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Don Berryman @donberryman.bsky.social · 5h

#LunchtimeLP Lee Konitz was born 99 years ago today. In 1949 he recorded Crosscurrents with Tristano. The LP with these sides was released as an LP in 1972 on Capital. In 1974 he recorded the solo work Lone-Lee in Copenhagen and it was released on Inner City. #jazzsky

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Don Berryman @donberryman.bsky.social · 10/10/2026

#LunchtimeLP The Red Arrow by Red Rodney was recorded by Rudy Van Gelder in 1957 with Ira Sullivan, Tommy Flanagan, Oscar Pettiford and Philly Joe Jones on side A and Elvin Jones on Side B. It wa released on Signal records in 1957 and reissued on Onyx in 1972. Highly recommend. #jazzsky

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Don Berryman @donberryman.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

#LunchtimeLP European Encounter by MJQ leader John Lewis and Danish violinist Svend Asmussen was recorded in Stockholm for Atlantic in 1962 with Jimmy Woode and Stube Kalin.. It has 6 John Lewis tunes including my favorite "Django" and it also features Ornette Coleman's "Lonely Woman". #jazzsky

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Don Berryman @donberryman.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

#LunchtimeLP To Duke With Love by Art Farmer with Cedar Walton, Sam Jones and Billy Higgins on Inner City Records 1978. Porgy and Bess by Miles Davis with the Gil Evans orchestra from 1958 on Columbia. I picked these up today at Grooves River Falls both OGs in good shape at a fair price. #jazzsky

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Don Berryman @donberryman.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

#LunchtimeLP The Time and the Place by Art Farmer's Quintet recorded in 1967 for Columbia with Jimmy Heath, Coleman Walton, Walter Booker, and Mickey Roker. Planned as a live album it was actually re-recorded in the studio with applause awkwardly overdubbed. Still it is an excellent set. #jazzsky

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Don Berryman @donberryman.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

#LunchtimeLP More (Theme From Mondo Cane) by The Clark Terry Sextet with Ben Webster. Roger Kellaway, Gene Bertencini, Bill Crowel and Dave Bailey was released on Cameo records in 1963. Straight ahead swinging session with some nice solos. #jazzsky

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Peggy Flanagan @peggyflanagan.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

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Don Berryman @donberryman.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

#LunchtimeLP Two great jazz bassists have their birthdays today, Steve Swallow's 86th and Eddie Gomez's 82nd. To commemorate I'm listening to two of my favorite albums. Gomez played on Bill Evans' You Must Believe in Spring. Swallow played on Pete La Roca's 's. Basra. #jazzsky

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Don Berryman @donberryman.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

#LunchtimeLP No Room For Squares by Hank Mobley was recorded on this date in 1963 by Rudy Van Gelder for Blue Note with Lee Morgan, Andrew Hill, John Orr and Philly Joe Jones except for two tracks which were recorded earlier that year Donald Byrd, Herbie Hancock and Butch Warren. Solid #jazzsky

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Don Berryman @donberryman.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

#LunchtimeLP Bassist Oscar Pettiford was born 104 years ago today. Drum Suite by the Art Blakey Percussion Ensemble and the Jazz Messengers from 1957 features Oscar Pettiford on bass and on cello. Pettiford wrote the tune "Osalypso" on which he plays an amazing plucked solo on the cello. #jazzsky

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Don Berryman @donberryman.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

#LunchtimeLP The Cooker by Lee Morgan was recorded on this date in 1957 by Rudy Van Gelder with Pepper Adams on Bari and rhythm section Bobby Timmons, Paul Chambers and Philly Joe Jones. It was released on Blue Note Records in 1958. Excellent hard bop album. #jazzsky

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Don Berryman @donberryman.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

#LunchtimeLP Innocence by Kenny Barron was recorded in 1978 and released on Wolf Records. The album contains all original tunes, all by Barron except one. Kenny sounds great and Sonny Fortune is on fire on alto sax #jazzsky

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Don Berryman @donberryman.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

