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Track Selection: “Dear Johnny B” (7:07) > Artists Tubby Hayes (ts,f) Mick Pyne (p) Ron Mathewson (b) Tony Levin (d) Recorded 2nd February and 7th March 1967, London. Mastered by Ray Staff at Trident Studios, pressed by Nimbus Records, London … Continue reading
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Track Selection (long): “Check Up” 10:00 > Artists on Check Up: Don Cherry (cor) Ornette Coleman (as) Scott LaFaro (b) Ed Blackwell (d) recorded NYC, January 31, 1961. Recording Engineer Tom Dowd. Other tracks: Don Cherry (pocket tp) Freddie Hubbard (tp) Eric … Continue reading
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Track Selection: “Minors Holiday” Artists Kenny Dorham (tp) Hank Mobley (ts) Cecil Payne (bars) JJ Johnson (trom) Horace Silver (p) Percy Heath/ Oscar Pettiford (b) Art Blakey (d) Carlos “Potato” Valdes (congas)   recorded at Rudy Van Gelder Studio, Hackensack, NJ, January 30/ 29 … Continue reading
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Track Selection: “Solar” Artists Bill Evans (p) Scott LaFaro (b), Paul Motian (d) recorded live at the Village Vanguard on June 25, 1961, Music Tune in to the communication between piano and bass and drums.Simultaneous improvisation within a melodic structure, the ultimate … Continue reading
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Track Selection: “A Minor Sax” (4:07) > Artists Sonny Stitt (as, ts) Barry Harris (p) William Austin (b) Frank Gant (d) Recorded in Chicago ; August 1st, 1958 Music I’ll leave it to the authoritative All Music to talk the talk: “Sonny … Continue reading
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Selection: The Rake . . . Artists Dizzy Reece, trumpet; Hank Mobley, tenor saxophone; Wynton Kelly, piano; Paul Chambers, bass; Art Taylor, drums; recorded Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, NJ, November 19, 1959 Music Described by Cook and Morton as … Continue reading
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Full post refresh January 2023, including fresh rips with the new Dynavector XV1-t cartridge Selection: Three Wise Men! Three selections, as the tunes range between just two and a half to three and a half minutes. In updating the previously … Continue reading
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Track Selection: “‘Round about Midnight” > . . . Artists Dizzy Reece, Donald Byrd, trumpet; Tubby Hayes, tenor saxophone; Terry Shannon , piano; Lloyd Thompson, bass; Art Taylor, drums; recorded at Decca Studios, London, England, August 24, 1958  according to some … Continue reading
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Track Selection: “Lost Life” (re-ripped) > The Artists S7633 Art Pepper (as) Hampton Hawes (p, el-p) Charlie Haden (b) Shelly Manne (d) Recorded Los Angeles, CA, August 9, 1975 The Music Only his second recording after the end of a five-year sentence in San Quentin 1968 -73 on … Continue reading
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Selection: “Hear Ye!” (again)Â Artists Carmell Jones (trumpet) Harold Land (tenor sax) Frank Strazzeri (piano) Red Mitchell (bass) Leon Petties (drums) recorded Los Angeles, CA, October 14 and December 13, Â 1961 Music Good bop, straight ahead, no time-wasting. I have … Continue reading
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Track Selection: “Jump Monk” > Artists Charles Mingus (b) Mal Waldron (p) George Barrow (ts) Eddie Bert (trom) Willie Jones (d) Recorded 1955, I think at the same sessions as the previous Mingus Quintet with Max Roach, Bohemia NY. Music This … Continue reading
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Track Selection: “Venus di Mildew” (W.Shorter) > Artists Lee Morgan (tp) Curtis Fuller (tb) Hank Mobley (ts) McCoy Tyner (p) Bob Cranshaw (b) Billy Higgins (d) Recorded Rudy Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, NJ, December 18, 1965 Music Wayne Shorter composition … Continue reading
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Track Selection: “The Late One” (3:35) > Christmas special bonus selection from “Tubbs”: “R.T.H.T.”  > Artists Tubby Hayes (ts) Terry Shannon (p) Jeff Clyne (b) Bill Eyden (d) Recorded 1961 Tubby led the Jazz Couriers with fellow tenor player and jazz legend Ronnie Scott … Continue reading
