The Good Stuff

Oscar Peterson

1951

Just a Memory    1951 / 1995

Canadian Radio Transcriptions.  Peterson at age 25.

Flying Home : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tP-ye3LnJfo

I've Got Rhythm : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Uti7hG5vXqw

Get Happy : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qir3lbvUJ_I

Hungarian Dance : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dbp8faF4mjc

Air Mail Special : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bKnhWjhsND4

Tea for Two : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JSSq2qgPoO0

Cheers

Harry "Sweets" Edison and Eddie "Lockjaw" Davis

IN COPENHAGEN: SWEETS and LOCKJAW

Storyville   1976 / 2007

The "C" Jam Blues : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BECIc86B4CY

Candy : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qpp_ksF8TMA

Lester Leaps In : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=55C1uZhrLCc

Blues Walk : https://forum.audiogon.com/discussions/the-good-stuff?page=6

No Greater Love : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=68mguXdk0As

Cheers

Phineas Newborn Jr

A WORLD OF PIANO

Contemporary / OJC      1961 / 1991

Phineas Newborn(piano), Paul Chambers / Sam Jones(bass), Philly Joe Jones / Louis Hayes(drums)

Cheryl : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eLc6r11E4JI

Manteca : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RVPSS0MUaXo

Daahoud : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H2JZhnp5dDY

Juicy Lucy : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q9GzzJEmB7o

Cheers

Jon Hendricks and Friends

FREDDIE FREELOADER

Denon 1990

’Friends’ include, George Benson, Al Jarreau, Bobby McFerrin, Manhattan Transfer, Wynton Marsalis, Stanley Turrentine, Jimmy Cobb, Al Grey, Tommy Flanagan and others. Excellent Booklet. Gives details on each song and lists who ’sings’ who.

For instance, Judith Hendricks ’sings’ the Louis Armstrong solos on STARDUST.

Jumpin’ at the Woodside : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mz91_Lee8Ks

Stardust : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iyDZsfMF8c4

Freddie Freeloader : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q3-wvcStsoo

Take the "A" Train : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i6qfVvsG_ts

Sing Sing Sing : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q8Q6r77Q1w4

Trinkle Tinkle : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yFtnZm-AfZo

Swing that Music : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VNAk0zboYgU

Ain’t got it, git it.

Cheers

Dianne Reeves

THE GRAND ENCOUNTER

Blue Note   1996

This record just has to have the most prestigious supporting cast ever!

Old Country : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uVdwZeF6DCg

Tenderly : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sYLmR1Ge4tg

Side by Side : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6eg2pC1Gj-Y

Ha : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g9DvkTSac7c

Besame Mucho : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eFxE60NE1as

Cheers

Horace Silver

THE JODY GRIND

Blue Note  1966 / 1991

Horace Silver(piano), Larry Ridley(bass), Roger Humphries(drums), Woody Shaw(trumpet), James Spaulding(alto sax -flute), Tyrone Washington(tenor sax)

The Jody Grind : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cIrE6sZduWo

Grease Piece :  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G1dhbakqt9E

Mexican Hip Dance : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X5e1tsP18WI

Cheers

Muddy Waters

THE MONTREUX YEARS

BMG    1972,1974,1977 / 2021    MQA Disc. ??

All tracks recorded live at Montreux.  Excellent remaster.

Packaging sets the standard for CD minus the plastic.

Mannish Boy : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VutfudJzxa4

Same Thing : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ld1NTx14pJM

Long Distance Call : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MFi-oIqgVLM

Rollin' and Tumblin' : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WtK-nocUWL4

Got my Mojo working : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cuAKA8aKRjE

Hoochie Coochie Man : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YlvbRNF3YiY

Cheers

Wynton Marsalis

BOLDEN

Blue Engine Records    2019

Wynton in his element.  Plays Trumpet and Cornet.  With the JALC  Orchestra.

Vocalists Catherine Russell and Brianna Thomas.

