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Bobby Hutcherson – Ummh

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Bobby Hutcherson – “Ummh” from the album “San Francisco”

Bobby was born in Los Angeles on 27 January 1941. He was inspired to take up the vibraphone  at the age of 12 when he heard Milt Jackson play on the Miles Davis and the Modern Jazz Giants LP. He was still in his teens he began his professional career in the late fifties.

San Francisco

1) Goin’ Down South; 2) Prints Tie; 3) Jazz; 4) Ummh; 5) Procession; 6) A Night in Barcelona

Bobby Hutcherson

Personel

Bobby Hutcherson – Vibraphone, Marimba, Percussion
Harold Land – Tenor Sax, Flute, Oboe
Joe Sample – Piano, Electric Piano
John Williams – Bass, Fender Bass
Mickey Roker – Drums
Producer – Duke Pearson
Engineer – David Brand
Recorded on 15 July 1970 at United Artists Studio, Los Angeles

Roland Kirk – Fly By Night

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Roland Kirk – “Fly By Night” from the album “The Inflated Tear”

Born Ronald Theodore Kirk on 7 August 1935 in Columbus, Ohio he became blind shortly after his birth. On the back of a dream he transposed two letters in his name to make it Roland. He was playing saxophone and clarinet with the school band aged 12 and by the time he was 15 he was leading his own group performing in the Ohio area.

In another dream when he was 16 he was playing three horns at once. On a visit to the local music store he discovered two obscure member of the saxophone family – a manzello and a stritch – and after some experimentation was able to play them at the same time as his tenor sax. After hearing it in a dream in 1970 he added “Rahsaan” to his name.

He died from a stroke on 5 December 1977 aged just 42.

The Inflated Tear

1) The Black and Crazy Blues; 2) A Laugh for Rory; 3) Many Blessings; 4) Fingers in the Wind; 5) The Inflated Tear; 6) The Creole Love Call; 7) A Handful of Fives; 8) Fly By Night; 9) Lovellevelliloqui

Roland Kirk - The Inflated Tear

Personnel
Roland Kirk – tenor saxophone, manzello, stritch, clarinet, flute, whistle, cor anglais, flexafone
Ron Burton – piano
Steve Novosel – bass
Jimmy Hopps – drums
Dick Griffith – trombone

Thelonious Monk – ‘Round Midnight

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Thelonious Monk – “‘Round Midnight” from the album “‘Round Midnight: The Complete Blue Note Singles”

Born Thelonious Sphere Monk on 10 October 1917 in Rocky Mount, North Carolina, but his family moved to Manhattan, New York City in 1922.  By the time he was six he was playing piano.

He was mainly self-taught, although a brief spell at Juilliard School of Music gave him some theoretical training. A majority of his style was developed while he was the house pianist at Minton’s Playhouse on 118th Street between 1941 and 1948.

‘Round Midnight: The Complete Blue Note Singles

Disc 1

1) Thelonious; 2) Suburban Eyes; 3) ‘Round Midnight; 4) Well You Needn’t; 5) Evonce; 6) Off Minor; 7) In Walked Bud; 8) Epistrophy; 9) Ruby My Dear; 10) Evidence; 11) Humph; 12) Misterioso; 13) All The Things You Are; 14) I Should Care; 15) I Mean You; 16) Monk’s Mood; 17) Who Knows?; 18) Nice Work (If You Can Get It); 19) April In Paris; 20) Four In One; 21) Straight No Chaser; 22) Criss Cross; 23) Eronel; 24) Ask Me Now; 25) Willow Weep For Me

Thelonious Monk - 'Round Midnight

Disc 2

1) Skippy; 2) Let’s Cool One; 3) Hornin’ In; 4) Carolina Moon; 5) Evonce (alternate take); 6) Suburban Eyes (alternate take); 7) Nice Work (If You Can Get It) (alternate take); 8) Ruby My Dear (alternate take); 9) Well You Needn’t (alternate take); 10) April In Paris (alternate take); 11) Introspection (alternate take); 12) Who Knows? (alternate take); 13) I Should Care (alternate take); 14) Misterioso (alternate take); 15) Four In One (alternate take); 16) Criss Cross (alternate take); 17) Ask Me Now (alternate take); 18) Skippy (alternate take); 19) Hornin’ In (alternate take); 20) Sixteen (take 1); 21) Sixteen (take 2); 22) I’ll Follow You

Sonny Rollins – The Last Time I Saw Paris

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Sonny Rollins – “The Last Time I Saw Paris” from the album “The Sound Of Sonny”

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The Sound of Sonny

1. The Last Time I Saw Paris – 2:58
2. Just in Time – 3:59
3. Toot, Toot, Tootsie, Goodbye – 4:25
4. What Is There to Say? – 4:56
5. Dearly Beloved – 3:05
6. Ev’ry Time We Say Goodbye – 3:23
7. Cutie – 5:54
8. It Could Happen to You – 3:47
9. Mangos – 5:34

Sonny Rollins – tenor saxophone
Sonny Clark – piano
Percy Heath – bass
Paul Chambers – bass (tracks 1 & 4)
Roy Haynes – drums

Recorded in New York City June 11, 12, 19, 1957

Sonny Rollins

Born Theodore Walter Rollins in New York City in 1930, and referred to by Courtney Pine as “the baddest player on the planet”, he is widely recognized as one of the most important and influential jazz musicians.