Thursday, November 04, 2010


Regina Carter

Regina Carter Atlantic 1995
Sticks & Stones (Sticks) Sticks & Stones (Stones)
Lewis Nash Quintet with Regina Carter - Tico Tico
Regina Carter Atlantic 1995
I Wanna Talk to You
When I Hear Your Name
Jacques Loussier Trio Variation Seven 2003 – Beethoven: Allegretto from Symphony No. 7: Theme and Variations Telarc CD-83580
Ain't Nobody
Last Time..., The
Beau Regard
First Impression
He'll See You Through
Don't Explain
Regina Carter Rhythms of the Heart Polygram Records 1999
Oh, Lady, Be Good!
Cook's Bay
Papa Was A Rollin' Stone
Mojito
Our Delight
Spring Can Really Hang You Up The Most
Mandingo Street
New York Attitude

Friday, October 15, 2010


Cab Calloway


1. Cab Calloway & His Orchestra I'm Madly In Love With You (1938) CONQUEROR 9127
2. Cab Calloway And His Orchestra Sincere Love (1939 ) Vocalion 5364
3. Cab Calloway & His Orchestra The Mermaid Song (1941) OKEH 6501
4. Cab Calloway & His Orch Let's Take The Long Way Home (1945) COLUMBIA 36786
5. Cab Calloway And His Cotton Club Orchestra Hot Cha Razz-ma-tazz (1934) Victor 24690
6. Cab Calloway & His Orchestra In An Old English Village (1937) Vocalion 3912
7. Cab Calloway And His Cotton Club Orchestra I Learned About Love From Her (1933) Victor 24557
8. Cab Calloway And His Orchestra Pickin' The Cabbage (1940) Vocalion 5467
9. Cab Calloway & His Orch E. Harburg-Burton Lane If This Isn't Love (1945) COLUMBIA 36894
10. Cab Calloway & His Orch I Want To Rock (1942) OKEH 6616
11. Cab Calloway And His Orchestra Old Yazoo (1932) Brunswick 6400
12. Cab Calloway And His Orchestra Jitter Bug (1934) VICTOR 24592
13. Cab Calloway & His Orch Benny Davis, J. Fred Coots The Wedding Of Mr. And Mrs. Swing (1936) BRUNSWICK 7748
14. Cab Calloway & His Orch I'm Always In The Mood For You (1937) VARIETY I643
15. Cab Calloway & His Orchestra Are You All Reet? (1941) OKEH 6035
16. Cab Calloway And His Orchestra I've Got The World On A String (1932) BRUNSWICK 6424
17. Cab Calloway And His Orchestra Moon Glow (1934) VICTOR 24690

Saturday, October 02, 2010


Don Byas


1. Don Byas Quartet Dubin-Warren September In The Rain (1946 ) SAVOY 621B
2. Don Byas Quartet Don Byas Living My Life For You (1946) SAVOY 640B
3. Don Byas Quartet (C.Shavers) Don Byas Don's Idea (1944) SAVOY 551B
4. Don Byas Quartet W.C.Handy St Louis Blues (1946) SAVOY 626B
5. Mary Lou Williams & Don Byas Gjon Mili Jam Session (1944) ASCH 1006
6. Don Byas Swing Group Bass-C-Jam (1944) SAVOY 524
7. Don Byas Quartet Don Byas What Do You Want With My Heart (1944)SAVOY 551A
8. Savoy Jam Party Don Byas Orchestra Don's Idea (1944)SAVOY 551B
9. Don Byas Orchestra Savoy Jam Party Part 1 (1944) SAVOY 8078
10. Don Byas Orchestra Savoy Jam Party Part 2 (1944) SAVOY 8078
11.Don Byas Quartet Don't You Know I Care (1946) GOTHAM 132
12. Don Byas Quartet More Than A Mood (1946) GOTHAM 131
13. Don Byas Quartet Turk-Ahlert I Don't Know Why (vocals Teddy Reig) (1946)SAVOY 609A
14. Don Byas You Go To The Head Of The Class (1946)GOTHAM 132
15. Don Byas Quintet Hamilton-Lewis. How High The Moon (1945)SAVOY 597A
16. Don Byas Quartet Robinson-Hill Old Folks (1946)SAVOY 628B
17. Don Byas Quartet Don Byas Worried And Blue (1944) SAVOY 582
18. Don Byas Quartet Irving Berlin They Say It's Wonderful (1946)SAVOY 625A
19. Don Byas Quartet London Donnie (Danny Boy) (1946)SAVOY 628A
20. Don Byas Quartet Marie (1946) SAVOY 627
21. Teddy Reig with Don Byas Quartet Ray Noble Cherokee (1946)SAVOY 609B
22. Savoy Jam Party Don Byas Orchestra Free And Easy (1944) SAVOY 524B
23. Don Byas Orchestra Just Can't Make Up My Mind (1944 Stomp) (1944) SAVOY SJL 2213
24. Don Byas Quartet Gloomy Sunday (1946) GOTHAM 131
25. Don Byas Quartet Blue And Sentimental (1945) JUBILEE JAM905
26. Don Byas Quartet Stormy Weather DIAL 1023
27. Don Byas & Orchestra I Surrender Dear DIAL 0751
28. Don Byas's Swing Shifters Don Byas Free And Easy (1944)SAVOY 524B
29. Don Byas Quartet Weill-Anderson September Song (1946)SAVOY 626
30. Don Byas Quartet Livingston-Evans To Each His Own (1946) SAVOY 640A
31. Don Byas Quintet Them There Eyes (1945) JUBILEE JAM903
32. Don Byas Quartet Owen-Gish-White. Cynthia's In Love (1946)SAVOY 625B
33. Don Byas Orchestra What Do You Want With My Heart (1944)

