October 4 Duke Robillard b. 1948 Robillard (Right Channel Herb Ellis Left Channel)
Duke Robillard / Herb Ellis – Stuffy 1999 Coversations In Swing Guitar – Stony Plain
Oscar Peterson - Mumbles (ct vcl) August 1964 Clark Terry (tp,flhrn,vcl) Oscar Peterson (p) Ray Brown (b) Ed Thigpen (d) Oscar Peterson Trio + One - Verve
Oscar Peterson – C Jam Blues December 1962 Oscar Peterson (p) Ray Brown (b) Ed Thigpen (d)
Night Train - Verve
Nina Simone – Mood Indigo 1957 Nina Simone (vcl,p,arr) acc by Rudy Stevenson (fl,g) Lisle Atkinson (b) Bobby Hamilton (d) My Baby Just Cares For Me – Crimson 18:00
October 9 & 10, 1969 Count Basie and his Orchestra - M-Squad Theme Gene Goe, Oscar Brashear, Sonny Cohn (tp) Waymon Reed (tp,flh) Frank Hooks, Melvin Wanzo, Grover Mitchell (tb) Bill Hughes (btb) Marshal Royal (as,cl) Bobby Plater (as,fl) Eric Dixon (ts,fl) Eddie Lockjaw Davis (ts) Charlie Fowlkes (bar) Count Basie (p,org) Freddie Green (g) Norman Keenan (b,el-b) Harold Jones (d) Chico O'Farrill (arr) Basic Basie - MPS
Count Basie & Mills Brothers - Sent For You Yesterday July 1968 Al Aarons (tp,flh) Oscar Brashear, Gene Goe, Sonny Cohn (tp) Richard Boone, Steve Galloway, Grover Mitchell (tb) Bill Hughes (btb) Marshal Royal (as,cl) Bobby Plater (as,fl) Eric Dixon (ts,fl) Eddie Lockjaw Davis (ts) Charlie Fowlkes (bar) Count Basie (p) Freddie Green (g) Harold Jones (d) on all titles, also see note below regarding participation of Norman Keenan (b), Chico O'Farrill (arr) Harry Mills, Herbert Mills, Donald Mills (vcl) on all titles Annual Report/The Board of Directors – MCA
October 8, 1965 Woody Herman and His Orchestra - The Snake (bha arr) (as The Black Opal)(1) Bill Chase (tp,arr) Bill Byrne, Ziggy Harrell, Alex Rodriguez, Paul Fontaine (tp) Jerry Collins, Gary Potter, Henry Southall (tb) Woody Herman (cl,as,ss,vcl) Frank Foster, Lou Orenstein, Andy McGhee (ts) Tom Anastas (bar) Nat Pierce (p,arr) Tony Leonardi (b) Ronnie Zito (d) on (1) Al Hirt (tp) Jazz Hoot / Woody’s Winners – Collectables 30:00
October 4, 1960 Buddy Rich – Makin Whoopee Sam Most (fl) Mike Mainieri (vib,arr) Johnny Morris (p) Wilbur Wynne (g) Richard Evans (b) Buddy Rich (d) Don Goldie (tp) Playtime - Charly
Sarah Vaughan – He’s My Guy December 18, 1954 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 With Clifford Brown - Emarcy
Dave Brubeck - When You Wish Upon A Star August 1957 Paul Desmond (as) Dave Brubeck (p) Norman Bates (b) Joe Morello (d) Dave Digs Disney - Col
Kenneth Rexroth - Married Blues rest unidentified Live "Blackhawk", San Francisco, CA, prob. 1958 The Beat Generation – Word Beat
Duke Ellington Small Band – Black Beauty July 1960 Ray Nance (tp) Lawrence Brown (tb) Johnny Hodges (as) Paul Gonsalves (ts) Harry Carney (bar,b-cl) Duke Ellington (p) Aaron Bell (b) Sam Woodyard (d) Unknown Session – Columbia 52:00
October 6, 1952 Tiny Bradshaw – Soft Lester Bass (tp) Andrew Penn (tb) Red Prysock, Rufus Gore (ts) Jimmy Robinson (p) Clarence Mack (b) Phillip Paul (d) The Best Of Tiny Bradshaw – Collectables
Jack McVea - Swing Man (sy vcl) November 1947 Sammy Yates (tp,vcl) Jack McVea (ts) Thomas "Crow" Kahn (p) prob Gene Phillips (g) Frank Clarke (b) Robert "Rabon" Tarrant (d,vcl) Arthur Duncan (vcl) Two Timin Baby – Jukebox Lil made in Czechoslovakia 63:00