Creole Belles : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ex4GzQSbSgk

Dinah : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2_oIHrXgobY

You Rascal You : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u3AetslINOM

Stardust : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=obJ8igGOCo0

Tiger Rag : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AdhI1mwWD5o

Russian Lullaby : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XWCVcWzhJoc

Black and Blue : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QTrgyWW203I

Cheers

The New Orleans Jazz Orchestra (feat Cyrille Aimée )

PETITE FLEUR

Storyville    2019/2020

Petite Fleur : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=10fmkU5Fsq0

The rest of your life : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ye7EDvFUeNI

Crazy He calls Me : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a2VOrmvFPZM

Get the Bucket : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qMFj8X79jtU

On a Clear day : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W1FOJgtKIzY

Cheers

Gene Harris Quartet

BLACK AND BLUE

Concord Jazz 1991

Gene Harris(piano), Ron Eschete(guitar), Luther Hughes(bass), Harold Jones(drums)

Black and Blue : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9jYSjqYABHg

C.C. Rider : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q5UkBJWMVz4

Blue Bossa : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m1UZTOHzFAA

Might be Spring : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K8XDG-ZM1D4

Nobody knows You : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PLPvqnGkex8

Cheers

Tuck  and Patti

TEARS OF JOY

Windham Hill    1988

Patti Cathcart(vocals), Tuck Andress(guitar)

Tears of Joy : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=21neUq5e3MY

Takes my Breath Away : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0xYFsHg6SVQ

Better than Anything : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C2w9K1H9Ywo

Time after Time : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EfKl4FCCPYU

My Romance : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J90n-dR3cYE

Cheers

Wynton Marsalis

BLACK CODES FROM THE UNDERGROUND

Columbia   1985

Trumpet: Wynton Marsalis, Drums: Jeff Tain Watts, Piano: Kenny Kirkland, Bass: Charnett Moffett, Soprano Saxophone, Tenor Saxophone: Branford Marsalis

Chambers of Tain : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MizG1rOZx2k

Aural Oasis : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nt5IQcTfol4

Blues : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zu7KdactSdc

Black Codes : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8Rw9bgGPfPU

Cheers

Booker Ervin

THE CLASSIC ALBUMS 1960-1964

Eight Classic Albums on Four CDs

THE BLUES BOOK

Booker Ervin(tenor sax), Carmell Jones(trumpet), Gildo Mahones(piano),  Richard Davis(bass), Alan Dawson(drums)

Eerie Dearie : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ILhyDtvL4g8

No Booze Blooze : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mqxzx94_3-8

One for Mort : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X64ukFoM0lI

Cheers

 Antonín Dvořák

THE LATE SYMPHONIES - LEGENDS

London Symphony Orchestra -- Witold Rowicki

Philips   1969 / 1997

Notes: "Arriving in New York in 1892, Dvořák cast himself with enthusiasm into the music of a country he had long admired.  He was delighted by the songs of Stephen Foster, by Afro-American spirituals and folk music.  "It is this spirit which I have tried to reproduce in my new symphony," he later wrote.  He wrote his Ninth Symphony as music sent home "from the New World," adding this phrase as the work's title shortly before its first performance in New York in 1893."

SYMPHONY No.9 in E Minor, Op.95 "From the New World"

1. Adagio - Allegro molto : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vWDqy5PmBCA

2. Largo : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jzrEtVEznNw

3. Scherzo Molto vivace : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fu6LX4EGzfI

4. Allegro con fuoco : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zp9U50wa35I

Cheers

Art Pepper

STRAIGHT LIFE

Galaxy / OJC 1979 / 1990

Art Pepper(alto sax), Tommy Flanagan(piano), Red Mitchell(bass), Billy Higgins(drums), Kenneth Nash(cowbell)

Surf Ride : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ViJFYVY2KL8

Straight Life : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uhtqEVDslJE

Nature Boy : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7qswHpVUP5Q

September Song : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UIQqfNPYz08

Cheers

Howlin' Wolf

HOWLIN' WOLF

Chess / MCA Records    1962 / 1986

Spoonful : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZdlV1aHPMts

Little Red Rooster : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M95tCfMxwiM

Going Down Slow : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V--jgIQjco0

Howlin' for my Baby : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5q0TjJSgwaA

Back Door Man : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zlFWLtCKdyQ

Who's Been Talkin' : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bxY26WM17Lo

Cheers

Oscar PetersonTrio

THE OSCAR PETERSON TRIO AT NEWPORT

Verve  1957 / 2007

Oscar Peterson(piano), Herb Ellis(guitar), Ray Brown(bass), Roy Eldridge(trumpet), Sonny Stitt(alto and tenor sax)Jo Jones(drums)

This performance has been issued on at least three different CDs, Newport 1957, Peterson at Newport and Stitt sits in with the OP Trio.

