May 3rd 2010

East St Louis Toodle-Oo   3:42 Duke Ellington Jazz Greats Rockin' In Rhythm (Ellington/Miley) MC #002  Louis Metcalf, Bubber Miley tpt; Joe Nanton tbn; Otto Hardwick cl, a sax; Harry Carney b sax, a sax, cl; Duke Ellington p; Fred Guy bj; Wellman Braud b; Sonny Greer d. 19/12/27 New York City  On the 29th of April 1899, Duke Ellington was born in Washington DC. He died on 24th of May 1974 in New York.

Swing Session (Soda Fountain Rag)   1:49 Duke Ellington CABU Jazz Masters - Une anthologie 1928-1954 - At the Piano (Soda Fountain Rag) (Duke Ellington) 2007  

East of the Sun   2:55 Sarah Vaughan Interlude - 1944-1947 (Brooks Bowman) Classics #958 Dizzy Gillespie tpt; Aaron Sachs cl; Leonard Feather p; Chuck Wayne g; Jack Lesberg b; Morey Feld d. recorded in New York City 1944 - 1946 

Everything Happens to Me   3:09 The Art Pepper Quartet The Best of West Coast Jazz (Matt Dennis) Disconforme #10204 Art Pepper cl, a sax; Carl Perkins p; Ben Tucker b; Chuck Flores d. 1957 released 2004  

The Spell Of The Blues 3:12 The Dorsey Brothers Orchestra The Jazz Arranger Volume 1 (1928-1940) (D Dreyer/H Ruby/A Johnson) Cbs #465678 2 Arr Glen Miller tbn; s Leo McCorville s Fuzzy Farrar Phil Napoleon tpt; s Tommy Dorsey tpt, tbn; Jimmy Dorsey Arnold Brillhart cl, a sax; Herb Spencer t sax; Arthur Schutt p; Eddie Lang g; Hank Stern tu; Stan King d. Bing Crosby voc. ? violin; New York City 26/1/1929  Bing Crosby vocalist b. 2nd of May 1904 in Tacoma, Washington d. 14th October 1977

Beauteous   5:26 J.R. Monterose J. R. Monterose (The Rudy Van Gelder Edition Remastered) (Paul Chambers) Blue Note #7243 8 29102 2 *f J.R. Monterose t sax; Ira Sullivan tpt; Horace Silver p; Wilber Ware b; Philly Joe Jones d. Oct 21 1956 Van Gelder Studio New Jersey 1956 Ira Sullivan tpter, flugelhornist, flautist , saxophonist and composer born in Washington, D.C. b. 1st May 1931 

If I Had You   4:46 Dinah Washington For Those In Love (T Shapiro/L Herbstritt/S Dorff) Polygram #514073 Clark Terry tpt; Jimmy Cleveland tbn; Paul Quinichette t sax; Cecil Payne b sax, b; Wynton Kelly p; Barry Galbraith g; Keter Betts b; Jimmy Cobb d. 1955 released 1992   Jimmy Cleveland tbn; b. 3rd May 1926 Tennessee. d. Aug 23 2008  

Deep Jungle    2:52 Ben Pollack & His Orchestra The Jazz Arranger Volume 1 (1928-1940) (J Mannone/B Pollack) Cbs #465678 2 Arr Dean Kincaide a sax; Yank Lawson, Charlie Spivac, Shirley Clay tpt; Joe Harris,  Benny Morton tbn; Matty Matlock cl; Dean Kincaid Gil Rodin a sax; Eddie Miller t sax; Gil Bowers p; Hilton 'Nappy' Lamare g; Harry Goodman db; Ray Bauduc d. New York City 28/12/1933. b. 3rd May 1911 in Missouri. d. 1995 Yank was a founding member of the Bob Crosby orchestra. 

