob Wills & His Texas Playboys, "Dinah," Tiffany Transcriptions, Vol. 1
(Rhino)
Louis Armstrong & His Orch., - , This Is Jazz, Vol. 1 (Sony)
Bob Wills & His Texas Playboys, "Lazy River," Tiffany Transcriptions, Vol. 5
(Rhino)
Louis Armstrong & His Orch., - , This Is Jazz, Vol. 1 (Sony)
Bob Wills & His Texas Playboys, "Swing Blues," Tiffany Transcriptions, Vol.
5 (Rhino)
Saturday, Feb. 26:
JAZZ PEARLS
Art Blakey & the Jazz Messengers, "Moanin',"
Moanin' (Blue Note)
Art Farmer, "Wisteria," Early Art (Prestige/OJC)
John Coltrane, "Sweet Sapphire Blues," Black Pearls (-)
Bud Powell, "Buster Rides Again," Time Waits (Blue Note)
Art Tatum, "All the Things You Are," Group Masterpieces, Vol. 8 (Pablo)
Thelonious Monk, "Smoke Gets in Your Eyes," Monk (Prestige/OJC)
Sonny Rollins, "Dearly Beloved," The Sound of Sonny (Riverside/OJC)
Gene Ammons All-Stars, "Jammin' with Gene," Jammin' with Gene (Prestige/OJC)
Jimmy Smith, "Red Top," Prayer Meetin' (Blue Note)
Wes Montgomery, "West Coast Blues," Incredible Jazz Guitar (Riverside/OJC)
Hank Mobley, "A Baptist Beat," Roll Call (Blue Note)
Lawrence Marable Quartet, "Minor Meeting," Tenorman (-)
Art Pepper, "Blues Out," Modern Art (-)
Teddy Edwards Octet, "Sweet Georgia Brown," Back to Avalon (Contemporary)
Friday, Feb. 25:
STANDARDS OF EXCELLENCE
Charlie Byrd, "Si Tu Vois Ma Mere," Moments Like
This (Concord)
Dan Barrett & John Sheridan, "Heah Me Talkin' to Ya," (Arbors)
Howard Alden, "Something to Live For," A Good Likeness (Concord)
Ray Brown Trio, "Ellington Medley," 3 Dimensional (-)
Ruby Braff & Ellis Larkins, "Don't Get Around Much Anymore," The Grand
Reunion (Chiaroscuro)
Benny Carter, "Sometimes I'm Happy," A Gentleman & His Music (Concord)
Ed Bickert & Rob McConnell, "I'll Be Around," Mutual Street (Innovation)
Scott Hamilton & Bucky Pizzarelli, "It Had to Be You," The Red Door
(Concord)
Al Cohn, "I Remember You," Standards of Excellence (-)
Joe Pass, "Sweet Lorraine," Virtuoso (Pablo)
Ben Webster, "In a Mellow Tone," And Associates (Verve)
Marian McPartland, "Without You," Willow Creek and Other Ballads (Concord)
J.J. Johnson, "I Though About You," Vivian (-)
Jeannie & Jimmy Cheatham & the Sweet Baby Blues Band, "Heaven or Hell
Blues," Basket Full of Blues (-)
Saturday, Feb. 19:
DAVID MURRAY (LITE)
David Murray Quartet, "Body and Soul," Morning
Song (Black Saint)
David Murray Octet, "Santa Barbara and Crenshaw Follies," Home (-)
David Murray Quartet, "Jitterbug Waltz," Morning Song (Black Saint)
David Murray Big Band, "Lovers," Live at Sweet Basil, Vol. 1 (-)
David Murray Trio, "Fling," The Hill (-)
- , "Chelsea Bridge," - (-)
David Murray, "Love in Resort," Ballads (DIW)
- , "Ballad for the Black Man," - (-)
- , "In the Spirit," Shakill's Warrior (DIW/Columbia)
- , "New Life," Ballads for Bass Clarinet (DIW)
David Murray Quartet, "Doni's Song," Body and Soul (Black Saint)
