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The Eddie Barefield Sextet: The Eddie Barefield Sextet

CD / Progressive / 2013-02-19

Tracks: Spud; For Grandma Webster; Brown Baby; Barefield's Lady; Edgar Battle in Memoriam; Soup Beans; Wildcat Blues; Fox, The
Artists: The Eddie Barefield Sextet

Liner Note Author: Harry Lim.

Recording information: A&R Studios, New York, NY (1977); Mastertone Studios, New York, NY (1977).

Photographer: Tom Weihs....continue...

George Masso Sextet: A Swining Case of Masso-Ism

CD / Progressive / 2011-07-19

Tracks: So Danco Samba; I'm Glad There Is You; A Fine Romance; For You, For Me Forevermore; It All Depends On You; I See Your Face Before Me; A Swinging Case of Masso-ism; Them There Eyes; I've Gotta Be On M...
Artists: George Masso Sextet

Audio Remasterer: Richard Bird.

Liner Note Authors: Dave Dexter, Jr.; Harry Lim; George H. Buck, Jr.; Dave Dexter.

Recording information: JAC Recording Studios, New York, NY (02/1981); M...continue...

Derek Smith (Piano)/Ronnie Bedford/Harvie S (Bass)/Jack Wilkins (Guitar): Constellation Jazz: Four Stars On a Brilliant Night At "Struggles" Jazz Club *

CD / Progressive / 2010-10-19

Tracks: Just Friends; Don't Get Around Much Anymore; Jitterbug Waltz, The; On Green Dolphin Street; Black Orpheus
Artists: Derek Smith (Piano)/Ronnie Bedford/Harvie S (Bass)/Jack Wilkins (Guitar)

Personnel: Ronnie Bedford (drums); Jack Wilkins (guitar); Derek Smith (piano).

Audio Mixers: Geoffrey Mulder; Ronnie Bedford.

Liner Note Authors: Derek Smith; Ronnie Bedford; Harvie S ; ...continue...

Charlie Ventura: High on an Open Mike

1 CD / Progressive / 2009-08-18

Artists: Charlie Ventura

Personnel: Charlie Ventura (alto, tenor & baritone saxophones); Dave Hildinger, Dave McKenna (piano); Billy Bean (guitar); Richard Davis (bass); Elmer "Mousey" Alexander (drums)....continue...

Bill Charlap: Piano & Bass

1 CD / Progressive / 2008-10-21

Artists: Bill Charlap

Pianist Bill Charlap is joined by his good friend Sean Smith on bass for this 1993 studio duo session. Charlap's talent as a player is well beyond his years (just 26 years old), as he had already spen...continue...

Warren Battiste: Quiet Storm in New Orleans *

1 CD / Progressive / 2008-10-21

Tracks: 'A' Train; Autum Leaves; Summertime; In a Sentimental Mood; Out of Nowhere; Bop for Jacques; Straight, No Chaser; Do You Know What It Means to Miss New Orleans?
Artists: Warren Battiste

Personnel: Warren Battiste (guitar); Richard Hale (drums).

Audio Mixer: Richard Bird.

Liner Note Author: George H. Buck, Jr.

Recording information: The Audiophile Recording Studio...continue...

Bill Watrous: I'll Play for you

1 CD / Progressive / 2008-03-18

Tracks: Falling in Love; Nancy; It Might as Well Be Spring; I'll Play For You; Body & Soul; Road Goes Ever Onward, The; Blue Bossa; Why Did I Choose Thee; Tubby
Artists: Bill Watrous

Personnel: Bill Watrous (trombone); Joe Romano (tenor saxophone); Danny Stiles (trumpet); Ross Tompkins (piano); John Heard (bass instrument, bass guitar); Frank Capp (drums).

The brilliant tro...continue...

