Friday, October 31, 2008

Combo Plate - October 31, 2008

Artist: Dizzy Gillespie
Track: Russian Lullaby
Album: Dizzy Gillespie's Big 4 (Pablo)

Artist: Gordon Brisker
Track: These Are the Jokes
Album: The Gift (Naxos Jazz)

Artist: Bobby Shew-Gary Foster
Track: I Never Knew Clifford
Album: Play the Music of Reed Kotler (Torii)

Artist: Joanne Brackeen
Track: Pin Drum Song-Celebration
Album: Ancient Dynasty (Columbia/Tappan Zee)

Artist: Vincent Herring
Track: Stable Mates
Album: Ends and Means (HighNote)

Artist: Gerry Mulligan
Track: Barbara's Theme
Album: "I Want to Live" ST (Ryko)

Artist: Edmund Velasco
Track: Smoke Rises at Midnight
Album: Smoke Rises (GemTone)

Artist: Bill Watrous-Pete Christlieb
Track: Theme from "Chinatown"
Album: Kindred Spirits (Summit)

Artist: Jimmy Bruno
Track: Unit Seven
Album: Like That (Concord)

Artist: Scott Hamilton
Track: Save Your Love for Me
Album: Across the Tracks (Concord)

Artist: Don Braden
Track: Saving All My Love for You
Album: Organic (epicure)

Artist: Grant Green
Track: Minor League
Album: Solid (Blue Note)

Artist: Terence Blanchard
Track: I'm in the Mood for Love
Album: Let's Get Lost (Sony)

Artist: John Colianni
Track: What's Your Story, Morning Glory?
Album: Live at Maybeck, Vol. 37 (Concord)

Artist: Hadley Caliman
Track: Linda
Album: Gratitude (Origin)

Thursday, October 30, 2008

Just a Taste - October 30, 2008

Artist: Gerry Mulligan
Track: Blueport
Album: Complete Verve Gerry Mulligan Concert Band Sessions (Mosaic)

Artist: Billy Eckstine
Track: Second Balcony Jump
Album: Bebop Spoken Here (Proper)

Artist: John Blount
Track: Naima
Album: Better Days Ahead (SeaBreeze)

Artist: Eddy Louiss
Track: Insomnie
Album: Sentimental Feeling (Dreyfus Jazz)

Artist: Kenny Clarke-Francy Boland Big Band
Track: Sonor
Album: Clarke-Boland Big Band (Atlantic)

Artist: Martial Solal
Track: It Don’t Mean a Thing
Album: Dodecaband Plays Ellington (Dreyfus Jazz)

Artist: Count Basie
Track: I’m Shoutin’ Again
Album: Golden Era Series (MGM)

Artist: Shorty Rogers
Track: Basie Eyes
Album: West Coast Jazz (Proper)

Artist: Benny Carter
Track: Lonesome Nights
Album: Central City Sketches (Musical Heritage Society)

Artist: Duke Pearson
Track: A Taste of Honey
Album: Introducing Duke Pearson’s Big Band (Blue Note)

Artist: Carl Saunders
Track: Some Bones of Contention
Album: Be Bop Big Band (SeaBreeze)

Artist: Buddy Childers
Track: The “Bone” Zone
Album: It’s What’s Happening Now! (Candid)

Artist: Duke Ellington
Track: Solitude
Album: Masterpieces by Ellington (Columbia)

Artist: Woody Herman
Track: Apple Honey
Album: Memorial (RCA Victor)

Artist: Artie Shaw
Track: Innuendo
Album: 1949 (Jazz Heritage)

Artist: Dizzy Gillespie
Track: Manteca
Album: Gillespiana (Verve)

Artist: Gerald Wilson
Track: Latino
Album: Moment of Truth (Pacific Jazz)

Artist: Stan Kenton
Track: El Congo Valiente
Album: Cuban Fire! (Capitol)

Artist: Boyd Raeburn
Track: Duck Waddle
Album: Jewells (Savoy)

Artist: Art Pepper
Track: Bernie’s Tune
Album: Art Pepper + Eleven (Contemporary)

Wednesday, October 29, 2008

Combo Plate - October 24, 2008

Artist: Oscar Peterson
Track: Sushi
Album: Live at the Blue Note (Telarc)