David Murray, "Shoulda Had Been Me," Dark Star (Astor Place)
David Murray Octet, "Naima," Octet Plays Trane (Justin Time)
Friday, Feb. 18:
FINGERPRINTS
Cannonball Adderley Quintet, "Walk Tall,"
Country Preacher (Capitol)
Horace Silver, "Psychedelic Sally," Serenade to a Soul Sister (Blue Note)
Miles Davis, "Footprints," Miles Smiles (Columbia)
Elvin Jones, "Gingerbread Boy," Puttin' It Together (Blue Note)
Grant Green, "Idle Moments," Idle Moments (-)
Lou Donaldson, "You've Changed," Lush Life (-)
Duke Pearson, "Fly Little Bird Fly," Wahoo! (-)
Dexter Gordon, "Tayna," One Flight Up (-)
Bill Evans & Jim Hall, "I Hear a Rhapsody," Undercurrent (-)
Art Blakey & the Jazz Messengers, "Yama," A Night in Tunisia (-)
Kenny Dorham, "Straight Ahead," Una Mas (-)
Joe Henderson, "La Mesha," Page One (-)
Kenny Burrell & John Coltrane, "Lyresto," Kenny Burrell & John Coltrane
(-)
Saturday, Feb. 12:
MILES IN CHICAGO, 12/65
Miles Davis, "Milestones," The Complete Live at
the Plugged Nickel (Columbia)
- , "Autumn Leaves," - (-)
- , "I Fall in Love Too Easily," - (-)
- , "No Blues," - (-)
- , "The Theme," - (-)
- , "When I Fall in Love," - (-)
- , "Stella by Starlight," - (-)
- , "All Blues," - (-)
- , "Yesterdays," - (-)
Friday, Feb. 11:
R.I.P. JIMMY SMITH
Jimmy Smith, "Falling in Love with Love," The
Complete February 1957 Blue Note Sessions (Mosaic)
- , "Funk's Oats," - (-)
- , "I Let a Song Go out of My Heart," - (-)
- , "Summertime," - (-)
- , "Somebody Loves Me," - (-)
- , "Plum Nellie," - (-)
- , "Billie's Bounce," - (-)
- , "All Day Long," - (-)
- , "The Fight," - (-)
- , "The Duel," - (-)
- , "I'm Getting Sentimental Over You," - (-)
Saturday, Feb. 5:
2 LIVE PIANO SETS
Ahmad Jamal, "All the Things You Are," Chicago
Revisited (Telarc)
- , "Daahoud," - (-)
- , "Tater Pie," - (-)
- , "Bellows," - (-)
- , "Dance to the Lady," - (-)
- , "Be My Love," - (-)
- , "Where Are You," - (-)
- , "Lullaby of Birdland," - (-)
Keith Jarrett, "Lover Man, Tribute (ECM)
- , "I Hear a Rhapsody," - (-)
- , "Little Girl Blue," - (-)
- , "Solar," - (-)
- , "Sun Prayer," - (-)
Friday, Feb. 4:
JOHN STUBBLEFIELD
John Stubblefield, "Serenade to the Mother
Land," Bushman Song (Enja)
- , "Bushman Song" (electric version), - (-)
- , "East Side - West Side," - (-)
Julius Hemphill, "At Harmony," Big Band (Elektra)
Jerry Gonzalez & the Fort Apache Band, "Jackie-ing," Obatalá (Enja)
Abdullah Ibrahim & Ekaya, "Sweet Samba," African River (-)
Kenny Barron, "Once Upon a Time," Quickstep (-)
- , "Here and There," - (-)
Victor Lewis, "Family Portrait," Family Portrait (Audioquest)
McCoy Tyner Big Band, "Blues on the Corner," Journey (Verve)
Larry Willis Sextet, "Wayman's Way," A Tribute to Someone (Audioquest)
- , "For Jean," - (-)
Saturday, Jan. 29:
ROY ELDRIDGE
Gene Krupa's Swing Band, "Swing Is Here," Swing!
