Lee Konitz Quintet - Peacemeal (1969)

01.Thumb Under 02.Lester Leaps In 03.Village Joke 04.Something to Sing 05.Peacemeal 06.Body and Soul 07.Peasant Dance

08.Fourth Dimension 09.Second Thoughts 10.Subconscious Lee 11.Lester Leaps In 12.Body and Soul 13.Subconscious Lee.

Lee Konitz - Alto, tenor, and Multivider (electric) saxophones
Marshall Brown - Valve trombone, baritone horn
Dick Katz - Acoustic and electric piano
Eddie Gomez - Bass
Jack DeJohnette - Drums.

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Mike Stern - Voices (2001)

01.One World
02.The River
03.Slow Change
04.Wishing Well
05.Still There
06.Spirit
07.What Might Have Been
08.Leni's Smile
09.Way Out East.


Mike Stern - guitar
Jim Beard - keyboards
Richard Bona - vocals, bass, kalimba
Michael Brecker - saxophone
Dennis Chambers - drums
Vinnie Colaiuta - drums
Chris Minh Doky - acoustic bass
Bob Franceschini - saxophone
Lincoln Goines - bass
Philip Hamilton - vocals
Jon Herington - rhythm guitar
Elizabeth Kontomanou - vocals
Arto Tuncboyaciyan - percussion, vocals.

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Charles Mingus - Mysterious Blues (1960)

01.Mysterious Blues
02.Wrap Your Trouble In Dreams [Take 5]
03.Body And Soul [previously unreleased, alternate take]
04.Vassarlean
05.Reincarnation Of A Love Bird [previously unreleased, alternate take]
06.Me And You Blues
07.Melody From The Drums [previously unreleased, alternate take].

Charles Mingus (acoustic bass)
Eric Dolphy (alto saxophone, bass clarinet, flute)
Charles McPherson (alto saxophone)
Booker Ervin (tenor saxophone)
Roy Eldridge, Ted Curson, Lonnie Hillyer (trumpets)
Jimmy Knepper (trombone), Tommy Flanagan, Nico Bunick (piano)
Jo Jones, Dannie Richmond (drums).

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Marc Johnson - Right Brain Patrol (1992)

01.They Love Me Fifteen Feet Away
02.Batuki Burundi
03.Netcong on My Mind
04.Right Brain Patrol
05.Heru Nazel
06.Inside Four Walls
07.You
08.After
09.Whispers
10.Log o'
11.Light in Your Eye
12.The Call.
Ben Monder - Guitar (Acoustic),Guitar, Guitar (Electric)
Arto Tuncboyaciyan - Percussion, Voices, Vocals
Marc Johnson - Bass.

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Omar Sosa - Ballads (1997 - 2000)

01.Mis Tres Notas
02.Para Ella
03.Fragile
04.Twice As Sad
05.Gracias Señor
06.Para Dos Parados
07.Antes De Ir Va Esto
08.Tienes Un Solo
09.Raya
10.Shirma.


Omar Sosa (piano, percussion)
Maria Marquez (vocals)
Gerardo Cilvetti (violin, viola)
Daniel Khachatrian (cello)
Sheldon Brown (bass clarinet, tenor saxophone)
Geoff Brennan, Rahsaan Fredericks (double bass)
Elliot Kavee (drums)
Rattu Lama (tabla); Jesus Diaz (percussion).

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Ornette Coleman - Love Call (1968)

01.Airborne
02.Love Call
03.Open To The Public
04.Check Out Time.





Bass - Jimmy Garrison
Drums - Elvin Jones
Saxophone [Alto], Trumpet - Ornette Coleman
Saxophone [Tenor] - Dewey Redman
Recorded At A & R Recording, NYC.

Ornette Coleman - Ornette At 12 (1969)

01.C.O.D.
02.Rainbows
03.New York
04.Bells And Chimes.






Bass - Charlie Haden
Drums - Denardo Coleman
Producer, Violin, Trumpet, Saxophone [Alto] - Ornette Coleman
Saxophone [Tenor] - Dewey Redman.

Edward Simon - Beauty Within (1993)

01.Mastery Of All Situations
02.Beauty Within
03.Rare Days
04.In Seach Of Power
05.Reprise 1
06.El Dia En Que Me Quieras
07.Homecoming
08.The Calling
09.Reprise 2.


Horacio "El Negro" Hernández - Drums
Anthony Jackson - Bass
Edward Simon - Piano
Diego Urcola - Trumpet.

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Dizzy Gillespie & Machito - Afro-Cuban Jazz Moods (1976)

01.Oro, Incienso Y Mirra
02.Calidoscopico
03.Pensativo
04.Exuberante.

Bass [Fender] - Carlos Castillo
Bongos, Cowbell - Mario Grillo
Conductor, Arranged By - Chico O'Farrill
Congas - Pepin Pepin
Drums - Mickey Roker
Drums [African] - Julito Collazo , R. Hernandez
French Horn - Brooks Tillotson , Don Corrado (tracks: A side only)
Leader - Machito
Maracas, Claves - Frank "Machito" Grillo
Piano [Electric] - Jorge Dalto
Producer - Arturo O'Farrill , Mario Bauza
Saxophone [Alto], Clarinet - Mario Bauza
Saxophone [Alto], Flute, Piccolo Flute - Mauricio Smith
Saxophone [Baritone], Clarinet [Bass] - Leslie Yahonikan (tracks: B side only)
Saxophone [Tenor], Clarinet - Jose Madera Sr.
Saxophone [Tenor], Flute [Alto] - Mario Rivera (2)
Soloist - Dizzy Gillespie
Synthesizer - Dana McCurdy
Timbales, Cabasa - Jose Madera Jr.
Trombone - Barry Morrow , Jack Jeffers , Jerry Chamberlain (tracks: B side only) , Lewis Kahn (tracks: B side only)
Trumpet, Flugelhorn - Manny Duran , Ramon Gonzalez Jr. , Raul Gonzalez (4) , Victor Paz
Tuba [Bass] - Bob Stewart (tracks: A side only)

Recorded at Generation Studios, New York, June 4 & 5, 1975.

Bakithi Kumalo - San Bonan (1998)

01.Masala
02.San' Bonan' (Greetings)
03.Ul Wandle (The Sea)
04.Lalela Kahle (Listen up!)
05.Sadness
06.Makhaya
07.Zululand
08.My Elizabeth
09.Darkstreets of Soweto
10.Jaco
11.Mbali (Flower)
12.African Woman.

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