Roy's Son : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9l1g_KsFVLY

Autumn in New York : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YJrl1rFiHeA

Monitor Blues : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9HgbnTQ9S3g

Scrapple from the Apple : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dGAnajI1twk

Cheers

James Carter

JC ON THE SET

DIW / Columbia     1993

James Carter-saxes, Craig Taborn-piano, Jaribu Shahid-bass, Tani Tabbal-drums

Caravan : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=75zFQC4fHH8

Baby Girl Blues : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mqJl-J1-7_M

JC On The Set : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IIUtlQ2HXhA

Blues Nomadic Princess : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Oz8cWbFNHUw

Cheers

Bud Powell

THE AMAZING BUD POWELL, VOLUME ONE

Blue Note   1949-51 / 2001  (Rudy Van Gelder Edition)

Fats Navarro(trumpet), Sonny Rollins(tenor sax), Bud Powell(piano), Tommy Potter(bass), Roy Haynes(drums)

Bud Powell's first two Blue Note sessions on this disc.

Dance of the Infidels : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SDQX2-4eFDA

Bouncing with Bed : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=43-FN8Vtbnc

52nd Street Theme : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4OCDK2L4N14

Over the Rainbow : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z2vlIxSTu3s

Un Poco Loco : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VBpKwly5Ezw

Cheers

Mary Lou Williams

LIVE AT THE COOKERY

Chiaroscuro Records    1975 / 1990

Notes: "Mary Lou Williams, pianist-composer-arranger, is the only major Jazz artist who has lived through all the eras in the history of Jazz and played the new music of each era."

All Blues : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=titcI_y8LVw

Roll 'em : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rez4rZ-Dnxc

Praise The Lord : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vB8d8SlpYAc

Mack the Knife : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gCXIilGzt9I

Blues for Peter : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vB8d8SlpYAc

Cheers

Gene Harris Quartet

LIVE IN LONDON / ANOTHER NIGHT IN LONDON

Resonance Records    2008 / 2010

Gene Harris(piano), Jim Mullen(guitar), Andrew Cleyndert(bass), Martin Drew(drums)

Both recorded at The Pizza Express in London.

Live in London:

Misty : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wz8R1gCMJDY

Blue Monk : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8_65VUtBtLY

Blues Closer : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lb8VA1gpXSk

Another Night In London:

This Masquerade : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gsPeJVJb4V8

Sweet Georgia Brown : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ri9CFL37y5E

Georgia on my Mind : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oK5C6GkvmN8

Cheers

Elvis Presley

ELVIS / ULTIMATE GOSPEL

RCA / Sony    2007

How Great Thou Art : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gdwwb4AGiqU

Swing Down Sweet Chariot : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JZhLbTQV96c

Where could I go : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J_s23-_uK4w

Take My Hand : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bVEG4IyFJkI

Peace in the Valley : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sUwnU0KhTvs

Amazing Grace : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rnq8ii2aiuw

Cheers

Count Basie

THE COMPLETE DECCA RECORDINGS

Decca / GRP 1937-39 / 1992 3CD Set

Featuring: Lester Young, Jimmy Rushing, Buck Clayton, Harry Edison, Herschel Evans, Helen Humes.    Excellent Booklet with Pictures.

One O’Clock Jump : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bVZLx-Y4OV8

Sent for you Yesterday : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zP06aXrjd8U

Jumping at the Woodside : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qL0Cy4Dyaac

I may be wrong : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H8dTM0yAd98

Blue and Sentimental : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LvEopyBC3xo

Honeysuckle Rose : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9LNNVQ5hPrw

How Long Blues : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YL4ADnPgW_Y

and 56 more!

Cheers

Carolina Chocolate Drops

LEAVING EDEN

Nonesuch Records  2012

Leaving Eden : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x7igP3tY75U

Ruby are you mad : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KuGn5FCWvMs

Boodle-De-Bum-Bum : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qZuIhQIc1Xs

Country Girl : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TGLB0u3Mtp0

West End Blues : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=20ScrOpyvbw

Cheers

Pointer Sisters

YES WE CAN CAN

Hip-O  1997

Jada : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tWrWtq7M9DM

Going Down Slow : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a8EwD62JTjs

Cloudburst : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M-OaC8LPdX4

Salt Peanuts : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7sKBSsaqeyY

Fairytale : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uoZBErXJpIE

Cheers

Quincy Jones

PURE DELIGHT : THE ESSENCE OF QUINCY JONES

and his orchestra (1953-1964)

Razor and Tie   1995

This is a compilation disc that lists the album from which the songs where taken.