Greatest Hits (RCA Victor)
Fletcher Henderson & His Orchestra, "Blue Lou," A Study in Frustration
(Columbia)
- , "Jangled Nerves," 1934-1937 (Classics)
Roy Eldridge & His Orch., "Florida Stomp," 1935-1940 (-)
- , "After You've Gone," - (-)
Chu Berry & His Little Jazz Ensemble, "Sittin' In" (#2), Complete Commodore
Jazz Recordings, Vol. 1 (Mosaic)
- , "Body and Soul," Berry Story (EPM)
Mildred Bailey & Her Orch., "I'm Nobody's Baby," The Incomparable (Columbia)
Coleman Hawkins & the Chocolate Dandies, "I Surrender Dear" (#3), Complete
Commodore Jazz Recordings, Vol. 1 (Mosaic)
- , "I Can't Believe That You're in Love with Me," - (-)
Gene Krupa & His Orch., "Let Me Off Uptown" (alternate take), Roy Eldridge:
Little Jazz (Columbia)
- , "Rockin' Chair," Drum Crazy (ASV)
Artie Shaw & His Orch., "Little Jazz," 1942-1945 (-)
Roy Eldridge & His Little Jazz, "Wrap Your Troubles in Dreams," And His
Little Jazz, Vol. 1 (Vogue)
Roy Eldridge with Strings, "I Remember Harlem," Complete Verve Studio Sessions
(Mosaic)
Roy Eldridge & Dizzy Gillespie, "I've Found a New Baby," Roy and Diz (Verve)
Coleman Hawkins, "Hanid," Coleman Hawkins (-)
Roy Eldridge, "Blues for Old "N's," Earl Hines & Roy Eldridge: At the
Village Vanguard (Xanadu)
Oscar Peterson & Roy Eldridge, "Between the Devil and the Deep Blue Sea,"
Oscar Peterson and Roy Eldridge (Pablo/OJC)
Roy Eldridge 4, "I Surrender Dear," Montreux '77 (-)
Friday, Jan. 28:
DEREK BAILEY & GUESTS
Cecil Taylor & Derek Bailey, "Pleistozaen mit
Wasser (Shakin' the Glass)," Pleistozaen mit Wasser (FMP)
Arcana, "The Rattle of Bones," The Last Wave (DIW)
- , "Cold Blast," - (-)
Mirakle, "What It Is," Mirakle (Tzadik)
Tisziji Muñoz, "Teardrop (Blood from the Astral Heart)," Auspicious Healing
(Amani)
Bern Nix Trio, "Let's Don't," Alarms and Excursions (New World)
Sonny Sharrock, "Who Does She Hope to Be?" Ask the Ages (Axiom)
Saturday, Jan. 22:
DJANGO REINHARDT
Delaunay's Jazz, "Confessin'," Django Reinhardt,
1934-1935 (Classics)
Django Reinhardt & the Quintet of the Hot Club of France with Stéphane Grappelly,
"I Saw Stars," - (-)
- , "Lady Be Good," - (-)
- , "Dinah," - (-)
Coleman Hawkins, "Stardust," Django Reinhardt: All Star Sessions (Capitol)
Quintet of the Hot Club of France, "Are You in the Mood," Django Reinhardt/QHCF
Swing/HMV Sessions (Mosaic)
- , "Limehouse Blues," The Best of Django Reinhardt (Blue Note)
- , "Nagasaki," Django Reinhardt/QHCF Swing/HMV Sessions (Mosaic)
- , "When Day Is Done," The Best of Django Reinhardt (Blue Note)
- , "Mistery Pacific," Django Reinhardt/QHCF Swing/HMV Sessions (Mosaic)
- , "Saint-Louis Blues," The Best of Django Reinhardt (Blue Note)
Quintet of the Hot Club of France, "Minor Swing," - (-)
- , "My Serenade," - (-)
Django Reinhardt, "You Rascal You," - (-)
- , "Tea for Two," Reinhardt/QHCF Swing/HMV Sessions (Mosaic)
