George Russell Sextet at the Five Spot 1960

Recorded at the Five Spot Cafe, New York, September 20, 1960

George Russell - piano & arr. Al Kiger - trumpet David Baker - trombone Dave Young - tenor saxophone Chuck Israels - bass Joe Hunt - drums

Tracks
1. Sippin' at Bells (Davis) 7:19
2. Dance Class (Bley) 6:17
3. Swingdom Come (Russell) 7:30
4. 121 Bank Street (Baker) 5:58
5. Beast Blues (Bley) 8:56
6. Moment's Notice (Coltrane) 8:02

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Miles Davis At Newport Jazz Festival '58

Recorded live at Newport Jazz Festival, RI, July 3, 1958

Miles Davis (trumpet)
John Coltrane (tenor sax)
Cannonball Adderley (alto sax)
Bill Evans (piano)
Paul Chambers (bass)
Jimmy Cobb (drums)

1. Introduction By Willis Connover
2. Ah-Leu-Cha
3. Straight, No Chaser
4. Fran-Dance
5. Two Bass Hit
6. Bye Bye Blackbird
7. The Theme

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While most of this music on Miles Davis at Newport 1958 has appeared on either the Miles and Monk At Newport compilation or the Newport Jazz Festival Live album, this is the first time that the material has been presented in its entirety. The personnel in the sextet had changed slightly by this time. Red Garland and Philly Joe Jones were replaced by revolutionary pianist Bill Evans and newcomer Jimmy Cobb on drums. Especially notable in this performance was the way Coltrane's abilities had progressed. But even though the group was bursting with musical inspiration and fresh ideas, Miles was still the undisputed heart and soul of the band. Several of the tracks performed here came from 'Round About Midnight and Milestones; but in the live setting, the music soars and the interaction between the artists is remarkable. Unlike Jazz at The Plaza, recorded just two months later, this album was intended for commercial release and the sound quality is much better as well.

Steve Swallow - Always Pack Your Uniform On Top (2000)

Recorded on April 1999 at Ronnie Scott's Club, London

1. Bend Over Backward
2. Dog With Bone
3. Misery Loves Company
4. Reinventing The Wheel
5. Feet First
6. La Nostalgie De La Boue

STEVE SWALLOW bass
CHRIS POTTER tenor sax
MICK GOODRICK guitar
BARRY RIES trumpet
ADAM NUSSBAUM drums

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Eric Dolphy : The Illinois Concert (1963)

Recorded live at the University of Illinois in Champaign, Illinois on March 10, 1963.

Eric Dolphy, flute, bass clarinet, alto saxophone
Herbie Hancock, piano
Eddie Khan, bass
J.C.Moses, drums

1. Softly As In A Morning Sunrise (O. Hammerstein-S. Romberg) 20:17
2. Something Sweet, Something Tender (Eric Dolphy) 1:28
3. God Bless The Child (B. Holiday-A. Herzog, Jr.) 8:45
4. South Street Exit (Eric Dolphy) 7:30
5. Iron Man (Eric Dolphy) 10:57
6. Red Planet (Eric Dolphy) 12:26
7. G.W. (Eric Dolphy) 7:40

On #6 add the University of Illinois Brass Ensemble: Cecil Bridgewater, Ralph Woodward, Carol Holden, three unknown (French horn), two unknown (baritone horn), Aaron Johnson (tuba).

On #7 add the University of Illinois Big Band: Cecil Bridgewater, Dick Montz, Bruce Scafe, Joe Kenon, Roman Popowycz, Larry Franklin (trumpets), Dick Sporny, Jon English, Paul Barthelmy, Bob Edmondson (trombones), Kim Richmond, Nick Henson, Ron Scalise, Vince Johnson, Bob Huffington (reeds).

