FJD Playlist for August 23, 2009 – Sun Ra Sunday

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Sun Ra & His Arkestra—The Satellites Are Spinning—Space Is The Place Soundtrack―1974

Sun Ra & His Arkestra—Ancient Aethopia—Jazz In Silhouette―1958

Sun Ra & His Arkestra—Opus In Springtime—Mayan Temples―1990

Sun Ra & His Arkestra—We’ll Wait For You—Space Is The Place Soundtrack―1974

Sun Ra & His Arkestra—Hours After—Jazz In Silhouette―1958

Jim Hall—Frisell Frazzle—Dialogues―Telarc 1995

Horace Parlan—Up And Down―Blue Note

Red Norvo Trio—You Are Too Beautiful—The Red Norvo Trios―Prestige 1953

Miles Davis—Seven Steps To Heaven―Columbia 1963

Miles Davis— I Fall In Love Too Easily—Seven Steps To Heaven―Columbia 1963

Freddy Cole—Sunday Kind Of Love—This Is The Life―Savoy 1995

Andrew Hill—Legacy—Compulsion―Blue Note 1965

Steve Davis—Cousin Mary―Crossfire―Criss Cross 1998


Records From Aunt Ruth Entry

Hank Crawford

More Soul

“Boo’s Tune” and “Angel Eyes”

1960 Atlantic Records

This week’s FJD blog question: Who is playing the baddest saxophone these days? (and by “bad”, I mean good). Let me hear from you!

FJD Playlist for August 16, 2009

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Les Paul Tribute Record

Galloping Guitars―Decca 1951 10” Record

Blue Skies

Dark Eyes

Steel Guitar Rag

Guitar Boogie

Begin The Beguine

Dream Dust

Jimmy Greene—Revelation—Mission Statement―RazDaz 2009

Dave McKenna—Along With Me—This Is The Moment―CBS 1988

Lee Morgan―Carumba!―Blue Note 1968

Don Byron—(The press made) Rodney King (responsible for the LA riots)―Music for Six Musicians―Nonesuch 1995

Hank Mobley—The Turnaround—Blue Note 1963

Brian Jones New Trio—Banjo (for Ry Cooder)—Antipol―Slang Sanctuary 2007

Roy Haynes Quartet—Snap Crackle―Out Of The Afternoon―Impulse 1962

Teddy Charles—Blues Without Woe—Dances With Bulls―Smalls Records 2008

Oran Etkin—Not A Waltz—Kelenia―Motema 2009


Records From Aunt Ruth Entry

Clark Terry

“The Mumbler Strikes Again”, “Big Spender”

and “Rum and Mumbles”

Angyumaluma Bongliddleany Nannyany Awhan Yi!

1969 Mainstream Records

Result: Trash! 6 Trash Votes to 1 Treasure Vote

FJD Playlist for August 9, 2009

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Freddy Cole—A Place In The Sun (Movin’ On)—This Is The Life―Savoy 1995

Freddy Cole—Don’t Change Your Mind About Me—This Is The Life―Savoy 1995

Fred Hersch—Insensativ—Fred Hersch Play Jobim―Palmetto 2009

T.K. Blue—Nostalgia In Times Square—Eyes Of The Elders—Arkadia 2000

Dizzy Gillespie—Dizzy Atmosphere―Savoy 1945

Marty Ehrlich―Turn, Circle and Spin—Line On Love―Palmetto 2003

Aaron Binder—Untitled Latin—Bang The Drum Quickly―2004

Eric Alexander Quartet—We All Love Eddie Harris―Prime Time―Highnote 2008

Oran Etkin—Brink—Kelenia―Motema 2009

The Ian Hamer Sextet—Cambridge Crescent—Acropolis―Jasmine 1966

Brian Lynch—Clairvoyance—Spheres Of Influence―Sharp Nine 1997

Gil Melle—Nice Question―Patterns In Jazz―Blue Note 1956


Records From Aunt Ruth Entry

Gerry Mulligan

“Dance All Day Sunday” & “A Weed In Disneyland”

Age Of Steam

1971 A&M Records



Two-Of-A-Kind Entry

The Hoagy Carmichael – Mitchell Parish composition “Star Dust”

Version 1: Hoagy Carmichael, recorded for Decca Records in 1942

Version 2: Ella Fitzgerald, recorded for Decca Records in 1954

FJD Playlist for August 2, 2009

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Cannonball Adderley—Our Delight—Cannonball’s Sharpshooters―Emarcy 1958

Cannonball Adderley—What’s New—Cannonball’s Sharpshooters―Emarcy 1958

Cannonball Adderley—Fuller Bop Man—Cannonball’s Sharpshooters―Emarcy 1958

Cannonball Adderley—Jubilation—Cannonball’s Sharpshooters―Emarcy 1958

Arturo Sandoval—Eso Es Lo Que Hay—Live At The Blue Note—Half Note 2004

Samson Trinh Lounge Union Orchestra w/ Terri Simpson—To You, Near You, With You―Very Strange Night―Lounge Union 2006

Toshiko Akiyoshi-Lew Tabackin Big Band—Tanuki’s Night Out―JAM 1981

Marcel Ivery—Blues Walk—Marchel Ivery Meets Joey DeFrancesco―Leaning House 1997

Rex Richardson—One Finger Snap—Pandora’s Pocket―Igmod 1997

Al “Stomp” Russell Trio—Let’s Go Down The Road—West Coast Jive―Delmark 1946

Gerry Mulligan—Black Nightgown—Night Watch―United Artists 1961

Vijay Iyer—I’m All Smiles—Tragicomic―Sunnyside 2008

Benjamin Herman—Rumbone—Get In―A Records 1999

Eddie “Lockjaw” Davis—I Only Have Eyes For You—Prestige 1963


Records From Aunt Ruth Entry

The Quartette Tres Bien

“Moon River” & “Harambee”

Where It’s At

1966 Decca Records

Result: Treasure! 5 Treasure Votes to 2 Trash Votes


Two-Of-A-Kind Entry

The Rogers & Hart composition “It Never Entered My Mind”

Version 1: Sarah Vaughan, recorded for Verve Records in 1956

Version 2: Miles Davis from recording Workin’ With The Miles Davis Quintet, Prestige 1956