2-1-2011

[jazzjester]

February 2, 1958 Dakota Staton - Anything Goes Dakota Staton (vcl) acc by Harry "Sweets" Edison (tp) unknown p, g, b and d Dakota Staton - Great Ladies Of Song – Capitol

Nat King Cole – Route 66 August 1956 Nat King Cole (vcl,p) acc by Harry "Sweets" Edison (tp) John Collins (g) Charlie Harris (b) Lee Young (d) After Midnight - Capitol

Buddy Rich and his Orchestra – 9:20 Special 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

Jimmy McGriff – Kiko 1964 Rudolph Johnson (sop) Jimmy McGriff (org) Larry Frazier (g) Jimmie Smith (d) The Best Of The Sue Years – Stateside




Reedman Sonny Stitt was born this week in 1924. Sonny Stitt was an avid disciple of Charlie Parker on alto. But when he played tenor he combined the styles of Charlie Parker and Lester Young. Sonny Stitt born February 2nd.

Dizzy Gillespie/Sonny Stitt/Sonny Rollins – On The Sunny Side Of The Street December 1957 Dizzy Gillespie (tp,vcl) <span>Sonny Stitt,</span> Sonny Rollins (ts) Ray Bryant (p) Tommy Bryant (b) Charlie Persip (d) Sonny Side Up - Verve

Sonny Stitt & The Oscar Peterson Trio - Blues for Prez, Sweets, Ben And All The Other Funky Ones May 1959 <span>Sonny Stitt (ts)</span> Oscar Peterson (p) Ray Brown (b) Ed Thigpen (d) Sonny Stitt Sits In With The Oscar Peterson Trio – Verve

Della Reese - Good Morning Blues May 1966 Della Reese (vcl) acc by Bobby Bryant (tp) Bill Doggett (org) Gerald Wiggins (p-1) Herb Ellis (g) Ray Brown (b) Shelly Manne (d) Della Reese Live – ABC Paramount





February 4, 1958 Duke Ellington – Blues In Orbit Cat Anderson, Harold "Shorty" Baker, Clark Terry (tp) Ray Nance (tp,vln,vcl) Quentin Jackson, Britt Woodman, John Sanders (tb) Jimmy Hamilton (cl,ts) Bill Graham (as,ts,bar) Russell Procope (as,cl) Paul Gonsalves (ts) Harry Carney (bar,cl,b-cl) Duke Ellington (p) Jimmy Woode (b) Sam Woodyard (d) Blues In Orbit – Col

Johnny Hartman – Kiss And Run October 1963 Johnny Hartman (vcl) acc by Illinois Jacquet (ts) Hank Jones (p) Kenny Burrell (g) or Jim Hall (g) Milt Hinton (b) Elvin Jones (d) I Just Dropped By To Say Hello - Impulse

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) The Jazz Giants - Verve





Trumpet stylist Snooky Young turns 91 on Thursday; Snooky Young has worked for Count Basie twice. He also worked with Lionel Hampton, Jimmie Lunceford, was an NBC studio musician and held down a chair in the tonight show band from 1972 to 1992. As of 2010 he was playing in the Clayton - Hamilton Jazz Orchestra and he played a live, recorded New Year's Eve gig in 1971 with the rock group The Band

Snooky Young/Marshall Royal – I Let A Song Go Out Of My Heart September 1977 <span>Snooky Young (tp)</span> Marshal Royal (as) Ross Tompkins (p) Freddie Green (g) Ray Brown (b) Louie Bellson (d) Snooky & Marshall's Album - Concord

February 3, 1958 Dickie Wells and his Orchestra – Sweet Daddy Spo-de-o Dickie Wells, Vic Dickenson, Benny Morton, George Matthews (tb) Skip Hall (p) Major Holley (b) Jo Jones (d) Bones for the King – Limelight

February 1, 1953 Jimmy Coe and his Gay Cats of Rhythm – After Hours Joint Jimmy Coe (ts,vcl) James Palmer (p,org) John Wittcliffe (b) Earl Walker (d,talk) Honker’s And Bar Walkers - Delmark

Julian Dash - Long Moan December, 1950 Julian Dash (ts) Billy Kyle (p) Art Ryerson (g) Sid Weiss (b) Bunny Shawker (d) Julian Dash – The Complete Recordings – Blue Moon

February 9-15, 1962 Ray Charles - At The Club Ray Charles (vcl,p) acc by Marty Paich Orchestra , with Jack Hallorin (arr,cond) Ultimate Hits Collection – Rhino 24:00





Jimmie Lunceford and his Orchestra – Yard Dog Mazurka August 1941 Gerald Wilson (tp,arr) Paul Webster (tp) <span>Snooky Young (tp)</span> Elmer Crumbley, Russell Bowles (tb) Trummy Young (tb,vcl) Willie Smith (cl,as,vcl,arr) Earl Carruthers (cl,as,bar) Dan Grissom (cl,as) Joe Thomas (cl,ts) Jimmie Lunceford (as,arr) Ted Buckner (as) Edwin Wilcox (p,arr) Al Norris (g) Moses Allen (b) Jimmy Crawford (d) The Swinging Mr Lunceford – Empress 27:00





51 years ago this week February 3, 1960 Conte Candoli – Macedonia Conte Candoli (tp) Buddy Collette (ts) Vince Guaraldi (p) Leroy Vinnegar (b) Stan Levey (d) Little Band Big Jazz – Fresh Sound originally Crown

Madeleine Peyroux - Dance Me To The End Of Love 2004 Careless Love – Rounder

Lionel Hampton and Stan Getz - Louise August 1, 1955 <span>Stan Getz (ts</span>) Lionel Hampton (vib) Lou Levy (p) Leroy Vinnegar (b) Shelly Manne (d) Hamp And Getz – Verve 45:00



February 2 Stan Getz, born in 1929 Getz’s main early influence was Lester Young, later becoming a major influence to many players himself.

Stan Getz Quartet - Indian Summer June 1949 <span>Stan Getz (ts)</span> Al Haig (p) Gene Ramey (b) Stan Levey (d) Imagination - Dreyfus





Camille Howard And Her Boyfriends – Money Blues Camille Howard (p,vcl) no other details Jazz In Los Angeles - Rhino