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JANEL LEPPIN “ENSEMBLE VOLCANIC ASH”

• Centreville, VA, January 23, 2022
  Woven forest, I pose, Her hand is his score
  Sarah Hughes (as) Brian Settles (ts) Anthony Pirog (g) Kim Sator (harp) Janel Leppin (cello,synt,comp) Luke Stewart (b) Larry Ferguson (d

HARRIS EISENSTADT CANADA DAY QUARTET “ON PARADE IN PAREDE”

• Parede, Portugal, April 30 & May 1, 2016
  We all ate what we wanted to eat (parts 1, 2 & 5)
  Nate Wooley (tp) Matt Bauder (ts) Pascal Niggenkemper (b) Harris Eisenstadt (d)

BYARD LANCASTER “IT’S NOT UP TO US”

• New York, December 18, 1966
  It’s Not Up To Us, Mr.

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NETA RAANAN “UNFORESEEN BLOSSOM”

• Bar Bayeux, en Brooklyn, ca 2023
  Blue Jay, Late Fire Colors
  Neta Raanan (st) Joel Ross (vib) Simón Willson (b) Kayvon Gordon (dr)

AVISHAI COHEN “ASHES TO GOLD”

• Pernes-les-Fontaines, France, November, 2023
  Ashes to gold parts II – III IV, The seventh
  Avishai Cohen (tp,flhrn,fl) Yonathan Avishai (p) Barak Mori (b) Ziv Ravitz (d)

SEBASTIAN JORDAN QUINTETO “PATAGONIA”

• Lugar y fecha no especificados
  Patagonia, La Arena, Sarah, Reina del Fiordo
  Sebastián Jordán (t) Sergio Olivares (sax/fl) Sebastián Castro (p/tcl) Milton Russell (b)
  Carlos Cortés (dr)”

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BUCK CLAYTON “KANSAS CITY FIVE”

• New York, March 18, 1938
  Laughing at life, Good morning blues, I know that you know, Love me or leave me
  Buck Clayton (tp) Eddie Durham (el-g) Freddie Green (g) Walter Page (b) Jo Jones (d)

BUD FREEMAN “THE BUD FREEMAN TRIO”

• New York, April 13, 1938
  Keep smiling at trouble, At sundown, My honey’s lovin’ arms, I don’t believe it
  Bud Freeman (ts) Jess Stacy (p) George Wettling (d)

IVIE ANDERSON “PHIL MOORE ORCHESTRA”

• Los Angeles, September or October 1946
  He’s tall, dark and handsome, Butter and egg man, Twice too many, Empty bed blues Ivie Anderson (vcl) acc by Karl George (tp) unidentified (tp) Willie Smith (as) 2 unidentified (reeds), Lucky Thompson (ts) Phil Moore (p,arr) Irving Ashby (g) poss.

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THE JAZZ AT LINCOLN CENTER ORCHESTRA WITH WYNTON MARSALIS “THE MUSIC OF MAX ROACH”

• Jazz at Lincoln Center, New York, January 19 & 20, 2024
  The drum also waltzes, Lonesome lover, Driva’ man

FLORIAN ARBENZ “THE ALPINE SESSION : ARBENZ VS ARBENZ MEETS RON CARTER”

• Switzerland, March, 2024
  It don’t mean a thing, Evolution, Old shaman
  Michael Arbenz (p) Ron Carter (b) Florian Arbenz (d)

HAROLD LAND QUINTET “THE FOX”

• Los Angeles, August, 1959
  The fox, One down
  Dupree Bolton (tp) Harold Land (ts) Elmo Hope (p) Herbie Lewis (b) Frank Butler (d)

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THELONIOS MONK TRIO “THE COMPLETE BLUE NOTE RECORDINGS OF THELONIOUS MONK”:

• New York, October 24, 1947
  Ruby my dear, Well you needn’t, April in Paris, Off minor
  Thelonious Monk (p) Gene Ramey (b) Art Blakey (d)
• New York, November 21, 1947
  In walked Bud, ‘Round midnight George Tait (tp) Sahib Shihab (as) [aka Edmund Gregory (as) ] Thelonious Monk (p) Bob Paige (b) Art Blakey (d)

DUKE ELLINGTON AND HIS ORCHESTRA “MASTERPIECES BY ELLINGTON”

