Hod O'Brien Discography
by Joop van der Leij

Generated on Sun, Jul 17, 2011

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Date: January 26, 1957
Location: Van Gelder Studio, Hackensack, NJ
Label: Prestige

Donald Byrd, Art Farmer, Idrees Sulieman (t), Hod O'Brien (p), Addison Farmer (b), Ed Thigpen (d)

a.1066   Palm Court Alley - 7:48  (Idrees Sulieman)
b.1067   Who's Who - 6:29  (Art Farmer)
     Metronome EP 7": MEP 388 — Three Trumpets   (1958)
c.1068   Diffusion Of Beauty - 7:01  (Hod O'Brien)
     Metronome EP 7": MEP 388 — Three Trumpets   (1958)
d.1069   Forty Quarters - 4:34  (Idrees Sulieman)
e.1070   You Gotta Dig It To Dig It - 13:30  (Donald Byrd)
All titles on:      Esquire LP 12": 32-093 — Three Trumpets   
     Xtra LP 12": 5010 — Trumpets All Out   
     Prestige LP 12": PR 7092 — Three Trumpets   
     Prestige LP 12": PR 7344 — Trumpets All Out   
     Original Jazz Classics CD: OJCCD 1801-2 — Three Trumpets   

Date: 1960
Location: New York City
Label: Decca

Gene Quill (ldr), Gene Quill (as), Hod O'Brien (p), Teddy Kotick (b), Nick Stabulas (d)

a.   The Things We Did Last Summer  (Jule Styne, Sammy Cahn)

Additional selections unknown. No information in Michel Ruppli's Decca Label discography.


Date: September 7 & 8, 1960
Location: Nola Penthouse Sound Studios, New York City
Label: Riverside

René Thomas (ldr), J.R. Monterose (ts), René Thomas (g), Hod O'Brien (p), Teddy Kotick (b), Albert 'Tootie' Heath (d)

a.a-01   Spontaneous Effort - 5:18  (J.R. Monterose)
b.a-02   Ruby, My Dear - 4:46  (Thelonious Monk)
c.a-03   Like Someone In Love - 5:50  (Jimmy Van Heusen, Johnny Burke)
d.a-04   M.T.C. - 4:22  (J.R. Monterose)
e.b-01   Milestones - 5:47  (John Lewis)
f.b-02   How Long Has This Been Going On - 5:57  (George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin)
g.b-03   Green Street Scene - 7:35  (J.R. Monterose)
All titles on:      Jazzland LP 12": JLP 927 — Guitar Groove   (1961)
     Jazzland LP 12": JLP 27 — Guitar Groove   (1961)
     Original Jazz Classics LP 12": OJC 1725 — Guitar Groove   
     Original Jazz Classics CD: OJCCD 1725-2 — Guitar Groove   (1992)

J.R. Monterose (ts) on a-b, d-e, g; Hod O'Brien (p) on a-e, g.


Date: December 8, 1960
Location: Jazz Gallery, New York City
Label: [no known recording]

Hod O'Brien (ldr), Ornette Coleman (as), Dizzy Gillespie, Dizzy Reece (t), Hod O'Brien (p), Teddy Kotick (b), Ed Blackwell, Nick Stabulas (d), Larry Storch (spk)

a.   [unknown titles]  (Composer Unknown)
b.   [unknown titles]  (Composer Unknown)
c.   [unknown titles]  (Composer Unknown)
d.   Bernie's Tune [aka Bobby Sox]  (Bernie Miller, Bobby Lehman)
e.   Blues  (Traditional)
f.   Confirmation  (Charlie Parker)

Ornette Coleman (as) on d-f; Dizzy Gillespie (t) on d-f; Dizzy Reece (t) on c; Ed Blackwell (d) on d-f; Nick Stabulas (d) on a-c; Larry Storch (spk) on b.

This benefit for comedian Lord Buckley was described in detail by Ira Gitler in Down Beat 16 Feb 1961, p.47 and by Dan Morgenstern in Jazz Journal "Metronome" column of Mar 1961.


Date: 1968
Location: New York City
Label: ESP-Disk

Al Levitt, Stella Levitt (ldr), Hod O'Brien (p), Al Levitt (d), Stella Levitt (v)

a.   [unknown titles]  (Composer Unknown)

Additional personnel unknown. Further details needed.


Date: July 6, 1973
Location: Loeb Student Center, New York University, New York City
Label: JCOA

Roswell Rudd (ldr), Mike Bresler (pic, f, ss), Martin Alter (f, ob, as), Carlos Ward (f, as), Dewey Redman (cl, ts), Perry Robinson (cl), Charles Davis (ss, bar), Michael Krasnov, Mike Lawrence, Enrico Rava, Charles Sullivan [aka Kamau Adilifu] (t), Janet Donaruma, Sharon Freeman, Jeffrey Schlegel (frh), Roswell Rudd (frh, tb), Art Baron, Gary Brooks (tb), Howard Johnson, Bob Stewart (tu), Hod O'Brien (p), Charlie Haden, Sirone [Norris Jones] (b), Lou Grassi, Beaver Harris (d), Sue Evans, Danny Johnson (per), Sheila Jordan (v)

a.a-01   Vent - 4:50  (Roswell Rudd)
b.a-02   Breathahoward - 2:52  (Roswell Rudd)
c.a-03   Circulation - 10:15  (Roswell Rudd)
d.b-01   Lullaby For Greg - 11:10  (Roswell Rudd)
e.b-02   Aerosphere - 14:15  (Roswell Rudd)
All titles on:      JCOA LP 12": 1007 — Numatik Swing Band   (1976)

Lou Grassi (d) on d; Danny Johnson (per) on e.

Featured soloists are:
a-01 - Beaver Harris
a-02 - Howard Johnson
a-03 - Roswell Rudd
b-01 - Sheila Jordan & Dewey Redman
b-02 - Enrico Rava & Charles Davis

Uncertain whether Lou Grassi and/or Danny Johnson replace Beaver Harris and/or Sue Evans or if they augment the ensemble.


Date: March 1974
Location: Blue Rock Studios, New York City
Label: Freedom

Roswell Rudd (ldr), Roswell Rudd (frh, tb, v), Hod O'Brien (p), Arild Andersen (b), Barry Altschul (d), Sheila Jordan (v)

a.a-01   What Are You Doing The Rest Of Your Life - 5:06  (Michel Legrand, Alan Bergman, Marilyn Bergman)
b.a-02   Maiden Voyage - 8:43  (Herbie Hancock)
     Arista LP 12": AFS 01 — Free And Easy [promotional sampler]   
c.a-03   Suh Blah Blah Buh Sibi - 9:40  (Roswell Rudd)
d.b-01   Waltzing In The Sagebrush - 5:34  (Hod O'Brien)
e.b-02   Moselle Variations - 16:10  (Roswell Rudd)
All titles on:      Arista/Freedom LP 12": AL 1006 — Flexible Flyer   
     Freedom LP 12": PA 6075 — Flexible Flyer   
     Black Lion CD: BLCD 760215 — Flexible Flyer   (1995)

Roswell Rudd (frh) on b, d; (tb) on a, c, e; (v) on c.

Moselle Variations has three parts: Whatever Turns You On Baby; Tuff Muffins; Moselle.


Date: May 8, 1979
Location: Lark Tavern, Albany, NY
Label: Uptown

J.R. Monterose (ldr), J.R. Monterose (ts), Hod O'Brien (p), Teddy Kotick (b), Eddie Robinson (d)

a.a-01   The Shadow Of Your Smile - 13:32  (Johnny Mandel, Paul Francis Webster)
b.a-02   Ruby, My Dear - 9:15  (Thelonious Monk)
c.b-01   Lu-an - 11:10  (J.R. Monterose)
d.b-02   Just Friends - 13:31  (John Klenner, Sam M. Lewis)
All titles on:      Uptown LP 12": UP 27.02 — Live In Albany   (1980)

Date: May 18, 1979
Location: Vanguard Recording Studio, New York City
Label: Progressive

J.R. Monterose (ldr), J.R. Monterose (ts), Hod O'Brien (p), Teddy Kotick (b), Jimmy Wormworth (d)

a.a-01   Lu-an - 6:44  (J.R. Monterose)
b.a-02   Giant Steps - 5:03  (John Coltrane)
c.a-03   My Old Flame - 7:06  (Arthur Johnston, Sam Coslow)
d.b-01   Evelyn's Delight - 4:46  (J.R. Monterose)
e.b-02   Lush Life - 6:50  (Billy Strayhorn)
f.b-03   Marty's Place - 5:40  (J.R. Monterose)
All titles on:      Progressive LP 12": ULS 6036 — Welcome Back, J. R.!   
     Progressive LP 12": PRO 7049 — Lush Life   
     Progressive LP 12": KUX 136-G — Welcome Back, J. R.!   

Sometimes reported as May 13, 1979.


Date: ca. 1980
Label: Uptown

Dave Schildkraut (ldr), Dave Schildkraut (ts), Hod O'Brien (p)

a.   [unknown titles]  (Composer Unknown)

This session planned for UP 27.10 was never issued - further details needed.


Date: May 20, 1981
Location: Gregory's, New York City
Label: [private recording]

Hod O'Brien (ldr), Carmen Leggio (ts), Joe Puma (g), Hod O'Brien (p), Ronnie Markowitz (b)

a.   I Want To Be Happy - 13:13  (Vincent Youmans, Irving Caesar, Otto Harbach)
b.   Body And Soul - 9:36  (Johnny Green, Edward Heyman, Robert Sour, Frank Eyton)

Date: May 20, 1981
Label: SilverTone

Alicia Sherman (ldr), Joe Puma (g), Hod O'Brien (p), Frank Luther (b), Joe La Barbera (d), Alicia Sherman (v)

a.a-01   Hello, Suckers - 3:21  (Hod O'Brien, Fran Landesman)
b.a-02   Don't Get Around Much Anymore - 2:29  (Duke Ellington, Sidney Keith 'Bob' Russell)
c.a-03   It Could Happen To You - 3:18  (Jimmy Van Heusen, Johnny Burke)
d.a-04   Misty - 3:03  (Erroll Garner, Johnny Burke)
e.a-05   Imagination - 4:02  (Jimmy Van Heusen, Johnny Burke)
f.a-06   Everything I've Got - 3:04  (Richard Rodgers, Lorenz Hart)
g.b-01   All By Myself - 2:37  (Irving Berlin)
h.b-02   Spring Can Really Hang You Up The Most - 5:50  (Fran Landesman, Thomas J. Wolf, Jr.)
i.b-03   Darn That Dream - 4:10  (Jimmy Van Heusen, Edgar DeLange)
j.b-04   It Never Entered My Mind - 4:17  (Richard Rodgers, Lorenz Hart)
k.b-05   Angel Eyes - 4:10  (Matt Dennis, Earl Brent)
All titles on:      SilverTone LP 12": NS 247 — I'm A Sucker, Too!   

Hod O'Brien (p) on a-d, f; Frank Luther (b) on a-d, f; Joe La Barbera (d) on a-d, f.


Date: ca. August 1981
Location: Gregory's, New York City
Label: [private recording]

Hod O'Brien (ldr), Al Gafa (g), Hod O'Brien (p), Frank Luther (b)

a.01   There Is No Greater Love - 12:34  (Isham Jones, Marty Symes)
b.02   Just Friends - 8:43  (John Klenner, Sam M. Lewis)
c.03   Solar [aka Sonny] - 7:10  (Chuck Wayne)
d.04   I Love You - 13:35  (Cole Porter)
e.05   Soon - 10:25  (George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin)
f.06   Joy Spring - 5:00  (Clifford Brown)

Final selection is incomplete on only known source.


Date: ca. August 1981
Label: [private recording]

Hod O'Brien (ldr), Steve Veickley (t), Hod O'Brien (p), Jerry Segal, Jr. (d), Stephanie Nakasian (v)

a.   incFour [lyric version 1] - 2:17  (Miles Davis, Eddie Vinson, Bill Loughborough)
b.   I'll Remember April - 6:20  (Don Raye, Gene DePaul, Patricia Johnston)
c.tk 1   Easy To Love - 3:28  (Cole Porter)
d.tk 2   Easy To Love  (Cole Porter)
e.tk 3   Easy To Love - 5:20  (Cole Porter)
f.   But Beautiful - 6:58  (Jimmy Van Heusen, Johnny Burke)
g.tk 1   bdIt Could Happen To You - 0:58  (Jimmy Van Heusen, Johnny Burke)
h.tk 2   It Could Happen To You - 3:44  (Jimmy Van Heusen, Johnny Burke)
i.   The Song Is You - 4:00  (Jerome Kern, Oscar Hammerstein II)
j.   It's You Or No One - 3:44  (Jule Styne, Sammy Cahn)
k.   I Had The Craziest Dream - 3:46  (Harry Warren, Mack Gordon)

d, e performed as medley.

Additional personnel (d) unknown.


Date: December 28, 1981
Location: Nola Studios, New York City
Label: [private recording]

Hod O'Brien (ldr), Hod O'Brien (p), David Finck (b), Tom Jeffrey (d), Stephanie Nakasian (v)

a.01   Hello Young Lovers - 2:48  (Richard Rodgers, Oscar Hammerstein II)
b.02   Dream Dancing - 3:05  (Cole Porter)
c.03   I'm Just A Lucky So And So - 4:18  (Duke Ellington, Mack David)
d.04   I Remember You - 4:04  (Victor Schertzinger, Johnny Mercer)
e.05   A Handful Of Dust - 4:47  (Hod O'Brien, Fran Landesman)
f.06   A Night In Tunisia [lyric version 2] - 2:56  (Dizzy Gillespie, Frank Paparelli, Jon Hendricks)

Professional demo recording.


Date: ca. January 1982
Location: Gregory's, New York City
Label: [private recording]

Hod O'Brien (ldr), Joe Puma (g), Hod O'Brien (p), Jay Leonhart (b)

a.   Lullaby In Rhythm - 15:32  (Edgar Sampson, Walter Hirsch, Clarence Prift, Benny Goodman)
b.   I Hear A Rhapsody - 12:20  (George Fragos, Dick Gasparre, Jack Baker)

Date: March 24 & 25, 1982
Location: Soundtek, New York City
Label: Uptown

Hod O'Brien (ldr), Hod O'Brien (p), Teddy Kotick (b), Jimmy Wormworth (d)

a.a-01   Bits And Pieces - 5:53  (Hod O'Brien)
b.a-02   Jennifer - 7:50  (Teddy Kotick)
c.a-03   Storybook Dreams - 3:09
d.a-04   Through The Smoke - 7:52  (Hod O'Brien)
e.b-01   Ray's Idea - 4:40  (Dizzy Gillespie, Walter 'Gil' Fuller)
f.b-02   Lovely One In The Window  (Tadd Dameron)
g.b-02   Heaven's Doors Are Open Wide - 7:06  (Tadd Dameron)
h.b-03   Hi-Fly - 6:19  (Randy Weston)
i.b-04   Toby's Song - 5:15  (Helen Clary)
All titles on:      Uptown LP 12": UP 27.08 — Bits And Pieces   (1981)
     Sound Hills CD: FSCD 2021 — Bits And Pieces   
     Sound Hills CD: SSCD 8121 — Bits And Pieces   

f, g performed as medley.

LP issue has 1981 date, although certainly not issued in 1981.


Date: March 25, 1982
Location: Soundtek, New York City
Label: Uptown

Allen Eager (ldr), Allen Eager (ts), Hod O'Brien (p), Teddy Kotick (b), Jimmy Wormworth (d)

a.a-01   Just You, Just Me - 6:01  (Jesse Greer, Raymond Klages)
b.a-02   For All We Know - 5:08  (J. Fred Coots, Sam M. Lewis)
c.a-03   Room Service Blues - 7:52  (Allen Eager)
d.b-01   Equinox - 6:25  (John Coltrane)
e.b-02   I Should Care - 7:50  (Axel Stordahl, Paul Weston, Sammy Cahn)
f.b-03   Lady Bird - 6:40  (Tadd Dameron)
All titles on:      Uptown LP 12": UP 27.09 — Renaissance   (1982)

Date: April 1982
Location: The Chambers, Albany, NY
Label: [private recording]

J.R. Monterose, Hod O'Brien (ldr), J.R. Monterose (ss), Hod O'Brien (p)

a.01   A Nightingale Sang In Berkeley Square - 9:10  (Eric Maschwitz, Manning Sherwin)
b.02   Central Park West - 8:46  (John Coltrane)
c.03   Woody 'n You - 8:47  (Dizzy Gillespie)

Date: May 2, 1982
Location: Peachtrees, New Rochelle, NY
Label: [private recording]

Hod O'Brien (ldr), Joe Puma (g), Hod O'Brien (p), Ronnie Markowitz (b)

a.   Norwegian Wood - 10:23  (John Lennon, Paul McCartney)
b.   Tangerine - 14:10  (Victor Schertzinger, Johnny Mercer)

Date: August 22, 1982
Location: Levitt Pavillion, Westport, CT
Label: [private recording]

Nabil Totah (ldr), Pepper Adams (bar), Hod O'Brien (p), Nabil Totah (b), Ray Mosca (d), Stephanie Nakasian (v)

a.01   Between The Devil And The Deep Blue Sea - 8:52  (Harold Arlen, Ted Koehler)
b.02   Get Happy - 8:06  (Harold Arlen, Ted Koehler)
c.03   One For My Baby - 4:22  (Harold Arlen, Johnny Mercer)
d.04   Urban Dreams - 7:43  (Park 'Pepper' Adams)
e.05   Take The "A" Train - 8:26  (Billy Strayhorn)
f.06   Bohemia After Dark - 5:52  (Oscar Pettiford)
g.07   Something To Live For  (Duke Ellington, Billy Strayhorn)
h.07   Day Dream  (Duke Ellington, Billy Strayhorn, John Latouche)
i.07   Lush Life  (Billy Strayhorn)
j.07   Chelsea Bridge - 23:10  (Billy Strayhorn)
k.08   'Tis - 2:10  (Thad Jones)

g, h, i, j performed as medley.

Pepper Adams (bar) on a-b, d-e, h, j-k; Stephanie Nakasian (v) on g.


Date: August 29, 1983
Location: West End Cafe, New York City
Label: [radio broadcast]

Don Lanphere (ldr), Don Lanphere (ss, ts), Jon Pugh (t), Hod O'Brien (p), Jeff Fuller (b), Eliot Zigmund (d)

a.01   Out Of Nowhere - 9:16  (Johnny Green, Edward Heyman)
b.02   Take The "A" Train - 6:15  (Billy Strayhorn)
c.03   Buddip Baw - 8:07  (Don Lanphere)
d.04   The Lord's Prayer - 2:25  (Albert Hay Malotte)
e.05   A. L. C. - 9:40  (Don Lanphere)
f.06   You've Changed - 7:36  (Carl Fischer, Bill Carey)
g.07   Tiny's Fast Blues - 4:48  (Tiny Kahn)

Don Lanphere (ts) on a-c, e-g; Jon Pugh (t) on a-c, e-g; Jeff Fuller (b) on a-c, e-g; Eliot Zigmund (d) on a-c, e-g.

Broadcast on WBGO-FM.

Further information needed on "Tiny's Fast Blues" (recorded elsewhere as "Who Wrote This Thing?" and incorrectly credited to Don Lanphere). This is not a known Kahn composition title.


Date: April 1984
Location: Cafe Devino, New York City
Label: [private recording]

Hod O'Brien (ldr), Bob Zottola, Glenn Zottola (t, fh), Hod O'Brien (p)

a.01   What Is This Thing Called Love - 11:10  (Cole Porter)
b.02   How About You? - 10:08  (Ralph Freed, Burton Lane)
c.03   Do You Know What It Means To Miss New Orleans - 8:14  (Louis Alter, Edgar DeLange)
d.04   It Might As Well Be Spring - 5:50  (Richard Rodgers, Oscar Hammerstein II)
e.05   There Is No Greater Love - 7:12  (Isham Jones, Marty Symes)

Bob Zottola (t) on a-d; (fh) on a-d; Glenn Zottola (t) on a-d; (fh) on a-d.

Recording of b is interrupted on only known source.


Date: June 1, 1984
Location: Orpheus Music, New York City
Label: Uptown

Joe Puma (ldr), Joe Puma (g), Hod O'Brien (p), Red Mitchell (b)

a.a-01   Lovely - 5:14  (Stephen Sondheim)
b.a-02   My Shining Hour - 6:04  (Harold Arlen, Johnny Mercer)
c.a-03   Mood Indigo - 3:44  (Duke Ellington, Barney Bigard, Irving Mills)
d.a-04   Remember - 4:14  (Irving Berlin)
e.b-01   For All We Know - 5:25  (J. Fred Coots, Sam M. Lewis)
f.b-02   Love Nest - 6:30  (Otto Harbach, Louis Hirsch)
g.b-03   Little Joe's Waltz - 6:55  (Joe Puma)
All titles on:      Reservoir LP 12": RSR 102 — Shining Hour   
     Reservoir CD: RSR CD 102 — Shining Hour   (2000)

This session planned for UP 27.22 was never issued on Uptown.


Date: August 30, 1984
Location: De Vorstenburgh, Uden, Netherlands
Label: [private recording]

Stephanie Nakasian, Hod O'Brien (ldr), Hod O'Brien (p), Cor Raatsie (b), Jeroen Ophof (d), Johan Aben (cga), Stephanie Nakasian (v)

a.01   Just You, Just Me - 7:22  (Jesse Greer, Raymond Klages)
b.02   Blue Bossa - 13:22  (Kenny Dorham)
c.03   But Not For Me - 3:59  (George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin)
d.04   I'll Remember April - 4:45  (Don Raye, Gene DePaul, Patricia Johnston)
e.05   Embraceable You - 5:00  (George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin)
f.06   The Girl From Ipanema - 4:23  (Antonio Carlos Jobim, Vinicius DeMoraes, Norman Gimbel)
g.07   Oh, Lady Be Good - 2:40  (George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin)
h.08   Take The "A" Train - 10:32  (Billy Strayhorn)
i.09   I Love You - 10:20  (Cole Porter)
j.10   Day By Day - 3:48  (Axel Stordahl, Paul Weston, Sammy Cahn)
k.11   Night And Day - 4:08  (Cole Porter)
l.12   Ain't Misbehavin' - 3:38  (Thomas 'Fats' Waller, Harry Brooks, Andy Razaf)
m.13   Cotton Tail - 3:26  (Duke Ellington)
n.14   You Go To My Head - 5:52  (J. Fred Coots, Haven Gillespie)
o.15   No More Blues [lyric version of Chega De Saudade] - 1:42  (Antonio Carlos Jobim, Vinicius DeMoraes, Jessie Cavanaugh, Jon Hendricks)
p.16   A Night In Tunisia - 7:42  (Dizzy Gillespie, Frank Paparelli)
q.17   In A Mellotone - 11:00  (Duke Ellington)
r.18   On A Little Street In Singapore - 3:37  (Peter DeRose, Billy Hill)
s.19   Autumn Leaves [aka Les Feuilles Mortes] - 7:02  (Joseph Kosma, Jacques Prevert, Johnny Mercer)
t.20   Sweet Georgia Brown - 3:45  (Ben Bernie, Kenneth Casey, Maceo Pinkard)
u.21   Donna Lee - 10:40  (Miles Davis)
v.22   Don't Get Around Much Anymore - 2:10  (Duke Ellington, Sidney Keith 'Bob' Russell)
w.23   Detour Ahead - 5:20  (Lou Carter, Herb Ellis, John Frigo)
x.24   Hello, Suckers - 3:00  (Hod O'Brien, Fran Landesman)
y.25   You'd Be So Nice To Come Home To - 5:25  (Cole Porter)

Stephanie Nakasian (v) on c-g, j-p, r-t, v-y.

a, g incomplete on only known source.


Date: September 8, 1984
Location: Pall Mall Club, Marseilles, France
Label: [private recording]

Hod O'Brien (ldr), Bob Porcelli (as), Hod O'Brien (p), Eric Lagasse (b), Al Levitt (d)

a.   I Hear A Rhapsody - 19:00  (George Fragos, Dick Gasparre, Jack Baker)
b.   I Remember You - 15:51  (Victor Schertzinger, Johnny Mercer)

Date: September 25, 1984
Location: NCRV Studios, Hilversum, Netherlands
Label: [radio broadcast]

Hod O'Brien (ldr), Hod O'Brien (p), Harry Emmery (b), Eric Ineke (d), Stephanie Nakasian (v)

a.01   Bits And Pieces - 7:38  (Hod O'Brien)
b.02   Sunday - 5:10  (Chester Conn, Bennie Krueger, Ned Miller, Jule Styne)
c.03   Blue Bossa - 6:10  (Kenny Dorham)
d.04   Billie's Bounce - 8:52  (Charlie Parker)
e.05   Easy Living - 5:46  (Leo Robin, Ralph Rainger)
f.06   Hello, Suckers - 2:36  (Hod O'Brien, Fran Landesman)
g.07   I Had The Craziest Dream - 4:53  (Harry Warren, Mack Gordon)
h.08   You'd Be So Nice To Come Home To - 7:07  (Cole Porter)
i.09   Just Friends - 6:01  (John Klenner, Sam M. Lewis)

Stephanie Nakasian (v) on e-h.

Broadcast on NCRV on November 3, 1984.


Date: September 29, 1984
Location: Het Veerhuis, Nieuwegein, Netherlands
Label: [private recording]

Ruud Brink, Hod O'Brien (ldr), Ruud Brink (ts), Hod O'Brien (p), Cor Raatsie (b), Jeroen Ophof (d), Stephanie Nakasian (v)

a.I - 01   Exactly Like You - 9:35  (Jimmy McHugh, Dorothy Fields)
b.I - 02   Darn That Dream - 8:20  (Jimmy Van Heusen, Edgar DeLange)
c.I - 03   Stella By Starlight - 13:35  (Victor Young, Ned Washington)
d.I - 04   Cotton Tail - 4:15  (Duke Ellington)
e.I - 05   Hello Young Lovers - 2:46  (Richard Rodgers, Oscar Hammerstein II)
f.I - 06   Sweet Georgia Brown - 4:12  (Ben Bernie, Kenneth Casey, Maceo Pinkard)
g.I - 07   Misty - 5:22  (Erroll Garner, Johnny Burke)
h.I - 08   Dream Dancing - 4:36  (Cole Porter)
i.I - 09   Oh, Lady Be Good - 6:28  (George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin)
j.II - 01   I'm Getting Sentimental Over You - 9:10  (Ned Washington, George Bassman)
k.II - 02   What's New - 9:13  (Bob Haggart, Johnny Burke)
l.II - 03   Don't Get Around Much Anymore - 2:17  (Duke Ellington, Sidney Keith 'Bob' Russell)
m.II - 04   No More Blues [lyric version of Chega De Saudade] - 3:46  (Antonio Carlos Jobim, Vinicius DeMoraes, Jessie Cavanaugh, Jon Hendricks)
n.II - 05   The Groove Merchant - 4:48  (Jerome Richardson)
o.II - 06   Love For Sale - 5:07  (Cole Porter)
p.II - 07   Autumn Leaves [aka Les Feuilles Mortes] - 8:16  (Joseph Kosma, Jacques Prevert, Johnny Mercer)
q.II - 08   You'd Be So Nice To Come Home To - 7:41  (Cole Porter)
r.III - 01   Donna Lee - 6:38  (Miles Davis)
s.III - 02   Now's The Time - 14:30  (Charlie Parker)
t.III - 03   In A Mellotone - 7:24  (Duke Ellington)

Ruud Brink (ts) on a-m, o-t.


Date: September 30, 1984
Location: Studio 44, Monster, Netherlands
Label: Criss Cross

Chet Baker (ldr), Warne Marsh (ts), Chet Baker (t), Hod O'Brien (p), Cecil McBee (b), Eddie Gladden (d)

a.   Well Spoken - 9:05  (Warne Marsh)
     Criss Cross LP 12": 1010 — Blues For A Reason   (1985)
     Criss Cross CD: 1010 CD — Blues For A Reason   (1985)
b.   altWell Spoken - 10:20  (Warne Marsh)
c.   If You Could See Me Now - 5:35  (Tadd Dameron, Carl Sigman)
     Criss Cross LP 12": 1010 — Blues For A Reason   (1985)
     Criss Cross CD: 1010 CD — Blues For A Reason   (1985)
d.   altIf You Could See Me Now - 5:00  (Tadd Dameron, Carl Sigman)
e.   We Know It's Love - 6:28  (Chet Baker)
     Criss Cross LP 12": 1010 — Blues For A Reason   (1985)
     Criss Cross CD: 1010 CD — Blues For A Reason   (1985)
f.tk 2   We Know It's Love - 6:30  (Chet Baker)
     Criss Cross CD: 1010 CD — Blues For A Reason   (1985)
g.   Minority - 6:50  (Gigi Gryce)
h.   altMinority - 5:50  (Gigi Gryce)
i.   Looking Good Tonight - 8:28
     Criss Cross LP 12": 1010 — Blues For A Reason   (1985)
     Criss Cross CD: 1010 CD — Blues For A Reason   (1985)
j.tk 2   Looking Good Tonight - 5:19
     Criss Cross CD: 1010 CD — Blues For A Reason   (1985)
k.   Imagination - 7:30  (Jimmy Van Heusen, Johnny Burke)
     Criss Cross LP 12": 1010 — Blues For A Reason   (1985)
     Criss Cross CD: 1010 CD — Blues For A Reason   (1985)
l.   Blues For A Reason - 8:38  (Chet Baker)
     Criss Cross LP 12": 1010 — Blues For A Reason   (1985)
     Criss Cross CD: 1010 CD — Blues For A Reason   (1985)

Warne Marsh (ts) on a-b, e-l; Chet Baker (t) on a-j, l.

"Well Spoken" is the chords to "Speak Low"; "We Know It's Love" is the chords to "What Is This Thing Called Love"; "Looking Good Tonight" is the chords to "The Way You Look Tonight".


Date: October 12, 1984
Location: DeFemio's, Yonkers, NY
Label: [private recording]

Hod O'Brien (ldr), Hod O'Brien (p), Harvie Swartz (b), Al DeFemio (d), Stephanie Nakasian (v)

a.01   I'm Getting Sentimental Over You - 10:47  (Ned Washington, George Bassman)
b.02   Just Friends - 13:05  (John Klenner, Sam M. Lewis)
c.03   Don't Blame Me - 13:55  (Jimmy McHugh, Dorothy Fields)
d.04   Can't We Be Friends? - 2:27  (Paul James, Kay Swift)
e.05   No More Blues [lyric version of Chega De Saudade] - 3:19  (Antonio Carlos Jobim, Vinicius DeMoraes, Jessie Cavanaugh, Jon Hendricks)
f.06   I Had The Craziest Dream - 4:38  (Harry Warren, Mack Gordon)
g.07   Cotton Tail - 3:32  (Duke Ellington)
h.08   Autumn Leaves [aka Les Feuilles Mortes] - 9:14  (Joseph Kosma, Jacques Prevert, Johnny Mercer)
i.09   Oh, Lady Be Good - 5:07  (George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin)
j.10   What Is This Thing Called Love - 9:50  (Cole Porter)
k.11   Hello Young Lovers - 2:55  (Richard Rodgers, Oscar Hammerstein II)
l.12   Like Someone In Love - 4:58  (Jimmy Van Heusen, Johnny Burke)
m.13   The Wheelers And Dealers - 3:20  (Dave Frishberg)

Stephanie Nakasian (v) on d-i, k-m.