Artist: Oscar Peterson
Track: Solar Winds
Album: Night Child (Pablo)

Artist: Oscar Peterson
Track: On Green Dolphin Street
Album: The Sound of the Trio (Verve)

Artist: Terry Gibbs
Track: You Don’t Know What Love Is
Album: Main Stem (Contemporary)

Artist: Joanne Brackeen
Track: Sixate
Album: Snooze (Choice)

Artist: Jackie McLean
Track: Our Love Is Here to Stay
Album: The Best of Jackie McLean (Prestige New Jazz)

Artist: Gerry Mulligan-Paul Desmond
Track: Line for Lyons
Album: Gerry Mulligan-Paul Desmond Quartet (Verve)

Artist: J.J. Johnson
Track: Stolen Moments
Album: Say When (RCA)

Artist: Ron McClure
Track: Flamenco Sketches
Album: Inspiration (Ken)

Artist: Hot Club of San Francisco
Track: Armando’s Rumba
Album: QHCSF (Hot Club)

Artist: Stan Getz
Track: Windows
Album: Sweet Rain (Verve)

Artist: Chick Corea-Bela Fleck
Track: Señorita
Album: The Enchantment (Concord)

Artist: Duke Ellington
Track: Ad Lib on Nippon
Album: Far East Suite (RCA Victor)

Artist: Duke Ellington-John Coltrane
Track: My Little Brown Book
Album: The Gentle Side of John Coltrane (Impulse)

Artist: Tommy Dorsey
Track: The Minor Goes Muggin’
Album: The Best of Dorsey, Vol. 2 (RCA {France])

Artist: Duke Pearson
Track: ESP
Album: Wahoo! (Blue Note)

Artist: Don Ellis
Track: Alone
Album: Electric Bath (Columbia)

Artist: George Russell
Track: Lydiot
Album: Ezz-thetics (Riverside)

Thursday, October 23, 2008

Just a Taste - October 23, 2008

Artist: Gary McFarland
Track: Schlock-House Blues
Album: Point of Departure (Impulse)

Artist: Louis Hayes-Junior Cook
Track: The Moontrane
Album: Ichi-Ban (Timeless)

Artist: Ruby Braff-Roger Kellaway
Track: Basin Street Blues
Album: Inside & Out (Concord)

Artist: Edmund Velasco
Track: Revenge of the Red Band
Album: Smoke Rises (GemTone)

Artist: Joanne Brackeen
Track: New True Illusion
Album: New True Illusion (Timeless)

Artist: René Thomas
Track: West Coast Blues
Album: Meeting Mr. Thomas (Gitanes)

Artist: Dexter Gordon
Track: Ernie's Tune
Album: Dexter Gordon (Blue Note Re-Issue Series)

Artist: Gary Burton
Track: Ladies in Mercedes
Album: Generations (Concord)

Artist: Roy Hargrove
Track: Broski
Album: Diamond in the Rough (Novus)

Artist: Ira Sullivan
Track: Gong
Album: Peace (Galaxy)

Artist: Carmell Jones
Track: Twisted
Album: In Europe; 1965-66 (Prestige)

Artist: Anat Cohen
Track: Ingênuo
Album: Noir (Anzic)

Artist: Grant Green
Track: Talkin' About J.C.
Album: Talkin' About (Blue Note)

Artist: Dizzy Gillespie
Track: Jitterbug Waltz
Album: Dizzy Gillespie's Big 4 (Pablo)

Artist: Marian McPartland
Track: Clothed Woman
Album: Live at Maybeck, Vol. 9 (Concord)

Artist: René Thomas
Track: 'Tis Autumn
Album: Guitaristic (FiveFour)

Friday, October 17, 2008

Combo Plate - October 17, 2008

Artist: Rosemary Clooney
Track: Hooray for Hollywood
Album: Sings the Lyrics of Johnny Mercer (Concord)

Artist: Tommy Dorsey w/ Sy Oliver
Track: Come Rain or Come Shine
Album: The Best of Dorsey, Vol. 2 (RCA [France])

Artist: Kitty Margolis
Track: Too Marvelous for Words
Album: Live at the Jazz Workshop (Mad-Kat)

