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The Only Recorded Performance of Paul Desmond with the Modern Jazz Quartet (Finesse)

Did a search and couldn't find a thread like this. If there has been one, it's worth doing again. Name a favorite session or record by Roy Eldridge. Doesn't have to be your favorite or one you consider to be his best (that would be an impossible task, anyway). Just post a recording that you'd like to bring to the attention of fellow members. No box sets, please. If you do list something from a box, just make it a single recording session or a single LP that might have been made up of more than one session. I'll start with one that I've just listened to twice: the 1955 Session with Benny Carter which was released on Verve as The Urbane Jazz of Roy Eldridge-Benny Carter. Everyone involved - Roy, Benny, pianist Bruce McDonald, John Simmons, and Alvin Stoller sounds like they were having a great time. Roy is on fire, and his enthusiasm seems to spur Benny into stepping out a bit more than usual. The rhythm section is excellent - perhaps Roy's enthusiasm carried over into everyone's playing. I was going to pick out some favorite moments or tracks, but this record is so consistantly fine that it's pointless to try and do that. I wasn't familiar with this recording until I heard it on the Eldridge Mosaic box. It's another reason that I'm thankful for Mosaic and, obviously, Roy Eldridge. I hope that others will add to this thread. If so, I look forward to seeing what may come up.

The Complete Verve Roy Eldridge Studio Sessions - disc 5

I may have gotten in early, but I still had NO idea about the teams or the game.

The Complete Verve Stuff Smith Sessions - disc 4

The Complete Verve Stuff Smith Sessions - disc 3

"Ralphie Boy" Kramden Reginald Van Gleason III The Poor Soul

Cecil/Neidlinger - Mosaic Cecil - FMP Ayler - Revenant Cecil - One Too Many Salty Swift - Hat Hut LP box Ornette - Beauty Is a Rare Thing - Atlantic/Rhino Art Ensemble - Nessa (Have to say that I enjoy listening to the single releases that have come out, so I don't find myself returning to the box.)

The Complete Lionel Hampton 1937-1941 (RCA Bluebird) - LPs 5&6

That plate is mentioned several times in Bill Moody's Searching for Chet Baker. That book is fiction, so it's interesting to know that the plate does exist.

The Complete Lionel Hampton 1937-1941 (RCA Bluebird) - LP 4

Chicago Sun-Times

Gene Vincent Cap Anson Larry Jansen

The Complete Lionel Hampton 1937-1941 (RCA Bluebird) - LP 3 This isn't the "complete" Lionel Hampton on Victor - Mosaic found some alternate takes not included here - but it's complete enough for me and the sound is fine enough that I'll listen to this and pass on the Mosaic box.

Common occurence around here.

The Shaggs Furry Murray Wooly Bully

Your Feet's Too Big - Fats Waller Five Feet High and Rising - Johnny Cash Get on the Good Foot - James Brown Barefootin' - Robert Parker Foot Stompin' - The Flares Next: RIGHT

Chet Baker blows soulfully on Charlie Haden's Silence (Soul Note) from 1987. Listened to it today to see if it's held up, and it has.

Charlie Hadem with Chet Baker, Enrico Pieranunzi, Billy Niggins: Silence (Soul Note)

Sometimes there's a fine line between being smart and being a smartass. Valentine has been accused of crossing that line.

Positively 4th Street - Bob Dylan On Green Dolphin Street - name your own jazz artist Dancing in the Streets - Martha and the Vandellas Street of Dreams - Grant Green Yazoo Street Scandal - Bob Dylan and The Band Next word: AIR

Of the trios he recorded with Doug Raney and NHOP, The Touch of Your Lips is my favorite. As others have mentioned, you can't miss with No Problem (w. Duke Jordan) or Diane (w. Paul Bley). Mr. B (Timeless) has some good Chet, but I prefer the Steeplechases.

All the best on your Birthday!

Pink Champagne - Joe Liggins Pink Shoe Laces - Dodie Stevens Pink Panther Theme - Henry Mancini Pink Peg Slacks - Eddie Cochran Cherry Pink and Apple Blossom White - Perez Prado Next: WHISPER