Recorded on this day ....

[MartyJazz]

April 26th. Also recorded on this date:

1964, Charles Mingus and his Jazz Workshop with Eric Dolphy,

Clifford Jordan, Jaki Byard and Dannie Richmond appear at

Wuppertal Town Hall in Germany - MINGUS IN EUROPE (Enja).

1966 (4/26 - 5/9), Thad Jones & Pepper Adams lead a quintet that

includes Duke Pearson, Ron Carter & Mel Lewis -

MEAN WHAT YOU SAY (Milestone):

1970, Roy Brooks leads a quintet with Woody Shaw, George Coleman,

Hugh Lawson & Cecil McBee at the Left Bank Jazz Society in

Baltimore - THE FREE SLAVE (32 Jazz):

[MartyJazz]

April 27th. Recorded on this date:

1955, Bud Powell Trio with George Duvivier & Art Taylor record

for Verve: "East of the Sun", "Ladybird", "Stairway to the Stars",

"Lullaby in Rhythm", "Star Eyes", "Confirmation".

1960 (thru 4/28), Dizzy Gillespie & Orchestra with arrangements

by Clare Fischer - A PORTRAIT OF DUKE ELLINGTON (Verve).

1964, John Coltrane Quartet with McCoy Tyner, Jimmy Garrison &

Elvin Jones record for Impulse: "Lonnie's Lament", "The Drum Thing", "Wise One".

1966, Modern Jazz Quartet perform live -

BLUES AT CARNEGIE HALL (Atlantic LP, Mobile Fidelity CD):

1995 (thru 4/28), Reggie Workman leads a septet with Sam Rivers,

Julian Priester, Geri Allen, Al Foster, Elizabeth Panzer & Tapan Modak -

CEREBRAL CAVERNS (Postcards):

[couw]

1959, Cannonball Adderley records for Riverside, released on Capitol (Cannonball Takes Charge, 3 tunes)

1960, Wynton Kelly - Kelly at Midnight (Vee Jay)

1961, Lou Donaldson - Gravy Train (Blue Note)

1967, Ben Webster Meets Bill Coleman (Black Lion)

1970, Duke Ellington - New Orleans Suite (Atlantic)

[MartyJazz]

April 28th. Recorded on this date:

1960, Thelonious Monk Quartet at the Blackhawk in San Francisco.

Charlie Rouse, John Ore, Billy Higgins with guests Joe Gordon,

and Harold Land (Riverside):

1960, Lee Morgan leads a quintet with Jackie McLean, Bobby Timmons,

Paul Chambers & Art Blakey - LEE-WAY (Blue Note):

[B. Goren.]

April 29, 1964:

Wayne Shorter (ts), Lee Morgan (tpt), McCoy Tyner (pno), Reginald Workman (b), Elvin Jones (dms), Night Dreamer 7:15; Oriental Folk Song 6:50; Virgo 7:05, 7:00; Black Nile 6:25; Charcoal Blues 6:50; Armageddon 6:20.

[MartyJazz]

April 29th. Also recorded on this date:

1953, Charles Mingus Trio with Hank Jones & Max Roach plus

"The Gordons" record for Debut: "You Go to My Head",

"Can You Blame Me", "You and Me", "Bebopper", "Cupid".

1954, Miles Davis leads a sextet wtih J.J. Johnson, Lucky Thompson,

Horace Silver, Percy Heath & Kenny Clarke, recording

"Blue 'n Boogie", "Walkin'" (Prestige).

1967, Don Byas Quartet with Sir Charles Thompson, Isla Eckinger &

Peter Schmidlin perform in Baden Baden (Storyville):

1968 (completed 5/7), Ornette Coleman Quartet with Dewey Redman,

Jimmy Garrison & Elvin Jones - LOVE CALL (Blue Note):

1990 (completed 4/30), Tommy Flanagan leads a quartet with Kenny Burrell,

George Mraz & Lewis Nash - BEYOND THE BLUEBIRD (Timeless):

1998 (completed 4/30), Bennie Wallace leads a quartet with Tommy Flanagan,

Eddie Gomez & Alvin Queen - BENNIE WALLACE (Audioquest):

[Bill B]

1963-Coltrane Quartet with Roy Haynes record "After the Rain" and "Dear Old Stockholm"

[MartyJazz]

April 30th. Recorded on this date:

1956 (4/30 - 5/9), Kenny Burrell leads a quintet that includes Pepper Adams,

Tommy Flanagan, Paul Chambers & Kenny Clarke - JAZZMEN DETROIT (Savoy).

