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Obscure musical gems, avant experimentation, and classics worth rehearing. A conurbation of Leslie speakers, timbales, plungers, arch-tops, tablas, and squeaky reeds. Black ties, pork pies, Cuban boots, Nudie suits, bobbysocks, turtlenecks, and high-heeled sneakers. Jazz is the north star but it’s a wide universe, so says The Laughing Clock.
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Artist | Track | Album | Label | Year | Comments | Images | Approx. start time |
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Count Basie |
M Squad Theme (excerpt)
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Basic Basie | MPS | 1969 | Eric Dixon (fl) Freddie Green (g) Norman Keenan (b) Harold Jones (d) Chico O'Farrill (arr), et al. | 0:00:00 (MP3 | Pop-up) | |
Music behind DJ: Red Garland |
M Squad Theme ![]() |
Red In Bluesville |
Prestige |
1969 |
4/17/1959: Red Garland (p) Sam Jones (b) Art Taylor (d) |
0:00:33 (MP3 | Pop-up) |
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Billy Hart Quartet |
Showdown
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Just | ECM | 2025 | December 2021 (NYC): Mark Turner (tenor sax) Ethan Iverson (piano) Ben Street (bass) Billy Hart (drums) | 0:04:29 (MP3 | Pop-up) | |
Christopher Dammann Sextet |
When I Was Young and My Heart Had Windows
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Christopher Dammann Sextet | Out of Your Head | 2025 | 7/7/2024 (Chicago): Christopher Dammann - bass. James Davis - trumpet. Jon Irabagon - alto saxophone. Edward Wilkerson, Jr. - tenor saxophone, Eb alto clarinet. Mabel Kwan - piano. Scott Clark - drums | 0:09:45 (MP3 | Pop-up) | |
Jon Balke |
Lanes
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Skrifum | ECM | 2025 | November 2023: Balke (piano, spektrafon) | 0:20:11 (MP3 | Pop-up) | |
Lucas Niggli & Sound of Serendipity Tentet |
Mouvement 2. Conductor: Niggli; Soloist: Marina Tantanonozi; Shadow: Peter Conradin Zumthor
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Play! | Intakt | 2024 | January 2023 (Zürich): Marina Tantanozi (flute,electronics) Silke Strahl (tenor sax) Tizia Zimmermann (accordian) Dominik Blum (organ) Helena Winkelman (violin) Christian Weber (bass) Marc Unternahrer (tuba) Peter Conradin Zumthor (drums,celeste) Lucas Niggli (drums,melodica) Joana Maria Aderi (voice,electronics) | 0:24:14 (MP3 | Pop-up) | |
Music behind DJ: Don Pullen |
Big Alice (alternate take) ![]() |
Richard's Tune |
Sackville |
2014 CD reissue of "Solo Piano Album" with two bonus tracks. Recorded 1975. |
0:35:43 (MP3 | Pop-up) |
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Alcorn/Corsano/Nace |
Track 1
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Live at Rotunda | Open Mouth | 9/15/2018 (Philadelphia). Susan Alcorn / pedal steel. Chris Corsano / drums. Bill Nace / guitar | 0:40:10 (MP3 | Pop-up) | ||
Jon Jang |
You Don't Know What Love Is
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Are You Chinese or Charlie Chan? | RPM | 1984 | November 1983: Jon Jang (p) Kash Killion (cello) Francis Wong (ts) | 0:49:52 (MP3 | Pop-up) | |
Hampton Hawes |
Just One of Those Things
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The Challenge | Victor (Japan) | 1968 | May 1968 (Tokyo). | 0:59:59 (MP3 | Pop-up) | |
Hampton Hawes |
Young People's Tune
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The Challenge | Victor (Japan) | 1968 | May 1968 (Tokyo). | 1:03:35 (MP3 | Pop-up) | |
Music behind DJ: Mary Lou Williams |
Medi I ![]() |
Zoning |
Smithsonian Folkways |
1/17/1974, with Bob Cranshaw (bass guitar). DJP edit. |
1:06:48 (MP3 | Pop-up) |
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Eric Watson |
Punching Paich Patch
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Your Tonight is My Tomorrow | Owl | 1987 | May 1987: Steve Lacy (sop) Eric Watson (p) Jean-Paul Celea (b) Aaron Scott (d) | 1:10:39 (MP3 | Pop-up) | |
The Frame Quartet |
Straw (for Steve Lacy)
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35mm | Okka Disk | 2009 | 7/29/2009: Tim Daisy: drums. Fred Lonberg-Holm: cello & electronics. Nate McBride: acoustic & electric bass, electronics. Ken Vandermark: tenor sax & B-flat clarinet | 1:19:51 (MP3 | Pop-up) | |
Music behind DJ: Susie Ibarra Trio |
Dreams (Alternate Take) ![]() |
