LondonJazzCollector

Selection 1: Down In The Depths Selection 2: Mack The Knife Track List A1 Blues A La Carte 5:35A2 Harry’s Last Stand 5:25A3 Down In The Depths 10:00B1 Pug Nose 6:50B2 Black Diamond 6:02B3 Mack The Knife (Weill, Blitzstein) 6:15 … Continue reading →

Selection: Nostalgia Track List A1 Hank’s Shout (Mobley) 7:03A2 Nostalgia (Navarro) 8:53B1 Bet (Watkins) 7:56B2 Softly, As in a Morning Sunrise (Hammerstein, Romberg) 2:29B3 P.S. I Love You (Jenkins, Mercer) 4:22B4 Easy Living (Rainger, Robin) 2:49B5 That’s All (Alan Brandt, … Continue reading →

Selection 1: Marney (6:15) Selection 2: Dusty Foot (6:51) Track List A1 Marney 6:15A2 Dusty Foot 6:51A3 Formidable 6:13B1 Vertigo 8:13B2 Cheers 4:50B3 Yams 7:51 Artists Jackie McLean, alto saxophone; Donald Byrd, trumpet; Herbie Hancock, piano; Butch Warren, bass; Tony … Continue reading →

Selection: Stretch Track List Drought 12:06 Stretch 10:35 Truth 6:56 Effi 10:31 ‘Round Midnight 8:40 Artists: Charles Tolliver, trumpet; Stanley Cowell, piano; Clint Houston, bass; Clifford Barbaro, drums. Engineer [Floor] Shigehisa Nagao; Engineer [Recording] Kunio Arai Producer [Concert] Toshinari Koinuma … Continue reading →

Selection: One Mint Julep (Randolph Toombs) Track List Maiden Voyage (Herbie Hancock) 6:34The Blues 7:11One Mint Julep (Rudolph Toombs) 6:15The Preacher (Horace Silver) 5:33Sir Duke (Stevie Wonder) 4:27Giant Steps (John Coltrane) 5:45A Child Is Born (Thad Jones) 5:09 One Mint … Continue reading →

Selection: Chilli Peppers Track List Chili Peppers 6:52Make It Good 6:41My Love Waits (O Meu Amor Espera) 5:56Los Malos Hombres 6:34Scrap Iron 5:23Rotary 6:18 Artists Duke Pearson, piano; Freddie Hubbard , trumpet, flugelhorn; Garnett Brown, trombone; Jerry Dodgion, alto saxophone, … Continue reading →

Selection 1: Tubby Hayes: Hall Hears The Blues (Harry South) Selection 2: Dizzy Reece: Yardbird Suite (Charlie Parker) Track List Side 1 Tubby Hayes:A1. NicoleA2. Hall Hears The Blues Hayes naming one track after his producer Tony Hall (Hall Hears … Continue reading →

REISSUE MADNESS! Last week LJC ventured out with Jazz Eyes, reissued as Star Eyes, this week it’s Angel Eyes, reissued as Bags’ Groove. LJC, however, remains the ORIGINAL. Selection 1: Jeanine (Pearson) Selection 2: Le Carousel (Pearson) Track List A1 … Continue reading →

Selection: Orpheus (Jenkins) Track List A1. Star Eyes (Gene de Paul, Don Raye) – 10:00A2. Orpheus – 8:20B1 Honeylike – 9:15B2. Rockaway – 10:00 Artists (with approximate age at time of recording session) John Jenkins (26), alto saxophone; Donald Byrd … Continue reading →

Selection: Midnight Sunrise (Bingo Miki) Artists: Tatsuya Takahashi & Tokyo Union Composer: Bingo Miki THE TOKYO UNION Rhythm SectionMasahiro Kanayama: pianoYoshinori Ishida, bassKazuhiro Ebisawa: drumsYuji Imamura: percussionKenichi Araya,Takao Naoi: guitarsMickie Yoshino: synthesizer ReedsTatsuya Takahashi: band leader, tenor saxophone;Seiji Inoue: tenor … Continue reading →

Selection: Three For The Festival Track List 1 Jump Up And Down 15:34 2 Ecclusiastics 5:52 3 All The Things You Are (Hammerstein II, J. Kern) 7:33 4 Laura ( D. Raksin, J. Mercer) 7:33 5 Kirk’s Delight (Kirk) 12:30 … Continue reading →

The complete Greek Variations, long! (23:55m) Track List (ATOL Protected) A1 SantorinA2 OmonoiaA3 DelphiA4 KerkyraA5 MeteoraA6 Kriti B1 Wine Dark LullabyB2 OrpheusB3 Persephone’s JiveB4 Farewell PenelopeB5 Odysseus, King Of IthacaB6 Siren’s SongB7 Veil Of Ino “The first half of the … Continue reading →

Selection: Green and Orange Night Park Track List A1. This Is What Happens (Evans,Tippett) A2. Thoughts To Geoff (Tippett) A3. Green And Orange Night Park (Tippett) B1. Gridal Suite (Dean) B2. Five After Dawn (Tippett) B3. Dedicated To You, But … Continue reading →

LONDON JAZZ COLLECTOR CAUTION! The British are coming! And they’ve got BIG MOUSTACHES. Selection: Stately Dance For Miss Primm (6:51) Track List A1. This Evening Was Like Last Year (To Sarah) 9:10A2. I Wish There Was A Nowhere 14:12B1. Thank … Continue reading →

Selection: Morning Track List: A1. Metaphor 8:09A2. Yusef’s Mood 8:36A3. The Beginning 4:13B1. Morning 10:38B2. Blues in Space 7:07 Artists Yusef Lateef, born William Huddlestone, tenor saxophone, flute, arghul (Egyptian flute), scraper; Hugh Lawson, piano; Curtis Fuller, trombone, tambourine, finger cymbals; … Continue reading →

Selection 1: Mogie Selection 2: I’m A Fool To Want You Track List A1 Terrible “T” 5:18 A2 Mogie 7:45 A3 I’m A Fool To Want You (Sinatra, Wolf, Herron) 5:37 B1 Running Brook (Shorter) 6:05 B2 Off Spring ( … Continue reading →

Selection: Assunta (Cal Massey) .  .  . Track List A1 Philly Mignon – 5:30A2 Father and Son (Cal Massey) – 6:37A3 Body and Soul (F Eyton, J Green, E Heyman, R Sour) – 6:29B1 Nostrand and Fulton- 7:09B2 Full Moon and Empty Arms … Continue reading →