1963, Jackie McLean leads a quintet that includes Grachan Moncur III,

Bobby Hutcherson, Eddie Khan & Tony Williams - ONE STEP BEYOND (BLue Note):

1966 (completed 5/1), Hampton Hawes leads a trio that includes Red Mitchell &

Donald Bailey at 'Mitchell's Studio Club', Los Angeles -

I'M ALL SMILES (Contemporary):

1986, Don Pullen-George Adams Quartet with Cameron Brown & Dannie Richmond -

BREAKTHROUGH (Blue Note).

1988, Arnett Cobb, Jimmy Heath & Joe Henderson front a sextet that includes

Benny Green, Walter Schmocker & Doug Hammond at the 'Jazz Action Center',

Nuremberg - TENOR TRIBUTE (Soul Note):

1999 (completed 5/1), David Murray leads an octet that includes Ravi Best,

Rasul Siddik, Craig Harris, James Spaulding, D.D. Jackson, Mark Johnson &

Jaribu Shahid - OCTET PLAYS TRANE (Justin Time):

[B. Goren.]

More on April 30th:

1941: Jay McShann (pno), Gene Ramey (b), Gus Johnson (dms), Hold ‘em Hootie 2:37.

1946: Sarah Vaughn (vcl), Georgie Auld’s Orch[Auld (ss), others unknown], A Hundred Years From Today.

1948: Ella Fitzgerald (vcl) with the Song Spinners, My Happiness 3:16.

[White Lightning]

1986, Don Pullen-George Adams Quartet with Cameron Brown & Dannie Richmond -

BREAKTHROUGH (Blue Note).

[White Lightning]

3 More recorded on April 30th:

1960:

Louis Hayes quintet (VeeJay)

w/Yusef Lateef, Nat Adderley, Barry Harris & Sam Jones

1985:

Hark: Buddy DeFranco Meets The Oscar Peterson Quartet (pablo)

1996:

Von Freeman: Live at the Dakota (premonition)

[MartyJazz]

May 1st. Recorded on this date:

1951, Bud Powell Trio, Curley Russell & Max Roach record for Blue Note:

"Un Poco Loco", "Over the Rainbow", "A Night in Tunisia", "It Could Happen

to You" (solo), "Parisian Thoroughfare".

1964, J.J. Johnson leads a quartet that includes Harold Mabern,

Arthur Harper & Frank Gant - PROOF POSITIVE (Impulse):

1970, Lucky Thompson leads a quartet that includes Tete Montoliu,

Eric Peter & Peer Wyboris -

titled SOUL'S NIGHT OUT (Ensayo) or BODY AND SOUL (Nessa).

[brownie]

May 1st:

1957 - Dave Brubeck and his quartet at the Fullerton Junior College in LA (also May 2) recorded for Columbia (Jazz Goes to Junior College)

1958 - Roy Eldridge, Dizzy Gillespie, Stan Getz, Coleman Hawkins, Oscar Peterson, etc... record music in Paris for the film 'Les Tricheurs' (Barclay)

1966 - Albert Ayler at Slug's Saloon, released on various labels

1978 - Dexter Gordon records 'Ruby My Dear' (with George Cables, Rufus Reid, Eddie Gladden) for Columbia (Great Encounters)

[B. Goren.]

May 2ed, 1963:

Freddie Hubbard (tpt), Curtis Fuller (tb), Eric Dolphy (as, fl), Wayne Shorter (ts), Cedar Walton (pno), Reggie Workman (b), Louis Hayes (dms), Body and Soul 4:36; Dedicated to You 3:22; Clarence’s Place 3:29.

[MartyJazz]

May 2nd. Recorded on this date:

1959, Jackie McLean leads a quintet that includes Donald Byrd,

Walter Davis Jr., Paul Chambers & Pete La Roca -

NEW SOIL (Blue Note):

1991 (completed 5/2), Valery Ponomarev leads a quintet that includes

Joe Henderson, Kenny Barron, Essiet Essiet & Victor Jones - PROFILE (Reservoir):

[brownie]

May 2:

1945 - Billy Eckstine and his Orchestra (with Fats Navarro, Budd Johnson, Sonny Stitt, Gene Ammons, Dexter Gordon, Art Blakey, etc...) record session for National (A Cottage For Sale)

1945 - Frank Socolow Quintet (Freddy Webster, Bud Powell, etc...) record session for Duke

1952 - Miles Davis All Stars (Jackie McLean, Don Elliott, Gil Coggins) at Birdland (Ozone)

1955 - Bud Shank Quintet (with Bill Perkins and Hampton Hawes) record session for PJ/World Pacific

1958 - Gene Ammons (with Idrees Sulieman, Pepper Adams, etc...) record session for Prestige (Blue Gene)

Edited May 2, 2005 by brownie

[couw]

1961, Donald Byrd - The Cat Walk (Blue Note)

1972, Thelonious Monk 4tet with Jeffreys, McClure and T.S. plays live at the Village Vanguard

[brownie]

May 3:

1929 - Duke Ellington and his Cotton Club Orchestra record session for Victor (Cotton Club Stomp, Misty Mornin', ...)

