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 Selection: “Along Came Manon” Artists Lee Morgan, trumpet; Benny Golson, tenor sax; Jimmy Merritt, bass; Bobby Timmons, piano; Art Blakey, Kenny Clarke, drums; Gana M’Bow (congas), recorded by Raymond Treillet December 1958 Music When Art Blakey’s Messengers descended on Paris … Continue reading
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Another of my “gaps” has been the roots of modern jazz, so I guess it was inevitable that I would eventually find my way back to Charlie Parker. Listening to records of saxophone players from the late Fifties and early Sixties, often the liner notes … Continue reading
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Track Selection:  “Chasin’ the Trane” (Excerpt) Artists Eric Dolphy (bc) John Coltrane (ss) McCoy tyner (p) Elvin Jones (d) Reggie Workman (b) Music As a late starter (remedial class)  in jazz there are more than a few gaps in my musical knowledge, … Continue reading
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 Track Selection:  “Strange as it Seems” (Excerpt) Artists Ornette Coleman (tp) Jackie McLean (as) Lamont Johnson (p) Scott Holt (b) Billy Higgins (d) recorded Rudy Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, NJ, March 24, 1967 Music The music – a … Continue reading
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Track Selection: “Niema” Artists Alan Shorter (flh) Roswell Rudd (tb) John Tchicai (as) Archie Shepp (ts) Reggie Workman (b) Charles Moffett (d) Recorded at Rudy Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, NJ, August 10, 1964 Music When the headline brags a recording is “historically … Continue reading
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Pictures updated April 14, 2020 Track Selection: “The Prophet” Artists Kenny Dorham, trumpet, J.R. Monterose tenor, sax; Dick Katz, piano; Sam Jones, bass; Arthur Edgehill , drums; NYC, April 4, 1956 Music Dorham duets with JR Monterose on happy varied arrangements, … Continue reading
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Pictures upgraded April 15, 2020 Track Selection: “Tomorrow is the Question!” . . . Artists Don Cherry, cornet; Ornette Coleman, alto sax; Red Mitchell, bass; Shelly Manne, drums; recorded  Los Angeles, CA, January 16, 1959 Music Perhaps tame by future … Continue reading
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Track Selection:  “Fables of Faubus” Artists Jimmy Knepper or  Willie Dennis (tb) John Handy (as, cl) Booker Ervin (ts) Curtis Porter (ts, as) Horace Parlan (p) Charles Mingus (b) Dannie Richmond (d) recorded NYC, May 5 & 12 1959 Music: One … Continue reading
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