Combo Plate - September 26, 2008

Artist: Danny Gatton
Track: Dolly’s Ditty
Album: New York Stories (Blue Note)

Artist: John Jorgenson
Track: In Memory of Danny Gatton
Album: Franco-American Swing (Proper)

Artist: Danny Gatton
Track: One for Lenny
Album: New York Stories (Blue Note)

Artist: Miles Davis
Track: Paraphernalia
Album: Miles in the Sky (Columbia)

Artist: Elvin Jones
Track: Dear John C.
Album: Dear John C. (Impulse)

Artist: Anton Schwartz
Track: Sneaking Suspicion
Album: Radiant Blue (AntonJazz)

Artist: Milt Jackson-Joe Pass-Ray Brown-Mickey Roker
Track: Grooveyard
Album: Quadrant (Pablo)

Artist: Lew Soloff
Track: All Blues
Album: Yesterdays (ProJazz)

Artist: George Benson
Track: So What
Album: Beyond the Blue Horizon (CBS/CTI)

Artist: Howard Alden-Ken Peplowski
Track: Since We Met
Album: Encore! (Concord)

Artist: Kenny Drew
Track: Prelude to a Kiss
Album: If You Could See Me Now (SteepleChase)

Artist: Andy Martin-Bill Liston
Track: Before the Storm
Album: Walkin’ the Walk (Chartmaker)

Artist: Bobby Hutcherson
Track: Theme from “Blow Up”
Album: Oblique (Blue Note)

Artist: Geoff Keezer
Track: Once Upon a Dream
Album: World Music (Columbia)

Artist: Ron Carter-Jim Hall
Track: Indian Summer
Album: Telepathy (Concord)

Artist: John Colianni
Track: Basin Street Blues
Album: At Maybeck, Vol. 37 (Concord)

Just a Taste - September 25, 2008

Artist: Shelly Manne
Track: Whisper Not
Album: At the Black Hawk, Vol. 3 (Contemporary)

Artist: Dizzy Gillespie
Track: Stablemates
Album: Birks Works (Verve)

Artist: Art Farmer-Benny Golson Jazztet
Track: Along Came Betty
Album: (Contemporary)

Artist: Dizzy Gillespie
Track: Birks Works
Album: Dizzy Gillespie's Big 4 (Pablo)

Artist: Charles Neville
Track: Diverse
Album: Charles Neville & Diversity (LaserLight)

Artist: Eddie Costa
Track: My Funny Valentine
Album: Complete [Trio] Recordings (Lone Hill Jazz)

Artist: Earl Hines
Track: Portrait of Fats Waller
Album: Grand Reunion (Limelight)

Artist: Branford Marsalis
Track: The Ballad of Chet Kincaid
Album: Crazy People Music (Columbia)

Artist: Wynton Marsalis
Track: New Orleans
Album: Marsalis Standard Time, Vol. 1 (Columbia)

Artist: Delfeayo Marsalis
Track: Brer Rabbit
Album: Minions Dominion (Troubador Jass)

Artist: McCoy Tyner w/ Derek Trucks
Track: Greensleeves
Album: Guitars (McCoy Tyner Music)

Artist: Lew Tabackin
Track: Trackin'
Album: Trackin' (RCA [Japan])

Artist: Dizzy Gillespie
Track: Cup Bearers
Album: Something Old - Something New (Philips)

Combo Plate - September 19, 2008

Artist: Kenny Clarke-Francy Boland Big Band
Track: Sabbath Message
Album: Now Hear Our Meanin’ (Columbia)

Artist: Kenny Clarke
Track: When Lights Are Low
Album: Klook’s the Man (Proper)

Artist: Kenny Clarke-Francy Boland Big Band
Track: Om Mane Padme Hum
Album: Clarke-Boland Big Band (Atlantic)

Artist: Gary Burton-Chick Corea
Track: I’m Your Pal
Album: Crystal Silence (ECM)

Artist: Along Came Betty
Track: Harrison Is My Pal
Album: Apple Brown Betty (Along Came Betty)

Artist: Jimmy Bruno
Track: Pat’s House
Album: Like That (Concord)

Artist: Barbara Dennerlein
Track: Open and Free
Album: Straight Ahead! (enja)