1956 - Rita Reys with the Jazz Messengers (Donald Byrd, Hank Mobley, Horace Silver, Doug Watkins, Art Blakey) record session for Columbia (The Cool Voice)

1957 - Jackie McLean and John Jenkins (with Wade Legge) record session for Prestige (Alto Madness)

1960 - Gigi Gryce (with Richard Williams) record session for New Jazz (The Happ'nin's)

1962 - Gene Ammons record session for Prestige (Preachin')

1962 - Don Wilkerson (with John Acea, Grant Green...) record session for BN (Elder Don)

1968 - Lee Morgan (with Bennie Maupin, Cedar Walton, etc...) record session for BN (Caramba)

[MartyJazz]

May 3rd. Also recorded on this date:

1998 (completed 5/5), Roy Haynes group with Graham Haynes, Kenny Garrett,

David Sanchez, David Kikoski, Dwayne Burno and Daniel Moreno -

PRAISE (Dreyfus):

[couw]

1955, Tal Farlow - A recital by Tal Farlow (Norgran/Verve) finished May 4

1956, Lionel Hampton records in Paris (reissued in the EMI AmSwiParis series)

1996, Fred Anderson - Fred-Chicago Chamber Music (SouthPort)

[MartyJazz]

May 4th. Recorded on this date:

1959 John Coltrane Quartet with Tommy Flanagan, Paul Chambers,

& Art Taylor - GIANT STEPS (Atlantic, completed 5/5):

1974, Mal Waldron leads a quintet that includes Steve Lacy,

Manfred Schoof, Isla Eckinger and Allen Blairman, live date -

HARD TALK (Enja).

1982, Bennie Wallace leads a quartet that includes Chick Corea,

Eddie Gomez and Dannie Richmond - MYSTIC BRIDGE (Enja):

1987, Archie Shepp leads a quartet that includes Horace Parlan,

Harry Emmery & Clifford Jarvis - SPLASHES (L+R):

Edited May 4, 2005 by MartyJazz

[brownie]

May 4:

1939 - Jimmy Yancey solo piano record session for Solo Art

1940 - Duke Ellington and his Orchestra record session for Victor (Cotton Tail, Never No Lament, ...)

1945 - Herbie Fields Hot Five (John Mehegan, Al Casey, Slam Stewart, Lionel Hampton) record session for Savoy

1956 - Art Blakey (with Donald Byrd, Hank Mobley, Horace Silver, Doug Watkins) record session for Columbia (The Jazz Messengers)

1969 - Dexter Gordon (with Bobby Timmons, Victor Gaskin, Percy Brice) at the Left Bank Jazz Society in Baltimore. Two albums (L.T.D. and XXL) released on Prestige

[couw]

1960, Eddie "Lockjaw" Davis - Afro Jaws (Riverside) finished May 12.

1981, Hollywood Jam: Shelly Manne and his Hollywood All Stars (Atlas)

[Bill B]

1960- Andre Previn Solo records music of Harold Arlen for Contemporary

finishes the next day.

[MartyJazz]

Cinco de Mayo. Recorded on this date:

1959, Charles Mingus Jazz Workshop with John Handy, Shafi Hadi,

Booker Ervin, Jimmy Knepper, Horace Parlan & Dannie Richmond record

for Columbia: "Better Git It In Your Soul", "Bird Calls", "Fables of Faubus",

"Pussy Cat Dues", "Jelly Roll", "Pedal Point Blues".

1961, Walt Dickerson Quartet with Austin Crowe, Edgar Bateman &

Eustis Guillemet Jr. - A SENSE OF DIRECTION (New Jazz):

1962, Dexter Gordon leads a quintet that includes Tommy Turrentine,

Sir Charles Thompson, Al Lucas & Willie Bobo for Blue Note:

"Serenade in Blue", "You Said It", "Love Locked Out".

1964, Stan Getz & Bill Evans with Richard Davis & Elvin Jones record

for Verve: "My Heart Stood Still", "Melinda", "Grandfather's Waltz".

1987, Archie Shepp & Horace Parlan - DUO REUNION (L + R).