Buns O'Plenty

OP trio in Hollywood, November 8, 1955. Consists of 23 standards and 3 Peterson originals.

“The pianist is often in typically miraculous form, Ellis (whether playing harmonies, offering short solos or getting his guitar to sound like a conga by tapping it percussively) proves to be a perfect partner, and Brown’s subtle but sometimes telepathic contributions should not be overlooked either.” – AMG, Scott Yanow

1. Sunday
2. I’ve Got You Under My Skin
3. Herbie’s Tune
4. There’s a Small Hotel
5. How High the Moon
6. Noreen’s Nocturne
7. I Was Doing All Right
8. Falling in Love With Love
9. Big Fat Mama
10. The Way You Look Tonight
11. Begin the Beguine
12. Easy Does It
13. Will You Still Be Mine?
14. Laura
15. Roy’s Tune

1. The Continental
2. You Are Too Beautiful
3. Pompton Turnpike
4. The Surrey With the Fringe on Top
5. Swinging on a Star
6. I’ve Got You Under My Skin
7. Autumn Leaves
8. Love for Sale
9. Soft Winds
10. Medley: I Loves You, Porgy/Anything Goes
11. It’s a Marshmallow World
12. Tenderly
13. Honeysuckle Rose
14. Love You Madly
15. Have You Met Miss Jones?

Oscar Peterson – piano
Herb Ellis – guitar
Ray Brown – bass

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According to AllMusic, six of these tracks were originally released in Europe, two were never on an album (“Out of Nowhere” and “Mexican Jumping Bean”), and the American LP contained only five tracks.

1. Out of Nowhere – 10:59
2. Mexican Jumping Bean – 9:24
3. Blessed Are the Poor (The Sermon on the Mount) – 9:04
4. Things Ain’t What They Used to Be – 14:55
5. Out of the Way of the People – 6:49

1. The Duke – 7:51
2. New Orleans – 16:01
3. Indian Song – 10:58
4. Limehouse Blues – 9:52
5. St. Louis Blues – 6:43
6. Basin Street Blues – 4:46
7. Take Five – 4:00
8. Lullaby de Mexico – 5:03

Dave Brubeck – piano
Gerry Mulligan – baritone sax
Jack Six – bass
Alan Dawson – drums

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A performance at the 9th Monterey Jazz Festival. All tunes are originals by Weston. Some additional great info/notes here.

1. Introduction (Jimmy Lyons) – 0:49
2. The Call – 2:18
3. Afro Black – 14:24
4. Little Niles – 6:50
5. Portrait of Vivian – 10:26
6. Berkshire Blues – 6:52
7. Blues for Strayhorn -7:17
8. African Cookbook – 25:27

Randy Weston – piano
Ray Copeland – trumpet, flugelhorn
Booker Ervin – tenor saxophone
Cecil Payne – baritone saxophone
Bill Wood – bass
Lennie McBrowne – drums
Big Black – percussion

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A wonderful, expanded live set by Lee. Recorded at the Lighthouse Club, Hermosa Beach, CA, July 10–12, 1970.

1. The Beehive (Mabern) – 15:17
2. Absolutions (Merritt) – 22:43
3. Peyote (Maupin) – 11:23
4. Speedball (Morgan) – 11:54

1. Nommo (Merritt) – 17:50
2. Neophilia (Maupin) – 18:59
3. Something Like This (Maupin) – 13:01
4. I Remember Britt (Mabern) – 14:55

1. Aon (Mabern) – 13:47
2. Yunjanna (Maupin) – 16:07
3. 416 East 10th Street (Maupin) – 12:11
4. The Sidewinder (Morgan) – 13:40

Lee Morgan – trumpet, flugelhorn
Bennie Maupin – tenor saxophone, flute, bass clarinet
Harold Mabern – piano
Jymie Merritt – bass
Mickey Roker – drums
Jack DeJohnette – drums (track 5)

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Love this funky live one recorded at Fantasy Studios in Berkeley, CA on June 4, 1973. Includes liner notes!

