Dizzy Gillespie w/ John Coltrane "The 1951 Birdland Broadcasts" NYC @ Birdland Disc One: January 6th, 1951: Dizzy Gillespie trumpet; John Coltrane alto sax; Milt Jackson vibraphone; Billie Taylor, piano; Percy Heath bass; Art Blakey drums; Joe Carroll v on 4; Boris Rose/RB Oberon 5100; items 1 - 3 Birks Works, Duke LP D1019 item 4&5 4-5 from WKCR Trane Fest March 2004 - Ooh-Pa-Pa-Dah (INC 5:05) + Jumpin' (0:03) 1. Congo Blues (3:15) 2. Yesterdays (3:30) 3. Night in Tunisa (7:00) 4. Ooh-Pa-Pa-Dah (5:30) 5. Jumpin with Symphony Sid (0:03) *********************************** January 13th, 1951 Dizzy Gillespie trumpet; John Coltrane alto sax; Milt Jackson vibraphone; Billie Taylor, piano; Percy Heath bass; Art Blakey drums; Joe Carroll v on 4; Symphony Sid ann. between each tune Boris Rose/RB Last Giant Rhino CD R2-71255, for item 1 Broadcast Tribute BT 009 item 1-3 Birks Works, Duke LP D1019 item 3, 5&6 Oberon 5100 item 1; GAJ(I)JZCD316 item 5 1. Good Groove (3:58) 2. Tin Tin Daeo (No. 1) (3:15) 3. Birk's Works (3:48) 4. Wow (3:15) (UNI) 5. Good Bait (3:52) 6. Jumpin' with Symphony Sid (INC) (0:02) Groovin' High noted on some tapes is either Good Groove, or Wow [4 is mssing.] *************** January 20th, 1951 Dizzy Gillespie trumpet; John Coltrane alto sax; Milt Jackson vibraphone; Billie Taylor, piano; Percy Heath bass; Art Blakey drums; Joe Carroll v on 4; Symphony Sid ann. between each tune Boris Rose/RB BT 009 items 1 & 3; BluPe 100 4&5 1. Groovin High (5:00) 2. I Can't Get Started (3:00) (UNI) 3. Night in Tunisia (5:30) 4. Ooh-Pa-Pa-Dah (5:00) 5. Jumpin' with Symphony Sid (0:13) [2 missing here] at the BEGINNING of 4 (or is it end of 3) SS says "Good Bait"! cf. 51-0203 - same BT 009 source? 4-5 WKCR broadcast Phil Schaap places BluPe 100 (78") here This placing of 4+5 is conjectural by PS, based on Prez's presence, cf. SS's outtro over track 5 There's a possible uncredited 2nd second sax (on 1+4) ************************** February 3rd, 1951 Dizzy Gillespie trumpet, v on 3 - 5; J. J. Johnson trombone, on 3; John Coltrane alto sax; Milt Jackson vibraphone; Billie Taylor piano; Percy Heath bass; Art Blakey drums; Joe Carroll v on 3; Symphony Sid ann. between each tune Boris Rose/RB; Oberon 5100 items 1, 2 & 5 BT 009 item 4; GAJ(I)JZCD316 item 1 1. Birks Works (5:30) 2. I Can't Get Started (3:00) 3. Lady Be Good (2:30) (UNI) 4. Good Bait (6:15) 5. Jumpin' with Symphony Sid (3:07) [3 is missing] Extended Jumpin' resolving into "Disorder at the border" Disc Two: March 17th, 1951 Dizzy Gillespie trumpet, vocal on 3; J.J. Johnson trombone; John Coltrane alto sax, tenor sax; Milt Jackson vibraphone; John Lewis piano; Percy Heath bass, Kansas Fields, drums; Joe Carroll vocal on 3; Symphony Sid announcements between each tune Radio broadcast, private tape Boris Rose Oberon 5100 item 1; BT 009 items 2, 5 & 6 1. Birk's Works (5:30) 2. Tin Tin Daeo (5:30) 3. Lady Be Good (2:30) 4. I Can't Get Started (3:30) 5. The Champ, (6:15) 6. Jumpin' with Symphony Sid (0:28) [3, 4 missing] ------- Horace Silver Quintet April 14, 1973 Pori, Finland @ 8th International Jazz Festival FM/SBD > ? > CDR 7. Introduction - 0:57 8. Acid, Pot or Pills - 13:58 9. Gregory is Here - 8:46 10. Song for My Father - 12:16 Randy Brecker-trumpet; Michael Brecker-tenor saxophone; Horace Silver-piano; Bob Cranshaw-bass; Mickey Roker-drums The 1951 Birdland Radio Broadcasts In September 1949 John Coltrane joined the Dizzy Gillespie big band, clearly a major boost at this stage of his career. This was his first move into a major national band, following stints that mostly drew on his Philadelphia basis – such as his tenure with the Jimmy Heath bands in 1947-48. At this stage Coltrane was turning 23 years old, and had as yet no record output. Joining Gillespie’s band he rapidly participated in his first recording session – at November 21 of 1949. However, the time of the big bands was over, and Gillespie soon dissolved his innovative be bop oriented bands, keeping only smaller groups of six to eight musicians. Coltrane was invited to stay on. Following two recording sessions in 1950 (9 Jan and 16 Sep – at the last one Coltrane had sick leave), the smaller groups did not go into studio, apart from an off-hand recording session in Detroit March 1 1951. This makes the present radio broadcasts all the more important as historical documents of a time of change in the history of jazz. Be bop was now out, R&B would soon take over as the pubic fad. By early 1951 it was just over a year since Miles Davis had launched the Cool innovation, with no visible impact on contemporary jazz. This period – the first few years of the second half of the 20th century – was confusing, noone seemed to be able to see which way to take jazz after the crazy period of 1945-48. But one man was documenting the history of Dizzy Gillespie’s groups as they were performing at Birdland in early 1951. Boris Rose is a central figure in the documentation of post war jazz history through his continual taping of radio transmissions from the various jazz clubs, primarily in New York, in a series of weekly shows that were introduced by the different radio stations with a jazz profile. Symphony Sid was the first widely known and style setting MC in the late 1940s and early 1950s. Thanks to Boris Rose, we may still listen to the jazz story as it enfolds. These shows were broadcast live from the club generally just before midnight on Saturdays. The band had often a contract for the preceding week, at times for several weeks in succession, and with Saturday the big day for night life, this promised well for the music. The dates documented here are 6, 13 and 20 January and 3 February of 1951 from a prolonged stay of Dizzy Gillespie’s band at Birdland from 4 January until 7 February, and 17 March 1951.