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program no. 1310

  • In my program this week organist “Baby Face” Willette, track from the lp “Face to Face” recorded January 30  1961 with Fred Jackson: tenor sax, Grant Green: guitar, Ben Dixon: drums
  • Organist Jimmy Smith, track from the lp “Open House” recorded march 22nd 1960 with Blue Mitchell: trumpet, Jackie McLean: alto sax, Ike Quebec: tenor sax, Quentin Warren: guitar, Donald Bailey: drums
  • Tenor saxophonist Coleman Hawkins, track from the lp “Stasch” recorded February 5th 1959 with Pepper Adams: baritone sax, Jerome Richardson: alto sax, Idrees Sulieman: trumpet, Roy Gaines: guitar, Wendell Marshall: bass, Walter Bolden: drums
  • Pianist Duke Pearson and his big band live at Baltimore 1969 (april 27th ) with Donald Byrd: trumpet, Frank Foster & Lew Tabackin: tenor saxes, Pepper Adams: baritone sax, Bob Cranshaw: bass, Mickey Roker: drums
  • Tenor saxophonist John Coltrane, track from the lp “Traneing In” recorded august 23rd 1957 with Red Garland: piano, Paul Chambers: bass, Art Taylor: drums
  • Pianist Barry Harris, track from the lp ”Bull’s  Eye” recorded june 4th 1968 with Paul Chambers: bass, Billy Higgins: drums, Kenny Dorham: trumpet, Charles McPherson: tenor sax, Pepper Adams: baritone sax
  • The Ben Webster special, track 364/520, this week Ben’s lp “Music with feeling” recorded September 9th 1955
  • Drummer Pete Cater, track from his brand new EP ”Go Big Band or Go Home” recorded in 2025 on Mister PC Records
  • Tenor saxophonist Don Wilkerson, track from the lp “Preach Brother” recorded june 18th 1962 with Grant Green: guitar, Sonny Clark: piano, Butch Warren: bass, Billy Higgins: drums
  • Woodgrain, fine blues band from Groningen/ Sappemeer with Vincent Liedmeijer: keyboards, Johan Gils: bass, Bart Feeburg: drums, Jan Bodewes: guitar, Marko Heslinga: guitar( and soloist)
  • Blues guitarist and vocals Joe Bonamassa, track from “Piazza Blues” Switzerland july 28th 2007
  • Trombonist Bennie Green, track from the lp “Bennie Green” recorded in 1960 on Bainbridge Records with Jimmy “the Nighttrain” Forrest: tenor sax, Sonny Clark: piano, George Tucker: bass, Alfred Dreares: drums, Joseph Gorgas: bongos

program no. 1309

  • In my program this week the New York Jazz Giants, recorded live in Lugano, Switzerland july 2nd 1997 Bobby Watson: alto sax, Lew Tabackin: tenor sax, Tom Harrell & Jon Faddis: trumpets, Mulgrew Miller: piano, Ray Drummond: bass, Carl Allen: drums
  • Jazz at the Philharamonic (JATP), track from “Live in Seattle” recorded in 1956 with Roy Eldridge: trumpet, Flip Phillips & Illinois Jacquet: tenor saxes, Oscar Peterson: piano, Herb Ellis: guitar, Ray Brown: bass, Jo Jones: drums
  • Manhattan Jazz Quintet, track from the lp “Live at Pit Inn” recorded april 21st 1986 with Lew Soloff: trumpet, George Young: tenor sax, David Matthews: piano, Eddie Gomez: bass, Steve Gadd: drums
  • The Ben Webster special, track 363/520 this week Ben’s recording with JATP at the Carnegie Hall, September 17th 1955
  • The Danish-Dutch Tribute to Ben Webster, recorded October 1st 1983 with Jesper Thilo & Ruud Brink: tenor saxes, Piet Noordijk: alto sax, Herman Schoonderwalt: baritone sax, Cees Slinger: piano, Jacques Schols: bass, Johnny Engels: drums
  • The Oscar Peterson trio, track from the lp “At Baker’s Keyboard Lounge” recorded august 19th 1960 with Ray Brown: bass, Ed Thigpen: drums
  • Drummer Art Blakey and the Jazz Messengers, track from the lp “Golden Boy” recorded in 1963 with Lee Morgan & Freddie Hubbard: trumpets, Curtis Fuller: trombone, Julius Watkins: French Horn, Bill Barber: tuba, James Spaulding: alto sax, Wayne Shorter: tenor sax, Charles Davis: baritone sax, Cedar Walton: piano, Reggie Workman: bass
  • Alto saxophonist Sammy Mayne, track from the cd “Sammy Side Up” recorded in 2025 with Sam Dunn: guitar, Pete Whittaker: Hammond organ, Pete Cater: drums
  • Tenor saxophonist Simon Spillett, track from the cd “Up in Town” recorded February 10th 2024 with Rob Barron: piano, Alec Dankworth: bass, Pete Cater: drums
  • Tenor saxophonist Booker Ervin, track from “Vara Studio 7” recorded February 18th 1966 with Pim Jacobs: piano, Ruud Jacobs: bass, Han Bennink: drums

