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Random Acts of Roach 3, Trudy Pitts, Pete Rugolo

By David Brown | The Jazz Continuum
February 6, 2024
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This week, new and recent releases from Ethan Iverson, Ambrose Akinmusire, Mary Halverson, and others; We'll continue with Random Acts of Roach, a month-long centennial celebration of the legendary drummer Max Roach; and why not, I'll share a bit of my recent obsession with the Pete Rugolo Orchestra, and much more. Old, new, in, out... wherever the music takes us. Each week, we will explore the elements of jazz from a historical perspective.

Playlist

Thelonious Monk

piano
1917 - 1982

" data-original-title="" title="">Thelonious Monk "Esistrophy (Theme)" from Live at the It Club—Complete (Columbia) 01:50

Pete Rugolo

composer / conductor
1915 - 2011

" data-original-title="" title="">Pete Rugolo and His Orchestra "Sunday, Monday or Always" from Out On A Limb (Emarcy) 02:15

Pete Rugolo

composer / conductor
1915 - 2011

" data-original-title="" title="">Pete Rugolo "Snowfall" from Music From Out of Space (Mercury) 05:45

Ethan Iverson

piano
b.1973

" data-original-title="" title="">Ethan Iverson "Technically Acceptable " from Technically Acceptable (Blue Note) 10:25

Jun Iida

trumpet
b.1991

" data-original-title="" title="">Jun Iida "Shiki No Uta" from Evergreen (Origin Records) 14:44

Dave Wilson

saxophone
b.1955

" data-original-title="" title="">Dave Wilson "Lift" from Ephemeral (Thelonious Records) 18:00

Elan Mehler

piano

" data-original-title="" title="">Elan Mehler "Justice and Honor" from Trouble in Mind (Sunnyside Records) 26:24

Ambrose Akinmusire

trumpet
b.1982

" data-original-title="" title="">Ambrose Akinmusire "Flux Fuelings" from Owl Song (Nonsuch Records) 30:49

Mary Halvorson

guitar

" data-original-title="" title="">Mary Halvorson "Collapsing Mouth" from Cloudward (Nonsuch Records) 35:52

Max Roach

drums
1925 - 2007

" data-original-title="" title="">Max Roach "It's You or No One" from Deeds, Not Words (Riverside) 42:48

Dinah Washington

vocals
1924 - 1963

" data-original-title="" title="">Dinah Washington "I've Got You Under My Skin" from Dinah Jams (EmArcy) 47:01

Thelonious Monk

piano
1917 - 1982

" data-original-title="" title="">Thelonious Monk "Trinkile, Tinkle" from The Complete Prestige 10-Inch LP Collection (Craft Recordings) 53:27

Herbie Nichols

piano
1919 - 1963

" data-original-title="" title="">Herbie Nichols "House Party Starting" from The Third World (Blue Note) 56:14

Max Roach

drums
1925 - 2007

" data-original-title="" title="">Max Roach "Almost Like Me" from The Max Roach Trio Featuring the Legendary Hasaan (Atlantic) 1:01:54

Trudy Pitts

organ, Hammond B3
1932 - 2010

" data-original-title="" title="">Trudy Pitts "Stolen Moments" from Me, Myself and I (Scorp Leo LTD) 1:08:34

Woody Herman

band / ensemble / orchestra
1913 - 1987

" data-original-title="" title="">Woody Herman "Freedom Jazz Dance" from Giant Steps (Fantasy Records) 1:14:35

Hilton Ruiz

piano
1952 - 2006

" data-original-title="" title="">Hilton Ruiz "Big Foot" from Piano Man (Inner City Records) 1:18:25

Jimmy Rushing

vocals
1903 - 1972

" data-original-title="" title="">Jimmy Rushing "Baby Won't You Please Come Home " from The Jazz Odyssey of James Rushing Esq. With Buck Clayton and His Orchestra (Columbia) 1:29:54

Catherine Russell

vocals

" data-original-title="" title="">Catherine Russell "Baby Won't You Please Come Home " from Send For Me (Dot Time Records) 1:33:26

Cecile McLorin Salvant

vocals
b.1989

" data-original-title="" title="">Cecile McLorin Salvant "Until " from Ghost Song (Nonsuch Records) 1:37:07

Maria Schneider

composer / conductor

" data-original-title="" title="">Maria Schneider Orchestra "El Viento" from Coming About (Enja Records) 1:44:24

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