Artist: Louis Jordan
Track: G.I. Jive
Album: The Stars Salute Johnny Mercer (Classic Popular)

Artist: Bobby Bland
Track: Blues in the Night
Album: Here’s the Man!!! (Duke)

Artist: Eden Atwood
Track: For Every Man There’s a Woman
Album: A Harold Arlen Songbook (Concord)

Artist: Bobbe Norris & Larry Dunlap
Track: Last Night When We Were Young
Album: Hoisted Sails (Four Directions)

Artist: Jimmie Lunceford
Track: Blues in the Night
Album: Blues in the Night (Decca)

Artist: Bing Crosby, Jack Teagarden & Mary Martin
Track: The Waiter, the Porter, and the Upstairs Maid
Album: Bing Crosby & Friends (ASV)

Artist: Red Norvo w/ Mildred Bailey
Track: A Porter’s Long Song to a Chambermaid
Album: Knockin’ on Wood (ASV)

Artist: Roberta Gambarini
Track: Multi-Colored Blue
Album: Easy to Love (Kindred Rhythm)

Artist: Mark Murphy & Sheila Jordan
Track: Where You At?
Album: Stolen…and Other Moments (32Jazz)

Artist: Anita O’Day
Track: Old Devil Moon
Album: Anita Sings the Most (Verve)

Artist: Modern Jazz Quartet w/ Bobby McFerrin & Take 6
Track: Bags’ Groove
Album: MJQ & Friends (Atlantic)

Artist: Jackie & Roy
Track: Bidin’ My Time
Album: High Standards (Concord)

Artist: Jackie & Roy
Track: It’s So Peaceful in the Country
Album: East of Suez (Concord)

Artist: Jackie & Roy
Track: Looking at You
Album: The ABC-Paramount Years (Koch)

Artist: Irene Kral
Track: I Let a Song Go Out of My Heart
Album: The Band and I (Capitol)

Artist: Jackie & Roy
Track: Whisper Not
Album: The ABC-Paramount Years (Koch)

Artist: Jackie & Roy
Track: Don’t Be Blue
Album: East of Suez (Concord)

Artist: Dianne Reeves
Track: Side by Side
Album: The Grand Encounter (Blue Note)

Artist: Mark Murphy
Track: Our Love Rolls On
Album: Songbook (32Jazz)

Artist: Dianne Reeves
Track: Afro Blue
Album: I Remember (Blue Note)

Artist: Anita O’Day
Track: Travelin’ Light
Album: Jazz ‘Round Midnight (Verve)

Artist: Dave Frishberg
Track: You Are There
Album: Classics (Concord)

Thursday, October 16, 2008

Just a Taste - October 16, 2008

Artist: Terry Gibbs
Track: Main Stem
Album: Main Stem (Contemporary)

Artist: Lionel Hampton
Track: Date with Oscar
Album: The High and the Mighty (Verve)

Artist: Carmell Jones
Track: That Kaycee Thing
Album: In Europe; 1965-66 (Prestige)

Artist: Stan Kenton
Track: Fuego Cubano
Album: Cuban Fire! (Capitol)

Artist: Chico O'Farrill
Track: Aromatic Tabac
Album: Nine Flags (Impulse)

Artist: Oscar Alemán
Track: Daphne
Album: Swing Guitar Masterpieces (Acoustic Disc)

Artist: Dizzy Gillespie
Track: Doodlin'
Album: [Newport 1957] (Verve)

Artist: Kenny Drew
Track: Oleo
Album: If You Could See Me Now (SteepleChase)

Artist: OneUpOneDown
Track: Soft Spoken
Album: Straight to Plan B (OUOD)

Artist: Elvin Jones
Track: Reza
Album: Puttin' It Together (Blue Note)

Artist: Joanne Brackeen
Track: Ancient Dynasty
Album: Ancient Dynasty (Columbia/Tappan Zee)

Artist: Stan Kenton
Track: La Quera Baila
Album: Cuban Fire! (Capitol)

Artist: Al Gafa
Track: Affirmation
Album: Leblon Beach (Pablo)

Artist: Dizzy Gillespie
Track: November Afternoon
Album: Something Old - Something New (Philips)

Artist: Gerry Mulligan
Track: Blue at the Roots
Album: Compact Jazz (Mercury)

