Jazz Beat

2007 digipak pressing. This CD contains Chet's complete May 9, 1954 Ann Arbor concert plus five outstanding bonus tracks from the trumpeter's celebrated Tiffany Club performance in Los Angeles later that year. 14 tracks total.

This somewhat obscure Lee Morgan set (originally cut for Specialty and made available on CD in the OJC series) features the trumpeter with other then-current members of the Dizzy Gillespie big band: trombonist Al Grey, tenor saxophonist Billy Mitchell, baritonist Billy Root, pianist Wynton Kelly, bassist Paul West and drummer Charlie Persip.

Teddy Charles's best album. In addition to a great line-up of soloists, it is the composers (Charles himself, Giuffre, Brookmeyer, Waldron, Evans, Russell) who make this a thoroughly interesting, classic collection. No routine soloing. Very good sound. Unfortunately, three extra tracks which appeared on an earlier Atlantic CD are not included here. Still: excellent value!

CD digipak reissue of the 1959 album from Jazz saxist Jimmy Giuffre and his trio with four cuts from a rare live performance in Rome added as bonus tracks. The original album features Red Mitchell on bass, replaced by Buddy Clark for the live recordings, taped just three months after the album was recorded. 11 tracks.