Chet Baker in New York

Chet flies from California to NYC to take a bite out of the 1958 Big Apple. Meeting him here are Miles' rhythm section (Philly Joe Jones & Paul Chambers), along with Al Haig (piano), and Johnny Griffin (tenor).

Lots of melodic songs with good playing all around, and the rhythm section pushes everyone into a less West Coast style.

#nowplaying #vinyl #jazz #ChetBaker #PaulChambers #PhillyJoeJones #AlHaig #JohnnyGriffin

Paris Reunion Band au Festival d'Antibes Juan-les-Pins le 18 juillet 1985

#WoodyShaw, #DizzyReece (tp), #SlideHampton (tb), #JohnnyGriffin (ts), #NathanDavis (ts, ss), #KennyDrew (p), #JimmyWoode (b), #BillyBrooks (dr) + #LionelHampton (vib)

#jazz #podcast #francemusique en 2 parties:
https://www.radiofrance.fr/francemusique/podcasts/les-legendes-du-jazz/paris-reunion-band-a-juan-les-pins-en-1985-1-2-4759324
https://www.radiofrance.fr/francemusique/podcasts/les-legendes-du-jazz/paris-reunion-band-a-juan-les-pins-en-1985-2-2-8656942

#DemandezLeProgramme :
1976 - Johnny Griffin Quartet - Postal Savings Hall - Tokyo

#JohnnyGriffin (ts), #HoraceParlan (p), Mads Vindings (b), Art Taylor (dr)
#jazz

Full House is an album by the jazz guitarist Wes Montgomery, released in 1962.
History
The performance was recorded live at Tsubo in Berkeley, California, on June 25, 1962. The session featured a quintet that included Wynton Kelly on piano, Johnny Griffin on tenor saxophone, Paul Chambers on bass, and Jimmy Cobb on drums.

#jazz #wesmontgomery #guitarjazz #riversidelabel #wyntonkelly #johnnygriffin #paulchambers #jimmycobb

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AFkQ0By8N1g

Chet Baker, Chet Baker in New York, 1958 on Riverside

In something of the same vein as the West Coast / East Coast rap rivalry of 90s hip hop, the jazz scene in the 50s had a bit of a California vs New York thing happening. As the sleeve notes by Orrin Keepnews puts it:

. . . during much of the 1950s considerable conversation and many magazine pages have been devoted to discussion of the relative merits of, differences between, and what-have-you of the so called “East Coast” and “West Coast” schools of modern jazz. . . . on this LP, CHET BAKER, the most notable of “cool” West Coast trumpet stars, joins forces with some highly talented representatives of the “hard” Eastern style.

Those players included Johnny Griffin (Tenor Sax), Al Haig (Piano), Paul Chambers (Bass), and Philly Joe Jones (Drums). Recorded in New York in September of 1958. (I had a Jazzland reissue retitled as Polka Dots and Moonbeams but this pressing is much improved).

My copy is a Craft Recordings reissue from 2021 which replicates the Riverside labels but adds Craft/Concord rim text and catalog number. Via Beatnick Records in Montreal QC

#1950s #1958 #2021 #AlHaig #BeatnickRecords #ChetBaker #craftRecordings #JohnnyGriffin #MontrealQC #OrrinKeepnews #PaulChambers #PhillyJoeJones #Reissue #Riverside #vinyl #vinylcollection #vinylfinds

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1986 - Saxophone players / Saxophonistes - North Sea Jazz Festival - Den Haag / La Haye

Big Nick Nicholas, #JohnnyGriffin, #RichieCole, #StanleyTurrentine, #JamesMoody, #LeeKonitz, Sonny Fortune, #FlipPhillips, #JoeHenderson, David Fathead Newman, Buddy Tate
#jazz #saxophone