9-10-2006

[jazzjester]

September 13, 1956 Louis Prima - Five months, two weeks, two days Louis Prima (vcl,tp,ldr) acc by Jimmie "Little Red" Blount (tb) Sam Butera (sax) William "Willie" McCumber (p) Jack Marshall (g) Amado Rodriques (b) Robert "Bobby" Morris (d) Hollywood, CA, (0:00-3:30) Cap Collectors Series - Capitol

Stompy Jones – Whistle Stop – Self Titled Debut CD from 2003 on Jewel

Manhattan Transfer / Asleep At The Wheel – Choo Choo Ch’ Boogie - Swing - Atlantic

Wingy Manone - Casey Jones (wm vcl) April 1939 Wingy Manone (tp,vcl) Buster Bailey (cl) Chu Berry (ts) Conrad Lanoue (p) Zeb Julian (g) Jules Cassard (b) Cozy Cole (d) 13th - Chu Berry Would have been 96. Chu Berry died from the effects of a car crash when he was just 31. He was one of the top tenor saxophonists of the 1930s. Playing all star type sessions like the one we heard there and as the featured reed man for Cab Calloway Berry Story – Jazz Archives

Lionel Hampton and his Quartet - Ridin' on the L & N January 1946 Lionel Hampton (vib,vcl,d-1) Dan Burley (p) Billy Mackel (g) Charlie Harris (b) George Jenkins (d) The Lionel Hampton Story - Proper

Duke Ellington - Take the "A" train February 15, 1941Rex Stewart (cnt) Ray Nance (tp,vln,vcl) Wallace Jones (tp) Joe "Tricky Sam" Nanton, Juan Tizol, Lawrence Brown (tb) Barney Bigard (cl,ts) Johnny Hodges (as) Otto Hardwick (as,cl) Ben Webster (ts) Harry Carney (bar,cl,b-cl) Duke Ellington (p) Billy Strayhorn (p-1) Fred Guy (g) Jimmy Blanton (b) Sonny Greer (d) Hollywood, CA, Take The A Train – Dreyfus 22:00


September 14, 1962 Kenny Burrell - I never Knew Coleman Hawkins (ts) (1) Tommy Flanagan (p) Kenny Burrell (g) Major Holley (b) Eddie Locke (d) Ray Barretto (bgo) (2) New York, Bluesy Burrell – Prestige

Peggy Lee acc by Billy May's Orchestra - The boy from Ipanema July 1, 1964 Peggy Lee (vcl) acc by Mannie Klein, Ray Triscari, Conrad Gozzo (tp) Ed Kusby, Milt Bernhart, Ken Shroyer (tb) James Decker (fhr) Ted Nash, Paul Horn, Maurice Stein, Justin Gordon (woodwinds) Lou Levy (p) John Pisano (g) Chuck Berghofer (b) Stan Levey (d) Francisco Aguabella (cga,bgo) Billy May (dir) Wild Cool And Swingin Too - Rhino

Bobby Darin – Beyond The Sea arr. Richard Wess 1958 Mack The Knife - Atco

Natalie Cole – Avalon Unforgettable – Elektra Record Of The Year, Album Of Year 1991 40:00



September 12, 1957 Ray Charles – Bags Guitar Blues Ray Charles (p) Milt Jackson (g) Billy Mitchell (ts) Oscar Pettiford (b) Connie Kay (d) Soul Brothers - Atlantic

September 14, 1956 Nat King Cole - I was a little too lonely and you were a little too late Nat King Cole (vcl,p) acc by John Collins (g) Charlie Harris (b) Lee Young (d) Willie Smith (as) After Midnight - Capitol

Nellie Lutcher and her Combo - The St. Louis blues August 1953 Harry "Sweets" Edison (tp) Marshal Royal (as) Nellie Lutcher (vcl,p) Ulysses Livingston (g) Lee Young (d) Nellie Lutcher and Her Rhythm - Bear

Sonny Rollins Quartet - St. Thomas June 1956 Sonny Rollins (ts) Tommy Flanagan (p) Doug Watkins (b) Max Roach (d) Hackensack, N.J., Saxophone colossus - OJC Sonny Rollins turned 76 last week. Rollins was considered one of the greatest of all time on tenor sax when in 1959 he shocked the jazz world and retired. He later had several more comebacks and retirements but certainly one of the all time greats 60:00


Harry Connick, Jr turns 39 tomorrow. This is from one of his first big releases circa 1990

Harry Connick Jr. – Forever For Now Harry Connick, Jr. (vcl,p,arr) Russell Malone (g) Benjamin Wolfe (b) Shannon Powell (d) plus unknown orchestra, Mark Shaiman (arr) We Are In Love – Col 1990