• New York, December 18, 1950
  Mood indigo (yl vcl)
  Nelson Williams, Andrew “Fats” Ford Harold Baker, Ray Nance William Anderson (tp) Mercer Ellington (flugelhorn) Lawrence Brown, Quentin Jackson (tb) Tyree Glenn (tb,vib) Jimmy Hamilton (cl,ts) Johnny Hodges (as) Russell Procope (as,cl) Paul Gonsalves (ts) Duke Ellington Billy Strayhorn (p) Wendell Marshall (b) Sonny Greer (d) Yvonne Lanauze (vcl)

MILES DAVIS QUINTET “THE COMPLETE COLUMBIA RECORDINGS: MILES DAVIS & JOHN COLTRANE”:

• ‘Round About Midnight, New York, October 26, 1955 Ah-leu-cha
  Miles Davis (tp) John Coltrane (ts) Cannonball Adderley (sa) Red Garland (p) Paul Chambers (b) Philly Joe Jones (d)
• Milestones, New York, February 4, 1958 Milestones
  Miles Davis (tp) Cannonball Adderley (as) John Coltrane (ts) Red Garland (p) Paul Chambers (b) Philly Joe Jones (d)
• Kind of Blue – New York, March 2, 1959 Blue in green
  Miles Davis (tp) John Coltrane (ts) Bill Evans (p) Paul Chambers (b) Jimmy Cobb (d)

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SULLIVAN FORTNER SOUTHERN NIGHTS – LIVE “VILLAGE VANGUARD”

• New York, July, 2023
  Southern nights, Daahoud, Organ grinder
  Sullivan Fortner (p) Peter Washington (b) Marcus Gilmore (d)

JEREMY PELT “WOVEN”

• New York ?, c. 2024
  Rhapsody (mv vcl,1), Afrofuturism, 13/14, Labyrinth
  Jeremy Pelt (tp) Jalen Baker (vib) Marie-Ann Hedonia (synt-1) Misha Mendelenko (g) Leighton Harrell (b,el-b) Jared Spears (d) Mar Vilaseca (vcl)

RODRIGO ESPINOZA “PUERTO”

• Valparaíso , Julio 2022.

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CAMILLE THURMAN “CONFLUENCE: VOL 1”

• España, Otoño de 2023
  (It’s Only A) Paper Moon, Despondence
  Camille Thurman (voz/st) Wallace Roney Jr. (t) David Bryant (p) Paul Beaudry (b) Darrell Green (dr)

MATTHEW SHIPP “NEW CONCEPTS IN PIANO TRIO JAZZ”

• Brooklyn, NY, August 2, 2023
  Primal poem, The function, Tone IQ, Brain work
  Matthew Shipp (p) Michael Bisio (b) Newman Taylor Baker (d)

THE DAM JAWN FEATURING DICK OATTS “FORWARD !”

• The Netherlands, May 15, 2023
  Wayne’s mind’s eye, After the morning
  Dick Oatts, Martin Diaz (as) Frank Groenendijk (ts) Joan Fort (g) Philip Lewin (b) Nitin Parree (d)

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M.T.B. “SOLID JACKSON”

• New York, November 25 & 26, 2023, Astoria, NY.
  Solid Jackson, Angola, Soft impression
  Mark Turner (ts) Brad Mehldau (p) Peter Bernstein (g) Larry Grenadier (b) Bill Stewart (d)

MARC JOHNSON/ELIANE ELIAS “SWEPT AWAY”

• New York, February, 2010
  Swept away, It’s time (1)
  Joe Lovano (ts-1) Eliane Elias (p) Marc Johnson (b) Joey Baron (d)

GREG GISBERT “THE COURT JESTER”

• New York, December 27, 1996
  The court jester, The love dirge, Soft snow
  Greg Gisbert (tp,flhrn) Conrad Herwig (tb) Jon Gordon (as,sop) Tim Ries (ts,sop,fl) Janice Friedman (p) Jay Anderson (b) Gregory Hutchinson (d)

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BILL CROW “FROM BIRDLAND TO BROADWAY”

• Englewood Cliffs, N.J., November 19 & 20, 1995
  From Birdland to Broadway, Share a key, Okay, bug
  Carmen Leggio (ts) Joe Cohn (g) Bill Crow (b) David Jones (d)

