12-12-2006

[jazzjester]

Duke Ellington - Satin Doll November 25, 1969 "Colston Hall", Bristol, England Cat Anderson, Cootie Williams, Mercer Ellington (tp) Lawrence Brown, Ake Persson, Chuck Connors (tb) Russell Procope (as,cl) Johnny Hodges (as) Norris Turney (as,ts,cl,fl) Harold Ashby (ts,cl) Paul Gonsalves (ts) Harry Carney (bar,cl,b-cl) Duke Ellington (p) Wild Bill Davis (org) Victor Gaskin (b) Rufus Jones (d) Tony Watkins (vcl) Rolf Ericson (tp) Duke Ellington's 70th Birthday Concert – Blue Note

Duke Ellington and his Orchestra - Hello, Little Girl (jr vcl) February 1959 Clark Terry, Cat Anderson, Harold "Shorty" Baker, Fats Ford (tp) [aka: Andres Merenguito (tp) ], Ray Nance (tp,vln,vcl) Dizzy Gillespie (tp-1,2) Britt Woodman, Quentin Jackson, John Sanders (tb) Jimmy Hamilton (cl,ts) Russell Procope (cl,as) Johnny Hodges (as) Paul Gonsalves (ts) Harry Carney (bar,cl,b-cl) Duke Ellington (p) Jimmy Jones (p-2) Jimmy Woode (b) Sam Woodyard (d) Jimmy Rushing (vcl) Duke Ellington Jazz Party – Columbia

Buddy Rich - Love For Sale Live "Chez Club", Hollywood, CA, February 1967 Chuck Findley, Yoshito Murakami, John Sottile, Bobby Shew (tp) Ron Myers, Bill Wimberly, Jim Trimble (tb) Ernie Watts, Quin Davis (as,fl) Marty Flax, Jay Corre (ts,cl,fl) Bob Keller (bar) Ray Starling (p) Richie Resnicoff (g) Jimmy Gannon (b) Buddy Rich (d) Cathy Rich (vcl) Big Swing Face - Pacific Jazz

Buddy Rich - Down For Double August 1956 Pete Candoli, Harry "Sweets" Edison, Conrad Gozzo (tp) Frank Rosolino (tb) Bob Enevoldsen (v-tb) Bob Cooper (ts) Buddy Collette (bar,fl) Jimmy Rowles (p) Bill Pittman (g) Joe Mondragon (b) Buddy Rich (d) Marty Paich (arr) This One’s For Basie - Verve



Tenor sax man Harold Land was born this week. Land the tenor man on the opening track this set

Jimmy Rowles - The Blues (*) June 20, 1958 Jimmy Rowles (p) Barney Kessel (g) Red Mitchell (b) Mel Lewis (d) Harold Land (ts) Larry Bunker (vib) Let’s Get Acquainted With Jazz – Tampa

Ella Fitzgerald – Mack The Knife February 1960 acc by Paul Smith (p) Jim Hall (g) Wilfred Middlebrooks (b) Gus Johnson (d) "Deutschlandhallen", Berlin, Germany The Complete Ella In Berlin - Verve Jim Hall turned 76 last Monday

December 14, 1953 Dave Brubeck - I'll Never Smile Again Paul Desmond (as) Dave Brubeck (p) Ron Crotty (b) Lloyd Davis (bgo,d) Joe Dodge (d) "College of Pacific" Jazz At College Of The Pacific – Fantasy 40:00


Pianist Dodo Marmarosa was born on this day back in 1925 Dodo cut some great sides with Charlie Barnet, Boyd Raeburn, and Artie Shaw.

Slim Gaillard - Slim's Jam December 29, 1945 Dizzy Gillespie (tp) Charlie Parker (as) Jack McVea (ts) Dodo Marmarosa (p) Slim Gaillard (g,p-1,vcl) Bam Brown (b,vcl) Zutty Singleton (d) Slim Gaillard 1945 Vol 2 - Classics

Artie Shaw - The Gentle Grifter August 1945 Roy Eldridge (tp) Artie Shaw (cl) Dodo Marmarosa (p) Barney Kessel (g) Morris Rayman (b) Louis Fromm (d) The Complete Gramercy Five Sessions - Bluebird

