Roland Kirk: Rip Rig and Panic (1965) Mercury

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  Two different sides of Kirk: Selection 1: Once in a While Selection 2: Slippery, Hippery, and Flippery Artists Roland Kirk (tenor saxophone, manzello, stritch, flute, siren, oboe, castanets) Jaki Byard (piano) Richard Davis (bass) Elvin Jones (drums) recorded Rudy … Continue reading

Cannonball Adderley: Cannonball’s Sharpshooters (1958) Mercury UK

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Selection 1: What’s New? (Haggart- Burke) Haggart a bass player and writer of the song Big Noise From Winnetka Selection 2: Straight, No Chaser (credited on the this 1959 sleeve to one J. Adderley, song no relation of course to one Th. Monk who … Continue reading

Cannonball Adderley: Quintet in Chicago (1959) Mercury

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Record photos updated to LJC modern standard December 15, 2021 Selection: Limehouse Blues (Braham/Furber) .  .  . Artists Cannonball Adderley, alto saxophone; John Coltrane, tenor saxophone; Wynton Kelly, piano; Paul Chambers, bass; Jimmy Cobb, drums; engineer Bernie Clapper, recorded at Universal … Continue reading

Art Blakey Buttercorn Lady (1966) Mercury UK

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Selection 1:  Recuerdo (C Mangione) long! Selection 2: Between Races (C. Mangione) not so long Artists Chuck Mangione (t) Frank Mitchell (ts) Keith Jarrett (p) Reggie Johnson (b) Art Blakey (d) recorded at the “Lighthouse Club”, Hermosa Beach, CA, January … Continue reading

Howard McGhee Teddy Edwards “Together Again” (1961)

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Selected Track: Together Again Artists Howard McGhee (tp) Teddy Edwards (ts) Phineas Newborn Jr. (p) Ray Brown (b) Ed Thigpen (d) recorded Contemporary Records’ Studio, Los Angeles, CA, May 15 & 17, 1961 Recording Engineer Roy DuNann. Music McGhee album titles in the … Continue reading

Roland Kirk: We Free Kings (1961) Mercury UK

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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