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Drummer Jo Jones was born this week on October 7th back in 1911. Jo Jones credited with changing the role of drums in Jazz by swinging the Count Basie band during the Swing Era by changing the timekeeping roll from bass drum to the high hat symbol. Here’s a set of recordings laid down in the 50s all spotlighting the drums of Papa Jo Jones heard first with Lester Young
Jazz Giants '56 – I Didn’t Know What Time It Was January 1956 Roy Eldridge (tp) Lester Young (ts) Vic Dickenson (tb) Teddy Wilson (p) Gene Ramey (b) Jo Jones (d) Jazz Giants '56 – Verve
Anita O'Day and her Rhythm Section - You Turned The Tables On Me January 1957 Anita O'Day (vcl) acc by Oscar Peterson (p) Herb Ellis (g) Ray Brown (b) Jo Jones (d) Anita Sings The Most - Verve
Jo Jones Trio – Jive At Five March, 1959 Ray Bryant (p) Tommy Bryant (b) Jo Jones (d,talking-1)
Illinois Jacquet - How now ? May 21, 1962 Roy Eldridge (tp) Matthew Gee (tb) Illinois Jacquet (as,ts) Cecil Payne (bar) Sir Charles Thompson (p) Kenny Burrell (g) George Duvivier (b) Jo Jones (d) Col Small Group Swing Sessions 1953 – 1962 22:00
October 3, 1956 Harry Arnold (Swedish) - Jersey Bounce Harry Arnold & Radiobandet: Harry Arnold och hans Radioband: Sixten Eriksson, Benny Bailey, Ernie Englund, Weine Renliden (tp) Ake Persson, George Vernon, Andreas Skjold (tb) Nils Ahlqvist (b-tb) Arne Domnerus, Rolf Lindell (as,cl) Bjarne Nerem, Carl-Henrik Norin (ts) Lennart Jansson (bar,cl) Bengt Hallberg (p) Bengt Hogberg (g) Simon Brehm (b) Nils-Bertil Dahlander (d) Harry Arnold (cond) Olle Helander (mc) Broadcast, Stockholm, Premiari - Ancha
Dianna Krall - Day In day Out backed by the Clayton Hamilton jazz Orchestra from the new one by Dianna Krall called From This Moment On – Verve
The 20th Concord Festival All Stars - Blues for Sam Nassi August, 1988 Harry "Sweets" Edison (tp) Red Holloway (ts) Gene Harris (p) Ray Brown (b) Jeff Hamilton (d) Live "Concord Jazz Festival" The Best Of The Concord Years – Concord 38:00
Jimmy Rowles – The Blues June 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
Dakota Staton - Moonray March 1957 Dakota Staton (vcl) acc by Jonah Jones (tp) Hank Jones (p) unknown vib, g, b and d + orchestra, Van Alexander (dir) The Late Late Show – Collectables
October 9, 1961 George Shearing & The Montgomery Brothers – Darn That Dream Buddy Montgomery (vib) George Shearing (p) Wes Montgomery (g) Monk Montgomery (b) Walter Perkins (d) Armando Peraza (cga,bgo) Rimaro Chimelis (cga,bgo,timb) George Shearing And The Montgomery Brothers - OJC
Etta Jones - Canadian Sunset September 1960 Etta Jones (vcl) acc by Oliver Nelson (ts) Lem Winchester (vib) Richard Wyands (p) George Duvivier (b) Roy Haynes (d) The Prestige Singles – Prestige 53:00
October 8, 1941 Benny Goodman - Roll 'em (part 1) Roll 'em (part 2) Billy Butterfield (tp) Cootie Williams (tp,vcl) Jimmy Maxwell, Al "Slim" Davis (tp) Lou McGarity, Cutty Cutshall (tb) Benny Goodman (cl) Skippy Martin (as,arr) Clint Neagley (as) Vido Musso, George Berg (ts) Chuck Gentry (bar) Mel Powell (p) Tom Morgan (g) Marty Blitz (b) Sidney Catlett (d) no matrix numbers assigned to the original 78s. Obviously never issued in 1941and apparently a private recording done for a Columbia record executive