1. Introduction by Bill Hall, KDIA (San Francisco) – 0:19
2. Inside Straight – 3:19
3. Saudade – 7:47
4. Inner Journey – 8:28
5. Snakin’ the Grass – 6:24
6. Five of a Kind – 5:27
7. Second Son – 6:26
8. The End – 1:06

Cannonball Adderley – alto saxophone
Nat Adderley – cornet
Hal Galper – electric piano
Walter Booker – bass
Roy McCurdy – drums
King Errisson – percussion

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::Inside Straight::

Live in Washington D.C., June 4-6, 1964

1. West Side Story Medley: Somewhere/Maria/Jet Song/Somewhere – 11:38
2. People – 5:36
3. Something You Got – 3:38
4. Fly Me to the Moon (In Other Words) – 6:33
5. My Babe – 4:01
6. The Caves – 3:20
7. The Shelter of Your Arms – 3:57

Ramsey Lewis – piano
Eldee Young – bass, cello
Redd Holt – drums

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::At The Bohemian Caverns::

Also recorded live at Mitchell’s Studio Club in Los Angeles. “Old good music can never be bad, and bad new music can never become good”  Hawes wrote in the liner notes.

1. The Seance – 7:57
2. Oleo – 8:40
3. Easy Street – 5:42
4. Suddenly I Thought Of You – 6:56
5. For Heaven’s Sake – 5:13
6. My Romance – 9:46

Hampton Hawes – piano
Red Mitchell – bass
Donald Bailey – drums

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::The Seance::

Live performance that took place on April 30 and May 1, 1966 at Mitchell’s Studio Club in Los Angeles.

1. I’m All Smiles – 7:25
2. Manha de Carnaval – 5:25
3. Spring Is Here – 5:04
4. The Shadow of Your Smile – 9:55
5. Searchin’ – 10:22

Hampton Hawes – piano
Red Mitchell – bass
Donald Bailey – drums

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::I’m All Smiles::

Live Blues/R&B set from 1971 Montreux Jazz Festival. King Curtis was killed about 3 months after this performance. This rip is from themonk.

“Well they call me a reefer smoker…”

1. Junker’s Blues – 8:10
2. Sneaky Pete – 6:16
3. Everything’s Gonna Be Alright – 5:29
4. Get With It – 3:33
5. Poor Boy Blues - 9:30
6. I’m Having Fun - 5:21

King Curtis – tenor and alto Saxophone
Champion Jack Dupree – piano and vocals
Cornell Dupree- Guitar
Jerry Jemmott- bass guitar
Oliver Jackson- drums

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::Blues at Montreux::

A May 27, 1960 show in Ljubljana, Slovenia. Unreleased until 1995 after Connie Kay died at the age of 67.

1. The Little Comedy/La Cantatrice/Harlequin/Fontessa – 23:05
2. ‘Round Midnight – 4:09
3. The Cylinder – 6:02
4. Bags’ Groove – 5:28
5. Odds Against Tomorrow – 8:12
6. It Don’t Mean a Thing (If It Ain’t Got That Swing) – 5:13
7. A Social Call – 4:52

1. Django – 4:40
2. I Should Care – 6:14
3. How High the Moon – 7:51
4. Colombine/Pulcinella – 9:22
5. Spanish Steps – 4:08
6. Pyramid (Blues for Junior) – 10:41
7. Milt Meets Sid – 3:40
8. I Remember Clifford – 6:03
9. Vendome – 2:42
10. Skating in Central Park – 6:10

Milt Jackson – vibraphone
John Lewis – piano
Percy Heath – bass
Connie Kay Drums

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Taken from multiple sets on May 31, 1956 in NY.

1. K.D.’s Blues (alternate take) – 10:41
2. Autumn in New York – 4:38
3. Monaco (alternate take) – 5:33
4. N.Y. Theme – 5:39
5. K.D.’s Blues – 9:30
6. Hill’s Edge – 8:16
7. A Night in Tunisia – 9:31
8. Who Cares? (alternate take) – 4:59
9. Royal Roost – 8:41
10. Mexico City – 6:02
11. ‘Round About Midnight – 7:44
12. Monaco – 6:37
13. Who Cares? – 6:21
14. My Heart Stood Still – 7:49
15. Riffin’ – 7:50
16. Mexico City (alternate take) – 6:33
17. The Prophet – 6:20

Kenny Dorham – trumpet
J.R. Monterose – tenor saxophone
Bobby Timmons – piano
Kenny Burrell – guitar
Sam Jones – bass
Arthur Edgehill – drums

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Tracks 1-6 recorded live at the “Front Room” in Newark, NJ, June 5, 1963.
Tracks 7-13 recorded live at “The Jazz Workshop” in San Francisco, CA, October 3, 1963.

