IN THE GROOVE

• Big Sid Catlett Quartet—Just A Riff—1944—Ben Webster: Cadillac Slim—Trumpets Of Jazz (Germany)
• Big Sid Catlett Quartet—Sleep—1944—Ben Webster: Cadillac Slim—Trumpets Of Jazz (Germany)
• Big Sid Catlett Quartet—Memories Of You—1944—Ben Webster: Cadillac Slim—Trumpets Of Jazz (Germany)
• Teddy Wilson All-Star Sextette—How High The Moon—1943—Central Avenue Blues—Vintage Jazz Classics

• Benny Carter and his Chocolate Dandies, incl. Sid Catlett—Cadillac Slim—1944—Ben Webster: Cadillac Slim—Trumpets Of Jazz (Germany)
• Dizzy Gillespie, incl. Charlie Parker and Sid Catlett—Salt Peanuts—1945—Charlie Parker: Yardbird Suite—Rhino
• Dizzy Gillespie, incl. Charlie Parker and Sid Catlett—Hot House—1945—Charlie Parker: Yardbird Suite—Rhino
• Charlie Parker’s Ri Bop Boys, incl. Dizzy Gillespie and Max Roach—Ko Ko—1945—Yardbird Suite—Rhino

Groundbreaking Bebop Drummer Max Roach (Jan. 10, 1924 - August 16, 2007) passed away early Thursday at age 83:
• Coleman Hawkins and his Orch—Woody ‘N You—1944—Rainbow Mist—Delmark
• Charlie Parker Quintet—Bird Of Paradise—1947—Yardbird Suite—Rhino
• Miles Davis—Deception—1950—The Complete Birth Of The Cool Sessions—Capital Jazz

• Bud Powell Trio—Un Poco Loco—1951—The Amazing, Vol. 1—Blue Note
• Clifford Brown and Max Roach Quintet—Cherokee—1955—Study In Brown—(EmArcy) Trip LP
• Clifford Brown and Max Roach Quintet—Mildama—1954—Brown And Roach, Inc—EmArcy

• Herbie Nichols—Terpsichore—1955—The Complete Blue Note Recordings—Blue Note
• Herbie Nichols—House Party Starting—1955—The Complete Blue Note Recordings—Blue Note
• Thelonious Monk—Brilliant Corners—1956—Brilliant Corners—Riverside/OJC
• Sonny Rollins Trio—Someday I’ll find You—1958—Freedom Suite—Riverside
• Duke Ellington/Charles Mingus/Max Roach—A Little Max (Parfait)—1962—Money Jungle—Blue Note

• Max Roach—Tympanalli—1961—The Many Sides Of Max Roach—(EmArcy) Trip LP
• Max Roach/Abbey Lincoln—Mendacity—1961—Percussion Bitter Sweet—Impulse
• Max Roach—For Big Sid—1966—Drums Unlimited—Atlantic LP

• Torben Waldorff Quartet, incl. Donny McCaslin—Alice—2006—Brilliance: Live At 55 Bar, NYC—waldorff.com