Artist: Duke Ellington
Track: Sweet & Pungent
Album: Blues in Orbit (Columbia)

Artist: Charles Lloyd
Track: You Know I Love You
Album: Weavings (Pacific Arts)

Monday, October 13, 2008

Combo Plate - October 10, 2008

Artist: Wes Montgomery
Track: Come Rain or Come Shine
Album: Full House (Riverside)

Artist: Wes Montgomery
Track: Sandu
Album: Movin’ Along (Riverside/OJC)

Artist: Wes Montgomery
Track: Four on Six
Album: Smokin’ at the Half Note (Verve)

Artist: Gordon Brisker
Track: Catharsis
Album: The Gift (Naxos Jazz)

Artist: Ben Aronov-Jay Leonhart
Track: One for the Rhode
Album: Alone Together (WolfRose)

Artist: Steve Turre
Track: Woody & Bu
Album: Right There (Antilles)

Artist: Art Blakey
Track: Lester Left Town
Album: Best of Art Blakey and the Jazz Messengers (Blue Note)

Artist: Woody Herman
Track: Count Down
Album: Woody and Friends (Concord)

Artist: Louis Hayes-Junior Cook
Track: Ichi-Ban
Album: Ichi-Ban (Timeless)

Artist: Tommy Flanagan
Track: Main Stem
Album: The Tokyo Recital (Pablo/OJC)

Artist: Jazz Crusaders
Track: The Freedom Sound
Album: The Festival Album (Pacific Jazz)

Artist: Charlie Byrd-Laurindo Almeida
Track: Carioca
Album: Brazilian Soul (Concord)

Artist: New York Jazz Collective
Track: I Don’t Know This World without Don Cherry
Album: I Don’t Know This World without Don Cherry (Naxos Jazz)

Artist: Brad Mehldau
Track: Nice Pass
Album: Warner Jams, Vol. 1 (Warner Bros.)

Artist: Shorty Rogers-Bud Shank
Track: Blood Count
Album: A Billy Strayhorn Songbook (Concord)

Artist: Oscar Peterson-Milt Jackson
Track: On Green Dolphin Street
Album: Very Tall (Verve)

Artist: Oscar Peterson
Track: I Feel Pretty
Album: West Side Story (Verve)

Thursday, October 09, 2008

Just a Taste - October 9, 2008

Artist: Stan Getz
Track: Waltz for a Lovely Wife
Album: Nobody Else but Me (Verve)

Artist: Stan Getz
Track: Só Danço Samba
Album: Getz Plays Jobim (Verve)

Artist: Stan Getz
Track: I’m Late, I’m Late
Album: Focus (Verve)

Artist: Red Garland
Track: Our Delight
Album: The Red Garland Quintets (Prestige Profiles)

Artist: Count Basie Orchestra
Track: Clanks
Album: Basie’s Bag (Telarc)

Artist: Urbie Green
Track: On the Street Where You Live
Album: North Sea Jazz Session, Vol. 2 (Jazz World)

Artist: Duke Ellington
Track: Midriff
Album: Piano in the Background (Columbia)

Artist: Gerry Mulligan
Track: Lady Chatterley’s Mother
Album: Concert Jazz Band (Verve)

Artist: Clare Fischer
Track: Upper Manhattan Medical Group
Album: Thesaurus (Atlantic)

Artist: Roland Kirk
Track: Three for the Festival
Album: We Free Kings (EmArcy)

Artist: Modern Jazz Quartet
Track: Ralph’s New Blues
Album: La Ronde (Proper)

Artist: Oscar Peterson-Stéphane Grappelli
Track: Looking at You
Album: Peterson/Grappelli (Prestige)

Artist: Roy Hargrove
Track: Mr. Bruce
Album: Habana (Verve)

Artist: Carla Bley
Track: Ad Infinitum
Album: Dinner Music (WATT)

Artist: Joe Lovano
Track: Sleepy Giant
Album: Village Rhythm (Soul Note)

Artist: Sarah Jane Cion
Track: Last Cha-Cha in Longbeach
Album: Moon Song (Naxos Jazz)

Artist: Emily Remler
Track: Joy Spring
Album: Standards (Concord)