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Track Selection: “Theme for Ernie” > Artists Archie Shepp (ts) Tommy Turrentine (t) Grachan Moncur III (trmb) Roswell Rudd (trmb) Howard Johnson (tuba) Perry Robinson (clar) Charlie Haden (b) Beaver Harris (d) All star cast in addition to Shepp’s regular band, recorded 1966. Music All … Continue reading
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 Pictures updated April 9, 2021 Selected track (long) I’ll remember April (13:00) > Artists Charles Mingus, bass; George Barrow, tenor sax; Mal Waldron, piano; Willie Jones or Max Roach, drums; Eddie Bert, trombone; recorded live at  Bohemia, New York City, … Continue reading
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After a long run of bids I thought were “realistic” being trumped, I was curious and decided to do a little research as to who are these jazz collectors  putting in “premium bids”on collectible jazz, in some cases £50 to 100 more than … Continue reading
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Selection: Mox Nix (Farmer) . . . Track List Mox Nix Fair Weather Darn That Dream The Touch Of Your Lips Jubilation Like Someone In Love I Love You Cool Breeze Artists Art Farmer, trumpet; Benny Golson, tenor saxophone; Bill Evans, piano; … Continue reading
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Selected track: “Cinnamon” > Special Christmas Bonus! Extra pick from Surf Ride as recommended by Dottor Jazz “Straight Life” > – Artists: Art Pepper with various “groups”, recorded in 1956 during one of the brief spells at the time when he … Continue reading
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Track Selection: “You’d Be So Nice To Come Home To” > S7532 Art Pepper (as) Red Garland (p) Paul Chambers (b) Philly Joe Jones (d) Originally recorded on 19 January 1957. All three musicians in the rhythm section were at … Continue reading
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Selection: “Tippin’ ” (Donald Byrd) . . . Artists Art Blakey,drums; Donald Byrd, trumpet; John Coltrane, tenor sax; Walter Bishop, piano; Wendell Marshall, bass; recorded New York City, December 1957. Other tracks include Sahib Shihab (alto sax) Al Cohn (tenor sax) … Continue reading
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Last Updated: January 27, 2018 Track Selection: The Serpent (Hayes) . . . Ronnie Scott (ts) Tubby Hayes (ts) Terry Shannon (p) Phil Bates (b) Bill Eyden (d) Live at the Dominion Theatre, Tottenham Court Road, London in 1957 Britain’s answer to the Jazz … Continue reading
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Track Selection: “What’s Not” – a ballad > PRLP 7104 Teo Macero with the Prestige Jazz Quartet: Teo Macero (ts) Teddy Charles (vib) Mal Waldron (p) Addison Farmer (b) Jerry Segal (d) Recorded NYC 27th April 1957, this release by UK Esquire with alternative cover … Continue reading
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Selection: The Fable of Mabel (Twardzik) . . . Artists Serge Chaloff, baritone sax; Herb Pomeroy, trumpet; Gene DiStachio, trombone; Charlie Mariano, alto sax; Varty Haritounian, tenor sax; Dick Twardzik, piano; Ray Oliveri, bass; Jimmy Zitano, drums; recorded Boston, September … Continue reading
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(Updated May 21, 2017) Selected Track: “Dizzy Moods” (updated May 21, 2017) Artists Charles Mingus (b) Danny Richmond (d)  Hampton Hawes (p) Recorded 1957 Music Mingus, teamed with the mercurial  brilliance of west coast pianist Hampton Hawes and stalwart Dannie Richmond.  Hawes is in … Continue reading
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track selection: “Emancipation Blues” I> PRLP 7225 Jerry Kail, Joe Newman, Ernie Royal, Joe Wilder (tp) Paul Faulise, Urbie Green, Britt Woodman (tb) Ray Alonge, Jim Buffington, Julius Watkins (frh -1,2) Don Butterfield (tu) Jerry Dodgion (as, fl) Oliver Nelson … Continue reading
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