Budd Johnson - Mr Bechet
Pure Pleasure/Black & Blue PPAN 006 (2007)

Titel:
Blues For Sale; Gone With The Wind; If You were Mine; Am I Waisting My Time; The Dirty Old Man; Linger Awhile; Mr Bechet - aufgenommen 1974

Besetzung:
Budd Johnson (ts, ss); Earl Hines (p); Jimmy Leary (b); Panama Francis (dr)
 

Plas Johnson - Positively
Pure Audiophile 005 (2006)

Titel:
Positively; Lover Man (Oh, Where Can You Be?); Let's Get It All Together; Easy For You To Say; Never More; My Foolish Heart; Careless Love (Traditional); A Cottage For Sale; Dirty Leg Blues; Sea Sea; Parking Lot Blues - aufgenommen 1976

Besetzung:
Plas Johnson (as, ts); Mike Melvoin (keyb); Herb Ellis (g); Ray Brown (b); Jake Hanna, Jimmie Smith (dr); Bobbye Hall (cga)

Besonderheiten:
2 LPs im Klappcover
 

Quincy Jones - The Birth Of A Band
Speakers Corner Records/Mercury SR 60129 (2004)

Titel:
The Birth Of A Band; Moanin'; I Remember Clifford; Along Came Betty; Tickletoe; Happy Faces; Whisper Not; The Gypsy; A Change Of Pace; Tuxedo Junction

Besetzung:
Quincy Jones (arr, cond); Zoot Sims, Jerome Richardson, Phil Woods, Sam Taylor, Frank Wess (reeds); Joe Newman, Harry Edison (tr); Clark Terry (flh); u.a.
 

Wynton Kelly & Wes Montgomery - Smokin’ At The Half Note
Speakers Corner Records/Verve V6-8633 (1996)

Titel:
No Blues; If You Could See Me Now; Unit 7; Four On Six; What's New - aufgenommen im Juni 1965 im Half Note, New York von Rudy Van Gelder / Produktion: Creed Taylor

Besetzung:
Wes Montgomery (g) / Wynton Kelly (p) / Paul Chambers (b) / Jimmy Cobb (dr)
 

Eartha Kitt - That Bad Eartha
Speakers Corner Records/RCA LMP-1183 (2004)

Titel:
I Want To Be Evil; Cèst Si Bon (It's So Good); Angelitos Negros; Avril Au Portugal (The Whisp'ring Serenade); Let's Do It; My Heart Belongs To Daddy; Uska Dara - A Turkish Tale; African Lullaby; Mountain High, Valley Low; Lilac Wine (Dance Me A Song); Under The Bridges Of Paris; Smoke Gets In Your Eyes - aufgenommen 1956

Besetzung:
Eartha Kitt (voc) und Henri René and His Orchestra
 

Lee Konitz - Motion
Speakers Corner Records/Verve V6-8399 (2006)

Titel:
Foolin' Myself; You'd Be So Nice To Come Home To; I'll Remember April; I Remember You; All Of Me - aufgenommen im August 1961 in New York City von Dick Olmstead

Besetzung:
Lee Konitz (as); Sonny Dallas (b); Elvin Ray Jones (dr)
 

Gene Krupa - Drummer Man
Speakers Corner Records/Verve MG V-2008 (2005)

Titel:
Let Me Off Uptown; Rockin' Chair; Opus 1; Fish Fry; Drummin' Man; Drum Boogie; Boogie Blues; Leave Us Leap; Slow Down; Wire Brush Stomp; That's What You Think; After You've Gone - aufgenommen im Februar 1956 in New York City / Produktion: Norman Grantz

Besetzung:
Anita O'Day (voc); Roy Eldridge (tr, voc); Joe Ferrante, Ernie Royal (tp); Dave McKenna (p); Eddie Shu (ts); Aaron Sachs (ts, cl); Jimmy Cleveland, J.J. Johnson, Kai Winding (tb); Joe Galbraith (g); John Drew (b); Gene Krupa (dr), and many others
 

Peggy Lee - Is That All There Is?
Pure Pleasure/Capitol ST 386 (2006)

Titel:
Is That All There Is?; Love Story; Me and My Shadow; My Old Flame; I'm A Woman; Brother Love's Travelling Salvation Show; Something; Whistle For Happiness; Johnny (Linda); Don't Smoke In Bed - aufgenommen 1962 und 1969 im Capitol Tower, Hollywood, CA