#LunchtimeLP Bud Powell was born 102 years ago today. The album Sonny Stitt/ Bud Powell/ JJ Johnson recorded 1949 and 1950 for Prestige records. Powell only plays on slide one and JJ Johnson only plays on side two with John Lewis on piano. Curly Russell's on bass and Max Roach on drums. #jazzsky

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Don Berryman @donberryman.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

#LunchtimeLP Life Cycle by David Holland was recorded in 1982 for ECM records. It features 11 original compositions by Holland performed masterfully on solo cello. Fluid and darkly contemplative, it is perfect music for this rainy afternoon. #jazzsky

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Don Berryman @donberryman.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

#LunchtimeLP Sam Rivers was born 103 years ago today. His debut album for Blue Note, Fuchsia Swing Song with Jaki Byard, Ron Carter and Tony Williams was recorded by Rudy Van Gelder in 1964. On this date in 1962 Duke Ellington and John Coltrane recorded together for Impulse records. @jazzsky

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Don Berryman @donberryman.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

#LunchtimeLP Jacknife by Jackie McLean is a 1975 double LP on Blue Note. Sides A and B were recorded by Rudy Van Gelder on this date in 1965. With Lee Morgan and Charles Tolliver on trumpets, Larry Willis on piano, Larry Ridley or Don Moore on bass, and Jack DeJohnette on drums. #jazzsky

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Don Berryman @donberryman.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

#LunchtimeLP John Coltrane was born 100 years ago today. Soultrane was my first Coltrane LP and I still love it. W/ Red Garland, Paul Chambers and Art Taylor, It was recorded by Rudy Van Gelder in 1958. It was his final session for Prestige before he took some giant steps over to Atlantic #jazzsky

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Don Berryman @donberryman.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

#LunchtimeLP The Gifted Ones by Dizzy Gillespie and Count Basie with Ray Brown and Mickey Roker was recorded in 1977 for Pablo Records. And the music is fantastic, they found common ground in the blues. It has the feeling of an after hours jam session. Highly recommended. #jazzsky

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Don Berryman @donberryman.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

#LunchtimeLP Jimmy & Wes: The Dynamic Duo was recorded by Rudy Van Gelder on this date in 1966 for Verve records. Pioneering musicians Jimmy Smith and Wes Montgomery are each highly influential on their respective instruments. They play here with a large ensemble arranged by Oliver Nelson. #jazzsky

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Don Berryman @donberryman.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

My review of new ECM Records release Keith Jarrett’s ROMA, The Final Recording From His Final European Tour #jazzsky : www.jazzpolice.com/archives/20790

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Don Berryman @donberryman.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

#LunchtimeLP Chico Hamilton was born 105 years ago today. His Quintet In Hi Fi with Buddy Collette, Jim Hall and Carson Smith was released in 1956. Jackie McLean's Destination... Out! with Gracham Moncur III, Bobby Hutcherson, Larry Ridley and Roy Haynes was recorded on this date in 1963 #jazzsky

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Don Berryman @donberryman.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

Music for the cocktail 🍸 hour, Kenny Burrell Trio A Night at the Village Vanguard recorded in 1959 with Richard Davis and the great Roy Haynes. #jazzsky

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Don Berryman @donberryman.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

#LunchtimeLP Guitarist Charlie Byrd was born 101 years ago today. He was influenced by Django Reinhardt and took lessons from Segovia. Byrdland is hos 1966 album released on Columbia with Hal Posey on trumpet, Tony Macero on saxophone, Joe Byrd bass and Bill Reichenbach on drums. #jazzsky

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Don Berryman @donberryman.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

#LunchtimeLP John Coltrane's Blue Train was recorded 69 years ago today by Rudy Van Gelder with Lee Morgan, Curtis Fuller, Kenny Drew, Paul Chambers, and Philly Joe Jones. It was Coltrane's only recording for Blue Note records and it is an enduring hard bop classic. #jazzsky

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Don Berryman @donberryman.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

#LunchtimeLP , Kenny Dorham's Trompeta Toccata with Joe Henderson, Tommy Flanagan, Richard Davis, and Albert Heath was Recorded by Rudy Van Gelder on this date in 1964 for Blue Note. It features three Durham originals plus "Mamacita" by Joe Henderson,. It's a lively set with great solos. #jazzsky