Artist: Ray Anderson
Track: Love Me or Leave Me
Album: Old Bottles—New Wine (enja)

Artist: Paul Brusger
Track: Peaceful Moments
Album: Go to Plan B (CAP)

Artist: Charles Mingus
Track: Flamingo
Album: Tijuana Moods (RCA Victor)

Artist: Jaki Byard
Track: Amarcord
Album: Amarcord Nino Rota (Hannibal)

Artist: Martin Taylor
Track: James
Album: Spirit of Django (Linn)

Artist: Dexter Gordon
Track: It’s You or No One
Album: Doin’ Allright (Blue Note)

Artist: Duke Pearson
Track: Heavy Legs
Album: Honeybuns (Atlantic)

Artist: Sal Nistico
Track: I Should Care
Album: Empty Room (RED)

Artist: Dizzy Gillespie et al
Track: Tour de Force
Album: Village Vanguard Live Sessions (LaserLight)

Artist: Thad Jones-Mel Lewis band
Track: Ah’ That’s Freedom
Album: Village Vanguard Live Sessions (LaserLight)

Just a Taste - September 18, 2008

Artist: Benny Goodman
Track: Why You?
Album: Benny Goodman in Moscow (RCA Victor)

Artist: Ron McClure
Track: Milk and Cookies
Album: Pink Cloud (Naxos Jazz)

Artist: René Thomas
Track: The Continental
Album: The Real Cat (Gitanes)

Artist: Lew Tabackin
Track: How Deep Is the Ocean?
Album: Tabackin (Inner City)

Artist: Zoot Sims
Track: I'm Getting Sentimental Over You
Album: Zoot Sims' Party (Choice)

Artist: Ryan Kisor
Track: I've Never Been in Love Before
Album: The Usual Suspects (Fable)

Artist: Modern Jazz Quartet w/ Illinois Jacquet & Harry "Sweets" Edison
Track: Memories of You
Album: MJQ & Friends (Atlantic)

Artist: Bruce Eskovitz
Track: Invitation
Album: Invitation (Pacific Coast Jazz)

Artist: Ellis Marsalis
Track: Epistrophy
Album: An Open Letter to Thelonious (ELM)

Artist: Four Freshmen
Track: Angel Eyes
Album: Four Freshmen & Five Trombones (Capitol)

Artist: Woody Herman
Track: Four Others
Album: Early Autumn (Discovery)

Artist: Anita O'Day
Track: No Moon at All
Album: This Is Anita (Verve)

Artist: The Rath Pack
Track: Jitterbug Waltz
Album: Live in London (Woodville)

Artist: J.J. Johnson & Kai Winding
Track: Theme from Picnic
Album: The Great Kai & J.J. (Impulse)

Artist: OneUpOneDown
Track: In the Ditch
Album: Straight to Plan B (OUOD)

Artist: Tal Farlow
Track: Petticoat High
Album: The Complete Verve Tal Farlow Sessions (Mosaic)

Artist: George Cables
Track: Up Jumped Spring
Album: Morning Song (HighNote)

Artist: Eddy Louiss
Track: Bags' Groove
Album: Bohemia After Dark (Gitanes)

Artist: Jessica Williams
Track: Summer Song
Album: At Maybeck, Vol. 21 (Concord)

Artist: Zoot Sims
Track: Cocktails for Two
Album: Zoot at Ease (Famous Door)

Artist: Dexter Gordon
Track: Soy Califas
Album: A Swingin' Affair (Blue Note)

Combo Plate - September 12, 2008

Artist: Cal Collins
Track: So What
Album: In San Francisco (Concord)

Artist: Cal Collins
Track: Stairway to the Stars
Album: By Myself (Concord)

Artist: Cal Collins
Track: Tumbling Tumbleweeds
Album: Ohio Style (Concord)

Artist: Clifford Brown All-Stars
Track: What Is This Thing Called Love?
Album: Brownie - The Complete EmArcy Recordings (EmArcy)

Artist: Tommy Flanagan-Kenny Barron
Track: The Way You Look Tonight
Album: Together (Denon)

Artist: Jimmy Heath
Track: Forever Sonny
Album: Little Man Big Band (Verve)

