FJD Memorial Day Show

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Pete Jolly—Stars and Stripes Forever—Timeless―VSOP 1969

Louis Jordan—G.I. Jive—Five Guys Names Moe, Vol. 2—MCA

The Clyde Hart All-Stars—4-F Blues—The Continental Sessions, Vol. 1—1945

Art Pepper—True Blues—Five Guys Names Moe, Vol. 2—Galaxy 1979

Mel Davis—You’re An Old Smoothie—Trumpet With A Soul—Epic 195?

Erin Bode—Holiday—Over And Over―MaxJazz 2006

Dexter Gordon—Number Four—Daddy Plays The Horn—Bethlehem 1955

Ornette Coleman—Call To Duty—Sound Grammar—2006

The Gene Harris Quartet—Will You Still Be Mine—Black and Blue—Concord 1991

Monty Budwig—Handful of Stars—Dig—Concord 1978

Wynton Marsalis—Modern Vistas (As Far As The Eyes Can See)—Citi Movement―Columbia 1993

Grant Green—Green Jeans—Matador—Blue Note 1965

Chris Byars—Manhattan Valley—Photos In Black, White and Gray—Small’s 2006

Phil Woods—The Last Page—Musique du bois―Muse 1974

Roger Carroll & Anthony Dowd—These Foolish Things—I’ve Never Been In Love Before


Records From Aunt Ruth Entry

Gerry Mulligan

“The Shadow Of Your Smile”

Feelin’ Good

Limlight Records

Result: Treasure! 4 treasure votes to 2 trash votes


Two-Of-A-Kind Entry

The Duke Ellington composition “Azure”

Version 1: Ella Fitzgerald and Duke Ellington from Ella at Duke’s Place, recorded for Verve Records in 1965

Version 2: Chico Hamilton Quintet from The Original Ellington Suite, recorded in 1958 for Pacific Jazz

"American Jazz Man" artwork by Anthony Falbo, 2004