Date: December 11-16, 1984
Location: Lush Life, New York City
Label: [private recording]

Chet Baker (ldr), Anatole Gerasimov (ss), Scott Robinson, Pietro Tonolo (ts), Chet Baker (t, v), Hod O'Brien, Michael Weiss (p), Dennis Irwin (b), Artt Frank (d)

a.01   There Will Never Be Another You - 11:00  (Harry Warren, Mack Gordon)
b.02   Stella By Starlight - 12:30  (Victor Young, Ned Washington)
c.03   Ray's Idea - 13:25  (Dizzy Gillespie, Walter 'Gil' Fuller)
d.04   Walkin' [aka Gravy] - 5:12  (Jimmy Mundy, Richard Carpenter)
e.05   In Your Own Sweet Way - 9:30  (Dave Brubeck)
f.06   The Thrill Is Gone - 7:40  (Lew Brown, Ray Henderson)
g.07   There Will Never Be Another You - 12:02  (Harry Warren, Mack Gordon)
h.08   In Your Own Sweet Way - 15:45  (Dave Brubeck)
i.09   There Will Never Be Another You - 8:10  (Harry Warren, Mack Gordon)
j.10   Everything Happens To Me - 13:13  (Matt Dennis, Tom Adair)
k.11   Just Friends - 9:35  (John Klenner, Sam M. Lewis)
l.12   Everything Happens To Me - 12:08  (Matt Dennis, Tom Adair)
m.13   There Will Never Be Another You - 7:30  (Harry Warren, Mack Gordon)
n.14   Just Friends - 6:46  (John Klenner, Sam M. Lewis)

Anatole Gerasimov (ss) on a-b; Scott Robinson (ts) on c-d, g; Pietro Tonolo (ts) on e, i, k; Hod O'Brien (p) on a-h, j; Michael Weiss (p) on i, k-n.


Date: January 2, 1985
Location: Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, NJ
Label: Criss Cross

Hod O'Brien (ldr), Pepper Adams (bar), Tom Harrell (t, fh), Hod O'Brien (p), Ray Drummond (b), Kenny Washington (d), Stephanie Nakasian (v)

a.   Opalessence - 10:00  (Hod O'Brien)
     Criss Cross LP 12": 1012 — Opalessence   
b.   Touchstone - 7:00  (Tom Harrell)
     Criss Cross LP 12": 1012 — Opalessence   
c.   Bits And Pieces - 7:02  (Hod O'Brien)
     Criss Cross LP 12": 1012 — Opalessence   
d.tk 1   altJoy Road - 7:54  (Park 'Pepper' Adams)
e.   Joy Road - 7:02  (Park 'Pepper' Adams)
     Criss Cross LP 12": 1012 — Opalessence   
f.   A Handful Of Dust - 7:03  (Hod O'Brien, Fran Landesman)
     Criss Cross LP 12": 1012 — Opalessence   
g.   The Blues Walk [aka Loose Walk; aka Somebody Done Stole My Blues] - 8:52  (Chris Woods)
     Criss Cross LP 12": 1012 — Opalessence   
h.   Detour Ahead - 8:53  (Lou Carter, Herb Ellis, John Frigo)
All titles on:      Criss Cross CD: 1012 CD — Opalessence   

Stephanie Nakasian (v) on f.


Date: March 16, 1985
Location: home of Hod O'Brien, New York City
Label: [private recording]

Chet Baker (ldr), Chet Baker (t), Hod O'Brien (p), David Finck (b), Leo Mitchell (d)

a.01   rehSippin' At Bells - 7:00  (Miles Davis)
b.02   rehTempus Fugue-it [aka Tempus Fugit] - 13:35  (Bud Powell)
c.03   rehTidal Breeze - 24:20  (Harold Danko)
d.04   rehConception - 5:35  (George Shearing)

David Finck (b) on c-d.

All rehearsals include interruptions.


Date: mid-1985
Location: home of Hod O'Brien, New York City
Label: [private recording]

Hod O'Brien (ldr), Ted Brown (ts), Hod O'Brien (p), Ronnie Markowitz (b)

a.01   Strike Up The Band - 10:12  (George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin)
b.02   If I Should Lose You - 10:46  (Leo Robin, Ralph Rainger)
c.03   How High The Moon - 10:26  (Nancy Hamilton, W. Morgan Lewis)
d.04   I've Found A New Baby - 12:54  (Jack Palmer, Spencer Williams)

Date: September 1985
Location: West End Cafe, New York City
Label: [private recording]

Warren Chiasson (ldr), Warren Chiasson (vib), Chuck Wayne (g), Hod O'Brien (p), Steve LaSpina (b), Walter Bolden (d)

a.01   Blues - 8:42  (Traditional)
b.02   Stella By Starlight - 11:40  (Victor Young, Ned Washington)
c.03   Ray's Idea - 11:22  (Dizzy Gillespie, Walter 'Gil' Fuller)
d.04   So In Love - 1:34  (Cole Porter)

Final selection is incomplete on only known source.


Date: October 1985
Location: home of Hod O'Brien, New York City
Label: [private recording]

Hod O'Brien (ldr), Hod O'Brien (p)

a.01   I Cried For You - 5:06  (Gus Arnheim, Arthur Freed, Abe Lyman)
b.02   You Brought A New Kind Of Love To Me - 5:00  (Pierre Norman, Sammy Fain, Irving Kahal)
c.03   Alone Together - 6:04  (Arthur Schwartz, Howard Dietz)
d.04   Oh, You Crazy Moon - 3:46  (Jimmy Van Heusen, Johnny Burke)
e.05   All Through The Night - 3:26  (Cole Porter)
f.06   Falling In Love With Love  (Richard Rodgers, Lorenz Hart)
g.06   I Could Write A Book - 5:05  (Richard Rodgers, Lorenz Hart)
h.07   My Romance - 2:51  (Richard Rodgers, Lorenz Hart)
i.08   Back Home Again In Indiana - 1:04  (James F. Hanley, Ballard MacDonald)
j.09   If Dreams Come True - 3:15  (Edgar Sampson, Benny Goodman, Irving Mills)
k.10   Will You Still Be Mine - 7:20  (Matt Dennis, Tom Adair)

f, g performed as medley.

Recording of i is incomplete on only known source.


Date: October 1985
Location: One Step Down, Washington, DC
Label: [private recording]

Hod O'Brien (ldr), Joshua Breakstone (g), Hod O'Brien (p), Earl Sauls (b), Philip Cuneff (d)

a.01   Groovin' High - 11:34  (Dizzy Gillespie)
b.02   If I Should Lose You - 12:52  (Leo Robin, Ralph Rainger)
c.03   Sevens-Up - 16:36  (Joshua Breakstone)
d.04   The Chase - 11:53  (Tadd Dameron)
e.05   Lynne And Out - 11:30  (Joshua Breakstone)
f.06   Theme For Ernie - 11:55  (Fred Lacey)
g.07   Even Steven - 6:30  (Barry Harris)

Final selection is incomplete on only known source.


Date: November 1, 1985
Location: Blue Note, New York City
Label: [private recording]

J.R. Monterose (ldr), J.R. Monterose (ts), Hod O'Brien (p), Frank Luther (b), Jimmy Cobb (d)

a.01   My Romance - 11:40  (Richard Rodgers, Lorenz Hart)
b.02   On Green Dolphin Street - 16:15  (Bronislau Kaper, Ned Washington)
c.03   Theme For Ernie - 16:35  (Fred Lacey)
d.04   All The Things You Are - 16:05  (Jerome Kern, Oscar Hammerstein II)
e.05   What's New - 14:50  (Bob Haggart, Johnny Burke)
f.06   Woody 'n You - 13:25  (Dizzy Gillespie)

J.R. Monterose (ts) on b-f.


Date: December 23, 1985
Location: Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, NJ
Label: Criss Cross

Ted Brown (ldr), Ted Brown (ts), Jimmy Raney (g), Hod O'Brien (p), Buster Williams (b), Ben Riley (d)

a.tk 1   rehInstant Blue - 6:10  (Hod O'Brien)
b.tk 2   incInstant Blue - 1:48  (Hod O'Brien)
c.tk 3   altInstant Blue - 6:14  (Hod O'Brien)
d.tk 4   Instant Blue - 6:57  (Hod O'Brien)
     Criss Cross LP 12": 1020 — In Good Company   (1986)
     Criss Cross CD: 1020 CD — Good Company   
e.tk 1   rehLost And Found - 4:41  (Hod O'Brien)
f.tk 2   altLost And Found - 6:38  (Hod O'Brien)
g.tk 3   altLost And Found - 6:30  (Hod O'Brien)
h.tk 4   altLost And Found - 6:20  (Hod O'Brien)
     Criss Cross CD: 1020 CD — Good Company   
i.tk 5   Lost And Found - 6:36  (Hod O'Brien)
     Criss Cross LP 12": 1020 — In Good Company   (1986)
     Criss Cross CD: 1020 CD — Good Company   
j.tk 2   altWe'll Be Together Again - 9:00  (Carl Fischer, Frankie Laine)
k.tk 3   We'll Be Together Again - 5:52  (Carl Fischer, Frankie Laine)
     Criss Cross LP 12": 1020 — In Good Company   (1986)
     Criss Cross CD: 1020 CD — Good Company   
l.tk 4   altWe'll Be Together Again - 6:25  (Carl Fischer, Frankie Laine)
     Criss Cross CD: 1020 CD — Good Company   
m.tk 1   altBlimey - 5:06  (Ted Brown)
     Criss Cross CD: 1020 CD — Good Company   
n.tk 2   altBlimey - 4:45  (Ted Brown)
o.tk 4   Blimey - 4:46  (Ted Brown)
     Criss Cross LP 12": 1020 — In Good Company   (1986)
     Criss Cross CD: 1020 CD — Good Company   
p.tk 1   altGee Baby, Ain't I Good To You - 6:30  (Don Redman, Andy Razaf)
q.tk 2   Gee Baby, Ain't I Good To You - 4:46  (Don Redman, Andy Razaf)
     Criss Cross LP 12": 1020 — In Good Company   (1986)
     Criss Cross CD: 1020 CD — Good Company   
r.tk 1   Sir Felix - 4:33  (Jimmy Raney)
     Criss Cross LP 12": 1020 — In Good Company   (1986)
     Criss Cross CD: 1020 CD — Good Company   
s.tk 2   altSir Felix - 4:32  (Jimmy Raney)
     Criss Cross CD: 1020 CD — Good Company   
t.tk 1   People Will Say We're In Love - 6:09  (Richard Rodgers, Oscar Hammerstein II)
     Criss Cross LP 12": 1020 — In Good Company   (1986)
     Criss Cross CD: 1020 CD — Good Company   
u.tk 2   altPeople Will Say We're In Love - 6:48  (Richard Rodgers, Oscar Hammerstein II)
     Criss Cross CD: 1020 CD — Good Company   

Date: January 19, 1986
Location: Fat Tuesdays, New York City
Label: [private recording]

Chet Baker (ldr), Scott Robinson (ts), Chet Baker (t, v), Hod O'Brien (p), Dennis Irwin (b), Leo Mitchell (d)

a.01   Polka Dots And Moonbeams - 9:35  (Jimmy Van Heusen, Johnny Burke)
b.02   Look For The Silver Lining - 5:45  (Jerome Kern, Buddy DeSylva)
c.03   Ellen David - 8:12  (Charlie Haden)
d.04   Old Devil Moon - 7:18  (Burton Lane, E. Y. Harburg)
e.05   My Foolish Heart - 11:25  (Victor Young, Ned Washington)
f.06   This Is Always - 11:32  (Harry Warren, Mack Gordon)
g.07   Just Friends - 10:50  (John Klenner, Sam M. Lewis)
h.08   Ray's Idea - 11:44  (Dizzy Gillespie, Walter 'Gil' Fuller)

Chet Baker (v) on b, e, g.

Recording of b is interrupted on only known source.


Date: May 3, 1986
Location: Woodstock Theater, Woodstock, NH
Label: [private recording]

J.R. Monterose, Hod O'Brien (ldr), J.R. Monterose (ts), Hod O'Brien (ep), Frank Luther (b), Jimmy Cobb (d), Stephanie Nakasian (v)

a.01   All The Things You Are - 17:02  (Jerome Kern, Oscar Hammerstein II)
b.02   Gypsy In My Soul - 3:38  (Clay A. Boland, Moe Jaffe)
c.03   Like Someone In Love - 5:35  (Jimmy Van Heusen, Johnny Burke)
d.04   There Will Never Be Another You - 7:04  (Harry Warren, Mack Gordon)
e.05   Secret Love - 6:50  (Sammy Fain, Paul Francis Webster)
f.06   Sometimes I'm Happy - 5:08  (Vincent Youmans, Irving Caesar)
g.07   When I Look In Your Eyes - 3:17  (Leslie Bricusse)
h.08   Them There Eyes - 5:41  (Maceo Pinkard, Doris Tauber, William Tracey)
i.09   Bags' Groove - 10:47  (Milt Jackson)

J.R. Monterose (ts) on a, d, i; Stephanie Nakasian (v) on b-i.


Date: October 18, 1986
Location: The Glass Slipper, Bethlehem, PA
Label: [private recording]

Urbie Green (ldr), George Young (f, ss, ts), Urbie Green (tb), Paul Meyers (g), Hod O'Brien (p), Michael Moore (b), Ronnie Zito (d), Carol Fredette (v)

a.I - 01   Strike Up The Band - 1:50  (George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin)
b.I - 02   My Funny Valentine - 5:36  (Richard Rodgers, Lorenz Hart)
c.I - 03   Love Thy Neighbor - 4:10  (Harry Revel, Mack Gordon)
d.I - 04   I Didn't Know About You - 5:25  (Duke Ellington, Sidney Keith 'Bob' Russell)
e.I - 05   One Note Samba [aka Samba De Uma Nota Só] - 4:42  (Antonio Carlos Jobim, Newton Mendonça)
f.II - 01   Oh, Lady Be Good - 11:10  (George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin)
g.II - 02   I Hear A Rhapsody - 8:00  (George Fragos, Dick Gasparre, Jack Baker)
h.II - 03   I Thought About You - 7:22  (Jimmy Van Heusen, Johnny Mercer)
i.II - 04   A Fine Romance - 4:20  (Jerome Kern, Dorothy Fields)
j.III - 01   Lester Leaps In - 10:57  (Lester Young)
k.III - 02   You've Changed - 5:48  (Carl Fischer, Bill Carey)
l.III - 03   Wave - 10:38  (Antonio Carlos Jobim)
m.III - 04   I Wish I Knew - 4:22  (Harry Warren, Mack Gordon)
n.III - 05   Please Don't Talk About Me When I'm Gone - 5:54  (Sidney Clare, Sam Stept)

George Young (f) on a, c-f, h-j, l-n; (ss) on a-f, h-j, l-n; (ts) on a, c-f, h-j, l-n; Urbie Green (tb) on a, c-f, h-n; Paul Meyers (g) on a-f, h-n; Carol Fredette (v) on c-e, h-i, l-n.

An unidentified sign-off tune concludes the first (0:54) and second (0:08) sets.

Video and audio recordings exist.


Date: November 16, 1986
Location: Arubaweg 3, Mill, Netherlands
Label: [private recording]

Hod O'Brien (ldr), Hod O'Brien (p)

a.01   The Song Is You  (Jerome Kern, Oscar Hammerstein II)
b.01   Struttin' With Some Barbecue - 7:02  (Lillian Hardin Armstrong, Don Raye)
c.02   Foolin' Myself - 5:05  (Jack Lawrence, Peter Tinturin)
d.03   Have You Met Miss Jones? - 1:07  (Richard Rodgers, Lorenz Hart)
e.04   Laura - 3:25  (David Raksin, Johnny Mercer)
f.05   Do You Know What It Means To Miss New Orleans - 4:42  (Louis Alter, Edgar DeLange)
g.06   I'm Getting Sentimental Over You - 6:25  (Ned Washington, George Bassman)
h.07   Everything Happens To Me  (Matt Dennis, Tom Adair)
i.07   Tangerine  (Victor Schertzinger, Johnny Mercer)
j.07   Daybreak - 9:40  (Ferde Grofe, Harold Adamson)
k.08   Back Home Again In Indiana  (James F. Hanley, Ballard MacDonald)
l.08   Donna Lee - 3:18  (Miles Davis)
m.09   Take The "A" Train - 4:02  (Billy Strayhorn)
n.10   Like Someone In Love  (Jimmy Van Heusen, Johnny Burke)
o.10   Ain't Misbehavin'  (Thomas 'Fats' Waller, Harry Brooks, Andy Razaf)
p.10   Keepin' Out Of Mischief Now - 9:06  (Thomas 'Fats' Waller, Andy Razaf)
q.11   Hod's Boogie Woogie - 2:06  (Hod O'Brien)
r.12   How About You? - 4:22  (Ralph Freed, Burton Lane)
s.13   My Heart Stood Still  (Richard Rodgers, Lorenz Hart)
t.13   Mean To Me - 7:12  (Roy Turk, Fred E. Ahlert)
u.14   Just Friends - 4:55  (John Klenner, Sam M. Lewis)
v.15   There Is No Greater Love - 4:22  (Isham Jones, Marty Symes)
w.16   Soon - 5:00  (George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin)
x.16   A Night In Tunisia - 4:22  (Dizzy Gillespie, Frank Paparelli)

a, b;   h, i, j;   k, l;   n, o, p;   s, t performed as medleys.


Date: November 20, 1986
Location: Nia Domo, Boekel, Netherlands
Label: [private recording]

Hod O'Brien (ldr), Hod O'Brien (p)

a.01   Time On My Hands  (Vincent Youmans, Harold Adamson, Mack Gordon)
b.01   Stars Fell On Alabama  (Mitchell Parish, Frank Perkins)
c.01   Blue Moon  (Richard Rodgers, Lorenz Hart)
d.01   Good Bait  (Tadd Dameron, Count Basie)
e.01   It Don't Mean A Thing  (Duke Ellington, Irving Mills)
f.01   I've Found A New Baby  (Jack Palmer, Spencer Williams)
g.01   Tangerine - 15:54  (Victor Schertzinger, Johnny Mercer)
h.02   Yesterdays - 4:54  (Jerome Kern, Otto Harbach)
i.03   I Thought About You - 4:50  (Jimmy Van Heusen, Johnny Mercer)
j.04   I Love You - 5:10  (Cole Porter)
k.05   Look For The Silver Lining - 4:47  (Jerome Kern, Buddy DeSylva)
l.06   I'm Confessin' (That I Love You) - 3:48  (Doc Dougherty, Al J. Neiburg, Ellis Reynolds)
m.07   Just In Time - 3:48  (Jule Styne, Betty Comden, Adolph Green)
n.08   Isn't It Romantic  (Richard Rodgers, Lorenz Hart)
o.08   Don't Blame Me  (Jimmy McHugh, Dorothy Fields)
p.09   I Love You - 16:24  (Cole Porter)
q.10   Tangerine  (Victor Schertzinger, Johnny Mercer)
r.10   Speak Low  (Kurt Weill, Ogden Nash)
s.10   The Girl From Ipanema  (Antonio Carlos Jobim, Vinicius DeMoraes, Norman Gimbel)
t.10   Meditation [aka Meditação] - 11:15  (Antonio Carlos Jobim, Newton Mendonça, Norman Gimbel)
u.11   Ain't Misbehavin' - 5:20  (Thomas 'Fats' Waller, Harry Brooks, Andy Razaf)
v.12   At Sundown - 5:55  (Walter Donaldson)
w.13   Stars Fell On Alabama  (Mitchell Parish, Frank Perkins)
x.13   Blue Moon  (Richard Rodgers, Lorenz Hart)
y.13   Struttin' With Some Barbecue - 11:50  (Lillian Hardin Armstrong, Don Raye)
z.14   St. Louis Blues - 2:36  (W. C. Handy)
aa.15   I Thought About You - 5:38  (Jimmy Van Heusen, Johnny Mercer)
ab.16   Skylark  (Hoagy Carmichael, Johnny Mercer)
ac.16   How Insensitive [aka Insensatez]  (Antonio Carlos Jobim, Vinicius DeMoraes, Norman Gimbel)
ad.16   Meditation [aka Meditação] - 9:35  (Antonio Carlos Jobim, Newton Mendonça, Norman Gimbel)
ae.17   The Gypsy  (Billy Reid)
af.17   You Brought A New Kind Of Love To Me  (Pierre Norman, Sammy Fain, Irving Kahal)
ag.17   Daybreak  (Ferde Grofe, Harold Adamson)
ah.17   Take The "A" Train - 16:50  (Billy Strayhorn)
ai.18   Georgia On My Mind  (Hoagy Carmichael, Stuart Gorrell)
aj.18   Mean To Me - 7:05  (Roy Turk, Fred E. Ahlert)
ak.19   Look For The Silver Lining - 8:42  (Jerome Kern, Buddy DeSylva)
al.20   She's Funny That Way  (Charles N. Daniels [aka Neil Moret], Richard Whiting)
am.20   That Ole Devil Called Love  (Doris Fisher, Allan Roberts)
an.20   Foolin' Myself  (Jack Lawrence, Peter Tinturin)
ao.20   Sunday - 14:04  (Chester Conn, Bennie Krueger, Ned Miller, Jule Styne)
ap.21   Body And Soul  (Johnny Green, Edward Heyman, Robert Sour, Frank Eyton)
aq.21   But Beautiful  (Jimmy Van Heusen, Johnny Burke)
ar.21   Back Home Again In Indiana  (James F. Hanley, Ballard MacDonald)
as.21   Donna Lee - 9:30  (Miles Davis)

a, b, c, d, e, f, g;   n, o, p;   q, r, s, t;   w, x, y;   ab, ac, ad;   ae, af, ag, ah;   ai, aj;   al, am, an, ao;   ap, aq, ar, as performed as medleys.

m and aa are incomplete on only known source.


Date: November 21, 1986
Location: In Den Wyenborg, Delden, Netherlands
Label: [private recording]

Hod O'Brien (ldr), Hod O'Brien (p)

a.01   I Love You  (Cole Porter)
b.01   Daybreak - 12:07  (Ferde Grofe, Harold Adamson)
c.02   Foolin' Myself - 5:42  (Jack Lawrence, Peter Tinturin)
d.03   How Insensitive [aka Insensatez]  (Antonio Carlos Jobim, Vinicius DeMoraes, Norman Gimbel)
e.03   The Girl From Ipanema - 6:20  (Antonio Carlos Jobim, Vinicius DeMoraes, Norman Gimbel)
f.04   I Thought About You - 2:48  (Jimmy Van Heusen, Johnny Mercer)
g.05   Love Me Or Leave Me - 5:24  (Walter Donaldson, Gus Kahn)
h.06   Skylark  (Hoagy Carmichael, Johnny Mercer)
i.06   She's Funny That Way - 6:13  (Charles N. Daniels [aka Neil Moret], Richard Whiting)
j.07   At Sundown - 4:42  (Walter Donaldson)
k.08   Ain't Misbehavin'  (Thomas 'Fats' Waller, Harry Brooks, Andy Razaf)
l.08   Keepin' Out Of Mischief Now  (Thomas 'Fats' Waller, Andy Razaf)
m.08   Rosetta  (Earl Hines, Henri Woode)
n.08   Corcovado [aka Quiet Nights Of Quiet Stars]  (Antonio Carlos Jobim, Gene Lees)
o.08   Speak Low  (Kurt Weill, Ogden Nash)
p.08   All Through The Night - 10:10  (Cole Porter)
q.09   Like Someone In Love  (Jimmy Van Heusen, Johnny Burke)
r.09   Time After Time - 8:05  (Jule Styne, Sammy Cahn)
s.10   How High The Moon  (Nancy Hamilton, W. Morgan Lewis)
t.10   Ornithology - 4:22  (Charlie Parker, Bennie Harris)
u.11   I Can't Get Started  (Vernon Duke, Ira Gershwin)
v.11   That Ole Devil Called Love  (Doris Fisher, Allan Roberts)
w.11   You Brought A New Kind Of Love To Me  (Pierre Norman, Sammy Fain, Irving Kahal)
x.11   I'm Getting Sentimental Over You - 18:50  (Ned Washington, George Bassman)

a, b;   d, e;   h, i;   k, l, m, n, o, p;   q, r;   s, t;   u, v, w, x performed as medleys.

Recording of f is interrupted on only known source.


Date: November 25, 1986
Location: Mill, Netherlands
Label: [private recording]

Hod O'Brien (ldr), Hod O'Brien (p)

a.01   Confirmation - 4:22  (Charlie Parker)
b.02   Quasimodo - 5:35  (Charlie Parker)
c.03   Confirmation - 3:13  (Charlie Parker)
d.04   Moose The Mooche - 2:55  (Charlie Parker)
e.05   Yardbird Suite  (Charlie Parker)
f.05   Confirmation - 3:25  (Charlie Parker)
g.06   Moose The Mooche - 4:26  (Charlie Parker)
h.07   Quasimodo - 4:08  (Charlie Parker)
i.08   Confirmation - 5:43  (Charlie Parker)
j.09   Donna Lee - 5:36  (Miles Davis)
k.10   Yardbird Suite - 5:30  (Charlie Parker)
l.11   Quasimodo - 2:28  (Charlie Parker)
m.12   Scrapple From The Apple - 4:34  (Charlie Parker)
n.13   Moose The Mooche - 4:18  (Charlie Parker)

e, f performed as medley.


Date: November 30, 1986 - afternoon
Location: Cafe Taurus, Cuyk, Netherlands
Label: [private recording]

Hod O'Brien (ldr), Hod O'Brien (p), Joep Lumey (b), Robbie Peters (d)

a.01   There Is No Greater Love - 12:10  (Isham Jones, Marty Symes)
b.02   I Remember You - 11:42  (Victor Schertzinger, Johnny Mercer)
c.03   Just Friends - 11:11  (John Klenner, Sam M. Lewis)
d.04   Gone With The Wind - 9:25  (Allie Wrubel, Herb Magidson)
e.05   How About You? - 11:12  (Ralph Freed, Burton Lane)
f.06   I Can't Get Started - 10:00  (Vernon Duke, Ira Gershwin)
g.07   Sunday - 8:40  (Chester Conn, Bennie Krueger, Ned Miller, Jule Styne)
h.08   Take The "A" Train - 11:40  (Billy Strayhorn)
i.09   Straight No Chaser - 12:40  (Thelonious Monk)
j.10   Quasimodo - 10:22  (Charlie Parker)
k.11   Strollin' - 11:20  (Horace Silver)
l.12   Lady Bird - 9:40  (Tadd Dameron)
m.13   Blues By Five - 11:25  (Red Garland)

Date: November 30, 1986 - evening
Location: De Schouw, Uden, Netherlands
Label: [private recording]

Hod O'Brien (ldr), Ruud Brink (ts), Hod O'Brien (p), Harry Emmery (b), Rick Hollander (d), Greetje Kauffeld (v)

a.01   Billie's Bounce - 12:30  (Charlie Parker)
b.02   Star Eyes - 12:40  (Don Raye, Gene DePaul)
c.03   But Not For Me - 5:51  (George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin)
d.04   No More Blues [lyric version of Chega De Saudade] - 3:50  (Antonio Carlos Jobim, Vinicius DeMoraes, Jessie Cavanaugh, Jon Hendricks)
e.05   Tenderly - 5:01  (Walter Gross, Jack Lawrence)
f.06   Too Marvelous For Words - 5:10  (Johnny Mercer, Richard Whiting)
g.07   The Way You Look Tonight - 3:56  (Jerome Kern, Dorothy Fields)
h.08   Please Don't Talk About Me When I'm Gone - 4:58  (Sidney Clare, Sam Stept)
i.09   Lazy River - 5:28  (Hoagy Carmichael, Sidney Arodin)
j.10   All Right, OK, You Win - 5:45  (Sidney Wyche, Mayme Watts)
k.11   Four - 11:52  (Eddie Vinson, Miles Davis)
l.12   I've Got The World On A String - 4:20  (Harold Arlen, Ted Koehler)
m.13   They Can't Take That Away From Me - 4:48  (George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin)
n.14   Tea For Two - 3:32  (Vincent Youmans, Irving Caesar)
o.15   It's All Right With Me - 5:25  (Cole Porter)
p.16   One For My Baby - 4:40  (Harold Arlen, Johnny Mercer)
q.17   Sweet Georgia Brown - 5:26  (Ben Bernie, Kenneth Casey, Maceo Pinkard)
r.18   How About You? - 4:25  (Ralph Freed, Burton Lane)
s.19   Ain't Misbehavin' - 4:38  (Thomas 'Fats' Waller, Harry Brooks, Andy Razaf)
t.20   Route 66 - 5:16  (Bobby Troup)
u.21   The Party's Over - 2:40  (Jule Styne, Betty Comden, Adolph Green)

Ruud Brink (ts) on a-f, h-m, o-u; Greetje Kauffeld (v) on c-j, l-u.


Date: December 5, 1986
Location: Mill, Netherlands
Label: [private recording]

Hod O'Brien (ldr), Hod O'Brien (p)

a.01   Trudy's Boogie - 5:58  (Hod O'Brien)
b.02   Ed's Boogie - 6:34  (Hod O'Brien)
c.03   Struttin' With Some Barbecue - 5:11  (Lillian Hardin Armstrong, Don Raye)
d.04   Cherry - 5:40  (Don Redman, Ray Gilbert)
e.05   Sunday - 5:53  (Chester Conn, Bennie Krueger, Ned Miller, Jule Styne)
f.06   Exactly Like You - 4:20  (Jimmy McHugh, Dorothy Fields)
g.07   I Let A Song Go Out Of My Heart - 2:07  (Duke Ellington, Henry Nemo, John Redmond, Irving Mills)
h.08   It Don't Mean A Thing - 6:02  (Duke Ellington, Irving Mills)
i.09   Do You Know What It Means To Miss New Orleans - 8:17  (Louis Alter, Edgar DeLange)
j.10   You're Driving Me Crazy - 7:35  (Walter Donaldson)
k.11   Basin Street Blues - 6:20  (Spencer Williams)
l.12   The Nearness Of You - 4:00  (Hoagy Carmichael, Ned Washington)
m.13   Just You, Just Me - 7:15  (Jesse Greer, Raymond Klages)
n.14   Everything Happens To Me  (Matt Dennis, Tom Adair)
o.14   Stella By Starlight - 6:42  (Victor Young, Ned Washington)
p.15   After You've Gone - 4:04  (Henry Creamer, Turner Layton)

n, o performed as medley.


