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No.1073

  • This week I’ll start with J.A.T. P. live at the Carnegie Hall September 17th 1955 with Ben Webster, Lester Young, Dizzy Gillespie and Roy Elderidge + Flip Phillips, Sonny Stitt, Bill Harris, Oscar Peterson, Herb Ellis, Ray Brown, Louie Bellson
  • Steps Ahead track from “N.Y.C.” recorded in 1989 with Mike Mainieri: vibes, Bendik Hofset: sax and keys, Steve Khan: guitars, Tony Levin: bass, Steve Smith: drums
  • Tenor saxophonist Charlie Ventura and trombonist Bill Harris track from the lp “Live at the 3 Deuces” recorded in 1947 with Ralph Burns: piano, Bob Leiniger: bass, Dave Tough: drums
  • On the trumpet you’ll hear Chet Baker with a track from his album “Chet in New York” recorded in 1958 with Johnny Griffin on tenor sax, Al Haig on piano, Paul Chambers plays the bass and drummer is Philly Joe Jones
  • BOOST a mix of rock, blues, 70’s film score and a touch of jazz, fat grungy Hammond grooves(Rob Mostert, virtuoso guitar riffs (Jerome Hol) and tight beats from drummer  Erik Kooger new album on ZenneZ records
  • Billie Holiday sings at the Philharmonic Auditorium in L.A.  February 12th 1945 she sings “Strange Fruit”!!!
  • The Ben Webster special track 134/520 you’ll hear a track from the lp “Live in Esslingen” recorded October 8th 1967 with Benny Bailey: trumpet, Henri Chaix: piano, Alan DuBois: guitar, Isla Eckinger: bass, Ramano Caviciola: drums
  • Tenor saxophonist Coleman Hawkins track from J.A.T.P. recorded February 12th 1945 with Neal Hefti & Shorty Sherock: trumpets, Corky Corcoran: tenor sax, Milt Raskin: piano, Dave Barbour: guitar, Charles Mingus: bass, Dave Coleman: drums
  • Another J.A.T.P. recording now with Joe Guy & Howard McGhee: trumpets,Willie Smith: alto sax, Illinois Jacquet & Charlie Venura: tenor sax, Garland Finney: piano, Ulysses Livingston: guitar, Red Callender: bass, Gene Krupa: drums
  • The Chris Barber Jazz and Blues Band 3 tracks from “New Orleans Symphony” recorded October 1986 Chris on trombone with Pat Halcox: trumpet, John Crocker: clarinet,saxes, Ian Wheeler: clarinet, harmonica,saxes, John Slaughter: guitar, Johnny McCallum: banjo and guitar,Vic Pitt: bass, Norman Emberson: drums +++The Grosse Rundfunk Orchestra Berlin

