JRR Easter 2026

JRR 050426

DISC 1

Artist​​Ken Colyer

Title​​Easter Parade

Composer​Irving Berlin

Album​​The Lost 1954 Royal Festival Hall Tapes

Label​​Upbeat

Number​URCD198 Track 14

Duration ​4.12 

Performers​Ken Colyer, t; Monty Sunshine, cl; Chris Barber, tb; Lonnie Donegan, bj; Jim Bray, b; Ron Bowden, d. 18 April 1954

DISC 2

Artist​​Colin Steele Blue Nile

Title​​Easter Parade

Composer​Buchanan / Bell

Album​​Jazz Interpretations of the Blue Nile Songbook

Label​​Marina

Number​MA99 Track 1

Duration ​4.54

Performers​Colin Steele, t; Dave Milligan, p; CalumGourlay, b; Alyn Cosker d; 2025

DISC 3

Artist​​Louis Armstrong

Title​​Big Butter And Egg Man (alternate take)

Composer​Armstrong / Venable

Album​​The Complete Satchmo Plays King Oliver

Label​​Essential Jazz Classics

Number​EJC 55684 CD 2 Track 2

Duration ​5.23

Performers​Louis Armstrong, t, v; Peanuts Hucko, cl Trummy Young, tb; Billy Kyle, p; Mort Herbert, b; Danny Barcelona d. Oct 1959. 

DISC 4

Artist​​Duke Ellington

Title​​Isfahan

Composer​Duke Ellington

Album​​Far East Suite

Label​​RCA Victor

Number​74321747972 Track 3

Duration ​4.02

Performers​Duke Ellington, p; Cootie Williams, Cat Anderson, Mercer Ellington, Herbie Jones, t; Lawrence Brown, Chuck Connors, Buster Cooper, tb; Harry Carney, Russell Procope, Johnny Hodges, Paul Gonsalves, Jimmy Hamilton, reeds; John Lamb, b; Rufus Jones, d. Dec 1966.

DISC 5

Artist​​Duke Ellington

Title​​Cottontail

Composer​Duke Ellington

Album​​Complete Legendary Fargo Concert

Label​​Definitive

Number​DRCD 11207 CD 2 Track 8

Duration ​2.56

Performers​Duke Ellington, p, dir; Wallace Jones, Rex Stewart, Ray Nance, t; Joe Nanton, Lawrence Brown, Juan Tizol, tb; Barney Bigard, Johnny Hodges, Harry Carney, Otto Hardwick, Ben Webster, reeds; Fred Guy, g; Jimmy Blanton, b; Sonny Greer, d. 7 Nov 1940

DISC 6

Artist​​Carmen McRae

Title​​His Eye Is On The Sparrow

Composer​Trad. Arr Gabler

Album​​The Complete Ralph Burns sessions

Label​​Phoenix

Number​131553 Track 11

Duration ​3.18

Performers​Carmen McRae, v Marky Markovitz, t; Al Cohn, Ben Webster, ts; Don Abney, p; Mundell Lowe. g; Aaron Bell, b; Nick Stabulas., d; Ray Charles singers. 6 Aug 1958.  

DISC 7

Artist​​Roland Kirk

Title​​Old Rugged Cross

Composer​Trad

Album​​Blacknuss

Label​​Atlantic

Number​40 358 Side B Track 2

Duration ​7.14

Performers​Roland Kirk, v; reeds; Charles McGhee, t; Dick Griffin, tb; Mickey Turner, org; Cornell Dupree, g; Bill Salter, b; Bernard Purdie, d; Arthur Jenkins, perc; 1972.

DISC 8

Artist​​Donald Byrd

Title​​Cristo redentor

Composer​Duke Pearson

Album​​A New Perspective

Label​​Blue Note

Number​BST 84124 Track 3

Duration ​5.41

Performers​Donald Byrd, t; Hank Mobley. ts; HerbieHancock, p; Kenny Burrell, g; Donald Best, vib; Butch Warren, b; Lex Humphries, d; Choir dir Coleridge-Taylor Perkinson. 12 Jan 1963

DISC 9

Artist​​Buck Clayton All Stars 

Title​​Robbins Nest

Composer​Thompson

Album​​Basel 1961

Label​​TCB

Number​02072 Track 2

Duration ​9.18 

Performers​Buck Clayton, Emmett Berry, t; DickieWells, tb; Earle Warren as; Buddy Tate, ts; Sir Charles Thompson, p; Gene Ramey, b; Oliver Jackson, d. Basel, 2 May 1961.

DISC 10

Artist​​Ella Fitzgerald 

Title​​I’m Putting All My Eggs in One Basket

Composer​Irving berlin

Album​​Ella Fitzgerald singes the Irving Berlin Songbook

Label​​Verve

Number​MG VS 6005-2 (2LP set) Side 4 Track 2

Duration ​2.55

Performers​Ella Fitzgerald, v; Paul Weston orchestra.March 1958.

DISC 11

Artist​​Oscar Peterson

Title​​The Tender Trap

Composer​Cahn, Van Heusen

Album​​A Jazz Portrait of Frank Sinatra

Label​​Verve

Number​Track 5

Duration ​2.44

Performers​Oscar Peterson p; Ray Brown, b; Ed Thigpen, d. 18 May 1959.