IN THE GROOVE

• Ravi Coltrane—Self Portrait In Three Colors—2002—Mad 6—Eighty-Eights/Columbia (Ravi Coltrane Quartet’s Kuumbwa Jazz Center debut tomorrow, July 23rd, 7 pm) Ticket Giveaway: Congratulations to Peter in Ben Lomond!
• Kurt Elling—Undun—2006—Nightmoves—Concord

Centennial of the Birth of Duke Ellington Alto Saxophonist Johnny Hodges (July 25, 1906 or 1907- May 11, 1970):
• Johnny Hodges and Wild Bill Davis—Tangerine—1963—Blue Rabbit—Verve LP
• Johnny Hodges and Wild Bill Davis—Sophisticated Lady—1965—Con-Soul And Sax—RCA LP
• Johnny Hodges and Wild Bill Davis—Drop Me Off In Harlem—1965—Con-Soul And Sax—RCA LP
• Johnny Hodges and Wild Bill Davis—No One—1965—Con-Soul And Sax—RCA LP

• Johnny Hodges and Wild Bill Davis—Blues For Madeleine—1965/6—Blue Pyramid—Verve LP
• Johnny Hodges and Wild Bill Davis—On Green Dolphin Street—1965—Con-Soul And Sax—RCA LP
• Johnny Hodges and Wild Bill Davis—Lil’ Darlin—1965—Con-Soul And Sax—RCA LP
• Johnny Hodges and Wild Bill Davis—Nonchalance—1965/6—Blue Pyramid—Verve LP
• Johnny Hodges and Wild Bill Davis—At Dawn—1965/6—Blue Pyramid—Verve LP

• Johnny Hodges and Wild Bill Davis—1965—Con-Soul And Sax—RCA LP
• Earl Bostic—Serenade To Beauty—1948/49—The Earl Of Bostic—Grand Prix/Pickwick LP
• Earl Bostic—Joy Dust—1946/48—Wild, Man!—Grand Prix/Pickwick LP

• Machito with Cannonball Adderley—Congo Mulence—1957—VA: Putumayo Presents Latin Jazz—Putumayo
• Sonny Rollins—Sonny, Please—2006—Sonny, Please—Doxy Records
• Alvin Queen—I Ain’t Looking At You—2005—I Ain’t Looking At You—Enja
• Terell Stafford Quintet—Paper Trail—2005—Taking Chances—MaxJazz

• Jackie McLean, incl. Ornette Coleman—Old Gospel—1967—New And Old Gospel—Blue Note

• Darrell Grant—The Way You Look Tonight—2005—Truth And Reconciliation—Origin Records
• Dan Loomis Quartet—The Thrill Is Gone—2007—I Love Paris—Jazz Excursion
• Paul Bley—Monique—1989—Paul Bley/Jimmy Giuffre/Steve Swallow: The Life Of A Trio: Sunday—Owl/Sunnyside
• Nels Cline Singers—Caved-In Heart Blues—2007—Draw Breath—Crypogramophone