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No.1072

  • This week I’ll start with Chet Baker track from his lp “Plays the best of Lerner & Loewe” recorded july 1959 with Herbie Mann: flute and tenor sax, Zoot Sims: tenor sax, Pepper Adams: baritone sax, Bob Corwin: piano, Earl May: bass, Clifford Jarvis: drums
  • Pianist Friedrich Gulda track from the lp “From Vienna with Love” recorded may 25th 1964 with some of the finest musicans Jimmy Deuchar, Benny Bailey, Sahib Shihab, Tubby Hayes, Jimmy Woode, Mel Lewis
  • Saxophonist Charlie Ventura(plays tenor, alto,baritone and bass saxophone) track from “Adventure with Charlie” recorded march 30th 1957 with Billy Bean: guitar, Johnny Coates, Jr: piano, Gus Nemeth: bass, Tony DiNicola:  drums
  • On keyboards Dominique Vantomme track from his album “Vegir” recorded October 29th 2016 with Tony Levin on bass and Chapman Stick,Michel Deville: guitars, Maxime Lenssens: drums
  • The Ben Webster special track 133/520 “Live at Stampen, Stockholm” recorded march 19th 1973 with Teddy Wilson: piano, Sture Nordin: bass, Ed Thigpen: drums
  • Drummer Art Blakey and his Jazz Messengers 2 tracks from both lp”s  “Meet you at the Jazz Corner of the World” recorded September 14th 1960 with Lee Morgan on trumpet, Wayne Shorter on tenor sax, Bobby Timmons plays piano and Jymie Merritt on the contrabass
  • Pianist Count Basie presents the Tenor of Eddie “Lockjaw” Davis recorded December 17th 1957 with Joe Newman: trumpet, Shirley Scott: organ, George Duvivier: bass, Butch Ballard: drums
  • Bassist Ray  Brown track from his album “Echoes from the West” recorded in 1981 with Roger Kellaway: piano and drummer Louie Bellson
  • Tenor saxophonist Rusty Bryant track from “Orginal Quintet Complete Recordings”  recorded in 1954 with Otis Sutton: baritone sax, Hank Marr: piano, Warren Stephens: guitar, Fred Smith: bass, Jimmy Rodgers: drums
  • Tenor saxophonist Don Byas, track from his album “Made in Tokyo” recorded in 1981

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No. 1071

  • This week I’ll start with the Cajan Witmer trio, track from “Intimate Soul” recorded in 2019 with Cajan Witmer: piano, Han Slinger: bass, Maarten Kruijswijk: drums + Vera van der Bie: Violins
  • Pianist, Composer and Arranger Harry South track from “The Songbook” recorded may 16th 1964 with Jimmy Deuchar, Tubby Hayes, Ronnie Scott, Alan Branscombe, Terry Shannon, Phil Bates, Bill Eyden
  • Guitarist Reinier Voet track from his album “Ballade pour la Nuit” recorded January 13th 2019 with Karin van Kooten: violin, Jan Brouwer: rhythm guitar, Jet Stevens: bass
  • Pianist Christian von der Osten track from “Quartet” recorded October 2019 with Bernd Dallmann: alto sax, Heinrich Romisch: bass, Andy Gutte: drums
  • Pianist Gediminas Karkauskas track from his solo cd “Lost Suite” recorded in 2019
  • The New York All Stars track from the cd “Burnin’ in London” recorded November 2017 Eric Alexander: tenor sax, Harold Mabern: piano, Darryl Hall: bass, Bernd Reiter: drums
  • The Ben Webster special track 132/520 “Ben Webster at Montmartre 1965-1966” Kenny Drew on piano, Niels H.O. Pedersen: bass, Alex Riel: drums
  • The Preacher Men track from “Preaching Out Loud!!” recorded in 2016 Rob Mostert: Hammond organ, Efraim Trujillo: tenor sax, Chris Strik: drums
  • Pianist Horace Silver track from his lp “Pencil Packin” Papa” Recorded January 10th 1994 with Bob Maize: bass, Carl Burnett: drums + guest solists
  • Baritone saxophonist Kevin Goss track from his album “Gratitude” recorded in 2018/2019 with Brian O’ Kane: trumpet, Dave Restivo: piano, Nathan Hiltz: guitar, Jim Vivian: bass, Ted Warren: drums
  • Piano, Fender Rhodes & Mini Moog:  Dominique Vantomme with Tony Levin: bass and Chapman Stick, Michel Delville: guitar, Maxime Lenssens: drums  track from “Vegir” recorded October 29th 2016