program no. 1308

  • In my program this week drummer Roland Vazquez, track from “The Tides of Time” recorded in 1988 with Chris Botti: trumpet, Ken Hitchcock: saxes, Dean Brown: guitar, Dave Lalama: keyboards, Anthony Jackson: bass, Luis Conte: congas
  • Tenor saxophonist Toon van Vliet, track from “Live in Laren” recorded march 31st 1974 with Cees Slinger: piano, Peter Niewerf: guitar, Rob Langereis: bass, John Engels: drums
  • Tenor saxophonist Willis “Gatortail” Jackson, track from the lp “Soul Grabber” recorded October 20th 1967 with Wilbur “Dud” Bascomb & Sammy Lowe: trumpets, Heywood Henry: baritone sax, Carl Wilson: organ, Lloyd Davis: guitar, Bob Bushnell: electric bass, Lawrence Wrice: drums
  • Composer/ Conductor Miho Hazama, track from the new cd “Frames” on Edition Records , Miho and the Danish Radio Big Band, on saxophone Karl-Martin Almquist and trumpeter Gidon Nunez Vaz
  • Alto saxophonist Erena Terakubo, track from “Live in Tokyo” recorded September 5th 2010 with Will Boulware: keyboards, Ron Carter: bass, Omar Hakim: drums
  • The Ben Webster special, track 362/520  this week Ben’s recording with the Rex Stewart Alumni All Stars recorded july 4th 1958 Live at the Newport Jazz Festival
  • Biella Da Costa, track from her cd “Jazz and Blues” recorded in 1994, Biella: vocals, Alvaro Falcon: guitar, Rafael Velasquez: trumpet, Bernardo Padron: tenor sax
  • Louise Alexandra (very good Dutch singer) track from her brand new cd “Crazy World of Love” with Rob van Bavel: piano, Frans van Geest: bass, Vincent Koning: guitar Marcel Serierse: drums, Jan Menu: saxes
  • Alto saxophonist Pony Poindexter, track from the lp “Pony Express” recorded may 10th 1962 with Phil Woods & Gene Quill: alto saxes, Dexter Gordon & Billy Mitchell: tenor saxes, Pepper Adams: baritone sax, Gildo Mahones: piano, Bill Yancey: bass, Charliew Persip: drums
  • Drummer Ben Riley, track from “Monk Legacy Septet”  recorded in 2006 with Freddie Bryant: guitar, Peter Washington: bass, Bruce Williams: soprano and alto sax, Jimmy Green &Wayne Escoffery: tenor saxes, Jim Brandford: baritone sax, Don Sickler: trumpet
  • Tenorist Simon Rigter, track from the cd “Growing Up” recorded in 2021 with Vincent Koning: guitar, Karel Boehlee: piano, Cas Jiskoot: bass, Joost van Schaik: drums
  • Vibraphonist Johnny Lytle, track from “Possum Grease” recorded july 15th 1992 with Houston Person: tenor sax, Randy Johnston: guitar, Stan Hope: piano, Peter Martin Weiss: bass, Michael Carvin: drums, Sammy Figuroa:percussion

