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Date: December 1984
Location: Seltzer Sound, New York City
Label: Stash
Mike Abene (ldr), Mike Abene (p)
| a. | a-01 | You Must Have Been A Beautiful Baby - 4:59 (Harry Warren, Johnny Mercer) |
| b. | a-02 | T.U.A.S. (Tense Up And Swing) - 3:44 (Mike Abene) |
| c. | a-03 | Passion Flower - 5:30 (Billy Strayhorn) |
| d. | a-04 | When The Nylons Bloom Again - 5:15 (Thomas 'Fats' Waller, George Marion, Jr.) |
| e. | b-01 | Played Twice - 3:57 (Thelonious Monk) |
| f. | b-02 | When Love Comes - 6:47 (Mike Abene, Gretchen Abene) |
| g. | b-03 | Upper Manhattan Medical Group - 3:35 (Billy Strayhorn) |
| h. | b-04 | Hullo, Bolinas - 5:10 (Steve Swallow) |
| i. | b-05 | Ba-Lue Bolivar Ba-Lues-Are [aka Bolivar Blues] - 3:47 (Thelonious Monk) |
| All titles on: | Stash LP 12": ST 249 — You Must Have Been A Beautiful Baby (1985) | |
Date: August 19, 1989
Location: Second Promenade Music Festival - Evergreen Department Store Concert Hall, Taipei, Taiwan
Label: [private recording]
Mike Abene, Bill Kirchner (ldr), Bill Kirchner (f, cl, ss), Mike Abene (p)
| a. | 01 | Summertime (George Gershwin, Dubose Heyward) |
| b. | 02 | Rock Skippin' At The Blue Note (Billy Strayhorn) |
| c. | 03 | O Grande Amor (Antonio Carlos Jobim, Vinicius DeMoraes) |
| d. | 04 | Roxanne's Lullaby [aka Lullaby] (Bill Kirchner) |
| e. | 05 | Jive At Five (Harry Edison, Count Basie) |
| f. | 06 | Passion Flower (Billy Strayhorn) |
| g. | 07 | A Sleepin' Bee (Harold Arlen, Truman Capote) |
| h. | 08 | House Of Jade (Wayne Shorter) |
| i. | 09 | Now I Know (Mike Abene) |
| j. | 10 | Runnin' Wild (Leo Wood, A. Harrington Gibbs, Joe Grey) |
Bill Kirchner (f) on c, e, h; (cl) on b; (ss) on a, d, g, i-j.
Date: August 20, 1989
Location: Second Promenade Music Festival - Evergreen Department Store Concert Hall, Taipei, Taiwan
Label: [private recording]
Mike Abene, Bill Kirchner (ldr), Bill Kirchner (f, cl, ss), Mike Abene (p)
| a. | 01 | Summertime (George Gershwin, Dubose Heyward) |
| b. | 02 | Ba-Lue Bolivar Ba-Lues-Are [aka Bolivar Blues] (Thelonious Monk) |
| c. | 03 | Con Alma (Dizzy Gillespie) |
| d. | 04 | Mahjong (Wayne Shorter) |
| e. | 05 | Passion Flower (Billy Strayhorn) |
| f. | 06 | Upper Manhattan Medical Group (Billy Strayhorn) |
| g. | 07 | Prelude To A Kiss (Duke Ellington, Irving Gordon, Irving Mills) |
| h. | 08 | Improvisation (collective improvisation) |
| i. | 09 | I Almost Said Goodbye (Bill Kirchner, Loonis McGlohon) |
| j. | 10 | Rhythm-a-ning (Thelonious Monk) |
Bill Kirchner (f) on g-h; (cl) on c, i; (ss) on a-b, d, f, h, j.
Date: November 8, 1989
Location: St. Peter's Church, New York City
Label: [private recording]
Mike Abene, Bill Kirchner (ldr), Bill Kirchner (f, cl, ss), Mike Abene (p)
| a. | 01 | Easy Money (Benny Carter) |
| b. | 02 | Ba-Lue Bolivar Ba-Lues-Are [aka Bolivar Blues] (Thelonious Monk) |
| c. | 03 | Now I Know (Mike Abene) |
| d. | 04 | Until She Comes Along (Steve Harrow) |
| e. | 05 | That Ole Devil Called Love (Doris Fisher, Allan Roberts) |
| f. | 06 | Bye Bye Baby (Jule Styne, Leo Robin) |
Bill Kirchner (f) on a, c; (cl) on e; (ss) on b, d, f.
Date: February 19, 2000
Location: St. Peter's Church, New York City
Label: [private recording]
Mike Abene, Bill Kirchner (ldr), Bill Kirchner (ss), Mike Abene (p)
| a. | 01 | The Baggage Room Blues (Alec Wilder, Arnold Sundgaard) |
| b. | 02 | Where Do You Go? (Alec Wilder, Arnold Sundgaard) |
| c. | 03 | Moon And Sand (Alec Wilder, William Engvick, Morty Palitz) |
Memorial concert for Alec Wilder.
Date: January 25, 2001
Location: Hubbard Hall, Manhattan School of Music, New York City
Label: [private recording]
Mike Abene, Bill Kirchner (ldr), Bill Kirchner (ss), Mike Abene (p)
| a. | 01 | I Didn't Know What Time It Was (Richard Rodgers, Lorenz Hart) |
| b. | 02 | Theme For Gregory (Bill Kirchner) |
| c. | 03 | Moon And Sand (Alec Wilder, William Engvick, Morty Palitz) |
| d. | 04 | That Ole Devil Called Love (Doris Fisher, Allan Roberts) |
| e. | 05 | Bye Bye Baby (Jule Styne, Leo Robin) |
| f. | 06 | Ba-Lue Bolivar Ba-Lues-Are [aka Bolivar Blues] (Thelonious Monk) |
| g. | 07 | Once In A Garden (Manuel De Sica, Gene Lees) |
| h. | 08 | T.U.A.S. (Tense Up And Swing) (Mike Abene) |
A spoken introduction by Justin DiCioccio precedes the first selection.