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  Selection: Groovin’ Blue (Curtis Amy) . . . Artists Carmell Jones, trumpet; Curtis Amy, tenor sax; Bobby Hutcherson, vibes; Frank Strazzeri, piano; Jimmy Bond, bass; Frank Butler, drums; recorded at Pacific Jazz Studios, Hollywood, CA, December 10, 1960 … Continue reading
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In the golden era ’50s – 60’s, Paris was for a while the spiritual capital of European modern jazz( uber-eat your heart out Copenhagen). Home from home not only to many visiting and resident American jazz musicians, like Donald Byrd, … Continue reading
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Ladies, Gentlemen, and Others, buckle up, we are heading backwards two decades from 1978 to 1957 in our self-charging-hybrid time-machine, Forget 70’s direct disk audio, we are going from Musicians-In-the-Room to Musicians In The Stockroom, Roy DuNann at the controls … Continue reading
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I am delighted and honoured to present a piece of essential but almost undocumented history of jazz on vinyl: the transition in the mid-’50s from the 10-inch to the 12-inch LP. Esteemed jazz aficionado and collector Roudolf has put his … Continue reading
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Selection: Minor Escamp (Jordan) . . . Now the somewhat surface-challenged Dillon (Roy Haynes Trio) . . . Artists Barney Wilen, tenor saxophone, Jay Cameron, baritone saxophone; Henri Renaud, piano; Jimmy Gourley, guitar; Joe Benjamin, bass; Roy Haynes, drums; … Continue reading
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Track Selection: Night in Tunisia Artists Dizzy Gillespie (tp, vo) Charlie Parker (as) Bud Powell (p) Charles Mingus (b) Max Roach (d) “Massey Hall”, Toronto, Canada, May 15, 1953 Music Dubbed modestly “The Greatest Jazz Concert Ever”, in May 1953 in … Continue reading
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Track Selection: Gemeaux, and Taurea (Gemini and Taurus) Artists Barney Wilen (ts) Carl Heinz Berger (vib,p) Jean-Francois Jenny Clarke (b) Jaques Thallot (d) recorded at Studios Vogue, 54 Rue d’Hauteville, Paris, 1966 Music: Barney Wilen, not long graduated from Art Blakey’s Jazz Messengers and … Continue reading
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Track Selection Side 1: I Remember April (1954) Jon Eardley (tp) Bob Brookmeyer (vtb, p) Zoot Sims (ts) Gerry Mulligan (bars, p) Red Mitchell (b) Larry Bunker (d) recorded “Hoover High School”, San Diego, CA, December 14, 1954 Track Selection Side 2: “You’re Driving Me … Continue reading
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Track Selection: “These Foolish Things” > Bonus selection: “All The Things You Are”  > Artists Lee Konitz (as) Chet Baker (t) Gerry Mulligan (bars), Larry Bunker (d)  Carson Smith or Joe Mondragon (b) recorded at various venues, January 23 and 30, February … Continue reading
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Track Selection: Zoot singing (briefly) on “Blues” > . . . Bonus Track – without Zoot singing: “I Hear a Rhapsody” > . . . Artists Bob Brookmeyer, valve trombone; Zoot Sims, tenor saxophone, vocals; Hank Jones, piano; Wyatt Reuther, bass;) … Continue reading
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Track Selection 1 ballad:  “Stellisa” > Track Selection 2 up-tempo: “Sad March” > Artists Carmell Jones (t) Harold Land (ts)  Frank Strazzeri (p) Gary Peacock (b) Leon Pettis (d) Producer/Engineer Richard Bock (founder of Pacific Jazz) June 1961 Los Angeles, CA. Jones … 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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