The Jazz Messenger [Playlist - 11/06/09]

1. “Hub-Tones” {Hubbard} – Freddie Hubbard – Without A Song: Live In Europe 1969 [Blue Note: 2009]
   Recorded 12/13/69 @ Royal Festival Hall, London, England.
2. “Que Pasa” {Silver} – Horace Silver Quintet – Song For My Father [Blue Note: 1964]
3. “Destinos” {Michel Padron} – Billy Cobham and Asere – Jazz Around The World [Putamayo: 2009]
4. “Billy’s Bounce” {Charlie Parker} – George Melvin – It’s About Time! [Lady J Production Studios: 2004]
5. “Bags & Trane” {Milt Jackson} – Milt Jackson & John Coltrane – Bags & Trane [Atlantic: 1960]
6. “I Could Write A Book” {Rodgers-Hart} – Dinah Washington – For Those In Love [EmArcy: 1955]
7. “Autumn In New York” {Vernon Duke} – Frank Sinatra – Come Fly With Me [Capitol: 1957]
8. “If You’re Going to the City” {Allison} – Mose Allison – Allison Wonderland Anthology [Atlantic: 1968]
9. “Troubled Times” {Jackson/Marcus/Stevenson} – Willis Jackson with Carl Wilson – The Good Life [Fantasy: 1963]
10. “S’Wonderful” {I. Gershwin/G. Gershwin} – Sun Ra Sextet – At The Village Vanguard [Rounder: 1991]
11. “3 O’Clock In the Morning Blues” {B.B. King} – Ike & Tina Turner – Mississippi Blues [Putamayo: 2002]
12. “It Must Be A Camel” {Zappa} – Frank Zappa – Hot Rats [Ryko: 1969]

The Jazz Messenger [Playlist - 10/16/09]

1. “Let ‘Em Roll” {Patton} – John Patton – Let ‘Em Roll [Blue Note: 1993]
2. “Cupcake Blues” {Melvin} – George Melvin – It’s About Time! [Lady L: 2004]
3. “Rockin’ Rosie” {Melvin} – George Melvin – It’s About Time! [Lady L: 2004]
4. “Another Real Good ‘Un” {McDuff} – Jack McDuff – Another Real Good ‘Un [Muse: 1992]
5. “Eighty-One” {Ron Carter} – OslanDaily Jazztet – Evidence [Sea Breeze: 2009]
6. “Seven Steps” {Davis} – Miles Davis – The Complete Concert 194 My Funny [Columbia Legacy: 1964]
7. “All Blues” {Davis} – Miles Davis – The Complete Concert 194 My Funny [Columbia Legacy: 1964]
8. “Wave” {Jobim} – Ahmad Jamal Trio – The Awakening [Impulse!: 1970]
9. “You Go To My Head” {Coots/Gillespie} – Lee Konitz – Palo Alto [Proper: 2004]
10. “Tijuana Gift Shop” {Mingus} – Charles Mingus – New Tijuana Moods [RCA: 1962]
11. “You’re Driving Me Crazy” {Walter Donaldson} – Chet Baker – Chet Baker Sings [Riverside: 1958]
12. “South Street Exit” {Dolphy} – Eric Dolphy – Last Date [PolyGram: 1964]
13. “Trouble No More” {Morganfield} – Muddy Waters – Trouble No More Singles ‘55-’59 [Chess: 1955]

The Jazz Messenger [Playlist - 10/09/09]

1. “Green Chimneys” {Monk} – Thelonius Monk – Straight, No Chaser [Columbia: 1966]
2. “Monk’s Mood” {Monk} – Thelonius Monk Quartet with John Coltrane – At Carnegie Hall [Blue Note: 1957]
3. “Straight, No Chaser” {Monk} – Thelonius Monk – In Italy [Riverside: Late 1960S]
4. “Interview with Jae Sinnett Trio”
5. “Nairda” {Allen Farnham} – Jae Sinnett Trio – Confluence [J-Nett Records: 2003]
6. “Give Me That Feelin’” {Mobley} – Hank Mobley – Third Season [Blue Note: 1967]
7. “Camouflage” {Silver} – Horace Silver Quintet – Six Pieces of Silver [Blue Note: 1956]
8. “Wonton” {Medeski Martin & Wood} – Medeski Martin & Wood – Radiolarians III [Indirecto Records: 2009]
9. “I Wanna Ride You” {Medeski Martin & Wood} – Medeski Martin & Wood – Uninvisible [2001]

