This One’s for Bill (Kenny Drew, Jr.)

A solo set by Kenny Drew, Jr. cut in 1995 at NYC’s Masonic Temple, and dedicated to Bill Evans. It includes the first (and probably last) recording ever of Evans’ composition It’s Love-It’s Christmas. TCB 99352

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1 - This One's For Bill
2 - Remembering the Rain
3 - Suicide Is Painless
4 - It’s Love-It’s Christmas
5 - On Green Dolphin Street
6 - Two Lonely People, The
7 - Days of Wine and Roses, The
8 - Nardis

Round Trip (Phil Woods)

An unusual period piece from Phil Woods with an a star-studded orchestra plus strings, arranged by Johnny Pate and Woods himself. All in all, more interesting than one would expect (Verve  1969).

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1. Round trip
2. Here’s That Rainy Day
3. Love Son for a Dead Che
4. I’m All Smiles
5. Solitude
6. How Can I Be Sure?
7. Fill the Woods with Laughter
8. This Is All I Ask
9. Flowers

The Cry! (Prince Lasha Quintet feat. Sonny Simmons)

«Lost session» for Contemporary by two minor but intriguing figures of the historical fee music movement of the very early Sixties. It was to be their only ever wide exposure. With Gary Peacock on bass.

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1 - Congo Call

2 - Bojangles

3 - Green and Gold

4 - Ghost of the Past

5 - Red's Mood

6 - Juanita

7 - Lost Generation

8 - A. Y.

Jackie McLean & Co. Featuring Ray Draper

One of a number of Prestige dates by Jackie McLean, when necessity was the mother of invention and before his Blue Note prime. Tuba player Ray Draper makes for an unusual choice of instrumentation. With Bill Hardman, Mal Waldron, Doug Watkins, Art Taylor. 1957

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1. Flickers

2. Help

3. Minor Dream

4. Beau Jack

5. Mirage

Live at Jorges Jazz Club (Wes Montgomery, 1961)

Live date of the brothers Montgomery plus Billy Hart at Jorges club, St. Louis, Mo, August 1961 (VGM).

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1. All of You

2. Heartstrings

3. Summertime

4. Back to Bach to Bock

Live in Bollate (George Cables, 2005)

Covermount CD, Musica Jazz magazine (Italy), March 2006. Live session with George Cables, piano; Essiet Essiet, bass; Victor Lewis, drums. “Special guest”: Piero Odorici, tenor sax. Bollate (Italy), March 22, 2005.

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1. Looking for the Light

2. Helen’s Song

3. Señorita de Aranjuez

4. Mr Baggy Pants

5. Yo Todavia La Quiero

6. ’Round Midnight

7. I Mean You

Plays Monk (Franco D’Andrea, 2002)

Franco D’Andrea, stalwart of Italian jazz since the early Sixties, recreates twelve of Monk’s songs in this live recording from 2002 (Philology).

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1. Pannonica

2. Blue Monk

3. Rhythm-a-Ning

4. Round Midnight/Epistrophy-Well You Needn't-I Mean You

5. Monk’s Mood

6. Misterioso

7. Monk’s Dream

8. Light Blue

9. Let’s Call This