Blue Note 99826 2 8 [1999]


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Newport 1957. Teddy Wilson / Gerry Mulligan / Bill Evans

Recorded at Newport Jazz Festival 1957

A1 - Stompin' At the Savoy
A2 - Airmail Special
A3 - Basin Street Blues
A4 - I Got Rhythm
A5 - Sweet Georgia Brown (+ Mulligan)

B1 - Sweet Georgia Brown
B2 - My Funny Valentine
B3 - Utter Chaos
B4 - Dancing in the Dark
B5 - I Love You (Bill Evans)
B6 - It's Wonderful (Bill Evans)

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Although in 1957 some listeners considered swing and cool jazz to be at the extreme poles of the jazz world, this LP, recorded at that year's Newport Jazz Festival, shows just how similar the two idioms were. The Teddy Wilson Trio (with bassist Milt Hinton and drummer Specs Powell) plays lightly swinging versions of four swing era standards and welcomes baritonist Gerry Mulligan to sit in on a spirited rendition of "Sweet Georgia Brown," and then Jeru's quartet (with trombonist Bob Brookmeyer, bassist Joe Benjamin, and drummer Dave Bailey) plays cooly exciting versions of "My Funny Valentine" and "Utter Chaos"; one could easily imagine Wilson helping out on those two songs. Strangely enough, this LP reissue of the original set also contains three standards by the Don Elliott Quartet with pianist Bill Evans, but never lists the full personnel (mellophonist Elliott, bassist Ernie Furtado, and drummer Al Beldini) or acknowledges the music in the liner notes. Worth acquiring anyway. Review by Scott Yanow

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Bill Evans Trio "The Last European Concert"

Complete Bad Honningen Performance(1980)

Bill Evans (piano)
Marc Johnson (bass)
Joe LaBarbera (drums)

01. Letter to Evan (7:22)
02. Yet Ne'er Broken (6:28)
03. Laurie (5:34)
04. Bill's Hit Tune (7:25)
05. Knit for Mary F. (6:23)
06. The Days of Wine and Roses (8:05)
07. Your Story (4:39)
08. But Beautiful (4:20)
09. If You Could See Me Now (5:28)
10. Waltz for Debby (7:14)
11. Who Can I Turn To (7:21)
12. Theme from M.A.S.H. (4:07)
13. Five (1:47)

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Lester Young 4tet at Birdland

Recorded live at the Birdland, January 15, 1953 and August 7 - 15, 1956

January 15th 1953

Lester Young: tenor sax, Jesse Jakes: trumpet, Horace Siver: piano, Franklin Skeete: bass, Lee Abrams: drums

August 7th 1956

Lester Young: tenor sax, Don Ferrara: trumpet, Bill Triglia: piano, Gene Ramey: bass, Gus Johnson: drums

August 15th, 1956

Same rhythm section as above but with an unkown trumpet player replacing Ferrara.

1. Lester Leaps In
2. I Cover The Waterfront
3. Three Little Words
4. Up N' Adam
5. Neenah
6. Too Marvelous For Words
7. Indiana
8. Up N' Adam
9. Ghost Of A Chance
10. Neenah
11. Lester Leaps In
12. Up N' Adam_Jumpin' With Symphony Sid

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Ella Fitzgerald

Ella Fitzgerald and the Dizzy Gillespie Orchestra, plus Charlie Parker sitting in — Carnegie Hall, 29 September 1947. The track is spelled Flyin’ Home on It Happened One Night, a 1995 CD release containing portions of the concert.

Charlie Parker - Bird At St Nick's (1950)

Charlie Parker - Bird At St Nick's (1950) (Remastered 1991)
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Recorded live at St. Nicholas Arena, New York, on February 18, 1950.

The St. Nick's date was privately recorded by tenor saxophonist Don Lanphere with the collaboration of trombonist Jimmy Knepper (who was best known for his multiple collaborations with Charles Mingus and for being knocked out by Mingus during a dispute, Knepper also wrote the original liner notes for the first issue of St. Nicks).

Featuring:
Charlie Parker (as), Red Rodney (tp), Al Haig (p), Tommy Potter (b) and Roy Haynes (d)

01. I Didn't Know What Time It Was
02. Ornithology
03. Embraceable You
04. Visa
05. I Cover The Waterfront
06. Scrapple From The Apple
07. Star Eyes-52Nd Street Theme
08. Confirmation
09. Out Of Nowhere
10. Hot House
11. What's New
12. Now's The Time
13. Smoke Gets In Your Eyes-52Nd Street Theme

