Brian Auger's Oblivion Express - Live at Taverne De L'Olympia

Recorded for the TV program POP2 on October 23, 1971, featuring Brian Auger (organ), Jim Mullen (guitar, vocals), Barry Dean (bass), Robbie Macintosh (drums), and Alex Ligertwood (lead vocals).

Brian Auger official site

Stan Getz - The Final Concert Recording

Recorded in 1990 at Munich Philharmonic Hall, featuring Stan Getz (tenor sax), Kenny Barron (piano), Alex Blake (bass), Terri Lyne Carrington (drums), Eddie Del Barrio (synthesizer), and Frank Zottoli (synthesizer).

Stan Getz official site

Randy Newman - "Louisiana 1927"

Recorded in 2006 at Jazzopen Stuttgart.

Randy Newman official site

Dizzy Gillespie & Sonny Stitt - Jazz Icons

Recorded in 1958, featuring Dizzy Gillespie (trumpet), Sonny Stitt (tenor saxophone), Lou Levy (piano), Ray Brown (bass), and Gus Johnson (drums).

Dizzy Gillespie official site

Frank Zappa at the Capitol Theatre

Recorded October 13, 1978 at the Capitol Theatre in Passaic, NJ, featuring Frank Zappa (guitar, vocals), Denny Walley (slide guitar, vocals), Ike Willis (guitar, vocals), Arthur Barrow (bass), Patrick O'Hearn (bass), Vinnie Colaiuta (drums), Tommy Mars (keyboards), Peter Wolf (keyboards), and Ed Mann (percussion).

Frank Zappa official site

Peter Brötzmann Quartet - Live at JazzFest Berlin

Recorded November 5, 1995, featuring Peter Brötzmann (reeds), Toshinori Kondo (trumpet), William Parker (bass), and Hamid Drake (drums).

Peter Brötzmann official site

Ray Charles - "The Christmas Song"

Ray Charles official site

Leon Redbone & Dr. John - "Frosty The Snowman"

Recorded in 1990 for the album Christmas Island.

Leon Redbone official site
Dr. John official site

Vandermark 5 - Live in Poland

Recorded in November 2005, featuring Ken Vandermark (saxophones, clarinets), Dave Rempis (saxophones), Fred Lonborg-Holm (cello), Kent Kessler (bass), and Tim Daisy (drums).

Ken Vandermark official site

Lee Morgan - "I Remember Britt"

Lee Morgan biography

Matthew Shipp Trio - Live at Jazzfestival Saalfelden

Recorded August 26, 2011, featuring Matthew Shipp (piano), Michael Bisio (bass), and Whit Dickey (drums).

Matthew Shipp official site

James Brown - Live in Italy, 1971

Recorded in April, 1971 at the Palasport in Bologna, Italy for Italian TV, featuring James Brown (vocals, organ), Bobby Byrd (MC, vocals, organ), Darryl "Hasaan" Jamison (trumpet), Clayton "Chicken" Gunnells (trumpet), Fred Wesley (trombone), St. Clair Pinckney (tenor saxophone), Phelps "Catfish" Collins (lead guitar), Hearlon "Cheese" Martin (rhythm guitar), William "Bootsy" Collins (bass guitar), John "Jabo" Starks (drums), and Don Juan "Tiger" Martin (drums),

James Brown tribute site

Deep Purple - "Hush"

Recorded in 1968 for the TV program Playboy After Dark.

Deep Purple official site

Bill Evans & Kenny Burrell - "A Child Is Born"

Recorded in 1978 at the Montreux Jazz Festival, featuring Bill Evans (piano) and Kenny Burrell (guitar).

Bill Evans tribute site
Kenny Burrell page at Classic Jazz Guitar.com

Sun Ra Arkestra - "Interplanetary Music"

Recorded August 3, 2013 at the Victoria Theatre in San Francisco, featuring Marshall Allen (alto saxophone), Noel Scott (alto saxophone, vocals), James Stewart (tenor saxophone), Danny Ray Thompson (baritone saxophone, vocals), Cecil Brooks (trumpet),Dave Davis (trombone), Vincent Chancey (French horn), Kash Killion (cello), D. Hotep (guitar), Farid Abdul-Bari Barron (piano), Tyler Mitchell (bass), Elson Nascimento (percussion), and Craig Haynes (drums).

