
Dinah Washington - “Mad About The Boy”
Listen aaalllll the way to the end. Dinah tells a joke to the boys in the band.

Thelonious Monk - Off Minor
Monk’s Music, 1957.
Thelonious Monk - piano
Coleman Hawkins - tenor saxophone
John Coltrane - tenor saxophone
Gigi Gryce - alto saxophone
Ray Copeland - trumpet
Wilbur Ware - bass
Art Blakey - drums
(via bebopped)
Source: mpiedlourde

Dizzy Gillsespie Quintet feat. Charlie Parker - A Night In Tunisia (Live at Town Hall, New York City, 1945)
Start your week off feeling right, with Dizzy Gillespie, Charlie Parker, Don Byas, Al Haig, Curley Russell, Max Roach, and Sid Catlett. Live.
(Love in the intro when the announcer says, “I want you to watch Max Roach. He’s really a fine drummer, really killin’, I know he’s gonna knock you out.”)
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