JRR 3 Nov

JRR 031118

 

DISC 1

Artist               Art Pepper

Title                Straight Life

Composer       Pepper

Album             Four Classic Albums

Label               Avid

Number          962 CD 2 track 6

Duration         4.00

Performers    Art Pepper, as; Red Garland, p; Paul Chambers, b; Philly Joe Jones, d. Jan 1957

 

 

DISC 2

Artist               Chet Baker

Title                Blame It On My Youth

Composer       Heyman / Levant

Album             Let’s Get Lost

Label               BMG / Novus

Number          PD 83054 Track 9

Duration         6.18

Performers: Chet Baker, v, t; Frank Strazzeri, p; John Leftwich,

 

DISC 3

Artist               Art Tatum

Title                Tea For Two

Composer       Caesar / Youmans

Album             Complete American Decca Recordings

Label               Definitive

Number          DRCD11200 CD 1 Track 6

Duration         3.15

Performers    Art Tatum p; 21 March 1933

 

DISC 4

Artist               Mary Lou Williams (with Andy Kirk)

Title                Waking and Swinging

Composer       Williams

Album             The First Lady in Jazz 1927-1957

Label               Fremeaux

Number          5449 CD 1 Track 2

Duration         2.42

Performers: Harry Lawson, Paul King, Earl Thompspon t; Ted Donnelly, Henry Wells, tb; John Harrington, John Williams, Dick Wilson, reeds; Mary Lou Williams, p; Ted Brinson, g; Booker Collins, b; Ben Thigpen, d; Andy Kirk , dir. March 1936

 

 

DISC 5

Artist               Duke Ellington

Title                Morning Glory

Composer       Ellington / Stewart

Album             Indispensible Duke Ellington Vol 5/6

Label               RCA

Number          NL89 750 (2) Track 4

Duration         3.19

Performers    Wallace Jones, Cootie Williams, t; Rex Stewart, c; Joe Nanton, Lawrence Brown, Juan Tizol, tb; Barney Bigard, Johnny Hodges, Ben Webster, Otto Hardwicke, Harry Carney, reeds; Duke Ellington, p; Fred Guy, g; Jimmie Blanton, b; Sonny Greer, d. 6 March 1940

 

DISC 6

Artist               Baby Face Willette

Title                Swinging At Sugar Ray’s

Composer       Willette

Album             Face To Face

Label               Blue Note

Number          0946393180 2 5 Track 1

Duration         6.35

Performers: Fred Jackson, ts; Baby Face Willette, org, Grant Green, g; Ben Dixon, d. 30 Jan 1961

 

DISC 7

Artist               Miles Davis

Title                My Ship

Composer       Gershwin / Weill

Album             Miles Davis/Gil Evans Complete Columbia Studio Recordings

Label               Columbia Legacy

Number          2 67397 CD 1 Track 4

Duration         4.28

Performers: Miles Davis, Ernie Royal, Bernie Glow, Louis Mucci, Taft Jordan, Johnny Carisi, t; Frank Rehak, Jimmy Cleveland, Joe Bennett, Tom Mitchell, tb; Willie Ruff, Tony Miranda, frh; Bill Barber, tu; Romeo Penque, Sid Cooper, Lee Konitz, Danny Bank, reeds; Paul Chambers, b; Art Taylor, d. 10 May 1957

 

 

DISC 8

Artist               Hexagonal

Title                My Passion

Composer       Bheki Mseleku

Album             McCoy and Mseleku

Label               Hexagonal

Number          HRCD101 Track 6

Duration         7.30

Performers: Graeme Flower, t; Jason Yarde, as; Greg Heath, ts; John Donaldson, p; Simon Thorpe, b; Tristan Banks, d. 2018

 

 

DISC 9

Artist               Jean-Luc Ponty

Title                Mirage

Composer       Ponty

Album             The Very best of Jean Luc Ponty

Label               Atlantic / Rhino

Number          8122 79862-2 Track 6

Duration         4.54 [fades so offers a useful edit]

Performers: Jean Luc Ponty, vn; Allan Holdsworth, g; Allan Zavod, kb; Daryl Stuermer, g; Ralphe Armstrong, b; Steve Smith, d. 1977

 

DISC 10

Artist               Didier Lockwood

Title                Rue de la Foret

Composer       Lockwood

Album             Round about Silence

Label               Dreyfus

Number          FDM 36595-2 track 12

Duration         4,17

Performers: Didier Lockwood, vn; Benoit Sourisse, p; Marc Michel Lebevillon, b; André Charlier, d. 1998.

 

 

 

DISC 11

Artist               Phineas Newborn Jr

Title                Sometimes I’m Happy

Composer       Gray, Caesar, Youmans

Album             Look Out – Phineas is back!

Label               Pablo

Number          2310-801 Side B Track 3

Duration         5.42

Performers: Phoneas Newborn, p; Ray Brown, b; Jimmy Smith, d. Dec 1976