JRR 18 Feb

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.