Ornette Coleman Quintet - Something Else!!! (1958) [Full Album]
Hank Mobley Quartet (1955) [Full Album]
Miles Davis - Birdland 1951 (Live)
Chet Baker - In New York (1958) [Full Album]
Lionel Hampton and Stan Getz - Hamp & Getz (1955) [Full Album]
Grant Green Trio - Green Street (1961) [Full Album]
Hank Mobley Quintet - Workout (1961) [Full Album]
Jackie McLean Quintet - A Fickle Sonance (1961) [Full Album]
Sonny Clark Sextet - Cool Struttin’ (1958) [Full Album]
Lee Morgan Sextet - City Lights (1957) [Full Album]
Miles Davis European Tour '56
With The Modern Jazz Quartet and Lester Young [Full Album]
Miles Davis And The Lighthouse All-Stars - At Last! (Live 1953) [Full Album]
The Dave Brubeck Quartet - Jazz Red Hot And Cool (Live 1955) [Full Album]
The original song, Black Betty.
1939, though might have been sung earlier.
The original song, “Black Betty,” started as a work song, sung predominately by Black people in the early 20th century.
Though its roots may even extend beyond that into the 19th. While it may seem obvious the song is about a woman named “Betty,” that meaning is likely not accurate—at least, not entirely.
The song, like many early blues songs, has ties to the great songwriter and performer Lead Belly.
Some sources claim that “Black Betty” was written by Lead Belly, though others claim that he adapted it from even earlier versions.
According to reports, the song was first formally recorded in 1933 by U.S. musicologists John and Alan Lomax.
It was performed a cappella by convict James “Iron Head” Baker and a group of prisoners at Central State Farm, in Sugar Land, Texas. At the time, Baker was 63 years old.
The most famous in modern day is Ram Jam’s rock version, which is sung with slightly modified lyrics.
John Coltrane Quartet - My Favorite Things [Full Album]
Donald Byrd Sextet - Off To The Races (1958) [Full Album]
Julian “Cannonball” Adderley Quintet - Portrait Of Cannonball (1958) [Full Album]
Herbie Hancock Septet - My Point Of View (1963) [Full Album]
The Dave Brubeck Quartet - Newport 1958 (Live) [Full Album]
Grant Green Quintet - Feelin’ The Spirit (1962) [Full Album]