1. Rock Candy – 6:40
2. It Ain’t Necessarily So – 6:37
3. Sanctified Samba – 4:50
4. Whistle While You Work – 5:11
5. A Real Good’un – 7:42
6. Undecided – 8:16
7. Blues 1 & 8 – 7:06
8. Passing Through (Harvest) – 2:39
9. Dink’s Blues – 6:20
10. Grease Monkey – 2:32
11. Vas Dis – 8:10
12. Somewhere In The Night – 3:55
13. Jive Samba – 6:50

Brother Jack McDuff – organ
Red Holloway – tenor saxophone
Harold Vick – tenor saxophone, flute
George Benson – guitar
Joe Dukes – drums

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::Live!::

Recorded at the Village Gate, NY on May 19 & 20, 1961.

1. Filthy McNasty – 11:02
2. Doin’ the Thing – 11:16
3. Kiss Me Right – 9:18
4. The Gringo/Cool Eyes (Theme) – 12:03
5. It Ain’t S’posed to Be Like That* – 6:21
6. Cool Eyes* – 3:56

Horace Silver – piano
Blue Mitchell – trumpet
Junior Cook – tenor saxophone
Gene Taylor – bass
Roy Brooks – drums

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::Doin’ The Thing::

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Recorded live at the Village Vanguard. His first LP for Impulse! Records. Track 5 was not included on original release.

1. (If the) Misfits (Wear It) – 13:15
2. Fort Yawuh – 18:22
3. De Drums – 12:10
4. Still Life, Still Life – 8:38
5. Roads Traveled, Roads Veiled* – 20:36

Keith Jarrett: piano, soprano saxophone, tambourine
Dewey Redman: tenor saxophone, musette, maracas
Charlie Haden: bass
Paul Motian: drums, percussion
Danny Johnson: percussion

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::Fort Yawuh::

A remarkable live set recorded at The Spotlite Club, in Washington, D.C. on September 6, 1958. A must have. Go see this legend at the Blue Note in NYC if you can, he’s there till May 30th.

1. Ahmad’s Blues
2. It Could Happen to You
3. I Wish I Knew
4. Autumn Leaves
5. Stompin’ at the Savoy
6. Cheek to Cheek
7. The Girl Next Door
8. Secret Love
9. Squatty Roo
10. Taboo
11. Autumn in New York
12. A Gal in Calico
13. That’s All
14. Should I?
15. Seleritus
16. Let’s Fall in Love

Ahmad Jamal – piano
Israel Crosby – bass
Vernel Fournier – drums

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::Ahmad’s Blues::

Recorded at the Village Vanguard on January 12 and 14, 1962. The intro is very cool, Cannonball explains why this was the first live LP he recorded in NY.

1. Introduction by Cannonball/Gemini (Jimmy Heath) – 13:39
2. Planet Earth (Yusef Lateef) – 7:59
3. Dizzy’s Business (Ernie Wilkins) – 6:59
4. Syn-Anthesia (Lateef) – 7:03
5. Scotch and Water (Joe Zawinul) – 5:56
6. Cannon’s Theme (Sam Jones) – 3:17

Cannonball Adderley – alto saxophone
Nat Adderley – cornet
Yusef Lateef – tenor saxophone, flute, oboe
Joe Zawinul – piano
Sam Jones – bass
Louis Hayes – drums

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::In New York::

A nice live fusion record by the New Yorker on Mercury Records. Recorded at Ronnie Scott’s in London.

1. High Heel Sneakers – 10:54
2. Legend of the One-Eyed Sailor – 11:27
3. St. Thomas – 6:41
4. 60 Miles Young – 12:03

Chuck Mangione – flugelhorn, trumpet, electric piano
Gerry Niewood – tenor & soprano saxophone, flute
Tony Levin – bass
Steve Gadd – drums

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::Alive!::

A live performance of funky latin grooves and ballads. Al Zulaica’s Fender Rhodes adds a whole new feel to Tjader’s jams.

1. Leyte – 6:27
2. Mother and Child – 5:59
3. Cubano Chant – 4:54
4. Soul Sauce III – 6:33
5. Philly Mambo – 6:35
6. Davito – 4:23
7. Manteca/Theme – 10:07

Cal Tjader – vibraphone
Al Zulaica – electric piano
John Heard – bass
Dick Berk – drums
Michael Smithe – congas

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::Live At The Funky Quarters::

Recorded live on November 15, 1957 in the N.Y. club Smalls’ Paradise. This is Vol. 1 and 2, recorded by engineer Rudy Van Gelder. Tracks 2,4,5,9 were not on the original release.