Rex Stewart & His Feetwarmers, "Low Cotton," Django Reinhardt: All Star
Sessions (Capitol)
- , "Montmartre," - (-)
- , "Solid Old Man," - (-)
Django Reinhardt, "I'll See You in My Dreams," The Best of (Blue Note)
- , "Naguine," - (-)
Django Reinhardt & the Quintet of the Hot Club of France, "Nuages," - (-)
Django Reinhardt, "Blues Clair," - (-)
Django Reinhardt & His American Swing Band, "Manoir de Mes Rêves," - (-)
Django Reinhardt & the Quintet of the Hot Club of France, "Ol' Man River," -
(-)
- , "Diminushing," - (-)
Django Reinhardt & His Quintet of the Hot Club of France, "Flèche d'Or,"
Nuits de Saint-Germain des-Prés (Gitanes)
Django Reinhardt, "Insensiblement," Nuages (-)
- , "Blues for Ike," - (-)
Friday, Jan. 21:
J.J. JOHNSON (1956-60)
J.J. Johnson, "Undecided," Complete Columbia
Small Group Recordings (Mosaic)
- , "Overdrive," - (-)
- , "Never Let Me Go," - (-)
- , "Solar," - (-)
- , "It Might as Well Be Spring," - (-)
- , "Our Love Is Here to Stay," - (-)
- , "Bird Song," - (-)
- , "In a Little Provincial Town," - (-)
- , "Nickels and Dimes," - (-)
- , "For Heaven's Sake," - (-)
- , "100 Proof," - (-)
- , "Blue Trombone," Trombone Master (Columbia)
- , "Decision," Complete Columbia Small Group Recordings (Mosaic)
- , "My Old Flame," Trombone Master (Columbia)
- , "Pennies from Heaven," Complete Columbia Small Group Recordings (Mosaic)
- , "Alone Together," - (-)
- , "Blue 'n' Boogie," J.J. Inc. (Columbia)
- , "Mohawk," - (-)
Saturday, Jan. 15:
FOR PEACE & MARTIN LUTHER KING JR.
Gregory Tardy, "Take My Hand Precious Lord," The
Hidden Light (J Curve)
Pharoah Sanders, "Hum-Allah-Hum-Allah-Hum Allah," Jewels of Thought (Impulse)
Eric Dolphy, "Come Sunday," Iron Man (Jazz World/Douglas)
Bill Evans, "Peace Piece," Everybody Digs (Riverside/OJC)
Weather Report, "What's Going On," Sportin' Life (Columbia)
Ornette Coleman, "Peace," The Shape of Jazz to Come (Rhino/Atlantic)
Horace Silver, "Peace," Blowin' the Blues Away (Blue Note)
Charles Lloyd, "Lift Every Voice and Sing," Lift Every Voice (ECM)
Jessica Williams, "The Creator Has a Master Plan," Arrival (Jazz Focus)
Franklin Kiermyer, "In the House of My Fathers," Kairos (Evidence)
John Coltrane, "Peace on Earth," Live in Japan (Impulse)
Duke Ellington, "Reflections in D," Piano Reflections (Capitol)
Curtis Mayfield, "We're a Winner," Live! (Sequel/Curtom)
Friday, Jan. 14:
LOUIS HAYES
Horace Silver, "Virgo," Six Pieces of Silver
(Blue Note)
Curtis Fuller, "Little Messenger," The Complete Blue Note/UA Sessions (Mosaic)
Horace Silver Quintet, "Break City," Blowin' the Blues Away (Blue Note)
Cannonball Adderley Quintet, "Bohemia After Dark," In San Francisco
(Riverside/OJC)
Louis Hayes Quintet, "Sassy Ann," Buddy de Franco Quintet/Louis Hayes Quintet
(Vee Jay)
- , "Hazing," - (-)
Barry Harris, "Curtain Call," At the Jazz Workshop (Riverside/OJC)
- , "Woody'n You," - (-)
