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] Continue reading Carmen McRae – Trouble Is A Man (1965)
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 Continue reading Gil Evans Dectet – Ella Speed (1957)
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 Continue reading Eric Dolphy – GW (1961)
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, … Continue reading Chet Baker & Paul Bley – If I Should Lose You (1985)
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 Continue reading Charlie Parker Quintet – Klaunstance (1947)
It has occasionally been assumed that Henry Grimes got this recording date as a reward for his long service in the avant-garde of jazz. Having already honed his musical conception with a varied range of players, from Benny Goodman and Arnett Cobb to Lee Morgan, Gerry Mulligan, and Sonny Rollins to McCoy Tyner, Steve Lacy, Albert Ayler (including ESP 1020, Spirits Rejoice), Don Cherry, and … Continue reading Henry Grimes – Fish Story (1965)
