Playlist 23rd May 2010

Please Be Kind   4:02 Benny Goodman Benny Goodman & Friends Sammy Cahn/Saul Chaplin London #820179 2 recorded during the 1970s. Confined to a small group setting with a fine but uncredited array of musicians behind him. 1984 Born on May 30, 1909 in Chicago the King of Swing. He played with his first pit band at the age of 11.When Benny was 16, he was hired by the Ben Pollack band and moved to Los Angeles. In 1929, Benny left the Ben Pollack band to participate in recording sessions and radio shows in New York City. The rest is jazz history.

Lulu's Back In Town   2:24 The Dave Brubeck Quartet The Best of West Coast Jazz H Warren/A Dubin Fantasy #524 (LP) Dave Brubeck p; Paul Desmond a sax; Wyatt "Bull" Ruther b; Lloyd Davis d. San Francisco, CA, September, 1952 On April 8, 2008 US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice presented Brubeck with a "Benjamin Franklin Award for Public Diplomacy" for offering an American "vision of hope, opportunity and freedom" through his music.

Dream of You   2:50 Jo Stafford Jo + Jazz S Oliver/J Lunceford/E Morgan Corinthian # Orchestration Johnny Mandel; Conte Candoli, Don Fagerquist tpt; Ray Nance tpt, v; Johnny Hodges a sax; Ben Webster t sax; Russ Freeman p; Jimmy Rowles p; Mel Lewis d. 1960  Russ Freeman 28th May in Chicago. d. 27th June 2002 Freeman was initially classically trained, but later turned toward jazz of a largely bop style. His reputation as a jazz pianist grew in the 1940s when he did work withArt Pepper, Shorty Rodgers, Chet Baker and his collaboration with Shelly Manne in the 1950s and 1960s.

Embracable You   4:44 Archie Shepp Black Ballads  G & I Gershwin Timeless (H) CDSJP #386 Artie Shepp a, t sax; Horace Parlan p; Wayne Dockery b; Steve Mcraven d. 1992 2000 born May 24, 1937 Florida "You can hear every minute of every hour of every day of every year a player puts into practicing his horn when he plays a ballad. Shepp also writes for theater; his works include The Communist (1965) and Lady Day: A Musical Tragedy (1972).  

I Ain't Got Nothin' But The Blues   2:44 Al Hibbler/Kay Davis/Ellington Orch Big-Band Voices Ellington/ Don George MC #053 Taft Jordan, Shelton Hemphill, Cat Anderson, Ray Nance tpt; Claude Jones Lawrence Brown Joe 'Tricky Sam' Nanton tbn; Jimmy Hamilton cl, t sax; Otto Hardwike, Johnny Hodges a sax; Al Sears t sax; Harry Carney bar sax; Fred Guy g; Alvin Junior Raglin db; Sonny Greer d. 1937 released 1998 b. 25 May 1917 S Carolina– d. 20 September 1994 was an American jazz clarinetist, tenor saxophonist, arranger, composer, and music educator, best known for his twenty-five years with Duke After he left the Ellington orchestra Hamilton played and arranged on a freelance basis, before spending the 1970s and 1980s in the Virgin Islands d. at the age of seventy-seven.

You Belong to Me 2:59 Paul Quinichette A Look at Yesterday P King/R Stewart/C Price Collectables #6944 *L Paul Quinichette t sax; Gene Roland tpt; Nat Pierce p; Freddie Green g; Wendell Marshall b; Sonny Payne d. 1991 b. 17 May 1916 Colorado - 25 May 1983 NYC His big break came in 1953, when he was hired by Count Basie … to play solos in the style of Lester Young. He played this role exceptionally, to the point of copying Young’s mannerisms.

I Loves You, Porgy 3:40 Miles Davis Love Songs George Gershwin/I Gershwin/D Heyward CK #65853  Gil Evans arr, cond; Miles Davis, Ernie Royal, Bernie Glow, johnny Coles, Louis Mucci tpt; Dick Hixon, Frank Rehak, Jimmy Cleveland, Joe Bennett tbn; Willie Ruff, Julius Watkins Gunther Schuller frhn; Jerome Richardson, Romeo Penque fl, a fl, cl; Bill Barber tu; Paul Chambers b; Jimmy Cobb d. LA 1958 released 1959 Born 1926 Illinois 13 tot lessons Davis began playing professionally, performing in several 52nd Street clubs fabulous musical career Miles Davis died on September 28, 1991 in California at the age of 65.