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No.1070

  • This week I’ll start with tenor saxophonist Don Wilkerson  track from his album “Shouitin” recorded july 30th 1963 with Grant Green: guitar, John Patton: organ, Ben Dixon: drums
  • Bassist Vinnie Burke track from his album “Vinnie Burke and his All Stars” ABC Paramount records, recorded july 22nd 1956 with Eddie Costa: piano, Jimmy Rainey: guitar, Joe Morello: drums
  • Tenor saxophonist Tubby Hayes  track from his lp “Mexican Green” recorded feb and march 1967 in London with Mike Pyne: piano, Ron Matthewson: bass, Tony Levin: drums
  • The Red Light Jazz Society track from “Hookin’ Up” a ZenneZ recording
  • Pianist Tommy Flanagan  track from “Live at the American Jazz Festival in Latin America” recorded july 16th 1961 with Coleman Hawkins: tenor sax, Roy Eldridge: trumpet, Abdul Ahmed Malik: bass, Jo Jones: drums
  • Bassist Koos Wiltenburg live in Paradox , recorded February 5th 2010 with Leo Janssen: saxes, Eef Albers &  Thomas Zoetelief: guitars, Arno van Nieuwenhuize: drums
  • The Ben Webster special track 131/520 “Valentine’s Day 1964” lp on Dot Time records with Dave Frishberg: piano, Richard Davis: bass, Grady Tate: drums
  • Ted Brown & Brad Linde on tenor sax track from the new album “Drifting on a Reed” recorded February 2nd 2020 with Gary Versace: Hammond B3 organ, aaron Quinn: guitar, deric Dickens: drums
  • The Modern Jazz Quartet: Milt Jackson: vibes, John Lewis: piano, Percy Heasth: bass, Connie Kay: drums recorded at the North Sea Jazz Festival 1982
  • The Jazz Couriers in Concert with Tubby Hayes and Ronnie Scott on tenor sax, lp on MPF( music for pleasure)recorded in the Dominion Theatre, London February 16th 1968 with Terry Shannon: piano, Phil Bates: bass, Bill Eyden: drums
  • Tenor saxophonist Eddie Harris  track from his album “The Battle of the Tenors” with second tenor man Wendell Harrison, Alex Rigowski: guitar, Ralph Armstrong: bass, Tom Star: drums recorded at Montreux Jazz Festival September 4th 1994

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No 1069

  • This week I’ll start with the Chick Corea Quartet “Live in Switzerland” recorded july 3rd 1992 with Bob Berg: tenor sax, Eddie Gomez: bass, Steve Gadd: drums
  • “Monk Tribute” recorded at the Chicago Jazz Festival august 27th 1986 Charlie Rouse: tenor sax, Barry Harris: piano, Cecil McBee: bass, Ben Riley: drums
  • Tenor saxophonist Teddy Edwards “Live at Molde Jazz Festival” recorded in 1980 with Jack Wilson: piano, Leroy Vinnegar: bass, Billy Higgins: drums
  • Red Light Jazz Society  track from “Hookin”Up” recorded in 2020 on ZenneZ records
  • Drummer Kenny Clarke & pianist Francy Boland and big band track from “Fire, Heat, Soul & Guts” recorded in 1968 with an all star band, Derek Humble on alto, Ronnie Scott, Johnny Griffin, Eddie “Lockjaw”Davis, Carl Drevo on tenor, Sahib Shihab on baritone, Eric van Lier: trombone, Jimmy Deuchar,Benny Bailey, Idrees Sulieman, Shake Keane: trumpets, Jimmy Woode: bass
  • The Ben Webster special track 130/520 now his lp “The Horn” recorded February 8th 1944 with Oran “Hot Lips” Page: trumpet, Clyde Hart: piano, Charlie Drayton: bass, Denzil Best: drums
  • Pianist Chick Corea with a very special project Niels Henning Orsted Pedersen on bass and Jorge Rossy on drums recorded july 20th 2000
  • Tenor saxophonist Scott Hamilton track from “Live at the Jazzroom”  recorded march 8th 2013 with Rein de Graaff: piano, Marius Beets: bass, Eric Ineke: drums
  • Tenor saxophonist Eddie “Lockjaw” Davis track from his lp “Trackin” recorded in 1962 with Don Patterson: organ, Paul weeden: guitar, George Duvivier: bass, Billy James: drums
  • Crystal Green” track from the lp “Rainbow” recorded may 11th 1976 with Michael Brecker: tenor sax, Will Boulware: keyboards, Cornell Dupree & Eric Gale: guitars, Gordon Edwards: bass, Steve Gadd: drums, Ralph McDonald: percussion