Date: December 6, 1986
Location: De Spieghel, Groningen, Netherlands
Label: [private recording]

Hod O'Brien (ldr), Sal Nistico (ts), Hod O'Brien (p), Jacques Schols (b), Rick Hollander (d)

a.01   Big Foot [aka Air Conditioning] - 12:18  (Charlie Parker)
b.02   Indian Summer - 10:08  (Victor Herbert, Al Dubin)
c.03   I Hear A Rhapsody - 14:33  (George Fragos, Dick Gasparre, Jack Baker)
d.04   I Can't Get Started - 7:15  (Vernon Duke, Ira Gershwin)
e.05   C.T.A. - 8:48  (Jimmy Heath)
f.05   Pent-Up House - 13:43  (Sonny Rollins)
g.06   How Deep Is The Ocean - 10:00  (Irving Berlin)
h.07   Softly, As In A Morning Sunrise - 13:33  (Sigmund Romberg, Oscar Hammerstein II)
i.08   But Beautiful - 10:55  (Jimmy Van Heusen, Johnny Burke)
j.09   Cheryl - 8:23  (Charlie Parker)
k.10   Stablemates - 12:55  (Benny Golson)

Date: December 7, 1986 - afternoon
Location: Theehuis Avifauna, Alphen aan den Rijn, Netherlands
Label: [private recording]

Hod O'Brien (ldr), Toon Roos (ss, ts), Hod O'Brien (p), Harry Emmery (b), Eric Ineke (d)

a.01   Yardbird Suite - 8:45  (Charlie Parker)
b.02   Autumn Leaves [aka Les Feuilles Mortes] - 12:45  (Joseph Kosma, Jacques Prevert, Johnny Mercer)
c.03   I Love You - 13:51  (Cole Porter)
d.04   Like Someone In Love - 17:10  (Jimmy Van Heusen, Johnny Burke)
e.05   Oleo - 7:20  (Sonny Rollins)
f.06   Have You Met Miss Jones? - 10:55  (Richard Rodgers, Lorenz Hart)
g.07   Invitation - 15:13  (Bronislau Kaper, Paul Francis Webster)
h.08   There Is No Greater Love - 14:38  (Isham Jones, Marty Symes)
i.09   Stella By Starlight - 14:00  (Victor Young, Ned Washington)
j.10   Au Privave - 13:16  (Charlie Parker)

Toon Roos (ss) on b, h; (ts) on c-g, i-j.


Date: December 7, 1986 - evening
Location: De Kakatoe, 's-Hertogenbosch, Netherlands
Label: [private recording]

Hod O'Brien (ldr), Hod O'Brien (p)

a.01   You Brought A New Kind Of Love To Me - 9:07  (Pierre Norman, Sammy Fain, Irving Kahal)
b.02   Do You Know What I See?  (Gerry Mulligan)
c.02   Ain't Misbehavin' - 9:23  (Thomas 'Fats' Waller, Harry Brooks, Andy Razaf)
d.03   Rosetta - 6:30  (Earl Hines, Henri Woode)
e.04   Stella By Starlight  (Victor Young, Ned Washington)
f.04   Speak Low  (Kurt Weill, Ogden Nash)
g.04   All Through The Night - 9:25  (Cole Porter)
h.05   Sunday - 7:50  (Chester Conn, Bennie Krueger, Ned Miller, Jule Styne)
i.06   Daybreak - 7:50  (Ferde Grofe, Harold Adamson)
j.07   As Long As I Live - 7:33  (Harold Arlen, Ted Koehler)
k.08   The Nearness Of You  (Hoagy Carmichael, Ned Washington)
l.08   Stars Fell On Alabama  (Mitchell Parish, Frank Perkins)
m.08   At Sundown - 14:32  (Walter Donaldson)
n.09   Foolin' Myself - 4:56  (Jack Lawrence, Peter Tinturin)
o.10   Skylark - 5:00  (Hoagy Carmichael, Johnny Mercer)
p.11   Take The "A" Train - 6:00  (Billy Strayhorn)
q.12   I'm Getting Sentimental Over You - 7:30  (Ned Washington, George Bassman)
r.13   Mean To Me  (Roy Turk, Fred E. Ahlert)
s.13   I Want A Little Girl - 8:57  (Murray Mencher, Billy Moll)
t.14   But Beautiful  (Jimmy Van Heusen, Johnny Burke)
u.14   If I Had You - 7:00  (Jimmy Campbell, Reg Connelly, Ted Shapiro)
v.15   Struttin' With Some Barbecue - 7:24  (Lillian Hardin Armstrong, Don Raye)

b, c;   e, f, g;   k, l, m;   r, s;   t, u performed as medleys.


Date: December 10, 1986
Location: SJU-Huis, Utrecht, Netherlands
Label: [private recording]

Hod O'Brien (ldr), Hod O'Brien (p), Harry Emmery (b), John Engels (d)

a.01   Falling In Love With Love - 10:10  (Richard Rodgers, Lorenz Hart)
b.02   Autumn Leaves [aka Les Feuilles Mortes] - 11:05  (Joseph Kosma, Jacques Prevert, Johnny Mercer)
     Blue Jack Jazz Records CD: BJJR 015 — Autumn Leaves   
c.03   Minority - 9:35  (Gigi Gryce)
     Blue Jack Jazz Records CD: BJJR 015 — Autumn Leaves   
d.04   Here's That Rainy Day - 9:15  (Jimmy Van Heusen, Johnny Burke)
     Blue Jack Jazz Records CD: BJJR 015 — Autumn Leaves   
e.05   My Romance - 10:10  (Richard Rodgers, Lorenz Hart)
     Blue Jack Jazz Records CD: BJJR 015 — Autumn Leaves   
f.06   Oleo - 7:30  (Sonny Rollins)
     Blue Jack Jazz Records CD: BJJR 015 — Autumn Leaves   
g.07   Love Is Here To Stay  (George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin)
h.07   Foolin' Myself - 8:40  (Jack Lawrence, Peter Tinturin)
i.08   Solar [aka Sonny] - 9:30  (Chuck Wayne)
     Blue Jack Jazz Records CD: BJJR 015 — Autumn Leaves   
j.09   Laverne Walk - 4:25  (Oscar Pettiford)
     Blue Jack Jazz Records CD: BJJR 015 — Autumn Leaves   
k.10   Opalessence - 9:07  (Hod O'Brien)
l.11   Like Someone In Love - 9:32  (Jimmy Van Heusen, Johnny Burke)
m.12   Pent-Up House - 4:55  (Sonny Rollins)
     Blue Jack Jazz Records CD: BJJR 015 — Autumn Leaves   
n.13   But Beautiful - 6:45  (Jimmy Van Heusen, Johnny Burke)
     Blue Jack Jazz Records CD: BJJR 015 — Autumn Leaves   
o.14   Instant Blue - 8:02  (Hod O'Brien)

g, h performed as medley.

Recording of first selection starts late on only known source.


Date: December 12, 1986
Location: De Kave, Lauwe, Belgium
Label: [private recording]

Hod O'Brien (ldr), Sal Nistico (ts), Hod O'Brien (p), Harry Emmery (b), John Engels (d)

a.01   I'm Getting Sentimental Over You - 13:50  (Ned Washington, George Bassman)
b.02   Minority - 10:27  (Gigi Gryce)
c.03   Falling In Love With Love - 9:30  (Richard Rodgers, Lorenz Hart)
d.04   Big Foot [aka Air Conditioning] - 11:53  (Charlie Parker)
e.05   But Beautiful - 9:19  (Jimmy Van Heusen, Johnny Burke)
f.06   Pent-Up House - 13:23  (Sonny Rollins)
g.07   Indian Summer - 12:12  (Victor Herbert, Al Dubin)
h.08   Confirmation - 10:05  (Charlie Parker)
i.09   Like Someone In Love - 16:30  (Jimmy Van Heusen, Johnny Burke)
j.10   Quasimodo - 10:21  (Charlie Parker)
k.11   Easy Living - 9:42  (Leo Robin, Ralph Rainger)
l.12   Blue 'n' Boogie - 10:55  (Dizzy Gillespie, Frank Paparelli)
m.13   Dance Of The Infidels - 6:02  (Bud Powell)
n.14   I Hear A Rhapsody - 16:40  (George Fragos, Dick Gasparre, Jack Baker)
o.15   Woody 'n You - 10:35  (Dizzy Gillespie)

Sal Nistico (ts) on a-b, d-o.

Video and audio recordings exist.


Date: December 13, 1986
Location: Porgy & Bess, Terneuzen, Netherlands
Label: [private recording]

Hod O'Brien (ldr), Sal Nistico (ts), Hod O'Brien (p), Harry Emmery (b), John Engels (d)

a.01   Bobbie Pin - 13:00  (J.R. Monterose)
b.02   Indian Summer - 8:32  (Victor Herbert, Al Dubin)
c.03   Body And Soul - 13:08  (Johnny Green, Edward Heyman, Robert Sour, Frank Eyton)
d.04   Quasimodo - 9:35  (Charlie Parker)
e.05   Pent-Up House - 9:45  (Sonny Rollins)
f.06   Invitation - 19:30  (Bronislau Kaper, Paul Francis Webster)
g.07   Dance Of The Infidels - 10:10  (Bud Powell)
h.08   My Old Flame - 15:04  (Arthur Johnston, Sam Coslow)
i.09   Airegin - 10:30  (Sonny Rollins)
j.10   Minority - 9:32  (Gigi Gryce)
k.11   But Beautiful - 10:31  (Jimmy Van Heusen, Johnny Burke)
l.12   There Is No Greater Love - 14:38  (Isham Jones, Marty Symes)
m.13   Woody 'n You - 11:08  (Dizzy Gillespie)
n.14   The Theme - 7:40  (Miles Davis)
o.15   Salute To Birdland [aka Salute To The Bandbox; aka Reunion]  (Gigi Gryce)
p.15   I'll Remember April - 10:50  (Don Raye, Gene DePaul, Patricia Johnston)

o, p performed as medley.

Sal Nistico (ts) on a-j, l-p.

Audio and video recordings exist.


Date: December 19, 1986
Location: De Tor, Enschede, Netherlands
Label: [private recording]

Hod O'Brien (ldr), Hod O'Brien (p), Tjitse Vogel (b), John Engels (d)

a.01   I Love You - 13:00  (Cole Porter)
b.02   Like Someone In Love - 13:48  (Jimmy Van Heusen, Johnny Burke)
c.03   Pent-Up House - 11:05  (Sonny Rollins)
d.04   I'm Getting Sentimental Over You - 12:01  (Ned Washington, George Bassman)
e.05   Have You Met Miss Jones? - 11:45  (Richard Rodgers, Lorenz Hart)
f.06   Minority - 9:30  (Gigi Gryce)
g.07   My Romance - 13:18  (Richard Rodgers, Lorenz Hart)
h.08   What Is This Thing Called Love - 10:24  (Cole Porter)
i.09   But Beautiful - 10:53  (Jimmy Van Heusen, Johnny Burke)
j.10   Yardbird Suite - 10:02  (Charlie Parker)

Date: December 21, 1986
Location: Theater Pepijn, Den Haag, Netherlands
Label: [private recording]

Hod O'Brien (ldr), Wim Overgaauw (g), Hod O'Brien (p), Harry Emmery (b), John Engels (d)

a.01   What Is This Thing Called Love - 11:00  (Cole Porter)
b.02   Along Came Betty - 9:17  (Benny Golson)
c.03   Stablemates - 10:10  (Benny Golson)
d.04   But Beautiful - 11:20  (Jimmy Van Heusen, Johnny Burke)
     Blue Jack Jazz Records CD: BJJR 009 — Just Friends   (2003)
e.05   Billie's Bounce - 12:18  (Charlie Parker)
     Blue Jack Jazz Records CD: BJJR 009 — Just Friends   (2003)
f.06   I'm Getting Sentimental Over You - 5:30  (Ned Washington, George Bassman)
g.07   Just Friends - 8:38  (John Klenner, Sam M. Lewis)
     Blue Jack Jazz Records CD: BJJR 009 — Just Friends   (2003)
h.08   Solar [aka Sonny] - 13:00  (Chuck Wayne)
     Blue Jack Jazz Records CD: BJJR 009 — Just Friends   (2003)
i.09   I Can't Get Started - 9:30  (Vernon Duke, Ira Gershwin)
     Blue Jack Jazz Records CD: BJJR 009 — Just Friends   (2003)
j.10   Dexterity - 9:05  (Charlie Parker)
     Blue Jack Jazz Records CD: BJJR 009 — Just Friends   (2003)

Wim Overgaauw (g) on a-e, g-j; Harry Emmery (b) on a-e, g-j; John Engels (d) on a-e, g-j.


Date: February 5, 1987
Location: home of Hod O'Brien, Reeders, PA
Label: [private recording]

Al Cohn (ldr), Al Cohn (ts), Hod O'Brien (p), Steve Gilmore (b)

a.01   The Song Is You - 10:32  (Jerome Kern, Oscar Hammerstein II)
b.02   I Remember You - 9:52  (Victor Schertzinger, Johnny Mercer)
c.03   When Your Lover Has Gone - 10:00  (Einar A. Swan)
d.04   Indian Summer - 9:05  (Victor Herbert, Al Dubin)
e.05   It's Only A Paper Moon - 4:30  (Harold Arlen, E. Y. Harburg, Billy Rose)
f.06   Idaho - 8:02  (Jesse Stone)
g.07   I Cover The Waterfront - 9:25  (Johnny Green, Edward Heyman)
h.08   Back Home Again In Indiana - 7:26  (James F. Hanley, Ballard MacDonald)

e is incomplete on only known source.


Date: April 1987
Location: home of Hod O'Brien, Reeders, PA
Label: [private recording]

Hod O'Brien (ldr), Hod O'Brien (p)

a.01   The Song Is You  (Jerome Kern, Oscar Hammerstein II)
b.01   At Sundown - 7:42  (Walter Donaldson)
c.02   Like Someone In Love - 6:37  (Jimmy Van Heusen, Johnny Burke)
d.03   Everything Happens To Me  (Matt Dennis, Tom Adair)
e.03   If I Had You - 6:23  (Jimmy Campbell, Reg Connelly, Ted Shapiro)
f.04   Daybreak - 6:51  (Ferde Grofe, Harold Adamson)
g.05   These Foolish Things - 3:41  (Harry Link, Holt Marvell, Jack Strachey)
h.06   Look For The Silver Lining - 6:43  (Jerome Kern, Buddy DeSylva)
i.07   I Thought About You - 6:42  (Jimmy Van Heusen, Johnny Mercer)
j.08   How Deep Is The Ocean - 6:44  (Irving Berlin)
k.09   Alone Together - 5:46  (Arthur Schwartz, Howard Dietz)
l.10   That Ole Devil Called Love  (Doris Fisher, Allan Roberts)
m.10   Foolin' Myself - 7:55  (Jack Lawrence, Peter Tinturin)
n.11   Love Nest - 5:44  (Otto Harbach, Louis Hirsch)
o.12   Time After Time  (Jule Styne, Sammy Cahn)
p.12   You Brought A New Kind Of Love To Me - 6:29  (Pierre Norman, Sammy Fain, Irving Kahal)
q.13   I Had The Craziest Dream - 4:53  (Harry Warren, Mack Gordon)
r.14   Sweet Sue, Just You - 4:57  (Victor Young, Will J. Harris)
s.15   Sophisticated Lady - 2:03  (Duke Ellington, Mitchell Parish, Irving Mills)

a, b;   d, e;   l, m;   o, p performed as medleys.


Date: September 26, 1987
Location: Dordtse Jazzsociëteit, Dordrecht, Netherlands
Label: [private recording]

Hod O'Brien (ldr), Arie van t' Hof (ts), Hod O'Brien (p), Tjitse Vogel (b), Rick Hollander (d), Stephanie Nakasian (v)

a.01   I Hear A Rhapsody - 10:30  (George Fragos, Dick Gasparre, Jack Baker)
b.02   In A Mellotone - 11:50  (Duke Ellington)
c.03   The Opener [lyric version of Room 608] - 3:45  (Horace Silver, Jon Hendricks)
d.04   Day By Day - 4:15  (Axel Stordahl, Paul Weston, Sammy Cahn)
e.05   Oh, Lady Be Good - 5:40  (George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin)
f.06   The Nearness Of You - 5:55  (Hoagy Carmichael, Ned Washington)
g.07   There Will Never Be Another You - 4:00  (Harry Warren, Mack Gordon)
h.08   Stella By Starlight - 12:35  (Victor Young, Ned Washington)
i.09   Have You Met Miss Jones? - 9:50  (Richard Rodgers, Lorenz Hart)
j.10   Donna Lee - 10:35  (Miles Davis)
k.11   I Only Have Eyes For You - 3:05  (Harry Warren, Al Dubin)
l.12   Sometimes I'm Happy - 6:20  (Vincent Youmans, Irving Caesar)
m.13   My Funny Valentine - 5:40  (Richard Rodgers, Lorenz Hart)
n.14   The Girl From Ipanema - 9:40  (Antonio Carlos Jobim, Vinicius DeMoraes, Norman Gimbel)
o.15   Roll 'Em Pete - 10:30  (Pete Johnson, Joe Turner)

Arie van t' Hof (ts) on n-o; Stephanie Nakasian (v) on c-g, k-o.


Date: September 28, 1987
Location: 't Stulpke, Uden, Netherlands
Label: [private recording]

Hod O'Brien (ldr), Hod O'Brien (p), Harry Emmery (b), John Engels (d), Stephanie Nakasian (v)

a.01   Everything I Love - 10:00  (Cole Porter)
b.02   All The Things You Are - 14:30  (Jerome Kern, Oscar Hammerstein II)
c.03   The Opener [lyric version of Room 608] - 4:30  (Horace Silver, Jon Hendricks)
d.04   Make Me Rainbows - 3:20  (John Towner Williams, Alan Bergman, Marilyn Bergman)
e.05   Yesterdays - 6:20  (Jerome Kern, Otto Harbach)
f.06   Someone To Watch Over Me - 5:25  (George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin)
g.07   There'll Be Some Changes Made - 3:15  (Bill Higgins, W. Benton Overstreet)
h.08   I Hear A Rhapsody - 11:25  (George Fragos, Dick Gasparre, Jack Baker)
i.09   How About You? - 7:20  (Ralph Freed, Burton Lane)
j.10   I Only Have Eyes For You - 3:20  (Harry Warren, Al Dubin)
k.11   Love Is Here To Stay - 3:30  (George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin)
l.12   The Nearness Of You - 5:45  (Hoagy Carmichael, Ned Washington)
m.13   Cotton Tail - 4:50  (Duke Ellington)
n.14   Things Ain't What They Used To Be - 3:20  (Mercer Ellington, Ted Parsons)
o.15   It Don't Mean A Thing - 5:50  (Duke Ellington, Irving Mills)
p.16   Billie's Bounce - 11:35  (Charlie Parker)
q.17   Like Someone In Love - 9:45  (Jimmy Van Heusen, Johnny Burke)
r.18   'Deed I Do - 3:05  (Walter Hirsch, Fred Rose)
s.19   Summertime - 5:55  (George Gershwin, Dubose Heyward)
t.20   I'll Remember April - 6:40  (Don Raye, Gene DePaul, Patricia Johnston)
u.21   Detour Ahead - 5:30  (Lou Carter, Herb Ellis, John Frigo)
v.22   Autumn Leaves [aka Les Feuilles Mortes] - 7:50  (Joseph Kosma, Jacques Prevert, Johnny Mercer)
w.23   You're Driving Me Crazy - 3:15  (Walter Donaldson)
x.24   Roll 'Em Pete - 3:10  (Pete Johnson, Joe Turner)

Stephanie Nakasian (v) on c-g, j-o, r-x.

Final selection is incomplete on only known source.


Date: September 30, 1987
Location: Auberge De Stoof, Mill, Netherlands
Label: [private recording]

Hod O'Brien (ldr), Hod O'Brien (p), Harry Emmery (b), John Engels (d), Stephanie Nakasian (v)

a.I - 01   Stella By Starlight - 11:40  (Victor Young, Ned Washington)
b.I - 02   I'm Getting Sentimental Over You - 11:05  (Ned Washington, George Bassman)
c.I - 03   Now's The Time - 8:45  (Charlie Parker)
d.I - 04   The Opener [lyric version of Room 608] - 3:50  (Horace Silver, Jon Hendricks)
e.I - 05   Whisper Not - 3:20  (Benny Golson)
f.I - 06   Mountain Greenery - 4:10  (Richard Rodgers, Lorenz Hart)
g.I - 07   If I Should Lose You - 3:35  (Leo Robin, Ralph Rainger)
h.I - 08   There'll Be Some Changes Made - 4:40  (Bill Higgins, W. Benton Overstreet)
i.II - 01   Falling In Love With Love - 10:10  (Richard Rodgers, Lorenz Hart)
j.II - 02   Along Came Betty - 11:00  (Benny Golson)
k.II - 03   Confirmation - 9:15  (Charlie Parker)
l.II - 04   Just Friends - 2:45  (John Klenner, Sam M. Lewis)
m.II - 05   Fly Me To The Moon (In Other Words) - 4:40  (Bart Howard)
n.II - 06   Four [lyric version 1] - 5:10  (Miles Davis, Eddie Vinson, Bill Loughborough)
o.II - 07   May I Come In - 5:15  (Marvin Fisher, Jack Segal)
p.II - 08   Oh, Lady Be Good - 4:25  (George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin)
q.II - 09   Blues By Five - 0:40  (Red Garland)
r.III - 01   Minority - 3:55  (Gigi Gryce)
s.III - 02   SNIBOR - 3:25  (Billy Strayhorn)
t.III - 03   Inside A Silent Tear - 3:00  (Linda Albert, Blossom Dearie)
u.III - 04   Blues By Five - 4:40  (Red Garland)

Stephanie Nakasian (v) on d-h, l-p, s-u.

r is incomplete on only known source.


Date: October 2, 1987
Location: Bimhuis, Amsterdam, Netherlands
Label: [private recording]

Ted Brown, Hod O'Brien (ldr), Ted Brown (ts), Hod O'Brien (p), Jacques Schols (b), John Engels (d), Stephanie Nakasian (v)

a.   Softly, As In A Morning Sunrise - 6:10  (Sigmund Romberg, Oscar Hammerstein II)
b.   Jazz Of Two Cities - 3:50  (Ted Brown)
c.   Lennie's Pennies - 3:50  (Lennie Tristano)
d.   Trane's Slo Blues [aka Slowtrane] - 4:30  (John Coltrane)
e.01   Softly, As In A Morning Sunrise - 9:00  (Sigmund Romberg, Oscar Hammerstein II)
f.02   Trane's Slo Blues [aka Slowtrane] - 8:35  (John Coltrane)
     Blue Jack Jazz Records CD: BJJR 029 — I Hear A Rhapsody   
g.03   Wee [aka Allen's Alley] - 8:10  (Denzil Best)
     Blue Jack Jazz Records CD: BJJR 029 — I Hear A Rhapsody   
h.04   Body And Soul - 10:50  (Johnny Green, Edward Heyman, Robert Sour, Frank Eyton)
     Blue Jack Jazz Records CD: BJJR 029 — I Hear A Rhapsody   
i.05   I Hear A Rhapsody - 11:20  (George Fragos, Dick Gasparre, Jack Baker)
     Blue Jack Jazz Records CD: BJJR 029 — I Hear A Rhapsody   
j.06   Sometimes I'm Happy - 6:35  (Vincent Youmans, Irving Caesar)
k.07   Smog Eyes - 6:50  (Ted Brown)
l.08   I've Found A New Baby - 8:25  (Jack Palmer, Spencer Williams)
     Blue Jack Jazz Records CD: BJJR 029 — I Hear A Rhapsody   
m.09   Lullaby Of The Leaves - 8:50  (Bernice Petkere, Joe Young)
     Blue Jack Jazz Records CD: BJJR 029 — I Hear A Rhapsody   
n.10   Jazz Of Two Cities - 7:25  (Ted Brown)
     Blue Jack Jazz Records CD: BJJR 029 — I Hear A Rhapsody   
o.11   Relaxin' At Camarillo - 10:20  (Charlie Parker)
     Blue Jack Jazz Records CD: BJJR 029 — I Hear A Rhapsody   
p.12   Star Dust - 9:05  (Hoagy Carmichael, Mitchell Parish)
q.13   Cherokee - 8:50  (Ray Noble)
r.14   Cotton Tail - 5:45  (Duke Ellington)
s.15   Easy Living - 3:10  (Leo Robin, Ralph Rainger)
t.16   Confirmation - 7:35  (Charlie Parker)
u.17   Blues By Five - 4:40  (Red Garland)

Stephanie Nakasian (v) on j-k, r-t.

a-d are from sound check.


Date: October 3, 1987
Location: De Nieuwe Slof, Beverwijk, Netherlands
Label: [private recording]

Ted Brown, Hod O'Brien (ldr), Ted Brown, Joop van Enkhuizen (ts), Hod O'Brien (p), Egon Kracht (b), Max Bolleman (d), Stephanie Nakasian (v)

a.01   Billie's Bounce - 9:40  (Charlie Parker)
b.02   Softly, As In A Morning Sunrise - 9:25  (Sigmund Romberg, Oscar Hammerstein II)
c.03   Trane's Slo Blues [aka Slowtrane] - 10:10  (John Coltrane)
d.04   Exactly Like You - 3:40  (Jimmy McHugh, Dorothy Fields)
e.05   I'll Remember April - 6:25  (Don Raye, Gene DePaul, Patricia Johnston)
f.06   Sometimes I'm Happy - 8:55  (Vincent Youmans, Irving Caesar)
g.07   Embraceable You - 6:30  (George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin)
h.08   Cotton Tail - 6:30  (Duke Ellington)
i.09   Smog Eyes - 9:35  (Ted Brown)
j.10   Body And Soul - 11:20  (Johnny Green, Edward Heyman, Robert Sour, Frank Eyton)
k.11   Buzzy - 10:00  (Charlie Parker)
l.12   Bernie's Tune [aka Bobby Sox] - 11:20  (Bernie Miller, Bobby Lehman)
m.13   Sunday - 6:25  (Chester Conn, Bennie Krueger, Ned Miller, Jule Styne)
n.14   If I Should Lose You - 4:35  (Leo Robin, Ralph Rainger)
o.15   Roll 'Em Pete - 9:10  (Pete Johnson, Joe Turner)
p.16   Confirmation - 8:55  (Charlie Parker)

Joop van Enkhuizen (ts) on k-l, o-p; Stephanie Nakasian (v) on d-i, m-p.


Date: October 4, 1987
Location: Cristofori, Amsterdam, Netherlands
Label: [private recording]

Ted Brown, Hod O'Brien (ldr), Ted Brown (ts), Hod O'Brien (p), Jacques Schols (b), Stephanie Nakasian (v)

a.01   I Hear A Rhapsody - 9:15  (George Fragos, Dick Gasparre, Jack Baker)
b.02   Lover, Come Back To Me - 8:50  (Sigmund Romberg, Oscar Hammerstein II)
     Criss Cross CD: 1031 CD — Free Spirit   
c.03   Lullaby Of The Leaves - 9:10  (Bernice Petkere, Joe Young)
d.04   But Not For Me - 4:05  (George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin)
e.05   Autumn Leaves [aka Les Feuilles Mortes] - 6:55  (Joseph Kosma, Jacques Prevert, Johnny Mercer)
f.06   Cotton Tail - 6:50  (Duke Ellington)
g.07   Relaxin' At Camarillo - 7:15  (Charlie Parker)
     Criss Cross LP 12": 1031 — Free Spirit   
     Criss Cross CD: 1031 CD — Free Spirit   
h.08   Body And Soul - 11:25  (Johnny Green, Edward Heyman, Robert Sour, Frank Eyton)
     Criss Cross CD: 1031 CD — Free Spirit   
i.09   Yardbird Suite - 8:20  (Charlie Parker)
     Criss Cross LP 12": 1031 — Free Spirit   
     Criss Cross CD: 1031 CD — Free Spirit   
j.10   Sometimes I'm Happy - 6:00  (Vincent Youmans, Irving Caesar)
k.11   Smog Eyes - 3:48  (Ted Brown)
l.12   The Nearness Of You - 7:35  (Hoagy Carmichael, Ned Washington)
m.13   Confirmation - 10:10  (Charlie Parker)

Stephanie Nakasian (v) on d-f, j-m.

Video and audio recordings exist.


Date: October 6, 1987
Location: Mierlo, Netherlands
Label: [private recording]

Hod O'Brien (ldr), Ryszard Kwasnieuwski (ss), Henryk Stefanski (g), Hod O'Brien (p), Stanislaw Pjotrowski (b), Stephanie Nakasian (v), Tamasz Sacha (v, oth)

a.01   Sweet Georgia Brown - 3:30  (Ben Bernie, Kenneth Casey, Maceo Pinkard)
b.02   Sunday - 6:22  (Chester Conn, Bennie Krueger, Ned Miller, Jule Styne)
c.03   Ain't Misbehavin' - 4:58  (Thomas 'Fats' Waller, Harry Brooks, Andy Razaf)
d.04   Billie's Bounce - 7:30  (Charlie Parker)
e.05   Yardbird Suite - 7:00  (Charlie Parker)
f.06   Autumn Leaves [aka Les Feuilles Mortes] - 8:05  (Joseph Kosma, Jacques Prevert, Johnny Mercer)
g.07   How High The Moon - 3:00  (Nancy Hamilton, W. Morgan Lewis)

f is incomplete on only known source.

Sacha also plays gobophone - "a tiny children's mouthpiece saxophone. It is vocally blown with the sound varied by a simple glass of water functioning as the resonance body." - http://www.timeless-records.com/wimwigt/artists.html


Date: October 9, 1987
Location: De Tongelreep, Eindhoven, Netherlands
Label: [private recording]

Ted Brown, Hod O'Brien (ldr), Ted Brown (ts), Hod O'Brien (p), Jacques Schols (b), John Engels (d), Stephanie Nakasian (v)

a.01   Just You, Just Me - 9:55  (Jesse Greer, Raymond Klages)
b.02   The Song Is You - 11:55  (Jerome Kern, Oscar Hammerstein II)
c.03   Buzzy - 11:27  (Charlie Parker)
d.04   Just Friends - 4:00  (John Klenner, Sam M. Lewis)
e.05   The Girl From Ipanema - 7:00  (Antonio Carlos Jobim, Vinicius DeMoraes, Norman Gimbel)
f.06   Autumn Leaves [aka Les Feuilles Mortes] - 4:30  (Joseph Kosma, Jacques Prevert, Johnny Mercer)
g.07   There'll Be Some Changes Made - 6:05  (Bill Higgins, W. Benton Overstreet)
h.08   Star Eyes - 10:10  (Don Raye, Gene DePaul)
i.09   Lover, Come Back To Me - 10:05  (Sigmund Romberg, Oscar Hammerstein II)
j.10   Darn That Dream - 9:38  (Jimmy Van Heusen, Edgar DeLange)
k.11   I Hear A Rhapsody - 9:06  (George Fragos, Dick Gasparre, Jack Baker)
l.12   I Only Have Eyes For You - 3:35  (Harry Warren, Al Dubin)
m.13   Inside A Silent Tear - 5:15  (Linda Albert, Blossom Dearie)
n.14   Gone With The Wind - 7:45  (Allie Wrubel, Herb Magidson)
o.15   Lullaby Of The Leaves - 6:53  (Bernice Petkere, Joe Young)
p.16   Detour Ahead - 5:27  (Lou Carter, Herb Ellis, John Frigo)
q.17   Sweet Georgia Brown - 9:50  (Ben Bernie, Kenneth Casey, Maceo Pinkard)
r.18   Blues By Five - 0:40  (Red Garland)

Stephanie Nakasian (v) on d-g, l-q.