Radiance |
Hopscotch |
1999 |
7/18/1999: Cooper-Moore (p,harp,diddley-bo) Charles Burnham (vln) Susie Ibarra (d,perc) |
1:35:09 (MP3 | Pop-up) |
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Sonny Rollins |
Shadow Waltz
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Freedom Suite | Riverside | 1958 | 2/27/1958: Sonny Rollins (ts) Oscar Pettiford (b) Max Roach (d) | 1:38:57 (MP3 | Pop-up) | |
Stan Kenton |
Shadow Waltz
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Sketches on Standards | Capitol | 1953 | 1/30/1953: Frank Rosolino (tb) Conte Candoli (tp) Stan Kenton (p) Sal Salvador (g) Don Bagley (b) Stan Levey (d) Bill Russo (arr) et al. This version actually from Mosaic's "Complete Capitol Recordings of the Holman and Russo Charts" (mix may differ from original issue) | 1:43:07 (MP3 | Pop-up) | |
Zoot Sims Meets Jimmy Rowles |
Shadow Waltz
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If I'm Lucky | Pablo | 1977 | October 1977 (New York): Zoot Sims (ts) Jimmy Rowles (p) George Mraz (b) Mousie Alexander (d) | 1:45:40 (MP3 | Pop-up) | |
Music behind DJ: Herbie Hancock |
Mimosa (alternate take) ![]() |
Inventions & Dimensions |
Blue Note |
8/30/1963: Herbie Hancock (p) Paul Chambers (b) Willie Bobo (d) Osvaldo "Chihuahua" Martinez (bongos, finger cymbal) |
1:51:11 (MP3 | Pop-up) |
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Keith Jarrett |
I Fall in Love Too Easily
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The Old Country | ECM | 2024 | 9/16/1992: Keith Jarrett (piano) Gary Peacock (bass) Paul Motian (drums) | 1:53:54 (MP3 | Pop-up) | |
Paul Motian |
Look to the Black Wall
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The Story of Maryam | Soul Note | 1984 | 7/27/1983: Jim Pepper (ts,sop) Joe Lovano (ts) Bill Frisell (el-g) Ed Schuller (b) Paul Motian (d) | 2:03:40 (MP3 | Pop-up) | |
Vanderbilt Stars |
Billy Bauer's Tune (Pam)
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Classic V-Disc Small Group Jazz Sessions | Mosaic | 2024 | 1/24/1945: Ray Wetzel? (tp) Bill Harris (tb) maybe Sam Marowitz or John LaPorta (as) Flip Phillips (ts) Ralph Burns (p) Billy Bauer (g) Chubby Jackson (b) maybe Dave Tough (d) | 2:10:23 (MP3 | Pop-up) | |
Evan Parker - Matthew Wright & Trance Map+ |
at altitude
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Etching the Ether | Intakt | 2024 | March 2022: Peter Evans (tp) Evan Parker (sop,comp) Mark Nauseef (perc) Matthew Wright (live electronics,comp) | 2:14:50 (MP3 | Pop-up) | |
Bunny Briggs |
Stompin' at the Savoy
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Classic V-Disc Small Group Jazz Sessions | Mosaic | 2024 | 1/24/1945. Briggs (tap dance), band: probably drawn from Woody Herman's band | 2:25:35 (MP3 | Pop-up) | |
Music behind DJ: Max Roach & Abdullah Ibrahim |
Acclamation ![]() |
Streams of Consciousness |
9/20/1977. Originally on Baystate (Japan). |
2:29:03 (MP3 | Pop-up) |
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Sullivan Fortner |
Organ Grinder
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Southern Nights | Artwork | 2025 | July 2023: Sullivan Fortner (piano) Peter Washington (bass) Marcus Gilmore (drums) | 2:32:58 (MP3 | Pop-up) | |
Gonzalo Rubalcaba |
Tres Palabras
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Suite 4 Y 20 | Blue Note | 1992 | May 1992: Reynaldo Melian (tp) Gonzalo Rubalcaba (p) Felipe Cabrera (el-b) Julio Barreto (d) | 2:38:25 (MP3 | Pop-up) | |
Elvin Jones |
Blues Inside Out
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Skyscrapers vol. 2 | Honeydew | 1977 | March 1968? George Coleman (ts) Wilbur Little (b) Elvin Jones (d) | 2:42:23 (MP3 | Pop-up) | |
Stan Hasselgard and His Group |
Pepper
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Classic V-Disc Small Group Jazz Sessions | Mosaic | 2024 | 11/18/1948: Ake "Stan" Hasselgard (cl) Barbara Carroll (p) Chuck Wayne (g) Clyde Lombardi (b) Mel Zelnick (d) | 2:52:09 (MP3 | Pop-up) | |
Music behind DJ: Joe Chambers Moving Picture Orchestra |
M Squad Theme ![]() |
Live at Dizzy's Club Coca-Cola |
Savant |
2012 |
September 2011. Craig Handy (tenor sax), David Weiss (trumpet), Xavier Davis (piano), Dwayne Burno (bass), Joe Chambers (drums, vibes, arranger), Steve Berrios (percussion), et al. |
2:55:33 (MP3 | Pop-up) |
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