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Music History Events: Jazz albums recorded Dec. 25

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Parker/Powell/Roach/Davis/Stitt and others – Live at Carnegie Hall X-Mas ’49 (New York, 1949)

The Davis group (billed as “The Stars of Modern Jazz”) participated in “Symphony Sid’s Christmas Party,” a gala event that began at 8:30 pm on Christmas Day. Produced by Symphony Sid, Monte Kay, and Leonard Feather, other performers included the Charlie Parker Quintet (Parker, Red Rodney, Al Haig, Tommy Potter, Roy Haynes); the Bud Powell Trio (Powell, Russell, Roach); the Kai Winding/Stan Getz group (Winding, Getz, Haig, Potter, Haynes); the Lennie Tristano Sextet (Lee Konitz, Warne Marsh, Tristano, Joe Schulman, Jeff Morton); Sarah Vaughan and Jimmy Jones. According to an ad in the Daily News (December 24, p. 19), George Shearing, Errol Garner, and Buddy DeFranco were also to appear; but the surviving recordings do not include their performances.

Miles Davis (tpt); Bennie Green (tb); Sonny Stitt (as); Serge Chaloff (bs); Earl “Bud” Powell (p); Dillon “Curley” Russell (b); Max Roach (d); Symphony Sid Torin (ann)

1	Introduction (Symphony Sid Torin)	0:39
	“We’d like to bring you right now, ladies and gentlemen, one of the most exciting trios of our time… We bring you a gentleman who’s probably, along with Charlie Parker and Dizzy Gillespie and Thelonious Monk and all the great gentlemen of sounds, probably the most exciting. So let’s bring him on with a great big hand, Bud Powell, ladies and gentlemen… Bud Powell, the trio, with Max Roach on drums, Curley Russell on bass. Bud Powell…”
2	All God’s Children Got Rhythm (W. Jurmann-B. Kaper-G. Kahn)	2:54
3	Introduction (Symphony Sid Torin)	0:38
	“Bud Powell, ladies and gentlemen. Max Roach and Curley Russell… To this exciting rhythm section we bring to you the Stars of Jazz. First, on trumpet, Miles Davis… Little Miles Davis… On baritone, Serge Chaloff. On alto, Sonny Stitt. And finally, on trombone, Benny Green. Here they are. (Off-mic: Blow!)”
4	Move (D. Best)	5:34
5	Hot House (T. Dameron)	7:54
	During the applause (7:46) one of the musicians calls for “How High the Moon.”
6	Ornithology (inc) (C. Parker-B. Harris)	3:33
	Cut off in the middle of Stitt’s solo

Paul Desmond, Live in New York with the Modern Jazz Quartet (1971)

Paul Desmond and the Modern Jazz Quartet appeared together on stage only once, on the evening of Christmas Day in 1971. What’s remarkable is that the concert was taped and the second half released on vinyl in 1981. The combined sound together was heavenly.

An excellent musical collaboration was made in 1971 by alto sax Paul Desmond with the jazz combo in vogue at the time: The Modern Jazz Quartet. With all the advantages of having an extraordinary alto sax like Desmond, but with the drawbacks that Desmond himself brought to MJQ’s “natural” sound, this encounter was probably MJQ’s best album with a solo artist outside the band. Desmond proves here that he doesn’t need much more than a few notes to amazingly look like he’s been playing with the prestigious group all his life.

Paul Desmond (alto sax) and The Modern Jazz Quartet.
John Lewis (p); Milt Jackson. (vb); Percy Heath (b), Connie Kay (dm).

Alto Saxophone – Paul Desmond…. Arranged By, Piano, Producer – John Lewis…. Bass – Percy Heath…. Drums – Connie Kay…. Producer – Norman Schwartz…. Vibraphone – Milt Jackson.

Track List:

1 Greensleeves 3:10 2 You Go To My Head 7:56 3 Blue Dove / La Paloma Azul 4:55 4 Jesus Christ Superstar 4:54 5 Here’s That Rainy Day 4:50 6 East Of The Sun 8:25 7 Bags New Groove 5:10

Recorded – Live at Town Hall, New York City – December 25, 1971

Record Company – DRG Records – CDS 25101