Warren Chiasson: Quartessence *

1 CD / Progressive / 2008-01-22

Tracks: Bossa Nova Scotia; Rainy Days & Mondays; Sleeper; Too Blue; Bedouin; September
Artists: Warren Chiasson

Personnel: Warren Chiasson (vibraphone).

Audio Mixer: Don Marsh.

Audio Remasterer: Parker Dinkins.

Liner Note Authors: Dan Morgenstern; George H. Buck, Jr.; Warren Chiasson.
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Kenny Baker (Trumpet): Kenny Baker's All Stars/The Dick Morrissey Quartet *

1 CD / Progressive / 2007-07-10

Tracks: Sweet Sue (Just You); Out of Nowhere; Three Little Words; It Don't Mean a Thing
Artists: Kenny Baker (Trumpet)

Peter Comton Big Band/Pat Hawes and His Band: Peter Comton Big Band/Pat Hawes and His Band

1 CD / Progressive / 2007-07-10

Tracks: C Jam Blues; Da Capo; By Request; Clea; Djinn; Sound of Eleven; Over the Rainbow; Mountolive & Balthazar
Artists: Peter Comton Big Band/Pat Hawes and His Band

Mary Lou Williams: Circle Recordings

1 CD / Progressive / 2007-03-20

Tracks: Yesterdays; It Ain't Necessarily So; Why Evade the Truth; Bo Bob Waltz, The; It's the Talk of the Town; Stompin' at the Savoy; Why; Caravan; Crazy Rhythm; Scorpio; Man I Love, The; People Will Say We...
Artists: Mary Lou Williams

Jack Reilly: November

1 CD / Progressive / 2004-02-10

Artists: Jack Reilly

Jack Reilly Trio: Jack Reilly (piano); Jack Six (bass); Ronnie Bedford (drums).

This live performance from 1981 is one of the best recordings of Jack Reilly's piano playing. He is showcased wit...continue...

Red Norvo: Vibes a La Red

1 CD / Progressive / 2003-09-23

Tracks: One I Love, The; Tea For Two; Runnin' Wild
Artists: Red Norvo

Personnel includes: Red Norvo (vibraphone); Hank Jones, Jimmy Rowles (piano); Lloyd Ellis (guitar); Milt Hilton, Gene Cherico (bass); Jo Jones, Donald Bailey (drums).

Originally released on Fam...continue...

Candoli Brothers/Pete Candoli: From the Top/The Candoli Brothers

1 CD / Progressive / 2003-05-27

Artists: Candoli Brothers/Pete Candoli

2 LPs on 1 CD: FROM THE TOP/THE CANDOLI BROTHERS.

FROM THE TOP:

Personnel: Pete Candoli (trumpet, flugelhorn); Lou Levy (piano); Fred Atwood (bass); John Dentz (drums).

Recorded i...continue...

Red Norvo: The Second Time Around

1 CD / Progressive / 2003-05-27

Artists: Red Norvo

Personnel includes: Red Norvo (vibraphone); Kenny Davern (saxaphone); Dave McKenna (piano); Milt Hinton (bass); Mousey Alexander (drums).

Recorded in 1975.

This is part of the Famous Doo...continue...

John Bunch: John's Other Bunch

1 CD / Progressive / 2003-01-21

Tracks: I Would Do Anything For You; Man I Love, The
Artists: John Bunch

Personnel includes: John Bunch (piano); Scott Hamilton (tenor saxophone); Warren Vache Jr. (trumpet); Michael Moore (bass); Connie Kay (drums).

This disc is most notable in that veteran swing p...continue...

Ronnie Bedford: Just Friends *

1 CD / Progressive / 2002-12-10

Artists: Ronnie Bedford

Ronnie Bedford Quartet: Ronnie Bedford (drums); Tommy Newsome (tenor saxophone); Bill Charlap (piano); Peter Huffaker (bass).

Recorded live at Northwest College, Powell, Wyoming on October 1, 1...continue...