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No.1068

  • This week I’ll start with the recording from tenor saxophonist George Coleman “Big George” recorded  November 2nd 1977 with Frank Stozier: alto sax, Junior Cook: tenor  sax, Mario Rivera: baritone sax, Danny Moore: trumpet, Harold Mabern: piano, Lisle Atkinson: bass, Idris Muhammad: drums
  • Tenor saxophonist Eddie “Lockjaw” Davis track from his album “I only have Eyes for you”  recorded in 1962 with Don Patterson: organ, Paul Weeden: guitar, George Duvivier: bass, Billy James: drums
  • QOW trio: Spike Wells: drums, Riley Stone- Lonergan: tenor sax, Eddie Myer: bass recorded in 2020
  • Pianist Lex Jasper track from his cd “Lexposure” recorded in 2020 with  Vincent Koning: guitar, Frans van Geest: bass & Strings
  • Baritone saxophonist Rik van den Bergh track from his new Lp “Is that so??” with Timothy Banchet: piano, Steve Zwanink: bass, Sander Smeets: drums recorded feb 27th 2020
  • Tenor saxophonist Jimmy Skidmore  track from his album “Skid Marks” recorded in London 1972,Willie Garnett: alto & tenor sax, Ronnie Ross: baritone sax, Alan Branscombe: piano, Peter Chapman: bass, Bill Eyden: drums
  • The Ben Webster special track 129/520 a track from “Big Ben Time” recorded in London, January 1967 with Dick Katz: piano, Spike Heatley: bass, Tony Crombie: drums
  • The Buddy Rich Big Band with Mel Torme(vocals) track from the lp “Together Again- For  the first time” recorded , January 1978
  • Tenor saxophonist Willis “Gatortail” Jackson track from his lp “More Gravy” recorded October 24th 1963 with Frank Robinson: trumpet, Carl Wilson: organ, Pat Azzara: guitar, Sam Jones: bass, Joe Hadrick: drums
  • Native Son: Takehiro Honda: fender Rhodes, Motonobu Ohde: guitar, Romy Kinoshita: bass, Hiroshi Murakami: drums, Kohsuke Mine: tenor sax, Hiroshi Fukumura: trombone recorded at the bottom Line 1980
  • Drummer Art Blakey and the Jazz Messengers track from the lp “Meet you at the Jazz corner of the world”  recorded September 14th 1960 with Lee Morgan: trumpet, Wayne Shorter: tenor sax, Bobby Timmons: piano, Jymie Merritt: bass

