FJD Playlist for April 25, 2010

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Patience Higgins’ Sugar Hill Quartet―Let’s Cool One―Live in Harlem―Mapleshade 1998

Jean Cocteau Accompagne Par L’Orchestre De Dan Parrish―La Toison d’or/Holidays―Jazz In Paris: Champs-Elysees 1929

Jason Moran―Arizona Landscape―Artist In Residence―Blue Note 2006

Chico Hamilton Quintet―Brazil―Who’s Who In The Swinging Sixties―Columbia 1962

The Gerry Mulligan Concert Jazz Band―Thruway―Who’s Who In The Swinging Sixties―Columbia 1962

Louis Armstrong―Hesitating Blues―Louis Armstrong Plays W.C. Handy―Columbia 1956

Brian Jones Wurlitzer Trio―Cut College―A.M. Thrift—Slang Sactuary 2009

Bob Albanese Trio with Ira Sullivan―Major Minority―One Way/Detour—Zoho 2009

Cliff “King” Solomon―But Officer!―The Okeh Rhythm & Blues Story 1949-1957

Kenny Dorham―Falling In Love With Love―Jazz Contrasts―Riverside 1957

David Friesen―On The Road With Jazz―Four To Go―ITMP 1996

Walter Davis, Jr.―S’make It―Davis Cup―Blue Note 1960

Garland Wilson―Mood Indigo―Jazz In Paris: Champs-Elysees 1933

Herbie Nichols Project―Strange City―Palmetto 2001


Records From Aunt Ruth Entry

Eddie Harris

Playin’ With Myself

RCA 1979

Result: Treasure! 6 Treasure Votes to 0 Trash Votes


Two-Of-A-Kind Entry

The Fats Navarro composition “Nostalgia”

Version 1: Fats Navarro, recorded for Savoy Records in 1947

Version 2: Sean Lyons, from the record Roar Of Lyons, recorded for Posi-Tone in 2009

FJD Playlist for April 18, 2010

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Taylor Eigsti―Freedom Jazz Dance―Lucky To Be Me―Concord 2006

Eric Alexander―Flying Fish―Up, Over and Out―Delmark 1995

Herbie Nichols―Shuffle Montgomery―The Complete Blue Note Recordings Savoy―1955

Richard Berry―Next Time―R&B Confidential―Flair 195?

Tal Farlow Quartet―I’ve Got The World On A String―Cookin’ On All Burners―Concord 1983

Benjamin Herman―Catnap―Campert―Roach 2007

Tadd Dameron and his Orchestra―On A Misty Night ―The Magic Touch—Riverside 1962

Miles Davis Quintet―Stella By Starlight―Live at the Plugged Nickel―Columbia 1965

Marcus Strickland Trio―Middle Man―Idiosyncrasies―2009

Ian Hamer Sextet―Cambridge Crescent―Acropolis―Jasmine 1966

Stephanie Nakasian―What A Little Moonlight Can Do―Remembering Billie―Inner City 2009

Anton Schwartz―Don’t Ask―The Slow Lane―AntonJazz 2000

Bobby Hutcherson―Les Noir Marchant―Dialogue―Blue Note 1965

Jackie Terrasson―The Rat Race―Reach―Blue Note 1995

Joe Houston―Cornbread and Cabbage Greens―Specialty―1952

Herbie Hancock―Driftin’ ―Takin’ Off―Blue Note 1962


Records From Aunt Ruth Entry

Jimmy Rowles

The Special Magic of Jimmy Rowles

"Grooveyard"

Halcyon 1974

FJD Playlist for April 11, 2010

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Dave Douglas―Mary’s Idea―Soul On Soul―RCA Victor 2000

Bud Shank―Have Blues, Will Travel―Pacific 1957

Babe Wallace―Whistlin’ At The Chicks―1946

Joe Henderson―Happy Reunion―The State Of The Tenor—Blue Note 1985

Bill Barron―Groovin’―The Hot Line―Savoy 1962

The Bad Plus―Keep The Bugs Off Your Glass And The Bears Off Your Ass―These Are The Vistas―Sony 2003

Jaz Sawyer & Irwin Mayfield―20/20 Live At The Blue Note―Sandu―PED 1999

Thelonious Monk Quartet with John Coltrane―Blue Monk―Live At Carnegie Hall―Blue Note 1957

Mezz Mezzrow―Everybody Loves My Baby―The RCA Victor Encyclopedia of Recorded Jazz 10” Comp

Freddie Hubbard―Blue Frenzy ―Breaking Point―Blue Note 1964

Dexter Gordon―Little Red’s Fantasy―Homecoming: Live at The Village Vanguard―Columbia 1977

Benjamin Herman―I Dreamed In The Cities At Night―Campert―Roach 2007

Chico Hamilton―Mallet Dance―Man From Two Worlds―Impulse 1964

JJ Johnson’s Reboppers―Jay Bird―Savoy 1946

Babs Gonzales―Everything’s Cool―1947

David Friesen―Dr. Jackal―Four To Go―ITM 1996


Records From Aunt Ruth Entry

Helen Merrill with Teddy Wilson

Helen Sings, Teddy Swings!

I Cried For You

Catalyst 197?

Result: Treasure! 6 Treasure Votes to 0 Trash Votes


Two Of A Kind Entry

The composition “One Note Samba”, written by Astrud Gilberto

Version 1: Herb Ellis, recorded in 1961 for Verve Records recording Softly…But With That Feeling

Version 2: The Butterbean Jazz Quartet, recorded in 2009 for Courthouse Records

FJD Playlist for March 28, 2010

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Tubby Hayes & The Jazz Couriers―Message To The Messengers―1956

Chris Vasi―Dat Dere―Vesuvius―Fortuitous 2009

Terry Gibbs Dream Band―You Go To My Head―1959

Shirley Horn―Wouldn’t It Be Loverly―I Love You, Paris—Gitanes 1994

Brother Jack McDuff―Undecided ―Hallelujah Time―Prestige 1967

The Vinson Valega Group―I Knew You’d Say That―Biophilia―Consilience

Grant Green―He’s A Real Gone Guy―First Session―Blue Note 1960

Falkner Evans Trio―Floating From Florence―Climbing The Gates―Consolidated Artists 2006

Mal Waldron Quintet―Snake Out―The Seagulls of Kristiansund―Soul Note 1989

Carmell Jones―Just In Time―Jay Hawk Talk―Prestige 1965

Jackie McLean―Eco―Right Now!―Blue Note 1965


Records From Aunt Ruth Entry

The Kirby Stone Four

The “Go” Sound

Fake Out Baby

Warner Brothers 1959

Result: Tie! 5 Treasure Votes to 5 Trash Votes


Two Of A Kind Entry

The composition “Fooling Myself”, written by Jack Lawrence

Version 1: Billie Holiday and Lester Young with the Teddy Wilson Orchestra, recorded in 1937 for Brunswick Records

Version 2: Joe Williams, from the record Prez & Joe with Dave Pell’s Prez Conference, recorded in 1986 for GNP Crescendo