SONNY ROLLINS... RIP

*The passing of Sonny Rollins, one of the greatest tenor saxophonists, a true giant of jazz...

SONNY ROLLINS ~ Saxophone Colossus (1957)

01. St. Thomas (Sonny Rollins)

02. You Don't Know What Love Is (Gene de Paul, Don Raye)

03. Strode Rode (Sonny Rollins)

04. Moritat (Kurt Weill, Bertolt Brecht)

05. Blue Seven (Sonny Rollins)

Personnel:

Sonny Rollins — tenor saxophone

Tommy Flanagan — piano

Doug Watkins — bass

Max Roach — drums

Released: March/April 1957

Recorded: June 22, 1956

Engeneer by Rudy Van Gelder

Van Gelder Studio, Hackensack, New Jersey

Producer - Bob Weinstock

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RAY CHARLES & MILT JACKSON ~ Soul Brothers, Soul Meeting (1958)

*CD1

01. How Long Blues (Leroy Carr,Traditional) 

02. Cosmic Ray (Ray Charles)

03. The Genius After Hours (Ray Charles) 

04. Charlesville (Ray Charles) 

05. Bags of Blues (Milt Jackson)

06. 'Deed I Do (Walter Hirsch, Fred Rose)

07. Blue Funk (Ray Charles) 

*CD2

01. Soul Brothers (Milt Jackson) 

02. Bags' Guitar Blues (Milt Jackson)

03. Soul Meeting (Milt Jackson)

04. Hallelujah, I Love Her So (Ray Charles)

05. Blue Genius (Ray Charles)

06. X-Ray Blues (Ray Charles)

07. Love on My Mind (Ray Charles) 

Personnel:

Ray Charles – piano, electric piano, alto saxophone

Milt Jackson – piano, vibraphone

Billy Mitchell – tenor saxophone

Skeeter Best – guitar

Kenny Burrell – guitar

Oscar Pettiford – bass

Connie Kay – drums

Released: June 1958

*CD1 & *CD2 tracks 1&2 Recorded in New York City on September 12, 1957.

•                                     *CD2 tracks 3 to 7 Recorded in New York City on April 10, 1958.
•                                                                Engineer by Tom Dowd
•                                                 Producer - Jerry Wexler & Nesuhi Ertegun

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Ray Charles playing alto saxophone in Newport in 1958

Les Tresors Du Jazz 1957 [Disc 73] (Le Chant du Monde 2007)

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Clark Terry

MILES DAVIS ~ 'Round About Midnight (1957)

01. 'Round Midnight (Thelonious Monk, Bernie Hanighen, Cootie Williams)

02. Ah-Leu-Cha (Charlie Parker)

03. All of You (Cole Porter)

04. Bye Bye Blackbird (Mort Dixon, Ray Henderson)

05. Tadd's Delight (Tadd Dameron)

06. Dear Old Stockholm (Trad. Arr. by Stan Getz)

bonus

07. Two Bass Hit (John Lewis, Dizzy Gillespie)

08. Little Melonae (Jackie McLean)

09. Budo (Bud Powell, Miles Davis)

10. Sweet Sue, Just You (Will J. Harris, Victor Young)

Personnel:

Miles Davis – trumpet

John Coltrane – tenor saxophone 

Red Garland – piano

Paul Chambers – bass

Philly Joe Jones – drums

September 10, 1956 (01 to 06)

October 26, 1955 (07 to 09)

September 1956 (10)

Studio Columbia 30th St (New York City)

Engineer: Frank Laico

Producer: George Avakian

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Miles & John

Une Histoire du Jazz Vocal 1955 - 1956 [Disc 21] (Le Chant du Monde 2011)

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CHARLES MINGUS ~ The Clown (1957)

01. Haitian Fight Song (Charles Mingus)

02. Blue Cee (Charles Mingus)

03. Reincarnation of a Lovebird (Charles Mingus)

04. The Clown (Charles Mingus)

bonus

05. Passions of a Woman Loved (Charles Mingus)

06. Tonight at Noon (Charles Mingus)

Personnel: 

Charles Mingus - bass

Shafi Hadi aka Curtis Porter - alto & tenor saxophone 

Jimmy Knepper - trombone

Wade Legge - piano

Dannie Richmond - drums

Producer by Nesuhi Ertegün

Recorded: February 13 & March 12, 1957

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Charles Mingus

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Let There Be Rock... 'n'Roll !!

 

Les Tresors Du Jazz 1957 [Disc 72] (Le Chant du Monde 2007)

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Art Pepper 1957

 SPANISH CASTLE MAGIC...

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Une Histoire du Jazz Vocal 1953 - 1955 [Disc 20] (Le Chant du Monde 2011)

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*This selection features the wonderful Sarah Vaughan and Helen Merrill, accompanied by Clifford Brown... Simply Amazing !!

Enjoy!

Les Tresors Du Jazz 1957 [Disc 71] (Le Chant du Monde 2007)

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JAZZ NOIRE - Tales Of Dope, Booze & Sleaze 'Drink Up - Light Up !' 

Disc Two (2012 Fantastic Voyage)

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