Henry Mancini - Fallout Pete Candoli (tp) Dick Nash, Milt Bernhart (tb) Ted Nash (as) Ronnie Lang (bar) Larry Bunker (vib) John Towner Williams (p) Rollie Bundock (b) Jack Sperling (d) Henry Mancini (comp,cond) The music from Peter Gunn - RCA Victor

Count Basie Octet with Ella Fitzgerald and Joe Williams - Party Blues June 25, 1956 Thad Jones, Joe Newman (tp) Henry Coker (tb) Frank Wess (ts) Count Basie (p) Freddie Green (g) Eddie Jones (b) Sonny Payne (d) Joe Williams’ Finest Hour – Verve Joe Newman would have been 84 last week. He was one of the few musicians other than guitarist Freddie Greene to play in Basie’s big bands of the 40, 50s and 60s

Stanley Wilson Orchestra - The juke box March 1959 Pete Candoli, Frank Beach, Maurice Harris, Don Fagerquist (tp) Frank Rosolino (tb) Pete Carpenter (tb,arr) Joe Howard, George Roberts (tb) Benny Carter (as,sop-1,arr) John Towner Williams (p,arr) Red Mitchell (b) or Joe Mondragon (b) Alvin Stoller (d) Stanley Wilson (cond) Hollywood, CA, The music from M Squad – Fresh Sound

Dean Martin – Who’s Got The Action Recorded at the end of August in 1962 and released on a Reprise 45 RPM single… now available on the CD Swingin With Dino - Capitol 19:00


Mel Torme would have turned 81 this week. Of all of Torme’s accomplishments and great recordings both in the pop and jazz fields two of my favorites come from his earliest days as a recoding star and leader of his own vocal group the Mel Tones… as backed on these two sides by Artie Shaw

Charlie Ventura's Big Four - Love is just around the corner (br vcl,1) August 1951 Charlie Ventura (ts) Marty Napoleon (p) Chubby Jackson (b) Buddy Rich (vcl) Mel Torme (d) Comp 1951 – 1942 Verve Studio Sessions - Definitive


Artie Shaw - What is this thing called love ? Mid June 1946 (mt,m-t vcl,sb arr) Zeke Zarchy, Clyde Hurley, Mannie Klein, Ray Linn (tp) Si Zentner, Elmer Smithers, Joe Howard (tb) Artie Shaw (cl) Arthur "Skeets" Herfurt, Joe Krechter, Harold Lawson, Don Raffell, Chuck Gentry (sax) Milt Raskin (p) Dave Barbour (g) Marshall Sosson, Mischa Russell, George Kast, Harry Bluestone, Harold Halbert, Eugene Lamas, Dan Lube, Nick Pisani, Olcott Vail (vln) Paul Robyn, Stanley Spiegelman, Sam Freed (viola) Cy Bernard, Fred Goerner, Edgar Lustgarten (cello) Artie Shapiro (b) Nick Fatool (d) Mel Torme (vcl) Dick Jones, Sonny Burke (arr) Cocktail Hour - Allegro

Paul Weston – Planters Punch Early 1950s COL 40086

Stan Kenton and His Orchestra - And her tears flowed like wine (aod vcl,sk arr) May 1944 John Carroll, Buddy Childers, Karl George, Dick Morse (tp) Harry Forbes, George Faye, Bill Atkinson (tb) Bart Varsalona (b-tb) Eddie Meyers, Chet Ball (as) Dave Matthews (ts,arr) Stan Getz (ts) Maury Beeson (bar) Stan Kenton (p,arr) Bob Ahern (g) Gene Englund (b) Jesse Price (d) Anita O'Day (vcl) Gene Howard (vcl,arr) Joe Rizzo, Buddy Baker (arr) Young Anita - Proper 34:00


Blues legend BB King turns 81 this Saturday and saxophonist Scott Hamilton turns 52 on Tuesday. We salute both in this set beginning with something live by Hamilton from the Pizza Express Jazz Club in London

Scott Hamilton – When Your Lover Has Gone April 2002 John Pearce piano, Dave Green bass, Steve Brown on drums Scott Hamilton Quartet Live In London – Concord

BB King – Knock Me A Kiss Dr. John piano, Let The Good Times Roll – MCA

Tony Bennett / BB King – Let The Good Times Roll 2001 Playin With My Friends – Columbia 53:00

The Fifth Anniversary of the tragedy of 9-11 tomorrow. Something to make you think. New music from drummer / vocalist Kyle Bronsdon followed by something from Aretha Franklin.

Kyle Bronsdon – A Snake Under Every Stone Cd A Model Psychosis - Vitalegacy

Aretha Franklin – It Ain’t Necessarily So Aretha Franklin December 19, 1960 The First 12 Sides - Tristar