Video and audio recordings exist.


Date: October 10, 1987
Location: Studio 44, Monster, Netherlands
Label: Criss Cross

Ted Brown (ldr), Ted Brown (ts), Hod O'Brien (p), Jacques Schols (b)

a.   Darn That Dream - 9:14  (Jimmy Van Heusen, Edgar DeLange)
b.   Lester Leaps In - 6:51  (Lester Young)
c.   Trane's Slo Blues [aka Slowtrane] - 7:02  (John Coltrane)
d.   Smog Eyes - 7:58  (Ted Brown)
All titles on:      Criss Cross LP 12": 1031 — Free Spirit   
     Criss Cross CD: 1031 CD — Free Spirit   

Date: October 10, 1987
Location: Concertgebouw, Hengelo, Netherlands
Label: [private recording]

Ted Brown, Hod O'Brien (ldr), Ted Brown (ts), Hod O'Brien (p), Ruud Ouwehand (b), Stephanie Nakasian (v)

a.01   Just You, Just Me - 9:56  (Jesse Greer, Raymond Klages)
b.02   The Song Is You - 11:50  (Jerome Kern, Oscar Hammerstein II)
c.03   Trane's Slo Blues [aka Slowtrane] - 10:43  (John Coltrane)
d.04   Exactly Like You - 3:43  (Jimmy McHugh, Dorothy Fields)
e.05   The Girl From Ipanema - 7:07  (Antonio Carlos Jobim, Vinicius DeMoraes, Norman Gimbel)
f.06   Cotton Tail - 6:10  (Duke Ellington)
g.07   Sunday - 5:25  (Chester Conn, Bennie Krueger, Ned Miller, Jule Styne)
h.08   Someone To Watch Over Me - 5:10  (George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin)
i.09   Sweet Georgia Brown - 4:35  (Ben Bernie, Kenneth Casey, Maceo Pinkard)
j.10   Softly, As In A Morning Sunrise - 8:00  (Sigmund Romberg, Oscar Hammerstein II)
k.11   Cherokee - 10:50  (Ray Noble)
l.12   Yesterdays - 4:52  (Jerome Kern, Otto Harbach)
m.13   It Don't Mean A Thing - 6:25  (Duke Ellington, Irving Mills)
n.14   But Beautiful - 2:55  (Jimmy Van Heusen, Johnny Burke)
o.15   Oh, Lady Be Good - 4:42  (George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin)

Stephanie Nakasian (v) on d-i, l-o.

Video and audio recordings exist.

Final selection is incomplete on only known source.


Date: October 14, 1987
Location: De Jonghe Graef van Bueren, Hilversum, Netherlands
Label: [private recording]

Hod O'Brien (ldr), Hod O'Brien (p), Jacques Schols (b), Rick Hollander (d), Stephanie Nakasian (v)

a.01   Out Of Nowhere - 11:15  (Johnny Green, Edward Heyman)
b.02   Falling In Love With Love - 11:25  (Richard Rodgers, Lorenz Hart)
c.03   Yardbird Suite - 8:45  (Charlie Parker)
d.04   Love Is Here To Stay - 13:10  (George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin)
e.05   I Hear A Rhapsody - 13:00  (George Fragos, Dick Gasparre, Jack Baker)
f.06   What Is This Thing Called Love - 5:35  (Cole Porter)
g.07   Watch What Happens - 3:10  (Michel Legrand, Jacques Demy, Norman Gimbel)
h.08   It Might As Well Be Spring - 6:30  (Richard Rodgers, Oscar Hammerstein II)
i.09   My One And Only - 3:25  (George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin)
j.10   Mountain Greenery - 5:40  (Richard Rodgers, Lorenz Hart)
k.11   Day By Day - 3:45  (Axel Stordahl, Paul Weston, Sammy Cahn)
l.12   The Girl From Ipanema - 6:55  (Antonio Carlos Jobim, Vinicius DeMoraes, Norman Gimbel)
m.13   Too Late Now - 6:00  (Burton Lane, Alan Jay Lerner)
n.14   Everybody's Boppin' - 6:50  (Jon Hendricks)
o.15   In A Mellotone - 9:10  (Duke Ellington)

Stephanie Nakasian (v) on g-o.


Date: March 8, 1988
Location: A & R Studios, New York City
Label: V.S.O.P.

Stephanie Nakasian (ldr), Phil Woods (as), Wayne Andre (tb), Warren Chiasson (vib), Hod O'Brien (p), Nabil Totah (b), Ray Mosca (d), Ed Hudak (cga), Bill Goodwin (chk), Stephanie Nakasian (v)

a.01   Everything  (Rupert Holmes, Paul Williams)
b.01   Comin' Alive - 3:33  (Stephanie Nakasian)
c.02   My One And Only Love - 3:55  (Robert Mellin, Guy Wood)
d.03   You're Driving Me Crazy - 3:05  (Walter Donaldson)
e.04   Mystery Man - 2:42  (Hod O'Brien, Fran Landesman)
f.05   May I Come In - 5:04  (Marvin Fisher, Jack Segal)
g.06   It Happened In Monterey - 2:38  (Billy Rose, Mabel Wayne)
h.07   I'm In Love Again - 4:56  (Cy Coleman, Peggy Lee, Bill Schluger)
i.08   You Don't Know What Love Is - 3:36  (Don Raye, Gene DePaul)
j.09   Make Me Rainbows - 3:18  (John Towner Williams, Alan Bergman, Marilyn Bergman)
k.10   Things Ain't What They Used To Be - 5:06  (Mercer Ellington, Ted Parsons)
l.11   Inside A Silent Tear - 2:42  (Linda Albert, Blossom Dearie)
m.12   Soon - 4:09  (George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin)
All titles on:      V.S.O.P. CD: 73 — Comin' Alive   (1989)

a, b performed as medley.

Phil Woods (as) on b, g-i, k, m; Wayne Andre (tb) on c, e, i, k-l; Warren Chiasson (vib) on f, h, j, l; Hod O'Brien (p) on b-m; Nabil Totah (b) on b-m; Ray Mosca (d) on b-m; Ed Hudak (cga) on b, j; Bill Goodwin (chk) on b, j.


Date: July 2, 1988
Location: Jazzhus Slukefter, Copenhagen, Denmark
Label: Storyville

J.R. Monterose (ldr), J.R. Monterose (ts), Hod O'Brien (p), Niels 'Guffy' Pallesen (b), Jesper Elen (d), Stephanie Nakasian (v)

a.01   I Hear A Rhapsody - 10:15  (George Fragos, Dick Gasparre, Jack Baker)
b.02   Love Is Here To Stay - 10:15  (George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin)
c.03   You Don't Know What Love Is - 12:57  (Don Raye, Gene DePaul)
     Storyville CD: STCD 8291 — T. T. T.    (1999)
d.04   Lady Bird - 10:15  (Tadd Dameron)
e.06   Sometimes I'm Happy - 7:07  (Vincent Youmans, Irving Caesar)
f.07   Pain And Suffering...And A Little Pleasure - 10:10  (J.R. Monterose)
g.08   Theme For Ernie - 17:10  (Fred Lacey)
h.09   All The Things You Are - 12:06  (Jerome Kern, Oscar Hammerstein II)
     Storyville CD: STCD 8291 — T. T. T.    (1999)
i.11   Opalessence - 9:55  (Hod O'Brien)
j.12   What's New - 14:12  (Bob Haggart, Johnny Burke)
     Storyville CD: STCD 8291 — T. T. T.    (1999)
k.13   Central Park West - 11:38  (John Coltrane)
     Storyville CD: STCD 8291 — T. T. T.    (1999)
l.14   Green Street Scene - 10:00  (J.R. Monterose)
     Storyville CD: STCD 8291 — T. T. T.    (1999)
m.15   Concierto De Aranjuez - 13:20  (Joaquin Rodrigo)

J.R. Monterose (ts) on c-m; Stephanie Nakasian (v) on e.

Recorded by Danish Broadcast Corporation.

"Green Street Scene" issued as "Airegin-Bebop Theme"


Date: July 3, 1988
Location: La Fontaine, Copenhagen, Denmark
Label: [private recording]

J.R. Monterose (ldr), J.R. Monterose (ts), Hod O'Brien (p), Niels 'Guffy' Pallesen (b), Jesper Elen (d)

a.01   All The Things You Are - 14:15  (Jerome Kern, Oscar Hammerstein II)
b.02   A Nightingale Sang In Berkeley Square - 13:15  (Eric Maschwitz, Manning Sherwin)
c.03   Woody 'n You - 10:55  (Dizzy Gillespie)
d.04   I Love You - 9:40  (Cole Porter)
e.05   Everything I Love - 11:05  (Cole Porter)
f.06   What's New - 16:55  (Bob Haggart, Johnny Burke)
g.07   Central Park West - 12:40  (John Coltrane)
h.08   Pain And Suffering...And A Little Pleasure - 12:40  (J.R. Monterose)
i.09   Parker's Mood - 11:45  (Charlie Parker)
j.10   Stella By Starlight - 11:20  (Victor Young, Ned Washington)

J.R. Monterose (ts) on a-c, f-j.

Recording of f. and i. is interrupted on only known source.


Date: July 4, 1988
Location: Jazzhus Slukefter, Copenhagen, Denmark
Label: [private recording]

J.R. Monterose (ldr), Lee Konitz (as), Bent Jædig, J.R. Monterose (ts), Hod O'Brien (p), Niels 'Guffy' Pallesen (b), Jesper Elen (d), Richard Boone, Stephanie Nakasian (v)

a.01   Just Friends - 10:20  (John Klenner, Sam M. Lewis)
b.02   All The Things You Are - 15:10  (Jerome Kern, Oscar Hammerstein II)
c.03   I Should Care - 10:20  (Axel Stordahl, Paul Weston, Sammy Cahn)
d.04   Lady Bird - 9:25  (Tadd Dameron)
e.06   Cotton Tail - 4:55  (Duke Ellington)
f.07   Pain And Suffering...And A Little Pleasure - 12:10  (J.R. Monterose)
g.08   Theme For Ernie - 17:10  (Fred Lacey)
h.10   Love Is Here To Stay - 11:50  (George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin)
i.11   What's New - 12:45  (Bob Haggart, Johnny Burke)
j.12   Star Eyes - 13:20  (Don Raye, Gene DePaul)

Lee Konitz (as) on i-j; Bent Jædig (ts) on i-j; J.R. Monterose (ts) on c-g, i-j; Richard Boone (v) on c; Stephanie Nakasian (v) on e.


Date: July 8, 1988
Location: North Sea Jazz Festival - Bon Bini Room, Congresgebouw, Den Haag, Netherlands
Label: [private recording]

J.R. Monterose (ldr), J.R. Monterose (ts), Hod O'Brien (p), Jacques Schols (b), John Engels (d), Stephanie Nakasian (v)

a.01   Cotton Tail  (Duke Ellington)
b.02   What's New - 7:45  (Bob Haggart, Johnny Burke)
c.03   Pain And Suffering...And A Little Pleasure - 9:17  (J.R. Monterose)
d.04   Theme For Ernie - 11:50  (Fred Lacey)
e.05   All The Things You Are - 8:47  (Jerome Kern, Oscar Hammerstein II)
f.06   Blues - 3:15  (Traditional)

Stephanie Nakasian (v) on a.

First and last selections are incomplete on only known source.


Date: July 9, 1988
Location: North Sea Jazz Festival - Van Gogh Room, Congresgebouw, Den Haag, Netherlands
Label: [private recording]

J.R. Monterose, Hod O'Brien (ldr), J.R. Monterose (ts), Hod O'Brien (p), Jacques Schols (b), John Engels (d), Stephanie Nakasian (v)

a.01   Whisper Not - 3:05  (Benny Golson)
b.02   Make Me Rainbows - 2:35  (John Towner Williams, Alan Bergman, Marilyn Bergman)
c.03   Things Ain't What They Used To Be - 3:20  (Mercer Ellington, Ted Parsons)
d.04   Never Let Me Go - 2:18  (Ray Evans, Jay Livingston)
e.05   Oh, Lady Be Good - 3:00  (George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin)
f.06   What's New - 9:48  (Bob Haggart, Johnny Burke)
g.07   Pain And Suffering...And A Little Pleasure - 9:16  (J.R. Monterose)
h.08   Theme For Ernie - 13:05  (Fred Lacey)
i.09   I Hear A Rhapsody - 7:40  (George Fragos, Dick Gasparre, Jack Baker)
j.10   Blues - 3:05  (Traditional)
k.11   All The Things You Are - 7:20  (Jerome Kern, Oscar Hammerstein II)

Stephanie Nakasian (v) on a-e, j.


Date: November 4, 1988
Location: Kleintje Festival - Hotel ter Stege, Oldenzaal, Netherlands
Label: [private recording]

Hod O'Brien (ldr), Willy van Diepen (cl, as), Henk Haazewinkel (ts), Mark Weber (g), Hod O'Brien (p), Ruud Ouwehand (b), Hans Dekker (d), Wilma van Diepen (v)

a.01   I'm Getting Sentimental Over You - 9:45  (Ned Washington, George Bassman)
b.02   Love Is Here To Stay - 12:10  (George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin)
c.03   Time After Time - 13:58  (Jule Styne, Sammy Cahn)
d.04   A Foggy Day - 5:58  (George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin)
e.05   Four [lyric version 1] - 6:30  (Miles Davis, Eddie Vinson, Bill Loughborough)
f.06   I Hear A Rhapsody - 9:45  (George Fragos, Dick Gasparre, Jack Baker)
g.07   My Little Suede Shoes - 10:30  (Charlie Parker)
h.08   Just In Time - 5:05  (Jule Styne, Betty Comden, Adolph Green)
i.09   Just Friends - 8:45  (John Klenner, Sam M. Lewis)
j.10   Route 66 - 11:22  (Bobby Troup)
k.11   Au Privave - 10:50  (Charlie Parker)

Henk Haazewinkel (ts) on k; Wilma van Diepen (v) on d-e, h-i.

Audio and video recordings exist. d-e exist only on video.


Date: November 9, 1988
Location: Studio 44, Monster, Netherlands
Label: [private recording]

Hod O'Brien, Ferdinand Povel, Doug Raney (ldr), Ferdinand Povel (ss, ts), Doug Raney (g), Hod O'Brien (p), Stefan Lievestro (b), Max Bolleman (d)

a.   I Hear A Rhapsody  (George Fragos, Dick Gasparre, Jack Baker)

Additional unknown selections.


Date: November 10, 1988
Location: De Kave, Lauwe, Belgium
Label: [private recording]

Hod O'Brien, Ferdinand Povel, Doug Raney (ldr), Ferdinand Povel (ts), Doug Raney (g), Hod O'Brien (p), Stefan Lievestro (b), Max Bolleman (d)

a.01   The Arrival - 10:08  (Horace Parlan)
b.02   Along Came Betty - 16:50  (Benny Golson)
c.03   I Hear A Rhapsody - 12:00  (George Fragos, Dick Gasparre, Jack Baker)
d.04   Joop's Lope - 13:30  (Hod O'Brien)
e.05   Just One Of Those Things - 12:25  (Cole Porter)
f.06   Up In Quincy's Room - 9:35  (Gigi Gryce)
g.07   Star Eyes - 13:35  (Don Raye, Gene DePaul)
h.08   Our Delight - 8:18  (Tadd Dameron)
i.09   Something's Up - 18:18  (Doug Raney)
j.10   Ev'ry Time We Say Goodbye - 7:40  (Cole Porter)
k.11   Speedy Recovery - 12:05  (Doug Raney)

Ferdinand Povel (ts) on a-g, i-k; Doug Raney (g) on a-g, i-k.


Date: November 11, 1988
Location: Summertime, Wachtebeke, Belgium
Label: [private recording]

Hod O'Brien, Ferdinand Povel, Doug Raney (ldr), Ferdinand Povel (ss, ts), Doug Raney (g), Hod O'Brien (p), Stefan Lievestro (b), Max Bolleman (d)

a.01   The Arrival - 11:20  (Horace Parlan)
b.02   Along Came Betty - 17:20  (Benny Golson)
c.03   Invitation - 19:00  (Bronislau Kaper, Paul Francis Webster)
d.04   Our Delight - 8:02  (Tadd Dameron)
e.05   The End Of A Love Affair - 16:45  (Edward C. Redding)
f.06   Star Eyes - 18:00  (Don Raye, Gene DePaul)
g.07   Close Your Eyes - 15:20  (Bernice Petkere)
h.08   Joop's Lope - 16:00  (Hod O'Brien)
i.09   Up In Quincy's Room - 13:20  (Gigi Gryce)

Ferdinand Povel (ss) on a-c, e-i; (ts) on a-c, e-i; Doug Raney (g) on a-c, e-i.


Date: November 12, 1988
Location: Porgy & Bess, Terneuzen, Netherlands
Label: [private recording]

Hod O'Brien, Ferdinand Povel, Doug Raney (ldr), Ferdinand Povel (ss, ts), Doug Raney (g), Hod O'Brien (p), Stefan Lievestro (b), Max Bolleman (d)

a.01   The Arrival - 10:35  (Horace Parlan)
b.02   Along Came Betty - 18:30  (Benny Golson)
c.03   Close Your Eyes - 11:00  (Bernice Petkere)
d.04   Our Delight - 8:00  (Tadd Dameron)
e.05   Invitation - 19:08  (Bronislau Kaper, Paul Francis Webster)
f.06   Moment's Notice - 10:45  (John Coltrane)
g.07   Star Eyes - 19:18  (Don Raye, Gene DePaul)
h.08   The End Of A Love Affair - 14:05  (Edward C. Redding)
i.09   Good Morning Heartache - 10:15  (Ervin Drake, Dan Fisher, Irene Higginbotham)
j.10   Speedy Recovery - 13:25  (Doug Raney)
k.11   Doxy - 7:00  (Sonny Rollins)

Ferdinand Povel (ss) on a-c, e-k; (ts) on a-c, e-k; Doug Raney (g) on a-c, e-k.


Date: November 13, 1988
Location: De Kikker, Amsterdam, Netherlands
Label: [private recording]

Hod O'Brien (ldr), Doug Raney (g), Hod O'Brien (p), Hans Mantel (b)

a.01   Alone Together - 9:24  (Arthur Schwartz, Howard Dietz)
b.02   The End Of A Love Affair - 11:02  (Edward C. Redding)
c.03   What's New - 11:45  (Bob Haggart, Johnny Burke)
d.04   It's You Or No One - 8:05  (Jule Styne, Sammy Cahn)
e.05   Softly, As In A Morning Sunrise - 6:20  (Sigmund Romberg, Oscar Hammerstein II)
f.06   I Remember You - 8:10  (Victor Schertzinger, Johnny Mercer)
g.07   There Is No Greater Love - 9:10  (Isham Jones, Marty Symes)
h.08   Sippin' At Bells - 5:25  (Miles Davis)

Date: November 15, 1988
Location: Bovenrestaurant, Hilversum, Netherlands
Label: [radio broadcast]

Hod O'Brien, Ferdinand Povel, Doug Raney (ldr), Ferdinand Povel (ss, ts), Doug Raney (g), Hod O'Brien (p), Stefan Lievestro (b), Max Bolleman (d)

a.01   The Arrival - 10:35  (Horace Parlan)
b.02   Star Eyes - 13:06  (Don Raye, Gene DePaul)
c.03   Close Your Eyes - 14:20  (Bernice Petkere)
d.04   Ev'ry Time We Say Goodbye - 8:00  (Cole Porter)
e.05   The End Of A Love Affair - 11:25  (Edward C. Redding)
f.06   Something's Up - 11:15  (Doug Raney)
g.07   I Hear A Rhapsody - 7:02  (George Fragos, Dick Gasparre, Jack Baker)
h.08   Blue And White - 11:33  (Nisse Sandström)
i.09   Up In Quincy's Room - 11:34  (Gigi Gryce)
j.10   Joop's Lope - 5:37  (Hod O'Brien)
k.11   Invitation - 4:15  (Bronislau Kaper, Paul Francis Webster)

Ferdinand Povel (ss) on a-f, h-k; (ts) on a-f, h-k; Doug Raney (g) on a-f, h-k.

Recorded by KRO. Some material broadcast on November 21, 1988 on "Jazz Connection" program.

Final selection is incomplete and e is interrupted on only known source.


Date: November 17, 1988
Location: Passage Theater, Schiedam, Netherlands
Label: [private recording]

Hod O'Brien, Doug Raney (ldr), Doug Raney (g), Hod O'Brien (p), Stefan Lievestro (b), Max Bolleman (d)

a.01   There Will Never Be Another You - 10:20  (Harry Warren, Mack Gordon)
b.02   I Thought About You - 10:15  (Jimmy Van Heusen, Johnny Mercer)
c.03   Speak Low - 12:18  (Kurt Weill, Ogden Nash)
d.04   Blue Bossa - 9:32  (Kenny Dorham)
e.05   The End Of A Love Affair - 10:50  (Edward C. Redding)
f.06   Easy To Love - 7:15  (Cole Porter)
g.07   Darn That Dream - 7:30  (Jimmy Van Heusen, Edgar DeLange)
h.08   Blues - 10:00  (Traditional)
i.09   Stella By Starlight - 8:30  (Victor Young, Ned Washington)
j.10   The Night Has A Thousand Eyes - 8:20  (Buddy Bernier, Jerome Brainin)
k.11   Doxy - 5:22  (Sonny Rollins)

Date: November 20, 1988
Location: De Koperen Cent, Uden, Netherlands
Label: [private recording]

Klaus Flenter, Hod O'Brien (ldr), Klaus Flenter (g), Hod O'Brien (p)

a.01   What Is This Thing Called Love - 6:00  (Cole Porter)
b.02   In Your Own Sweet Way - 8:45  (Dave Brubeck)
c.03   It Could Happen To You - 6:30  (Jimmy Van Heusen, Johnny Burke)
d.04   Now's The Time - 7:10  (Charlie Parker)
e.05   Stella By Starlight - 7:35  (Victor Young, Ned Washington)
f.06   Polka Dots And Moonbeams - 8:15  (Jimmy Van Heusen, Johnny Burke)
g.07   Just Friends - 6:30  (John Klenner, Sam M. Lewis)
h.08   Softly, As In A Morning Sunrise - 9:10  (Sigmund Romberg, Oscar Hammerstein II)
i.09   I Thought About You - 8:45  (Jimmy Van Heusen, Johnny Mercer)
j.10   Alone Together - 8:22  (Arthur Schwartz, Howard Dietz)
k.11   There Is No Greater Love - 9:13  (Isham Jones, Marty Symes)
l.12   There Will Never Be Another You - 5:35  (Harry Warren, Mack Gordon)

Date: November 21, 1988
Location: Oudaen, Utrecht, Netherlands
Label: [private recording]

Hod O'Brien (ldr), Hod O'Brien (p), Hans Mantel (b), Dick Verbeek (d)

a.01   Sunday - 8:15  (Chester Conn, Bennie Krueger, Ned Miller, Jule Styne)
b.02   I Remember You - 10:00  (Victor Schertzinger, Johnny Mercer)
c.03   Good Bait - 8:55  (Tadd Dameron, Count Basie)
d.04   Tangerine - 7:38  (Victor Schertzinger, Johnny Mercer)
e.05   But Not For Me - 10:42  (George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin)
f.06   In A Mellotone - 10:08  (Duke Ellington)
g.07   I Love You, Samantha - 9:22  (Cole Porter)
h.08   Rosetta - 9:35  (Earl Hines, Henri Woode)
i.09   It Could Happen To You - 10:52  (Jimmy Van Heusen, Johnny Burke)
j.10   Yardbird Suite - 9:15  (Charlie Parker)
k.11   My Romance - 10:25  (Richard Rodgers, Lorenz Hart)
l.12   Gone With The Wind - 8:50  (Allie Wrubel, Herb Magidson)
m.13   Blues - 8:40  (Traditional)

Date: November 23, 1988
Location: Schumer piano showroom, Almelo, Netherlands
Label: [private recording]

Johan Bijkerk, Hod O'Brien (ldr), Johan Bijkerk, Hod O'Brien (p)

a.01   Foolin' Myself - 6:30  (Jack Lawrence, Peter Tinturin)
b.02   I Can't Believe That You're In Love With Me - 5:42  (Jimmy McHugh, Dorothy Fields, Clarence Gaskill)
c.03   Mean To Me - 6:25  (Roy Turk, Fred E. Ahlert)
d.04   On A Slow Boat To China - 5:04  (Frank Loesser)
e.05   Have You Met Miss Jones? - 5:07  (Richard Rodgers, Lorenz Hart)
f.06   Day Dream - 4:31  (Duke Ellington, Billy Strayhorn, John Latouche)
g.07   If Dreams Come True - 5:06  (Edgar Sampson, Benny Goodman, Irving Mills)
h.08   Keepin' Out Of Mischief Now - 4:16  (Thomas 'Fats' Waller, Andy Razaf)
i.09   Just Squeeze Me - 2:40  (Duke Ellington, Lee Gaines)
j.10   We'll Be Together Again - 4:16  (Carl Fischer, Frankie Laine)

Rehearsal for November 26, 1988 concert.


Date: November 26, 1988
Location: Schumer piano showroom, Almelo, Netherlands
Label: [private recording]

Johan Bijkerk, Hod O'Brien (ldr), Johan Bijkerk, Hod O'Brien (p)

a.01   Sunday - 5:14  (Chester Conn, Bennie Krueger, Ned Miller, Jule Styne)
b.02   Foolin' Myself - 8:55  (Jack Lawrence, Peter Tinturin)
c.03   Day Dream - 4:16  (Duke Ellington, Billy Strayhorn, John Latouche)
d.04   On A Slow Boat To China - 6:32  (Frank Loesser)
e.05   You've Changed - 4:15  (Carl Fischer, Bill Carey)
f.06   Fontainebleau Forest - 3:15  (Duke Ellington)
g.07   I'm Getting Sentimental Over You - 6:03  (Ned Washington, George Bassman)
h.08   Mean To Me - 6:34  (Roy Turk, Fred E. Ahlert)
i.09   Wrap Your Troubles In Dreams - 7:06  (Harry Barris, Ted Koehler, Billy Moll)
j.10   I Can't Believe That You're In Love With Me - 8:46  (Jimmy McHugh, Dorothy Fields, Clarence Gaskill)
k.11   C Jam Blues - 6:30  (Duke Ellington)
l.12   Just Squeeze Me - 3:03  (Duke Ellington, Lee Gaines)
m.13   It Don't Mean A Thing - 7:42  (Duke Ellington, Irving Mills)
n.14   We'll Be Together Again - 4:29  (Carl Fischer, Frankie Laine)
o.15   Love Nest - 5:06  (Otto Harbach, Louis Hirsch)
p.16   If Dreams Come True - 5:43  (Edgar Sampson, Benny Goodman, Irving Mills)
q.17   Have You Met Miss Jones? - 6:11  (Richard Rodgers, Lorenz Hart)
r.18   Laughing At Life - 10:25  (Charles Kenny, Nick Kenny)

Date: February 1989
Location: Wilmington, NC
Label: [private recording]

Scott Hamilton, Hod O'Brien (ldr), Scott Hamilton (ts), Hod O'Brien (p), Robby Lynk (b), John Hanks (d), Stephanie Nakasian (v)

a.01   The Nearness Of You - 5:22  (Hoagy Carmichael, Ned Washington)
b.02   It Had To Be You - 4:33  (Isham Jones, Gus Kahn)
c.03   Never Let Me Go - 4:15  (Ray Evans, Jay Livingston)
d.04   Oh, Lady Be Good - 5:27  (George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin)

Date: May 29, 1989
Location: Montana, Paris, France
Label: [private recording]

Stephanie Nakasian, Hod O'Brien (ldr), Hod O'Brien (p), Bruno Rousellet (b), Vincent Seno (d), Stephanie Nakasian (v)

a.01   It Could Happen To You - 9:10  (Jimmy Van Heusen, Johnny Burke)
b.02   I'll Remember April - 10:22  (Don Raye, Gene DePaul, Patricia Johnston)
c.03   'Deed I Do - 3:05  (Walter Hirsch, Fred Rose)
d.04   Make Me Rainbows - 3:18  (John Towner Williams, Alan Bergman, Marilyn Bergman)
e.05   Sometimes I'm Happy - 8:38  (Vincent Youmans, Irving Caesar)
f.06   Pent-Up House [lyric version] - 7:05  (Sonny Rollins, Stephanie Nakasian)
g.07   But Beautiful - 5:48  (Jimmy Van Heusen, Johnny Burke)
h.08   Swinging The Blues - 5:05  (Eddie Durham, Count Basie)
i.09   Everything I Love - 12:55  (Cole Porter)
j.10   Ornithology - 10:13  (Charlie Parker, Bennie Harris)
k.11   All By Myself - 4:02  (Irving Berlin)
l.12   Let's Fall In Love - 4:30  (Harold Arlen, Ted Koehler)
m.13   Things Ain't What They Used To Be - 5:28  (Mercer Ellington, Ted Parsons)
n.14   May I Come In - 5:23  (Marvin Fisher, Jack Segal)
o.15   Just Friends - 6:18  (John Klenner, Sam M. Lewis)
p.16   I Hear A Rhapsody - 10:00  (George Fragos, Dick Gasparre, Jack Baker)
q.17   Exactly Like You - 4:22  (Jimmy McHugh, Dorothy Fields)
r.18   Detour Ahead - 5:40  (Lou Carter, Herb Ellis, John Frigo)
s.19   On The Trail - 8:15  (Ferde Grofe)

Stephanie Nakasian (v) on c-h, k-o, q-s.


Date: May 31, 1989
Location: Montana, Paris, France
Label: [private recording]

Stephanie Nakasian, Hod O'Brien (ldr), Hod O'Brien (p), Bruno Rousellet (b), Vincent Seno (d), Stephanie Nakasian (v)

a.01   Just You, Just Me - 8:28  (Jesse Greer, Raymond Klages)
b.02   Nuages - 9:40  (Django Reinhardt)
c.03   What Is This Thing Called Love - 7:40  (Cole Porter)
d.04   'Deed I Do - 2:52  (Walter Hirsch, Fred Rose)
e.05   I Thought About You - 5:52  (Jimmy Van Heusen, Johnny Mercer)
f.06   I Love You - 5:35  (Cole Porter)
g.07   Embraceable You - 5:14  (George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin)
h.08   Oh, Lady Be Good - 4:55  (George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin)
i.09   Scrapple From The Apple - 10:22  (Charlie Parker)
j.10   Exactly Like You - 4:10  (Jimmy McHugh, Dorothy Fields)
k.11   Close Your Eyes - 4:53  (Bernice Petkere)
l.12   I've Got The World On A String - 6:05  (Harold Arlen, Ted Koehler)

Stephanie Nakasian (v) on d-h, j-l.