Thursday, September 30, 2010


Jaki Byard


Dr. T and Teatime


Charles Mingus, Don't Let Them Drop That Atomic Bomb on Me
Jazz Piano Workshop 1965 Jaki Byard
Jaki Byard - Out Front! Release Date: 25 Jul 1994 Label: ORIGINAL JAZZ CLASSICS
Jaki Byard - Freedom Together Release Date: 08 Dec 1997 Label: ORIGINAL JAZZ CLASSICS
Earl Bostic And His Orchestra Anderson-Grouya Flamingo KING 4475AA
Gene Krupa And His Orchestra Evans-Earl Bostic Let Me Off Uptown (vocals Anita O' Day - R. Eldridge) (1941 ) OKEH 6210
Jaki Byard New Orleans Strut
Jaki Byard The Entertainer- Scott Joplin
Jaki Byard To Bob Vatel of Paris/Blues for Jennie
Jaki Byard Quartet with Joe Farrell The Last From Lennie's Joe Farrell on saxophones and flute, George Tucker on bass and Alan Dawson on drums. Prestige 2003
1. Twelve 2. Dolphy #1 3. After You've Gone/Stolling Along 4. St. Mark's Place Among the Sewers 5. Dolphy #2 6. Tea For Two/Lover/Strolling Along/Cherokee/Shiny Stockings 7. King David
The Black Saint and the Sinner Lady (1963)
All songs written by Charles Mingus.

"Track A — Solo Dancer" –6:38
Stop! Look! and Listen, Sinner Jim Whitney!
"Track B — Duet Solo Dancers" –6:45
Hearts' Beat and Shades in Physical Embraces
"Track C — Group Dancers" –7:22
(Soul Fusion) Freewoman and Oh, This Freedom's Slave Cries

"Mode D — Trio and Group Dancers"
Stop! Look! and Sing Songs of Revolutions!

"Mode E — Single Solos and Group Dance"
Saint and Sinner Join in Merriment on Battle Front
"Mode F — Group and Solo Dance"
Of Love, Pain, and Passioned Revolt, then Farewell, My Beloved, 'til It's Freedom Day –18:39
Personnel
* Charles Mingus — bass, piano, leader
* Jerome Richardson — soprano, baritone saxophones, flute
* Charlie Mariano — alto saxophone
* Dick Hafer — tenor saxophone, flute
* Rolf Ericson — trumpet
* Richard Williams — trumpet
* Quentin Jackson — trombone
* Don Butterfield — tuba, contrabass trombone
* Jaki Byard — piano
* Jay Berliner — acoustic guitar
* Dannie Richmond — drums
* Bob Simpson — recording engineer

Tuesday, September 21, 2010


Gary Burton


Dr. T and Teatime


1. Gary Burton just testing some new M25 mallets.
2. Gary Burton Quartet - Open Your Eyes You Can Fly International Jazz Festival Prague 1978 Steve Swallow on bass, Tiger Okoshi on trumpet,Gary Chaffee on drums.
Reunion Concert Tiempos Felice (Happy Times) Gary Burton - Vibraphone, Marimba
Pat Metheny - Guitar
Mitchel Forman - Piano, Keyboards
Marc Johnson -Electric Bass
Peter Erskine - Drums, Percussion
Ahmad Jamal Trio with Gary Burton - One (1981)
Ahmad Jamal - Piano
Gary Burton - Vibes
Crosley Payton - Drums
Sabu Adeyloa - Bass
3. "Afro Blue" vibe player, Gary Burton, with piano, Makoto Ozone.
Live at Montreaux.
Reunion by Gary Burton (vibraphone), Pat Metheny (Guitar), Mitchel Forman (Piano), Will Lee (Bass), Peter Erskin (Drums)
4. Gary Burton - Las Vegas Tango
5. Chick Corea & Gary Burton live at the Munich Philharmonie.Rhumbata
Part 1:
Part 2: .
6. Gary Burton - "Reunion" (1989, GRP Records). Autumn
Gary Burton - Vibraphone, Marimba
Pat Metheny - Guitar
Paul Shaffer - Piano, Keyboards
Will Lee -Electric Bass

Thursday, September 09, 2010


Dave Brubeck


Take the "A" Train and Take Five 1966 in Germany
Dave Brubeck - piano
Paul Desmond - alto sax
Eugene Wright - bass
Joe Morello - drums
Dave Brubeck (piano); Chris Brubeck (bass trombone, electric bass); Matthew Brubeck (cello); Darius Brubeck (acoustic & electric pianos); Dan Brubeck (drums)In Their Own Sweet Way Bifocal Blues Telarc 1997
Dave Brubeck (piano); Bobby Militello (alto saxophone); Alec Dankworth, Jack Six (bass); Randy Jones (drums) Dave Brubeck Double Live From The U.S.A. And U.K. Derngate Hall, Northampton, England on November 12, 1998 Be Natural Blues
Dave Brubeck (piano) Things Ain't What They Used To Be One Alone Telarc
Stardust June 1953 at Concert Hall in LA. Paul quotes 3rd movement of Debussy String Quartet. Dave Brubeck on piano, Paul Desmond on alto, Ron Crotty on bass & Lloyd Davis on drums.
Debussy String Quartet (L.85) mvt.3. Played by the Quartetto Italiano

Thursday, August 26, 2010


Ray Brown


1. Duke Ellington+Jimmy Blanton Plucked Again (1939)WM1121 COLUMBIA 35322
2. Charlie Parker & Dizzy Gillespie Leap Frog [master Take] (1950) Charlie Parker (As), Dizzy Gillespie (T), Thelonious Monk (P), Curley Russell (B), Buddy Rich (D) C414-11 Verve MGV8002
3. Kenny Clarke 52nd St Boys Epistrophy (1946) D6VB2792 RCA (VIC-LP)
4.Ella Fitzgerald & Louis Armstrong Under A Blanket Of Blue (1956) acc. by Oscar Peterson (p), Herb Ellis (g), Ray Brown (sb), Buddy Rich (dm) 202112-10 Verve MGV4003
5. Jazz At The Philharmonic Lady, Be Good! (1945) Joe Guy, Howard McGhee (tp), Willie Smith (as), Illinois Jacquet, Charlie Ventura (ts), Garland Finney (p), Ulysses Livingston (g), Red Callender (sb), Gene Krupa (dm), Norman Granz (dir) (three 12'' sides) 1502, 1503, 1504 Asch 453-2B-453-3A-453-3B
6. Blossom Dearie - I'm Hip, from her 1966 LP "Blossom Time at Ronnie Scott's."
7. Frank Sinatra Nature Boy (1948 )HCO3250 COLUMBIA 38210
8. Billy Eckstine And His Orchestra Prisoner Of Love (1945 ) Hit 122 of 1946 NSC62 NATIONAL 9017
9. Tony Bennett Boulevard of Broken Dreams
10. Sarah Vaughan With Dizzy Gillespie And His Orchestra East Of The Sun (1944) 3008 Continental 6031
11. Mel Torme - Gravy Waltz - Steve Allen/Ray Brown
12. Laurindo de Almeida and The Modern Jazz Quartet, provided by Laurindo Almeida in the Heart to Loronix

