In A Mellow Tone
Wednesday February 9th, 2022 with Bruce Walton
Jazz from Albert Ayler to Zeke Zarchy
Another program put together for your listening pleasure by David Fraser. This time, it's music by artists with alliterative names: 'This show is based on the questionable premise that while characteristics such as artistry, dedication, inspiration, and hard work are all good, what is really needed to succeed in jazz is a name that alliterates, such as Buddy Bolden, Bunny Berigan, Cab Calloway, or Red Rodney. The programming tonight will be in alphabetical order, starting naturally with the great saxophonist Albert Ayler and ending predictably with the fine albeit less well known trumpeter Zeke Zarchy. Sadly, the two-hour cap on the show forces us to skip some letters of the alphabet, and perhaps we linger too long on the letter B.'
| A is for Albert Ayler: |
| Masonic Inborn Albert Ayler - Live On The Riviera (1970) |
| B is for Billy Bang, Brian Barley, and Brian Browne: |
| Sweet Georgia Brown Billy Bang - Bang On! (1997) |
| Two By Five Brian Barley Trio - S/T (1970) 
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| God Bless The Child (fade) Brian Browne Trio - S/T (1999)
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| C is for 'Charlie Chan'. Confused listener thinks, “Whaddya mean ‘Charlie Chan’? Wasn’t he a film detective or something like that?” Well, the great bebop pioneer Charlie Parker was billed, for contractual reasons, as “Charlie Chan” on the initial release of Jazz at Massey Hall (1953). Parker was under contract to another recording company, and adopted the pseudonym Charlie Chan for this recording - as a nod both to the film detective and to his wife, Chan Parker. Interesting that Bird chose a name that alliterates … |
| Salt Peanuts The Quintet (Bird, Diz, Bud Powell, Ch. Mingus, Max Roach) - Jazz At Masey Hall (1953) |
| D is for Dorothy Donegan and Dave Douglas: |
| A Foggy Day (c. 1960) Dorothy Donegan - Very Best Of |
| I'm So Lonesome I Could Cry Dave Douglas Brass Fantasy - Spirit Moves (2008) |
| F is for Fred Frith: |
| Lonely Woman John Zorn (Fred Frith bs) - Naked City (1989) |
| H is for Hampton Hawes: |
| Round Midnight Hampton Hawes - This Is Hampton Hawes, vol. 2: The Trio (1955) |
| J is for J.J. Johnson: |
| Laura J.J. Johnson - The Trombone Master (1961) |
| K is For Kenny Kirkland: |
| When Will The Blues Leave? Kenny Kirkland - S/T (1991) |
| L is for Lorne Lofsky: |
| What Is This Thing Called Love? Inside Out (Lorne Lofsky gtr) - What Is This Thing? (2004)
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| M is for Misha Mengelberg and Michael Moore: |
| Yardbird Suite Anthony Braxton (Misha M pno) - Charlie Parker Project (1993) |
| Fables Of Faubus Available Jelly (Michael Moore0 - S/T (2000) |
| N is for Big Nick Nicholas: |
| Big Nick (Coltrane) Big Nick Nicholas - Bigger Than Ever (1985) |
| R is for Red Rodney: |
| Social Call Red Rodney & Charlie Rouse - Social Call (1984) |
| S is for Slam Stewart: |
| B-19 Slim & Slam - The Groove Juice Special (comp.) (1996) |
| T is for Tommy Turrentine: |
| Time's Up Tommy Turrentine - S/T (1960) |
| V is for Vic Vogel: |
| Hangin' Loose Vic Vogel &Le Jazz Big Band - Hangin' Loose (2004)
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| W is for Walter Wierbos: |
| Bilbao Song Available Jelly (Walter W tb) - Bilbao Song (2005) |
| Y is for Yosuke Yamashita: |
| Interlude Yosuke Yamashita - Field Of Grooves (2001) |
| And last but not least . . . Z is for Zeke Zarchy: |
| Bugle Call Rag Benny Goodman & His Orchestra (Zeke Z tpt) - 78 rpm (1936) |
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9:34 PM, February 9th, 2022