Date: June 10, 1989
Location: Ben Webster Club, Copenhagen, Denmark
Label: [private recording]

Lee Konitz, Hod O'Brien (ldr), Lee Konitz (as), Hod O'Brien (p), Jesper Lundgaard (b), Søren Christensen (d)

a.01   How Deep Is The Ocean - 15:40  (Irving Berlin)
b.02   Speak Low - 15:05  (Kurt Weill, Ogden Nash)
c.03   I'll Remember April - 13:48  (Don Raye, Gene DePaul, Patricia Johnston)
d.04   The Song Is You - 12:12  (Jerome Kern, Oscar Hammerstein II)
e.05   If I Should Lose You - 11:20  (Leo Robin, Ralph Rainger)
f.06   My Romance - 9:15  (Richard Rodgers, Lorenz Hart)
g.07   Lover Man - 9:00  (Roger 'Ram' Ramirez, Jimmy Davis, Jimmy Sherman)

c and g are incomplete on only known source.


Date: June 13, 1989
Location: Slukefter, Tivoli Park, Copenhagen, Denmark
Label: [private recording]

Hod O'Brien (ldr), Mundell Lowe (g), Hod O'Brien (p), Red Mitchell (b)

a.01   Tangerine - 8:45  (Victor Schertzinger, Johnny Mercer)
b.02   It Could Happen To You - 10:03  (Jimmy Van Heusen, Johnny Burke)
c.03   Polka Dots And Moonbeams - 9:00  (Jimmy Van Heusen, Johnny Burke)
d.04   Steeplechase - 5:08  (Charlie Parker)
e.05   Long Ago And Far Away - 10:08  (Jerome Kern, Ira Gershwin)
f.06   Lover Man - 9:55  (Roger 'Ram' Ramirez, Jimmy Davis, Jimmy Sherman)
g.07   Gone With The Wind - 9:10  (Allie Wrubel, Herb Magidson)
h.08   Leaving Blues - 7:25  (Keith 'Red' Mitchell)
i.09   Lullaby In Rhythm - 4:55  (Edgar Sampson, Walter Hirsch, Clarence Prift, Benny Goodman)

d, h, i are incomplete on only known source.


Date: May 11, 1990
Location: SJU-huis, Utrecht, Netherlands
Label: [private recording]

Jon Eardley, Hod O'Brien (ldr), Jon Eardley (t, fh), Hod O'Brien (p), Hans Mantel (b), Bram Wijland (d), Stephanie Nakasian (v)

a.01   Will You Still Be Mine - 10:09  (Matt Dennis, Tom Adair)
     Blue Jack Jazz Records CD: BJJR 024 — Yardbird Suite   
b.02   Crazy Rhythm - 11:55  (Irving Caesar, Roger Wolfe Kahn, Joseph Meyer)
     Blue Jack Jazz Records CD: BJJR 024 — Yardbird Suite   
c.03   Out Of Nowhere - 11:41  (Johnny Green, Edward Heyman)
     Blue Jack Jazz Records CD: BJJR 024 — Yardbird Suite   
d.04   Blue 'n' Boogie - 10:48  (Dizzy Gillespie, Frank Paparelli)
     Blue Jack Jazz Records CD: BJJR 024 — Yardbird Suite   
e.05   What's New - 11:09  (Bob Haggart, Johnny Burke)
     Blue Jack Jazz Records CD: BJJR 024 — Yardbird Suite   
f.06   Lady Bird - 10:36  (Tadd Dameron)
g.07   Yardbird Suite - 11:13  (Charlie Parker)
     Blue Jack Jazz Records CD: BJJR 024 — Yardbird Suite   
h.08   I Could Write A Book - 8:38  (Richard Rodgers, Lorenz Hart)
i.09   Confirmation - 9:26  (Charlie Parker)
j.10   My Romance - 4:59  (Richard Rodgers, Lorenz Hart)
k.11   I Love You - 7:38  (Cole Porter)
l.12   But Not For Me - 8:15  (George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin)
m.13   Tenderly - 5:43  (Walter Gross, Jack Lawrence)
n.14   There'll Be Some Changes Made - 5:52  (Bill Higgins, W. Benton Overstreet)
o.15   Black - 9:06  (Jon Eardley)
p.16   Sometimes I'm Happy - 5:40  (Vincent Youmans, Irving Caesar)
q.17   Sometimes I'm Happy - 6:43  (Vincent Youmans, Irving Caesar)

Jon Eardley (t) on b-q; (fh) on b-q; Hans Mantel (b) on a-g, i-o; Bram Wijland (d) on a-g, i-o; Stephanie Nakasian (v) on k, m-n.

Audio and video recordings exist.


Date: May 12, 1990
Location: Cafe Hook Hoes, Almelo, Netherlands
Label: [private recording]

Joris Bijleveld, Hod O'Brien (ldr), Gerard van der Maar (ts), Johan Bijkerk, Hod O'Brien (p), Joris Bijleveld (b), Stephanie Nakasian (v)

a.01   Billie's Bounce - 8:38  (Charlie Parker)
b.02   What Is This Thing Called Love - 8:02  (Cole Porter)
c.03   Joop's Lope - 8:35  (Hod O'Brien)
d.04   Portrait Of Stephanie - 6:00  (Hod O'Brien)
e.05   What's New - 10:26  (Bob Haggart, Johnny Burke)
f.06   Oleo - 5:50  (Sonny Rollins)
g.07   Love Nest - 4:15  (Otto Harbach, Louis Hirsch)
h.08   Like Someone In Love - 5:52  (Jimmy Van Heusen, Johnny Burke)
i.09   Have You Met Miss Jones? - 6:03  (Richard Rodgers, Lorenz Hart)
j.10   If Dreams Come True - 5:08  (Edgar Sampson, Benny Goodman, Irving Mills)
k.11   Exactly Like You - 3:26  (Jimmy McHugh, Dorothy Fields)
l.12   More Than You Know - 5:30  (Vincent Youmans, Edward Eliscu, Billy Rose)
m.13   Everybody Loves My Baby - 3:10  (Jack Palmer, Spencer Williams)
n.14   Ridin' High - 2:00  (Cole Porter)
o.15   Wrap Your Troubles In Dreams - 5:35  (Harry Barris, Ted Koehler, Billy Moll)
p.16   Stella By Starlight - 7:48  (Victor Young, Ned Washington)
q.17   Make Me Rainbows - 2:45  (John Towner Williams, Alan Bergman, Marilyn Bergman)
r.18   My Romance - 5:50  (Richard Rodgers, Lorenz Hart)
s.19   Oo-Shoo-Be-Doo-Be - 4:05  (Bill Graham, Joe Carroll)
t.20   'Deed I Do - 3:22  (Walter Hirsch, Fred Rose)
u.21   Tenderly - 4:50  (Walter Gross, Jack Lawrence)
v.22   How High The Moon - 6:02  (Nancy Hamilton, W. Morgan Lewis)
w.23   Day Dream - 6:52  (Duke Ellington, Billy Strayhorn, John Latouche)
x.24   It Don't Mean A Thing - 5:50  (Duke Ellington, Irving Mills)

Gerard van der Maar (ts) on o-p, r-s, u-v; Johan Bijkerk (p) on g-j, w; Joris Bijleveld (b) on a-f, k-x; Stephanie Nakasian (v) on c-d, k-o, q-x.


Date: May 13, 1990
Location: Het Stulpke, Uden, Netherlands
Label: [private recording]

Hod O'Brien (ldr), Mo Roland (as), Wim Bronnenberg (g), Hod O'Brien (p), Hans Mantel (b), Dick Verbeek (d), Stephanie Nakasian (v)

a.01   Somebody Loves Me - 10:38  (Buddy DeSylva, George Gershwin, Ballard MacDonald)
b.02   Ain't Misbehavin' - 9:55  (Thomas 'Fats' Waller, Harry Brooks, Andy Razaf)
c.03   'Deed I Do - 2:56  (Walter Hirsch, Fred Rose)
d.04   Shaker Song [lyric version] - 3:28  (Jay Beckenstein, David Lasley, Allee Willis)
e.05   My Romance - 4:15  (Richard Rodgers, Lorenz Hart)
f.06   Pent-Up House [lyric version] - 5:48  (Sonny Rollins, Stephanie Nakasian)
g.07   Autumn Leaves [aka Les Feuilles Mortes] - 7:27  (Joseph Kosma, Jacques Prevert, Johnny Mercer)
h.08   Swinging The Blues - 2:58  (Eddie Durham, Count Basie)
i.09   Billie's Bounce - 7:47  (Charlie Parker)
j.10   Stella By Starlight - 9:10  (Victor Young, Ned Washington)
k.11   Exactly Like You - 3:38  (Jimmy McHugh, Dorothy Fields)
l.12   Song For My Father - 8:03  (Horace Silver)
m.13   Detour Ahead - 4:06  (Lou Carter, Herb Ellis, John Frigo)
n.14   Now's The Time - 8:08  (Charlie Parker)
o.15   Yardbird Suite - 7:42  (Charlie Parker)
p.16   I Love You - 5:14  (Cole Porter)
q.17   Make Me Rainbows - 2:42  (John Towner Williams, Alan Bergman, Marilyn Bergman)
r.18   I Want A Little Girl - 4:42  (Murray Mencher, Billy Moll)
s.19   How High The Moon - 9:47  (Nancy Hamilton, W. Morgan Lewis)

Mo Roland (as) on l, n, r-s; Stephanie Nakasian (v) on c-h, k-n, q-s.

"I Want A Little Girl" performed as "I Want A Little Boy".


Date: May 14, 1990
Location: De Versteende Nacht, Brugge, Belgium
Label: [private recording]

Stephanie Nakasian, Hod O'Brien (ldr), Hod O'Brien (p), Stephanie Nakasian (v)

a.01   How Deep Is The Ocean - 7:01  (Irving Berlin)
b.02   Do Nothin' Till You Hear From Me - 5:35  (Duke Ellington, Sidney Keith 'Bob' Russell)
c.03   Day Dream - 4:42  (Duke Ellington, Billy Strayhorn, John Latouche)
d.04   Blue Bossa - 5:46  (Kenny Dorham)
e.05   Love Nest - 5:53  (Otto Harbach, Louis Hirsch)
f.06   I Love You - 4:06  (Cole Porter)
g.07   My Foolish Heart - 5:02  (Victor Young, Ned Washington)
h.08   Pent-Up House [lyric version] - 4:42  (Sonny Rollins, Stephanie Nakasian)
i.09   Alone Together - 7:21  (Arthur Schwartz, Howard Dietz)
j.10   Good Bait - 5:00  (Tadd Dameron, Count Basie)
k.11   Somebody Loves Me - 5:58  (Buddy DeSylva, George Gershwin, Ballard MacDonald)
l.12   May I Come In - 4:54  (Marvin Fisher, Jack Segal)
m.13   By Myself - 3:20  (Arthur Schwartz, Howard Dietz)
n.14   Foolin' Myself - 3:03  (Jack Lawrence, Peter Tinturin)
o.15   Now's The Time - 6:40  (Charlie Parker)
p.16   Too Late Now - 5:00  (Burton Lane, Alan Jay Lerner)
q.17   Soon - 3:34  (George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin)
r.18   Blues - 0:38  (Traditional)
s.19   Mean To Me - 6:41  (Roy Turk, Fred E. Ahlert)
t.20   Have You Met Miss Jones? - 7:20  (Richard Rodgers, Lorenz Hart)
u.21   Day In, Day Out - 2:22  (Rube Bloom, Johnny Mercer)
v.22   Speak Low - 3:22  (Kurt Weill, Ogden Nash)
w.23   Yardbird Suite - 2:47  (Charlie Parker)
x.24   You Go To My Head - 5:50  (J. Fred Coots, Haven Gillespie)
y.25   Suddenly [lyric version of In Walked Bud] - 3:53  (Thelonious Monk, Jon Hendricks)
z.26   Oo-Shoo-Be-Doo-Be - 4:08  (Bill Graham, Joe Carroll)

Stephanie Nakasian (v) on f-h, l-p, u-z.


Date: August 15, 1990
Location: Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, NJ
Label: Reservoir

Hod O'Brien (ldr), Hod O'Brien (p), Ray Drummond (b), Kenny Washington (d)

a.01   Ridin' High - 5:09  (Cole Porter)
b.02   Portrait Of Stephanie - 5:57  (Hod O'Brien)
c.03   Joop's Lope - 8:04  (Hod O'Brien)
d.04   Up In Quincy's Room - 6:16  (Gigi Gryce)
e.05   There's No You - 8:02  (George Durgom, Hal Hopper, Tom Adair)
f.06   You And The Night And The Music - 5:32  (Arthur Schwartz, Howard Dietz)
g.07   Nathalie - 7:11  (Hod O'Brien)
h.08   Summer Night - 7:12  (Harry Warren, Al Dubin)
i.09   Willow, Weep For Me - 7:24  (Ann Ronell)
j.10   Yardbird Suite - 6:32  (Charlie Parker)
All titles on:      Sound Hills CD: SSCD 8056 — Ridin' High   
     Reservoir CD: RSR CD 116 — Ridin' High   

Date: October 22, 1990
Location: Blue Note, New York City
Label: [private recording]

Danny D'Imperio (ldr), Gary Pribek (as), Ralph Lalama (ts), Tom Kirkpatrick (t), Hod O'Brien (p), Dave Shapiro (b), Danny D'Imperio (d)

a.I - 01   Blowin' The Blues Away - 7:45  (Horace Silver)
b.I - 02   Funk In Deep Freeze - 8:56  (Hank Mobley)
c.I - 03   A Little Taste - 7:30  (Julian 'Cannonball' Adderley, Nat Adderley)
d.I - 04   Repetition - 6:37  (Neal Hefti)
e.I - 05   Mark V - 8:12  (J.R. Monterose)
f.I - 06   You Are Too Beautiful - 5:13  (Richard Rodgers, Lorenz Hart)
g.I - 07   Look Stop And Listen - 5:42  (Tadd Dameron)
h.II - 01   Comin' On Up - 12:51  (Sal Nistico)
i.II - 02   Tour de Force - 12:04  (Dizzy Gillespie)
j.II - 03   Keen And Peachy - 10:31  (Ralph Burns, Shorty Rogers)
k.II - 04   Autumn In New York - 8:20  (Vernon Duke)
l.II - 05   Shaw 'Nuff - 13:12  (Dizzy Gillespie, Charlie Parker)
m.III - 01   Windmill - 12:30  (Kenny Dorham)
n.III - 02   If I Should Lose You - 11:14  (Leo Robin, Ralph Rainger)
o.III - 03   Birdlike - 10:54  (Freddie Hubbard)
p.III - 04   Parker's Mood - 7:14  (Charlie Parker)

An unidentified sign-off tune concludes the first (1:46) and second (2:00) sets.


Date: October 28, 1990
Location: Sophie's Kelleren, Copenhagen, Denmark
Label: [private recording]

Hod O'Brien (ldr), Doug Raney (g), Hod O'Brien (p), Thomas Ovesen (b)

a.01   Doxy - 6:20  (Sonny Rollins)
b.02   It Could Happen To You - 8:56  (Jimmy Van Heusen, Johnny Burke)
c.03   Blue Bossa - 9:40  (Kenny Dorham)
d.04   Speak Low - 9:53  (Kurt Weill, Ogden Nash)
e.05   Darn That Dream - 9:36  (Jimmy Van Heusen, Edgar DeLange)
f.06   There Will Never Be Another You - 8:08  (Harry Warren, Mack Gordon)
g.07   Alone Together - 11:50  (Arthur Schwartz, Howard Dietz)
h.08   Gone With The Wind - 9:55  (Allie Wrubel, Herb Magidson)
i.09   All The Things You Are - 9:34  (Jerome Kern, Oscar Hammerstein II)
j.10   Oleo - 4:05  (Sonny Rollins)
k.11   Just Friends - 8:58  (John Klenner, Sam M. Lewis)
l.12   Softly, As In A Morning Sunrise - 10:20  (Sigmund Romberg, Oscar Hammerstein II)
m.13   Cherokee - 9:34  (Ray Noble)

Beginning of a is missing on only known source.


Date: November 1990
Location: Aalborg, Denmark
Label: [private recording]

The Danish Radio Jazz Orchestra (ldr), Hod O'Brien (p), Stephanie Nakasian (v)

a.   Taking A Chance On Love - 3:55  (Vernon Duke, Ted Fetter, John Latouche)
b.   Make Me Rainbows - 2:55  (John Towner Williams, Alan Bergman, Marilyn Bergman)
c.   Someone To Watch Over Me - 4:38  (George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin)
d.   Cotton Tail - 3:56  (Duke Ellington)
e.   Yardbird Suite - 4:40  (Charlie Parker)
f.   It Don't Mean A Thing - 3:34  (Duke Ellington, Irving Mills)
g.   Centerpiece [lyric version of Keester Parade] - 5:39  (Tiny Kahn, Johnny Mandel, Jon Hendricks)
h.   But Beautiful - 5:12  (Jimmy Van Heusen, Johnny Burke)
i.   Shaker Song [lyric version] - 4:06  (Jay Beckenstein, David Lasley, Allee Willis)
j.   But Beautiful - 5:22  (Jimmy Van Heusen, Johnny Burke)
k.   It Don't Mean A Thing - 3:41  (Duke Ellington, Irving Mills)
l.   I Cried For You - 2:29  (Gus Arnheim, Arthur Freed, Abe Lyman)
m.   Taking A Chance On Love - 2:59  (Vernon Duke, Ted Fetter, John Latouche)

Some material from performances in Randers and Copenhagen, Denmark.

Additional personnel (big band) unknown.


Date: December 5 & 6, 1990
Location: Manhattan Recording Studios, New York City
Label: V.S.O.P.

Stephanie Nakasian (ldr), Bobby Routch (frh), Hod O'Brien (p, v), Nabil Totah (b), Ray Mosca (d), Stephanie Nakasian (v)

a.01   French Cookin' - 3:28  (Hod O'Brien, Stephanie Nakasian)
b.02   The Best Thing For You - 3:47  (Irving Berlin)
c.03   Peace  (Horace Silver)
d.03   Picture A World - 4:52  (Joe Raposo)
e.04   Nuages [lyric version] - 5:38  (Django Reinhardt, Stephanie Nakasian)
f.05   When You Get There - 3:49  (Bob Dorough, Fran Landesman)
g.06   Fascinating Rhythm - 3:32  (George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin)
h.07   Far Away Part Of Town - 4:38  (André Previn, Dory Langdon Previn)
i.08   Everybody Loves My Baby - 3:19  (Jack Palmer, Spencer Williams)
j.09   Alone Together - 4:35  (Arthur Schwartz, Howard Dietz)
k.10   What Am I Doing With You - 2:30  (Hod O'Brien, Fran Landesman)
l.09   Isfahan [lyric version] - 4:35  (Duke Ellington, Billy Strayhorn, Stephanie Nakasian)
m.12   Together - 3:41  (Pepe Gonzalez, Eddie Samson, Stephanie Nakasian)
n.13   Pent-Up House [lyric version] - 5:02  (Sonny Rollins, Stephanie Nakasian)
All titles on:      V.S.O.P. CD: 79 — French Cookin'   (1992)

c, d performed as medley.

Hod O'Brien (v) on k.


Date: August 31, 1991
Location: The Pridwin, Shelter Island, NJ
Label: [private recording]

Hod O'Brien (ldr), Harry Allen (ts), Hod O'Brien (p), Lee Hudson (b), Jeff Brillinger (d), Stephanie Nakasian (v)

a.01   I Remember You - 7:23  (Victor Schertzinger, Johnny Mercer)
b.02   What'll I Do - 6:42  (Irving Berlin)
c.03   I Only Have Eyes For You - 5:58  (Harry Warren, Al Dubin)
d.04   Embraceable You - 4:28  (George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin)
e.05   Autumn Leaves [aka Les Feuilles Mortes] - 5:44  (Joseph Kosma, Jacques Prevert, Johnny Mercer)
f.06   Indian Summer - 5:13  (Victor Herbert, Al Dubin)
g.07   Autumn In New York - 5:37  (Vernon Duke)
h.08   East Of The Sun  (Brooks Bowman)
i.09   Yesterdays - 6:55  (Jerome Kern, Otto Harbach)
j.10   East Of The Sun - 7:42  (Brooks Bowman)
k.11   Watch What Happens - 3:30  (Michel Legrand, Jacques Demy, Norman Gimbel)
l.12   I Thought About You - 6:58  (Jimmy Van Heusen, Johnny Mercer)
m.13   Tenderly - 6:04  (Walter Gross, Jack Lawrence)
n.14   Sometimes I'm Happy - 5:40  (Vincent Youmans, Irving Caesar)
o.15   The Girl From Ipanema - 4:35  (Antonio Carlos Jobim, Vinicius DeMoraes, Norman Gimbel)
p.16   Someone To Watch Over Me  (George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin)

Stephanie Nakasian (v) on c-g, m-p.

h, p are incomplete on only known source.


Date: September 5 & 6, 1991
Location: Red Rock Studios, Saylorsburg, PA
Label: V.S.O.P.

Danny D'Imperio (ldr), Gary Pribek (as), Ralph Lalama (ts), Greg Gisbert (t), Steve Brown (g), Hod O'Brien (p), Dave Shapiro (b), Danny D'Imperio (d)

a.01   LaRue [aka Tribute To Brownie] - 8:46  (Clifford Brown, Nat Adderley, Duke Pearson)
     V.S.O.P. CD: 81 — Blues For Philly Joe   (1992)
b.02   Dee Dee's Dance - 5:10  (Denzil Best)
     V.S.O.P. CD: 81 — Blues For Philly Joe   (1992)
c.03   The Gypsy - 5:03  (Billy Reid)
     V.S.O.P. CD: 81 — Blues For Philly Joe   (1992)
d.04   Blues For Philly Joe - 13:13  (Sonny Rollins)
     V.S.O.P. CD: 81 — Blues For Philly Joe   (1992)
e.05   Time Off - 6:00  (Curtis Fuller)
     V.S.O.P. CD: 81 — Blues For Philly Joe   (1992)
f.06   Never Never Land - 6:26  (Jule Styne, Betty Comden, Adolph Green)
     V.S.O.P. CD: 81 — Blues For Philly Joe   (1992)
g.07   Del Sasser - 11:56  (Sam Jones)
     V.S.O.P. CD: 81 — Blues For Philly Joe   (1992)
h.08   Blowin' The Blues Away - 8:46  (Horace Silver)
     V.S.O.P. CD: 81 — Blues For Philly Joe   (1992)
i.09   Reets And I - 8:54  (Bennie Harris)
     V.S.O.P. CD: 81 — Blues For Philly Joe   (1992)
j.   Portrait Of Stephanie - 8:10  (Hod O'Brien)

Steve Brown (g) on d, i.

a listed as "Tribute To Brownie".

One additional unissued selection #11 "Laura Minora" (6:50) - composer unknown.


Date: September 29, 1991
Location: Sophie's Kelleren, Copenhagen, Denmark
Label: [private recording]

Hod O'Brien (ldr), Idrees Sulieman (t), Nicolai Gromin (g), Hod O'Brien (p), Jesper Lundgaard (b), Stephanie Nakasian (v)

a.01   Now's The Time - 14:25  (Charlie Parker)
b.02   I'll Remember April - 13:40  (Don Raye, Gene DePaul, Patricia Johnston)
c.03   Confirmation - 13:45  (Charlie Parker)
d.04   Groovin' High - 10:35  (Dizzy Gillespie)

Stephanie Nakasian (v) on c.

Additional personnel (d) unknown.


Date: October 19, 1991
Location: home of Mr. and Mrs. van Heteren, Wierden, Almelo, Netherlands
Label: [private recording]

Hod O'Brien (ldr), Hod O'Brien (mld, p, v), Johan Bijkerk (p), Stephanie Nakasian (v)

a.01   Love Is Here To Stay  (George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin)
b.01   Like Someone In Love - 7:38  (Jimmy Van Heusen, Johnny Burke)
c.02   'Deed I Do - 2:19  (Walter Hirsch, Fred Rose)
d.03   Make Me Rainbows - 2:40  (John Towner Williams, Alan Bergman, Marilyn Bergman)
e.04   Body And Soul - 4:38  (Johnny Green, Edward Heyman, Robert Sour, Frank Eyton)
f.05   Everybody Loves My Baby - 3:21  (Jack Palmer, Spencer Williams)
g.06   Squeeze Me  (Thomas 'Fats' Waller, Clarence Williams)
h.06   Ain't Misbehavin' - 2:50  (Thomas 'Fats' Waller, Harry Brooks, Andy Razaf)
i.07   Lullaby In Rhythm - 3:04  (Edgar Sampson, Walter Hirsch, Clarence Prift, Benny Goodman)
j.08   What Am I Doing With You - 2:52  (Hod O'Brien, Fran Landesman)
k.09   Autumn In New York - 4:33  (Vernon Duke)
l.10   Shaker Song [lyric version] - 3:33  (Jay Beckenstein, David Lasley, Allee Willis)
m.11   You Ain't Had The Blues - 6:02  (Ronnell Bright, Rosebud Silas Joyner)
n.12   Somebody Loves Me - 4:44  (Buddy DeSylva, George Gershwin, Ballard MacDonald)
o.13   Autumn Leaves [aka Les Feuilles Mortes] - 4:46  (Joseph Kosma, Jacques Prevert, Johnny Mercer)
p.14   Everything Happens To Me - 2:45  (Matt Dennis, Tom Adair)
q.15   Anytime, Anyday, Anywhere - 2:30  (Victor Young, Ned Washington, Lee Wiley)
r.16   If Dreams Come True - 2:10  (Edgar Sampson, Benny Goodman, Irving Mills)
s.17   East Of The Sun - 4:42  (Brooks Bowman)
t.18   Someone To Watch Over Me - 4:32  (George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin)
u.19   Oo-Shoo-Be-Doo-Be - 3:10  (Bill Graham, Joe Carroll)
v.20   Honeysuckle Rose - 5:22  (Thomas 'Fats' Waller, Andy Razaf)

a, b;   g, h performed as medleys.

Hod O'Brien (mld) on m; (p) on a-f, i-q, s-v; (v) on m; Johan Bijkerk (p) on g-h, m, r; Stephanie Nakasian (v) on c-f, j-q, s-v.


Date: October 23, 1991
Location: Schumer piano showroom, Almelo, Netherlands
Label: [private recording]

Johan Bijkerk, Hod O'Brien (ldr), Johan Bijkerk, Hod O'Brien (p)

a.01   Love Is Here To Stay - 5:11  (George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin)
b.02   Tangerine - 5:06  (Victor Schertzinger, Johnny Mercer)
c.03   If I Had You - 7:25  (Jimmy Campbell, Reg Connelly, Ted Shapiro)
d.04   Rosetta - 5:08  (Earl Hines, Henri Woode)
e.05   On The Sunny Side Of The Street - 7:12  (Jimmy McHugh, Dorothy Fields)
f.06   Close Your Eyes - 5:02  (Bernice Petkere)
g.07   If Dreams Come True - 4:31  (Edgar Sampson, Benny Goodman, Irving Mills)
h.08   Blues - 5:58  (Traditional)
i.09   What'll I Do - 5:10  (Irving Berlin)

Date: October 25, 1991
Location: De Heeren van Aemstel, Uden, Netherlands
Label: [private recording]

Hod O'Brien, Wim Overgaauw (ldr), Wim Overgaauw (g), Hod O'Brien (p), Stephanie Nakasian (v)

a.01   It Could Happen To You - 5:54  (Jimmy Van Heusen, Johnny Burke)
b.02   Softly, As In A Morning Sunrise - 7:48  (Sigmund Romberg, Oscar Hammerstein II)
c.03   Just Friends - 6:50  (John Klenner, Sam M. Lewis)
d.04   Billie's Bounce - 6:58  (Charlie Parker)
e.05   Blue Bossa - 7:35  (Kenny Dorham)
f.06   Speak Low - 7:24  (Kurt Weill, Ogden Nash)
g.07   Old Folks - 5:28  (Willard Robison, Dedette Hill)
h.08   Fly Me To The Moon (In Other Words) - 7:30  (Bart Howard)
i.09   My Funny Valentine - 6:12  (Richard Rodgers, Lorenz Hart)
j.10   What A Difference A Day Makes - 6:33  (Stanley Adams, Maria Grever)
k.11   Blues - 9:58  (Traditional)
l.12   Oleo - 5:52  (Sonny Rollins)

Stephanie Nakasian (v) on g, i-j.

d is interrupted on only known source.


Date: October 28, 1991 - afternoon
Location: Conservatorium, Enschede, Netherlands
Label: [private recording]

Stephanie Nakasian, Hod O'Brien (ldr), Hod O'Brien (p), Stephanie Nakasian (v)

a.01   If I Should Lose You - 5:30  (Leo Robin, Ralph Rainger)
b.02   'Deed I Do - 2:10  (Walter Hirsch, Fred Rose)
c.03   Make Me Rainbows - 2:37  (John Towner Williams, Alan Bergman, Marilyn Bergman)
d.04   East Of The Sun - 4:58  (Brooks Bowman)
e.05   Soon - 3:08  (George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin)
f.06   I Want A Little Girl - 3:55  (Murray Mencher, Billy Moll)
g.07   Things Ain't What They Used To Be - 3:38  (Mercer Ellington, Ted Parsons)
h.08   Everybody Loves My Baby - 3:05  (Jack Palmer, Spencer Williams)

"I Want A Little Girl" performed as "I Want A Little Boy".