SONNY CLARK “MY CONCEPTION””

• “My Conception” – Hackensack, NJ, March 29, 1959
  Junka, Blues blue, Minor meeting
  Donald Byrd (tp) Hank Mobley (ts) Sonny Clark (p) Paul Chambers (b) Art Blakey (d)

CHARLES LLOYD “THE SKY WILL STILL BE THERE TOMORROW”

• New York ?, March, 2023
  Defiant, tender warrior, Monk’s dance, The water is rising
  Charles Lloyd (ts,fl) Jason Moran (p) Larry Grenadier (b) Brian Blade (d)

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SIMÓN WILLSON – “ORNITHOLOGY JAZZ CLUB”

• Brooklyn, NY, March 9, 2024
  Business card, Jog, Bet
  Neta Raanan (ts) Evan Main (p) Simon Willson (b) Kayvon Gordon (d)

THE BAD PLUS “THE BAD PLUS”

• Waterford, CT, September, 2021
  Motivations II, You won’t see me before I come back, Stygian pools
  Chris Speed (ts,cl) Ben Monder (g) Reid Anderson (b) Dave King (d)

FREDDIE HUBBARD “HERE TO STAY”

• Englewood Cliffs, NJ, December 27, 1962
  Body and soul, Father and son
  Freddie Hubbard (tp) Wayne Shorter (ts) Cedar Walton (p) Reggie Workman (b) Philly Joe Jones (d)

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ANA RUÍZ “AND THE WORLD EXPLODED INTO LOVE”

• Tepoztlán, Mexico, 2018-2020 Querétaro (para mi hija), Reflexión
  Ana Ruíz (piano solo)

BILLY BANG “VALVE NO. 10”

• Milan, March 8 & 9, 1988
  P.M., Lonnie’s lament
  Frank Lowe (ts) Billy Bang (vln,poetry) Sirone (b) Denis Charles (perc)

DARIUS JONES “fLuXkit”

• Vancouver, BC, Canada, June 25, 2022
  Fluxus V5T 1S1, Damon and Pythias
  Darius Jones (as,comp) Joshua Zubot, Jesse Zubot (vln) Peggy Lee (cello) James Meger (b) Gerald Cleaver (d)

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CHRIS POTTER “EAGLE’S POINT”

• late 2022
  Dream of home, Cloud message, Indigo ildiko
  Chris Potter (ts,sop,b-cl) Brad Mehldau (p) John Patitucci (b) Brian Blade (d)

WOLFGANG MUTHSPIEL “DANCE OF THE ELDERS”

• Oakland, CA, February, 2022
  Prelude to Bach, Dance of the elders, Cantus bradus
  Wolfgang Muthspiel (g,comp) Scott Colley (b) Brian Blade (d)

MATÍAS PIZARRO “PELO DE RATA”

• Buenos Aires, 1975
  Pelo de rata, Anamlor (p-solo), Perro que ladra no muerde, Secuencia (p,b,d only)
  Hector “Finito” Bingert (ts) Matias Pizarro (p,vcl,comp) Alejandro Rivera (g,charanga,vcl) Bo Gathu (b) Pocho Lapouble (d) Domingo Cura, Enrique Roizner (perc)

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NICOLE MCCABE “LIVE AT JAMBOREE”

• Barcelona, February 24, 2023
  Instinct, I mean you
  Nicole McCabe (as) Iannis Obiols (p) Logan Kane (b) Ramon Prats (d)

JOHN SCOFIELD “UNCLE JOHN’S BAND”

• Rhinebeck, NY, August, 2022
  Budo, The girlfriend cord, Stairway to the stars, Ray’s idea
  John Scofield (g) Vicente Archer (b) Bill Stewart (d)

RED GARLAND “THE BEST OF THE RED GARLAND QUINTETS”

• Hackensack, NJ, December 13, 1957
  Billie’s bounce
  Donald Byrd (tp) John Coltrane (ts) Red Garland (p) Jamil Nasser (b) Art Taylor (d)
• New York, March 16, 1961
  On Green Dolphin Street
  Richard Williams (tp) Oliver Nelson (as,ts) Red Garland (p) Peck Morrison (b) Charli Persip (d)

