Discographical Details Artist: Dexter Gordon. Title: A Swingin’ Affair. Label and Catalogue Number: Blue Note BLP 4133. Personnel: Dexter Gordon (tenor sax); Sonny Clark (piano); Butch Warren (bass); Billy Higgins (drums). Side 1: Soy Califa; Don’t Explain; You Stepped Out of a Dream. Side 2: The Backbone; Until the Real Thing Comes Along; McSplivens. RecordingContinue reading “Dexter Gordon – A Swingin’ Affair (Blue Note BLP 4133)”
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Bobby Hutcherson – Stick-Up! (Blue Note BST 84244)
Discographical Details Artist: Bobby Hutcherson. Title: Stick-Up! Label and Catalogue Number: Blue Note BST 84244. Personnel: Joe Henderson (tenor sax); Bobby Hutcherson (vibes); McCoy Tyner (piano); Herbie Lewis (bass); Billy Higgins (drums). Side 1: Una Muy Bonita; 8/4 Beat; Summer Nights. Side 2: Black Circle; Verse; Blues Mind Matter. Recording Date: 14 July 1966 atContinue reading “Bobby Hutcherson – Stick-Up! (Blue Note BST 84244)”
Tubby Hayes – Tubbs in N.Y. (Fontana STFL 595)
Discographical Details Artist: Tubby Hayes. Title: Tubbs in N.Y. Label and Catalogue Number: Fontana STFL 595. Personnel: Tubby Hayes (tenor sax); Clark Terry (trumpet); Eddie Costa (vibes); Horace Parlan (piano); George Duvivier (bass); Dave Bailey (drums). Side 1: You for Me; A Pint of Bitter; Airegin. Side 2: Opus Ocean; Soon; Doxy. Recording Date: 3-4Continue reading “Tubby Hayes – Tubbs in N.Y. (Fontana STFL 595)”
Miles Davis – Steamin’ with the Miles Davis Quintet (Prestige PRLP 7200)
Discographical Details Artist: Miles Davis. Title: Steamin’ with the Miles Davis Quintet. Label and Catalogue Number: Prestige PRLP 7200. Personnel: Miles Davis (trumpet); John Coltrane (tenor sax); Red Garland (piano); Paul Chambers (bass); “Philly” Joe Jones (drums). Side 1: Surrey with the Fringe on Top; Salt Peanuts; Something I Dreamed Last Night. Side 2: Diane;Continue reading “Miles Davis – Steamin’ with the Miles Davis Quintet (Prestige PRLP 7200)”
Chet Baker – In New York (Riverside RLP 12-281)
Discographical Details Artist: Chet Baker. Title: In New York. Label and Catalogue Number: Riverside RLP 12-281. Personnel: Chet Baker (trumpet); Johnny Griffin (tenor sax); Al Haig (piano); Paul Chambers (bass); “Philly” Joe Jones (drums). Side 1: Fair Weather; Polka Dots and Moonbeams; Hotel 49. Side 2: Solar; Blue Thoughts; When The Lights Are Low. RecordingContinue reading “Chet Baker – In New York (Riverside RLP 12-281)”
Tubbs Week!
This weekend would have seen the 81st birthday of Edward Brian “Tubby” Hayes, had he still been with us. Words like “under-appreciated”, neglected” or “overlooked” are perhaps applied to jazz musicians more than any other category of artist but in Hayes’ case they aren’t cliches. Such adjectives are perhaps more keenly felt by Hayes’ supportersContinue reading “Tubbs Week!”
Roy Haynes with Booker Ervin – Cracklin’ (New Jazz NJ 8286)
Discographical Details Artist: Roy Haynes with Booker Ervin. Title: Cracklin’. Label and Catalogue Number: New Jazz NJ 8286. Personnel: Booker Ervin (tenor sax); Ronnie Mathews (piano); Larry Ridley (bass); Roy Haynes (drums). Side 1: Scoochie; Dorian; Sketch of Melba. Side 2: Honeydew; Under Paris Skies; Bad News Blues. Recording Date: 6 April 1963 at theContinue reading “Roy Haynes with Booker Ervin – Cracklin’ (New Jazz NJ 8286)”
Duke Pearson – The Right Touch (Blue Note/Liberty BST 84267)
Discographical Details Artist: Duke Pearson. Title: The Right Touch. Label and Catalogue Number: Blue Note/Liberty 84267. Personnel: Freddie Hubbard (trumpet), Stanley Turrentine (tenor sax), James Spaulding (alto sax), Jerry Dodgion (alto sax, flute), Garnett Brown (trombone), Duke Pearson (piano), Gene Taylor (bass), Grady Tate (drums). Side 1: Chili Peppers; Make It Good; My Love WaitsContinue reading “Duke Pearson – The Right Touch (Blue Note/Liberty BST 84267)”
Miles Davis – In Person: Saturday Night at the Blackhawk, San Francisco (Columbia CS 8470)
Discographical Details Artist: Miles Davis. Title: In Person: Saturday Night at the Blackhawk, San Francisco. Label and Catalogue Number: Columbia CS 8470. Personnel: Miles Davis (trumpet), Hank Mobley (tenor sax), Wynton Kelly (piano), Paul Chambers (bass), Jimmy Cobb (drums). Side 1: Well You Needn’t; Fran-Dance, So What. Side 2: Oleo; If I Were A Bell;Continue reading “Miles Davis – In Person: Saturday Night at the Blackhawk, San Francisco (Columbia CS 8470)”
Miles Davis – In Person: Friday Night at the Blackhawk, San Francisco (Columbia CS 8469)
Discographical Details Artist: Miles Davis. Title: In Person: Friday Night at the Blackhawk, San Francisco. Label and Catalogue Number: Columbia CS 8469. Personnel: Miles Davis (trumpet), Hank Mobley (tenor sax), Wynton Kelly (piano), Paul Chambers (bass), Jimmy Cobb (drums). Side 1: Walkin’; Bye Bye Blackbird. Side 2: All of You; No Blues; Bye Bye; Love,Continue reading “Miles Davis – In Person: Friday Night at the Blackhawk, San Francisco (Columbia CS 8469)”
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