Thursday, August 19, 2010


Marion Brown


1. Vista
Marion Brown (as, wind chimes)
Stanley Cowell (p, fender rhodes electric p, mbira)
Anthony Davis (p, fender rhodes electric p)
Reggie Workman (b)
Jimmy Hopps (dr, cymbals)

February 18-19, 1975
Recorded at Generation Sound Studios, New York City

2. Bismillahi 'Rrahman' Rrahim
Marion Brown (as, wind chimes)
Stanley Cowell (p, Fender rhodes electric p, mbira)
Anthony Davis (p, Fender rhodes electric p)
Reggie Workman (b)
Jimmy Hopps (dr, cymbals)
Jose Goico (tamborine, congas, finger cymbals)
Allen Murphy (voc, bells)
Bill Braynon (p, celestes, RMI electric piano)
Ed Blackwell (dr, slit drum)
Harold Budd (celeste, gong)

Recorded at Generation Sound Studios, New York City
February 18-19, 1975

3. Offering "Self Portrait In Three Colors"
Marion Brown (as) Jay Messer (g) Tom McClung (pf) Mike Marcus (b) Chris Dailey (ds)

Recorded at Sear Sound Studio in New York. on October 7th, 1992

4. Offering "After the Rain"
Marion Brown (as) Jay Messer (g) Tom McClung (pf) Mike Marcus (b) Chris Dailey (ds)

Recorded at Sear Sound Studio in New York. on October 7th, 1992
Venus Records

5. Malipieros Midnight Theatre LP 'in Sommerhausen' Calig CAL 30605 Vinyl, LP Germany Released: 1969
Bass, Percussion - Daniel Laloux
Drums, Percussion - Steve McCall
Producer - Herbert Braun
Saxophone [Alto] - Marion Brown
Trumpet, Percussion - Ambrose Jackson
Vibraphone, Clarinet [Bass], Percussion - Gunter Hampel
Voice, Percussion - Jeanne Lee
Recorded live at Bayerisches Staatskonservatorium der Musik, Würzburg, Germany, May 17th 1969.

John Coltrane - Ascension. 1965, 40 minutes approx. Trane (ts); Pharoah Sanders (ts); Archie Shepp (ts); Freddie Hubbard (t); Dewey Johnson (t); Marion Brown (as); John Tchicai (as); McCoy Tyner (p); Art Davis (b); Jimmy Garrison (b); Elvin Jones (d).

Wednesday, August 11, 2010


Clifford Brown


1. Clifford Brown Ensemble Blueberry Hill (1954 LA) Clifford Brown (tp), Stu Williamson (v-tb), Zoot Sims (ts), Bob Gordon (bar), Russ Freeman (p), Carson Smith (sb), Shelly Manne (dm), Jack Montrose (arr) Pacific Jazz PJ3
2. Clifford Brown & Max Roach The Blues Walk (1955 LA) Clifford Brown (tp), Harold Land (ts), Richie Powell (p), George Morrow (sb), Max Roach (dm) EmArcy MG36036
3. Clifford Brown & Max Roach George's Dilemna (1955 NYC) Clifford Brown (tp), Harold Land (ts), Richie Powell (p), George Morrow (sb), Max Roach (dm) EmArcy MG36037
4. Clifford Brown Ensemble Joy Spring (1954 LA) Clifford Brown (tp), Stu Williamson (v-tb), Zoot Sims (ts), Bob Gordon (bar), Russ Freeman (p), Joe Mondragon (sb), Shelly Manne (dm), Jack Montrose (arr) Pacific Jazz PJ3
5. Clifford Brown Ensemble Bones For Jones (1954 LA) Clifford Brown (tp), Stu Williamson (v-tb), Zoot Sims (ts), Bob Gordon (bar), Russ Freeman (p), Carson Smith (sb), Shelly Manne (dm), Jack Montrose (arr) Pacific Jazz PJ3
6. J.J. Johnson Sextet Feat. Clifford Brown Isle Of Capri (alt. Take) (1953 NYC) Clifford Brown (tp), J.J. Johnson (tb), Jimmy Heath (ts), John Lewis (p), Percy Heath (sb), Kenny Clarke (dm) Blue Note BLP1506
7.Clifford Brown Sextet Hymn Of The Orient (tk9) (1953 NYC) Clifford Brown (tp), Gigi Gryce (as), Charlie Rouse (ts), John Lewis (p), Percy Heath (sb), Art Blakey (dm) Blue Note BLP5032
8. Lou Donaldson/Clifford Brown Quintet De-dah (1953 NYC) Clifford Brown (tp), Lou Donaldson (as), Elmo Hope (p), Percy Heath (sb), Philly Joe Jones (dm) Blue Note 1624
9. J.J. Johnson Sextet Feat. Clifford Brown Get Happy (1953 NYC) Clifford Brown (tp), J.J. Johnson (tb), Jimmy Heath (ts), John Lewis (p), Percy Heath (sb), Kenny Clarke (dm) Blue Note BLP1505
10. Lou Donaldson/Clifford Brown Quintet You Go To My Head (1953 NYC) Clifford Brown (tp), Lou Donaldson (as), Elmo Hope (p), Percy Heath (sb), Philly Joe Jones (dm)Blue Note 1622
11. Clifford Brown Sextet Cherokee (tk21) (1953 NYC) Clifford Brown (tp), Gigi Gryce (as), Charlie Rouse (ts), John Lewis (p), Percy Heath (sb), Art Blakey (dm)Blue Note BLP5032
12. Clifford Brown & Max Roach Sandu (1955 NYC) Clifford Brown (tp), Harold Land (ts), Richie Powell (p), George Morrow (sb), Max Roach (dm)EmArcy MG36037
13. Clifford Brown/ Max Roach Quintet Mildama (1954) Clifford Brown (tp), Harold Land (ts), Richie Powell (p, arr), George Morrow (sb), Max Roach (dm) 18878 EmArcy EP1-6113
14. Clifford Brown 'round Midnight (1956 Buffalo, NY) Clifford Brown (tp), Sonny Rollins (ts), Richie Powell (p), George Morrow (sb), Max Roach (dm) Live at ''Town Casino'' Buffalo, NY Philology W-1015-2
15. J.J. Johnson Sextet Feat. Clifford Brown Sketch One (1953 NYC) Clifford Brown (tp), J.J. Johnson (tb), Jimmy Heath (bar), John Lewis (p), Percy Heath (sb), Kenny Clarke (dm) BN506-2 Blue Note BLP1505
16. Clifford Brown & Max Roach Sunset Eyes (1954 LA) Clifford Brown (tp), Teddy Edwards (ts), Carl Perkins (p), George Bledsoe (sb), Max Roach (dm) Live, poss. "California Club" L.A. Gene Norman Presents GNP114