Lester Leaps In : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A-YWsUtmzKM

I Remember Clifford : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XoZU3_KsSzw

Tickle Toe : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LFyOEzaJbzQ

Comin' Home Baby : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AgWqBTOIR_U

Boogie Bossa Nova : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c3EW4VHzdEs

G'Wan Train : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sE4hg282kbY

I had a Ball : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_vjSSOsXeP4

and 13 more!

Cheers

Oliver Jones

CLASS ACT

Justin Time    1991

Featuring Ed Thigpen(drums) and Steve Wallace(bass)

Very  Early : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c6XMqToof4c

Hymn to Freedom : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t93-RfbBVaQ

Scrambled : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EA8zTRyg-Jg

Stan Pat : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zh_vDdJO2Ys

Cheers

The Modern Jazz Quartet

EUROPEAN CONCERT  (volumes one and two)

Atlantic / Collectables      1960 / 1990 / 2006

Wiki: European Concert is a live album by American jazz group the Modern Jazz Quartet featuring performances recorded in Sweden in April 1960 and originally released on two consecutive volumes on the Atlantic label.

Vol one:

Django : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NpVjjB5Jzlo

I Should Care : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sFcB1_kNf78

Bluesology : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=59SY1PEGdm4

Vol Two:

'Round Midnight : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vd5w69iaVXU

Bag's Groove : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tiTFVWDhgQ4

It don't mean a thing : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sszEfapQWxc

Cheers

Horace Silver

HORACE SILVER AND THE JAZZ MESSENGERS

Blue Note    1954-55 / 1987

Notes : It was decided that this date would present Horace as a combo leader for the first time.  He responded by getting Kenny Dorham and Art Blakey to join himself and two of the members of his Minton's quartet, Hank Mobley and Doug Watkins.  Thus The Messengers were born, or reborn.  Actually the name had been used before by Art Blakey when he led a 17 piece band on occasional gigs, and a septet on Blue Note, both in the late Forties.

Creepin' In : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gVz-GjCU9wU

The Preacher : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aOMX3Q0P400

Hankerin' : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QuCr5QTm4RY

Doodlin' : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lQnxYseLmBo

Cheers

Sonny Rollins

TENOR MADNESS

Prestige / OJC   1956 / 1987

Notes : On Tenor Madness, Coltrane takes the first solo and also leads off on the chases.

"Chases" -- A series of short musical passages (trading fours or twos) played by several players at a fast tempo.

Tenor Madness : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jRp9nuTWckM

My Reverie : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WNTSSZm81W8

The most beautiful girl : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6pi7QSOzeLA

Cheers

Pops Staples

FATHER FATHER

Pointblank  1994

Glory Glory : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5ggyDd4qxhE

People Get Ready : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-ovrMbF6FyM

Gotta Serve Somebody : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NEiW5YMiNvI

Father Father : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2jW8d88SPM8

Simple Man : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bQJEKWFneuE

Cheers

Ludwig Van Beethoven

THE COMPLETE PIANO SONATAS 1 - 32

Igor Levit (piano)

Sony 2013 / 2019 9 CD Box

Sonata No.14 in C-sharp minor, Op.27/2 "Moonlight"

Adagio sostenuto : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2xSpGxAMGKs

Allegretto : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aN-UYZwqME0

Presto : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tWpLVh6IIRA

Cheers

Paul  Simon

GRACELAND

Warner Bros   1986

Enhanced CD, requires 486/66 DX processor, Windows 3.1 or higher and 13-inch or larger color monitor.  Helped get me through Korea the second time.

Soles of her shoes : https://www.youtuban Skiee.com/watch?v=FAb2Mu0CRk4

Graceland : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GP6a-7MP91g

Homeless : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cb04PK_oTlM

Under African Skies : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YcD8b5vJQzc

I know what I know : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2hanjM_IenU

Cheers

Billy Eckstine

MISTER B. AND THE BAND

Savoy Jazz / Denon Records   1945-46 / 1994

Members of Eckstine's band have included: Charlie Parker, Dizzy Gillespie, Miles Davis, Sonny Stitt, Dexter Gordon, Wardell Gray, Fats Navarro, Lucky Thompson, Kenny Dorham and Art Blakey.

