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  Canciones "Makin' Whoopee" (Walter Donaldson, Gus Kahn) – 3:26 "I Won't Dance" (Dorothy Fields, Otto Harbach, Oscar Hammerstein II, Jerome Kern, Jimmy McHugh) – 2:39 "I Guess I'll Have to Change My Plan" (Howard Dietz, Arthur Schwartz) – 2:51 "Willow Weep for Me" (Ann Ronell) – 3:37 "Moon Song" (Sam Coslow, Arthur Johnston) – 2:32 "Can't We Be Friends?" (Paul James, Kay Swift) – 3:24 "Comes Love" (Lew Brown, Sam H. Stept, Charles Tobias) – 3:27 "Ev'rything I've Got" (Lorenz Hart, Richard Rodgers) – 3:02 "Alone Together" (Dietz, Schwartz) – 3:07 "Bidin' My Time" (George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin) – 3:27 "Isn't This a Lovely Day?" (Irving Berlin) – 3:21 "Louise" (Leo Robin, Richard A. Whiting) – 3:22 Musicos Woody Herman: clarinete y voz Ben Webster: saxo tenor  Bill Harris: trombón Harry Edison: trompeta Charlie Shavers: trompeta Barney K...

CANCIONES "The String" (Sonny Stitt) – 10:01 "Cleveland Blues" (Stitt) – 12:02 "B.W. Blues (Boogie Woogie Blues)" (Stitt) – 11:35 "Blues for Bags" (Stitt) – 10:39 MUSICOS Sonny Stitt - alto saxophone Roy Eldridge - trumpet Oscar Peterson – piano Ray Brown – double bass Herb Ellis - guitar Stan Levey - drums PUNTUACION 9 puntos

CANCIONES 01 Cathy 02 Between the devil and the deep blue sea 03 It's all right with me 04 Over the rainbow 05 You took advantage of me 06 Can't we be friends 07 It's only a paper moon 08 Melancholy baby 09 Cheek to cheek 10 It don't mean a thing [if it ain't got that swing] 11 I hadn't anyone 'til you 12 That old feeling 13 Down the old ox road 14 Born to be blue 15 I've heard that song before 16 I want a little girl 17 I can't give you anything but love 18 You've changed 19 Me and my shadow 20 When the world was young 21 It's been a long long time 22 I don't want to walk without you 23 Back in your own back yard MUSICOS Buddy Rich - vocal Harry "Sweets" Edison - trumpet Ben Webster - tenor saxophone Howard Roberts - guitar Paul Smith - piano Mike Mainieri - vibraphone Joe Mondragon - double bass Alvin Stoller - drums Hal Mooney Orchestra. PUNTUACION 7 puntos

CANCIONES "Out of the Past" - 6:22 "Reunion" (Gigi Gryce) - 7:14 "Venetian Breeze" - 5:38 "Hymn to the Orient" (Gryce) - 4:07 "Namely You" (Gene de Paul, Johnny Mercer) - 4:42 "Blues on Down" - 11:34 MUSICOS Benny Golson - tenor saxophone Kenny Dorham - trumpet J. J. Johnson - trombone Wynton Kelly - piano Paul Chambers - bass Max Roach - drums PUNTUACION

CANCIONES "Something in B flat" (Ray Bryant) - 6:04 "Whisper Not" - 6:01 "Step Lightly" - 6:54 "Just by Myself" - 4:12 "Blues It" - 6:52 "You're Mine, You" (Johnny Green, Edward Heyman) - 4:22 "Capri" (Gigi Gryce) - 3:59 MUSICOS Benny Golson - tenor saxophone Art Farmer - trumpet Jimmy Cleveland - trombone (tracks 2, 4 & 7) Julius Watkins - French horn (tracks 2, 4 & 7) Gigi Gryce - alto saxophone (tracks 2, 4 & 7) Sahib Shihab - baritone saxophone (tracks 2, 4 & 7) Wynton Kelly - piano Paul Chambers - bass Charlie Persip - drums PUNTUACION

CANCIONES "'Round Midnight" (Monk, Williams) – 6:00 "Ah-Leu-Cha" (Parker) – 5:55 "All of You" (Porter) – 7:05 "Bye Bye Blackbird" (Henderson) – 7:59 "Tadd's Delight" (Dameron) – 4:33 "Dear Old Stockholm" (Traditional, arreglo de Getz) – 7:55 MUSICOS Miles Davis – trompeta John Coltrane – saxofón tenor Red Garland – piano Paul Chambers – doble bajo Philly Joe Jones – batería COMENTARIO Las sesiones de grabación tuvieron lugar en el Columbia Studio D el 26 de octubre de 1955, y en el CBS 30th Street Studio el 5 de junio y el 10 de septiembre de 1956. 'Round About Midnight está considerado por la crítica como un punto de referencia del hard bop y uno de los mejores discos de jazz de todos los tiempos. PUNTUACION 9,5 puntos