Monday, August 02, 2010


Bob Brookmeyer

1. Music for String Quartet and Orchestra.First Movement: Fanfares and Folk Song Bob Brookmeyer, composer/conductor The Metropole Orchestra The Gustav Klimt String Quartet:Arila de Ruiter, violin Pauline Terlouw, violin Mieke Honingh, viola Bastiaan van der Werf, cello Challenge Jazz
2. Celebration: Jig NEW ART ORCHESTRA Conductor & Trombone: Bob Brookmeyer Soloist on 'Celebration': Scott Robinson
Reeds: Marko Lackner Stefan Pfeifer Paul Heller Niels van Haften Marcus Bartelt
Trumpets: Thorsten Beckenstein Torsten Maaß Sebastian Strempel Ralf Hesse Jorg Engels
Trombones: Ludwig Nuss Ansgar Striepens Christian Jakso
Bass Trombones: Edward Partyka Rhythm: Jurgen Grimm, synthesizer Kris Goessens, piano Ingmar Heller, bass John Hollenbeck, drums
Christopher Dell, percussion
3. Days Gone By, Oh My (from Gloomy Sunday and Other Bright Moments) Collective Personnel: Trumpets: Bernie Glow, Doc Severinsen, Joe Newman, Clark Terry, Nick Travis Trombones: Bob Brookmeyer, Billy Byers, Bill Elton, Wayne Andre, Alan Raph Reeds: Gene Quill, Eddie Wasserman, Phil Woods, Eddie Caine, Al Cohn, Phil Bodner, Wally Kane, Gene Allen Rhythm: Eddie Costa (vbs, perc), Hank Jones (pno), George Duvivier (bass), Mel Lewis (drums)
Arrangers: Gary McFarland, Eddie Sauter, Ralph Burns, Al Cohn, Bob Brookmeyer
4. Elegy (from Get Well Soon) NEW ART ORCHESTRA Conductor & Trombone: Bob Brookmeyer Guest trumpet soloist: Till Brönner
Reeds: Marko Lackner Oliver Leicht Paul Heller Niels van Haften Edgar Herzog
Trumpets: Thorsten Beckenstein Torsten Maaß Sebastian Strempel Eckhard Baur Aneel Soomary Trombones: Steve Trop Christian Jaksjo
Bass Trombones: Anders Wiborg Ed Partyka Rhythm: Hendrik Soll, synthesizer Kris Goessens, piano Ingmar Heller, bass John Hollenbeck, drums
5. Q&A (from Q&A) Q&A: Jazz Big Band Graz Plays the Music of Bob Brookmeyer COMPOSER, CONDUCTOR, VALVE TROMBONE
Bob Brookmeyer
JAZZ BIG BAND GRAZ (Artistic Director: Sigi Feigl) REEDS: Heinrich von Kalnein Robert Friedl Klaus Gesing Klemens Pliem Martin Harms
TRUMPETS: Andy Pesendorfer Axel Mayer Horst Michael Schaffer David Jarh
TROMBONES: Wolfgang Messner Grzegorz Nagorski Michael Bergbaur Hans Radinger RHYTHM: Fritz Pauer, piano Uli Rennert, synthesizer
Wayne Darling, bass John Hollenbeck, drums
6. Sweetie (from Waltzing with Zoe) NEW ART ORCHESTRA Conductor & Trombone: Bob Brookmeyer
Reeds: Marko Lackner Oliver Leicht Matthias Erlewein Niels van Haften Edgar Herzog
Trumpets: Thorsten Beckenstein Torsten Maaß Sebastian Strempel Angelo Verploegen
Trombones: Adrian Mears Jan Oosting Bert Pfeiffer Bass Trombone: Ed Partyka
Rhythm: Achim Kaufmann, synthesizer Kris Goessens, piano Ingmar Heller, bass John Hollenbeck, drums end 3
Originally aired on NPR's "Jazz Profiles", this documentary on Bob chronicles the people, places and music in Bob's long career and a celebration of his 70th birthday.
Walkin Shoes 1956 in Rome Gerry Mulligan - baritone sax, piano Zoot Sims - tenor sax
Jon Eardley - trumpet Bob Brookmeyer - trombone Bill Crow - bass Dave Bailey - drums
Bernie's Tune 1956 in Rome Gerry Mulligan - baritone sax, piano Zoot Sims - tenor sax
Jon Eardley - trumpet Bob Brookmeyer - trombone Bill Crow - bass Dave Bailey - drums