Artist: Sonny Rollins
Track: The Bridge
Album: The Bridge (RCA Victor)

Artist: Joe Thomas
Track: Black Beauty
Album: The Duke Ellington/Billy Strayhorn Songbook (Verve)

Artist: Dizzy Gillespie
Track: Whisper Not
Album: Birks Works (Verve)

Artist: Jim McNeely
Track: Zingaro
Album: At Maybeck (Concord)

Artist: Jack Walrath
Track: Children
Album: Master of Suspense (Blue Note)

Artist: Lenny Breau-Brad Terry
Track: Indiana
Album: The Living Room Tapes (Art of Life)

Artist: Harold Land
Track: Mirror-mind Rose
Album: The Fox (Contemporary/OJC)

Artist: Byron Stripling
Track: Julliette’s Holiday
Album: Stripling Now! (Nagel Heyer)

Artist: Gerry Mulligan-Stan Getz
Track: A Ballad
Album: Getz Meets Mulligan in Hi-Fi (Verve)

Artist: Mimi Fox
Track: Denny’s Tune
Album: She’s the Woman (Favored Nations)

Artist: Joe Henderson
Track: Johnny Come Lately
Album: Lush Life (Verve)

Just a Taste - September 11, 2008

Artist: Zoot Sims
Track: The Jeep Is Jumping
Album: The Swinger (Pablo)

Artist: Luther Hughes and the Cannonball-Coltrane Project
Track: Fast Trak
Album: Spectacular! (Primrose Lane)

Artist: Stéphane Grappelly-Jean-Luc Ponty
Track: Pent-up House
Album: The Violin Summit (Prestige)

Artist: Clifford Brown-Max Roach
Track: Powell's Prances
Album: Brownie (EmArcy)

Artist: Lew Tabackin
Track: Cottontail
Album: Trackin' (RCA [Japan])

Artist: Fats Navarro
Track: Double Talk
Album: The Fats Navarro Story (Proper)

Artist: Mingus Dynasty
Track: A Chair in the Sky
Album: Chair in the Sky (Elektra)

Artist: Count Basie
Track: Red Bank Blues
Album: Basie Jam (Pablo)

Artist: Count Basie
Track: Smack Dab in the Middle
Album: Newport 1957 (Verve)

Artist: Eddy Louiss
Track: Ow!
Album: Bohemia After Dark (Gitanes)

Artist: Raphaël Fays
Track: Duke and Dukie
Album: Django & Classic (Le Chant du Monde)

Artist: René Thomas
Track: Burt's Pad
Album: Guitaristic (FiveFour)

Artist: Bill Mays
Track: I Let a Song Go Out of My Heart
Album: An Ellington Affair (Concord)

Artist: Bill Mays
Track: Boardwalk Blues
Album: At Maybeck, Vol. 26 (Concord)

Artist: Art Farmer
Track: Downwind
Album: On the Road (Contemporary)

Artist: Bucky Pizzarelli
Track: In a Mellotone
Album: A Portrait (Stash)

Artist: Gene Krupa
Track: As Long as I Live
Album: hey...Here's gene krupa! (Verve)

Combo Plate - September 5, 2008

Artist: Charlie Barnet
Track: Charleston Alley
Album: Cherokee (RCA Bluebird)

Artist: Charlie Barnet
Track: The Moose
Album: Bebop Spoken Here (Proper)

Artist: Charlie Barnet
Track: Reflections
Album: Hittin’ on All Six (Proper)

Artist: Charlie Barnet
Track: Afternoon of a Moax
Album: Cherokee (RCA Bluebird)

Artist: Charlie Barnet
Track: Blue Juice
Album: Hittin’ on All Six (Proper)

Artist: Charlie Barnet
Track: Claude Reigns
Album: Bebop Spoken Here (Capitol)

Artist: Charlie Barnet
Track: Bebop Spoken Here
Album: Bebop Spoken Here (Proper)

Artist: Amina Figarova
Track: Come Escape with Me
Album: Come Escape with Me (Munich)

Artist: Dexter Gordon
Track: Shiny Stockings
Album: Getting’ Around (Blue Note)

Artist: Eddie Palmieri
Track: Tin Tin Deo
Album: Listen Here! (Concord)