Boyd Raeburn – Tonsillectomy December 1945 - Ray Linn, Dale Pierce, Nelson Shelladay, Zeke Zarchy (tp) Britt Woodman, Ollie Wilson, Fred Zito (tb) Wilbur Schwartz (cl,as) Harry Klee (fl,as) Ralph Lee, Lucky Thompson (ts) Hy Mandel (bar) Boyd Raeburn (bassax) Dodo Marmarosa (p) Tony Rizzi (g) Joe Mondragon (b) or Harry Babasin (b) Jackie Mills (d) George Handy song and arrangement March Of The Boyds - Hep

Charlie Barnet - Skyliner (bmo arr) July 1944 Peanuts Holland (tp,vcl) John Martel, Jack Mootz, Lyman Vunk (tp) Jerry Foster, Dave Hallet, Burt Johnson, Skip Moore (tb) Charlie Barnet (sax,ldr) Hal Herzon, Joe Meissner (as) Kurt Bloom, Ed Pripps (ts) Bob Poland (bar) Dodo Marmarosa (p) Barney Kessel (g) Howard Rumsey (b) Hal Hahn (d) Kay Starr (vcl) Billy May, Billy Moore, Andy Gibson, Harry Rodgers, Ralph Burns, Dave Matthews (arr) Drop Me Off In Harlem – GRP December 12 - Dodo Marmarosa b. 1925 54:00

Guitarist Barry Galbraith was born this week on the 18th and trumpeter Clark Terry turns 86 Thursday. Both are heard on this recording with clarinetist Jimmy Hamilton

Jimmy Hamilton - What Am I Here For ? late 1954 Clark Terry (tp) Jimmy Hamilton (cl) Barry Galbraith, Sidney Gross (g) Oscar Pettiford (b) Osie Johnson (d) Jimmy Hamilton And The New York Jazz Quintet – Fresh Sound

December 16, 1954 Sarah Vaughan - Lullaby of Birdland Sarah Vaughan (vcl) acc by Clifford Brown (tp) Herbie Mann (fl) Paul Quinichette (ts) Jimmy Jones (p) Joe Benjamin (b) Roy Haynes (d) Ernie Wilkins (arr,dir) Sarah Vaughan – Compact Jazz – Verve

Illinois Jacquet - Banned in Boston March 1962 Roy Eldridge (tp) Illinois Jacquet (as,ts) Charles Davis (bar) Sir Charles Thompson (p) Barry Galbraith (g) George Duvivier (b) Jo Jones (d) Columbia Small Group Swing Sessions – Mosaic


December 13, 1939 Billie Holiday and Her Orchestra - Night And Day Buck Clayton, Harry "Sweets" Edison (tp) Earl Warren (as) Lester Young (ts) Jack Washington (as,bs) Joe Sullivan (p) Freddie Green (g) Walter Page (b) Jo Jones (d) Billie Holiday (vcl) You Go To My Head - Dreyfus

December 15, 1946 Metronome All Stars - Nat Meets June & Sweet Lorraine (fs vcl) Charlie Shavers (tp) Lawrence Brown (tb) Johnny Hodges (as) Coleman Hawkins (ts) Harry Carney (bar) Nat King Cole (p,vcl) Bob Ahern (g) Eddie Safranski (b) Buddy Rich (d) Frank Sinatra, June Christy (vcl) Sy Oliver (arr) born this week in 1910 Summit Meetings – Fremeux & Associes 15:00

Sinatra born 91 years ago today back in 1915

Frank Sinatra - Don'cha Go 'Way Mad April 10 & 11, 1962 Frank Sinatra (vcl) acc by orchestra including Ben Webster (ts) Neal Hefti (arr,cond)Sinatra and Swinging Brass - Reprise

December, 1961 Dinah Washington with Quincy Jones Orchestra - Salty Papa Blues Dinah Washington (vcl) acc by orchestra, including, Joe Newman (tp) Billy Byers (tb,arr) Jack Wilson (p) Nat Pierce (arr-2) Ernie Wilkins (arr-3) Quincy Jones (cond) The Complete Dinah Washington On Mercury Vol 7 - Mercury



December 2, 1946 Andy Kirk - Louella (jw vcl) John Lynch (tp) Milton Robinson, Henry Wells, Bob Murray, Wayman Richardson (tb) Reuben Phillips, Joe Evans (as) Jimmy Forrest, Eddie "Lockjaw" Davis (ts) John Porter (bar) Hank Jones (p) Floyd Smith (g) Al Hall (b) Ben Thigpen (d) Beverly White, Bea Booze, Billy Daniels (vcl) Andy Kirk (ldr) Similar except unknown (tp) added Fip Ricard (tp) Clarence Trio (tp) Joe Williams (vcl) Joe Williams’ Finest Hour – Verve Andy Kirk band one of the top bands in Kansas City during the Swing era