The Jazz Messenger [Playlist - 10/02/09]

1. “DEO-X” {Bill Hardman} – Art Blakey’s Jazz Messengers – Hard Drive [Bethlehem: 1957]
2. “Hippy” {Silver} – Horace Silver and The Jazz Messengers – Horace Silver and The Jazz Messengers [Blue Note: 1955]
3. “Musa’s Vision” {M. Kaleem} – Art Blakey – Art Blakey and James Moody: New Sounds [Blue Note: 1947]
4. “Green Al” {Allison} – Ben Allison – Think Free [Palmetto: 2009]
5. “Blabber ‘n’ Smoke” {Don Van Viet} – Fast ‘n’ Bulbous – Waxed Oop [Cuneiform: 2009]
6. “Me Chiquita Quiere Bembe” {Puente} – Tito Puente – Dance Mania [RCA Legacy: 1957]
   new release 2009
7. “Crisis” {Freddie Hubbard} – Willie Bobo – Bobo’s Beat [Roulette Jazz: 1962]
8. “Mambo Gozon” {Puente} – Tito Puente – Dance Mania [RCA Legacy: 1957]
   new release 2009
9. “Swing Low, Sweet Cadillac” {Gillespie} – Dizzy Gillespie – Swing Low, Sweet Cadillac [Impulse!: 1967]
10. “Mr. Highway Man (Cadillac Daddy)” – Howlin’ Wolf – Snatch and Grab It! [Bear Family: 1957]
    2008 compilation
11. “Johnny Guitar” {Peggy Lee/Victor Young} – Joe Beck – Golden Earrings [Whaling City Sound: 2009]
12. “Trio” {Abercrombie} – John Abercrombie Quintet – Wait Til You See Her [ECM: 2009]
13. “Edda” {Wayne Shorter} – Lee Morgan – The Rumroller [Blue Note: 1965]
14. “Ugly Beauty” {Monk} – Thelonius Monk – Underground [Columbia: 1967]

The Jazz Messenger [Playlist - 09/25/09]

1. “Liza (All The Clouds’ll Roll Away)” {Gershwin/Gershwin} – Thelonius Monk – Monk [Columbia: 1964]
2. “I Could Write A Book” {Rodgers/Hart} – Dinah Washington – For Those In Love [Em Arcy: 1955]
3. “Enlightenment” {Morrison} – Van Morrison – Enlightenment [Polygram: 1990]
4. “Mama Roux” {Rebennack, Jr.} – Dr. John – Mos’ Scocious I [Rhino: 1993]
5. “Tyrone” {Young} – Dr. Lonnie Smith – Rise Up! [Palmetto Records: 2008]
6. “Heirloom” {Alan Hampton} – The Brother Thelonius Quintet – The Brother Thelonius Quintet [NCBC Music: 2009]
7. “Waltz Limp” {Brubeck} – Dave Brubeck Quartet – Time Out Legacy Edition [Sony: 2009]
   Recorded live at Newport, 1961, 1963, 1964. Part of a 2 CD set with Time Out on disc one.
8. “Fried Bananas” {Gordon} – Dexter Gordon – More Power! [Prestige: 1969]
9. “The Detroit River” {Wilson} – Gerald Wilson Orchestra – Detroit [Mack Avenue Records: 2009]
10. “Soul Shoutin’” {Turrentine} – Shirley Scott w/Stanley Turrnetine – Soul Shoutin’ [Prestige: 1963]
11. “Blues For J” {Smith} – Jimmy Smith – Organ Grinder’s Swing [Verve: 1965]
12. “Like Sonny” {Coltrane} – Steve Kuhn Trio w/Joe Lovano – Mostly Coltrane [ECM: 2009]
13. “Roland Kirk’s Message” {Mingus} – Charles Mingus – Mingus Plays Piano [Impulse!: 1963]