Brooklyn Repertory Ensemble: Passport to Brooklyn

1 CD / Progressive / 2002-12-10

Artists: Brooklyn Repertory Ensemble

John Bunch: John's Bunch

1 CD / Progressive / 2002-09-24

Artists: John Bunch

John Bunch Quintet: John Bunch (piano); Al Cohn (tenor saxophone); Urbie Green (trombone); Milt Hinton (bass); Mousey Alexander (drums).

Originally released on Famous Door Records in 1975.
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Jack Millman: Shades of Things to Come

1 CD / Progressive / 2002-09-03

Artists: Jack Millman

Personnel includes: Jack Millman (flugelhorn); Buddy Collette, Jimmy Guiffre, Bob Gordon, Shelly Manne, Lin Halliday, Don Friedman, Chico Hamilton, Curtis Counce, Jack Montrose.

An excellent co...continue...

Dave McKenna: No Holds Barred

1 CD / Progressive / 2001-12-04

Artists: Dave McKenna

Mundell Lowe: California Guitar

1 CD / Progressive / 2001-12-04

Artists: Mundell Lowe

Guitarist Mundell Lowe, who recorded regularly as a leader during 1954-62, had not had his own record date for over a decade when he cut this now-obscure LP for the Famous Door label. The three select...continue...

Milt Hinton: Here Swings the Judge

1 CD / Progressive / 2001-08-28

Artists: Milt Hinton

Personnel: Milt Hinton, Bud Johnson (tenor & baritone saxophones); Ben Webster, Frank Wess (tenor saxophone, piano); Jon Faddis (trumpet); John Bunch (piano); Jo Jones (drums).

Recorded in 1964...continue...

Dick Cary: California Doings

1 CD / Progressive / 2001-07-17

Artists: Dick Cary

Contains 4 tracks from a 1975 Dutch Concert.

Personnel includes: Dick Cary (trumpet); Bob Wilber (soprano saxophone); Tommy Newsom (tenor saxophone); Bob Havens (trombone); Ross Tompkins, Ralph...continue...

Ronnie Bedford: QuaDRUMvirate

1 CD / Progressive / 2000-12-26

Artists: Ronnie Bedford

Ronnie Bedford has been organizing tours for several years, recording and then issuing them as CDs. This latest is from a concert in one of Bedford's favorite performing venues, Northwest College in P...continue...

Ronnie Bedford: Triplicity

1 CD / Progressive / 2000-09-15

Tracks: Hey There; All Blues; Alone Together; Emily; If I Were a Bell
Artists: Ronnie Bedford

Personnel: Ronnie Bedford (drums); Roger Kellaway (piano); Bob Magnusson (bass).

Recorded live at the Wynona Thompson Auditorium, Cody, Wyoming on October 10, 1998. Includes liner notes by Ronn...continue...

Cecil Payne/Cecil Payne & The Brooklyn Four: The Brooklyn Four Plus One

1 CD / Progressive / 2000-05-11

Tracks: L.C.'s Cook Book; Saucer Eyes; I Didn't Know About You; Blue 'N' Boogie; Stella by Starlight; Full Moonlight and Stars Made of Silver; Blue Monk; Cherokee; Meditation (Meditaçao)
Artists: Cecil Payne/Cecil Payne & The Brooklyn Four

Full performer name: Cecil Payne & The Brooklyn Four.

Cecil Payne & The Brooklyn Four Plus One: Cecil Payne (baritone saxophone, flute); Tulivu-Donna Cumberbatch (vocals); Ed Stoute (piano); Le...continue...

Derek Smith (Piano): Derek Smith Trio Plays Jerome Kern

1 CD / Progressive / 1999-12-25

Artists: Derek Smith (Piano)

Reissued in 1991 by the Progressive label, this album is a standout tribute to the music of Jerome Kern ,who transformed American musical theater into something unique when he collaborated with Oscar ...continue...