Pick Yourself Up   2:58 Fred Astaire The Entertainers Vol 6 (Kern/Fields) Payless LM #3008 from 'Swing Time' 1936  b. 5th of May 1899 in Nebraska. d. June 22nd 1987

Greensleeves 3:25 Paul Desmond & The Modern Jazz Quartet Paul Desmond & The Modern Jazz Quartet Traditional (arr. John Lewis) Stet CDS #25101 00:14 applause; John Lewis p; Milt Jackson vibes; Percy Heath b; Connie Kay d; Xmas Day New York City town Hall Concert '71 finishes at 3:08  1971  b. 3rd May 1920 in Illinois. d. 29th March 2001 in New York City.

The Rainbow Bridge   5:11 The Frank Gibson Quartet Rainbow Bridge (D Shipman/R Webb) Ode Music nz Frank Gibson Quartet with which features Jamie Oehlers on tenor sax; Sam Keevers on piano, Matt Clohesy on bass, and J Frank Gibson drums.  2003  

Gaslighting Abbie   5:54 Steely Dan Two Against Nature (Donald Fagen/Walter Becker) Warner Brothers #24719 Michael Leonhart hn arr/tpt; Roger Rosenberg bass cl; Jim Pugh tbn; Chris Potter solo, Dave Tofani t sax; Donald Fagen f rhodes, clavinet: Walter Becker g's Tom Barney b; Ricky Lawson d; Carolyn Leonhart, Cynthia Calhoun, Michael Harvey bvoc. 2000 

At The Jazz Band Ball 2:59 Bix Beiderbecke River Boat Shuffle (La Roca/Shields) Bix Beiderbecke cornet; Bill Rank tmb; Don Murray cl; Adrian Rollini bass sax; Frank Signorelli p; Chauncey Morehouse d. 5/10/27 New York City 1996 5th Of May 1903 in iowa d. 6 Aug 1931 aged 28, in New York City.

Tishomingo Blues 4:15 Carol Ralph 'Swinging Jazz Portrait' (Williams) LB7#101 - LB #0067 oz Paul Ferniss reeds; Dan Barnett tbn; Carolyn 'Pine' Packer p; Geoff Holden g; Richard Edser b; Anthony Howe d.  2005

Mona Lisa (Live)   3:17 Keith Jarrett Tokyo '96 (Live) (Jay Livingston/Ray Evans) ECM #1666 539 955 2 ends 2:56 Keith Jarrett p; Gary Peacock b; Jack De Johnette d. Orchard Hall Tokyo 30/3/1996 Eng; Toshio Yamanaka. ends at 3:06 appplause  1998 pianist with perfect pitch b. 8th May 1945 in Pennsylvania.

Harmony Grits   3:12 Mary Lou Williams' Girl Stars A Woman's Place Is In the Groove (Mary Lou Williams) Acrobat #763508   2006 b. in Atlanta Georgia, May 8, 1910 – May 28, 1981 

Involved Again   5:39 Alyssa Graham Echo (Jack Reardon) (wrote song for Billie H d. before could record) Sunny Side Records #284103 Alyssa Graham voc; Gregoire Maret harmonica; Jon Cowherd organ, p, french horn, voc; Laura Seaton, Elizabeth Lim Dutton v; Lawrence Dutton viola; Romero Lubambo g, voc; Douglas Graham g; Doug Weiss b; Obed Calvaire d; Jeff Haynes perc.  2008  

Coconut Champagne   5:06 Maynard Ferguson Live from San Francisco Rhino Records #71704 Maynard Ferguson tpt, flglhn, voc; Alan Wise, Hugh Ragin, Hoby Freeman tpt; Steve Wiest, Chris Braymen tbn; Tim Ries a, sop sax; Daniel Jordon t sax; Denis DiBlasio bar sax, voc; Ron Pedley p, keys; Gregg Bissonette b, d. the Great Ameri Music Hall S F.  1994 b.  in Quebec Canada on May 4, 1928 – August 23, 2006) 

Just the Two of Us   4:43 Bonnie J Jensen Blue Joy (Salter/McDonald/Withers) La Brava #0058 Bonnie J Jensen was born in Dunedin, New Zealand in 1961 Andrew Oh fl; Don Rader tpt, flhn; Craig Walters t sax; Michael Bartolomei p, kbds; Jeremy Sawkins g; Jonathan Zwartz db; Fabian Hevia d, perc.  2004