The Jazz Messenger [Playlist - 09/18/09]

1. “My Blues” {Wilson} – Reuben Wilson/The Godfathers of Groove – 3 [Allegro: 2009]
2. “Blues for Herb” {Remler} – Emily Remler – East to Wes [Concord: 1988]
   Happy Birthday, Ms. Remler.
   RIP.
3. “The Champ” {Dizzy Gillespie} – Jimmy Smith – Ultimate Jimmy Smith [Verve: 1963]
   Recorded live at the Village Gate, NYC, 5/31/63.
4. “Just in Time” {Betty Comden/Adolph Green/Jule Styne} – Shirley Scott – Queen of the Organ [Impulse!: 1964]
5. “Lazy Bird” {Coltrane} – McCoy Tyner – Solo [Half Note: 2009]
   Recorded live in S.F., 5/6/07.
6. “Work Song” {Adderley} – Nina Simone – The Jazz Biography [United Audio: 2004]
7. “Blue Leo” {Leo Parker/Ike Quebec} – James Carter – Heaven on Earth [Half Note: 2009]
8. “You Done Lost Your Good Thing Now” {Riley B. King/Joe Josea} – BB King – Live at the Regal [MCA: 1964]
9. “Better Git It In Your Soul” {Mingus} – Charles Mingus – Mingus Ah Um [Columbia: 1959]
10. “There Alone Go I” {Eldridge/Kinfan} – Moss – Moss [Sunnyside: 2008]
11. “Manha De Carnaval” {Jobim/Bonfa} – Vince Guaraldi – Greatest Hits [Fantasy: 1989]

The Jazz Messenger [Playlist - 09/11/09]

1. “Syeeda’s Song Flute” {Coltrane} – John Coltrane – Giant Steps [Atlantic: 1959]
2. “May Street” {Tyner} – McCoy Tyner – Time For Tyner [Blue Note: 1968]
3. “Naima” {Coltrane} – McCoy Tyner – Plays John Coltrane [Impulse!: 1997]
4. “Baby’s Minor Lope” {Baby Face Willette} – Grant Green – Grant’s First Stand [Blue Note: 1961]
   Happy Birthday (9/11/33), Baby Face Willette…playing that big B-3 in the sky.
5. “From A Lonely Bass” {Jimmy Heath} – The Heath Brothers – Endurance [Jazz Legacy: 2009]
6. “Dario and Bario” {Goldings} – Larry Goldings – Quartet [Palmetto Records: 2006]
7. “Le Cannet” {John Lewis} – Modern Jazz Quartet – Best of the Modern Jazz Quartet [Pablo: 1988]
   Recorded June, 1985.
   Previously released on Topsy: This One’s for Basie (Pablo 2310-917)
8. “Out of Towner” {Abercrombie} – John Abercrombie Quartet – Wait Till You See Her [ECM: 2009]
9. “Wade In The Water” {Trad.} – Cyrus Chesnut – Spirit [Jazz Legacy: 2009]
10. “I Don’t Want To” {Charlie Barnett} – Chaise Lounge – Second Hand Smoke [Big Kahuna: 2009]
11. “St. Thomas” {Rollins} – Sonny Rollins – Saxophone Colossus [Prestige: 1956]

The Jazz Messenger [Playlist - 08/21/09]

1. “See See Rider” {Ma Rainey} – Jimmy McGriff – Greatest Hits [Blue Note: 1965]
2. “Step To It” {Holland} – Dave Holland – Live at the 2007 Monterey Jazz Festival [MJF Records: 2009]
3. “Minor Apprehension” {McLean} – Jackie McLean – New Soil [Blue Note: 1959]
4. “Minor March” {McLean} – Stefon Harris and Blackout – Urbanus [Concord: 2009]
5. “Woody’n You” {D. Gillespie} – Scott LaFaro – Pieces of Jade [Resonance: 2009]
   New LaFaro release! Recorded in 1961. Check this cd out for the WKCR 1966 Bill Evans interview.
6. “Israel” {John Carisi} – Bill Evans Trio – Explorations [Riverside: 1961]
7. “I Wish I Knew” {Warren/Gordon} – Bill Evans Trio – Explorations [Riverside: 1961]
8. “Sonic Tonic” {McBride} – Christian McBride – Live At Tonic [Ropeadope: 2005]
9. “Bags & Trane” {Jackson} – Milt Jackson & John Coltrane – Bags & Trane [Atlantic: 1960]
10. “Drad Dog” {Davis} – Miles Davis Sextet – Someday My Prince Will Come [Columbia: 1961]

