IN THE GROOVE

Artist—Song—Recording Date—Album—Label:
• Matt Wilson’s Art And Crafts—25 Years Of Rootabagas—2006—The Scenic Route—Palmetto (Kuumbwa Jazz Center tomorrow, April 16th)

• Claudia Villela with Kenny Werner—Cappuccino—2004—Dreamtales—Adventure Music (the Claudia Villela Band Kuumbwa Jazz Center, this Thursday, April 19th)
• Bebo Valdés and Federico Britos—Bakoff—2002—We Could Make Such Beautiful Together—Calle54 Records
• Herb Ellis and Ray Brown—Soft Shoe—1974—Concord LP
• Dave Frisberg—Van Lingle Mungo—1969—VA: Baseball’s Greatest Hits—Rhino

• Ct. Basie and his Orch with Tap Miller—Did You See Jackie Robinson Hit That Ball?—1949—Shoutin’ Blues—Bluebird (today is Jackie Robinson Day—60 years ago today he joined the Brooklyn Dodgers)
• Ct. Basie and his Orch with Jimmy Rushing—How Long Blues—1939—The Essential Count Basie, Vol. 1—Columbia
• Jelly Roll Morton and his Red Hot Peppers—Fickle Fay Creep—1930—Jelly Roll Morton, Vol. 3—JSP
• Jelly Roll Morton and his Red Hot Peppers with Wilbur de Paris—If Someone Would Only Love Me—1930—Jelly Roll Morton, Vol. 3—JSP

• Jelly Roll Morton and his Red Hot Peppers with Albert Nichols—Blue Blood Blues—1930—Jelly Roll Morton, Vol. 3—JSP
• Wingy Manone Orchestra—Never Had No Loving—1934—Collection, Vol. 2, 1934—Collector’s Classics
• Benny Goodman Sextet—Shivers—1939—Sextet, Featuring Charlie Christian (1939-1941)—Columbia

• Alvin Batiste—I Wonder Where Our Love Has Gone—2006—Marsalis Music Honors—Marsalis Music

Jazz Vocalist Dakota Staton (Jan. 3, 1931 - April 10, 2007) passed this last Tues. at age 76:
• Dakota Staton—You’ve Changed—1991—Darling Please Save Your Love For Me—Muse
• Dakota Staton—Mean To Me—1990—Dakota Staton—Muse

• Jimmy Smith, fea. the late Herman Riley on tenor sax—Open For Business—1993—Sum Serious Blues—Milestone
• Robert Glasper—Maiden Voyage/Everything In Its Right Place—2006—In My Element—Blue Note

• Yusef Latef—Seulb—1957—Gong!—Savoy LP
• Zvonimir—Tot Trio—Gray Matter—2006—Blue Quest—Groove Art Records

• Grace Kelly—Somewhere Over The Rainbow—2006—Every Road I Walked—Pazz
• Bob Florence Limited Edition—Mirror Image—Licks & Grooves—MAMA Records
• Avishi Cohen—Remembering—2006—As Is…Live At The Blue Note—Raz Daz
• Ran Blake—How ‘Bout That-Take 3—1976—Wende—Owl/Sunnyside

• Dakota Staton—The Thrill Is Gone—1991—Dakota Staton—Muse
• Dakota Staton—This Bitter Earth—1991—Dakota Staton—Muse