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No.1067

  • This week I’ll start with the Newport Jazz Festival All Stars recorded july 4th 1963 Howard McGhee & Clark Terry: trumpets, Coleman Hawkins & Zoot Sims: tenor sax, Joe Zawinul: piano, Wendell Marshall: bass, Roy Haynes: drums
  • Tenor saxophonist Dexter Gordon track from his album “Bouncin’ with Dex” recorded in 1975 with Tete Montoliu: piano, Niels Henning Orsted Pedersen: bass, Billy Higgins: drums
  • Alto saxophonist Erena Terakubo track from her cd “Little Girl Power” recorded in 2017 with Mayuko Katakura: piano & fender Rhodes, Motoi Kanamori: bass, Shinnosuke Takahashi: drums
  • Baritone saxophonist Pete Lukas track from his album “Arrival” recorded in 2006 with Steve Fishwick: trumpet, Leon Greening: piano, Dominic Howles: bass, Steve Brown: drums
  • Tristan track from the new cd “What could possibly go wrong” Jaycilee Teterissa: vocals,Coen Molenaar: keyboards, Guy Nikkels: guitar, Frans Vollink: bass, Sebastiaan Cornellisen: drums
  • Drummer Tony Kinsey track from his album “Introducing the Tony Kinsey Quintet”  recorded November 8th 1956 with Bill Le Sage: piano and vibes, Pete Blannin: bass, Don Rendell: tenor sax, Ronnie Ross: baritone sax
  • The Ben Webster special, track 128/520 Ben with the Benny Morton All Stars with a recording from 1945
  • Tenorist Arnett Cobb live at the N.S.J.F. 1979 with Hank  Jones: piano, Gene Ramey: bass, Gus Johnson: drums
  • Singer Ann Burton with a track from her lp “Blue Burton” Louis van Dijk: piano, Jaques Schols: bass, John Engels: drums , Piet Noordijk: alto sax
  • Baritone saxophonist Rik van den Bergh  track from his new Lp “Is That So?” with Timothy Blanchet: piano, Steve Zwanink: bass, Sander Smeets: drums
  • On trumpet you’ll hear Lasse Lindgren with the Croatian Radiotelevision Jazz Orchestra ,recorded in 2015
  • Alto saxophonist Joe Harriott  track from his album “Movement” recorded in London 1963 with Shake Keane: trumpet, Pat Smythe: piano, Coleridge Goode: bass, Bobby Orr: drums

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No:1066

  • This week I’ll start with Dizzy Gillespie  track from the lp “Live in Chester” with Lee Morgan, Ermett Perry, Carl Warwick & Talib Dawud: trumpets, Melba Liston & Al Grey: trombones, Jimmy Powell & Erny Henry: alto sax, Benny Golson & Billy Mitchell: tenor sax, Pee wee Moore: baritone sax, Wynton Kelly: piano, Tom Bryant: bass, Charlie Persip: drums  recorded in Chester, june 14th 1957
  • Drummer Pete York  track from his album “Pete York and Young Friends” Gabor Polla: tenor sax, Andi Kissenbeck: organ, Lorenzo Petrocca: guitar recorded in Munich september 3rd 2013
  • The Woody Herman Big Band  track from his cd “Live at the Concord Jazz Festival”  with a feature for tenor saxophonist Stan Getz
  • Vibraphonist Bobby Hutcherson track from his lp “The Kicker” recorded December 29th 1963 with Joe Henderson: tenor sax, Grant Green: guitar, Duke Pearson: piano, Bob Cranshaw: bass, Al Harewood: drums
  • The New release from the Dutch Jazz Archive, singer Ann Burton track from “Early Blue 1958-1968” (Treasures of Dutch Jazz)
  • The Ben Webster special, track 127/520 now his lp “No Fool, No Fun” recorded October 27th 1970 with Denmark Radio’s Big Band
  • Tenor saxophonist Ernie Watts track from his album “World Class” recorded in 1988 with Pat Coil: piano, Joel DiBartolo: bass, Bob Leatherbarrow: drums
  • A Tenor tribute: Arnett Cobb, Joe Henderson and Jimmy Heath with Benny Green: piano, Walter Schmocker: bass, Doug Hammond: drums recorded april 30th 1988
  • Tenor saxophonist Brew Moore track from his lp “The Brew Moore Quintet” recorded in 1956 with Dickie Mills: trumpet, John Maraputo: piano, Max Harstein: bass, Gus Gustofson: drums
  • Tenorist Tina Brooks  track from “True Blue” recorded june 25th 1960 with Freddie Hubbard: trumpet, Duke Jordan: piano, Sam Jones: bass, Art Taylor: drums
  • The Duke Ellington Big Band track from his lp “70th Birthday Concert” with a feature for Wild Bill Davis : Hammond organ