Ross Tompkins: Celebrates the Music of Harold Arlen

CD / Progressive / 1999-12-25

Tracks: Out of This World; As Long as I Live; Right as the Rain; Hit the Road to Dreamland; Man That Got Away, The; It's Only a Paper Moon; Over the Rainbow; Let's Fall in Love; This Time the Dream's on Me; ...
Artists: Ross Tompkins

Personnel: Ross Tompkins (piano).

Recording information: Sage And Sound Recording, Hollywood, CA (07/02/1997)....continue...

Claude "Fiddler" Williams: King of Kansas City

1 CD / Progressive / 1999-12-25

Artists: Claude "Fiddler" Williams

Personnel: Claude "Fiddler" Williams (vocals, guitar, violin).

Recording information: 05/28/1996-05/29/1996.

Eighty-eight at the time of this date, the apparently ageless violinist Claud...continue...

Cullen Offer: Feather Merchant

1 CD / Progressive / 1999-12-25

Artists: Cullen Offer

Tommy Flanagan: The Magnificent Tommy Flanagan

1 CD / Progressive / 1999-12-25

Artists: Tommy Flanagan

The title of this set is not an overstatement. Tommy Flanagan has long been one of the top bop-based jazz pianists and, although he was somewhat neglected during his stints with Ella Fitzgerald's grou...continue...

Buddy DeFranco Quintet: Like Someone in Love

1 CD / Progressive / 1999-12-25

Artists: Buddy DeFranco Quintet

Personnel: Buddy DeFranco (clarinet); Derek Smith (piano); Tal Farlow (guitar); George Duvivier (bass); Ronnie Bedford (drums).

Recorded in New York, New York on March 11, 1989. Includes liner ...continue...

Al Haig: Ornithology

1 CD / Progressive / 1999-12-25

Tracks: Marmnaduke; Shaw Nuff Enigma; Blues For Alice; Body and Soul; Ornithology; Blue Bird; Day Dream; Line For Lhasa; (Untitled) - (hidden track)
Artists: Al Haig

Derek Smith (Piano): Love for Sale

1 CD / Progressive / 1999-12-25

Tracks: Love for Sale; Autumn Leaves; Summertime; One to Warm Up On; When Sunny Get Blue; Tristessa; Sweet Lorraine; Too Close for Comfort; Day in the Life of a Fool, A
Artists: Derek Smith (Piano)

Derek Smith Trio: Derek Smith (piano); George Duvivier (bass); Bobby Rosengarden (drums).

Personnel: Derek Smith (piano); Bobby Rosengarden (drums).

Liner Note Author: Gus P. Statiras....continue...

Zoot Sims: Zoot at Ease

1 CD / Progressive / 1999-12-14

Tracks: Softly, As in a Morning Sunrise; In the Middle of a Kiss - (Take 4); Alabamy Home - (Take 9); Do Nothin' Till You Hear from Me; Rosemary's Baby; Cocktails for Two; My Funny Valentine; Beach in the A....
Artists: Zoot Sims

This edition of ZOOT AT EASE includes 4 bonus tracks.

Personnel includes: Zoot Sims (soprano & tenor saxophones); Hank Jones (piano); Milt Hinton (bass); Grady Tate, Louis Bellson (drums).
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Al Grey: Echoes of New Orleans

1 CD / Progressive / 1998-12-15

Tracks: Echoes of New Orleans; St. James Infirmary; Diz Related; Nancy (With the Laughing Face); Basin Street Blues; Cotton Tail; I Got It Bad (And That Ain't Good); Struttin' With Some Barbecue; St. Louis B...
Artists: Al Grey

Personnel: Al Grey (vocals, trombone); Tony Dagradi (saxophone); Rick Trolsen (trombone); Victor "Red" Atkins (piano); Ossie Davis (drums).

Liner Note Author: George Wein.

Recording info...continue...