program no. 1307

  • In my program this week tenor saxophonists Big Jay McNeely and Rinus Groeneveld, track from the cd “Party Time” recorded march 2009 with Martijn Schok: piano, Stefan Jankowski: guitar, Sergei Shapko: bass, Maarten Kruijswijk: drums
  • Tenor saxophonist Joop Hendriks, recorded September 1986 with Harry Kanters: piano, Onno de Bruijn: drums
  • Guitarist Grant Green, track from the lp “Idle Moments” recorded November 4 & 15 1963 with Bobby Hutcherson: vibes, Joe Henderson: tenor sax, Duke Pearson: piano, Bob Cranshaw: bass, Al Harewood: drums
  • Trumpeter Erik Palmberg, track from “Live in café Landskrona” recorded October 29th 2025 with Anton Dromberg: piano, Niklas Wennstrom: bass, Sebastian Vogler: drums
  • Trio from pianist Sir Roland Hanna, track from the cd “Apres Un Reve” recorded September 22nd 2002 with Ron Carter: bass, Grady Tate: drums
  • The Ben Webster special, track 361/520 this week Ben’s recording with Walter Thomas and his Jump Cats recorded april 1st 1944 with Emmet Berry: trumpet, ben & Walter “Foots” Thomas: tenor saxes, Clyde Hart: piano, Oscar Pettiford: bass, Cozy Cole: drums
  • Bassist John Goldsby, track from his cd “Big Band Bass” recorded in 2025 with the WDR Big Band
  • Tenor saxophonist Rinus Groeneveld, track from his cd “Regroovable” recorded in 2017 with Cajan Witmer: keyboards, Cees van der Laarse: bass, Steve Altenberg: drums
  • Tenor saxophonist Rusty Bryant, track from the lp “For the Good Times” recorded march 9th 1973 with Hank Jones: fender Rhodes, Joe beck & Hugh McCracken: guitars, Tony Levin: basses, Steve Gadd: drums
  • Tenor saxophonist Joe Farrell, track from his lp ”Penny Arcade” recorded in 1974 with Herbie Hancock: piano, Joe Beck: guitar, Herb Bushler: bass, Steve Gadd: drums, Don Alias: percussion
  • The Millennium Jazz Orchestra, track from the cd ”Concertos” featuring trombonist Mark Nightingale, composed and conducted by Joan Reinders recorded june 16 & 17th 2024
  • Vibraphonist Cal Tjader, track from the lp “Live at the Penthouse 1963-1967”  this recording june 9th 1966 with Al Zulaica: piano, Monk Montgomery: bass, Carl Burnett: drums, Armando Peraza: congas & bongos

program no. 1306

  • In my program this week tenor saxophonist Stanley Turrentine, track from the lp “The Sugar Man” recorded February 1971 with Butch Cornell: organ, Ron Carter: bass, Billy Cobham: drums, George Benson: guitar, Ray Barretto: congas, Dave Friedman: vibes, Blue Mitchell: trumpet, Curtis Fuller: trombone, Jerome Richardson: tenor sax
  • Tenor saxophonist Bjarne Nerem, track from the cd “More than you Know” recorded at the Rainbow Studio, Oslo august 29& 30th 1987 with Lars Sjosten: piano, Kare Garnes: bass, Spike Wells: drums
  • Tenor saxophonist Boris van der Lek, track from his new cd “When I Fall in Love” recorded april 2025 ( Boris and the JazzFluencers),  Koos van der Hout: trumpet, Mark van der Veen: piano, Vincent Kuiper: bass, Dolf Helge: drums
  • The Ben Webster special, track360/520 this week Ben’s recording with bassist Charles Mingus live at Jazz Festival Pescara july 30th 1972 with Kenny Drew: piano and drummer Roy Brooks
  • Drummers Art Blakey and George Kawaguchi, track from the lp “Killer Joe” recorded December  4th 1981 with Wallacy Rooney: trumpet, Slide Hampton: trombone, Brandford Marsalis: tenor sax, Charles Fambrough: bass
  • Tenor saxophonist Sleepy Matsumoto ,”track from the lp “Eternal Dreams” recorded November 17th 1996 with Antonio Hart: alto sax, Johnny Griffin: second tenor, Lew Soloff: trumpet, Joe Locke: vibes, Cyrus Chestnut: piano, George Mraz: bass, Lewis Nash: drums, Steve Berrios: percussion
  • Second track from the new cd “More than you Know”  Boris van der Lek
  • Vibaphonist Dimitris Angelakis, track from his cd “Long Way Home” recorded in 2021 with George Kontrafouris: fender Rhodes, Kimon Karoutzos: bass, Jason Wastor: drums
  • Guitarist Joop Scholten, track from the lp “Blue Joe and Friends” recorded in 1974 with Rob Franken: fender Rhodes, Koos Serierse: bass, Louis DeBij: drums
  • Tenor saxophonist Hank Mobley, track from “Newark 1953” September 28th with Benny Green: trombone, Walter Davis, Jr: piano, Jimmy Schenck: bass, Charlie Persip: drums
  • Tenor saxophonist Arnett Cobb, track from “Live in Rome” recorded may 10th 1986 with Calvin Owens: trumpet, Jimmy Ford: alto sax, Peter Cruch: piano, Clarence See: bass, Fukushi Tainaka: drums

