program no. 1247

• Start my program  with the Story of PAZ, new release from “Jazz in Britain ”it’s a triple cd Variation and Creation from the legacy of one of the finest bass players Ron Mathewson, this track has Lol Coxhill: soprano sax, Brian Wilson: flute, Dick Crouch: electravibes, Geoff Castle: fender Rhodes, Ed Speight: guitar, Andere Messender: bass, Roger Harrison: drums, Simon Morton: percussion
• Pianist Horace Silver, track from “Paris Jazz Festival” recorded November 4^th 1968 with Randy Brecker: trumpet, Bennie Maupin: tenor sax, John Williams: bass, Billy Cobham: drums
• Trumpeter Dizzy Gillespie, track from “Live at the Philharmonie, Berlin” recorded November 7^th 1970 with Dizzy reece: trumpet, Curtis Fuller: trombone, James Moody: tenor sax, Sahib Shihab & Cecil Payne: baritone sax, Candy Finch: drums
• Tenor saxophonist Archie Shepp, track from “Live in Laren” recorded april 12^th 1988 with Horace Parlan: piano, Steve McCraven: bass, Jerry Eastman: drums
• The Ben Webster special, track 302/520, this week Ben’s  lp “Ben Webster meets Oscar Peterson” recorded November 6^th 1959 with Ray Brown on bass and drummer Ed Thigpen
• Bassist Jay Leonhart, track from “For Duke” recorded November 8^th 1994 with vibraphonist Gary Burton
• The Jazz Big Band Graz, track from the cd “Fruits of Passion” with Heinrich von Kalnein on tenor sax, Horst Michael Schaffer: trumpet
• Trumpeter Dizzy Gillespie and the All Stars, track from “Chicago Jazz Festival” recorded august 29^th 1980 with James Moody: tenor sax, CecilPayne: baritone sax, Walter Bishop Jr: piano, Ray Brown: bass, Max Roach: drums
• Tenorist Steve Heckman, track from the cd “Born to be Blue” recordd in 2013 with Howard Alden: guitar, Matt Clark: piano, Marcus Shelby: bass, Akira Tana: drums
• Pianist Horace Silver, track from “Live at Montreux Jazz Festival” recorded july 12^th 1985 with Bryan Lynch: trumpet, Ralph Moore: tenor sax, Luther Hughes: bass, Carl Burnett: drums
• Hammond organist Raphael Wressnig, track from the cd “Soulful Christmas” recorded in 2023 with Alex Schultz: guitars, Hans-Jurgen Bart: drums