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No:1065

  • This week I’ll start with drummer Art Blakey track from “A Night at Birdland, vol.3” with Clifford Brown: trumpet, Lou Donaldson: alto sax, Horace Silver: piano, Curly Russell: bass  recorded February 21st 1954
  • Pianist Jack Wilson track from “The Two Sides of Jack Wilson” recorded may 13th 1964 with Leroy Vinnegar: bass and Philly Joe Jones: drums
  • Pianist Bill Evans track from “With Symphony Orchestra” recorded December 1965 with Chuck Israel: bass, Grady Tate: drums, orchestra arranged and conducted by Claus Ogerman
  • Baritone saxophonist Pete Lukas  track from his cd “Arrival” recorded in 2006 with Steve Fishwick: trumpet, Leon Greening: piano, Dominic Howles: bass, Steve Brown: drums
  • “Alto Madness” Vincent Herring and Erena Terakubo with Anthony Wonsey: piano, Motoi Kanamori: bass, Yoishi Kobayashi: drums  recorded in Tokyo june 24th 2017
  • The new release from the Dutch Jazz Archive ( Nederlands Jazz Archief) –Treasures of Dutch Jazz with Ann Burton track from “Early Blue”1958-1968
  • The Ben Webster special track 126/520 now “Live at the Haarlemse Jazzclub” recorded may 9th 1972 with Tete Montoliu: piano, Rob Langereis: bass, Tony Inzalaco: drums
  • On the alto sax Erena Terakubo track from her album “Absolutely Live” recorded January 2019 with Mayuko Katakura: piano, Motoi Kanamori: bass, Shinnosuke Takahashi: drums
  • “Tough Baritones” Gary Smulyan and Ronnie Cuber recorded in 2020 with Gary Versace: piano, Jay Anderson: bass, Jason Tiemann: drums
  • Pianist Wynton Kelly track from his lp “Interpretations” recorded in 1967 with Hank Mobley: tenor sax, Cecil McBee: bass, Jimmy Cobb: drums

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No.1064

  • This week I’ll start with tenor saxophonist Don Byas feat:  pianist Sir Charles Thompson recorded april 29th 1967 with Isla Eckinger: bass, Peter Schmidlin: drums
  • On tenor you’ll hear Sonny Stitt, track from his lp “Stomp Off Let’s Go” recorded in 1976 with Jon Faddis & Lew Soloff: trumpets, Frank Owens: electric piano, Bucky Pizzarelli: guitar, Richard Davis: bass, Louis Bellson: drums, Leo Fleming: percussion
  • The Preacher Men track from “Preaching Out Loud!!” recorded in 2016 with Rob Mostert: Hammond organ, Efraim Trujillo: tenor sax, Chris Strik: drums
  • Pianist Stan Tracey track from his lp “With Love From Jazz” recorded October 1967 with Bobby Wellins: tenor sax, Dave Green: bass, Jackie Dougan: drums
  • On trumpet you’ll hear Shorty Rogers track from “Wherever the five winds blow” recorded in 1957 with Jimmy Giuffre: sax and clarinet, Lou Levy: piano, Ralph Pena: bass, Larry Bunker: drums
  • The Ben Webster special, track 125/520 now  his cd “Ben live at Rhode Island” recorded December 7th 1963 with Michael Renzi: piano, Bob Petterutti: bass, Joe Veletri: drums
  • The new release from the Dutch Jazz Archive ( Nederlands Jazz Archief) –Treasures of Dutch Jazz with Ann Burton track from “Early Blue”1958-1968
  • Pianist Bob Wijnen  track from his cd “NYC Un for seen”  recorded November 2nd  with Peter Bernstein: guitar, Dezron Douglas: bass, Billy Drummond: drums
  • Pianist Horace Silver track from “Live at Newport “58” recorded july 6th 1958 with Louis Smith: trumpet, Junior Cook: tenor sax, Gene Taylor: bass, Louis Hayes: drums
  • Pianist Michel Camilo with his big band track from “Caribe” recorded in 2009 with Anthony Jackson: contra bass guitar, Cliff Almond: drums, Guarionex Aquino: percussion  + 12 horns/trumpet, trombone and saxes!

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