1. Imagination – 7:56
2. Walkin’ – 11:41
3. My Funny Valentine – 11:03
4. It’s Only a Paper Moon – 10:28
5. I Can’t Give You Anything But Love – 7:00
6. Laura – 10:28
7. (Back Home Again In) Indiana – 15:40
8. Body and Soul – 10:03
9. The Champ – 13:47
10. Lover Man – 7:28
11. Slightly Monkish – 6:59
12. After Hours – 10:58
13. Just Friends – 6:29

Jimmy Smith – organ
Eddie McFadden – guitar
Donald Bailey – drums

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The two tenor players released four albums together throughout their careers. The Tenor Scene was recorded live at Minton’s Playhouse in Harlem Manhattan, NY on January 6, 1961. It was formerly called The Breakfast Show.

1. Light and Lovely – 11:33
2. Straight, No Chaser – 10:03
3. Woody ‘N You – 7:20
4. Bingo Domingo – 4:33
5. I’ll Remember April – 9:29

Eddie “Lockjaw” Davis – tenor saxophone
Johnny Griffin – tenor saxophone
Larry Gales – bass
Junior Mance – piano
Ben Riley – drums

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A live recording of Dexter Gordon and his European quartet On the Steeplechase label. Recorded at the Jazzhus Montmartre in Copenhagen, Denmark in 1964. Gordon introduces the group in the beginning and speaks in between tracks.

1. Introduction – 1:21
2. King Neptune – 12:23
3. Satin Doll – 12:29
4. Body and Soul – 10:05
5. I Want to Blow Now – 14:39

Dexter Gordon – tenor saxophone
Tete Montoliu – piano
Benny Nielsen – bass
Alex Riel – drums

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::King Neptune::

A live performance from the 1963 Monterey Jazz Festival.

1. Pyramid – 6:45
2. In a Crowd – 5:10
3. Mean to Me – 4:15
4. Winter Tale – 5:07
5. Bags’ Groove – 5:31
6. I Should Care – 5:28
7. The Sheriff – 2:39

Percy Heath – Bass
Milt Jackson – Vibraphone
Connie Kay – Drums
John Lewis – Piano

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::In A Crowd::

Recorded at Mister Kelly’s, a small nightclub in Chicago. Her band is a trio featuring pianist Jimmy Jones, bassist Richard Davis, and drummer Roy Haynes. Includes the reissue’s bonus tracks (#10-20).

1. September in the Rain
2. Willow Weep for Me
3. Just One of Those Things
4. Be Anything (But Be Mine)
5. Thou Swell
6. Stairway to the Stars
7. Honeysuckle Rose
8. Just a Gigolo
9. How High the Moon
10. Dream
11. I’m Gonna Sit Right Down (And Write Myself a Letter)
12. It’s Got to Be Love
13. Alone
14. If This Isn’t Love
15. Embraceable You
16. Lucky in Love
17. Dancing in the Dark
18. Poor Butterfly
19. Sometimes I’m Happy
20. I Cover the Waterfront

Sarah Vaughan – vocals
Jimmy Jones – piano
Richard Davis – double bass
Roy Haynes – drums

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::At Mister Kelly’s::

Recorded in 1966, produced by David Axelrod. Maybe Cannonball’s most popular LP. Though the title says “Live at The Club” and the liner notes even say it is recorded at the Club DeLisa in Chicago, in reality the show took place at Capitol’s Hollywood studio with an invited audience (and a bar). Cannonball did this for publicity as a favor for the owner of The Club, a friend of his. A more detailed explanation can be found here. Included in the zip file is the original liner notes. Cannonball always adds great chatter between songs.

1. Fun (Nat Adderley) – 8:26
2. Games (N. Adderley) – 7:19
3. Mercy, Mercy, Mercy (Joe Zawinul) – 5:10
4. Sticks (Cannonball Adderley) – 3:54
5. Hippodelphia (Zawinul) – 5:49
6. Sack O’ Woe (C. Adderley) – 10:29

Cannonball Adderley – alto saxophone, leader
Nat Adderley – cornet
Joe Zawinul – piano, Wurlitzer electric piano
Victor Gaskin – bass
Roy McCurdy – drums

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::Live at the Club::

Recorded August 5, 1962 at the International Jazz Festival in Belgium. This is not the 2005 remaster but it still includes Cannonball talking between some songs.

1. P. Bouk – 10:58
2. Gemini – 12:45
3. Work Song – 8:25
4. Trouble in Mind – 10:44
5. Dizzy’s Business – 7:38

Cannonball Adderley – alto saxophone
Nat Adderley – trumpet
Yusef Lateef – tenor saxophone, oboe, flute
Joe Zawinul – piano
Sam Jones – bass
Louis Hayes – drums

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::Cannonball in Europe::