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Thursday, June 12, 2008 | 18:00 to 20:00 | Jazz

New Artist Song Album Label Comments
Ralph Burns Introspection the Jazz Scene Verve
Thelonious Monk Trio Reflections Thelonious Monk Trio Prestige Percy Heath Bass; Max Roach, Art Blakey Drums
* Cosmology Theme For Darfur Eyes in the Back of My Head Cuneiform San Diego, 1999
Archie Shepp & Annette Lowman Tribute to Bessie Smith Quintet Timeless
Bessie Smith New Orleans Hop Scop Blues the Bessie Smith Story Columbia
Ella Fitz. and Louis Armstrong Stompin' at the Savoy Ella and Louis Again Verve
the King Oliver Creole Jazz Band Froggie Moore King Oliver... Olympic Records w. Louis Armstrong; 1923
Count Basie/Duke Ellington Jumpin' at the Woodside First Time! Columbia
George Russell Manhattan New York City Impulse
Max Roach Man from South Africa Percussion Bitter Sweet Impulse Eric Dolphy, Booker Little; 1961
Yusef Lateef Ecaps Cry! Tender Prestige
Stephane Grapelli + Stuff Smith The Desert Sands Violins No End Pablo
Earl Hines Breezin Along with the Breeze Live at the Village Vanguard CBS 1965
Miles Davis Go Ahead John, Pt. 1 remake the Jack Johnson sessions Box set Sony 1971
Ornette Coleman Quartet Embraceable You This is Our Music Atlantic Don Cherry, Charlie Hayden
Alice Coltrane Prema Transfiguration Sepia Tone her last major recording; piano/organ
Charles Mingus Tijuana Gift Shop (alt. take) New Tijuana Moods RCA