I put these two CDs together because they cover the same material in very different ways.

THE COMPLETE CONCERT is just that, the complete unedited concert as far as I know recorded at the MOMA in 1962. It sounds like a needledrop. It is listenable, but the sound could be better. I usually listen to this one.

SOUNDS OF THE INNER CITY has better sound quality, but Teddy Charles vibraphone solos are all edited out. Also, the twelve minute suite TAKE THREE PART JAZZ and EMBRACEABLE YOU, neither of which contain any playing by the two Bookers, are left out. In their place is a track called WITCH FIRE, with an entirely different lineup, taken from an album which I believe was originally relased by Warwick Records called "The Soul Of Jazz Percussion".

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Booker Little & Teddy Charles Group - LIVE - THE COMPLETE CONCERT

1. Scoochie
2. Cycles
3. Embraceable You
4. Blues De Tambour
5. Take Three Part Jazz Suite (suite)
     5.1. Route 4 (part 1)
     5.2. Byriste (part 2)
     5.3. Father George (part 3)
6. The Confined Few
7. Stardust

The Musicians:
Booker Little - trumpet
Booker Ervin - tenor sax
Teddy Charles - vibes
Mal Waldron - piano
Addison Farmer - bass
Ed Shaughnessy - drums

Recorded at Museum Of Modern Art, NY, August 25th 1962

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Booker Little & Booker Ervin - SOUNDS OF THE INNER CITY

1. Scoochie
2. Cycles
3. Stardust
4. The Confined Few
5. Blues De Tambour
6. Witch Fire (Witchfire)

Tracks 1-5:
Booker Little - trumpet
Booker Ervin - tenor sax
Teddy Charles - vibes
Mal Waldron - piano
Addison Farmer - bass
Ed Shaughnessy - drums

Recorded at Museum Of Modern Art, NY, August 25th 1962

Track 6:
Don Ellis - trumpet
Booker Little - trumpet
Curtis Fuller - trombone
Mal Waldron - piano
Addison Farmer - bass
Philly Joe Jones - drums
Willie Rodriguez - congas
Ed Shaughnessy - percussion, vibes

Recorded in NYC, spring 1960

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