FJD Playlist for October 25, 2009

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Pete Jolly Trio—Don’t Worry About Me—Timeless―VSOP 1969

Shirley Horn—New York On Sunday―Travelin’ Light―Impulse 1965

Barney Kessel—Easy Like―Contemporary 1953

Marcus Strickland—Middle Man—Idiosyncracies―Strick Muzik 2009

Fred Woodard Trio—1715—UJam 2001

Joshua Redman—Make Sure You’re Sure―Wish―Warner Brothers 1993

Donald Byrd―Voyage A Deux―Harlem Blues―Landmark 1988

Nat King Cole Trio—I Wanna Turn Out My Light―The Trio Recordings—LaserLight early 1940s

Steve Turre—Back In The Day—TNT: Trombone ‘n Tenor―Telarc 2001

Dave Liebman—Teo―Monk’s Mood―Double Time 1999

Ray Charles―Mess Around―The Birth Of Soul―Atlantic 1953

Hugh Masekela―Bajabula Bonke (Healing Song)―The Americanization of Ooga Booga―MGM 1962

Wayne Shorter―Speak No Evil―Blue Note 1964

Ron Affif Trio―Bohemia After Dark―52nd Street―Pablo 1995


Records From Aunt Ruth Entry

“The Washington-Lee Swing”

Tommy Gwaltney and the Jolly Rogers

Concert By The Sea ― The First Virginia Beach Jazz Festival

WBOF & The Vee Bee Record Company

Result: Treasure! 8 Treasure Votes to 0 Trash Votes

FJD Playlist for October 18, 2009

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Jerry Bergonzi—Gecko Plex—The Tenorist―Savant 2007

Johnny Griffin—Call It Whachawana―Galaxy 1983

Amos Milburn—Milk And Water―The Best of Amos Milburn: Down The Road Apiece ―Aladdin 1954

Jerry Bergonzi—Channeling—Wiggy―Double Time 2000

Johnny Griffin—Isfahan—The Jazz Masters: 100 Anos de Swing―Folio 1996

Chris Byars—Milton―Photos In Black, White & Gray―Small’s 2006

The Ramsey Lewis Trio—Thanks For The Memory―Never On Sunday—Argo 1961

The Ian Hamer Sextet—Hamer-philia—Acropolis―Jasmine 1973

Dom Minasi Trio—Don’t Get Around Much Any More―Takin’ Out The Duke―CDM Records 2001


Records From Aunt Ruth Entry

Jimmy McGriff

“The Way You Look Tonight”

1969 Solid State Records

Available in eight track tape and cassette!

Result: Treasure! 6 Treasure Votes to 0 Trash Votes


Two-Of-A-Kind Entry

The Rodgers & Hart composition “I Didn’t Know What Time It Was”

Version 1: Anita O’Day from The Rodgers & Hart Songbook – We’ll Have Manhattan (Original recording: An Evening With Anita O’Day, recorded in 1956) for Norgran/Verve Records

Version 2: Buster Williams from record Something More, Concord Records, recorded in 1989 for In & Out Records

FJD Playlist for October 11, 2009

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Robert Glasper—Down Time—Double Booked―Blue Note 2009

Robert Glasper—59 South—Double Booked―Blue Note 2009

Milt Jackson—Minor Conception—Second Nature: The Savoy Sessions—Savoy 1956

Massimo Sammi—Encryption—First Day―www.massimosammi.com

George Coleman—Amsterdam After Dark—George Coleman―Timeless 1979

Charles Thomas—Seven Steps To Heaven―The Legend of Charles Thomas―Space Time Records 2003 (1992)

Oliver Nelson—Hoe-Down—Blues and the Abstract Truth―Impulse 1961

Courtney Pine—Miss-Interpret―Journey To The Urge Within―Antilles 1986

Chet Baker Big Band—Worrying The Life Out Of Me―Pacific Jazz 1956

Ben Webster & Harry “Sweets” Edison—Blue For The Blues—The Soul of Ben Webster―Verve 1957

Kenny Garrett—Wayne’s Thang—Sketches Of MD: Live At The Iridium―Mack Avenue 2008

Gene Shaw Quintet—Autumn Walk—Breakthrough―Dusty Groove/Argo 1962

Sonny Rollins—Scoops―Sonny Rollins with the MJQ―Prestige 1951

John McNeil—Escape From Beigeland―Sleep Won’t Come―OmniTone 2004


Records From Aunt Ruth Entry

Robert Shure & The Heikki Sarmanto Quartet

“What Is This Place? What’s Going On?”

Man With A Sax ― An Adventure

1986 Cadence Records

Result: Trash! 1 Treasure Votes to 8 Trash Votes


Two-Of-A-Kind Entry

The Duke Ellington – Bob Russell composition “Do Nothin’ ‘Til You Hear From Me”

Version 1: Billie Holiday & Her Orchestra, recorded for Verve Records in 1956

Version 2: Al Cohn from record Tour De Force, Concord Records, live performance from 1981

FJD Playlist for September 27, 2009

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Ralph Burns (with Lee Konitz)—Places Please—Free Forms―Clef 1950

T.K. Blue—Nostalgia In Times Square—Eyes Of The Elders—Arcadia Jazz

Walter Brown & The Jay McShann Orchestra—Please Stop Playing Those Blues, Boy—Mercury 1947

Brian Jones’ Boots of Leather—Tua Imagem―Rich Man, Poor Man―Slang Sanctuary 2007 http://www.slangsanctuary.com/

Brother Jack McDuff—Sanctified Waltz―Sanctified!―Prestige 1961

Dave Liebman—Down Time―Blues All Ways―Omnitone 2007

Sharkey Bonano—Temptation Rag—Sharkey’s Southern Comfort―Capitol 1950

Paul Vornhagen—Wake-up Call―Heart―Bopo 2001

Paul Vornhagen—My Heart Stood Still―Heart―Bopo 2001

Kenny Garrett—Equinox—Pursuance―Warner Brothers

Benjamin Herman—Prozak―The London Session―Roach 2005

Roy Eldridge—Willow Weep For Me―The Strolling Mr. Eldridge―Verve 1953

Al Hibbler & The Tab Smith Orchestra—Fat and Forty―Capitol 1946

Django Rheihardt—Ain’t Misbehavin’

Shorty Rogers—Short Stop

Jimmy Rushing—Your Red Wagon