program no. 1260

• Start my program with “Monday Night at Birdland” recorded april 21^st 1958 with Lee Morgan: trumpet, Curtis Fuller: trombone, Hank Mobley & Billy Root: tenor saxes, Ray Bryant: piano, Tommy Bryant: bass, Charles “Specs” Wright: drums
• Tony Coe’s  Axel “What say we play Today” recorded at Ronnie Scott’s Jazz club in 1978 with Tony on clarinet, bass clarinet, soprano and tenor sax, Bob Cornford; piano, Phil Lee: guitar, Chris Laurence: bass, Trevor Tompkins: drums ( release on Jazz in Britain)
• Drummer Art Blakey and the Jazz Messengers, track from “TBS TV Studio Tokyo” recorded November 1^st 1961 with Lee Morgan: trumpet, Wayne Shorter: tenor sax, Bobby Timmons: piano, Jimmy Merritt: bass + Japanese Big Band
• Alto saxophonist Julian “Cannonball” Adderley, track from “Live at the Half Note N.Y.C.” recorded may 23^rd 1965 with his brother Nat on cornet, Joe Zawinul: piano, Sam Jones: bass, Louis Hayes: drums and on tenor sax: Charles Lloyd
• The Ben Webster special, track 315/520 this week Ben’s  lp “Days of Wine and Roses” recorded September 5^th 1965
• Bassist Rodney Jordan, track from the cd “Memphis Blue” recorded in 2024 with Melvin Jones: trumpet, Mark Sterbank: saxes, Louis Heriveaux: piano, Quinten E Baxter: drums
• The Fania All Stars, track from “Latin-Soul-Rock” recorded in 1974 with Mongo Santamaria & Ray Barretto: congas, Nicky Marrero: timbales, Billy Cobham: drums, Larry Harlow: piano, Manu Dibango: tenor sax
• Pianist Tsuyoshi Yamamoto, track from his cd “Ma Memoire” recorded in 1981 with Getao Takahashi: electric bass, Shuichi Murakami: drums, Pecker: percussion
• Trumpeter Donald Byrd, track from “live in Paris” recorded October 22^nd 1958 with Bobby Jaspar: tenor sax, Walter Davis, Jr: piano, Doug Watkins: bass, Art Taylor: drums
• Pianist Ahmad Jamal, track from “Live in Zurich” recorded October 26^th 2001 with the one and only George Coleman on tenor sax, James Cammack: bass, Idris Muhammad: drums