You Brought A New Kind Of Love To Me   2:21 Ella Fitzgerald Ella Swings Lightly Irving Kahal/Pierre Norman/Sammy Fain Polygram #517535 Ella Fitzgerald voc; Vincent DeRosa frhn; Don Fagerquist, Al Porcino tbn; Bud Shank a sax; Bill Holman t sax; Bob Enevoldsen t sax, valve tbn; Med Flory bar sax; John Kitzmiller tu; Lou Levy p; Joe Mondragon b; Mel Lewis d. 1992  14 of 20 Protected b. May 27, 1926 – April 2, 2009 saxes fl; b. Ohio d. Arizonna Charlie barnet Stan Kenton intrest in World music marked his west Coast Jazz career.

Lazy Afternoon   5:30 George Shearing, Niels-Henning Ørsted Pedersen & Louis Stewart The MPS Trio Sessions Jerome Moross & John Latouche Verve #1745068 George Shearing p; Niels-Henning Ørsted Pedersen db; Louis Stewart g. 2007 May 27, 1946 – April 19, 2005 NHOP at the age of 14, he began his professional jazz career. At 17, he had already turned down an offer to join the Count Basie orchestra. Turned down an offer to become the regular bassist in The Oscar Peterson Trio following Ray Brown's departure. Pedersen remained very active until his sudden death in 2005 at the age of 58.

Winin' Boy Blues 3:18 Albert Nicholas Jazz Clarinet - High Society Jelly Rolll Morton MC #060 Albert Nicholas cl; Art Hodes p; Wellman Braud b; Baby Dodds d. NYC 26/12/1945 released 1998  b. May 27, 1900, in NO d - September 3, 1973, Switzerland) was a Dixieland reed player.

Poinciana   6:17 The Bob Florence Limited Edition With All the Bells and Whistles N Simon/M L Liso/B Bernier Mama #1011 Bob Florence 1995  6 of 9 b. 20th May 1923 d. 15th May 2008 Arr and p;  In 2000, Florence won the Grammy for Best Large Jazz Ensemble Performance.  

Oh! Lady Be Good 3:08 Artie Shaw Non-Stop Flight G&I Gershwin MC #016 Chuck Peterson, John Best, Bernie Priven tpt; George Arus, Les Jenkins, Harry Rodgers tb; Artie Shaw cl; Les Robinson, Hannk Freeman a sax; Tony Pastor, George Auld t sax; Bob Kitsis p; Al Avola g; Sid Weiss b; Buddy Rich d; NYC 1939   Artie shaw "King of the Clarinet"  b 23rd May NYC 1910 - d Dec 30 2004 aged 94 Shaw had a fuller, more dulcet tone than Goodman. As well as Lana Turner and Ava Gardner, his wives included actresses Doris Dowling and Evelyn Keyes as well as Elizabeth Kern, the daughter of composer Jerome Kern, and Kathleen Winsor, author of the novel "Forever Amber." His first two marriages were to Jane Carns and Margaret Allen. He was married in most cases less than two years and often publicly disparaged his wives as dimwits. At 13, he bought a saxophone, then left home three years later to play professionally. By the mid-1920s, he had switched to clarinet. In 1938, Shaw hired Billie Holiday, and she recorded one of his enduring songs, "Any Old Times." Crowds were hostile to her appearing with a white band. 

I Got Lost In His Arms   3:06 Rosemary Clooney Sings Arlen & Berlin (Disc 2) (Irving Berlin) Umgd/Concord #2134 Warren Vache cornet, flugelhorn; Scott Hamilton tenor saxophone; John Oddo piano; Ed Bickert g; Chris Flory r g; Phil Flanigan b; Gus Johnson d. 1984 2006 Irving Berlin Rosemary Clooney b. 23th May 1928 d. 29 June 2002. 50's singer with Tony Pastor's Big Band married actor José Ferrer in 1953.

Get Happy   2:11 Freddie Redd In Sweden H Arlen/T Koehler Lonehill HJ#10299 Freddie Redd p; Tommy Potter b; Ron Jefferson d. 1956 b. 29th May 1928 NYC hard bop pianist and composer.

All Of Me   3:23 Benny Carter All Of Me G. Marks/S. Simons MC #058 Benny Carter tpt, cl, dir; Russel Smith, Sidney De Paris, Bobby Williams tpt; Milton Robinson, Maddison Vaughn, Bobby Morton tbn; Chauncey Haughton a sax; George James a sax, b sax; George Irish, Stafford Simon t sax; Sonny White p; Everett Barks d. b. May 30, 1905  Indiana d. 13th Sept 1967 NYC.

Tuned In to You   3:40 Georgie Fame Poet In New York Georgie Fame Go Jazz #6044 Bob Malach t sax; David Hazeltine p; Peter Washington b; Louis Hayes d. 2000  Born May 31, 1937 in Detroit. A superior hard bop drummer best known for supporting soloists rather than taking the spotlight himself.

