50th Anniversary Blue Notes for December, Including The Rare Jazz Wave on Tour

50th anniversary Blue Notes from December 1969 this week from Jack McDuff (Moon Rappin') and Reuben Wilson (the seriously greasy Blue Mode) and part of a Donald Byrd session (Kofi) only released 25 years after the fact! Then, there's this one: Jazz Wave Ltd. on Tour, Volume 1. It's a double LP (it's in my lap as I write this), never reissued in any form and if it's streaming somewhere, I haven't found it. Recorded live in Germany, it features Jeremy Steig, Kenny Burrell, Jack McDuff, Freddie Hubbard, Jimmy McGriff and the Thad Jones Mel Lewis Remembered; we play the two top tracks. Along the way, BN-16 from Meade Lux Lewis, classic Steve Grossman, Bennie Wallace with Chick Corea and Wes Montgomery. Enjoy the show. If you're not listening to jazz on Gifts & Messages, you're missing something.

Playlist

• Steve Grossman "Zulu Stomp" from Some Shapes To Come (PM Records) 00:00
• Jack McDuff "Flat Backin'" from Moon Rappin' (Blue Note) 07:16
• Jack McDuff "Foot Loose" from Moon Rappin' (Blue Note) 17:26
• Jack McDuff "Moon Rappin'" from Moon Rappin' (Blue Note) 22:46
• Donald Byrd "Kofi" from Kofi (Blue Note) 29:49
• Donald Byrd "Fufu" from Kofi (Blue Note) 37:20
• Bennie Wallace "Mystic Bridge" from The Bennie Wallace Trio & Chick Corea (Enja) 47:30
• Wes Montgomery "Con Alma" from Bumpin' (Verve) 57:41
• Reuben Wilson "Bus Ride" from Blue Mode (Blue Note) 1:01:51
• Reuben Wilson "Orange Peel" from Blue Mode (Blue Note) 1:07:52
• Reuben Wilson "Blue Mode" from Blue Mode (Blue Note) 1:14:34
• Meade Lux Lewis "Six Wheel Chaser" from The Complete Blue Note Recordings Of Albert Ammons And Meade Lux Lewis (Mosaic) 1:22:40
• Meade Lux Lewis "Bass On Top" from The Complete Blue Note Recordings Of Albert Ammons And Meade Lux Lewis (Mosaic) 1:26:36
• Jeremy Steig "Reza" from Jazz Wave, Ltd. on Tour, Volume 1 (Blue Note) 1:31:13
• Freddie Hubbard "Body And Soul" from Jazz Wave, Ltd. on Tour, Volume 1 (Blue Note) 1:43:57