Wednesday, July 28, 2010


Michael Brecker


1. Hippityville Michael Brecker - Tenor Sax John Abercrombie - Guitar Marc Johnson - Bass Peter Erskine - Drums
Tales from the Hudson includes
Slings and Arrows
Midnight Voyage by Joey Calderazzo
Song for Bilbao
Beau Rivage
African Skies
Introduction to Naked Soul
Naked Soul
Willie T. by Don Grolnick
Cabin Fever
Time is of the Essence includes:
Arc of the Pendulum
Sound Off
Half Past Late
Timeline by Pat Methany
The Morning of This Night
Renaissance Man by George Whitty
Dr. Slate
As I Am
Outrance
If time allows:
Brecker Brothers From Out of the Loop
African Skies
Secret Heart
Slang

Pops McGonigle

Press Here to Open


I usually look upon myself as an easy-goin' kinda guy. Der is, however, one exception ta da rule. I have come ta hate intensely da person dat invented da zipper. Not a week has gone by since dis nasty invention came inta our lives dat I don't curse da inventor ta hell, which I imagine as his body encased in a hot burning steel pair a pants and shirt dat can only be removed by a zipper dat runs down da front and da back and can never be removed cause it is constantly jammin'. I have lately been extending my hate and spleening my vent upon da American packaging industry- dose wizards of cardboard and plastic and tape wid dose little instructions printed on dem: Push, Pull, Open Here, Mutilate yourself here. How many teeth have been pulled out by dose easy open ketchup packs? How many fingers have been lost by dose screw-on caps with thin tamper evident protective seals which must be pulled out by means a finger loop after removing the screw on cap? Dose new soup cans dat don't require a can opener are killers, too. It's only a matter a time before urban gangs will be walking down da street wid cans a Campbell's Chunky Soups sticking outta der baggy pants, ready ta slash you atta moment's notice. Da mail-order online industry has probably got da highest death toll. I recently ordered a shirt from a high-end clothing store dat used ta be a sporting goods shop. I can't reveal da name but it has two names one of which rhymes with "bitch." Dey put out deese fancy catalogues wid sexy looking young people wearing der clothes. I'm glad der wearin' something, unlike Lady GaGa who seems ta be wearing a lot a plastic packaging, mostly a da see tru variety. Well, da purchases from da store arrived with smart promptitudosity. Two flannel shirts came in a cardboard box sealed wid a tape dat woudda put a welder outta business. I couldn't find da beginning a da tape so I attacked da package wid da Hell Cat's sewing scissors. After da tip flew offa dem, I attacked it wid da largest carving knife dat I could find in da kitchen, den a can opener, and an ice pick and a stream a profanities dat would make a mailer slush. Der's a well placed hole in da flannel shirt, but I got dem out. Den der's da bubbles. No, not Mrs. Lewandowski. I mean da plastic packaging dat was designed by da ancient Egyptian ta preserve der Pharoahs. I'm not talking about da bubble wrap wid dose tiny bubbles dat you like ta pop. No, dose big plastic bubbles dat hold products in der cardboard traps and defy ya ta try ta remove da products wid somethin less dan surgeon's scalpels. Suddenly I had dis vision uv a future America sealed tightly in a plastic bubble dat said: Press here for easy opening.

Thursday, July 22, 2010


Anthony Braxton


Anthony Braxton plays Impressions by John Coltrane - Woodstock Jazz Festival
Saxophone Improvisation Series F
BWC-12 N-48
Nr-12-C (33M)
Rfo-M° F (32)
JMK-80 CFN-7
178-F4 312
NBH-7C K7
MMKF-6 (CN-72)
(348-R) C-233
104°-Kelvin M-12
To Composer John Cage on For Alto (2008)

Thursday, July 15, 2010

Ruby Braff


Dr. T and Teatime


Opening theme
Take the 'A' Train- Ruby Braff The Original Jazz Masters Vol.2 Disc 5
1. Whispering Ruby Braff 1989 Together with the Newport All Stars rhythm group Ruby Braff and Howard Alden are featured in Whispering. Recorded during the 1989 Bern Jazz Festival 7:15
2. The Ruby Braff Trio with Howard Alden and Frank Tate at the 1991 Brecon Jazz Festival playing Don Redman's tune originally recorded by Louis Armstrong The Very Thought of You
3. Ruby Braff & Dick Hyman on the organ [Don't Go There!]with a rendition of When It's Sleepy Time Down South from Thursford, Norfolk, England.

Wednesday, July 07, 2010


Lester Bowie


Dr. T and Teatime


July 8, 2010
G:MT & Lester Bowie - Rachel's Song
Lester Bowie's New York Organ Ensemble Lugano 1992
Burghausen Jazzfest 1994 - Lester Bowie - trumpet; James Carver - tenor; Luis Bonilla - trombone; Kelvyn Bell - guitar, Amina-Claudine Myers - Hammond organ and Don Maye - drums.
Poppa's Gotta a Brand New Bag Serious Fun Lester Bowie's Brass Fantasy (1989)
Smooth Operator Serious Fun Lester Bowie's Brass Fantasy (1989)
Inflated Star Serious Fun Lester Bowie's Brass Fantasy (1989)
Da Butt Serious Fun Lester Bowie's Brass Fantasy (1989)
God Bless the Child Serious Fun Lester Bowie's Brass Fantasy (1989)
Lester Bowie's Brass Fantasy The Odyssey of Funk and Popular Music
The Odyssey Of Funk & Popular Music (also referred to as Vol. 1) is an album by Lester Bowie's Brass Fantasy recorded for the Atlantic label in 1997
1. "Birth of the Blues" (Lew Brown, Buddy DeSylva, Ray Henderson) - 5:49
2. "Next" (Joseph Bowie, Sebastian Piekarek) - 6:05
3. "Two Become One" (Matt Rowebottom, Richard Stannard, Spice Girls) - 6:08
4. "Don't Cry for Me Argentina" (Andrew Lloyd Webber, Tim Rice) - 9:09
5. "Beautiful People" (Marilyn Manson, Twiggy Ramirez) - 6:57
6. "In the Still of the Night" (Cole Porter) - 4:43
7. "Notorious Thugs" (Sean Combs, Anthony Henderson, Steven Howse, Steve Jordan, Bryon McCane, Christopher Wallace) - 5:30
8. "Nessum Dorma" (Giacomo Puccini) - 6:49
9. "If You Don't Know Me by Now" (Harold Melvin, Teddy Pendergrass) - 4:20
Personnel Lester Bowie: trumpet Vincent Chancey: french horn Gary Valente: trombone
Joshua Roseman: trombone Louis Bonilla: trombone Ravi Best: trumpet Gerald Brezel: trumpet Joseph "Mac" Gollehon: trumpet Bob Stewart: tuba Victor See Yuen: percussion
Vinnie Johnson: drums
Lester Bowie's Brass Fantasy The Fire This Time
1. Night Time (Is the Right Time) - Lester Bowie, Herman, Lew
2. For Louis - Lester Bowie, Wilson, Phillip
3. Journey Towards Freedom - Lester Bowie, Allen, E.J.
4. Remember the Time - Lester Bowie, Jackson, Michael
5. Strange Fruit - Lester Bowie, Allan, Lewis

