JRR 18 Feb 2017
DISC 1
Artist Gerry Mulligan
Title Who’s Got Rhythm
Composer Mulligan
Album Meets Ben Webster
Label Masterworks
Number 21349 Track 4
Duration 7.42
Performers: Ben Webster, ts; Gerry Mulligan, bars; Jimmy Rowles, p; Leroy Vinnegar, b; Mel Lewis, d. 3 Nov 1949.
DISC 2
Artist Oscar Peterson
Title Night and Day
Composer Porter
Album Oscar Peterson Plays Cole Porter
Label Avid
Number AMSC814 Track 10
Duration 3.41
Performers Oscar Peterson, p; Barney Kessel, g; Ray Brown, b. 25 Nov 1952.
DISC 3
Artist Don Byas
Title London Donnie (Londonderry Air/Danny Boy)
Composer trad. Arr Byas
Album n/a
Label Savoy
Number 628 Side A
Duration 2.51
Performers: Don Byas (tenor sax), Teddy Brannon (piano), Franklin Skeete (double bass) and Frederick Ratcliffe (drums) in 1946
DISC 4
Artist Duke Ellington
Title Cotton Club Stomp / Misty Morning
Composer Ellington, Mills / Ellington, Whetsol
Album Jungle Nights in Harlem
Label Bluebird
Number 2499-2 RB Track 1
Duration 3.53
Performers: Cootie Williams, Freddie Jenkins, Arhtur Whetsol, t; Joe Nanton, tb; Barney Bigard, Johnny Hodges, Harry Carney, reeds; Duke Ellington, p; Fred Guy, bj; Wellman Braud, b; Sonny Greer, d. 12 April 1929.
DISC 5
Artist Clark Terry
Title Swahili
Composer Jones
Album Four Classic albums
Label Avid
Number 1102 CD 1 Track 1
Duration 6.12
Performers Clark Terry, t; Cecil Payne, bars; Jimmy Cleveland, tb; Horace Silver, p; Oscar Pettiford, Wendell Marshall, b; Art Blakey, d. 4 Jan 1955.
DISC 6
Artist Eddie Thompson
Title Body and Soul
Composer Heyman, Green, Sour
Album Piano Moods
Label Polygon
Number JTE 101 Side A
Duration 6.39
Performers: Eddie Thompson, p; Barry Hamilton, b; Benny Goodman, d. 1955.
DISC 7
Artist Esbjörn Svensson
Title Mingle In The Mincing Mchine
Composer Svensson
Album Seven Days of Falling
Label ACT
Number 9012-2 Track 3
Duration 6.53
Performers Esbjörn Svensson, p; Dan Bergland, b; Magnus Östrom, d. 2003.
DISC 8
Artist Neil Ardley
Title Rainbow 3
Composer Ardley
Album A Kaleidoscope of Rainbows
Label AMP
Number 029 Track 4
Duration 3.28
Performers Neil Ardley, director, synthesiser; Bob Bertles, alto saxophone, soprano saxophone, flute; Paul Buckmaster, acoustic and electric cello; Ian Carr, trumpet, flugelhorn; Geoff Castle, electric piano, synthesiser; Tony Coe, tenor saxophone, clarinet, bass clarinet; Dave Macrae, electric piano, synthesiser; Roger Sellers, drums; Ken Shaw, guitar; Brian Smith, tenor saxophone, soprano saxophone, flute, alto flute; Roger Sutton, bass guitar, electric bass; Barbara Thompson, alto saxophone, soprano saxophone, flute; Trevor Tomkins, percussion, vibraphone. March 1976.
DISC 9
Artist Thelonious Monk
Title Just A Gigolo
Composer Caesar / Cacucci
Album Complete Prestige Recordings
Label Prestige
Number 3PRCD 4428-2 CD 2 Track 6
Duration 3.02
Performers Thelonious Monk, p, 22 September 1954
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DISC 10
Artist David Newman
Title Ain’t That Good News
Composer Sam Cooke
Album Bigger and Better
Label Atlantic
Number 1505 track 4
Duration 3.46
Performers: David Newman, ts; Melvin Lastie, Jimmy Owens, t; Benny Powell, tb; Seldon Powell, Haywood Henry, reeds; Eric Gale, g; Richard Davis, b; Chuck Rainey, elb; Bernard Purdie, d. March 1968.
DISC 11
Artist Bessie Smith
Title Downhearted Blues
Composer Hunter/Austin
Album Complete Columbia Recordings
Label Columbia
Number 8875403102 CD 1 Track 1
Duration 3.28
Performers Bessie Smith, v; Clarence Williams, p, 1923.
DISC 12
Artist Rod Mason
Title Potato Head Blues
Composer Armstrong
Album BBC Jazz from the 70 and 80s
Label Upbeat
Number 153 Track 5
Duration 2.47
Performers Rod Mason, t; Dick Charlesworth, cl; Roger Marks, tb; Ray Foxley, p; Chris Haskins, b; Tony Allen, d. 3 Feb 1980.