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Bob Wilkerson (tenor sax), with Grant Green (guitar), Sonny Clark (piano, Butch Warren (bass), Billy Higgins (drums) & others
Don Wilkerson: The Complete Blue Note Sessions [ Blue Note / 2 CD - released 2/Feb/2001 ] This CD features Texas tenor man Don Wilkerson working out with such noted Blue Note sidemen as pianist Sonny Clark, guitarist Grant Green, bassist Butch Warren, organist John Patton and drummer Billy Higgins.. |
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Buck Clayton
Fiesta in Blue [ Past Perfect / CD - released 15/Sep/2001 ] Buck Clayton is most famous today for his association with Count Basie but that is only a small part of his musical legacy, a seven-year period in a career that lasted nearly six decades. A very good swing trumpeter and a skilled arranger-composer,... |
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Buck Clayton Swing Band
Buck Clayton Live from Greenwich Village, NYC [ Nagel Heyer / CD - released 15/Apr/2002 ] Recorded live on February 16 - 18, 1990 at the Village Vanguard, New York. |
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Buck Clayton (trumpet), with Dickie Wells (trombone), Charlie Byrd (guitar) and Tommy Gealtney's Kansas City Nine
Goin' To Kansas City [ OJC / Riverside Limited Edition Series / CD - released 1/Jul/1990 ] "Although trumpeter Buck Clayton gets top billing, this CD reissue actually features Tommy Gwaltney's Kansas City Nine, an unusual group sporting arrangements by Gwaltney and tenor-saxophonist Tommy Newsom." AllMusic |
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Bucky Pizzarelli
5 For Freddie [ Arbors / CD - released 28/Jul/2009 ] "...it's a smooth ride through "Dreamsville" and beyond, with the rhythm section purring and Vaché's horn casting a glinting light." JazzTimes |
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Bud Shank, Bill Perkins, with Hampton Hawes, Red Mitchell & Mel Lewis
Bud Shank / Bill Perkins [ Pacific Jazz / CD - released 4/Oct/1999 ] "Taken as a whole, there are many rewarding solos to be heard by Shank, Perkins, and the piano players on these formerly rare selections, even if the collection falls short of being classic." AllMusic.com |
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Bud Shank & Bob Cooper
Blowin' Country [ Pacific Jazz / CD - released 18/Oct/2010 ] Recorded in Los Angeles on January 21, 1958 and/or February 18/19, 1958 (#1-11) and November 29, 1956 (#12-15) |
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Buddy Rich (drums)
Buddy Rich [ Verve Compact Jazz / CD - released 1/Nov/2010 ] Featuring Joe Mondragon, Stanley Turrentine, Max Roach, Phil Woods, John Bunch, Dave McKenna & Johnny Morris |
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Cannonball Adderley (alto sax), with Milt Jackson, Wynton Kelly, Percy Heath & Art Blakey
Cannonball Adderley - Things Are Getting Better [ OJC / CD - released 2/Feb/1988 ] This title provides ample evidence why alto Cannonball Adderley is considered one of the masters of his craft. Here he joins forces with Modern Jazz Quartet co-founder Milt Jackson on vibes to create a variety of sonic atmospheres. |
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Cat Anderson & the Ellington All-Stars
Cat Anderson & the Ellington All-Stars [ Discs Swing / CD - released 2/Feb/1986 ] Recorded In Paris 1958 & 1964 |
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Claude Hopkins (piano) Budd Johnson, Buddy Tate (saxophone), Buddy Tate (clarinet), Wendell Marshall (bass), Ferdinand Everett (drums)
Claude Hopkins - Swing Time [ Prestige / CD - released 7/Jan/1999 ] Recorded at Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, NJ; May 22, 1963 (#1-7) and February 21, 1961 (#8-14) |
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Clifford Brown
The Complete Blue Note Studio Masters [ Blue Note / CD - released 4/Jul/2003 ] "The most significant recordings from his tragically brief career" Five Stars All Music Guide |
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Coleman Hawkins, with Chalie Savers (trumpet) Tiny Grimes (guitar), Ray Bryant (piano), etc
Hawk Eyes [ Original Jazz Classics / CD - released 2/Feb/1987 ] "Tenor-great Coleman Hawkins tended to be at his best when challenged by another horn player. On this highly enjoyable title, Hawkins is joined by the superb trumpeter Charlie Shavers and a strong rhythm section. |
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Conte Candoli
Conte Candoli Live [ Nagel Heyer / CD - released 14/Oct/2002 ] Recorded live at Birdland, Neuburg on May 26, 2000. Mixed at Blue Noise Studio, Hamburg July 3-5, 2002 |
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Count Basie (piano/organ), with Jimmy Rushing, Buck Clayton, Harry Edison, Clark Terry, Buddy de Franco, Buddy Rich & others
Blues By Basie [ Original Columbia Jazz Classics / CD - released 2/Feb/1987 ] Possibly inspired by Count Basie's renewed activity at Verve Records in the mid-'50s, Columbia raided its vaults to assemble this thematic album, consisting of a dozen blues cuts dating between 1939 and 1950. (AllMusic) |
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Count Basie, with guest appearances by Buddy Rich, Jimmy Rushing, Billie Holiday, etc
Count Basie - Jump For Me [ Two Camels / Pegasus / 2 CD Box Set - released 2/Feb/2005 ] William James "Count" Basie was an American jazz pianist, organist, bandleader, and composer. In 1935, he formed the Count Basie Orchestra, and in 1936 took them to Chicago for a long engagement and their first recording. He led the group for almost... |
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Dan Barrett (trombone, vocal), with Tom Baker, Scott Robinson, Chris Hopkins, Eddie Erickson, Joel Forbes & Jeff Hamilton
Dan Barrett's International Swing party [ Nagel Heyer / CD - released 19/Mar/2001 ] "All in all, a fine representation of the Swing Party's fantastic Hamburg club set." Jazz Podium |
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Dave Brubeck Quartet
The Quartet [ Lester Recording / CD - released 23/Oct/1989 ] Bass - Eugene Wright Drums - Joe Morello Keyboards - Darius Brubeck Piano - Dave Brubeck Saxophone - Paul Desmond |
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The Dave McKenna Quartet, with Zoot Sims (saxophone)
The Dave McKenna Quartet - featuring Zoot Sims [ Chiaroscuro / CD - released 25/Jul/1994 ] Prior to his longtime association with the Concord label, pianist Dave McKenna's four Chiaroscuro albums (of which this CD brings back the second) did a great deal to make the veteran mainstream pianist known to the general jazz public. AllMusic |
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Dick Cary's Tuesday Night friends
Got Swing? [ Arbors / CD - released 28/Jul/2009 ] A rousing 19 number compilation of Cary originals and arrangements that is a true celebration of his unique musical personality, humour and, of course, genius, as performed by an all-star big band of his Tuesday Night Friends. |