Date: October 28, 1991
Location: De Kater, Enschede, Netherlands
Label: [private recording]

Hod O'Brien, Ruud Ouwehand (ldr), Gerlo Hesselink (as), Joshua Krijgsman (g), Hod O'Brien (p), Ruud Ouwehand (b), Stephanie Nakasian (v)

a.01   It Could Happen To You - 7:30  (Jimmy Van Heusen, Johnny Burke)
b.02   Strollin' - 10:02  (Horace Silver)
c.03   Almost In Your Arms - 3:00  (Ray Evans, Jay Livingston)
d.04   I Thought About You - 4:43  (Jimmy Van Heusen, Johnny Mercer)
e.05   Peace  (Horace Silver)
f.05   Picture A World - 4:54  (Joe Raposo)
g.06   Anytime, Anyday, Anywhere - 4:10  (Victor Young, Ned Washington, Lee Wiley)
h.07   Body And Soul - 5:33  (Johnny Green, Edward Heyman, Robert Sour, Frank Eyton)
i.08   There'll Be Some Changes Made - 5:56  (Bill Higgins, W. Benton Overstreet)
j.09   Just Friends - 6:26  (John Klenner, Sam M. Lewis)
k.10   Alone Together - 9:54  (Arthur Schwartz, Howard Dietz)
l.11   Autumn Leaves [aka Les Feuilles Mortes] - 7:20  (Joseph Kosma, Jacques Prevert, Johnny Mercer)
m.12   The Girl From Ipanema - 6:55  (Antonio Carlos Jobim, Vinicius DeMoraes, Norman Gimbel)
n.13   Confirmation - 6:40  (Charlie Parker)
o.14   Someone To Watch Over Me - 4:28  (George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin)
p.15   You Ain't Had The Blues - 5:10  (Ronnell Bright, Rosebud Silas Joyner)
q.16   All The Things You Are - 9:44  (Jerome Kern, Oscar Hammerstein II)
r.17   Cherokee - 6:32  (Ray Noble)
s.18   East Of The Sun - 9:10  (Brooks Bowman)
t.19   I Love You - 6:36  (Cole Porter)
u.20   What Is This Thing Called Love - 7:50  (Cole Porter)
v.21   Please Be Kind - 6:00  (Saul Chaplin, Sammy Cahn)
w.22   Everybody's Boppin' - 6:00  (Jon Hendricks)
x.23   Blues - 1:00  (Traditional)

e, f performed as medley.

Gerlo Hesselink (as) on q-w; Joshua Krijgsman (g) on j-p; Stephanie Nakasian (v) on c-i, l-p, s-x.

Composer of "Strollin'" needs confirmation.


Date: October 31, 1991
Location: Cafe Verbunt, Amsterdam, Netherlands
Label: [private recording]

Hod O'Brien (ldr), Hod O'Brien (p), Hans Mantel (b), Jo Krause, Wim van der Minne (d), Stephanie Nakasian (v)

a.01   Love Is Here To Stay - 10:18  (George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin)
b.02   It Could Happen To You - 8:20  (Jimmy Van Heusen, Johnny Burke)
c.03   Like Someone In Love - 12:02  (Jimmy Van Heusen, Johnny Burke)
d.04   I Love You - 9:20  (Cole Porter)
e.05   I'll Remember April - 9:58  (Don Raye, Gene DePaul, Patricia Johnston)
f.06   You Ain't Had The Blues - 9:05  (Ronnell Bright, Rosebud Silas Joyner)
g.07   What's New - 8:45  (Bob Haggart, Johnny Burke)
h.08   Bye Bye Blackbird - 8:13  (Mort Dixon, Ray Henderson)
i.09   Autumn Leaves [aka Les Feuilles Mortes] - 10:30  (Joseph Kosma, Jacques Prevert, Johnny Mercer)
j.10   Everybody's Boppin' - 5:42  (Jon Hendricks)

Jo Krause (d) on a-g, i-j; Wim van der Minne (d) on h; Stephanie Nakasian (v) on f, i-j.


Date: November 1, 1991
Location: home of Hans Mantel, Utrecht, Netherlands
Label: [private recording]

Hod O'Brien (ldr), Hod O'Brien (syn), Hans Mantel (d)

a.01   Moose The Mooche - 4:15  (Charlie Parker)
b.02   Straight No Chaser - 3:41  (Thelonious Monk)
c.03   I Wished On The Moon - 3:53  (Ralph Rainger, Dorothy Parker)

Multi-track performances created via MIDI recording. O'Brien overdubbed synthesized vibes, piano, and bass parts.


Date: November 2, 1991
Location: De Vliegh, Scheveningen, Netherlands
Label: [private recording]

Hod O'Brien (ldr), Art Bloch, Hod O'Brien (mld, p), Hans Mantel (b), Jo Krause (d), Stephanie Nakasian (v)

a.01   If I Should Lose You - 11:10  (Leo Robin, Ralph Rainger)
b.02   Have You Met Miss Jones? - 8:30  (Richard Rodgers, Lorenz Hart)
c.03   'Deed I Do - 2:24  (Walter Hirsch, Fred Rose)
d.04   Make Me Rainbows - 2:57  (John Towner Williams, Alan Bergman, Marilyn Bergman)
e.05   I Thought About You - 4:35  (Jimmy Van Heusen, Johnny Mercer)
f.06   These Foolish Things - 5:00  (Harry Link, Holt Marvell, Jack Strachey)
g.07   Everybody Loves My Baby - 3:44  (Jack Palmer, Spencer Williams)
h.08   Gone With The Wind - 9:54  (Allie Wrubel, Herb Magidson)
i.09   Yardbird Suite - 8:05  (Charlie Parker)
j.10   Exactly Like You - 3:24  (Jimmy McHugh, Dorothy Fields)
k.11   If I Had You - 3:44  (Jimmy Campbell, Reg Connelly, Ted Shapiro)
l.12   Tuxedo Junction - 4:55  (Julian Dash, Buddy F. Feyne, Erskine Hawkins, William Johnson)
m.13   But Beautiful - 4:28  (Jimmy Van Heusen, Johnny Burke)
n.14   Don't Get Around Much Anymore - 2:50  (Duke Ellington, Sidney Keith 'Bob' Russell)
o.15   Someone To Watch Over Me - 3:55  (George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin)
p.16   There'll Be Some Changes Made - 5:05  (Bill Higgins, W. Benton Overstreet)
q.17   Between The Devil And The Deep Blue Sea - 8:20  (Harold Arlen, Ted Koehler)
r.18   Stella By Starlight - 7:58  (Victor Young, Ned Washington)
s.19   Almost In Your Arms - 3:34  (Ray Evans, Jay Livingston)
t.20   Lullaby Of The Leaves - 5:36  (Bernice Petkere, Joe Young)
u.21   It Don't Mean A Thing - 6:12  (Duke Ellington, Irving Mills)
v.22   I Want A Little Girl - 5:10  (Murray Mencher, Billy Moll)
w.23   Autumn Leaves [aka Les Feuilles Mortes] - 7:51  (Joseph Kosma, Jacques Prevert, Johnny Mercer)
x.24   Blues - 2:10  (Traditional)
y.25   You Ain't Had The Blues - 7:22  (Ronnell Bright, Rosebud Silas Joyner)
z.26   Everybody's Boppin' - 1:44  (Jon Hendricks)

Art Bloch (mld) on u; (p) on q-r; Hod O'Brien (mld) on r; (p) on a-p, s-z; Stephanie Nakasian (v) on c-g, j-p, s-w, y-z.

"I Want A Little Girl" performed as "I Want A Little Boy".


Date: November 3, 1991
Location: Cafe Hook Hoes, Almelo, Netherlands
Label: [private recording]

Hod O'Brien (ldr), Hod O'Brien (mld, p, v), Johan Bijkerk (p, v), Johan Plomp (b), Stephanie Nakasian (v)

a.01   Just You, Just Me - 7:12  (Jesse Greer, Raymond Klages)
b.02   What Is This Thing Called Love - 7:10  (Cole Porter)
c.03   It Could Happen To You - 8:22  (Jimmy Van Heusen, Johnny Burke)
d.04   Body And Soul - 12:00  (Johnny Green, Edward Heyman, Robert Sour, Frank Eyton)
e.05   Summer Night - 7:33  (Harry Warren, Al Dubin)
f.06   Love Letters - 8:26  (Victor Young, Edward Heyman)
g.07   Exactly Like You - 4:12  (Jimmy McHugh, Dorothy Fields)
h.08   Song For My Father - 5:34  (Horace Silver)
i.09   If You Could See Me Now - 5:24  (Tadd Dameron, Carl Sigman)
j.10   Everybody Loves My Baby - 4:54  (Jack Palmer, Spencer Williams)
k.11   If Dreams Come True - 2:10  (Edgar Sampson, Benny Goodman, Irving Mills)
l.12   Honeysuckle Rose - 4:50  (Thomas 'Fats' Waller, Andy Razaf)
m.13   Poor Butterfly - 8:56  (John Golden, Raymond Hubbell)
n.14   Almost In Your Arms - 3:05  (Ray Evans, Jay Livingston)
o.15   Always True To You In My Fashion - 3:43  (Cole Porter)
p.16   My Romance - 4:40  (Richard Rodgers, Lorenz Hart)
q.17   There'll Be Some Changes Made - 2:20  (Bill Higgins, W. Benton Overstreet)
r.18   Keepin' Out Of Mischief Now  (Thomas 'Fats' Waller, Andy Razaf)
s.18   It Don't Mean A Thing - 5:20  (Duke Ellington, Irving Mills)
t.19   You Ain't Had The Blues - 9:00  (Ronnell Bright, Rosebud Silas Joyner)
u.20   I Love You - 6:34  (Cole Porter)
v.21   Oo-Shoo-Be-Doo-Be - 8:32  (Bill Graham, Joe Carroll)

r, s performed as medley.

Hod O'Brien (mld) on l, t; (v) on o; Johan Bijkerk (p) on k-l, t; (v) on l; Stephanie Nakasian (v) on g-l, n-q, t-v.


Date: November 4, 1991
Location: Jazzclub Lokeren, Lokeren, Belgium
Label: [private recording]

Hod O'Brien (ldr), Wim Overgaauw (g), Hod O'Brien (p), Stephanie Nakasian (v)

a.01   Love Is Here To Stay - 5:54  (George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin)
b.02   Just Friends - 5:00  (John Klenner, Sam M. Lewis)
c.03   Along Came Betty - 5:56  (Benny Golson)
d.04   Sunday - 4:00  (Chester Conn, Bennie Krueger, Ned Miller, Jule Styne)
e.05   I Thought About You - 5:34  (Jimmy Van Heusen, Johnny Mercer)
f.06   Triste - 4:40  (Antonio Carlos Jobim)
g.07   Please Be Kind - 3:58  (Saul Chaplin, Sammy Cahn)
h.08   Anytime, Anyday, Anywhere - 4:16  (Victor Young, Ned Washington, Lee Wiley)
i.09   Polka Dots And Moonbeams - 2:52  (Jimmy Van Heusen, Johnny Burke)
j.10   I Want A Little Girl - 4:15  (Murray Mencher, Billy Moll)
k.11   Everybody Loves My Baby - 5:00  (Jack Palmer, Spencer Williams)
l.12   Gone With The Wind - 6:00  (Allie Wrubel, Herb Magidson)
m.13   I Love You - 5:25  (Cole Porter)
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n.14   Here's That Rainy Day - 6:12  (Jimmy Van Heusen, Johnny Burke)
     Blue Jack Jazz Records CD: BJJR 012 — Delightful Duets 1   (2003)
o.15   'Deed I Do - 3:38  (Walter Hirsch, Fred Rose)
p.16   Make Me Rainbows - 2:48  (John Towner Williams, Alan Bergman, Marilyn Bergman)
q.17   Lullaby Of The Leaves - 3:54  (Bernice Petkere, Joe Young)
r.18   There'll Be Some Changes Made - 4:52  (Bill Higgins, W. Benton Overstreet)
s.19   If I Had You - 4:56  (Jimmy Campbell, Reg Connelly, Ted Shapiro)
t.20   Autumn Leaves [aka Les Feuilles Mortes] - 8:25  (Joseph Kosma, Jacques Prevert, Johnny Mercer)
u.21   You Ain't Had The Blues - 6:56  (Ronnell Bright, Rosebud Silas Joyner)
v.22   Blues - 0:55  (Traditional)

Wim Overgaauw (g) on b-k, m-v; Stephanie Nakasian (v) on d-k, o-s, u.

"I Want A Little Girl" performed as "I Want A Little Boy".

Need confirmation on participation of Nakasian.


Date: March 30, 1992
Location: Cafe Hopper, Antwerp, Belgium
Label: [private recording]

Hod O'Brien (ldr), Hod O'Brien (p), Hans Mantel (b), Stephanie Nakasian (v)

a.01   Just In Time - 10:02  (Jule Styne, Betty Comden, Adolph Green)
b.02   September In The Rain - 9:33  (Harry Warren, Al Dubin)
c.03   If I Were A Bell - 8:30  (Frank Loesser)
d.04   Body And Soul - 7:10  (Johnny Green, Edward Heyman, Robert Sour, Frank Eyton)
e.05   Oh, Lady Be Good - 6:58  (George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin)
f.06   Between The Devil And The Deep Blue Sea - 8:55  (Harold Arlen, Ted Koehler)
g.07   Oleo - 5:25  (Sonny Rollins)
h.08   I Hear A Rhapsody - 9:15  (George Fragos, Dick Gasparre, Jack Baker)
i.09   I Love You, Samantha - 10:45  (Cole Porter)
j.10   Sometimes I'm Happy - 5:55  (Vincent Youmans, Irving Caesar)
k.11   Someone To Watch Over Me - 4:36  (George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin)
l.12   What Is This Thing Called Love - 5:16  (Cole Porter)
m.13   Love Is Here To Stay - 9:12  (George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin)
n.14   Swingin' Till The Girls Come Home - 7:15  (Oscar Pettiford)
o.15   You Ain't Had The Blues - 6:42  (Ronnell Bright, Rosebud Silas Joyner)

Stephanie Nakasian (v) on j-l, o.


Date: April 2, 1992
Location: Schumer piano showroom, Almelo, Netherlands
Label: [private recording]

Johan Bijkerk, Hod O'Brien (ldr), Johan Bijkerk, Hod O'Brien (p), Stephanie Nakasian (v)

a.01   Rosetta - 5:30  (Earl Hines, Henri Woode)
b.02   If I Had You - 6:22  (Jimmy Campbell, Reg Connelly, Ted Shapiro)
c.03   Love Nest - 9:38  (Otto Harbach, Louis Hirsch)
d.04   You've Changed - 2:53  (Carl Fischer, Bill Carey)
e.05   Sunday - 6:48  (Chester Conn, Bennie Krueger, Ned Miller, Jule Styne)
f.06   Tangerine - 5:33  (Victor Schertzinger, Johnny Mercer)
g.07   Solitude - 2:55  (Duke Ellington, Edgar DeLange, Irving Mills)
h.08   If Dreams Come True - 3:50  (Edgar Sampson, Benny Goodman, Irving Mills)
i.09   'Deed I Do - 2:23  (Walter Hirsch, Fred Rose)
j.10   I Wished On The Moon - 2:53  (Ralph Rainger, Dorothy Parker)
k.11   It Might As Well Be Spring - 3:43  (Richard Rodgers, Oscar Hammerstein II)
l.12   Ill Wind  (Harold Arlen, Ted Koehler)
m.12   Wrap Your Troubles In Dreams - 6:16  (Harry Barris, Ted Koehler, Billy Moll)
n.13   Bennie's From Heaven [lyric version of Pennies From Heaven] - 3:38  (Arthur Johnston, Johnny Burke, Eddie Jefferson)
o.14   Blues - 2:00  (Traditional)
p.15   Anytime, Anyday, Anywhere - 1:40  (Victor Young, Ned Washington, Lee Wiley)
q.16   God Bless The Child - 2:40  (Arthur Herzog, Billie Holiday)
r.17   What Is This Thing Called Love - 2:22  (Cole Porter)
s.18   Twisted - 2:32  (Wardell Gray)
t.19   In A Sentimental Mood - 3:25  (Duke Ellington, Manny Kurtz, Irving Mills)
u.20   Oh, Lady Be Good - 3:20  (George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin)
v.21   On The Sunny Side Of The Street - 5:10  (Jimmy McHugh, Dorothy Fields)
w.22   Close Your Eyes - 4:56  (Bernice Petkere)
x.23   Everybody Loves My Baby - 2:52  (Jack Palmer, Spencer Williams)

l, m performed as medley.

Johan Bijkerk (p) on a-c, e-x; Stephanie Nakasian (v) on a-c, e-x.

A spoken lecture by Stephanie Nakasian follows n.

Details needed on the participation of Nakasian.


Date: April 3, 1992
Location: De Vliegh, Scheveningen, Netherlands
Label: [private recording]

Hod O'Brien (ldr), Hod O'Brien (p), Chuck Israels, Alex Milosevitch (b), Joost Potocka (d), Stephanie Nakasian (v)

a.01   It Could Happen To You - 9:20  (Jimmy Van Heusen, Johnny Burke)
b.02   Good Bait - 10:45  (Tadd Dameron, Count Basie)
c.03   'Deed I Do - 2:21  (Walter Hirsch, Fred Rose)
d.04   Make Me Rainbows - 3:08  (John Towner Williams, Alan Bergman, Marilyn Bergman)
e.05   East Of The Sun - 5:53  (Brooks Bowman)
f.06   I Love You - 5:25  (Cole Porter)
g.07   I'll String Along With You - 4:35  (Harry Warren, Al Dubin)
h.08   The Very Thought Of You - 4:27  (Ray Noble)
i.09   Everybody Loves My Baby - 3:50  (Jack Palmer, Spencer Williams)
j.10   I Hear A Rhapsody - 9:27  (George Fragos, Dick Gasparre, Jack Baker)
k.11   Embraceable You - 9:05  (George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin)
l.12   All The Things You Are - 6:12  (Jerome Kern, Oscar Hammerstein II)
m.13   It Might As Well Be Spring - 4:44  (Richard Rodgers, Oscar Hammerstein II)
n.14   I've Got The World On A String - 6:10  (Harold Arlen, Ted Koehler)
o.15   What Is This Thing Called Love - 4:20  (Cole Porter)
p.16   I Want A Little Girl - 3:45  (Murray Mencher, Billy Moll)
q.17   There'll Be Some Changes Made - 3:52  (Bill Higgins, W. Benton Overstreet)
r.18   I'll Remember April - 10:46  (Don Raye, Gene DePaul, Patricia Johnston)
s.19   You Ain't Had The Blues - 9:20  (Ronnell Bright, Rosebud Silas Joyner)

Chuck Israels (b) on j-k, r; Alex Milosevitch (b) on a-i, l-q, s; Stephanie Nakasian (v) on c-i, l-q, s.

"I Want A Little Girl" performed as "I Want A Little Boy".


Date: April 4, 1992
Location: Dr. Pool-huis, Hengelo, Netherlands
Label: [private recording]

Hod O'Brien, Wim Overgaauw (ldr), Gerlo Hesselink (as), Wim Overgaauw (g), Hod O'Brien (p), Stephanie Nakasian (v)

a.01   Just Friends - 7:45  (John Klenner, Sam M. Lewis)
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b.02   Along Came Betty - 9:43  (Benny Golson)
     Blue Jack Jazz Records CD: BJJR 012 — Delightful Duets 1   (2003)
c.03   Autumn Leaves [aka Les Feuilles Mortes] - 10:25  (Joseph Kosma, Jacques Prevert, Johnny Mercer)
     Blue Jack Jazz Records CD: BJJR 012 — Delightful Duets 1   (2003)
d.04   Yesterdays - 6:57  (Jerome Kern, Otto Harbach)
e.05   Falling In Love With Love - 6:12  (Richard Rodgers, Lorenz Hart)
f.06   But Beautiful - 6:58  (Jimmy Van Heusen, Johnny Burke)
g.07   I Love You - 6:08  (Cole Porter)
h.08   If I Were A Bell - 6:23  (Frank Loesser)
     Blue Jack Jazz Records CD: BJJR 012 — Delightful Duets 1   (2003)
i.09   My Romance - 6:47  (Richard Rodgers, Lorenz Hart)
     Blue Jack Jazz Records CD: BJJR 012 — Delightful Duets 1   (2003)
j.10   Stablemates - 7:32  (Benny Golson)
     Blue Jack Jazz Records CD: BJJR 012 — Delightful Duets 1   (2003)
k.11   There Is No Greater Love - 6:18  (Isham Jones, Marty Symes)
l.12   Sometimes I'm Happy - 6:15  (Vincent Youmans, Irving Caesar)
m.13   Song For My Father - 5:35  (Horace Silver)
n.14   My Foolish Heart - 3:15  (Victor Young, Ned Washington)
o.15   Cookin' At The Continental [lyric version] - 7:40  (Horace Silver, Jon Hendricks)
p.16   You Ain't Had The Blues - 9:24  (Ronnell Bright, Rosebud Silas Joyner)

Gerlo Hesselink (as) on d-f, k-p; Stephanie Nakasian (v) on e-f, l-p.


Date: April 6, 1992
Location: Cafe Hopper, Antwerp, Belgium
Label: [private recording]

Stephanie Nakasian, Hod O'Brien (ldr), Harry Happel, Hod O'Brien (p), Stephanie Nakasian (v)

a.01   If I Should Lose You - 10:15  (Leo Robin, Ralph Rainger)
b.02   I Could Write A Book - 5:50  (Richard Rodgers, Lorenz Hart)
c.03   Almost In Your Arms - 2:40  (Ray Evans, Jay Livingston)
d.04   The Night Has A Thousand Eyes - 3:34  (Buddy Bernier, Jerome Brainin)
e.05   I Thought About You - 4:44  (Jimmy Van Heusen, Johnny Mercer)
f.06   Devil May Care - 4:58  (Bob Dorough)
g.07   Body And Soul - 4:58  (Johnny Green, Edward Heyman, Robert Sour, Frank Eyton)
h.08   I'm All Smiles - 4:56  (Michael Leonard, Herbert Martin)
i.09   Triste - 3:52  (Antonio Carlos Jobim)
j.10   Cookin' At The Continental - 4:50  (Horace Silver)
k.11   Gone With The Wind - 7:40  (Allie Wrubel, Herb Magidson)
l.12   Love Nest - 6:37  (Otto Harbach, Louis Hirsch)
m.13   By Myself - 3:00  (Arthur Schwartz, Howard Dietz)
n.14   You Turned The Tables On Me - 4:48  (Louis Alter, Sidney Mitchell)
o.15   Who Cares - 2:45  (George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin)
p.16   All My Tomorrows - 5:09  (Jimmy Van Heusen, Sammy Cahn)
q.17   Small Day Tomorrow - 4:45  (Bob Dorough, Fran Landesman)
r.18   I Love You - 5:15  (Cole Porter)
s.19   Song For My Father - 3:50  (Horace Silver)
t.20   Misty - 5:20  (Erroll Garner, Johnny Burke)
u.21   You Ain't Had The Blues - 4:03  (Ronnell Bright, Rosebud Silas Joyner)
v.22   C Jam Blues - 3:56  (Duke Ellington)
w.23   Take The "A" Train - 7:30  (Billy Strayhorn)

Harry Happel (p) on u-w; Hod O'Brien (p) on a-t, v-w.

Final two selections performed one piano, four hands.


Date: April 9, 1992
Location: Cafe Verbunt, Amsterdam, Netherlands
Label: [private recording]

Hod O'Brien (ldr), Loek Hagen (g), Hod O'Brien (p), Hans Mantel (b), Stephanie Nakasian (v)

a.01   I'm Getting Sentimental Over You - 13:55  (Ned Washington, George Bassman)
b.02   I'll Remember April - 10:50  (Don Raye, Gene DePaul, Patricia Johnston)
c.03   On A Clear Day (You Can See Forever) - 3:27  (Burton Lane, Alan Jay Lerner)
d.04   Fly Me To The Moon (In Other Words) - 5:02  (Bart Howard)
e.05   Sometimes I'm Happy - 6:52  (Vincent Youmans, Irving Caesar)
f.06   Everything Happens To Me - 4:31  (Matt Dennis, Tom Adair)
g.07   I Love You - 6:36  (Cole Porter)
h.08   Yardbird Suite - 8:53  (Charlie Parker)
i.09   On The Sunny Side Of The Street - 9:56  (Jimmy McHugh, Dorothy Fields)
j.10   What Is This Thing Called Love - 6:10  (Cole Porter)
k.11   It Might As Well Be Spring - 5:30  (Richard Rodgers, Oscar Hammerstein II)
l.12   I Want A Little Girl - 4:33  (Murray Mencher, Billy Moll)
m.13   You Ain't Had The Blues - 8:20  (Ronnell Bright, Rosebud Silas Joyner)

Stephanie Nakasian (v) on c-g, j-m.

"I Want A Little Girl" performed as "I Want A Little Boy".


Date: April 10, 1992
Location: De Tobbe, Voorburg, Netherlands
Label: [private recording]

Hod O'Brien (ldr), Hod O'Brien (p), Bert Meulink (b), Martin Verhoef (d), Stephanie Nakasian (v)

a.01   Have You Met Miss Jones? - 7:46  (Richard Rodgers, Lorenz Hart)
b.02   Blue Bossa - 8:22  (Kenny Dorham)
c.03   'Deed I Do - 2:22  (Walter Hirsch, Fred Rose)
d.04   Make Me Rainbows - 3:08  (John Towner Williams, Alan Bergman, Marilyn Bergman)
e.05   East Of The Sun - 7:08  (Brooks Bowman)
f.06   By Myself - 3:33  (Arthur Schwartz, Howard Dietz)
g.07   Body And Soul - 4:57  (Johnny Green, Edward Heyman, Robert Sour, Frank Eyton)
h.08   Pent-Up House [lyric version] - 6:16  (Sonny Rollins, Stephanie Nakasian)
i.09   I Want A Little Girl - 4:32  (Murray Mencher, Billy Moll)
j.10   Everybody Loves My Baby - 3:58  (Jack Palmer, Spencer Williams)
k.11   Yardbird Suite - 7:47  (Charlie Parker)
l.12   French Cookin' - 3:22  (Hod O'Brien, Stephanie Nakasian)
m.13   Picture A World - 4:27  (Joe Raposo)
n.14   The Best Thing For You - 3:32  (Irving Berlin)
o.15   Embraceable You - 4:44  (George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin)
p.16   Bennie's From Heaven [lyric version of Pennies From Heaven] - 4:15  (Arthur Johnston, Johnny Burke, Eddie Jefferson)
q.17   The Very Thought Of You - 4:32  (Ray Noble)
r.18   Funny Night - 3:30  (Pepe Gonzalez)
s.19   You Ain't Had The Blues - 6:55  (Ronnell Bright, Rosebud Silas Joyner)
t.20   It Don't Mean A Thing - 4:46  (Duke Ellington, Irving Mills)

Stephanie Nakasian (v) on c-j, l-t.

"I Want A Little Girl" performed as "I Want A Little Boy".


Date: April 12, 1992
Location: Grand Cafe Verderop, Delft, Netherlands
Label: [private recording]

Hod O'Brien (ldr), Hod O'Brien (p), Bert Meulink (b), Martin Verhoef (d), Stephanie Nakasian (v)

a.01   Back Home Again In Indiana - 5:51  (James F. Hanley, Ballard MacDonald)
b.02   Autumn Leaves [aka Les Feuilles Mortes] - 8:36  (Joseph Kosma, Jacques Prevert, Johnny Mercer)
c.03   Sunday - 3:06  (Chester Conn, Bennie Krueger, Ned Miller, Jule Styne)
d.04   Make Me Rainbows - 2:56  (John Towner Williams, Alan Bergman, Marilyn Bergman)
e.05   I Thought About You - 5:14  (Jimmy Van Heusen, Johnny Mercer)
f.06   Please Be Kind - 3:54  (Saul Chaplin, Sammy Cahn)
g.07   Pent-Up House [lyric version] - 4:52  (Sonny Rollins, Stephanie Nakasian)
h.08   I'm All Smiles - 2:43  (Michael Leonard, Herbert Martin)
i.09   I Want A Little Girl - 3:57  (Murray Mencher, Billy Moll)
j.10   Everybody Loves My Baby - 3:17  (Jack Palmer, Spencer Williams)
k.11   Scrapple From The Apple - 8:10  (Charlie Parker)
l.12   French Cookin' - 3:10  (Hod O'Brien, Stephanie Nakasian)
m.13   Funny Night - 2:10  (Pepe Gonzalez)
n.14   Sometimes I'm Happy - 6:32  (Vincent Youmans, Irving Caesar)
o.15   Someone To Watch Over Me - 4:25  (George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin)
p.16   Cookin' At The Continental [lyric version] - 6:40  (Horace Silver, Jon Hendricks)
q.17   I Love You - 4:20  (Cole Porter)
r.18   I'll String Along With You - 4:45  (Harry Warren, Al Dubin)
s.19   You Ain't Had The Blues - 6:45  (Ronnell Bright, Rosebud Silas Joyner)
t.20   C Jam Blues - 1:00  (Duke Ellington)

Stephanie Nakasian (v) on c-j, l-s.

"I Want A Little Girl" performed as "I Want A Little Boy".


Date: April 16, 1992
Location: De Tor, Enschede, Netherlands
Label: [private recording]

Hod O'Brien (ldr), Gerlo Hesselink (as), Gerard van der Maar (ts), Hod O'Brien (p), Johan Plomp (b), Hans Dekker (d), Stephanie Nakasian (v)

a.01   I Hear A Rhapsody - 6:08  (George Fragos, Dick Gasparre, Jack Baker)
b.02   I Thought About You - 3:52  (Jimmy Van Heusen, Johnny Mercer)
c.03   Tricotism - 3:50  (Oscar Pettiford)
d.04   They Can't Take That Away From Me - 3:55  (George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin)
e.05   No More Blues [lyric version of Chega De Saudade] - 4:44  (Antonio Carlos Jobim, Vinicius DeMoraes, Jessie Cavanaugh, Jon Hendricks)
f.06   Everybody Loves My Baby - 3:20  (Jack Palmer, Spencer Williams)
g.07   I'll Be Seeing You - 4:42  (Sammy Fain, Irving Kahal)
h.08   Ain't Misbehavin' - 2:45  (Thomas 'Fats' Waller, Harry Brooks, Andy Razaf)
i.09   What Is This Thing Called Love - 5:05  (Cole Porter)
j.10   Ain't Misbehavin' - 2:48  (Thomas 'Fats' Waller, Harry Brooks, Andy Razaf)

Gerlo Hesselink (as) on b-e, g-j; Gerard van der Maar (ts) on b-e, g-j; Stephanie Nakasian (v) on b-e, g-j.

Additional personnel (members of the Dual City Band) unknown.


Date: July 1992
Location: Red Rock Studios, Saylorsburg, PA
Label: JazzMania

Stephanie Nakasian (ldr), Mark Kirk (ss, as), Vic Juris (g), Hod O'Brien (p), Steve Gilmore (b), Bill Goodwin (d), Ed Hudak (per), Stephanie Nakasian (v)

a.01   Almost In Your Arms - 3:53  (Ray Evans, Jay Livingston)
b.02   Too Many Tears - 6:02  (Al Dubin, Harry Warren)
c.03   I'm All Smiles - 4:50  (Michael Leonard, Herbert Martin)
d.04   When Your Lover Has Gone - 3:49  (Einar A. Swan)
e.05   By Myself - 4:01  (Arthur Schwartz, Howard Dietz)
f.06   You Ain't Had The Blues - 5:03  (Ronnell Bright, Rosebud Silas Joyner)
g.07   A Second Chance - 4:51  (André Previn, Dory Langdon Previn)
h.08   Blizzard Of Lies  (Dave Frishberg, Samantha Frishberg)
i.08   Little White Lies - 3:50  (Walter Donaldson)
j.09   If I Ruled The World - 3:49  (Leslie Bricusse, Cyril Ornadel)
k.10   The Moth And The Flame - 4:28  (Hod O'Brien, Fran Landesman)
l.11   I'll String Along With You - 5:42  (Harry Warren, Al Dubin)
m.12   Love Is Just Around The Corner - 3:02  (Leo Robin, Lewis E. Gensler)
n.13   Who Cares - 3:34  (George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin)
All titles on:      JazzMania CD: JCD 6002 — Bitter Sweet   (1993)

h, i performed as medley.


