Some big-ass jazz suites for those lazy summer daze... er days...

Set #1 - 8:00am - 9:00am

1. Carr: Blues before Sunrise (rec. NYC 1964)
Freddie Cole - vocal & piano, Sam "The Man" Taylor - tenor sax, Barry Galbraith or Wally Richardson - guitar, Milt Hinton - bass, Osie Johnson - drums
Waiter Ask the Man to Play the Blues: Freddie Cole Sings & Plays Some Lonely Ballads
Verve, B0002689-02
3:41

2. Duke Ellington: New Orleans Suite (rec. NYC 27 Apr. & 13 May 1970)
Duke Ellington Orchestra
Atlantic Jazz, 1580-2
40:52

3. Jerome Moross & John LaTouche: A Lazy Afternoon
3:43

4. Ray Evans & Jay Livingston: Never Let Me Go
6:57

Tracks 3-4 (rec. 1997)
Guido Basso - flugelhorn, Doug Riley - organ

Jazz Portraits, JP3

Set #2 - 9:00am - 10:00am

5. Bob Graettinger: City of Glass (rec. Hollywood 5-7 Dec. 1951)
17'

6. J. Fred Coots & Haven Gillespie: You Go to My Head (rec. Chicago 15 Sep. 1952)
Arranged by Bob Graettinger
3:20

Tracks 5-6
Stan Kenton Orchestra
Stan Kenton Plays Bob Graettinger
Capitol Jazz, 7243 8 32084 2 5

7. Benny Carter: Harlem Renaissance Suite (rec. New Brunswick, NJ Feb. 1992)
The Benny Carter Big Band & The Rutgers University Orchestra
Musicmasters, 01612-65080-2
25:51

Set #3 - 10:00am - 11:00am

8. Tadd Dameron: On a Misty Night (rec. Hackensack, NJ 30 Nov. 1956)

Tadd Dameron - piano, John Coltrane - tenor sax, John Simmons - bass, Philly Joe Jones - drums
Tadd Dameron with John Coltrane: Mating Call
Prestige, PRCD-30163
6:15

9. Duke Ellington: Suite from The River (1970)
Orchestrated by Ron Collier
Neeme Järvi - conductor, Detroit Symphony Orchestra
Chandos Records, CHAN 9154
26:50

10. Edvard Grieg: Peer Gynt Suites Nos.1 & 2 (1874-5)
Arranged by Duke Ellington (1960)
Duke Ellington Orchestra
Duke Ellington: Three Suites
Columbia, CK 46825
18'