Thursday, July 01, 2010


Buddy Bolden


Dr. T and Teatime


Jelly Roll Morton (piano) Buddy Bolden's Blues (1939) COMMODORE 589
Jelly Roll Morton Jazzmen I Thought I Heard Buddy Bolden Say (1939)BLUEBIRD 10434
The Dutch Swing College Band Buddy Bolden Blues (1952 Hilversum) Philips P17063H
Sarah Vaughan I'm Crazy To Love You (1950) COLUMBIA 38701
Rudy Vallee And His Connecticut Yankees You're Driving Me Crazy! (what Did I Do?) (1931) VICTOR 22572
Django Reinhardt Et Le Quintette Du Hot Club De France You're Driving Me Crazy (1937) Gramophone K-8396
Miss Valaida Med Winstrup Olesens Swingband Donaldson You're Driving Me Crazy (1940) Valaida Snow t v acc. by Winstrup Olesen t dir. Kai Moeller cl, Leo Mathiesen p, Helge Jacobsen g, Christian Jensen b, Kai Fischer d Tono 21165
Art Tatum Crazy Rhythm (1955) (p-solo) Pablo 2310-730
Crazy Otto Glad Rag Doll (1955) Hit 144 of 1955 Decca 29403 Debuted 03/05/1955 and peaked at #19 on the Hot 100 Chart. Source: Pop Annual. Label/Number: Decca 29403. Date Peaked: 03/05/1955.
Guy Mitchell Crazy With Love (1956) Hit 298 of 1956 Columbia 40769 Debuted 11/10/1956 and peaked at #53 on the Hot 100 Chart. Source: Pop Annual.
Wally Cox What A Crazy Guy (dufo) (1953) RCA Victor 5278
Johnny Maddox And The Rhythmasters The Crazy Otto (1955 ) Dot 15325
Teresa Brewer Crazy With Love (1956) Coral 61737
King Oliver And His Orchestra I'm Crazy 'bout My Baby (1931 New York) Brunswick 6065
Albert Ammons Bass Goin' Crazy (1939) BLUENOTE 021
Crazy Otto Smiles Debuted 02/26/1955 and peaked at #21 on the Hot 100 Chart. Source: Pop Annual. Decca 29403. Date Peaked: 02/26/1955.
Pat Boone At My Front Door (Crazy Little Mama) (1955) Dot 15422 A
Kid Ory's Dixieland Band The Girls Go Crazy About The Way I Walk (1945 ) DECCA 25133
Gnarls Barkley Crazy
Patsy Cline Crazy
Gnarls Barkley Crazy (Theremin remix)
Mel Torme You're Driving Me Crazy (1946) MUSICRAFT 595
Pops McGonigle
Nightmares
Episode 131
My loverly wife Helen (AKA da Hellkat)keeps having chronic nightmares as far back as da Chucky Cheese incident, which is keeping da law firm of Walker and Cane happy, but da poor Hellkat is suffering. In one recurrin' nightmare, da poor Hellkat was trapped in a pizza parlor, facing death by anchovy pizza. In another, she was drowning in deep pools of Coca Cola (She has always been a Pepsi drinker). At their worst, the nightmares occurred on an almost weekly basis, leaving her jittery and desperately tired.
"I would wake up so terrified that I was afraid to go back to sleep," da poor Hellkat says. "And the bad feelings were hard to shake. I would continue to feel frightened throughout the next day."
Dere's nothing unusual about having an occasional nightmare (which sleep experts define simply as a bad dream dat causes the sleeper to wake up). But up to 8% of da adult population suffers from chronic nightmares, waking in terror at least once a week.
Sometimes the nightmares are so frequent and so upsetting that they make sound sleep all but impossible, setting da stage fer fatigue and emotional problems like anxiety and depression.

Nightmares vary widely in der themes and specific content -- experts say dey can be "about" anything -- but all cause fear, sadness, anger, shame, or another negative emotion. They occur during REM sleep, typically in da latter part of the night. Though more common in children and adolescents, dey also strike in adulthood.

In many cases, chronic nightmares are triggered by psychological stress -- such as dat stemming from post-traumatic stress disorder, a severe anxiety disorder that strikes people who have been exposed to combat, violent assaults, accidents, natural disasters, and other terrifying ordeals.