program no. 1305

  • In my program this The New Orpheans, track from the cd “To Be Continued”
  • New cd from Louise Alexandra ( great singer, lovely voice and meaningful lyrics)2 tracks from her cd “Crazy World of Love” recorded in 2025 with Rob van Bavel: piano, Vincent Koning: guitar, Frans van Geest: bass, Jan Menu: saxes, Marcel Serierse: drums, Benny Benack: flugelhorn and vocals
  • Tenor saxophonist Tubby Hayes, track from “Tribute—pays homage to Victor Feldman, Milt Jackson, Dizzy Gillespie, Stan Getz & Miles Davis” recorded may 11th 1966
  • Tenor saxophonist Enric Peidro, 2 tracks from his new cd “Jazz Between midnight and Dawn” recorded December 11th 2025 with Richard Busiakiewics: piano, Queralt Camps: bass, Xavi Hinojosa: drums
  • Tenor saxophonist Jed Levy and guitarist Phil Robson, track from the new cd “The Unpredictability of the Sea” new release on LIVIA Records, recorded November 2025 with Mark Hodgson: bass, Roberto Gatto: drums
  • The Ravens ( Vocal Quartet)recorded december  18th 1952 Joe van Loan: lead tenor, Leonard Puzie: second tenor, Warren Suttles: baritone, Jimmy Ricks: bass
  • The Ben Webster special, track 359/520 this week Ben’s lp “Johnny Otis and his Orchestra” recorded December 26th 1951
  • Dinah Washington with the Jimmy Cobb Orchestra, recorded January 18th 1952 Dinah, vocals, Ben Webster & Wardell gray: tenor sax, Wynton Kelly: piano, Paul Chambers: bass, Jimmy Cobb: drums
  • Second track from Louise Alexandra’s new cd “Crazy World of Love”
  • Billie Holiday ( things/ songs ain’t what they used to be)
  • Second track from tenor saxophonist Enric Peidro’s new release “Jazz between Midnight and Down”
  • The Atlantic Family, track from the lp”Live at Montreux” recorded in 1977 with the Brecker Brothers, Herbie Mann, Sonny Fortune, Joe Farrell, Richard Tee, Dick Morrissey

program no 1304

  • In my program this week tenor saxophonist Scott Hamilton with 2 tracks from his new cd “Italian Quartet” recorded 2025 with Paolo Birro: piano, Aldo Zunino: bass, Alfred Kramer: drums
  • Tenor saxophonists Sil Austin and Red Prysock recorded in 1958track from the lp “Battle Royal”
  • Bassist Hans Backenroth, track from his new cd “For Ray, Milt and M.J.Q.” recorded in 2025 with Roger Svedberg: vibes, Daniel Tilling: piano, Oscar Johansson Were: drums
  • Tenor saxophonist Willis  “Gatortail” Jackson track from the lp “Tell It….” Recorded march 21st 1964 Frank Robinson: trumpet, Carl Wilson: organ, Pat Martino: guitar, Joe Hadrick: drums
  • The Modern Jazz Quartetat Music Inn vol.2 recorded august 1958  Milt Jackson: vibes, John Lewis: piano, Percy Heath: bass, Connie Kay: drums plus Sonny Rollins: tenor saxophone
  • The Ben Webster special, track 358/520 this week Ben’s lp “The Horn” recorded February 2nd 1944 with Oran “Hot Lips” Page: trumpet, Clyde Hart: piano, Charlie  Drayton: bass, Denzil Best: drums
  • Second track from Scott Hamilton’s new cd “Italian Quartet”
  • Pianist Rob van Bavel, track from his cd “Sweet Sixty”  recorded in 2025 on this track guests Jan van Duinkerken: trumpet and guitarist Martijn van Iterson
  • Trumpeter and on flugelhorn Dusko Goykovich, track from the lp “Doo’s Blues” recorded march 4th 1967 with Bent Jaedig: tenor sax, Scott Bradford: piano, Jimmy Woode: bass, Al Jones: drums
  • The Boy Edgar Big band, track from the cd “Return” ( Nederlands Jazz Archief-Dutch Jazz Archive) recorded october 21st 1965
  • Trumpeter and flugelhorn Dusko Goykovich, track from the lp “Doo’s  Blues” recorded January 30th 1967 with Fats Sadi: vibraphone, Jean Fanis: piano, Roger Vanhaverbeke: bass, Al Jones: drums