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Some of the other reviews for this album were dissapointing for me to read because this has been one of my favorite records since I bought it 3 years ago. It is recorded by tape when the technology was brand new. It is also edited so you hear nothing but Bird's solos and Melodys. However, he sounds absolutely incredible! Any Bird fanatic would agree. Charlie Parker fans aren't listening to him for the great recording quality, we're interested in what he's going to come up with next. Buy this album now, hear why people are still transfixed by his melodys. The shinning tracks are Visa, I Didn't Know What Time it Was and Embraceable You. Disregard everything anyone else says about this record; if you're into Bird just buy it. And contrary to what Mr. Texas said Bird definately soars. ~ Amazon

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The Jazz Crusaders At The Lighthouse 1962

Recorded Live at The Lighthouse Club, Hermosa Beach, CA, in August 5, 1962

Wayne Henderson trombone Wilton Felder tenor sax Joe Sample piano
Victor Gaskin bass Stix Hooper drums

01. Introduction
02. Congolese Sermon
03. Cathy's Dilemma
04. Blues For Ramona
05. Weather Beat
06. Scandalizing
07. Appointment In Ghana
08. Penny Blue
09. Boopie

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Chick Corea Akoustic Band at The Blue Note Tokyo (1996)

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Recorded live at the Blue Note in Tokyo, Japan in November, 1992

Chick Corea on piano (Yamaha CF-IIIS 9 foot concert grand piano)
John Patitucci on bass
Vinnie Colaiuta on drums

1. Humpty Dumpty (Corea) - 10:06
2. New Waltze (Corea) - 11:32
3. With a Song in My Heart (Hart-Rogers) - 08:45
4. Chasin' the Train (Coltrane) - 11:06
5. Summer Night (Dubin-Warren) - 10:16
6. Tumba (Corea) - 12:30
7. Autumn Leaves (Mercer-Pervert-Kosma) - 09:26
Total time: 01:13:44

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Dizzy Gillespie at the Village Vanguard 1967

Recorded live at the Village Vanguard NYC on October 1, 1967

Dizzy Gillespie Trumpet
Pepper Adams Sax (Baritone)
Chick Corea Piano
Richard Davis Bass
Ray Nance Violin (1-2-3-4)
Garnett Brown Trombone (5-6-7)
Elvin Jones Drums (1-2)
Mel Lewis Drums (3-4-5-6-7)

disc 1
01 Birk's Works (Gillespie) 17:57
02 Lullaby of the Leaves (Petkere, Young) 13:30
03 Lover, Come Back to Me (Hammerstein, Romberg) 19:15
04 Blues for Max (Gillespie) 9:10
disc 2
05 Tour de Force (Gillespie) 11:51
06 On the Trail (Adamson, Grofe) 16:43
07 Sweet Georgia Brown (Bernie, Casey, Pinkard) 16:19

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Dizzy Gillespie At Newport '57

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Recorded live at the Newport Jazz Festival in Newport, Rhode Island on July 6, 1957


Dizzy Gillespie (trumpet, vocals)
Ernie Henry, Jimmy Powell (alto saxophones)
Benny Golson, Billy Mitchell (tenor saxophones)
Pee Wee Moore (baritone saxophone)
Lee Morgan, Talib Dawud, Emmett Perry, Carl Warwick (trumpets)
Melba Liston, Al Grey, Ray Connors (trombones)
Wynton Kelly, Mary Lou Williams (piano)
Paul West (bass)
Charlie Persip (drums)

1. Dizzy's Blues
2. School Days
3. Doodlin'
4. Manteca
5. I Remember Clifford
6. Cool Breeze
7. Zodiac Suite: Virgo / Libra / Aries
8. Carioca
9. A Night in Tunisia

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Dizzy Gillespie and His Big Band in Concert (1948)

mp3 @ 320 kbps - Audio CD (January 21, 1992)

Original Release Date: July 26, 1948
Label: Gnp Crescendo

Recorded live at the Civic Auditorium, Pasadena, California on July 19, 1948

Dizzy Gillespie (trumpet)
Dave Burns, Elmon Wright, Willie Cook (trumpet); Jesse Tarrant, Bill Sheperd (trombone);
Ernie Henry, John Brown (alto saxophone); James Moody, Joe Gayles (tenor saxophone); Cecil Payne (baritone saxophone)
James Foreman (piano); Nelson Boyd (bass); Teddy Stewart (drums); Chano Pozo (congas).