Date: September 8, 1992
Location: Garden Productions Studio, New York City
Label: JazzMania

Hod O'Brien (ldr), Mark Kirk (ss, as), Tony Purrone (g), Hod O'Brien (p), Steve Gilmore (b), Jeff Brillinger (d)

a.01   Cole Burner - 5:20  (Hod O'Brien)
b.02   It's Bad For Me - 5:54  (Cole Porter) / arr: Hod O'Brien
c.03   Remember When - 4:13  (Mark Kirk)
d.04   Rosalie - 4:41  (Cole Porter) / arr: Hod O'Brien
e.05   I Love You, Samantha - 6:18  (Cole Porter) / arr: Hod O'Brien
f.06   Get Out Of Town - 5:29  (Cole Porter) / arr: Hod O'Brien
g.07   A Teardrop - 4:57  (Ervin Litkei) / arr: Mark Kirk
h.08   Ev'ry Time We Say Goodbye - 7:00  (Cole Porter) / arr: Hod O'Brien
i.09   Dream Dancing - 7:07  (Cole Porter) / arr: Hod O'Brien
j.10   Have You Got Any Dreams For Sale? - 5:36  (Ervin Litkei)
k.11   In The Still Of The Night - 4:16  (Cole Porter) / arr: Hod O'Brien
All titles on:      JazzMania CD: JCD 6005 — Hod & Cole   (1993)

Mark Kirk (ss) on g; (as) on c, j.


Date: October 21 & 22, 1992
Location: Red Rock Studios, Saylorsburg, PA
Label: V.S.O.P.

Danny D'Imperio (ldr), Andy Fusco (as), Ralph Lalama (ts), Greg Gisbert (t, fh), Steve Brown (g, cga), Hod O'Brien (p), Dave Shapiro (b), Danny D'Imperio (d), Jimmy Johns (tim)

a.01   Hip To It - 5:21  (Richard 'Blue' Mitchell) / arr: Calvin Custer
b.02   Pat 'n Chat - 8:45  (Hank Mobley) / arr: Steve Brown
c.03   Where Are You? - 7:45  (Jimmy McHugh, Harold Adamson) / arr: Steve Brown
d.04   Rat Race - 6:29  (Bob Dorough) / arr: Bob Dorough
e.05   Un Poco Loco - 3:47  (Bud Powell) / arr: Calvin Custer
f.06   A Portrait Of Jennie - 7:35  (Gordon Burdge, J. Russell Robinson) / arr: Steve Brown
g.07   Frog's Legs - 5:22  (Josef Zawinul) / arr: Steve Brown
h.08   Dizzy's Business [aka Cymbalisms] - 6:46  (Ernie Wilkins) / arr: Steve Brown
i.09   On A Misty Night - 5:53  (Tadd Dameron) / arr: Andy Fusco
j.10   Outstanding - 6:05  (Steve Brown) / arr: Steve Brown
All titles on:      V.S.O.P. CD: 86 — Hip To It   

Steve Brown (g) on a-b, d, f-g, j; (cga) on e, g; Jimmy Johns (tim) on e.

Arrangements by Steve Brown, Calvin Custer, Bob Dorough, and Andy Fusco. Further details needed.


Date: January 28, 1993
Location: Captain Hornblower's, Key West, FL
Label: [private recording]

Hod O'Brien (ldr), Hod O'Brien (p), Steve Gilmore (b), Stephanie Nakasian (v)

a.01   I Love You, Samantha - 14:40  (Cole Porter)
b.02   I Only Have Eyes For You - 3:45  (Harry Warren, Al Dubin)
c.03   The Girl From Ipanema - 5:15  (Antonio Carlos Jobim, Vinicius DeMoraes, Norman Gimbel)
d.04   'S Wonderful - 4:00  (George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin)
e.05   Misty - 5:10  (Erroll Garner, Johnny Burke)
f.06   Don't Get Around Much Anymore - 4:30  (Duke Ellington, Sidney Keith 'Bob' Russell)
g.07   Rosetta - 10:20  (Earl Hines, Henri Woode)
h.08   Let's Get Away From It All - 1:50  (Matt Dennis, Tom Adair)
i.09   Make Me Rainbows - 3:55  (John Towner Williams, Alan Bergman, Marilyn Bergman)
j.10   East Of The Sun - 5:40  (Brooks Bowman)

Stephanie Nakasian (v) on b-f, h-j.


Date: January 29, 1993
Location: Captain Hornblower's, Key West, FL
Label: [private recording]

Hod O'Brien (ldr), Bruno De Filippi (g), Hod O'Brien (p), Steve Gilmore (b), Stephanie Nakasian (v)

a.01   Close Your Eyes - 10:20  (Bernice Petkere)
b.02   On A Clear Day (You Can See Forever) - 4:40  (Burton Lane, Alan Jay Lerner)
c.03   Days Of Wine And Roses - 4:00  (Henry Mancini, Johnny Mercer)
d.04   Fly Me To The Moon (In Other Words) - 3:30  (Bart Howard)
e.05   Tenderly - 4:40  (Walter Gross, Jack Lawrence)
f.06   Anytime, Anyday, Anywhere - 3:30  (Victor Young, Ned Washington, Lee Wiley)
g.07   My Melancholy Baby - 9:50  (Ernie Burnett, George Norton, Johnny Watson)
h.08   Take The "A" Train - 7:00  (Billy Strayhorn)
i.09   Exactly Like You - 3:40  (Jimmy McHugh, Dorothy Fields)
j.10   Moonlight In Vermont - 3:50  (John Blackburn, Karl Suessdorf)
k.11   It's A Wonderful World - 4:40  (Jan Savitt, Harold Adamson, Johnny Watson)
l.12   Bennie's From Heaven [lyric version of Pennies From Heaven] - 5:50  (Arthur Johnston, Johnny Burke, Eddie Jefferson)
m.13   I Want A Little Girl - 5:25  (Murray Mencher, Billy Moll)
n.14   How High The Moon - 3:50  (Nancy Hamilton, W. Morgan Lewis)

Bruno De Filippi (g) on h-l, n; Stephanie Nakasian (v) on b-f, h-n.

Final selection is incomplete on only known source.

"I Want A Little Girl" performed as "I Want A Little Boy".


Date: February 23 & 24, 1994
Location: Sarasota, FL
Label: [private recording]

Paul Brusger (ldr), Geo Allgeier (ts), John Swana (t), Hod O'Brien (p), Paul Brusger (b), John Jenkins (d)

a.01   Definitely - 7:55  (Paul Brusger)
b.02   When Love Comes Your Way - 5:06  (Paul Brusger)
c.03   Nancy's Day - 6:58  (Paul Brusger)
d.04   Y'bor Square - 5:14  (Paul Brusger)
e.05   47 West 63rd - 9:00  (Paul Brusger)
f.06   The Message Is Clear - 6:50  (Paul Brusger)
g.07   I Just Thought I'd Say Hello - 6:22  (Paul Brusger)
h.08   Happy Hunting Ground - 5:53  (Paul Brusger)
i.09   Storybook Ending - 6:28  (Paul Brusger)
j.10   Downtown Blues Uptown - 5:18  (Paul Brusger)
k.11   Up In Jennifer's Room - 5:30  (Paul Brusger)
l.12   For Miles On End - 6:25  (Paul Brusger)

Date: August 22, 1994
Location: Red Rock Studios, Saylorsburg, PA
Label: V.S.O.P.

Danny D'Imperio (ldr), Gary Pribek (as), Ralph Lalama, John Rhode (ts), Joe Carello (bar), Greg Gisbert (t), Chris Persad (t, fh), Steve Brown (g), Hod O'Brien (p), Dave Shapiro (b), Danny D'Imperio (d)

a.01   Jessica's Day - 6:14  (Quincy Jones) / arr: Steve Brown
     V.S.O.P. CD: 96 — Glass Enclosure   
b.02   Glass Enclosure - 3:51  (Bud Powell)
     V.S.O.P. CD: 96 — Glass Enclosure   
c.03   The Thespian - 10:48  (Freddie Redd) / arr: Calvin Custer, Tom Phillips
     V.S.O.P. CD: 96 — Glass Enclosure   
d.04   Tadd - 4:06  (Barry Harris) / arr: Jimmy Heath
     V.S.O.P. CD: 96 — Glass Enclosure   
e.05   I Waited For You - 8:32  (Walter 'Gil' Fuller, Dizzy Gillespie) / arr: Steve Brown
     V.S.O.P. CD: 96 — Glass Enclosure   
f.06   So That's How It Is - 6:48  (Dave Will) / arr: Dave Will
     V.S.O.P. CD: 96 — Glass Enclosure   
g.07   Need I? - 6:41  (Lee Morgan) / arr: Oliver Nelson
     V.S.O.P. CD: 96 — Glass Enclosure   
h.08   Ray's Idea - 8:58  (Dizzy Gillespie, Walter 'Gil' Fuller) / arr: Hod O'Brien
     V.S.O.P. CD: 96 — Glass Enclosure   
i.09   On The Case - 7:11  (Dusko Goykovich, Alvin Queen) / arr: Steve Brown
     V.S.O.P. CD: 96 — Glass Enclosure   
j.10   Just For Marty - 8:16  (Bill Hardman) / arr: Steve Brown
     V.S.O.P. CD: 96 — Glass Enclosure   
k.11   Dorham's Epitaph - 1:13  (Kenny Dorham) / arr: Kenny Dorham
     V.S.O.P. CD: 96 — Glass Enclosure   
l.   Theme For Ernie - 7:15  (Fred Lacey) / arr: Steve Brown
     Sackville CD: SKCD2 3060 — The Outlaw   (1996)

John Rhode (ts) on b, d-g; Joe Carello (bar) on b-g, i; Chris Persad (t) on b, g; (fh) on l; Steve Brown (g) on b, d-e, g, j.


Date: November 7, 1995
Location: Runk Dining Hall, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA
Label: [private recording]

Barry Harris, Hod O'Brien (ldr), Barry Harris, Hod O'Brien (p), Clarence Seay (b), Ronnie Free (d), Stephanie Nakasian (v)

a.01   Star Eyes - 9:17  (Don Raye, Gene DePaul)
     Spice Of Life CD: SOL SV 0002 — Hod Meets Barry   
b.02   Bouncing With Bud - 9:08  (Bud Powell)
c.03   It Could Happen To You - 7:53  (Jimmy Van Heusen, Johnny Burke)
     Spice Of Life CD: SOL SV 0002 — Hod Meets Barry   
d.04   7-3-6-5 - 5:35  (Barry Harris)
     Spice Of Life CD: SOL SV 0002 — Hod Meets Barry   
e.05   A Time For Love - 5:50  (Johnny Mandel, Paul Francis Webster)
f.06   Ask Me Now - 5:56  (Thelonious Monk)
g.07   Moose The Mooche - 6:08  (Charlie Parker)
     Spice Of Life CD: SOL SV 0002 — Hod Meets Barry   
h.08   You Must Believe In Spring - 5:24  (Michel Legrand, Alan Bergman, Marilyn Bergman)
i.09   All God's Children Got Rhythm - 3:50  (Bronislau Kaper, Walter Jurmann, Gus Kahn)
j.10   Good Bait - 8:51  (Tadd Dameron, Count Basie)
k.11   How High The Moon  (Nancy Hamilton, W. Morgan Lewis)
     Spice Of Life CD: SOL SV 0002 — Hod Meets Barry   
l.11   Ornithology - 9:30  (Charlie Parker, Bennie Harris)
     Spice Of Life CD: SOL SV 0002 — Hod Meets Barry   
m.12   'Round Midnight - 9:10  (Thelonious Monk, Cootie Williams, Bernie Hanighen)
     Spice Of Life CD: SOL SV 0002 — Hod Meets Barry   
n.13   Yardbird Suite - 7:06  (Charlie Parker)
     Spice Of Life CD: SOL SV 0002 — Hod Meets Barry   
o.14   Nascimento - 6:15  (Barry Harris)

k, l performed as medley.

Barry Harris (p) on a-b, d-e, g-i, k-o; Hod O'Brien (p) on a-c, f-g, j-o; Clarence Seay (b) on a-d, g, i-o; Ronnie Free (d) on a-d, g, i-o; Stephanie Nakasian (v) on h, m-n.

"7-3-6-5" is a spontaneous composition created by Harris with audience participation beforehand (3:00).


Date: May 6, 1996
Location: Radio Oost Studios, Hengelo, Netherlands
Label: Home Made Cake

Johan Bijkerk (ldr), Willy van Diepen (f, as), Gerlo Hesselink (as, ts), Gerard van der Maar (bar), Jan Wessels (t), Raymond Nijenhuis (g), Hod O'Brien (p), Hans Mantel (b), Bert Kuipers (eb, v)

a.01   Parker In Twente - 7:20  (Johan Bijkerk)
b.02   De Reutumer Weuste - 8:19  (Johan Bijkerk)
c.03   Sophie - 8:02  (Johan Bijkerk)
d.04   Powell In Hengel - 6:00  (Johan Bijkerk, Reinold Widemann)
All titles on:      Home Made Cake CD: 001 — Twente Suite   

Johan Bijkerk (ldr) on d; Bert Kuipers (v) on d.


Date: May 8, 1996
Location: Radio Oost Studios, Hengelo, Netherlands
Label: Home Made Cake

Johan Bijkerk (ldr), Johan Bijkerk, Hod O'Brien (p)

a.05   Two Kids In The Candy Store - 4:03  (Johan Bijkerk)
b.06   B & A - 4:45  (Johan Bijkerk)
Both titles on:      Home Made Cake CD: 001 — Twente Suite   

Date: August 19 & 20, 1996
Location: Red Rock Studios, Saylorsburg, PA
Label: Sackville

Danny D'Imperio (ldr), Gary Pribek (as), Ralph Lalama, John Rhode (ts), Joe Carello (bar), Greg Gisbert, Andy Gravish (t), Hod O'Brien (p), Dave Shapiro (b), Danny D'Imperio (d), Steve Brown (cga)

a.01   Sidewinder - 6:25  (J. J. Johnson)
b.02   The Outlaw - 6:47  (Horace Silver)
c.04   One By One - 9:12  (Wayne Shorter)
d.05   Quicksilver - 7:48  (Horace Silver)
e.06   Repetition - 4:16  (Neal Hefti) / arr: Steve Brown
f.07   S. O. S. - 6:06  (Wes Montgomery)
g.08   Skylark - 4:46  (Hoagy Carmichael, Johnny Mercer) / arr: Wayne Shorter
h.09   Nica's Tempo - 5:26  (Gigi Gryce) / arr: Steve Brown
i.10   Like This! - 5:14  (Barry Harris) / arr: Steve Brown
j.11   Woody 'n You - 8:29  (Dizzy Gillespie)
All titles on:      Sackville CD: SKCD2 3060 — The Outlaw   (1996)

John Rhode (ts) on e, i; Joe Carello (bar) on e, h-i; Greg Gisbert (t) on b, d, f-h, j; Andy Gravish (t) on a, c-g, i-j; Steve Brown (cga) on b, e.

Gravish solos first on d, f; Gisbert solos first on g, j.


Date: September 3, 1997
Location: Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, NJ
Label: Reservoir

Hod O'Brien (ldr), Hod O'Brien (p), Ray Drummond (b), Kenny Washington (d)

a.01   Exodus - 6:39  (Charles E. Boone, Ernest Gold)
b.02   Meet B. B. [aka Meet Benny Bailey] - 5:07  (Quincy Jones, Jon Hendricks)
c.03   So That's How It Is - 5:56  (Dave Will)
d.04   Ultramarine - 5:23  (Warren Chiasson)
e.05   Cheek To Cheek - 7:02  (Irving Berlin)
f.06   Where Or When - 7:11  (Richard Rodgers, Lorenz Hart)
g.07   Will You Still Be Mine - 7:47  (Matt Dennis, Tom Adair)
h.08   Little Ronnie's Here - 6:05  (Hod O'Brien)
i.09   Ask Me Now - 7:45  (Thelonious Monk)
j.10   Forecast - 4:17  (Irving 'Duke' Jordan)
All titles on:      Reservoir CD: RSR CD 155 — So That's How It Is   

Date: 1999
Label: [private recording]

Danny D'Imperio (ldr), Joe Carello (as, bar), Gary Pribek (as), Ralph Lalama (ts), Greg Gisbert, Andy Gravish, Chris Persad (t), John Mosca (tb), Steve Brown (g), Hod O'Brien (p), Dave Shapiro (b), Danny D'Imperio (d)

a.01   Big "P" - 4:51  (Jimmy Heath)
b.02   Light Blue - 5:40  (Thelonious Monk)
c.03   Blue Bird - 5:31  (Charlie Parker)
d.04   Spring Can Really Hang You Up The Most - 5:49  (Fran Landesman, Thomas J. Wolf, Jr.)
e.05   It's Love - 6:54  (Mel Rhyne)
f.06   It's Magic - 4:30  (Jule Styne, Sammy Cahn)
g.07   Make It Good - 6:51  (Duke Pearson)
h.08   Meet B. B. [aka Meet Benny Bailey] - 8:54  (Quincy Jones, Jon Hendricks)
i.09   Our Delight - 6:11  (Tadd Dameron)
j.10   Room 608 - 9:56  (Horace Silver)
k.11   The Song Is You - 8:57  (Jerome Kern, Oscar Hammerstein II)

Final selection is incomplete on only known source.


Date: 1999
Location: Bias Studios, Springfield, VA
Label: TICEE Productions

John Jensen (ldr), John Jensen (tb), Steve Abshire (g), Hod O'Brien (p), Steve Gilmore (b), Brooks Tegler (d), Sam Turner (per)

a.01   That Old Feeling - 4:24  (Lew Brown, Sammy Fain)
b.02   Polka Dots And Moonbeams - 6:57  (Jimmy Van Heusen, Johnny Burke)
c.03   Exactly Like You - 6:57  (Jimmy McHugh, Dorothy Fields)
d.04   But Not For Me - 5:15  (George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin)
e.05   In A Sentimental Mood - 4:35  (Duke Ellington, Manny Kurtz, Irving Mills)
f.06   Time After Time - 6:49  (Jule Styne, Sammy Cahn)
g.07   Alone Together - 6:26  (Arthur Schwartz, Howard Dietz)
h.08   Blues Among Friends - 7:21  (Hod O'Brien)
i.09   I Thought About You - 10:08  (Jimmy Van Heusen, Johnny Mercer)
j.10   Nobody Else But Me - 3:46  (Jerome Kern, Oscar Hammerstein II)
k.11   You Don't Know What Love Is - 4:59  (Don Raye, Gene DePaul)
All titles on:      TICEE Productions CD: TC 25 CD — Homecoming   

Steve Abshire (g) on a-g, i-k; Brooks Tegler (d) on a-g, i-k; Sam Turner (per) on a-g, i-k.

Jensen overdubbed a second trombone part on e.


Date: August 30 & 31, 1999
Location: Bobby Read Studio, North Garden, VA
Label: [private recording]

Jeff Decker (ldr), Jeff Decker (ts), Hod O'Brien (p), Pete Spaar (b), Robert Jospé (d)

a.01   Decker's Alley - 8:13  (Jeff Decker)
b.02   The Eight Ender - 7:12  (Jeff Decker)
c.03   Summer Soft - 9:33  (Stevie Wonder)
d.04   Don' 'Cha Go 'Way Mad - 6:53  (Illinois Jacquet, Jimmy Mundy, Al Stillman)
e.05   Let's Face The Music And Dance - 8:00  (Irving Berlin)
f.06   I'll Know - 7:25  (Frank Loesser)
g.07   Being For The Benefit Of Mr. Kite! - 6:43  (John Lennon, Paul McCartney)
h.08   Clear Lake Love Call - 7:29  (Jeff Decker)
i.09   It's A Lovely Day Today - 5:48  (Irving Berlin)
All titles on:      [no label] CD: - — I'll Know   

Date: November 22, 1999
Location: unknown, VA
Label: Peckman Jazz

Bob Peckman (ldr), Gunnar Mossblad (ss, ts), Royce Campbell (g), Hod O'Brien (p), Hans Mantel (b), Bob Peckman (d)

a.01   Caravan - 7:14  (Duke Ellington, Juan Tizol, Irving Mills)
b.02   Old Folks - 6:40  (Willard Robison, Dedette Hill)
c.03   Beautiful Love - 8:46  (Victor Young, Haven Gillespie, Wayne King, Egbert Van Alstyne)
d.04   Little Bossa - 7:33  (Royce Campbell)
e.05   Mambo Puente - 4:28  (Royce Campbell)
f.06   I Fall In Love Too Easily - 5:19  (Jule Styne, Sammy Cahn)
g.07   Bomp Bomp - 5:03  (Royce Campbell)
h.08   Snowfall - 4:59  (Claude Thornhill, Ruth Thornhill)
i.09   Gone With The Wind - 5:47  (Allie Wrubel, Herb Magidson)
j.10   The Dog Walk - 6:04  (Gunnar Mossblad)
All titles on:      Peckman Jazz CD: PJCD 102 — In The Pocket   

Date: December 17 & 18, 1999
Location: Entourage Studio, Hollywood, CA
Label: Fresh Sound

Hod O'Brien (ldr), Hod O'Brien (p), Tom Warrington (b), Paul Kreibich (d)

a.01   Passing Through - 6:23  (Erroll Garner)
b.02   Dancing In The Dark - 5:48  (Arthur Schwartz, Howard Dietz)
c.03   Lazy Bird - 5:16  (John Coltrane)
d.04   While My Lady Sleeps - 5:18  (Bronislau Kaper)
e.05   Ecaroh - 5:51  (Horace Silver)
f.06   Red's Good Groove - 6:41  (Red Garland)
g.07   Some Other Spring - 6:00  (Arthur Herzog, Irene Kitchings)
h.08   Hod House - 6:06  (Hod O'Brien)
i.09   I'm All Smiles - 6:59  (Michael Leonard, Herbert Martin)
j.10   By Myself - 6:33  (Arthur Schwartz, Howard Dietz)
k.11   Last Night When We Were Young - 5:03  (Harold Arlen, E. Y. Harburg)
l.12   Soon - 4:17  (George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin)
All titles on:      Fresh Sound CD: FSR 5030 — Have Piano...Will Swing!   (2004)

"Red's Good Groove" listed as "Red's Groove".


Date: 2000
Location: Red Rock Studios, Saylorsburg, PA
Label: Chase Music Group

Stephanie Nakasian (ldr), Steve Brown (g, cga), Bob Hallahan (p), Hod O'Brien (syn, v), Paul Langosch (b), Joe La Barbera (d), Stephanie Nakasian (v)

a.01   Invitation - 4:07  (Bronislau Kaper, Paul Francis Webster)
b.02   No Moon At All - 5:34  (Redd Evans, Dave Mann)
c.03   The Nearness Of You - 5:25  (Hoagy Carmichael, Ned Washington)
d.04   You Call It Madness But I Call It Love - 3:27  (Russ Columbo, Con Conrad, Gladys Dubois, Paul Gregory)
e.05   Someone Nice - 2:46  (Joe Raposo)
f.06   Memories Of Tomorrow [lyric version] - 4:28  (Keith Jarrett, Debra Nowinski)
g.07   It's A Blue World - 5:20  (George 'Chet' Forrest, Robert Craig Wright)
h.08   Love Is A Necessary Evil - 5:25  (Marvin Fisher, Jack Segal)
i.09   This Heart Of Mine - 3:58  (Harry Warren, Arthur Freed)
j.10   What'll I Do - 3:45  (Irving Berlin)
k.11   Someone's Rocking My Dreamboat - 3:18  (Leon René, Otis René, Emerson Scott)
l.12   The Lamp Is Low - 4:41  (Mitchell Parish, Peter DeRose, Maurice Ravel)
m.13   Escapade [lyric version of Nathalie] - 4:40  (Hod O'Brien, William Benton)
n.14   He Never Mentioned Love - 2:50  (Curtis Lewis)
o.15   Just For You - 5:02  (Pepe Gonzalez, T. Di Torre)
All titles on:      Chase Music Group CD: CMD 8060 — Invitation To An Escapade   (2001)

Steve Brown (g) on d, g-h, n-o; (cga) on a, f; Hod O'Brien (syn) on l-m, o; (v) on o.

O'Brien plays synthesized vibes.


Date: January 24, 2000
Label: BinderJazz

Aaron Binder (ldr), Jeff Decker (ts), John D'Earth (t), Hod O'Brien (p), Scott Fitzsimmons (b), Aaron Binder (d)

a.01   Black And White Sound - 10:12  (Aaron Binder)
b.02   Wasted Breath - 8:48  (Aaron Binder)
c.03   Ruffians - 6:50  (Aaron Binder)
d.04   Firecracker - 7:28  (Aaron Binder)
e.05   An Everyday Tune - 8:58  (John D'Earth)
f.06   A Gal In Calico - 6:45  (Arthur Schwartz, Leo Robin)
All titles on:      BinderJazz CD: AJB 60874 — Fortune Smiles On Aaron Binder   

Date: December 19 & 20, 2000
Location: Entourage Studio, Hollywood, CA
Label: Fresh Sound

Hod O'Brien (ldr), Hod O'Brien (p), Tom Warrington (b), Paul Kreibich (d)

a.01   Evening In Paris - 5:28  (Victor Feldman)
b.02   Drop Me Off In Harlem - 5:13  (Duke Ellington, Charles Kenny, Nick Kenny)
c.03   The Red Door - 5:41  (Gerry Mulligan, John Haley 'Zoot' Sims)
d.04   The Great Lie - 5:16  (Cab Calloway, Andy Gibson)
e.05   The Squirrel - 6:15  (Tadd Dameron)
f.06   Fine Together - 6:13  (Lars Gullin)
g.07   "Philly" Twist - 5:19  (Kenny Dorham)
h.08   Theme For Ernie - 5:11  (Fred Lacey)
i.09   Have You Met Miss Jones? - 4:52  (Richard Rodgers, Lorenz Hart)
j.10   Old Devil Moon - 5:11  (Burton Lane, E. Y. Harburg)
k.11   I Waited For You - 5:33  (Walter 'Gil' Fuller, Dizzy Gillespie)
l.12   Fine And Dandy - 4:25  (Paul James, Kay Swift)
All titles on:      Fresh Sound CD: FSR CD 5036 — Fine And Dandy   

Date: June 16 & 17, 2001
Location: Entourage Studio, Hollywood, CA
Label: Hep

Herb Geller (ldr), Herb Geller (ss, as), Hod O'Brien (p), Chuck Berghofer (b), Paul Kreibich (d)

a.01   Key Largo - 4:51  (Benny Carter, Karl Suessdorf, Leah Worth)
b.02   Warm Valley - 5:32  (Duke Ellington)
c.03   Morning Glory - 5:49  (Duke Ellington, Rex Stewart)
d.04   Johnny Come Lately - 4:47  (Billy Strayhorn)
e.05   Souvenir - 4:13  (Benny Carter)
f.06   Only Trust Your Heart - 5:18  (Benny Carter, Sammy Cahn)
g.07   I Didn't Know About You - 4:32  (Duke Ellington, Sidney Keith 'Bob' Russell)
h.08   Dancers In Love - 2:23  (Duke Ellington)
i.09   Isfahan - 5:45  (Duke Ellington, Billy Strayhorn)
j.10   Twelve By Two For Squatty Roo - 1:59  (Herb Geller, Johnny Hodges)
k.11   Lonely Woman - 6:10  (Benny Carter)
l.12   When Lights Are Low - 4:36  (Benny Carter, Spencer Williams)
m.13   Ballad For Very Tired And Very Sad Lotus Eaters - 4:52  (Billy Strayhorn)
n.14   Summer Serenade - 5:01  (Benny Carter)
All titles on:      Hep CD: CD 2084 — To Benny And Johnny With Love From Herb Geller   (2002)

Date: December 19 & 20, 2001
Location: Warm Valley Studios, Washington, DC
Label: V.S.O.P.

Stephanie Nakasian (ldr), Harry Allen (ts), John Jensen (tb), Larry Eanet, Hod O'Brien (p), Steve Gilmore (b), Chuck Riggs (d), Stephanie Nakasian (v)

a.01   Come To The Party  (Joe Greene)
b.01   I'll Take Romance - 3:43  (Ben Oakland, Oscar Hammerstein II)
c.02   Interlude - 4:52  (Pete Rugolo)
d.03   Lullaby In Rhythm - 3:47  (Edgar Sampson, Walter Hirsch, Clarence Prift, Benny Goodman)
e.04   Lost In A Summer Night - 4:09  (André Previn, Milt Raskin)
f.05   Gone For The Day - 4:23  (Bob Cooper, Sidney Keith 'Bob' Russell)
g.06   The Night We Called It A Day - 5:30  (Matt Dennis, Tom Adair)
h.07   It's A Pity To Say Goodnight - 3:22  (Billy Reid)
i.08   Midnight Sun - 6:40  (Lionel Hampton, Johnny Mercer, Johnny Burke)
j.09   Kissing Bug - 2:32  (Rex Stewart, Billy Strayhorn, Joya Sherrill)
k.10   Pete Kelly's Blues - 3:45  (Ray Heindorf, Sammy Cahn)
l.11   This Time The Dream's On Me - 3:26  (Harold Arlen, Johnny Mercer)
m.12   Lonely Woman [lyric version] - 4:30  (Ornette Coleman, Margo Guryan)
n.13   I Told Ya I Love Ya, Now Get Out - 4:31  (Lou Carter, Herb Ellis, John Frigo)
o.14   Who Cares About April? - 4:17  (Ken Hanna, Henry J. 'Hank' Levy)
p.15   Baby, Baby All The Time - 5:38  (Bobby Troup)
q.16   Something Cool - 3:26  (Bill Barnes)
r.17   I Want To Be Happy - 2:52  (Vincent Youmans, Irving Caesar, Otto Harbach)
All titles on:      V.S.O.P. CD: 110 CD — Lullaby In Rhythm: A Tribute To June Christy   

a, b performed as medley.

Larry Eanet (p) on a-c, g, j, l-m, q; Hod O'Brien (p) on d-f, h-i, k, n-p, r.