Cannonball Adderley Quintet, "Our Delight," At the Lighthouse (Capitol)
Phineas Newborn Jr., "Oleo," A World of Piano (Contemporary/OJC)
Oscar Peterson, "Blues Etude," Blues Etude (Limelight)
Dexter Gordon, "Gingerbread Boy," Homecoming (Columbia)
Louis Hayes Group, "What's Goin' On," Variety Is the Spice (Gryphon)
- , "A Hundred Million Miracles," - (-)
Louis Hayes & the Cannonball Legacy Band, "Scotch & Water," (TCB)
- , "Fiddler on the Roof," - (-)
Saturday, Jan. 8:
MINGUS LIVE 4/26/64
Charles Mingus, "Orange Was the Color of Her Dress
Then Blue Silk," Mingus in Europe (II) (Enja)
- , "Fables of Faubus," Mingus in Europe (-)
- , "Starting," - (-)
- , "So Long Eric," Mingus in Europe (II) (-)
- , "Meditations," Mingus in Europe (-)
Friday, Jan. 7:
HENRY "RED" ALLEN
Henry Allen Jr. & His New York Orchestra, "It
Should Be You," 1929-1933 (Classics)
- , "Biff'ly Blues," - (-)
- , "Feeling Drowsy," - (-)
- , "Swing Out," - (-)
Luis Russell & His Orch., "The New Call of the Freaks 1926-1929 (-)
- , "Louisiana Swing," 1930-1934 (-)
Henry Allen & His Orch., "Patrol Wagon Blues," 1929-1933 (-)
King Oliver & His Orch., "Stingaree Blues," (-)
Billy Banks & His Orch., "Bugle Call Rag," 1932 (-)
- , "Oh Peter (You're So Nice)," - (-)
- , "Margie," - (-)
Spike Hughes & His American Orch., "Sweet Sorrow Blues," 1933 (Retrieval)
Fletcher Henderson & His Orch., "King Porter Stomp," A Study in Frustration
(Columbia)
- , "Queer Notions," - (-)
Benny Morton & His Orch., "The Gold Digger's Song," 1934-1945 (Classics)
Henry Allen & His Orch., "Believe It Beloved," 1933-1935 (-)
- , "Rosetta," - (-)
- , "Body and Soul," - (-)
Mills Blue Rhythm Band, "Ride, Red, Ride," 1934-1936 (-)
Jelly Roll Morton's Seven, "Sweet Substitute," Last Sessions (Verve)
Sidney Bechet & His New Orleans Feetwarmers, "Slippin' and Slidin',"
Complete Original American RCA-Victor Masters
(Definitive))
Henry "Red" Allen & His All Stars, "The Crawl," 1944-1947
(Classics)
Henry "Red" Allen's All Stars, "I Cover the Waterfront," World on a
String (Bluebird)
Kid Ory's Creole Jazz Band, "I Got Rhythm," Henry "Red" Allen
(Time-Life)
Pee Wee Russell & Henry "Red" Allen, "Body and Soul," College
Concert (Jasmine/Impulse)
Saturday, Jan. 1:
MILT JACKSON
Modern Jazz Quartet, "The Little Comedy: La
Cantatrice/Harlequin/Fontessa," Dedicated to Connie (Atlantic)
- , "'Round Midnight," - (-)
- , "Cylinder," - (-)
- , "Bags' Groove," - (-)
- , "Odds Against Tomorrow," - (-)
- , "It Don't Mean a Thing (If It Ain't Got That Swing)," - (-)
- , "Django," - (-)
- , "I Should Care," - (-)
- , "How High the Moon," - (-)
- , "Spanish Steps," - (-)
- , "Pyramid (Blues for Junior)," - (-)
- , "Milt Meets Sid," - (-)
- , "I Remember Clifford," - (-)
- , "Vendome," - (-)
- , "Skating in Central Park," - (-)
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