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Ool-Ya-Koo
'Round About Midnight
Stay On It
Good Bait
One Bass Hit
I Can't Get Started
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Bill Evans - Turn Out The Stars: The Final Village Vanguard Recordings (1980) [6 CD]

Bill Evans - Turn Out The Stars: The Final Village Vanguard Recordings (1980) [6 CD Box Set]
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© 1996 Warner Bros.

Recorded live at the Village Vanguard, N Y C in June 1980

Bill Evans
piano
Marc Johnson
bass
Joe LaBarbera
drums

CD 1
1. Bill's Hit Tune
2. Nardis
3. If You Could See Me Now
4. The Two Lonely People
5. Laurie
6. My Romance
7. Tiffany
8. Like Someone In Love
9. Letter To Evan
Total Time: 01:09:18

CD 2
1. Days Of Wine And Roses
2. Emily
3. My Foolish Heart
4. Nardis
5. Yet Ne'er Broken
6. Quiet Now
7. But Not For Me
8. Spring Is Here
9. Autumn Leaves
Total Time: 01:02:48

CD 3
1. Your Story
2. Re: Person I Knew
3. Polka Dots And Moonbeams
4. The Two Lonely People
5. Theme From M*A*S*H
6. Tiffany
7. Turn Out The Stars
8. Laurie
9. My Romance
10. Knit For Mary F.
11. Midnight Mood
12. Time Remembered
Total Time: 01:10:23

CD 4
1. Days Of Wine And Roses
2. Up With The Lark
3, Nardis
4. Your Story
5. Yet Ne'er Broken
6. If You Could See Me Now
7. Bill's Hit Tune
8. Tiffany
9. In Your Own Sweet Way
Total Time: 01:08:51

CD 5
1. I Do It For Your Love
2. Five
3. Polka Dots And Moonbeams
4. Bill's Hit Tune
5. Turn Out The Stars
6. Days Of Wine And Roses
7. But Not For Me
8. Knit For Mary F.
9. Like Someone In Love
10. Quiet Now
Total Time: 01:03:52

CD 6
1. Emily
2. Nardis
3. Knit For Mary F.
4. Like Someone In Love
5. Letter To Evan
6. Minha
7. A Sleepin' Bee
8. My Romance/Five
Total Time: 01:01:59

Just three months before his death, pianist BIll Evans was extensively recorded at the Village Vanguard. Originally, one or two LPs were to be released featuring his brilliant new trio (with bassist Marc Johnson and drummer Joe LaBarbera), but after the innovative pianist's death, the project was stalled for over 15 years. Finally, when Warner Bros. got around to it, a definitive six-CD box set was released (although unfortunately in limited-edition form). Evans sounded quite energized during his last year, Johnson was developing quickly as both an accompanist and a soloist, and the interplay by the trio members (with subtle support from LaBarbera) sometimes bordered on the telepathic. The playing throughout these consistently inventive performances ranks up there with the Evans-Scott LaFaro-Paul Motian trio of 20 years earlier.

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Bill Evans at the Village Vanguard in 1961

Bill Evans - The Complete Village Vanguard Recordings, 1961 (2005)
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Recorded live at the Village Vanguard, N Y C on June 25, 1961

Bill Evans
Piano
Scott LaFaro
Bass, Double Bass
Paul Motian
Drums

CD 1
1 Spoken Introduction :43
2 Gloria's Step [alternate take/excerpt] LaFaro 5:41
3 Alice in Wonderland [Take 1] Fain, Hilliard 7:04
4 My Foolish Heart Washington, Young 4:58
5 All of You [Take 1] Porter 8:14
6 Announcement and Intermission 1:44
7 My Romance [Take 1] Hart, Rodgers 7:08
8 Some Other Time Bernstein, Comden, Green 4:58
9 Solar Davis 8:52

CD 2
10 Gloria's Step [Take 2] LaFaro 6:07
11 My Man's Gone Now Gershwin, Heyward 6:20
12 All of You [Take 2] Porter 8:28
13 Detour Ahead [Take 1] Carter, Ellis, Frigo 7:17
14 Discussing Repertoire :30
15 Waltz for Debby [Take 1] Evans, Lees 6:46
16 Alice in Wonderland [Take 2] Fain, Hilliard 8:30
17 Porgy (I Loves You, Porgy) Gershwin, Heyward 6:08
18 My Romance [Take 2] Hart, Rodgers 7:26
19 Milestones Davis 6:31

