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George Wettling's Stuyvesant Stompers, with Jimmy McPartland, Pee Wee Russell, Bud Freeman & Joe Sullivan
George Wettling's Stuyvesant Stompers [ Storyville Dr. Jazz Vol 15 / CD - released 2/Apr/2001 ] Wettling was one of the young white Chicagoans who fell in love with jazz as a result of hearing King Oliver's band at the Lincoln Gardens in Chicago in the early 1920s. The drummer, Baby Dodds made a particular and lasting impression upon George. |
Grant Green (guitar) with Joe Henderson, Bobby Hutcherson, Duke Pearson, Bob Cranshaw & Al Harewood
Idle Moments [ Blue Note / CD - released 16/Oct/2000 ] Idle Moments, a languid, seductive gem may well be Grant Green's greatest moment on record. Right from the opening bars of the classic title cut, this ingratiating and accessible album, features some of Green's most stylish straight jazz playing.... |
Grant Green (guitar) Yusef lateef (tenor Sax & flute) Jack McDuff (organ) Al Harewood (drums)
Grantstand [ Blue Note / CD - released 17/Apr/1987 ] Grant Green's third album, Grantstand was recorded on 1 August 1961 and released soon after. It found master guitarist Grant teaming up with Yusef Lateef (tenor saxophone and flute), Ben Ticker (bass), Brother Jack McDuff (organ) and Al Harewood... |
Jack Sheldon
On My Own [ Concord jazz / CD - released 22/Mar/2004 ] Recorded August 29 & September 12, 1991. |
Jimmie Shavers (trumpet), with John Kirby And His Orchestra, Herbie Haymer Quintet, and others
Young Shavers [ Topaz Jazz / CD - released 2/Feb/1997 ] From early small group jazz to later recordings with the great Coleman Hawkins, Charlie Shavers' trumpet could be both hot and cool. He had wonderful technique and control, as well as fire in his belly. Sometimes he could be bad. Here only the very,... |
Jo Jones Septet
Jo Jones - The Main Man [ Original Jazz Classics / CD - released 19/Apr/1995 ] This all-star date was led by the drummer universally regarded as the dean, the daddy, the main man. Jo Jones is the source of modern drumming. He was the man who imparted his celebrated ball-bearing smoothness to the All-American rhythm section. |
Johnny Hodges (alto saxophone) with Lawrence Brown (trombone) Al Williams (piano) Aaron Bell (bass) Sam Woodyard (drums)
Johnny Hodges at Sportpalast, Berlin [ Pablo / 2 CD - released 2/Feb/1993 ] Recorded at the Sportpalast, Berlin; March 1961 |
Quincy Jones, with Phil Woods, Lucky Thompson, Art Farmer, Milt Jackson, Herbie Mann & Charles Mingus
This Is How I Feel About Jazz [ Impulse! BMG / CD - released 14/Sep/2012 ] #1-6 were originally issued as "This Is How I Feel About Jazz" (ABC Paramount 149) and #7-12 were originally issued as part of "Go West, Man" (ABC Paramount 186). |
Judy Garland, Bing Crosby, Ella Fitzgerald, Jack Jones, Billie Holiday, Al Jolson, Peggy Lee
Crazy For Gershwin [ MCA / CD - released 15/May/1993 ] Probably the greatest modern composer of the 20th Century, was probably also the greatest loss to modern music when he died of a brain tumour at the age of 38 in 1937. |
Kenny Davern and his Jazz Band
East Side, West Side [ Arbors / CD - released 27/Jul/2009 ] Born Kenneth Davern in Huntington, New York, he began his professional career as a teenager, quickly immersing himself in the vibrant New York jazz scene and playing alongside legends like Jack Teagarden and Pee Wee Russell. |
Lee Morgan
Sonic Boom [ Blue Note Connoisseur Series / CD - released 8/Nov/2010 ] Recorded at the Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey on April 14 and 28, 1967 (#1-6) and September 12 and October 10, 1969 (#7-13). |
Lester Young (tenor saxophone)
Lester Young & The Piano Giants [ Verve Compact Jazz / CD - released 1/Nov/2010 ] Featuring teddy Wilson, John Lewis, Oscar Peterson, Nat King Cole, Hank Jones & Buddy Rich. |
Louis Armstrong, with Johnny Dodds (clarinet) Johnny St. Cyr (Banjo) Kid Ory (trombone) Lil Armstrong (piano)
The Hot Fives - Volume 1 [ CBS Jazz Masterworks / CD - released 6/Sep/1999 ] In 1925 Louis Armstrong's name meant little to the general public, even though his playing was revered by Countless jazz musicians. Only the initiated were aware that he had already eclipsed the work of pioneer cornetists like Freddy Keppard. |
Machito & His Afro-Cubans
Cuarteto Caney [ Tumbao Cuban Classis / CD - released 16/Nov/2000 ] The Afro-Cubans were a Latin jazz band founded by Machito in 1940; often billed as Machito and his Afro-Cubans. Their musical director was Mario Bauzá, Machito's brother-in-law. |
GEORGE ANTHEIL
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Antheil: Fighting The Waves Martyn Hill (tenor) Jagdish Mistry (violin) Hermann Kretzschmar (piano) / Ensemble Modern, HK Gruber [ RCA Victor Red Seal / CD - released 24/May/1996 ] "It's always faintly depressed me how some concert-goers feel compelled to listen to music stony-faced, while some works abound with musical jokes. Antheil's musical pickpocketing is a riot." Gramophone |
Milt Hinton (bass, vocals), with Derek Smith (piano) Bob Rosengarden (drums) Clark terry (trumpet), Ralph Sutton (piano) & others
Milt Hinton - Old Man Time [ Chicaroscuro Records / 2 CD Box Set - released 2/Feb/1990 ] American jazz double bassist and photographer. Born June 23, 1910 in Vicksburg, Mississippi, died December 19, 2000 in Queens, New York. He was nicknamed "The Judge". (Wiki) |
Modern Jazz Quartet
For Ellington [ East / West Records / CD - released 2/Feb/1988 ] The Modern Jazz Quartet's For Ellington album is generally well-received as a charming, cool tribute that captures Duke Ellington's spirit through the MJQ's signature blend of jazz, blues, and classical styles (A.I.) |
Nagel Heyer Allstars
Uptown Lowdown - A Jazz Salute to the Big Apple [ Nagel Heyer / CD - released 29/Jan/2001 ] Recorded Live At Sylvia & Danny Kaye Playhouse, NYC On June 16, 1999. |
New York Allstars
Count Basie Remembered Vol.2 [ Nagel Heyer / CD - released 15/Apr/2002 ] Recorded live on November 2, 1996 at the Amerika Haus, Hamburg |
New York Allstars
We Love You, Louis! [ Nagel Heyer / CD - released 29/Jan/2001 ] "...possibly the best performance of Armstrong's music you are likely to hear outside of the great man himself." Coda |