"Lots of people think that nightmares can't be treated," says Henry Quackenbush, PsyD, director of the behavioral sleep medicine program at Montefiore Medical Center's Sleep-Wake Disorders Center in New York City. "But there are effective treatments."
On da recommendation of our own doctor, I began taking da Hellkat der for treatments.
Da treatment involves da use of perfumes, will power, and music, any of which can be procured at your local Walmart. Just ask fer da "Nightmare kit." I would do dis treatment fer da Hellkat at home. She sits down on da couch and relaxes-which is a tough assignment right at da start for a nightmare victim. Her face is covered wid four layers of gauze, muffling nose, mouth, eyes, and ears. Jasmine and tuberrose perfumes are den dropped on da gauze and symphony music is played. If da symphony happens ta be out on tour at da time, or we run outta chairs in da house, chamber music has ta do. Sometimes I just hum Night on Bald Mountain. Den da poor Hellkat gets sleepy and is supposed ta run tru a series of daydreams, carefully selected in advance by Doctor Quackenbush, retracing da ideals of da poor Hellkat's youth, such as baking a large Chocolate cake or running a canoe rental landing on Lake Wallenpaupack. She lies der fer half, maybe three quarters of an hour, with a soft gong sounding from time ta time. Da gong is a signal ta change dreams or run from Chuck Barris. Da gong was not covered by Medicare. No matter where you are in da daydream when da gong sounds, she's supposed ta change ta another daydream. Den at da precise time da nightmare is introduced and told ta do its worst. Jasmine and tuberrose perfumes are den kickin in, but da symphony orchestra has knocked off at five and gone home. Da doctor says dis treatment also works fer depression, insomnia, anxiety, and confusions. Boy, I could use a couple a dose confusion treatments myself.

Saturday, June 19, 2010


Paul Bley


Nothing to Declare Justin Time 2004
1. Nothing to Declare
2. Breakdown
3. Blues Waltz
4. 8th Avenue
Paul Bley Trio - When Will the Blues Leave? (1962)Paul Bley (piano), Steve Swallow (bass), Pete LaRoca (drums)from the album 'FOOTLOOSE!'
Hands On Evidence 2007
1. Remembering
2. Points
3. Ram Dance
4. Three Fifth
5. Hands On
6. If
7. Cowhand

Monday, June 14, 2010


Carla Bley


Dining Alone
Lawns
Music from the album "Lost In The Stars - The Music Of Kurt Weill" (1985) with Phil Woods
The Carla Bley Band The Lord is Listenin' To Ya, Hallelujah! Live! 1981.08.19-21. SF. Great American Hall Michael Mantler(p) Steve Slagle(as/ss/fl) Tony Dagraid(ts) Gary Valent(tb) Vincent Chancey(f-hor) Earl Mcintyre(tu/btb) Carla Bley(org/glo/p/)Arturo Offarrill(p/org) Steve Swallows(b) D.Sharpe(ds)
The Very Big Carla Bley Band 1990 'Who will rescue you'
Carla Bley The Lost Chords
The Carla Bley Band Musique Mechanique
Charlie Haden's Liberation Music Orchestra with Carla Bley and Robert Wyatt - Tail of a Tornado Performing in the Royal Festival Hall, London, as part of Ornette Coleman's Meltdown Festival, 20th June, 2009.
Charlie Haden's Liberation Music Orchestra with Carla Bley 5/8 Amazing Grace New Liberation Music Orchestra - live at Marciac, 2004 // a film by Frank Cassenti // Carla Bley - piano, conductor / Charlie Haden - bass / Chris Cheek - sax / Ahnee Sharon Freeman - french horn
Carla Bley - Song of the Jungle Stream from Tropic Appetites 1974
Looking for America
1. Grand Mother
2. The National Anthem: OG Can UC?/ Flags/ Whose Broad Stripes?/ Anthem/ Keep It Spangled
3. Step Mother
4. Fast Lane
5. Los Cocineros
6. Your Mother
7. Tijuana Traffic
8. God Mother
9. Old MacDonald Had A Farm

Friday, May 28, 2010


Art Blakey


1. Art Blakey And Thelonious Monk Evidence (1957) Art Blakey, D, Thelonious Monk, P, Bill Hardman, T, Johnny Griffin, Ts, Spanky DeBrest, B Atlantic LP1278
2. Art Blakey And Benny Golson: Jazz Messengers The Drum Thunder (miniature) Suite (1958) Art Blakey, D, Benny Golson, Ts, Lee Morgan, T, Bobbie Timmons, P, Jymie Merritt, B Blue Note BLP 4003
3. Art Blakey And Benny Golson: Jazz Messengers Along Came Manon (1959) Art Blakey, D, Benny Golson, Ts, Lee Morgan, T,: Jymie Merritt, B, Bobby Timmons, P RCA 430045
4. Art Blakey And Thelonious Monk In Walked Bud (1957) Art Blakey, D, Thelonious Monk, P, Bill Hardman, T, Johnny Griffin, Ts, Spanky DeBrest, B Blue Note 548
5. Art Blakey And Benny Golson: Jazz Messengers Out Of The Past (1958) Art Blakey, D, Benny Golson, Ts, Lee Morgan, T,: Jymie Merritt, B, Bobby Timmons, P RCA 430045
6. Art Blakey And Benny Golson: Jazz Messengers Moanin With Hazel (so What) (1959) Art Blakey, D, Benny Golson, Ts, Lee Morgan, T,: Jymie Merritt, B, Bobby Timmons, P RCA 430044
7. Art Blakey And Benny Golson: Jazz Messengers Like Someone In Love (1958) Art Blakey, D, Benny Golson, Ts, Lee Morgan, T,: Jymie Merritt, B, Bobby Timmons, P RCA 430044
8. Art Blakey And Benny Golson: Jazz Messengers Along Came Betty (1958) Art Blakey, D, Benny Golson, Ts, Lee Morgan, T, Bobbie Timmons, P, Jymie Merritt, B Blue Note 45-1736
9. Art Blakey And Thelonious Monk Rhythm-a-ning (1957) Art Blakey, D, Thelonious Monk, P, Bill Hardman, T, Johnny Griffin, Ts, Spanky DeBrest, B Atlantic LP1278
10. Art Blakey And Benny Golson: Jazz Messengers Blues March (1958) Art Blakey, D, Benny Golson, Ts, Lee Morgan, T, Bobbie Timmons, P, Jymie Merritt, B Blue Note 45-1736
11. Art Blakey And Benny Golson: Jazz Messengers Now's The Time (1958) Art Blakey, D, Benny Golson, Ts, Lee Morgan, T,: Jymie Merritt, B, Bobby Timmons, P RCA 430043
12. Art Blakey And Thelonious Monk Blue Monk (1957) Art Blakey, D, Thelonious Monk, P, Bill Hardman, T, Johnny Griffin, Ts, Spanky DeBrest, B Atlantic LP12
13. Art Blakey And Thelonious Monk I Mean You (1957) Art Blakey, D, Thelonious Monk, P, Bill Hardman, T, Johnny Griffin, Ts, Spanky DeBrest, B 2561 Atlantic LP127878
14. Art Blakey And Benny Golson: Jazz Messengers Ending With The Theme (1959) Art Blakey, Kenny Clarke, D, Benny Golson, Ts, Lee Morgan, T,: Jymie Merritt, B, Bobby Timmons, P RCA 430045
15. Art Blakey And Thelonious Monk Purple Shades (1957) Art Blakey, D, Thelonious Monk, P, Bill Hardman, T, Johnny Griffin, Ts, Spanky DeBrest, B Atlantic LP1278
16. Art Blakey And Benny Golson: Jazz Messengers Politely (1959) Art Blakey, D, Benny Golson, Ts, Lee Morgan, T,: Jymie Merritt, B, Bobby Timmons, P RCA 430043
17. Art Blakey And Benny Golson: Jazz Messengers The First Theme (1958) Art Blakey, D, Benny Golson, Ts, Lee Morgan, T,: Jymie Merritt, B, Bobby Timmons, P RCA 430043
Charles Mingus Pedal Point Blues (1959) Jimmy Knepper (tb), John Handy (as), Shafi Hadi, Booker Ervin (ts), Horace Parlan (p), Charles Mingus (p, sb), Dannie Richmond (dm) Columbia JG35717