CD 3
20 Detour Ahead [Take 2] Carter, Ellis, Frigo 7:40
21 Gloria's Step [Take 3] LaFaro 7:01
22 Waltz for Debby [Take 2] Evans, Lees 6:57
23 All of You [Take 3] Porter 8:17
24 Jade Visions [Take 1] LaFaro 4:11
25 Jade Visions [Take 2] LaFaro 4:04
26 ...A Few Final Bars 1:15

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Sonny Rollins A Night At The Village Vanguard (1957)

Sonny Rollins - Live At The Village Vanguard (1957) [1999 Blue Note RVG Remaster]

MP3 @320 - 139 MB + 165 MB | FLAC (tracks) CUE LOG - 282 MB + 357 MB | Full Artwork Scans - 13 MB

Recorded live at the Village Vanguard, New York City on November 3, 1957

Sonny Rollins - tenor saxophone | Donald Bailey - bass * | Wilbur Ware - bass
Pete La Roca - drums * | Elvin Jones - drums

Disk 1
1. A Night In Tunisia - 8:16 *
2. I've Got You Under My Skin - 10:03
3. A Night in Tunisia (Evening Take) - 9:03
4. Softly As In A Morning Sunrise (Alternate Take) - 6:43
5. Four - 8:26
6. Introduction - 0:20
7. Woody 'N' You - 8:29
8. Introduction - 0:36
9. Old Devil Moon - 8:19
Total time: 01:00:22

Disk 2
1. What Is This Thing Called Love - 14:03
2. Softly As In A Morning Sunrise - 8:03
3. Sonnymoon For Two - 8:46
4. I Can't Get Started - 4:54
5. I'll Remember April - 9:20
6. Get Happy - 9:08
7. Striver's Row - 5:59
8. All The Things You Are - 6:46
9. Get Happy (Short Version) - 4:38
Total time: 01:11:43

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CD1 — Part 1 | Part 2
CD2 — Part 1 | Part 2

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CD1 — Part 1 | Part 2 | Part 3 | Part 4
CD2 — Part 1 | Part 2 | Part 3 | Part 4 | Part 5

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Warne Marsh Live at the Montmartre Club

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Live at the Montmartre Club in 1975

Jazz Exchange Vol.1

Warne Marsh and Lee Konitz with Lennie Tristano and
the pianist Ole Kock Hansen, bassist Niels-Henning Ørsted Pedersen and either Alex Riel or Svend Erik Norregard on drums

1 - April Tristano 9:38
2 - Blues by Lester (Pound Cake) Young 7:44
3 - Lennie-Bird Tristano 8:28
4 - You Stepped Out of a Dream Brown, Kahn 10:10
5 - Kary's Trance Konitz 4:04
6 - Background Music Marsh 10:50

Jazz Exchange Vol.2

Warne Marsh and Lee Konitz with
the guitarist Dave Cliff, bassist Peter Ind and drummer Alan Levitt

1 - Kary's Trance
2 - Foolin' Myself
3 - Sound-Lee
4 - Two Voice Invention No.1. Allegro (Bach)
5 - Two Not One
6 - Darn That Dream
7 - 317 East 32nd Street
8 - Two Voice Invention No.13. Allegro tranquillo (Bach)

Jazz Exchange Vol.3

Warne Marsh and Lee Konitz with
the guitarist Dave Cliff, bassist Peter Ind and drummer Alan Levitt

01 - Just Friends
02 - You Don't Know What Love Is
03 - Back Home
04 - Little Willie Leaps
05 - Old Folks
06 - Au Privave

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Jazz Exchange Vol.2
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Jazz Exchange Vol.3
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The Thad Jones and Mel Lewis Quartet at the Airliner Lounge 1977

Recorded at the Airliner Lounge, Miami, Florida, September 24, 1977

Thad Jones - Cornet
Mel Lewis - Drums
Rufus Reid - Bass
Harold Danko - Piano

01 But not for me (Gershwin) 16:30
02 This can't be love (Rogers & Hart) 3:52
03 Autumn Leaves (Kosma & Mercer) 15:25
04 What is this thing (Jones & Lewis) 4:45

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The Birdland - a great sense of the room, and the clientele!