Various Artists: Progressive Records Sampler

1 CD / Progressive / 1997-12-02

Artists: Various Artists

Pete Brown (Saxophone): Complete 1944 World Jam Session *

1 CD / Progressive / 1997-05-12

Artists: Pete Brown (Saxophone)

Bob Wilber: A Man and His Music

1 CD / Progressive / 1997-02-18

Artists: Bob Wilber

The most unusual aspect of this Bob Wilber CD is that, in addition to his usual clarinet and sopranos (both curved and straight), he also plays a bit of alto and tenor. Wilber's tenor (heard on four o...continue...

Jimmy Maxwell: Let's Fall in Love *

1 CD / Progressive / 1996-11-20

Artists: Jimmy Maxwell

Personnel: Jimmy Maxwell (trumpet); John Bunch (piano)....continue...

Stuff Smith: The Stuff Smith Trio: 1943

1 CD / Progressive / 1996-07-08

Artists: Stuff Smith

Personnel includes: Stuff Smith (violin); Jimmy Jones (piano); John Levy (bass).

Violinist Stuff Smith is heard in top form on this set of radio transcriptions from 1943, a time when a musician...continue...

Cullen Offer: Strike Up the Band

1 CD / Progressive / 1996-07-08

Artists: Cullen Offer

Lee Konitz: Figure and Spirit

1 CD / Progressive / 1996-03-20

Tracks: Figure and Spirit; Dream Stepper; Smog Eyes; April; Without You Man; Dig It; Feather Bed
Artists: Lee Konitz

Altoist Lee Konitz (who doubles on this CD on soprano) teams up with tenor-saxophonist Ted Brown, pianist Albert Dailey, bassist Rufus Reid and drummer Joe Chambers for this session. The six songs (or...continue...

Sammy Rimington: Exciting Sax

1 CD / Progressive / 1996-03-20

Artists: Sammy Rimington

Scott Hamilton: Grand Appearance

1 CD / Progressive / 1996-03-20

Tracks: Crazy Rhythm; I May Be Wrong (But I Think You're Wonderful); Body and Soul; All of Me; Shadow of Your Smile, The; You'd Be So Nice to Come Home To; I Thought About You; Out of Nowhere; Cheek to Cheek...
Artists: Scott Hamilton

Personnel: Hank Jones , Tommy Flanagan (piano).

Recording information: Downtown Sound Studio, New York, NY (01/23/1978/02/08/1978).

For this rare outing away from the Concord label, the ...continue...

Don Friedman: Hot Knepper and Pepper

1 CD / Progressive / 1996-03-20

Tracks: Audobon (Take 4) / I'm Getting Sentimental Over You (Take 2 ); Hellure; Groovin' High; Alfie / Laura / Prelude To A Kiss / I Got It Bad (And That Ain't Good); Beautiful Love - (take 3); I'm Getting S...
Artists: Don Friedman

This is a fine jam session-flavored set featuring pianist Don Friedman, baritonist Pepper Adams, trombonist Jimmy Knepper, bassist George Mraz and drummer Billy Hart. Knepper and Pepper match together...continue...

Hal Stein: The Classic Sessions

1 CD / Progressive / 1996-03-20

Artists: Hal Stein

Reissued on a few different labels through the years, this modern bop set has long been considered a bit legendary. In 1990, it found a permanent home on CD with the GHB subsidiary Progressive. For th...continue...

Roland Hanna: Bird Tracks

1 CD / Progressive / 1996-03-19

Artists: Roland Hanna

Tingling versions of songs by and about Charlie Parker. ~ Ron Wynn...continue...

Dick Hafer: In a Sentimental Mood

1 CD / Progressive / 1996-03-14

Artists: Dick Hafer

Personnel: Dick Hafer (tenor saxophone).

Recording information: 12/02/1991-12/03/1991.

Dick Hafer, a veteran tenor-saxophonist best-known for his association with Woody Herman's Orchestr...continue...