The great jazz artists captured live featuring Oscar Peterson, Chet Baker, Charles Mingus, Art Blakey and the Jazz Messengers, Thelonious Monk, Jimmy Smith, Gerry Mulligan, the Modern Jazz Quartet, Ahmad Jamal, Bobby Timmons, Pepper Adams and Lennie Tristano with Donald Byrd, Wayne Shorter, Lee Konitz, Lee Morgan, Herb Ellis, Charlie Rouse, Mal Waldron, Harold Land, Clark Terry, Bob Brookmeyer, Russ Freeman, Ron Carter, Ray Brown, Art Taylor, Billy Higgins and Elvin Jones [1'14] Pepper Adams- Hastings Street Bounce (10 to 4 at the 5 Spot, Riverside 1958) Donald Byrd- tp; Adams- bars; Bobby Timmons- p; Doug Watkins- b; Elvin Jones- d; live at the Five Spot, NYC [12'29] Oscar Peterson- Daahoud (At the Concertgebouw, Verve 1957) Peterson- p; Herb Ellis- g; Ray Brown- b; live at the Civic Opera House, Chicago [19'19] Thelonious Monk- Let's Call This (At the Blackhawk, Riverside 1960) Joe Gordon- tp; Charlie Rouse, Harold Land- ts; Monk- p; John Ore- b; Billy Higgins- d; live at the Blackhawk, San Francisco [27'47] The Modern Jazz Quartet- Bags' Groove (Dedicated to Connie, Atlantic 1960) Milt Jackson- vib; John Lewis- p; Percy Heath- b; Connie Kay- d; live in Ljubljana, Slovenia [33'00] Chet Baker- Russ Job (The Trumpet Artistry of Chet Baker, Pacific Jazz 1954) Baker- tp; Russ Freeman- p; Carson Smith- b; Bob Neel- d; live at the Tiffany Club, Los Angeles [39'01] Charles Mingus- Ladybird (Charles Mingus Quintet and Max Roach, Debut 1955) George Barrow- ts; Eddie Bert- tb; Mal Waldron- p; Mingus- b; Willie Jones- d; live at Cafe Bohemia, NYC [44'55] Bobby Timmons- Autumn Leaves (In Person, Riverside 1961) Timmons- p; Ron Carter- b; Albert Heath- d; live at the Village Vanguard, NYC [52'46] Gerry Mulligan- Let My People Be (The Concert Jazz Band at the Village Vanguard, Verve 1960) Nick Travis, Clark Terry, Don Ferrara- tp; Bob Brookmeyer- vtb; Willie Dennis- tb; Alan Ralph- btb; Gene Quill- cl, as; Bob Donovan- as; Jim Reider- ts; Gene Allen- bars, bcl; Mulligan- bars, p; Bill Crow- b; Mel Lewis- d; ; live at the Village Vanguard, NYC [60'44] Jimmy Smith- After Hours (Groovin' at Smalls' Paradise, Blue Note 1957) Smith- org; Eddie McFadden- g; Donald Bailey- d; live at Smalls' Paradise, NYC [71'41] Art Blakey and the Jazz Messengers- The Breeze and I (Meet You at the Jazz Corner of the World, Blue Note 1960) Lee Morgan- tp; Wayne Shorter- ts; Bobby Timmons- p; Jymie Merritt- b; Blakey- d live at Birdland, NYC [82'10] Ahmad Jamal- Cherokee (Jamal at the Pershing, Volume 2, Argo 1958) Jamal- p; Israel Crosby- b; Vernel Fournier- d; live at the Pershing Lounge, Chicago [85'49] Lennie Tristano- All the Things You Are (Lennie Tristano, Atlantic 1955) Lee Konitz- as; Tristano- p; Gene Ramey- b; Art Taylor- d; live at Sing Song Room, Confucius Restaurant, NYC [91'57] This podcast is made possible with your PayPal contributions. Please use the link below to contribute, or visit illasounds.podomatic.com and look for the Paypal button in the right hand column. Thank you.

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