Music History Events: Jazz albums recorded Dec. 23

Music History Events: Jazz albums recorded Dec. 23

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Miles Davis – Cookin’ at the Plugged Nickel (1965)

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The Complete Live at the Plugged Nickel 1965 is a live box set of the Miles Davis Quintet, recorded on December 22 and 23, 1965. First released in Japan in March 1992 by Sony Records as a 7 disc set (catalogue SRCS 5766~5772), it was re-released on Legacy Records in July 1995 as an 8 disc set (catalogue CK 66955). In conjunction with Legacy, Mosaic Records released a 10 LP set (catalogue MQ10-158).

It was re-released as an SA-CD Box in October 2023 in a limited edition of 1500 by Sony Japan for Tower Records Japan. It comprises recordings of seven performance sets over the two nights by the second great Davis quintet at the now-defunct Plugged Nickel nightclub in Chicago. A single-disc sampler, Highlights from the Plugged Nickel (catalogue CK 67377) was released by Legacy on November 14, 1995, and was reissued on February 1, 2008.

Track listing

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Date & Set	Length
1.	“Milestones“	Miles Davis	12/23 Third	11:49
2.	“Yesterdays“	Kern, Harbach	12/23 Fourth	15:00
3.	“So What“	Miles Davis	12/23 Second	13:36
4.	“Stella by Starlight“	Washington, Young	12/23 First	13:09
5.	“Walkin’”	Richard Carpenter	12/23 First	11:01
6.	“‘Round Midnight“	Hanighen, Williams, Monk	12/22 Second	8:42

Personnel

• Miles Davis – trumpet
• Wayne Shorter – tenor saxophone
• Herbie Hancock – piano
• Ron Carter – double bass
• Tony Williams – drums

The Modern Jazz Quartet – Django (1954)

Django is an album by the Modern Jazz Quartet, first released on 12-inch LP in 1956.

The actual sessions had taken place in June 1953, December 1954, and January 1955, and (as Prestige Records had yet to enter the 12-inch LP era) were first released on two 10-inch albums, entitled Modern Jazz Quartet (PRLP 160, 1953, whose second side contained “The Queen’s Fancy”, “Delauney’s Dilemma”, “Autumn In New York” and “But Not For Me”) and The Modern Jazz Quartet, Vol. 2 (PRLP 170, 1955, containing “Django”, “One Bass Hit”, “Milano” and “La Ronde Suite”).

The first session took place in New York, but the eventual Hackensack, New Jersey sessions were engineered by Rudy Van Gelder; the whole album was reissued in 2006 as part of the Rudy Van Gelder Remasters collection.

“Django” (like the other original material on the album) was composed by the group’s pianist and musical director, John Lewis. It is one of his best-known compositions, written in memory of the Belgian Romani guitarist Django Reinhardt. Another tune is “Delauney’s Dilemma”, a jaunty tribute to the French jazz critic Charles Delaunay. The lengthy “La Ronde Suite”, with discrete sections emphasizing each group member’s contributions, is in fact a version of the standard “Two Bass Hit”, written by Lewis for Dizzy Gillespie and recorded by, among others, Miles Davis on Milestones. Gillespie’s own tune, “One Bass Hit”, is also included as a feature for bassist Percy Heath.

Vibraphonist Milt “Bags” Jackson can be heard grunting and humming throughout the quieter numbers, which include renditions of the Gershwins’ “But Not For Me” and the Vernon Duke standard “Autumn In New York”.

Track listing

1. “Django” (John Lewis) – 7:03
2. “One Bass Hit” (Dizzy Gillespie) – 2:59
3. “La Ronde Suite” (Lewis) – 9:38
4. “The Queen’s Fancy” (Lewis) – 3:12
5. “Delauney’s Dilemma” (Lewis) – 4:01
6. “Autumn In New York” (Vernon Duke) – 3:40
7. “But Not for Me” (George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin) – 3:44
8. “Milano” (Lewis) – 4:23

Personnel

• Milt Jackson — vibraphone
• John Lewis — piano
• Percy Heath — bass
• Kenny Clarke — drums

Charles Mingus – Mingus at the Bohemia (1955)

Mingus at the Bohemia is a live album by the jazz composer and bassist Charles Mingus. It was released in August 1956 through Mingus’s own label Debut Records. It was recorded at Café Bohemia in New York City on December 23, 1955. Max Roach makes a guest appearance on one track. Other recordings from the same performance were released in 1964 under the title The Charles Mingus Quintet & Max Roach.

Mingus at the Bohemia has also been released under the title Chazz! and credited to The Charles Mingus Quintet.

Track listing

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	“Jump Monk”	Charles Mingus	6:44
2.	“Serenade In Blue“	Mack Gordon, Harry Warren	5:57
3.	“Percussion Discussion”	Mingus, Max Roach	8:25
4.	“Work Song”	Mingus	6:16
5.	“Septemberly”	Al Dubin, Harry Warren / Walter Gross, Jack Lawrence	6:55
6.	“All The Things You C#”	(Jerome Kern, Oscar Hammerstein II / Sergei Rachmaninoff)

Personnel

• George Barrow – tenor saxophone
• Eddie Bert – trombone
• Mal Waldron – piano
• Charles Mingus – double bass (bass and overdubbed piccolo bass on “Percussion Discussion”)
• Willie Jones – drums (except “Percussion Discussion^“)
• Max Roach – drums (on “Percussion Discussion)

Clifford Jordan Quartet – Royal Ballads (1986)

Royal Ballads is an album by saxophonist Clifford Jordan‘s Quartet, recorded in late 1986 and released on the Dutch Criss Cross Jazz label.

Track listing

"Lush Life" (Billy Strayhorn) - 7:53
"Pannonica" (Thelonious Monk) - 6:55
"Royal Blues" (Clifford Jordan) - 8:19
"Little Girl Blue" (Lorenz Hart, Richard Rodgers) - 8:18
"Armando" (Vernel Fournier) - 8:06
"Don't Get Around Much Anymore" (Duke Ellington, Bob Russell) - 6:56
"Everything Happens to Me" (Tom Adair, Matt Dennis) - 3:51 Bonus track on CD
"'Round About Midnight" (Thelonious Monk) - 8:24 Bonus track on CD

Personnel

Clifford Jordan - tenor saxophone
Kevin O'Connell - piano
Ed Howard - bass
Vernel Fournier - drums

Billy Drummond Quartet – The Gift (1993)

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Track List:

1 Car Tunes
Composed By – D. Brown*
5:00
2 The Common Law
Composed By – J. King*
7:36
3 Ode To Angela
Composed By – H.Land*
7:56
4 Apex
Composed By – Ch. Lloyd*
6:26
5 The Gift
Composed By – R. Rosnes*
7:28
6 Gargoyles
Composed By – R. Rosnes, W. Weiskopf
7:43
7 Dear Old Chicago
Composed By – Cl. Jordan*
12:18
8 Devil May Care
Composed By – B. Dorough*
6:31

Personnel:

Bass – Peter Washington
Drums – Billy Drummond
Engineer [Recording Engineer] – Max Bolleman
Liner Notes – James Browne
Photography By – Ron Schwerin
Piano – Renee Rosnes
Producer, Design [Cover Design] – Gerry Teekens
Tenor Saxophone, Soprano Saxophone – Seamus Blake

Recorded at RPM Studio, New York City on December 23, 1993.

Total time: 61:26

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