Monday, May 24, 2010


Chu Berry


1. Chu Berry And His Stompy Stevedores Maelstrom (1937) Columbia 37571
2. Chu Berry And His Jazz Ensemble On The Sunny Side Of The Street (1941) Commodore 1508
3. Chu Berry And His Jazz Ensemble Blowin' Up A Breeze (1941) Commodore 541
4. Chu Berry And His Stompy Stevedores Indiana (1937) Vocalion 3824
5. Chu Berry And His Stompy Stevedores Ebb Tide (1937) Vocalion 3793
6. Chu Berry And His Stompy Stevedores My Secret Love Affair (1937) Swing 358
7. Chu Berry And His Jazz Ensemble Monday At Minton's (what's It To You?) (1941) Commodore 541
8. Spike Hughes And His Negro Orchestra With Benny Carter Sweet Sue-just You (1933) Decca F-3972
9. Fletcher Henderson & His Orchestra Edgar Sampson Blue Lou (1936) VOCALION 3211
10. Chu Berry And His Stompy Stevedores Limehouse Blues (1937) Vocalion 3824
11. Count Basie And His Orchestra Oh! Lady, Be Good (1939) Decca 2631
12. Lionel Hampton And His Orchestra Sweethearts On Parade (1939) Victor 26209
13. Chu Berry And His Stompy Stevedores Chuberry Jam Irving Randolph (tp),
Keg Johnson (tb), Chu Berry (ts), Benny Payne (p, vcl), Danny Barker (g), Milt Hinton (b), Leroy Maxey (d). NYC, September 10, 1937
14. Chu Berry & Lionel Hampton "Shufflin'at the Hollywood" 1939 Clyde Hart,piano, Allan Reuss,guitar, Milt Hinton,bass,Cozy Cole,drums.

Pops McGonigle


Poker Anyone?


When da Hellkat has her girlfriends over for a game of cards, dey usually try ta send me outta da room or preferable outta da house. I used ta heckle from da sidelines when dey played their game of SKAT. Dey seemed ta have landed on dis game because dey could keep up a tre way conversation widout gettin too confused about da game. Dey even had dis gizmo to pass da stockpile of cards around so dey wouldn't get confused over who was next ta draw. Well my hecklin caused some a dem ta refer to me as Sweet Antique Pops or sometimes just the initials were used. So last week I knew somethin was up because I was being eased outta da house, but den I saw someone tryin ta slip in wid a tray a poker chips. "So long, have fun bowling, Pops," dey said. I said hey, what's dis when I came back inta da udder room. Are dose poker chips, I said.

Friday, May 14, 2010


Bunny Berigan


Dr. T and Teatime


Bunny Berigan I Can't Get Started (1938) VICTOR 36208
Bunny Berigan & His Blue Boys Blues (1935) DECCA 18116
1. Bunny Berigan & His Orchestra Piano Tuner Man (1938)VICTOR 25776B
2. Bunny Berigan & His Orchestra Night Song (1939) VICTOR 27258B
3. Bunny Berigan & His Orchestra Bix Beiderbecke In The Dark (1938) VICTOR 26122A
4.Bunny Berigan & His Orchestra Russian Lullaby (1937) VICTOR 26001B
5.Bunny Berigan & His Orchestra featuring Gail Reese Turn On That Red Hot Heat (1937) VICTOR 25646A
6.Bunny Berigan & His Orchestra Somewhere With Somebody Else (1938) VICTOR 25868B
7.Bunny Berigan & His Orchestra Bunny Berigan And His Orchestra Black Bottom (1937) RCA 20-1502
8.Bunny Berigan & His Orchestra Lorenzo Hart-Richard Rodgers All Dark People Are Light On Their Feet (1937) VICTOR 25557A
9. Bunny Berigan And His Orchestra Jelly Roll Morton Jelly Roll Blues (1938) VICTOR 26113A
10. Bunny Berigan & His Orch Spencer Williams Mahogany Hall Stomp (1937) VICTOR 25622A
11. Bunny Berigan & His Orch Mother Goose (1937)VICTOR 25616B
12. Bunny Berigan & His Orch A.Razaf-J.C.Johnson-T.Waller Patty Cake, Patty Cake (1939) VICTOR 26196B
13. Bunny Berigan & His Orch Swanee River (1937) VICTOR 25588A