FJD Playlist For December 7, 2007

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Joe Negri—Jingle Bells— Guitars For Christmas—MCG Jazz 2003

Joe Negri—Joy— Guitars For Christmas—MCG Jazz 2003

Bruce Gertz 5tet—SoulTrane— Discovery Zone—Ram 1996

Bill Charlap—Cool—Somewhere: The Songs of Leonard Bernstein—Blue Note 2004

Dave Burns—Tali—Dave Burns—Vanguard early 60s

Tubby Hayes—No, I Woodyn’t—The Swinging Giant, Vol 1—Jazmine (reissue) recorded 1956

Bill Evans—Santa Claus Is Comin’ To Town—Trio ‘64—Verve Records 1963

Ray Reed Quintet—Stealing Home—Once Upon A Reed—Sea Breeze 2004 (rec. 1999)

Roswell Rudd (with Steve Riddick)—Stokey—Broad Strokes—Knitting Factory 2000

Zoot Sims—Pies Danzantes (Tickle Toe)—New Beat Bossa Nova, Vol. 2—Colpix 19XX

Maria Schneider—Sky Blue—Sky Blue—ArtistShare 2007

Bill Coleman—I Ain’t Got Nobody—Three Generation Jam—77 Records 1969

Ornette Coleman—Alpha—Something Else!!—Contemporary 1958

Joe Lovano—Web Of Fire—Tenor Legacy—Blue Note 1994

Sonny Red—Bluesville—Out Of The Blue—Blue Note 1959

Vince Guaraldi—Skating—A Charlie Brown Christmas—Fantasy 1965

Records From Aunt Ruth Entry

“Orn”

Jimmy Stewart

An Engineer of Sounds

Cadence Jazz Records 1984

Result: Trash! 2 Treasure Votes to 6 Trash Votes

Two-Of-A-Kind Entry

The composition “Thou Swell” composed by Richard Rodgers & Lorenz Hart. Introduced in 1927 for the Mark Twain-inspired play A Connecticut Yankee.

Version 1: Joe Williams with the Count Basie Orchestra, recorded in 1956, featured on the collection The Rogers & Hart Songbook on Verve Records

Wendell Culley, Reunald Jones, Thad Jones, Joe Newman, trumpets; Henry Coker, Bill Hughes, Benny Powell, trombones; Bill Graham, Marshall Royal, alto saxes; Frank Foster, Frank Wess, tenor saxes; Charlie Fowlkes, bass; Count Basie, piano; Freddie Green, piano; Eddie Jones, bass; Sonny Payne, drums; Buddy Bregman, arranger.

Version 2: Sarah Vaughan, recorded in 1957 at the Famous Mister Kelly’s in Chicago

Sarah Vaughan, vocals; Ronnell Bright, piano; Richard Davis, bass; Roy Haynes, drums.