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If I Should Lose You (Rainger-Robin) by Wynton Kelly from Piano Interpretations (1951, Blue Note) album

track #9

Wynton Kelly, piano

Oscar Pettiford, bass

Lee Abrams, drums

Thanks for posting this exquisite early moment with Wynton Kelly.

syng:

Moonlight In Vermont - Wynton Kelly (Piano Interpretations, 1951)

Lovely.

Oscar Pettiford and Clark Terry circa late 1950s

(photo by Pannonica de Koenigswarter)

Tal Farlow - Everything I’ve Got (1954)

Dexterity.

Oscar Pettiford, Miles Davis, and Gil Coggins during the Miles Davis Volumes One and Two session, WOR Studios NYC, May 9 1952 (photo by Francis Wolff)

Thelonious Monk - Pannonica (1956)

Monk dedicated this classic to Pannonica “Nica” Von Koenigswarter, the NYC patroness of all things jazz. Thanks to @mpiedlourde for reminding me of this sweet Sonny Rollins solo.

Kenny Dorham - Afrodisia (1955)

This band is the Jazz Messengers circa 1955 sans bassist Doug Watkins, with added horns and percussion to fill out the ensemble.  Two of the most under-appreciated players in their time, Kenny Dorham and Hank Mobley, star together with the legendary trombonist J.J. Johnson. This LP belongs on your shelf.

¡Cowbell!