Sun Ra Arkestra official site

Pharoah Sanders - "Olé"

Recorded in 1999 in Warsaw, Poland, featuring Pharoah Sanders (tenor sax), William Henderson (piano), Jean-Paul Bourelly (guitar), Alex Blake (bass), and Trilok Gurtu (drums, percussion).

Pharoah Sanders official site

Dr. John - "Cold Shot"

Dr. John official site

Joe Pass - "Oleo"

Recorded October 24, 1992 at the Opernhaus in Kiel, Germany, featuring Joe Pass (guitar) and Niels-Henning Orsted Pedersen (bass).

Joe Pass tribute site

Graham Central Station - Live in Japan

Recorded in 1992.

Larry Graham official site.

Roy Hargrove Quintet - "I'm Not So Sure"

Recorded in 2010 at the Java Jazz Festival.

Roy Hargrove official site

Preservation Hall Jazz Band - "Basin Street Blues"

Recorded in 1971, featuring Kid Thomas (trumpet), Louis Nelson (trombone), Emanuel Paul (tenor sax), Albert Burbank (clarinet), Emanuel Sayles (banjo), Joseph Butler (bass, and Alonzo Stewart (drums).

Preservation Hall Jazz Band official site

Johnny Winter - "Stranger Blues"

Recorded in 1992.

Johnny Winter official site

King Crimson - Live at Studio Bremen

Recorded in 1973, featuring Robert Fripp (guitar, mellotron), Bill Bruford (drums), Jamie Muir (drums, percussion), David Cross (violin, mellotron), and John Wetton (bass).

Robert Fripp & King Crimson official site
King Crimson/Robert Fripp fan site

Jaco Pastorius - Live at the Montreal Jazz Festival

Recorded in 1982, featuring Jaco Pastorius (bass), Randy Brecker (trumpet), Bob Mintzer (tenor sax, bass clarinet), Othello Molineaux (steel drums), Don Alias (congas), and Peter Erskine (drums).


Jaco Pastorius official site

Charlie Haden and the Liberation Music Orchestra - "Nkosi Sikeleh Afrika"

Charlie Haden official site

Gentle Giant - Live in London

Recorded for the BBC Sight & Sound concert on January 5, 1978 at Golders Green Hippodrome, London, featuring Derek Shulman (vocals, saxophone, recorder, bass, percussion), Ray Shulman (bass, violin, acoustic guitar, recorder, trumpet, vocals, percussion), Gary Green (guitars, recorders, vocals, percussion), Kerry Minnear (keyboards, cello, vibes, recorder, vocals, percussion), and John Weathers (drums, vibes, tambour, vocals, percussion).

Gentle Giant home page

Ronald Shannon Jackson and the Decoding Society - "The Beast"

Recorded at the Rennes Jazz Festival in Paris, France, featuring Ronald Shannon Jackson (drums), Jef Lee Johnson (guitar), Ramon Posser (bass), Conrad Mathieu (bass) and Jack Desalyo (guitar).

Ronald Shannon Jackson official site

Nat "King" Cole - An Evening With Nat "King" Cole

Recorded in 1963 for the BBC.

Clark Terry's Big Bad Band - "Sheba"

Recorded in 1978, featuring Clark Terry (trumpet, flugelhorn); Greg Bobulinski, Willy Cook, Mike Vax, and Willy Singleton (trumpets); Sonny Costanzo, John Gordon, Dee-Dee Shirley, and Chuck Connors (trombones); Chris Woods, Charles Williams, Bill Saxton, Hermann Bell, and Charles Davis (saxophones); Hilton Ruiz (piano), Victor Sproles (bass), and Ed Soph (drums).

Clark Terry official site

Allman Brothers Band - Live from Macon, GA

Recorded in 1973 for Don Kirshner's Rock Concert.

Allman Brothers Band official site

Tony Williams Lifetime - Live at Montreux Jazz Festival

Recorded in 1971, featuring Tony Williams (drums), Don Alias (conga), Warren Smith (percussion), Larry Young (organ), Ted Dunbar (guitar), and Junie Booth (bass).