July 2008, Vienne.
Ornette Coleman (saxophone), Al McDowell (guitar), Tony Falanga (double bass), Denardo Coleman (drums)
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Lonely Woman (Coleman)
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Black And Blue (Waller, Brooks, Razaf)
March 1965, Berlin.
Louis Armstrong (trumpet & vocals), Billy Kyle (piano), Tyree Glenn (trombone), Eddie Shu (clarinet), Arvell Shaw (double bass), Danny Barcelona (drums)
Cold empty bed, springs hard as lead
Feel like Old Ned, wish I was dead
All my life through, I’ve been so black and blueEven the mouse ran from my house
They laugh at you, and scorn you too
What did I do to be so black and blue?I’m white – inside – but that don’t help my case
Cause I can’t hide what is in my faceHow would it end? Ain’t got a friend
My only sin is in my skin
What did I do to be so black and blue?. . .
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On The Sunny Side Of The Street (McHugh, Fields)
May 1958, Brussels.
Dizzy Gillespie (trumpet & vocals), Sonny Stitt (saxophone & vocals), Lou Levy (piano), Ray Brown (double bass), Gus Johnson (drums)
Grabbin’ up ya’ hats, coats, boots and everything.
Leave you’re worries on the doorstep cause’ we going by and by.
Just direct you’re feet.
You look neat!
On the sunny side of the street!
Can’t you hear the pitter and the patter,
of the rain drops trickling down you’re fire escape ladder!
Life could be so fine…
Fine as mmm wine!
I used to walk.
Walk in the shade.
With my blues on parade…
But! I’m not afraid!
It’s over… Casanova!
If I never had one cent.
I’ll be rich as Rockefeller…
With goldust at my feet.
On the sunny!
On the shady!
On the sunny side of the street!. . .
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