Take 5 Jazz

No: 997

  • Start my program with pianist Harold Mabern  track from his cd “Workin’and Wailin” with Virgil Jones:trumpet, George Coleman:tenor sax, Buster Williams:bass, Idris Muhammad:drums  recorded 1969
  • The Jazz Brothers-Gap and Chuck Mangione track from the cd “Hey Baby” Chuck on trumpet, Gap on piano, Sal Nistico:tenor sax, Steve Davis:bass, Roy McCurdy:drums  recorded in 1961
  • Saxophonist Oliver Nelson  track from “Taking Care of Business” with Lem Winchester on vibes, Johnny “Hammond” Smith:organ, George Tucker:bass, Roy Haynes:drums recorded in 1960
  • Harold Mabern again with a track from the cd “Mr. Lucky” with Eric Alexander:tenor sax, John Webber:bass, Joe Farnsworth:drums recorded in 2002
  • Tenorist Tubby Hayes with a track from his album ‘Blues at the Manor” live and previously unreleased 1959-1960
  • Tenor saxophonist Ben Webster track 59/520 here with pianist Art Tatum, Red Callender on bass, Bill Douglass:drums recorded in 1954
  • On trumpet Chuck Mangione with Joe Romano:tenor and flute, Wynton Kelly:piano, Sam Jones:bass, Louis Hayes:drums track from “Recuerdo” recorded in 1962
  • “Kiss of Fire” nice Harold Mabern album with Eric Alexander on tenor, Nat Reeves:bass, Joe Farnsworth:drums recorded in 2001
  • Tenor saxophonists Coleman Hawkins and Eddie “Lockjaw”Davis track from “Night Hawk” with Tommy Flanagan:piano, Ron Carter:bass, Gus Johnson:drums recorded in 1960
  • One of my favorite singers is Billie Holiday  track from “Lady in Satin” with the Ray Ellis Orchestra recorded in 1958