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JIM SNIDERO “FOR ALL WE KNOW”

• ca. 2023
  For All We Know; Naima; You Go To My Head.
  Jim Snidero (sa) Peter Washington (b) Joe Farnsworth(dr)

BILLY FOX “THE UNCLE WIGGLY SUITE”

• Brooklyn, NY, October 14 and November 13 & 20, 2004
  Uncle Wiggly Suite
  Percy Pursglove (tp) Paul Faatz (cl,b-cl,bar) John Savage (as,fl) Gary Pickard, Arun Luthra (ts,sop) Deanna Witkowski (p) Skye Steele (vln) Christopher Hoffman (cello) Mark Dresser, Scott Shaeffer (b) John O’Brien (d) Billy Fox (cga,triangle) Danny Katz (shamisen)

ANDREW CYRILLE / BILL MCHENRY “PROXIMITY”

• Brooklyn, NY, November 16 & 17, 2014
  Bedouin woman, Fabula, Proximity, Let me tell you this, Seasons
  Bill McHenry (ts) Andrew Cyrille (d)

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MILT JACKSON “+ COUNT BASIE + THE BIG BAND VOL 2”

• Hollywood, Ca, January 16, 17 & 18, 1978
• Moonlight becomes you, Blues for Joe Turner (1), On the sunny side of the street
• Waymon Reed, Lin Biviano, Sonny Cohn, Pete Minger (tp) Bill Hughes, Mel Wanzo, Fred Wesley, Dennis Wilson (tb) Danny Turner, Bobby Plater (as) Eric Dixon (ts,fl) Kenny Hing (ts) Charlie Fowlkes (bar) Milt Jackson (vib) Count Basie (p) Freddie Green (g) John Clayton (b) Butch Miles (d)

ROB GARCIA “NATURAL BOUNCE”

• Astoria, NY, April 13, 2022
  Dark blue horse power, Gary song, Fades to blue, Sweet Joe
  Noah Preminger (ts) Leo Genovese (p) Kim Cass (b) Rob Garcia (d,comp)

HORACE SILVER “SERENADE TO A SOUL SISTER”

• Englewood Cliffs, NJ:
  February 23, 1968
  Psychedelic Sally (1), Serenade to a soul sister
  Charles Tolliver (tp) Stanley Turrentine (ts) Horace Silver (p) Bob Cranshaw (b,el-b-1) Mickey Roker (d)
• March 29, 1968
  Kindred spirits
  Charles Tolliver (tp) Bennie Maupin (fl,ts) Horace Silver (p) Johnny Williams (b) Billy Cobham (d)

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ARUÁN ORTIZ TRIO “SERRANÍAS”

• Sketchbook For Piano Trio – Winterthur, Switzerland, September 18 & 19, 2022
  Shaw Nuff, En Forma de Guajira, Memorias Del Monte
  Aruán Ortiz (p,comp,arr) Brad Jones (b) John Betsch (d)

JAIMIE BRANCH AND BIRD DOGS OF PARADISE “FLY OR DIE II”

• London, England, November 20-25, 2018
  Prayer for Amerikkka pt. 1 & 2, Lesterlude, Twenty-three n me, Whales, Bird dogs of paradise
  Jaimie Branch (tp,vcl,synt,sneaker squeaks,bells,whistles) Matt Schneider (g) Lester St.

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JOHNNY GRIFFIN “WAY OUT !”

• New York, February 26 or 27, 1958
  Cherokee, Hot sausage
  Johnny Griffin (ts) Kenny Drew (p) Wilbur Ware (b) Philly Joe Jones (d)

CHRISTINE JENSEN “DAY MOON”

• Montreal, c. 2022
  Day moon, Twenty twenty blues, Here’s that rainy day
  Christine Jensen (as,sop) Steve Amirault (p) Adrian Vedady (b) Jim Doxas (d)

JOSH LAWRENCE “AND THAT TOO”

• Brooklyn, NY, June 7 & 8, 2021
  Grit (1), Nefertiti (1), Black keys (2)
  Josh Lawrence (tp) Willie Morris (ts) Art Hirahara (p) Boris Kozlov (b) Jason Tiemann (d-1) Rudy Royston (d-2)