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Don Berryman @donberryman.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

#LunchtimeLP Sonny Side Up by Dizzy Gillespie, Sonny Stitt, and Sonny Rollins, recorded in 1957 and released in 1959 on Verve with the rhythm section Ray Bryant, Tommy Bryant, and Charlie Persip. I Love hearing Stitt and Rollins swapping fours. It's all excellent upbeat bop and blues. #jazzsky

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Don Berryman @donberryman.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

#LunchtimeLP Africa/Brass with John Coltrane quartet with large ensemble was recorded in 1960 by Rudy Van Gelder and released in 1961 on Impulse. Eric Dolphy and McCoy Tyner collaborated on the arrangements. Side A is one track, the expansive "Africa", Side B has Greensleeves + Blues Minor #jazzsky

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Don Berryman @donberryman.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

#LunchtimeLP Jazz organist Roosevelt "Baby Face" Willette was born 93 years ago today. He appears on Lou Donaldson's Here 'Tis from 1961 along with Grant Green and Dave Bailey. This is an excellent Hard Bop/ Soul Jazz album. #jazzsky

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Don Berryman @donberryman.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

Last Saturday Beverly and I heard the Will Kjeer trio at Berlin in Minneapolis with Charlie Lincoln, and Dave King playing Will's original music. It's one of the best live trio performances I've heard in a long time. For the last tune Laeton Olaleye sat in and it was the icing on the cake. #jazzsky

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Don Berryman @donberryman.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

#LunchtimeLP Drummer Elvin Jones was born 99 years ago today. He appears on many of my favorite records including Olé Coltrane from 1961 with Eric Dolphy, Freddie Hubbard, McCoy Tyner, Reggie Workman, and Art Davis on John Coltrane's last recording session for Atlantic Records. #jazzsky

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Don Berryman @donberryman.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

#LunchtimeLP Bassist Wilbur Ware was born 103 years ago today. He was on Zoot! by Zoot Simms on Riverside with George Handy, Wilbur Ware, and Osie Johnson in 1956. He was on Dial "S" for Sonny by Sonny Clark on Blue Note with Art Farmer, Curtis Fuller, Hank Mobley, and Louis Hayes in 1957 #jazzsky

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Don Berryman @donberryman.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

#LunchtimeLP Sonny Rollins was born 96 years ago today. More From The Vanguard was recorded live by Rudy Van Gelder on November 3rd, 1957 with Sonny Rollins, Wilbur Ware and Elvin Jones except on track one from the afternoon set with Donald Bailey and Pete LaRoca. #jazzsky

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Don Berryman @donberryman.bsky.social · 06/09/2026

#LunchtimeLP Charnett Moffett was born on this date in 1967. He played bass on the Wynton Marsalis 1985 album Black Codes (From the Underground) with Branford Marsalis, Kenny Kirkland and Jeff 'Tain' Watts. Ron Carter plays bass on one of the six tracks. #jazzsky

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Don Berryman @donberryman.bsky.social · 05/09/2026

#LunchtimeLP Eastern Sounds by Yusef Lateef was recorded on this date in 1961 by Rudy Ban Gelder. It was originally released on the Moodsville imprint of Prestige records in 1962. Lateef's rhythm section included Barry Harris and also Lex Humphries and Ernie Farrow. This is one superb LP #jazzsky

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Don Berryman @donberryman.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

#LunchtimeLP Gerald Wilson was born this date in 1918. His album Moment Of Truth was released by Pacific jazz in 1961, this is a 1981 reissue. There's a very nice arrangement of Miles Davis's "Milestones" and some great solos by Harold Land. Bud Shank, and Joe Pass. #jazzsky

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Don Berryman @donberryman.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

#LunchtimeLP Bashin': The Unpredictable Jimmy Smith was recorded in 1962 by Rudy Van Gelder for Verve records. Side one features a big band with arrangements by Oliver Nelson and side two is Jimmy Smith's trio with Jimmy Warren and Don Bailey. I prefer side two. OG #jazzsky

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Don Berryman @donberryman.bsky.social · 02/09/2026