December 13, 1940 Quintette du Hot Club de France - Sweet Sue, Just You Hubert Rostaing (cl) Django Reinhardt, Joseph Reinhardt (g) Pierre Fouad (d) Josette Dayde (vcl) Tony Rovira (b) Echoes Of France – Dreyfus

December 11, 1946 Gene Sedric - Tillie Lincoln Mills (tp) Gene Sedric (cl,ts,vcl) Freddie Jefferson (p,celeste-1) Danny Settle (b) Slick Jones (d) The following are probably from the same session : same except Al Casey (g) Gene Sedric – 1938 – 1947 – Classics 38:00

Joe Williams was born 88 years ago today 1918

Count Basie - The Comeback (jw vcl) Newport Jazz Festival, Newport, R.I, July 1957 Wendell Culley, Reunald Jones, Thad Jones, Joe Newman (tp) Henry Coker, Bill Hughes, Benny Powell (tb) Marshal Royal (cl,as) Bill Graham (as) Frank Foster (ts) Frank Wess (ts,fl) Charlie Fowlkes (bar) Count Basie (p,org) Freddie Green (g) Eddie Jones (b) Sonny Payne (d) Joe Williams (vcl) JW – Everyday – The Best Of The Verve Years - Verve

Joe Williams with the Count Basie Orchestra directed by Frank Foster - I'd Rather Drink Muddy Water Live at Orchestra Hall, Detroit November 1992
Joe Williams (vcl) acc by Derrick Gardner, Melton Mustafa, Bob Ojeda, Mike Williams (tp) Clarence Banks, Robert Trowers, Mel Wanzo (tb) Bill Hughes (b-tb) Emanuel "Manny" Boyd (as,pic) Danny Turner (as,fl) Kenny Hing (ts,fl) Frank Foster (ts,sop,ldr) Doug Miller (ts,fl) John Williams (bar,b-cl) George Caldwell (p) Charlton Johnson (g) Cleveland Eaton (b) David Gibson (d) Joe Williams with the Count Basie Orchestra directed by Frank Foster - Telarc

Joe Williams - Kansas City (*) December 5, 1963 Joe Williams (vcl) acc by Thad Jones (tp) Urbie Green (tb) Jerome Richardson (as) Seldon Powell (ts) Danny Bank (bar) Hank Jones (p) Barry Galbraith (g) Milt Hinton (b) Osie Johnson (d) Jimmy Jones (ldr) The Overwhelming Joe Williams – Bluebird 51:00

And speaking of Kansas City. Pianist and bandleader Jay McShann died last Thursday. Mr. McShann also known as Hootie is probably best remembered in most circles for hiring Charlie Parker in 1940. But the McShann big band was right up there with Basie and Andy Kirk as one of the most successful hard driving and hard swinging bands in Kansas City.

Jay McShann And His Orchestra - Swingmatism (wjs arr)
Harold Bruce, Buddy Anderson, Orville Minor (tp) Taswell Baird (tb) John Jackson (as) Charlie Parker (as,arr) Harold Ferguson, Bob Mabane (ts) Jay McShann (p) Gene Ramey (b) Gus Johnson (d) Walter Brown (vcl) William J. Scott (arr) Dallas, Texas, April 30, 1941

Jay McShann And His Orchestra - Sepian Bounce [Sepian stomp] July 1942 Orville Minor, Buddy Anderson, Bob Merrill (tp) Lawrence Anderson, Taswell Baird (tb) John Jackson, Charlie Parker (as) Fred Culliver, Bob Mabane (ts) James Coe (bar) Jay McShann (p) Leonard "Lucky" Enois (g) Gene Ramey (b) Gus Johnson (d) Walter Brown, Al Hibbler (vcl) Skip Hall, William J. Scott (arr)
New York,

Jay McShann and his Orchestra - The Jumpin' Blues July 1942 (wb vcl) Orville Minor, Buddy Anderson, Bob Merrill (tp) Lawrence Anderson, Taswell Baird (tb) John Jackson, Charlie Parker (as) Fred Culliver, Bob Mabane (ts) James Coe (bar) Jay McShann (p) Leonard "Lucky" Enois (g) Gene Ramey (b) Gus Johnson (d) Walter Brown, Al Hibbler (vcl) Skip Hall, William J. Scott (arr)