Artist: Pamela York
Track: Mama’s Midnight Hour
Album: The Way of Time (Jazzful Heart)

Artist: Herbie Hancock
Track: Cantaloupe Island
Album: Cantaloupe Island (Blue Note)

Friday, October 03, 2008

Combo Plate - October 3, 2008

Artist: Horace Silver
Track: Home Cookin’
Album: The Best of Horace Silver (Blue Note)

Artist: Art Pepper
Track: Opus de Funk
Album: Art Pepper + Eleven (Contemporary)

Artist: Horace Silver
Track: Que Pasa
Album: The Best of Horace Silver, Vol. Two (Blue Note)

Artist: Pepper Adams
Track: Bouncing with Bud
Album: Ephemera (Zim)

Artist: Roberta Gambarini-Hank Jones
Track: You Are There
Album: You Are There (EmArcy)

Artist: Tommy Flanagan
Track: Off Minor
Album: Thelonica (enja)

Artist: Pratt Bros. Big Band
Track: Big Bad Basie
Album: 16 Men & a Chick Singer Swingin’ (CAP)

Artist: Irene Kral
Track: Memphis in June
Album: The Band and I (Capitol)

Artist: Carl Saunders
Track: Never Always
Album: Be Bop Big Band (SeaBreeze)

Artist: Dizzy Gillespie
Track: Kush
Album: An Electrifying Evening (Verve)

Artist: Dizzy Gillespie
Track: Hurry Home
Album: Dizzy Gillespie’s Big 4 (Pablo)

Artist: Dizzy Gillespie
Track: This Lovely Feeling
Album: Something Old, Something New (Philips)

Artist: Bill Evans
Track: Twelve Tone Tune
Album: Piano Player (Columbia)

Artist: John Hart
Track: Rite of Passion
Album: Bridges (Concord)

Artist: Serge Chaloff
Track: Bob the Robin
Album: Boston Blow-up! (Capitol)

Artist: Bobby Shew-Carl Fontana
Track: The Night Has a Thousand Eyes
Album: Heavyweights (MAMA)

Artist: McCoy Tyner
Track: I Mean You
Album: Supertrios (Milestone)

Artist: Gary McFarland
Track: How to Succeed in Business without Really Trying
Album: The Jazz Version (Verve )

Thursday, October 02, 2008

Just a Taste - October 2, 2008

Artist: Great Guitars (Byrd, Ellis, Kessel)
Track: Favela
Album: An Antonio Carlos Jobim Songbook (Concord)

Artist: Tubby Hayes
Track: C Minor Bird
Album: Quartet in Scandinavia (Storyville)

Artist: Alan Broadbent
Track: Along Came Betty
Album: Moment's Notice (Chilly Bin)

Artist: McCoy Tyner w/ John Scofield
Track: Mr. P.C.
Album: Guitars (HalfNote)

Artist: Karrin Allyson
Track: Outono (Stay)
Album: Imagina (Concord)

Artist: Ludovic Beier
Track: Absenthe
Album: Chilltimes (City)

Artist: Bill Mays-Ed Bickert
Track: On the Trail
Album: Bill Mays / Ed Bickert (Concord)

Artist: Bill Mays
Track: Lush Life
Album: At Maybeck, Vol. 26 (Concord)

Artist: Bill Mays
Track: "Flower" Medley
Album: An Ellington Affair (Concord)

Artist: Ralph Peterson
Track: Axis Mundi
Album: Presents the Fo'tet (Blue Note)

Artist: McCoy Tyner w/ Bela Fleck
Track: My Favorite Things
Album: Guitars (HalfNote)

Artist: Hank Garland
Track: Ain't Nothing Wrong with That, Baby
Album: Move! (Euphoria Jazz)

Artist: Stan Getz
Track: How Long Has This Been Going On?
Album: A Gershwin Songbook (Concord)

Artist: Art Blakey
Track: I Love You
Album: A Cole Porter Songbook (Concord)

Artist: Dick Hyman-Ralph Sutton
Track: Always
Album: An Irving Berlin Songbook (Concord)

Artist: Larry Willis
Track: Three-Four Movement
Album: The Offering (High Note)

Artist: Larry Willis
Track: Theme from "Star Trek"
Album: The Offering (High Note)