Jan 262020
 

you have to to hand it to jalc…  the produtions there are fantastic.  this new year’s eve performance by two of my current favorite pianists is like a turbo-charged piano trio, plus the great jimmy heath (recently deceased, r.i.p.) and nicholas payton thrown in just because new year’s eve at dizzy’s.  with two pianos, i’m always reminded of the salieri line from amadeus that there are simply too many notes (and the first track definitely felt that way). but then, as i always say, too much is not enough, and nothing exceeds like excess.  oh, and speaking of new year… happy lunar new year!  health, luck, and prosperity to all.

the two grand pianos are nestled together opposite each other, cyrus chesnut on the left, benny green on your right


cyrus chestnut & benny green with nicholas payton & jimmy heath
“a celebration in swing”
live at dizzy’s club coca-cola at
jazz at lincoln center
new york, ny usa
2010-12-31

as broadcast live by wbgo-fm, newark, nj usa.

cyrus chestnut – piano
benny green – piano
dezron douglas – bass
willie jones iii – drums
with
nicholas payton – trumpet
jimmy heath – tenor saxophone

01 – radio intro by rhonda hamilton (1:35)
02 – stage intro by todd barkan (:54)
03 – perdido (12:04)
04 – i wish i knew how it would feel to be free (taylor) (9:47)
05 – fungii mama (mitchell) (9:17)
06 – moody’s groove (heath) (10:27)
07 – take the ‘a’ train (strayhorn) (10:38)
08 – bags’ groove (jackson) (5:15) >
09 – auld lang syne (1:53)
10 – gingerbread boy (10:32)
11 – outro by rhonda hamilton (:55)

total running time: 73:22

lineage:
wbgo-fm > adcom gtp-450 tuner > edirol r-09hr (44.1/16) >
sony soundforge 10 > flac level 6 aligned on sb

capture and transfer by beatpop.
posted january 2011.


sample: t04 i wish i knew how it would feel to be free.mp3
download: CyrusChestnut_BennyGreen_NicholasPayton_Jimmy_Heath_2010-12-31_Dizzys_NYC.zip


Feb 222018
 

as promised on my posting a few minutes ago, here’s the stars of modern jazz show.  it’s out there on any number of bootlegs, but mostly v.o.a. sourced.  if you’ve not heard it, it’ll knock your socks off.


stars of modern jazz concert –
recorded @ carnegie hall, new york city, ny (usa), december 25, 1949 –
“symphony sid” torin (emcee)

bud powell (piano), curley russell (bass), max roach (drums)
01: all god’s chillun got rhythm – 3:37

miles davis (trumpet), benny green (trombone), sonny stitt (alto saxophone), serge chaloff (baritone saxophone) + bud powell trio as above
02: move – 6:11
03: hot house – 7:55
04: ornithology (not complete) – 3:37

kai winding (trombone), stan getz (tenor saxophone), al haig (piano), tommy potter (bass), roy haynes (drums)
05: always – 3:48
06: sweet miss – 4:17
07: long island sound (no trombone) – 2:13

sarah vaughn (vocals) acc. by jimmy jones (piano)
08: once in a while – 3:47
09: mean to me – 2:28

lee konitz (alto saxophone), warne marsh (tenor saxophone), lennie tristano (piano), billy bauer (guitar), joe shulman (bass), jeff morton (drums)
10: you go to my head – 4:34
11: sax of a kind – 5:13

red rodney (trumpet), charlie parker (alto saxophone), al haig (piano), tommy potter (bass), roy haynes (drums)
12: ornithology – 5:27
13: cheryl – 5:02
14: koko – 5:11
15: bird of paradise – 6:09
16: now’s the time – 5:18

lineage: jass j-cd-16 (bootleg, mostly voice of america sourced) –> hard disc –> trader’s little helper (flac 8)

good –> very good sound quality considering the age of the recordings


sample:  t13 cheryl.mp3
download: StarsOfModernJazz_1949-12-25_NYC.zip


Aug 092016
 

took a break today & put all of this together into 1 folder, fixed a few things, etc.  good show & recording, quite long with two sets.  and, for me, good music to listen to while working.  might listen to it again.  it was taped by ‘royboy’, but my copy of the dime tracker doesn’t have the original seeder; guess they’d dropped off dime by the time i downloaded it in 2014.

i’m still a bit to busy for cd covers… but who burns cd’s anymore any how?  still, nice to have a picture of some kind, isn’t it?


benny green
dazzle restaurant & lounge, denver, co
15 june 2013

benny green (piano)
david wong (bass)
kenny washington (drums)

early set

d1t01 introduction
d1t02 benny’s crib
d1t03 don’t scat
d1t04 cactus flower
d1t05 tales of malone
d1t06 priestess
d1t07 certainly
d1t08 ?
d1t09 la portuguesa
d1t10 sonny clark
d1t11 ?

time 1:09:52

late set

d2t01 just a tad
d2t02 kenny drew
d2t03 harold land
d2t04 golden flamingo
d2t05 flying saucer
d2t06 ?
d2t07 ?
d2t08 bish bash
d2t09 time after time
d2t10 bean and the boys
~encore~
d2t11 pensativa

time 1:27:30

total time 2:37:22

source: core sound binaurals > battery box > edirol r-09 @ 24/44.1
transfer: hd > macbook pro > adobe audition cs6 > xact > flac

taped by royboy

rename & replay gain, august 2016 [by pete]
the early set was mis-named as from the next day, and the entire show was hard to hear.
i corrected the filenames, moved all files into 1 folder, added replay gain & updated the
checksum files.


sample: d2t03 harold land.mp3
download: BennyGreen_2013-06-15_Dazzle_DenverCO.zip