Lights are turned down low, the drinks are chilling, and looking in those dreamy eyes that you’re madly in love with. Carmen is playing in the background. You hear her voice resonate as she navigates through each syllable. Carmen was so cool and mellow. This is vintage Carmen.
[Dedicated to Margo Guryan]
Recorded: Van Gelder Studio, Hackensack, NJ September 27, 1957
Personnel:
Louis Mucci – Trumpet
Jake Koven – Trumpet
Jimmy Cleveland – Trombone
Bart Varsalona – Bass Trombone
Willie Ruff – French Horn
Dave Kurtzer – Bassoon
Steve Lacy – Soprano Sax
Lee Konitz – Alto Sax
Gil Evans – Piano
Paul Chambers – Bass
Nick Stabulas – Drums
Berlin broadcast from August 30, 1961.
Personnel:
Eric Dolphy – alto sax
Benny Bailey – trumpet
Pepsi Auer – piano
Jamil Nasser aka George Joyner – bass
Buster Smith – drums
This Album is an unusual collaboration for both musicians, Chet Baker & Paul Bley. “DIANE” is a set of slow, langorous ballads and one jazz original (Sonny Rollins’s “Pent-Up House”). Baker lends his wispy vocals to only “You Go To My Head,” but his trumpet sings satisfyingly throughout. Despite his well-known drug dependence, Baker continued to make good-to-great albums till the end of his life, and “DIANE” is no exception. But the revelation here is Paul Bley who studiously avoided recording jazz standards for nearly his whole career. Here, his stately tone and rich chordal work make an excellent foil for Baker’s nocturnal perambulations. A late-stage triumph for the two veterans. [Source]
[via Gabriela Morera Rosenkilde]
Recorded: United Sound Studio, Detroit, Michigan December 21, 1947
Personnel:
Charlie Parker – Alto Sax
Miles Davis – Trumpet
Irving “Duke” Jordan – Piano
Tommy Potter – Bass
Max Roach – Drums