Prisoner of Love : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QsrKGYqfRnY

Jelly Jelly : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2sGAD8ItwN4

A  cottage for sale : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pbcrzSo1bCg

I only have eyes for you : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JaxXLKUHv8M 

It ain't like that : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kpn6DSePu3k

Cool Breeze : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rt1uSZZzVLk

Cheers

Art Blakey and The Jazz Messengers

ALBUM OF THE YEAR

Timeless / MCA-Impulse    1981 / 1988

Cheryl : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4iR_YviC63g

Witch Hunt : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xRSfmfnsMyE&t=319s

Soulful Mr. Timmons : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4wca3ozlaKc&t=72s

Cheers

Anthony Brown's Asian American Orchestra

MONK'S MOODS

Water Baby Records   2002

Brilliant Corners : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Az8xnT7mV1Q

Misterioso : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uPtwHPfbBWw

Evidence : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eUy5fV1sDUI

Hackensack : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jYnnp8rLrSc

Cheers

Roy Eldridge and Dizzy Gillespie

ROY AND DIZ

Verve   1954 / 1994

Roy Eldridge and Dizzy Gillespie(trumpet), Oscar Peterson(piano), Herb Ellis(guitar), Ray Brown(bass), Louis Bellson(drums)

Trumpet Blues : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zBdwYM_LZ3I

Blue Moon : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TNRwnmifU8g

I've Found a New Baby : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tkmix6tRpgY

Limehouse Blues : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yDo-9AHWb50

Cheers

Charles Mingus

CHANGES ONE

Atlantic / Rhino   1976 / 1993

Charles Mingus(bass), George Adams(tenor sax, vocal on devil blues), Jack Walrath(trumpet), Don Pullen(piano), Dannie Richmond(drums)

Rockefeller at Attica : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IM6vIURo5OI

Devil Blues : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D4HhsXnlNvE

Sound of Love : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cNf7w_-72xg

Cheers

Sonny Rollins

+ 3

Milestone   1996

Sonny Rollins(tenor sax), Bob Cranshaw(electric bass), Jack DeJohnette(drums), Tommy Flanagan(piano), Al Foster(drums), Stephen Scott(piano)

Minimal packaging, no notes.

What a Difference a Day made : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IZDfxjPaYWQ

Cabin in the Sky : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6GZL3EM1bhE

I've Never been in Love Before : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QtX5QZF3xnw

Biji : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CfQrYKYyr6I

Cheers

Ella Fitzgerald & Duke Ellington

ELLA & DUKE AT THE COTE D'AZUR

Verve   1966 / 1997   2CD Set

Excellent booklet with pictures.

It Don't mean a Thing : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mDQXWcK0k5w

Trombonio-Bustoso-Issimo : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZpRoKIXGCXk

Mack the Knife : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HMGOti4LvuI

All Too Soon : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tSOHgdtKkyM

The Old Circus Train : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EtwB0j8Cryw

Diminuendo in Blue : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gxKNIdIr2lE

and 12 more!

Cheers

Thomas "Fats" Waller

AIN'T MISBEHAVIN' (Original Broadway Cast)

RCA     1978 / 1987

Nell Carter, Andre DeShields, Armelia McQueen, Ken Page, Charlaine Woodard

Honeysuckle Rose : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s9WI2HkZISg

Jitterbug Waltz : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sfWJDwXzEng

The Joint is Jumpin' : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MT-6GVyuW30

Spreadin' Rhythm Around : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ltNHic_HPRM

The Viper's Drag : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zy0mCnjfco8

Finale : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bkahouawDA0

Ain't got it, git it!

Cheers

Willis Jackson

BAR WARS

32 Jazz    1977 / 1997

Willis Jackson(tenor sax), Charlie Earland(organ), Pat Martino(guitar), Idris Muhammad(drums), Buddy Caldwell(congas)

Later : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XdZRSLpBGBI

Bar Wars : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xDtvMjF5jzQ

The Goose is Loose : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2Vj0RS0x6H8

The Breeze and I : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gDGV7sA1MHg

Cheers

Charles Mingus

MINGUS DYNASTY

Columbia / Sony     1959 / 1994

Notes : "Recorded in 1959, Mingus Dynasty is a fine cross section of the sort of music that endeared Mingus to Jazz followers.  Showcased here is his ability to bring seemingly disparate elements together and make even the rough edges sound natural."

