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A wonderful, up tempo romp through what you might call, a Hoosier state harmonic structure>>> Ronnie Ball leads off with a swingingly percussive improvisation followed by the unmistakable sound of Warne Marsh's tenor saxophone cutting through the changes while the rhythm section lays down a solid...

The jury is still out for me on the existence of an omniscient super being so I thank evolution for throwing JC (John Coltrane, that is) onto the plain of human artistic endeavour>>>a ground-breaking session that changed the face of jazz with it's tone poem inspired by Africa brought together on ...

Happy Birthday Wilbur Harden>>> you'd be 87 today (12/31/2011) >>>here's hoping there's a decent rhythm section available where you are so you can keep on blowing your horn on a few more choruses >>> thankyou for the great music you left behind

Many thanks for the post>>>An historic meeting in the studio of two giants of jazz, namely Coltrane and Ellington. Both mesh in an astonishing ballad performance of this Duke Ellington original despite being three or four jazz generations apart. An unforgetable classic of jazz on record.

Fantastic live Wynton M at his fluent best>>>great tone, swinging lines, overall a wonderful joyfull exploration of Parker's tongue twisting theme>> Wynton I luv ya

Cappuccino is right...CB likes to pour a lot of cream into his brew along with lotsof sugar... a highly calorific performance

Wow, my apples just got scrappled>>>Sam Jones lays down a juicilly swinging beat that sends the whole group to fruitopea while Mr BM bakes another perfect bop strudel with extra cinnamon >>> far out and fruitilicious>>>

Sublime MT and a rare airing of the verse to this classic jazz standard song beloved of Tommy Dorsey and Thelonious Monk>>>

Many thanks for this post >>> Two stars of the early Kenton bands join horns on a well loved standard >>> sadly both have now left off mortal gigs to join the great Kenton Band in the sky but their recordings will live on and on >>>

Thankyou for this post>>>It's just fantastic to hear Chet Baker and Art Pepper playing together>>> Actually, the whole band rock on this romp round "Rhythm" changes, but a meeting of Pepper and Baker behind a mike always turned out to be a defining moment for jazz, like Louis Armstrong and King ...

Thanks for the post>>>Art Pepper had that rare ability to hook you into his solos and keep you a happy captive to his artistry, chorus after smoking chorus...his ability ot build long solos was astonishing>>>If he had recorded the Chase alongside Dexter Gordon and Wardell Gray they may well have ...

Thanks for this post>>>>The Pink Lady this time is a refreshing cocktail of virtuosity, and a hard swinging groove topped off with effervescent improvisation, served straight ahead. Make mine a double>>>>

crisply swinging piano trio jazz echoing the percussive drive of the Oscar Peterson trio >> i'm in the land of smiles now...

Dexter's massive tone here ought to set tongues wagging in jazzville for eons to come >>> DG's sound makes an ocean liner's horn sound thin and reedy by comparison:although, this recording serves the outstanding rhythm section poorly, DG's horn clearly relfects the ballad plenty to come on the a...