Erroll Garner and Art Tatum perform at Birdland, 1952
Photo by Marcel Fleiss

According to Ebony editor Allan Morrison:
"Birdland was both a cultural vantage point and a barometer of trends where all the big names in jazz performed."

Lennie Tristano Live at Birdland 1949

Live At Birdland - 1949
+ solo piano - 1945

1 Remember Tristano 7:40
2 Pennies Tristano 5:45
3 Foolish Things Tristano 4:06
4 Indiana Tristano 5:42
5 I'm No Good Without You Tristano 4:19
6 Glad Am I Tristano 2:57
7 This Is Called Love Tristano 2:42
8 Blame Me Tristano 2:42
9 I Found My Baby Tristano 2:42

Lennie Tristano - Warne Marsh - Billy Bauer - Arnold Fishkin - Jeff Morton

Jazz Records

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The name Lennie Tristano was conspicuously absent from Ken Burns' monolithic jazz documentary. That's no small omission; Tristano's group, which included the saxophonists Warne Marsh and Lee Konitz (also ignored by Burns) was the first to record what later came to be known as free jazz -- music improvised without pre-ordained melodies, harmonies, or meter. Needless to say, that wasn't mentioned by Burns, either. Tristano did it in 1949, the year this record was recorded, with what is essentially the same band (Konitz is absent here, though he was a regular member of Tristano's group at the time). This record gives no direct evidence of the band's free jazz experiments -- although Tristano is given composer's credit on all cuts, the disc is comprised mostly of standard harmonic frameworks played without reference to theme. However, it does reflect the band's prevailing emphasis on unfettered linear improvisation. The quintet tracks here were recorded by the group's bassist, Arnold Fishkin, during performances at the old Birdland in New York. The solo piano cuts were recorded in Chicago, four years earlier. The sound's rough, but not unlistenable, especially given the historical implication of the music. Listening to this is like being a fly on the wall of the world's most famous jazz club, witnessing history in the making. It really can't be said that Tristano's piano style was cut from whole cloth -- there's too much of a Bud Powell influence -- but there have been few musicians on any instrument who played with more spontaneous melodic invention. Two others who did were Marsh and guitarist Billy Bauer, also present here; this band placed great importance of creating "in the moment," and listening to this music made over 50 years ago reminds listeners of the value in such an approach. Little jazz being made at the turn of the millennium rivals this set in terms of raw creativity. Popular misconceptions aside, this is an important document.
Review by Chris Kelsey

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On Stage At Birdland

Charlie 'Bird' Parker and Dizzy Gillespie
with young John Coltrane saxophone and Tommy Potter on bass
at Birdland, the New York night club named after Parker, in 1951 (probaby late March).
(Photo by Frank Driggs Collection/Getty Images)

Stan Getz - The Birdland Sessions 1952

Splendid live recording from Birdland in the spring and summer of 1952

Stan Getz, Jimmy Raney, Horace Silver, Charlie Mingus,
Connie Kay, Duke Jordan, Gene Ramey, Phil Brown

Tracklist:
01 Woody'n You
02 Yesterdays
03 The Song is You
04 I Only Have Eyes For You
05 Move06 Long Island Sound
07 'Round Anout Midnight
08 Spotlite
09 Yesterdays
10 Potter's Luck
11 I Can't Get Started
12 Parker 51
13 My Old Flame
14 Move

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The Village Gate Jazz Club

Exterior view of the Village Gate Jazz Club on Bleeker Street in Greenwich Village, December 24, 1991.
(Photo by New York Times Co./Sara Krulwich/Getty Images)

Nina Simone - Nina At Newport (1960)

МР3, 320 kbps stereo

Recorded live at the Newport Jazz Festival, Newport, Rhode Island on June 30, 1960.