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CHARLES MINGUS “THE CLOWN”

• New York, February 13, March 12, 1957
  Haitian fight song (1), Reincarnation of a lovebird (1)
  Jimmy Knepper (tb) Shafi Hadi (as-1,ts-2) [aka Curtis Porter (as,ts) ] Wade Legge (p) Charles Mingus (b) Dannie Richmond (d,tamb)

JOHN PATITUCCI “SONGS, STORIES AND SPIRITUALS”

• New York, April 9 & 10, 2002
  It never entered my mind (ls vcl), Love eternal (es,sp duo), Wise one (jp,bb duo)
  Edward Simon (p) Sachi Patitucci (cello) John Patitucci (b,el-b) Brian Blade (d,perc) Luciana Souza (vcl)

MILES DAVIS ORCHESTRA, GIL EVANS (DIR.) “MILES AHEAD (MILES + 19)”

• New York, May 6, 10, 1957
  Springsville, The maids of Cadiz, The Duke, Miles ahead, The Meaning of the Blues
  Bernie Glow, Ernie Royal, Louis Mucci, Taft Jordan, John Carisi (tp) Miles Davis (flhrn) Frank Rehak, Jimmy Cleveland, Joe Bennett (tb) Tom Mitchell (b-tb) Willie Ruff, Tony Miranda (fhr) Bill Barber (tu) Romeo Penque (cl,cl,oboe) Sid Cooper (cl,fl) Danny Bank (b-cl) Lee Konitz (as) Paul Chambers (b) Art Taylor (d) Gil Evans (arr,cond)

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DUKE ELLINGTON AND HIS ORCHESTRA – LIVE “CRYSTAL BALLROOM”

• Fargo, North Dakota, November 7, 1940
  Ko-ko, Pussy willow, Harlem air-shaft, Rockin’ in rhythm
  Rex Stewart (cnt) Ray Nance (tp,vln,vcl) Wallace Jones (tp) Joe Nanton, Juan Tizol, Lawrence Brown (tb) Barney Bigard (cl,ts) Johnny Hodges (as) Otto Hardwick (as,cl) Ben Webster (ts) Harry Carney (bar,cl,b-cl) Duke Ellington (p) Fred Guy (g) Jimmy Blanton (b) Sonny Greer (d) Ivie Anderson, Herb Jeffries (vcl)

JELLY ROLL MORTON – “PIANO SOLO” & “AND HIS SEVEN”

• New York, December 16, 1939
  The naked dance, Don’t you leave me here, Mamie’s blues, Michigan water blues
  Jelly Roll Morton (p)
• New York, January 4, 1940
  Good old New York, Sweet substitute, Panama Henry “Red” Allen (tp) Joe Britton (tb) Albert Nicholas (cl) Eddie Williams (as) Jelly Roll Morton (p,vcl) Wellman Braud (b) Zutty Singleton (d)

SIDNEY BECHET “HAS YOUNG IDEAS”

• Paris, June 17, 1957
  The man I love, These foolish things, Jeepers creepers, I never knew
  Sidney Bechet (sop) Martial Solal (p) Lloyd Thompson (b) Al Levitt (d)
• Paris, March 12, 1957
  All the things you are, It don’t mean a thing
  Sidney Bechet (sop) Martial Solal (p) Pierre Michelot (b) Kenny Clarke (d)

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ART FARMER QUARTET “INTERACTION”

• New York, July 25, August 1, 1963
  By myself, My little suede shoes, Sometime ago
  Art Farmer (tp,flhrn) Jim Hall (g) Steve Swallow (b) Walter Perkins (d)

ERIC ALEXANDER “A NEW BEGINNING – ALTO SAXOPHONE WITH STRINGS”

• Englewood Cliffs, NJ, August 28, 2021
  Maybe September, She was too good to me, Blues for Diane
  Eric Alexander (as) David Hazeltine (p) John Webber (b) Joe Farnsworth (d) + strings, Bill Dobbins (arr,cond)

TEDDY CHARLES “THE PRESTIGE JAZZ QUARTET”

• Hackensack, NJ, June 22, 1957
  Take three parts jazz, Meta-Waltz
  Teddy Charles (vib) Mal Waldron (p) Addison Farmer (b) Jerry Segal (d)

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