Besetzung:
Peggy Lee (voc), and orchestra
 

Abbey Lincoln - Straight Ahead
Pure Pleasure/Candid CJS 9015 (2005)

Titel:
Straight Ahead; When Malinda Sings; In the Red; Blue Monk; Left Alone; African Lady; Retribution - aufgenommen Februar 1961 in Nola Penthouse Studios, New York City

Besetzung:
Abbey Lincoln (voc); Eric Dolphy (picc-fl, b-cl, as); Walter Benton, Coleman Hawkins (ts); Booker Little (tr); Julian Priester (tb); Mal Waldron (p); Art Davis (b); Max Roach (dr); Roger Sanders, Robert Whiteley (cga)
 

Booker Little - Out Front
Pure Pleasure/Candid CJS 9027 (2007)

Titel:
We Speak; Strength And Sanity; Quiet, Please; Moods In Free Time; Man Of Words; Hazy Hues; A New Day - aufgenommen April 1961

Besetzung:
Booker Little (tp); Julian Priester (tb); Eric Dolphy (as, b-cl,fl); Don Friedman (p); Art Davis, Ron Carter (b); Max Roach (dr, vib, perc)
 

Machito - Kenya
Pure Pleasure/Roulette SR 52006 (2004)

Titel:
Wild Jungle; Kenya Oyeme; Blues A La Machito; Tururat - aufgenommen Dezember 1957 in den Metropolitan Studios, New York City / Produktion: Ralph Seijo

Besetzung:
Machito (voc, cond); Mario Bauza, Doc Cheatham, Joe Newman (tr); Cannonball Adderley (as); Ray Santos (ts); Santo Russo, Eddie Bert (tb); Rene Hernandez (p); Roberto Rodriguez (b); Jose Mangual, Uba Nieto, Candido Camero (perc), u.a.
 

Charles Mingus - Mingus Dynasty
Pure Pleasure/Columbia PPAN CS8236 (2007)

Titel:
Slop B (unedited version); Diane; Song With Orange A (unedited version); Gunslinging Bird (unedited version); Things Ain’t What They Used To Be; (unedited version); Far Well Mill Valley; New Now Know How; Mood Indigo; Put Me In The Dungeon; Strollin’ (not on original LP) - aufgenommen 1959

Besetzung:
Don Ellis (tr); Jimmy Knepper (tb); John Handy (as); Booker Ervin, Benny Golson (ts); Jerome Richardson (bs); Teddy Charles (vib); Roland Hanna (p); Charles Mingus (b); Dannie Richmond (dr) u.a.

Besonderheiten:
2 LPs im Klappcover
 

Charles Mingus - Charles Mingus Presents Charles Mingus
Pure Pleasure/Candid CJS 9005 (2005)

Titel:
Folk Forms, No. 1; Original Faubus Fables; What Love; All The Things You Could Be By Now If Sigmund Freud’s Wife Was Your Mother - aufgenommen 1960

Besetzung:
Eric Dolphy (as, b-cl); Ted Curson (tr); Charles Mingus (b); Dannie Richmond (dr)
 

Charles Mingus - Mingus Mingus Mingus Mingus Mingus
Speakers Corner Records/Impulse (2003) AS-54

Titel:
II B.S.; I X Love; Celia; Mood Indigo; Better Get Hit In Yo' Soul; Theme For Lester Young; Hora Decubitus - aufgenommen Januar und September 1963

Besetzung:
Charlie Mingus (b, p); Jaki Byard (p); Eddie Preston, Richard Williams, Rolf Ericson (tp); Booker Ervin (ts); Eric Dolphy (as, fl); Charles Mariano (as); Jerome Richardson (ss, bs, fl); Dick Hafer (ts, cl, fl); Britt Woodman; Quentin Jackson (tb); Don Butterfield (tu); Jay Berliner (g); Walter Perkins, Dannie Richmond (dr)
 

Charles Mingus - The Black Saint And The Sinner Lady
Speakers Corner Records/Impulse (2001) AS-35

Titel:
Solo Dancer; Duet Solo Dancers; Group Dancers; Trio And Group Dancers - aufgenommen 1963

Besetzung:
Rolf Ericson, Richard Williams (tp); Quentin Jackson (tb); Don Butterfield (tu); Jerome Richardson (ss, bs, fl); Dick Hafer (ts,fl); Charles Mariano (as); Jack Byard (p); Jay Berliner (g); Charlie Mingus (b,p); Dannie Richmond (dr)