Nina Simone (vocals, piano) : Al Shackman (guitar) : Chris White (bass) :Bobby Hamilton (drums)

1. Trouble In Mind 5:31
2. Porgy 5:07
3. Li'l Liza Jane 4:34
4. You'd Be So Nice To Come Home To 5:25
5. Flo Me La 7:13
6. Nina's Blues 6:10
7. In The Evening By The Moonlight 6:09

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Nina Simone

Hunter College Concert Poster.
Art D'Lugoff Concert Series.21 October 1960.
Ex coll.- Village Gate Archive

Nina Simone - At The Village Gate 1961

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Recorded live at the Village Gate, New York City in 1961

Nina Simone (vocals, piano)
Al Shackman (guitar) : Chris White (bass) : Rob Hamilton (drums)

01. Just in Time (Lyrics) (Betty Comden, Adolph Green, Jule Styne) (6:15)
02. He Was Too Good to Me (Richard Rodgers, Lorenz Hart) (4:58)
03. House of the Rising Sun (Lyrics) (Public Domain, Traditional) (4:34)
04. Bye Bye Blackbird (Ray Henderson, Mort Dixon) (8:26)
05. Brown Baby (Oscar Brown, Jr.) (5:50)
06. Zungo (Michael Olatunji) (2:53)
07. If He Changed My Name (Robert MacGimsey) (4:04)
08. Children Go Where I Send You (Nina Simone, Traditional) (7:56)

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Milt Jackson Quintet Live At The Village Gate 1963

MP3/320Kbps/115.6Mb/Playing time 53 mins/cover included

Recorded at the "Village Gate", NYC, December 9, 1963

Jimmy Heath tenor saxophone Milt Jackson vibes Hank Jones piano Bob Cranshaw bass Albert "Tootie" Heath drums

1. Bags Of Blue
2. Little Girl Blue
3. Gemini
4. Gerri's Blues
5. Time After Time
6. Ignunt Oil
7. Willow Weep For Me
8. All Members

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The Village Gate

The Legendary Oscar Peterson Trio At The Blue Note 1990

Recorded at the the Blue Note Club in New York City on March 16-18 1990

Oscar Peterson on piano - Herb Ellis on guitar
Ray Brown on bass - Bobby Durham on drums

Disc 1 - Live At The Blue Note
1. Introductions 1:57
2. Honeysuckle Rose 8:53
3. Let There Be Love 12:03
4. Peace for South Africa 10:58
5. Sushi 8:15
6. Medley: I Remember You/A Child Is Born/Tenderly 15:14
7. Sweet Georgia Brown 9:35
8. Blues for Big Scotia 6:28

Disc 2 - Saturday Night At The Blue Note
1 Kelly's Blues (12:29)
2. Nighttime (10:20)
3. Medley: Love Ballade / If You Only Knew (11:05)
4. You Look Good To Me (6:46)
5. Old Folks (6:52)
6. Reunion Blues (7:34)
7. Song To Elitha (12:14)

Disc 3 - ...Last Call At The Blue Note
1. Jim (7:16)
2. Yours Is My Heart Alone (11:44)
3. Medley: It Never Entered My Mind / Body And Soul (9:18)
4. Wheatland (8:54)
5. Medley: Our Waltz / Adagio / Bach's Blues (10:00)
6. March Past (7:36)
7. Blues Etude (7:33)

Disc 4 - Encore At The Blue Note
1. Falling In Love With Love (9:38)
2. Here's That Rainy Day (9:04)
3. Medley: Goodbye Old Girl / He Has Gone (13:11)
4. The Gentle Waltz (8:36)
5. Billie's Bounce (9:27)
6. The More I See You (5:18)
7. I Wished On The Moon (8:49)
8. Cool Walk (10:46)

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Coleman Hawkins At The Birdland (1952)

MP3/320Kbps/69.1Mb/Playing time 32.1 mins/covers included

Recorded at the 'Birdland' in New York on September 1952

Coleman Hawkins on tenor sax : Horace Sillver on piano : Curley Russell on bass : Art Blakey on drums
on trumpet Roy Eldridge on side A and Roy Howard Mc Ghee on side B

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Coleman Hawkins Alive ! At the Village Gate 1962

Recorded at Art D'Lugoff's Village Gate, New York, on August 13 & 15, 1962

Coleman Hawkins tenor sax
Tommy Flanagan piano
Major Holley bass
Ed Locke drums

01 All the Things You Are (From "Very Warm for May) (Hammerstein, Kern) 8:16
02 Joshua Fit the Battle of Jericho (traditional) 10:42
03 Mack the Knife (Weil, Brecht) 8:49
04 It's the Talk of the Town (Levinson, Symes, Neiburg) 9:28
05 Bean and the Boys (Hawkins) 7:02
06 If I Had You (Shapiro, Campbell, Connelly) 8:35

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