The Jazz Messenger [Playlist - 9/12/08]

1. “Let ‘Em Roll” – John Patton – Let ‘Em Roll
   Featuring Grant Green on guitar, Bobby Hutcherson on vibes.
2. “Whisper Not” – Wynton Kelly – Piano [Riverside: 1958]
   Kenny Burrell, guitar.
3. “Unit 7″ – Wes Montgomery w/Wynton Kelly Trio – Smokin’ at the Half Note [Verve: 1965]
4. “Your Mind is on Vacation” – New Guitar Summit – Shivers [Stony Point: 2008]
   New release from Jay Geils and company, 2008, Stony Plain Records.
5. “Goodbye Pork Pie Hat” – Jeff Beck – Wired [Epic: 1976]
6. “Epistrophy” – Charlie Hunter – Charlie Hunter [Blue Note: 2000]
7. “Let Your Hair Down Blues” – Willie Bobo – Bobo’s Beat [Roulette: 1962]
8. “Better Git Hit In Your Soul (live)” – Charles Mingus – Mingus at Antibes [Rhino: 1960]
9. “Eat That Chicken” – Charles Mingus – Mingus Oh Yeah [Atlantic: 1961]
10. “The Eye of the Hurricane” – Herbie Hancock – Maiden Voyage [Blue Note: 1965]
11. “Infant Eyes” – Wayne Shorter – Speak No Evil [Blue Note: 1964]

The Jazz Messenger [Playlist - 8/22/08]

1. “Bloomdido” – Charlie Parker/Dizzy Gillespie – Bird and Diz (Clef Records: 1950)
2. “My Melancholy Baby” – Charlie Parker/Dizzy Gillespie – Bird and Diz (Clef Records: 1950)
3. “Body & Soul” – Charlie Parker/Jay McShann – Early Bird (Stash: 1991)
4. “Yardbird Suite” – Charlie Parker/Chuck Kopey Jam Session – Dial Masters Volume 2 (Stash: 1989)
5. “Relaxin’ with Lee” – Charlie Parker/Dizzy Gillespie – Bird and Diz (Clef Records: 1950)
6. “Now’s the Time (1953)” – Charlie Parker – Bird: Original Recordings of Charlie Parker (Verve: 1988)
7. “Laura (1950)” – Charlie Parker with orchestra – Bird: Original Recordings of Charlie Parker (Verve: 1988)
8. “Relaxin’ at Camarillo (1947)” – Charlie Parker Septet – Dial Masters Volume 2 (Stash: 1989)
9. “Lester Leaps In (1949)” – Charlie Parker/Lester Young – Bird: Original Recordings of Charlie Parker (Verve: 1988)
10. “I’d Rather Have a Memory than a Dream” – Charlie Parker/Sarah Vaughan with Dizzy Gillespie Septet – Every Bit of It: Charlie Parker 1945 (Spotlight (lp): 1945)
11. “Mean to Me” – Charlie Parker/Sarah Vaughan with Dizzy Gillespie Septet – Every Bit of It: Charlie Parker 1945 (Spotlight (lp): 1945)
12. “Salt Peanuts (1953)” – Charlie Parker/The Quintet – Jazz at Massey Hall (Fantasy: 1989)
13. “Bongo Bop (1947)” – Charlie Parker Quintet – Dial Masters Volume 1 (Stash: 1989)
14. “52nd Street Theme preceded by Symphony Sid (1948)” – Charlie Parker Quintet – Bird at the Roost: Savoy Years, Vol. 1 (Savoy (lp): 1948)
15. “Yardbird Suite” – Charlie Parker Septet – Dial Masters Volume 1 (Stash: 1989)
16. “Ornithology” – Charlie Parker Septet – Dial Masters Volume 1 (Stash: 1989)