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50th Anniversary Blue Notes for December, Including The Rare Jazz Wave on Tour

By Marc Cohn | Gifts & Messages
December 18, 2019
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50th anniversary Blue Notes from December 1969 this week from

Jack McDuff

organ, Hammond B3
1926 - 2001

" data-original-title="" title="">Jack McDuff (Moon Rappin') and

Reuben Wilson

organ, Hammond B3
b.1935

" data-original-title="" title="">Reuben Wilson (the seriously greasy Blue Mode) and part of a

" data-original-title="" title="">Donald Byrd session (Kofi) only released 25 years after the fact! Then, there's this one: Jazz Wave Ltd. on Tour, Volume 1. It's a double LP (it's in my lap as I write this), never reissued in any form and if it's streaming somewhere, I haven't found it. Recorded live in Germany, it features

Jeremy Steig

flute
1942 - 2016

" data-original-title="" title="">Jeremy Steig,

Kenny Burrell

guitar, electric
b.1931

" data-original-title="" title="">Kenny Burrell, Jack McDuff,

Freddie Hubbard

trumpet
1938 - 2008

" data-original-title="" title="">Freddie Hubbard,

Jimmy McGriff

organ, Hammond B3
1936 - 2008

" data-original-title="" title="">Jimmy McGriff and the

Thad Jones Mel Lewis Remembered

" data-original-title="" title="">Thad Jones Mel Lewis Remembered; we play the two top tracks. Along the way, BN-16 from

Meade Lux Lewis

piano
1905 - 1964

" data-original-title="" title="">Meade Lux Lewis, classic

Steve Grossman

saxophone
1951 - 2020

" data-original-title="" title="">Steve Grossman,

Bennie Wallace

saxophone, tenor
b.1946

" data-original-title="" title="">Bennie Wallace with

Chick Corea

piano
1941 - 2021

" data-original-title="" title="">Chick Corea and

Wes Montgomery

guitar
1923 - 1968

" data-original-title="" title="">Wes Montgomery. Enjoy the show. If you're not listening to jazz on Gifts & Messages, you're missing something.

Playlist

Steve Grossman "Zulu Stomp" from Some Shapes To Come (PM Records) 00:00
Jack McDuff "Flat Backin'" from Moon Rappin' (Blue Note) 07:16
Jack McDuff "Foot Loose" from Moon Rappin' (Blue Note) 17:26
Jack McDuff "Moon Rappin'" from Moon Rappin' (Blue Note) 22:46
Donald Byrd "Kofi" from Kofi (Blue Note) 29:49
Donald Byrd "Fufu" from Kofi (Blue Note) 37:20
Bennie Wallace "Mystic Bridge" from The Bennie Wallace Trio & Chick Corea (Enja) 47:30
Wes Montgomery "Con Alma" from Bumpin' (Verve) 57:41
Reuben Wilson "Bus Ride" from Blue Mode (Blue Note) 1:01:51
Reuben Wilson "Orange Peel" from Blue Mode (Blue Note) 1:07:52
Reuben Wilson "Blue Mode" from Blue Mode (Blue Note) 1:14:34
Meade Lux Lewis "Six Wheel Chaser" from The Complete Blue Note Recordings Of Albert Ammons And Meade Lux Lewis (Mosaic) 1:22:40
Meade Lux Lewis "Bass On Top" from The Complete Blue Note Recordings Of Albert Ammons And Meade Lux Lewis (Mosaic) 1:26:36
Jeremy Steig "Reza" from Jazz Wave, Ltd. on Tour, Volume 1 (Blue Note) 1:31:13
Freddie Hubbard "Body And Soul" from Jazz Wave, Ltd. on Tour, Volume 1 (Blue Note) 1:43:57

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