Slop : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nHI0rkR53Tw

Mood Indigo : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6p0oWt2QtJw

Far Wells, Mill Valley : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q9NOB13p_0E

Ain't what they used to be : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=psccSyPoOW4

Cheers

Art Pepper

ART PEPPER + ELEVEN

Contemporary   1959 / 2004     (SACD)

Notes : "In an album that laughed at the East coast vs. West coast critical arguments of the day, Art pepper in 1959 executed a masterpiece that maintains its freshness and fiber nearly half a century later."

Move : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=avJDbmqfH3Y

Four Brothers : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_-dYz0Loq5o

Shaw 'Nuff : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s5ACQeU3Qu0

Anthropology : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hwLiNPfZ9qk

Donna Lee : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wx69AHOJk40

Cheers

Billie Holiday

BODY AND SOUL

Billie Holiday(vocals), Ben Webster(tenor sax), Barney Kessel(guitar), Harry "Sweets" Edison(trumpet), Jimmy Rowles(piano), Red Mitchell(bass), J Alvin Stoller(drums), Larry Bunker(drums)

Verve   1957 / 2002

Body and Soul : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ibo-f3Q-yJQ

Come Love : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7Cq-EQGNfN0

Gee Baby, Ain't I Good to You : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-4BfDMIRKUs

Moonlight in Vermont : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Anfl_eOh0f8

Cheers

Bill Evans Trio

EXPLORATIONS

Bill Evans(piano), Scott LaFaro(bass), Paul Motian(drums)

Riverside / OJC      1961 / 2011

Notes : "This Original Jazz Classics Remasters reissue of Explorations is the definitive edition of the album that captured one of Jazz's seminal bands on its final visit to a recording studio."

How Deep is the Ocean : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=54_rzAdy57A

Haunted Heart : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xlHg4_PJl8E

Sweet and Lovely : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SshXPDgbbfM

Nardis : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bx6JhE5K22I

Cheers

Ray Bryant

SOMEWHERE IN FRANCE

Hyena Records    2003

Notes : "Ray's doin' just fine.  He works where he wants, when he wants and for good bread.  And the honors have even started to come in.  He's one of a handful of musicians who are part of The Smithsonian's Living Legends Oral History Archive.  And recently he was elected to the Hall Of Fame at The Institute For Jazz Studies at Rutgers University.  So few of the guys from the golden age made it to their golden years in good shape.  Ray has his cake, and he's eatin' it.  Sometimes the good guys actually do win."

The first Jazz album I ever purchased was Bryant's Slow Freight.

Take The "A" Train : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t_F4Z5bodYc

Con Alma : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C5dfKirFhzA

Django : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kyChHo0IDrs

After Hours : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eBufKYk6i5c

Jungle Town Jubilee : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ymZ2AXwh1nI

Slow Freight : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oIiF3UH0MXY

Cheers

The Muddy Waters Tribute Band

YOU'RE GONNA MISS ME (when I'm dead & gone)

Telarc Blues  1996

Gotta be Saturday Night somewhere!

Nice fold out booklet with pictures.

Clouds in my Heart : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nhZxHPIHJto

You can't Lose : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A4lPcFJvgIU

I don't know why : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PIcGUQaIPnE

Walkin' in the Park : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NNIjrX0bERY

Going Down Slow : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=40VRDNoditw

Cheers

Jimmy Heath

LOVE LETTER

Jimmy Heath(tenor and soprano sax), Kenny Barron(piano), David Wong(bass), Lewis Nash(drums), Monte Croft(vibes), Russell Malone(guitar)

With / Wynton Marsalis(trumpet), Gregory Porter(vocals), Cecile McLorin Salvant(vocals)

Verve  2019

Jimmy Heath died January 2020 age 93, a month after this was recorded.

Don't Explain : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jhEY4gl6mgI

Upper Neighbors : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=whhcXIbBln0

Left Alone : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EqIcivwBxZU

La Mesha : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PvYFkYirHjQ

Cheers

John Coltrane

COLTRANE LIVE AT BIRDLAND

Impulse   1963

"Notes" by Leroi Jones,  a.k.a. Amiri Baraka,   a.k.a. Imamu Amear Baraka.  That's all you need to know.  This album and these artists deserved better.

Afro-Blue : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hSiYUksOjXE

Talk About You : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0yg_4fxo7yo

Alabama : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ixc5DSHyZQU

Cheers