CANCIONES 1.Wolverine Blues 2.China Boy 3.China Boy 4.St. James Infirmary 5.That's A-Plenty 6.The Song Is Ended 7.Hindustan 8.Wrap Your Troubles in Dreams (And Dream Your Troubles Away) 9.When a Woman Loves a Man 10.The Minor Drag 11.Why Was I Born? 12.Put 'Em Down Blues 13.Davenport Blues 14.Apex Blues 15.What's the Use? MUSICOS Eddie Condon (guitarra) Bob Wilber (clarinete) Billy Butterfield (trompeta) Wild Bill Davison (corneta) Vic Dickenson (trombón) Cutty Cutshall (trombón) Gene Schroeder (piano) Leonard Gaskin (contrabajo) George Wettling (batería) FICHA TECNICA Grabado el 19 de agosto de 1957 y el 25 de septiembre de 1957 COMENTARIO Esta edición fue lanzada el 22 de agosto 1989 por el sello Columbia y por primera vez en estéreo conteniendo 8 bonus tracks inéditos con relación al disco original "The Roaring Twenties" PUNTUACION 9 puntos

CANCIONES 01.Dulce Lorraine 02.Aquel viejo sentimiento 03.Tiempo tormentoso 04.Nunca seré el mismo 05.Estaremos juntos otra vez 06.No sigas jugando 07.Hogar 08.No seas así 09.No hagas nada hasta que te avise 10.Tengo el mundo en un hilo PUNTUACION 10 puntos

CANCIONES "The Way You Look Tonight (Kern, Fields) - 9:41 "Ball Bearing" (Griffin) - 8:11 "All the Things You Are" (Kern, Hammerstein) - 10:14 "Smoke Stack" (Griffin) - 10:13 MUSICOS Johnny Griffin — tenor saxophone John Coltrane — tenor saxophone Hank Mobley — tenor saxophone Lee Morgan — trumpet Wynton Kelly — piano Paul Chambers — bass Art Blakey — drums PUNTUACION 9 puntos

PUNTUACION 10 puntos

CANCIONES "The Congregation" - 6:47 "Latin Quarter" (John Jenkins) - 6:29 "I'm Glad There Is You" (Jimmy Dorsey, Paul Mertz) - 5:10 "Main Spring" - 6:33 "It's You or No One" (Sammy Cahn, Jule Styne) - 4:52 "I Remember You" (Johnny Mercer, Victor Schertzinger) - 7:29 Todas las cacniones son de Johnny Griffin excepto las indicadas. MUSICOS Johnny Griffin - saxo tenor Sonny Clark - piano Paul Chambers - contrabajo Kenny Dennis - batería COMENTARIO Este es un álbum de gran prestigio dentro de la atractiva discografía del saxofonista Johnny Griffin, dueño de un vibrato amplio y lento que suele recordar a Dexter Gordon. Todo el disco navega a un ritmo similar, destacándose Paul Chambers con exquisitos solos y la solidez del pianista Sonny Clark. El bonus track de "I Remember You" incluído en la edición remasterizada es otro buen estándar que le da un agregado al de pro si mismo gran disco. La...

CANCIONES "Billie's Bounce" (Charlie Parker) – 9:45 "My Funny Valentine" (Richard Rodgers, Lorenz Hart) – 8:10 "Crazy Rhythm" (Irving Caesar, Joseph Meyer, Roger Wolfe Kahn) – 7:59 "Blues In the Closet" (Oscar Pettiford) – 9:04 "Billie's Bounce" – 7:57 "My Funny Valentine" – 8:28 "Crazy Rhythm" – 7:47 "Yesterdays" (Jerome Kern, Otto Harbach) – 3:42 "It Never Entered My Mind" (Rodgers, Hart) – 3:52 "Blues In the Closet" – 6:18 MUSICOS Stan Getz – saxo tenor J.J. Johnson – trombón Oscar Peterson – piano Herb Ellis – guitarra Ray Brown – contrabajo Connie Kay – batería FICHA TECNICA Producido por Norman Granz PUNTUACION 9,5 puntos

CANCIONES "Jingle Bells" (James Pierpont) – 2:00 "The Christmas Song" (Mel Tormé, Robert Wells) – 3:28 "Mistletoe and Holly" (Hank Sanicola, Frank Sinatra, Doc Stanford) – 2:18 "I'll Be Home for Christmas" (Kim Gannon, Walter Kent, Buck Ram) – 3:11 "The Christmas Waltz" (Sammy Cahn, Jule Styne) – 3:03 "Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas" (Hugh Martin, Ralph Blane) – 3:29 "The First Noel" (William B. Sandys) – 2:44 "Hark! The Herald Angels Sing" (Felix Mendelssohn, Charles Wesley) – 2:24 "O Little Town of Bethlehem" (Lewis H. Redner, Phillip Brooks) – 2:06 "Adeste Fideles" ("O, Come All Ye Faithful") (John Francis Wade) – 2:34 "It Came Upon the Midnight Clear" (Edmund Sears, Richard Storrs Willis) – 2:51 "Silent Night" (Franz Gruber, Josef Mohr) – 2:31 CD reissue bonus tracks "White Christmas" (1954 single version)...