Artist: Art Farmer
Track: Maiden Voyage
Album: Maiden Voyage (Denon)

Artist: Charles Mingus
Track: Self-portrait in Three Colors
Album: Mingus Ah Um (Columbia)

Artist: Howard Roberts
Track: Parking Lot Blues
Album: The Real Howard Roberts (Concord)

Artist: Franck Amsallem
Track: Out a Day
Album: New York Stories (Blue Note)

Artist: Andy Panayi
Track: Old Reliable
Album: Blown Away (Ronnie Scott’s Jazz House)

Artist: Scott Hamilton
Track: Isfahan
Album: Our Delight! (Woodville)

Artist: Thelonious Monk
Track: Evidence
Album: with John Coltrane at Carnegie Hall (Blue Note)

Artist: Curtis Counce
Track: Pink Lady
Album: Carl’s Blues (Contemporary/OJC)

Artist: Barney Kessel-Herb Ellis-Charlie Byrd
Track: Topsy
Album: Great Guitars (Concord)

Artist: Art Pepper
Track: How Can You Lose?
Album: Smack Up (Contemporary)

Artist: Stéphane Grappelli
Track: Parisian Thoroughfare
Album: Parisian Thoroughfare (Arista Freedom)

Artist: Chick Corea
Track: Celia
Album: Remembering Bud Powell (Stretch)

Just a Taste - September 4, 2008

Artist: Eddy Louiss
Track: Bohemia After Dark
Album: Bohemia After Dark (Gitanes)

Artist: René Thomas
Track: Relaxin' at the Grand Balcon
Album: The Real Cat (Gitanes)

Artist: Kenny Clarke
Track: Bohemia After Dark
Album: Klook's the Man (Proper)

Artist: Lenny Breau
Track: The Claw
Album: The Velvet Touch of Lenny Breau (RCA Victor)

Artist: Tal Farlow
Track: Walkin'
Album: The Complete Verve Tal Farlow Sessions (Mosaic)

Artist: Tal Farlow
Track: Blues in the Closet
Album: The Complete Verve Tal Farlow Sessions (Mosaic)

Artist: Cam Newton
Track: Cumulus Waltz
Album: Welcome Aliens (Inner City)

Artist: Richie Kamuca
Track: Some Other Spring
Album: Quartet 1976 (Jazzz)

Artist: Shelly Manne
Track: Take the Coltrane
Album: Essence (Galaxy)

Artist: Sonny Rollins
Track: You Do Something to Me
Album: The Bridge (RCA Victor)

Artist: Count Basie
Track: Alright, Okay, You Win
Album: Newport 1957 (Verve)

Artist: Sonny Rollins
Track: Grand Street
Album: Brass/Trio (Verve)

Artist: Count Basie
Track: I'm Shoutin' Again
Album: Golden Archive (MGM)

Artist: Chet Baker
Track: Barbados
Album: Chet Is Back! (RCA [Italy])

Artist: Gary Burton
Track: Tying Up Loose Ends
Album: New Quartet (ECM)

Artist: Chico O'Farrill
Track: Green Moss
Album: Nine Flags (Impulse)

Artist: Oscar Aléman
Track: Improvisaciones sombre Boogie Woogie
Album: Swing Guitar Masterpieces (Acoustic Disc)

Artist: Tal Farlow
Track: Telefunky
Album: The Complete Verve Tal Farlow Sessions (Mosaic)

Artist: Kenny Clarke
Track: Telefunken Blues
Album: Klook's the Man (Proper)

Today was also Gerald Wilson's 90th birthday! I've been a big fan of Gerald's music since the 1960s, and I was able to do an extra half-hour of just Gerald's recordings. I could have actually played an entire day's worth of his music, but I hope you got a chance to hear, and enjoy, this all-too-brief survey.

Track: Blues for Yna Yna
Album: The Complete Pacific Jazz Recordings of Gerald Wilson and His Orchestra (Mosaic)

Track: Musette
Album: In My Time (Mack Avenue)

Track: Yard Dog Mazurka
Album: Jenna (Discovery)

Track: Carlos
Album: State Street Sweet (MAMA)

Track: In the Limelight
Album: The Complete Pacific Jazz Recordings of Gerald Wilson and His Orchestra (Mosaic)