• Carla Bley—Liver
Of Life—2007—The Lost Chords Find Paolo Fresu—WATT Works
• Steve Kuhn/Steve Swallow—Two By Two—1995—Two
By Two—Owl/Sunnyside
• Steve Kuhn/Steve Swallow—Ladies In Mercedes—1995—Two
By Two—Owl/Sunnyside
• Blossom Dearie—I Left My Heart In San Francisco—1963—Sings
Rootin’ Songs—DIW
• Blossom Dearie—Lover Man—1956—Blossom Dearie—Verve
• Blossom Dearie—Between The Devil And The Deep Blue Sea—1957—Give
Him The Ooh-La-La—Verve
• Blossom Dearie—Blossom’s Blues—1957—Blossom
Dearie—Verve
• Frank Foster—The House That Love Built—1969—Manhattan
Fever—Blue Note
Rhythm Guitarist Lawrence Lucie (b. Dec. 18, 1907) Celebrated his
100th Birthday Yesterday:
• Benny Carter And His Orchestra—Blue Lou—1933—Spike
Hughes And Benny Carter 1933—Retrieval Jazz
• Teddy Wilson And His Orchestra—Why Do I Lie To Myself
About You?—1936—Warmin’ Up—Hep
• Henry ‘Red’ Allen And His Orchestra—Truckin’—1935—The
Henry Allen Collection, Vol. 2—Collector’s Classics
• Mill’s Blue Rhythm Band—Back Beats—1935—Alex
Hill: Keep A Song In Your Soul!—Timeless
• Jelly Roll Morton And His Red Hot Peppers (Incl. Lawrence Lucie
throughout this and the next set)—I Thought I Heard Buddy Bolden
Say—1939—The Pearls—RCA Bluebird
• Jelly Roll Morton And His Red Hot Peppers—West End Blues—1939—Vol.
2 (1926-1939)—RCA Black & White LP
• Chu Berry And His Stompy Stevedores, incl. Hot Lips Page—Limehouse
Blues—1937—Hot Lips Page—Best Of Jazz (France)
• Billie Holiday with Teddy Wilson And His Orchestra—It’s
Like Reaching For The Moon—1936—Lady Day: The Master Takes
And Singles—Columbia
• Billie Holiday with Teddy Wilson And His Orchestra—These
Foolish Things—1936—Lady Day: The Master Takes And Singles—Columbia
• Billie Holiday with Teddy Wilson And His Orchestra—I Cried
For You—1936—Lady Day: The Master Takes And Singles—Columbia
• Fletcher Henderson And His Orchestra—Back In Your Own
Backyard—1937—Chu Berry: Blowing Up A Breeze—Topaz
Jazz
• Coleman Hawkins’ All-Star Octet—Bouncing With Bean—1940—1939
- 1940—Classics (France) (concluding our salute to Centenarian
Lawrence Lucie)
Alto Saxophonist Frank Morgan (Dec. 23, 1933 - Dec., 14, 2007) passed
away last Friday at age 73:
• Frank Morgan with Howard Roberts—The Nearness Of You—1955—Frank
Morgan—GNP Crescendo
• Frank Morgan with the Kenny Clark All-Stars—Blues Mood—1954—Frank
Morgan/Gigi Gryce: Bird Calls, Vol. 2—Savoy Jazz LP
• Frank Morgan with the Cedar Walton Trio—Manha De Carnaval—1985—Easy
Living—Contemporary Records LP
• Frank Morgan—OK—1988—Reflections—Contemporary
Records LP
• Frank Morgan—All Blues—2003—City Nights—High
Note
• Frank Morgan—Equinox—2003—City Nights—High
Note
• Frank Morgan—Walkin’—2005—Reflections—High
Note
• Pascal And Remy Le Boeuf—Ray’s Brother’s
Other Mother—2004—Deuces Wild—LBJazz.org
(this Saturday, Dec. 22nd at 7pm at The
Attic (831.460.1800) in downtown Santa Cruz)
•Shirley Horn Trio—The Secret Of Christmas—1991—The
Secret Of Christmas—Verve