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• Al Cohn and Zoot Sims Sextet,
incl. Dave McKenna—My Blues—1956—From A To Z—RCA
• Dave McKenna—Cat’s Cradle—1995—Marian
McPartland’s Piano Jazz—Jazz Alliance
• Dave McKenna—Splendid Splinter—1979—Left Handed
Complement—Concord
• Steve Czarnecki’s
Soul Jazz Quintet—SJQ—1997—Steve Czarnecki’s
Soul Jazz Quintet featuring Nate Pruitt—Piano Man (Kuumbwa
Jazz Center, Thurs., Oct. 30)
• Horace Silver Quintet—You Happened My Way—1959—Finger
Poppin’—Blue Note
• Dr. Lonnie Smith—Back Track—2004—Too Damn
Hot—Palmetto (Trio at the Kuumbwa
Jazz Center Wed., Nov. 5th)
• Martin Taylor—Bluesette—2008—Double
Standards—P-3 Music (Toots Thieleman, composer of “Bluesette,”
will appear with the Kenny Werner Trio Kuumbwa
Jazz Center Mon., Nov. 17th)
• Bill Evans Trio—The Boy Next Door—1961—Spring
Leaves—Milestone LP
Lee Wiley’s Centennial
is this month (Oct. 9, 1908 – Dec. 11, 1975):
• Lee Wiley—Sugar—1940—VA: The Commodore Story—Commodore
• Lee Wiley with the Joe Bushkin Orchestra—Sweet And Low
Down—1939—Sings Porter & Gershwin—Audiophile
• Lee Wiley with Bunny Berigan And His Orchestra—Find Me
A Primitive Man—1940—Sings Porter & Gershwin—Audiophile
This Month is also the
Centennial of the Birth of the Composer Johnny Green (Oct. 10, 1908
– May 17, 1989):
• Stephane Grappelli and Django Rheinhardt—Out Of Nowhere—1939—Djangology,
vol. 5, Body And Soul—EMI
• Coleman Hawkins—Body And Soul—1939—Body And
Soul 1933-1949—Naxos
• Billie Holiday—I’m Yours—1944—Lady Day
(1939-1944)—Commodore
• Charlie Parker Quintet—Out Of Nowhere—1947—Legendary
Dial Masters, Vol. 2—Stash
• Zoot Sims—I Cover The Waterfront—1978—For
Lady Day—Pablo
• Hank Mobley—Soul
Station—1960—Soul Station—Blue Note
• Hank Mobley—A Baptist Beat—1960—Roll Call—Blue
Note
• Generations, incl. Jimmy Cobb—So What—2007—Tough
Guys—International Center For The Arts at San Francisco State
University
Pianist Dave McKenna (May
30, 1930 – Oct. 18, 2008) passed away this week at age 78:
• Dave McKenna and Joe Temperley—Sunset And The Mockingbird—1995—Sunbeam
And Thundercloud—Concord
• Dave McKenna—Baby, Baby, All The Time—1986—My
Friend The Piano—Concord
• Dave McKenna—Theodore
The Thumper—1994—Marian McPartland’s Piano Jazz—Jazz
Alliance
• Dave McKenna—Easy Street—1994—Easy Street—Concord
• Ruby Braff
And His New England Songhounds, incl. Dave McKenna—As Time Goes
By—1991—Concord
• Dave McKenna—Lazy River—1983—A Celebration
Of Hoagy Carmichael—Concord LP
• Dave McKenna—Star Kissed—1992—A Handfull Of
Stars—Concord
• Robert Walter—Rivers
Of Babylon—2007—Cure All—Palmetto
• Robert Walter—Money Changers—2007—Cure All—Palmetto
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