The Good Stuff

Thomas "Fats" Waller

AIN'T MISBEHAVIN' (Original Broadway Cast)

RCA     1978 / 1987

Nell Carter, Andre DeShields, Armelia McQueen, Ken Page, Charlaine Woodard

Honeysuckle Rose : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s9WI2HkZISg

Jitterbug Waltz : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sfWJDwXzEng

The Joint is Jumpin' : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MT-6GVyuW30

Spreadin' Rhythm Around : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ltNHic_HPRM

The Viper's Drag : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zy0mCnjfco8

Finale : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bkahouawDA0

Ain't got it, git it!

Cheers

Ella Fitzgerald & Duke Ellington

ELLA & DUKE AT THE COTE D'AZUR

Verve   1966 / 1997   2CD Set

Excellent booklet with pictures.

It Don't mean a Thing : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mDQXWcK0k5w

Trombonio-Bustoso-Issimo : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZpRoKIXGCXk

Mack the Knife : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HMGOti4LvuI

All Too Soon : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tSOHgdtKkyM

The Old Circus Train : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EtwB0j8Cryw

Diminuendo in Blue : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gxKNIdIr2lE

and 12 more!

Cheers

Sonny Rollins

+ 3

Milestone   1996

Sonny Rollins(tenor sax), Bob Cranshaw(electric bass), Jack DeJohnette(drums), Tommy Flanagan(piano), Al Foster(drums), Stephen Scott(piano)

Minimal packaging, no notes.

What a Difference a Day made : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IZDfxjPaYWQ

Cabin in the Sky : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6GZL3EM1bhE

I've Never been in Love Before : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QtX5QZF3xnw

Biji : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CfQrYKYyr6I

Cheers

Charles Mingus

CHANGES ONE

Atlantic / Rhino   1976 / 1993

Charles Mingus(bass), George Adams(tenor sax, vocal on devil blues), Jack Walrath(trumpet), Don Pullen(piano), Dannie Richmond(drums)

Rockefeller at Attica : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IM6vIURo5OI

Devil Blues : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D4HhsXnlNvE

Sound of Love : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cNf7w_-72xg

Cheers

Roy Eldridge and Dizzy Gillespie

ROY AND DIZ

Verve   1954 / 1994

Roy Eldridge and Dizzy Gillespie(trumpet), Oscar Peterson(piano), Herb Ellis(guitar), Ray Brown(bass), Louis Bellson(drums)

Trumpet Blues : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zBdwYM_LZ3I

Blue Moon : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TNRwnmifU8g

I've Found a New Baby : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tkmix6tRpgY

Limehouse Blues : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yDo-9AHWb50

Cheers