I heard the sad news that Cassandra Wilson passed away yesterday. I.loved her voice and her phrasing. I had her records but first heard her live at the now defunct Rossi's Blue Star room in Minneapolis in 2004, then again several years later at the Dakota. Blue Light 'til Dawn. #jazzsky

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Don Berryman @donberryman.bsky.social · 02/09/2026

#LunchtimeLP pianist and composer Horace Silver was born 98 years ago today. Horace Silver Quintet is a 10" recorded in 1954 with Kenny Durham. Hank Mobley, Doug Watkins and Art Blakey. It was combined with another 10", into a 12" LP titled Horace Silver and the Jazz Messengers in 1956. #jazzsky

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Don Berryman @donberryman.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

#LunchtimeLP Pianist Gene Harris was born on this date in 1933 in Benton Harbor, Michigan. He recorded The Three Sounds. Play Jazz on Broadway in 1962 for Mercury records. Gene Harris and The Three Sounds Live at the It Club was recorded in 1970 but not released until 1996 by Blue Note. #jazzsly

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Don Berryman @donberryman.bsky.social · 31/08/2026

#LunchtimeLP Kenni Dorham was born 102 years ago. Kenny Dorham And Friends is a 1962 LP from two sessions. Side 1 is from 1959 with Cannonball Adderley, Cecil Payne, Cedar Walton, Paul Chambers, and Jimmy Cobb. Side 2 is from 1957 with Sonny Rollins, Hank Jones, Oscar Pettiford, Max Roach #jazzsky

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Don Berryman @donberryman.bsky.social · 30/08/2026

#LunchtimeLP South Side Soul by the John Wright Trio was recorded by Rudy Van Gelder on this date in 1960. This is the first of five albums Wright would record for Prestige in the early '60s. It's a solid hard bop session featuring Chicago theme tunes. Mine is the 2024 Craft records reissue #jazzsky

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Don Berryman @donberryman.bsky.social · 29/08/2026

#LunchtimeLP A Swingin' Affair by Dexter Gordon recorded by Rudy Van Gelder on this date in 1962, two days after he recorded Go! with the same line-up.. The solid rhythm section includes Sonny Clark, Butch Warren and Billy Higgins. It is indeed a swingin' affair #jazzsky

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Don Berryman @donberryman.bsky.social · 28/08/2026

#LunchtimeLP Kenny Drew was born on this date in 1928. Drew moved to Europe in 1961. He recorded Everything I Love for Steeplechase records in Denmark in 1973. In 1976 it was released on Inner City records in the US. It's s an excellent jazz piano album that I wholeheartedly recommend. #jazzsky

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Don Berryman @donberryman.bsky.social · 27/08/2026

#LunchtimeLP Alice Coltrane was born on this date in 1937. Ptah, the El Daoud was recorded in 1970 for Impulse . Alice plays both piano and harp on this post-bop avant-garde toure de force with both Pharoah Sanders and Joe Henderson on woodwinds, Ron Carter on bass and Ben Riley on drums #jazzsky

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Don Berryman @donberryman.bsky.social · 26/08/2026

#LunchtimeLP The Prophetic Herbie Nichols Vol. 1 & 2 with Al McKibbon and Art Blakey. It was recorded by Rudy Van Gelder in 1955. This is a 2001 reissue that combined the original two 10" Blue Note albums onto one 12". The intriguing music of Herbie Nichols is always a good listen. #jazzsky

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Don Berryman @donberryman.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

#LunchtimeLP Wayne Shorter was born on this date in 1933. In December of 1964 he recorded Speak No Evil with Freddie Hubbard Herbie Hancock, Carter and Elvin Jone for Blue Note.. He composed all six tunes on this album, which is among Blue Note's finest IMHO #jazzsky

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Don Berryman @donberryman.bsky.social · 24/08/2026

#LunchtimeLP Yesterday was Brad Mehldau's 56th birthday. He recorded Alone Together with Lee Konitz and Charlie Haden live at the Jazz Bakery in LA in 1996. It was released in 2019 on vinyl. It's an extended exploration of melody and harmony featuring long takes of half a dozen standards. #jazzsky

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