Date: September 17 & 18, 2002
Location: Warm Valley Studio, Washington, DC
Label: Curly Girl Records

Helane Fontaine (ldr), Royce Campbell (g), Hod O'Brien (p), Elias Bailey (b), Mark Carson (d), Helane Fontaine (v)

a.01   'Deed I Do - 3:41  (Walter Hirsch, Fred Rose)
b.02   You'd Be So Nice To Come Home To - 3:22  (Cole Porter)
c.03   Route 66 - 4:12  (Bobby Troup)
d.04   Bésame Mucho - 5:43  (Consuelo Velázquez, Sunny Skylar)
e.05   Summertime - 6:16  (George Gershwin, Dubose Heyward)
f.06   We Laughed At Love - 5:16  (Charles Bourne, Gus Kahn, Sam Messenheimer)
g.07   I'm Confessin' (That I Love You) - 4:45  (Doc Dougherty, Al J. Neiburg, Ellis Reynolds)
h.08   How High The Moon - 3:51  (Nancy Hamilton, W. Morgan Lewis)
i.09   Lullaby Of Birdland - 3:34  (George Shearing)
j.10   Blue Moon - 3:34  (Richard Rodgers, Lorenz Hart)
k.11   Crazy - 4:53  (Willie Nelson)
l.12   La Vie En Rose - 3:03  (Louis Guglielmi, Edith Piaf)
All titles on:      Curly Girl Records CD: CGR 0003 — Love Is An Action Verb   

Date: March 14, 2003
Location: Bimhuis, Amsterdam, Netherlands
Label: [private recording]

John Marshall, Hod O'Brien (ldr), John Marshall (t, fh), Hod O'Brien (p), Jacques Schols (b), Peter Ypma (d), Stephanie Nakasian (v)

a.I - 01   If I Were A Bell  (Frank Loesser)
b.I - 02   Meet B. B. [aka Meet Benny Bailey]  (Quincy Jones, Jon Hendricks)
c.I - 03   Bernie's Tune [aka Bobby Sox]  (Bernie Miller, Bobby Lehman)
d.I - 04   Joop's Lope  (Hod O'Brien)
e.I - 05   Opalessence  (Hod O'Brien)
f.I - 06   Frisky  (John Marshall)
g.I - 07   Almost Blue  (Elvis Costello)
h.I - 08   What Price Love [lyric version of Yardbird Suite]  (Charlie Parker)
i.II - 01   Do Nothin' Till You Hear From Me  (Duke Ellington, Sidney Keith 'Bob' Russell)
j.II - 02   Forecast  (Irving 'Duke' Jordan)
k.II - 03   Social Call  (Gigi Gryce)
l.II - 04   Milestones  (John Lewis)
m.II - 05   For All We Know  (J. Fred Coots, Sam M. Lewis)
n.II - 06   Our Delight  (Tadd Dameron)

John Marshall (t) on c-h, j-n; (fh) on c-h, j-n; Stephanie Nakasian (v) on g-h.


Date: March 15, 2003
Location: Wisseloord Studios, Hilversum, Netherlands
Label: Blue Jack Jazz Records

John Marshall, Hod O'Brien (ldr), John Marshall (t, fh), Hod O'Brien (p), Jacques Schols (b), Peter Ypma (d), Stephanie Nakasian (v)

a.01   Frisky - 6:11  (John Marshall)
     Blue Jack Jazz Records CD: BJJR 014 — For All We Know   
b.02   Bernie's Tune [aka Bobby Sox] - 5:21  (Bernie Miller, Bobby Lehman)
     Blue Jack Jazz Records CD: BJJR 014 — For All We Know   
c.03   Quasimodo - 7:20  (Charlie Parker)
     Blue Jack Jazz Records CD: BJJR 014 — For All We Know   
d.04   Joop's Lope - 6:55  (Hod O'Brien)
     Blue Jack Jazz Records CD: BJJR 014 — For All We Know   
e.05   Forecast - 5:20  (Irving 'Duke' Jordan)
     Blue Jack Jazz Records CD: BJJR 014 — For All We Know   
f.06   Zanzibar - 5:44  (Juan Tizol, Harry James, Don George)
     Blue Jack Jazz Records CD: BJJR 014 — For All We Know   
g.07   Milestones - 4:18  (John Lewis)
     Blue Jack Jazz Records CD: BJJR 014 — For All We Know   
h.08   Donna Lee - 4:30  (Miles Davis)
     Blue Jack Jazz Records CD: BJJR 014 — For All We Know   
i.09   For All We Know - 5:46  (J. Fred Coots, Sam M. Lewis)
     Blue Jack Jazz Records CD: BJJR 014 — For All We Know   
j.   Almost Blue  (Elvis Costello)

Stephanie Nakasian (v) on j.


Date: March 21, 2003
Location: Pannonica, Den Haag, Netherlands
Label: [private recording]

Axel Hagen, Marco Kegel (ldr), Marco Kegel (as), Axel Hagen (g), Hod O'Brien (p), Joep Lumey (b), Henk Zomer (d)

a.I - 01   If I Were A Bell - 10:10  (Frank Loesser)
b.I - 02   Out Of Nowhere - 12:55  (Johnny Green, Edward Heyman)
c.I - 03   What Is This Thing Called Love - 11:00  (Cole Porter)
d.I - 04   Darn That Dream - 12:45  (Jimmy Van Heusen, Edgar DeLange)
e.I - 05   Movin' Around - 10:10  (Don Ferrara)
f.II - 01   Stablemates - 11:45  (Benny Golson)
g.II - 02   Quasimodo - 11:40  (Charlie Parker)
h.II - 03   Woody 'n You - 10:10  (Dizzy Gillespie)
i.II - 04   Yesterdays - 14:00  (Jerome Kern, Otto Harbach)
j.II - 05   Oleo - 8:20  (Sonny Rollins)

Date: September 6, 2003
Location: Bias Studios, Springfield, VA
Label: Curly Girl Records

Helane Fontaine (ldr), Royce Campbell (g), Hod O'Brien (p), Tom Baldwin (b), Tony Martucci (d), Helane Fontaine (v)

a.01   Summer Wind - 4:56  (Hans Bradtke, Heinz Meier, Johnny Mercer)
b.02   At Last - 4:20  (Harry Warren, Henry Glover, Mack Gordon)
c.03   Come Fly With Me - 4:13  (Jimmy Van Heusen, Sammy Cahn)
d.04   Kansas City - 2:55  (Jerry Lieber, Mike Stoller)
e.05   Walkin' After Midnight - 3:21  (Alan Block, Don Hecht)
f.06   Star Dust - 7:45  (Hoagy Carmichael, Mitchell Parish)
g.07   Mad About Him Blues - 3:33  (Larry B. Marks, Dick Charles)
h.08   Caravan - 5:34  (Duke Ellington, Juan Tizol, Irving Mills)
i.09   Autumn Leaves [aka Les Feuilles Mortes] - 5:34  (Joseph Kosma, Jacques Prevert, Johnny Mercer)
j.10   What A Wonderful World - 5:24  (George David Weiss, Bob Thiele)
All titles on:      Curly Girl Records CD: CGR 0004 — My Greenbrier Season   

Date: January 4 & 6, 2004
Location: Swedish Radio Studios, Göteborg, Sweden
Label: Spice Of Life

Hod O'Brien (ldr), Hod O'Brien (p), Yashuito Mori (b), Anders Kjellberg (d)

a.01   With A Song In My Heart - 4:44  (Richard Rodgers, Lorenz Hart)
b.02   Bossa For Sassa - 5:11  (Hod O'Brien)
c.03   It's You Or No One - 5:59  (Jule Styne, Sammy Cahn)
d.04   Pastel - 5:03  (Erroll Garner)
e.05   Fanfare (For The Unknown Jazz Musician) - 5:03  (Hod O'Brien)
f.06   Silver's Serenade - 6:11  (Horace Silver)
g.07   Heavy Duty - 5:18  (Billy Taylor)
h.08   Veronica's Kingdom Song - 4:58  (Veronica O'Brien (Swift))
i.09   Close Your Eyes - 5:30  (Bernice Petkere)
j.10   Laura - 6:47  (David Raksin, Johnny Mercer)
k.11   Good Guy, Bad Guy - 3:55  (Veronica O'Brien (Swift))
All titles on:      Spice Of Life CD: SOL CD 0008 — Fanfare   

Hod O'Brien (ldr) on a-f, h-k; (p) on a-f, h-k; Yashuito Mori (b) on a-f, h-k; Anders Kjellberg (d) on a-f, h-k.


Date: July 6 & 7, 2004
Location: Blues Alley, Washington, DC
Label: Reservoir

Hod O'Brien (ldr), Hod O'Brien (p), Ray Drummond (b), Kenny Washington (d)

a.I - 01   Nothing Like You - 7:08  (Bob Dorough)
     Reservoir CD: RSR CD 180 — Live At Blues Alley - First Set   (2005)
b.I - 02   Frog's Legs - 8:12  (Josef Zawinul)
     Reservoir CD: RSR CD 180 — Live At Blues Alley - First Set   (2005)
c.I - 03   The Thespian - 7:08  (Freddie Redd)
     Reservoir CD: RSR CD 180 — Live At Blues Alley - First Set   (2005)
d.I - 04   It's Love - 9:05  (Mel Rhyne)
     Reservoir CD: RSR CD 180 — Live At Blues Alley - First Set   (2005)
e.I - 05   Lullaby Of The Leaves - 7:47  (Bernice Petkere, Joe Young)
     Reservoir CD: RSR CD 180 — Live At Blues Alley - First Set   (2005)
f.I - 06   Tangerine - 7:48  (Victor Schertzinger, Johnny Mercer)
     Reservoir CD: RSR CD 180 — Live At Blues Alley - First Set   (2005)
g.I - 07   Bye Bye Blackbird - 7:25  (Mort Dixon, Ray Henderson)
     Reservoir CD: RSR CD 180 — Live At Blues Alley - First Set   (2005)
h.I - 08   Just In Time - 6:53  (Jule Styne, Betty Comden, Adolph Green)
     Reservoir CD: RSR CD 180 — Live At Blues Alley - First Set   (2005)
i.II - 01   Pent-Up House - 6:04  (Sonny Rollins)
     Reservoir CD: RSR CD 182 — Live At Blues Alley - Second Set   (2005)
j.II - 02   SNIBOR - 9:21  (Billy Strayhorn)
     Reservoir CD: RSR CD 182 — Live At Blues Alley - Second Set   (2005)
k.II - 03   How About You? - 6:56  (Ralph Freed, Burton Lane)
     Reservoir CD: RSR CD 182 — Live At Blues Alley - Second Set   (2005)
l.II - 04   Little Niles - 8:16  (Randy Weston)
     Reservoir CD: RSR CD 182 — Live At Blues Alley - Second Set   (2005)
m.II - 05   Love Letters - 7:35  (Victor Young, Edward Heyman)
     Reservoir CD: RSR CD 182 — Live At Blues Alley - Second Set   (2005)
n.II - 06   In A Sentimental Mood - 6:43  (Duke Ellington, Manny Kurtz, Irving Mills)
     Reservoir CD: RSR CD 182 — Live At Blues Alley - Second Set   (2005)
o.II - 07   Do Nothin' Till You Hear From Me  (Duke Ellington, Sidney Keith 'Bob' Russell)
     Reservoir CD: RSR CD 182 — Live At Blues Alley - Second Set   (2005)
p.II - 07   Take The "A" Train - 13:00  (Billy Strayhorn)
     Reservoir CD: RSR CD 182 — Live At Blues Alley - Second Set   (2005)
q.III - 01   Double Talk - 7:34  (Howard McGhee, Theodore 'Fats' Navarro)
     Reservoir CD: RSR CD 187 — Live At Blues Alley - Third Set   (2007)
r.III - 02   It Could Happen To You - 8:25  (Jimmy Van Heusen, Johnny Burke)
     Reservoir CD: RSR CD 187 — Live At Blues Alley - Third Set   (2007)
s.III - 03   Our Delight - 6:01  (Tadd Dameron)
     Reservoir CD: RSR CD 187 — Live At Blues Alley - Third Set   (2007)
t.III - 04   The Squirrel - 8:39  (Tadd Dameron)
     Reservoir CD: RSR CD 187 — Live At Blues Alley - Third Set   (2007)
u.III - 05   If You Could See Me Now - 6:57  (Tadd Dameron, Carl Sigman)
     Reservoir CD: RSR CD 187 — Live At Blues Alley - Third Set   (2007)
v.III - 06   Dameronia - 7:35  (Tadd Dameron)
     Reservoir CD: RSR CD 187 — Live At Blues Alley - Third Set   (2007)
w.III - 07   On A Misty Night - 4:25  (Tadd Dameron)
     Reservoir CD: RSR CD 187 — Live At Blues Alley - Third Set   (2007)
x.III - 08   Easy Living - 9:33  (Leo Robin, Ralph Rainger)
     Reservoir CD: RSR CD 187 — Live At Blues Alley - Third Set   (2007)

o, p performed as medley.


Date: September 9 & 10, 2004
Location: Red Rock Studios, Saylorsburg, PA
Label: V.S.O.P.

Stephanie Nakasian (ldr), Tom Hamilton (ts), Randy Sandke (t), John Jensen (tb), Howard Collins (g), Hod O'Brien (p), Steve Gilmore (b), Bill Goodwin (d), Stephanie Nakasian (v)

a.01   A Good Man Is Hard To Find - 3:43  (Eddie Green)
b.02   Guess Who's In Town - 2:48  (James P. Johnson, Andy Razaf)
c.03   Rockin' Chair - 3:32  (Hoagy Carmichael)
d.04   A Hundred Years From Today - 3:46  (Victor Young, Ned Washington, Joe Young)
e.05   It Don't Mean A Thing - 3:06  (Duke Ellington, Irving Mills)
f.06   Lullaby Of The Leaves - 3:35  (Bernice Petkere, Joe Young)
g.07   Goody Goody - 2:24  (Matt Malneck, Johnny Mercer)
h.08   All Of Me - 2:44  (Gerald Marks, Seymour Simons)
i.09   What Is This Thing Called Love - 2:40  (Cole Porter)
j.10   Moments Like This - 3:35  (Burton Lane, Frank Loesser)
k.11   Take The "A" Train - 2:40  (Billy Strayhorn)
l.13   Day Dream - 4:42  (Duke Ellington, Billy Strayhorn, John Latouche)
m.14   I Cried For You - 2:20  (Gus Arnheim, Arthur Freed, Abe Lyman)
n.15   Maybe - 2:50  (Billy Strayhorn)
o.16   Too Late Now - 4:28  (Burton Lane, Alan Jay Lerner)
p.17   Peel Me A Grape - 2:38  (Dave Frishberg)
q.18   Blue Gardenia - 4:41  (Lester Lee, Sidney Keith 'Bob' Russell)
r.19   Street Of Dreams - 3:58  (Victor Young, Sam M. Lewis)
s.20   All That Jazz - 3:22  (Benny Carter, Al Stillman)
All titles on:      V.S.O.P. CD: 118 — Thrush Hour: A Study Of The Great Ladies Of Jazz   

Date: November 22 & 23, 2004
Location: Virginia Arts Recording, Charlottesville, VA
Label: [private recording]

Veronica O'Brien (Swift) (ldr), Richie Cole (as, bar), Hod O'Brien (p, v), Pete Spaar (b), Ronnie Free (d), Stephanie Nakasian, Veronica O'Brien (Swift) (v)

a.01   I Love Being Here With You - 4:10  (Peggy Lee, Bill Schluger)
b.02   A Tisket, A Tasket - 3:01  (Van Alexander, Ella Fitzgerald)
c.03   Twisted - 4:13  (Wardell Gray)
d.04   D. C. Farewell - 2:36  (Richie Cole)
e.05   I Got Rhythm - 3:08  (George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin)
f.06   I Like To Fuss - 2:33  (Sandra Boynton)
g.07   Pollution - 1:52  (Tom Lehrer)
h.08   Four [lyric version 1] - 4:08  (Miles Davis, Eddie Vinson, Bill Loughborough)
i.09   Route 66 - 4:42  (Bobby Troup)
j.10   Back Home Again In Indiana  (James F. Hanley, Ballard MacDonald)
k.10   Donna Lee - 3:22  (Miles Davis)
l.11   America The Beautiful - 3:50  (Samuel Ward, Katherine Lee Bates)
m.12   The Magic Of Christmas - 5:12  (Dave Adams)
n.13   The Man With The Bag - 2:27  (Dudley Brooks, Hal Stanley, Irv Taylor)
o.14   Don't Let The Devil Ride - 4:07  (Traditional)
p.15   Can't Stop The Bop - 2:44  (Veronica O'Brien (Swift), Stephanie Nakasian)
All titles on:      SNOB CD: 01 — Veronica's House Of Jazz   

j, k performed as medley.

Richie Cole (as) on a-e, h-m; (bar) on o.

The daughter of Hod O'Brien and Stephanie Nakasian uses the name Veronica Swift as a performer.

Additional words to "Don't Let The Devil Ride" written by fourth grade class at Brownsville Elementary School, Crazet, VA.


Date: February 2006
Location: University of Toledo, Toledo, OH
Label: [private recording]

Barry Harris, Hod O'Brien (ldr), Barry Harris, Hod O'Brien (p)

a.01   I'm Getting Sentimental Over You - 10:30  (Ned Washington, George Bassman)
b.02   Just One Of Those Things - 7:55  (Cole Porter)
c.03   It Could Happen To You - 12:20  (Jimmy Van Heusen, Johnny Burke)
d.04   A Time For Love - 6:00  (Johnny Mandel, Paul Francis Webster)
e.05   Do Nothin' Till You Hear From Me - 6:00  (Duke Ellington, Sidney Keith 'Bob' Russell)
f.06   Lady Bird - 7:00  (Tadd Dameron)
g.07   5-4-7-6 - 11:00  (Barry Harris)
h.08   Blue Monk - 8:00  (Thelonious Monk)
i.09   I Remember You - 8:00  (Victor Schertzinger, Johnny Mercer)
j.10   Anthropology - 6:45  (Charlie Parker, Dizzy Gillespie)

Barry Harris (p) on b-d, f-j; Hod O'Brien (p) on a-b, e-j.

"5-4-7-6" is a spontaneous composition by Barry Harris including audience participation.

Additional personnel (b, d) unknown (all selections except piano solos).


Date: February 16, 2006
Location: Small World Audio, Afton, VA
Label: Philology

Royce Campbell (ldr), Royce Campbell (g), Hod O'Brien (p), Tom Baldwin (b)

a.01   Unforgettable April - 6:01  (Royce Campbell)
b.02   Lightly, Comes The Dawn - 5:05  (Royce Campbell)
c.03   The Girl From Rio - 7:42  (Royce Campbell)
d.04   Soul And Body - 7:04  (Royce Campbell)
e.05   B-flat Jam Blues - 5:56  (Royce Campbell)
f.06   Autumn Hues - 8:34  (Royce Campbell)
g.07   Almost Midnight - 7:37  (Royce Campbell)
h.08   Trio By Starlight - 7:51  (Royce Campbell)
i.09   Quiescent Nights - 6:36  (Royce Campbell)
j.10   Who's Got Rhythm - 6:00  (Royce Campbell)
All titles on:      Philology CD: W 357-2 — Trio By Starlight   

Date: February 23, 2006
Location: Doerman Theater, University of Toledo, Toledo, OH
Label: [private recording]

Barry Harris, Hod O'Brien (ldr), Barry Harris, Hod O'Brien (p), Norman Damschroder (b), Michael Waldrop (d)

a.01   I'm Getting Sentimental Over You - 10:30  (Ned Washington, George Bassman)
b.02   Just One Of Those Things - 7:55  (Cole Porter)
c.03   It Could Happen To You - 12:20  (Jimmy Van Heusen, Johnny Burke)
d.04   A Time For Love - 6:00  (Johnny Mandel, Paul Francis Webster)
e.05   Do Nothin' Till You Hear From Me - 6:00  (Duke Ellington, Sidney Keith 'Bob' Russell)
f.06   Lady Bird - 7:00  (Tadd Dameron)
g.07   5-4-7-6 - 11:00  (Barry Harris)
h.08   Blue Monk - 8:00  (Thelonious Monk)
i.09   I Remember You - 8:00  (Victor Schertzinger, Johnny Mercer)
j.10   Anthropology - 6:45  (Charlie Parker, Dizzy Gillespie)

Barry Harris (p) on b-j; Hod O'Brien (p) on a-b, e-j; Norman Damschroder (b) on b, e-j; Michael Waldrop (d) on b, e-j.

Art Tatum Memorial Scholarship Concert, part of the University of Toledo's 2006 Master Series.


Date: March 8 & 9, 2006
Location: Nola Studios, New York City
Label: Arbors Jazz

Joe Cohn (ldr), Dmitri Baevsky (as), Harry Allen (ts), Joe Cohn (g), Hod O'Brien (p), Dennis Irwin (b), Chuck Riggs (d)

a.01   Never Look Back - 5:49  (Joe Cohn, Harry Allen)
b.02   Too Marvelous For Words - 5:58  (Johnny Mercer, Richard Whiting)
c.03   Little Juicy - 4:58  (Thad Jones)
d.04   Restless - 6:42  (Tom Satterfield, Sam Coslow)
e.05   Fast - 4:11  (Al Cohn)
f.06   Woody's Lament - 6:06  (Al Cohn)
g.07   Diffusion Of Beauty - 5:54  (Hod O'Brien)
h.08   I Wonder Where Our Love Has Gone - 6:29  (Buddy Johnson)
i.09   Shadow Waltz - 5:45  (Harry Warren, Al Dubin)
j.10   Comes Love - 6:32  (Lew Brown, Sam Stept, Charles Tobias)
k.11   I Hadn't Anyone Till You - 4:40  (Ray Noble)
All titles on:      Arbors Jazz CD: ARCD 19329 — Restless   (2007)

Harry Allen (ts) on a, d, f-g, j.


Date: April 3, 4, 7, 2006
Location: The Studio, New York City
Label: Spice Of Life

Stephanie Nakasian (ldr), Harry Allen (ts), Hod O'Brien (p), Neal Miner (b), Jimmy Wormworth (d), Stephanie Nakasian (v)

a.01   Gypsy In My Soul - 2:49  (Clay A. Boland, Moe Jaffe)
b.02   I Don't Mind - 3:14  (Duke Ellington)
c.03   I Love You - 4:19  (Cole Porter)
d.04   Serenade In Blue - 5:10  (Harry Warren, Mack Gordon)
e.05   All The Things You Are - 3:28  (Jerome Kern, Oscar Hammerstein II)
f.06   Blue Moon - 5:05  (Richard Rodgers, Lorenz Hart)
g.07   So Many Stars - 5:48  (Sergio Mendes, Alan Bergman, Marilyn Bergman)
h.08   Days Of Wine And Roses - 4:44  (Henry Mancini, Johnny Mercer)
i.09   Someone To Watch Over Me - 3:54  (George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin)
j.10   The Breeze And I - 4:27  (Ernesto Lecuona, Al Stillman)
k.11   I'm In the Mood For Love - 3:41  (Jimmy McHugh, Dorothy Fields)
l.12   But Beautiful - 6:17  (Jimmy Van Heusen, Johnny Burke)
m.13   I Can't Believe That You're In Love With Me - 3:01  (Jimmy McHugh, Dorothy Fields, Clarence Gaskill)
n.14   You Must Believe In Spring - 3:13  (Michel Legrand, Alan Bergman, Marilyn Bergman)
All titles on:      Spice Of Life CD: SOL SV 0004 — I Love You   

Date: April 5, 6, 8, 2006
Location: The Studio, New York City
Label: Spice Of Life

Hod O'Brien (ldr), Hod O'Brien (p), Ray Drummond (b), Kenny Washington (d)

a.01   I Remember You - 6:00  (Victor Schertzinger, Johnny Mercer)
b.02   If I Should Lose You - 6:15  (Leo Robin, Ralph Rainger)
c.03   I'm Getting Sentimental Over You - 7:24  (Ned Washington, George Bassman)
d.04   Too Late Now - 5:07  (Burton Lane, Alan Jay Lerner)
e.05   C Jam Blues - 6:13  (Duke Ellington)
f.06   I Didn't Know What Time It Was - 5:57  (Richard Rodgers, Lorenz Hart)
g.07   Lover, Come Back To Me - 5:21  (Sigmund Romberg, Oscar Hammerstein II)
h.08   On A Misty Night - 7:19  (Tadd Dameron)
i.09   In Walked Bud - 6:45  (Thelonious Monk)
j.10   April In Paris - 4:35  (Vernon Duke, E. Y. Harburg)
All titles on:      Spice Of Life CD: SOL SV 0005 — I'm Getting Sentimental Over You   

Date: June 3 & 6, 2006
Location: Bayside Recording, Bellingham, WA
Label: Philology

Chuck Israels (ldr), Steve Brown (g), Hod O'Brien (p), Chuck Israels (b)

a.01   The Man I Love - 3:49  (George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin)
b.02   Slow Freight - 6:15  (Ray Bryant)
c.03   Trace Elements - 7:24  (Chuck Israels)
d.04   Little Girl Blue - 5:07  (Richard Rodgers, Lorenz Hart)
e.05   Too Marvelous For Words - 6:13  (Johnny Mercer, Richard Whiting)
f.06   Minor Tributary - 5:57  (Chuck Israels)
g.07   Irv's At Midnight - 5:21  (Ernie Krivda)
h.08   Dameron's Ghost - 7:19  (Chuck Israels)
All titles on:      Philology CD: W 370-2 — Convergence   

Date: February 2, 2007
Location: De Tor, Enschede, Netherlands
Label: [private recording]

Hod O'Brien (ldr), Gerlo Hesselink (ss, as), Peter Nieuwerf (g), Hod O'Brien (p), Ruud Ouwehand (b), John Engels (d)

a.01   Hod House - 8:05  (Hod O'Brien)
b.02   Like Someone In Love - 10:15  (Jimmy Van Heusen, Johnny Burke)
c.03   There Will Never Be Another You - 9:50  (Harry Warren, Mack Gordon)
d.04   Polka Dots And Moonbeams - 10:10  (Jimmy Van Heusen, Johnny Burke)
e.05   Just Friends - 10:30  (John Klenner, Sam M. Lewis)
f.06   C Jam Blues - 12:25  (Duke Ellington)
g.07   Rhythm-a-ning - 8:10  (Thelonious Monk)
h.08   Blues - 11:00  (Traditional)
i.09   Yardbird Suite - 9:20  (Charlie Parker)
j.10   Lotus Blossom - 6:30  (Billy Strayhorn)
k.11   My Funny Valentine - 5:45  (Richard Rodgers, Lorenz Hart)
l.12   I'm Old Fashioned - 9:05  (Jerome Kern, Johnny Mercer)
m.13   Pent-Up House - 8:05  (Sonny Rollins)
n.14   All The Things You Are - 12:05  (Jerome Kern, Oscar Hammerstein II)

Unidentified soundcheck (2:55) precedes the first selection.


Date: February 4, 2007
Location: Wakker, Eemnes, Netherlands
Label: [private recording]

Hod O'Brien (ldr), Jan Verwey (h), Hod O'Brien (p), Jan Voogd (b), Wim Kegel (d)

a.01   Lady Bird - 8:20  (Tadd Dameron)
b.02   Yesterdays - 9:10  (Jerome Kern, Otto Harbach)
c.03   In Walked Bud - 6:40  (Thelonious Monk)
d.04   Body And Soul - 6:15  (Johnny Green, Edward Heyman, Robert Sour, Frank Eyton)
e.05   Pent-Up House - 6:15  (Sonny Rollins)
f.06   Do Nothin' Till You Hear From Me - 6:10  (Duke Ellington, Sidney Keith 'Bob' Russell)
g.07   Just In Time - 7:50  (Jule Styne, Betty Comden, Adolph Green)
h.08   Hod House - 5:05  (Hod O'Brien)
i.09   Like Someone In Love - 9:10  (Jimmy Van Heusen, Johnny Burke)
j.10   Laura - 6:25  (David Raksin, Johnny Mercer)
k.11   Sometime Ago - 8:35  (Sergio Mihanovic)
l.12   I Should Care - 10:20  (Axel Stordahl, Paul Weston, Sammy Cahn)
m.13   I've Never Been In Love Before - 7:15  (Frank Loesser)
n.14   Blues By Five - 7:20  (Red Garland)

Jan Verwey (h) on k-m.


Date: February 8, 2007
Location: Jazzclub Hnita, Heist-Op-Den-Berg, Belgium
Label: [private recording]

Hod O'Brien (ldr), Hod O'Brien (p), Chris Mentens (b), Herman Pardon (d)

a.01   Exodus - 8:00  (Charles E. Boone, Ernest Gold)
b.02   Portrait Of Stephanie - 7:15  (Hod O'Brien)
c.03   Do Nothin' Till You Hear From Me - 6:45  (Duke Ellington, Sidney Keith 'Bob' Russell)
d.04   Hod House - 6:20  (Hod O'Brien)
e.05   Ask Me Now - 7:05  (Thelonious Monk)
f.06   Pent-Up House - 6:40  (Sonny Rollins)
g.07   I Thought About You - 6:50  (Jimmy Van Heusen, Johnny Mercer)
h.08   Donna Lee - 5:20  (Miles Davis)
i.09   It Could Happen To You - 9:25  (Jimmy Van Heusen, Johnny Burke)
j.10   Like Someone In Love - 8:30  (Jimmy Van Heusen, Johnny Burke)
k.11   Speak Low - 9:25  (Kurt Weill, Ogden Nash)
l.12   I Can't Get Started - 9:50  (Vernon Duke, Ira Gershwin)
m.13   Blues By Five - 8:15  (Red Garland)
n.14   All Blues - 7:30  (Miles Davis)
o.15   Yardbird Suite - 7:20  (Charlie Parker)

Date: February 9, 2007
Location: Prins Claus Conservatorium, Groningen, Netherlands
Label: [private recording]

Hod O'Brien (ldr), Hod O'Brien (p), Harry Emmery (b), John Engels (d)

a.01   Bye Bye Blackbird - 10:25  (Mort Dixon, Ray Henderson)
b.02   Lady Bird - 7:55  (Tadd Dameron)
c.03   Yesterdays - 7:20  (Jerome Kern, Otto Harbach)
d.04   Hod House - 6:30  (Hod O'Brien)
e.05   Laura - 10:35  (David Raksin, Johnny Mercer)
f.06   Just In Time - 9:30  (Jule Styne, Betty Comden, Adolph Green)
g.07   Do Nothin' Till You Hear From Me - 8:20  (Duke Ellington, Sidney Keith 'Bob' Russell)
h.08   Donna Lee - 6:40  (Miles Davis)
i.09   Everything I Love - 8:50  (Cole Porter)
j.10   Oleo - 6:05  (Sonny Rollins)
k.11   Darn That Dream - 7:40  (Jimmy Van Heusen, Edgar DeLange)
l.12   Pent-Up House - 6:10  (Sonny Rollins)
m.13   The Squirrel - 8:05  (Tadd Dameron)
n.14   Just Friends - 6:15  (John Klenner, Sam M. Lewis)
o.15   Blues By Five  (Red Garland)

Final selection not recorded and penultimate selection incomplete on only known source.


Date: February 10, 2007
Location: Bimhuis, Amsterdam, Netherlands
Label: [private recording]

Hod O'Brien (ldr), Hod O'Brien (p), Hans Mantel (b), John Engels (d)

a.01   Lady Bird - 9:45  (Tadd Dameron)
b.02   Yesterdays - 11:25  (Jerome Kern, Otto Harbach)
c.03   Everything I Love - 10:00  (Cole Porter)
d.04