Here are five jazz albums recorded in San Francisco by some of the finest cats ever to play in The City.

Dave Brubeck Jazz At The Blackhawk (1956)

A1 – Jeepers Creepers (Warren, Mercer)

A2 – On A Little Street In Singapore (Hill, DeRose)

A3 – Trolley Song (Rehearsal) (Martin, Blane)

A4 – The Trolley Song (Martin, Blane)

A5 – I May Be Wrong (Ruskin, Sullivan)

B1 – Blue Moon (Rodgers-Hart)

B2 My Heart Stood Still (Rodgers-Hart)

B3 – Let’s Fall In Love (Arlen, Koehler)

Credits

Alto Saxophone – Paul Desmond

Bass – Ron Crotty, Bill Ruther* (tracks: A1 to A5)

Drums – Lloyd Davis (2)

Liner Notes – Erich Lewinski

Piano – Dave Brubeck

Supervised By – Guido Caccianti, John Noga


Cannonball Adderley Cannonball Adderley In San Francisco (1959)


This Here

Spontaneous Combustion

Hi-Fly

You Got It!

Bohemia After Dark

Straight, No Chaser (bonus track)

This Here (alternate take bonus track)/ You Got It! (alternate take/bonus track).

Credits

Cannonball Adderley: alto saxophone

Nat Adderley: cornet

Bobby Timmons: piano

Sam Jones: double bass

Louis Hayes: drums.


Thelonious Monk Alone (1959)

A1 – Blue Monk

A2 – Ruby, My Dear

A3 – Round Lights

A4 – Everything Happens To Me

A5 – You Took The Words Right Out Of My Heart

B1 – Bluehawk

B2 – Pannonica

B3 – Remember

B4 – There’s Danger In Your Eyes, Cherie

B5 – Reflections

Credits

Design [Cover Produced And Designed By] – Harris Lewine, Ken Braren, Paul Bacon

Engineer – Reice Hamel

Mastered By – Jack Matthews

Photography By – William Claxton

Piano – Thelonious Monk

Producer, Liner Notes – Orrin Keepnews


Miles Davis In Person Friday and Saturday Nights at the Blackhawk, Complete (1961)

Volume I

1-1 Oleo

1-2 No Blues

1-3 Bye Bye (Theme)

1-4 If I Were A Bell

1-5 Fran Dance

1-6 On Green Dolphin Street

1-7 The Theme

2-1 All Of You

2-2 Neo

2-3 I Thought About You

2-4 Bye Bye Blackbird

2-5 Walkin’

2-6 Love, I’ve Found You

Volume II

3-1 If I Were A Bell

3-2 So What

3-3 No Blues

3-4 On Green Dolphin Street

3-5 Walkin’

3-6 ‘Round Midnight

3-7 Well You Needn’t

3-8 The Theme

4-1 Autumn Leaves

4-2 Neo

4-3 Two Bass Hit

4-4 Bye Bye (Theme)

4-5 Love, I’ve Found You

4-6 I Thought About You

4-7 Someday My Prince Will Come

4-8 Softly As In A Morning Sunrise

Credits

Bass – Paul Chambers

Drums – Jimmy Cobb

Ensemble – The Miles Davis Quintet

Piano – Wynton Kelly

Producer – Irving Townsend

Reissue Producer – Bob Belden, Michael Cuscuna

Tenor Saxophone – Ha


Duke Ellington Concert of Sacred Music at Grace Cathedral (1965)

1 – In The Beginning God

2 – Will You Be There? Ain’t But The One

3 – Ninety Nine Percent

4 – Ain’t But The One

5 – New World A’Coming

6 – In The Beginning Of God II

7 – Heritage

8 – The Lord’s Prayer

9 – Come Sunday

10 – David Danced Before The Lord

11 – The Lords Prayer III

Credits

Bass – John Lamb

Bass Trombone – Chuck Connors

Choir – The Herman McCoy Choir

Drums – Louis Bellson

Piano – Duke Ellington

Saxophone [Alto] – Johnny Hodges

Saxophone [Alto], Clarinet – Russell Procope

Saxophone [Baritone], Clarinet – Harry Carney

Saxophone [Tenor] – Paul Gonsalves

Saxophone [Tenor], Clarinet – Jimmy Hamilton

Solo Vocal – Bunny Briggs, Jon Hendricks, Tony Watkins

Trombone – Buster Cooper, Chuck Connors, Lawrence Brown

Trumpet – Cat Anderson, Cootie Williams, Herbie Jones, Mercer Ellington