If You See Me Comin'   3:02 Mezzrow/Ladnier Quintet Jazz Guitar - Hot Fingers Bunn/Mezzrow MC #051 Mezz Mezzrow cl; Tommy Ladnier tpt; Teddy Bunn g; George Foster b; Manzie Johnson d. 1938  released 1998 Tommy Ladnier b. 28th May 1900 d. 4th June 1939 an American jazz trumpeter. Clarinetist/writer. Started making records in 1924. In 1926 he moved to NYC to join the Fletcher Henderson Orchestra. In the 1930s Ladnier co-led a band with Sidney Bechet called The New Orleans Feetwarmers, Ladnier's best recordings.

Like Sonny   5:44 Bill McBirnie Paco Paco John Coltrane Extreme Flute #7294303 Canadian Bill McBirnie fl; Bernie Senensky p; Neil Swainson b; John Summer d.  b. 23rd May 1953 flautist, composer. McBirnie has been chosen Flutist of the Year by the Jazz Report Awards  

So In Love   4:27 Dinah Washington I Get A Kick Out Of You: Cole Porter Songbook Vol. 2 Cole Porter Verve #511 070 2 Quincy Jones cond; inc; Joe Newman, Ernie Royal, Clark Terry tpt; Jimmy Cleveland, Kai Winding, Billy Byers tmb; Al Cohn t sax solo; Patti Bown p; George Barnes p; 16/8/61 NYC  "Kiss Me Kate" 1991 b. 18th May, 1922   6th May, 1983 NYC Danish born tbn/composer Benny Goodman's band then Stan Kenton's band, with session work in the 60's. Born on May 18, 1922, Denmark one of the founding fathers of be-bop music and truly one of the finest-ever jazz trombonists. Winding's first burst of fame occurred during his year with Stan Kenton's Orchestra (1946-1947), during which his phrasing influenced and was adopted by the other trombonists, leading to a permanent change in the Kenton sound. Most of Winding's sessions are not currently available on CD. d. in New York on May 6, 1983, just shy of his 61st birthday.

East Coast Mambo   4:25 Hilton Ruiz Steppin' With T.P. Hilton Ruiz M#27 Tribute to Tito Puente fashioned after Tito's Golden Men of Latín Jazz. flutist Dave Valentín, vibist Jay Hoggard, cuatro master Yomo Toro, sax wiz Antonio Hart, conguero, drums timbalero Willie Martínez, and bass anchors Leon Dorsey and Geoff Brennen. 1977  Dedicated to the great Tito Puente, the group's structure is patterned after Tito's Golden Men of Latín Jazz. b May 29, 1952  d. June 6, 2006  was a Puerto Rican American jazz pianist in the Afro-Cuban jazz mold, but was also a talented bebop player Ruiz began playing piano at the age of eight joined Freddy Hubbard, was Roland Kirk's p; 1974 - 77 Ruiz also recorded several solo albums between the 1980s and 2000s. d at the age of 54 on Bourbon St in New Orleans.

Come Back to Me Baby Blues   3:09 T-Bone Walker Bootin' the Boogie the Birth of Rock 'n' Roll, Vol. 2 (Disc One) 2006 T-Bone Walker b May 28, 1910 in Texas d. March 16, 1975 at the age of 64 Was a blues guitarist, singer, pianist, and songwriter who was the first blues musician to use an electric guitar his most famous song, 1947's "Call It Stormy Monday (But Tuesday Is Just as Bad)"

Seven Steps To Heaven 5:09 Lynne Arriale Lynne Arriale Trio Live Miles Davis/Victor Feldman In + Out Records  Lynne Arriale p; with bassist Jay Anderson and drummer Steve Davis 2008  b. May 29, 1957 in Wisconsin a brilliant p/composer now prof of jazz piano Uni of Nth Florida

High Heel Sneakers   2:48 Ramsey Lewis The Greatest Hits Robert Higginbotham Cadet records #5531 Robert Higginbotham who performed under the name Tommy Tucker hit from 1964. Ramsey Lewis born May 27, 1935 Chicago p; Eldee Young b; Isaac "Redd" Holt d. released 1966 2000 Ramsey Lewis was born in Chicago piano lessons at 4 by 15 joined first jazz band The Cleffs. Formed The Ramsey Lewis Trio  and in 1956, topping the charts with "The In Crowd", "Hang On Sloopy", and "Wade in the Water". All three singles each sold over one million copies, and were awarded gold discs.

Easy to Love   3:30 Sun Ra Standards - EP Cole Albert Porter 1201 Music #9019 2 Walter Miller tpt; John Gilmore t sax; Sun Ra p; Ronnie Boykins b; Clifford Jarvis d. Chicago early 1963 released 2000 b. May 22, 1914 - d. May 30, 1993 was born in Birmingham, Alabama. He was a prolific jazz composer. From the mid-1950s to his death, Sun Ra led "The Arkestra" an ensemble with an ever-changing lineup and was one of the first musicians, regardless of genre, to use electronic keyboards.