Red Rodney - Ira Sullivan Quintet
The Village Vanguard
New York, NY
June 1982 (?) possible date
FM Broadcast (see note below)
Total Time: 111:07
Red Rodney - trumpet, flugelhorn
Ira Sullivan - saxophones, flute, trumpet, flugelhorn, percussion
Gary Dial - piano
Jay Anderson - bass
Jeff Hirshfield - drums
01 A Little New York Medley (25:39)
02 intro (0:32)
03 Monday's Dance (8:03)
04 Days of Wine and Roses (?) (8:25)
05 //intro (0:15)
06 What Can We Do? > intros (14:22)
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07 (9:36)
08 The Girl From Ipanema (5:55)
09 intros (0:26)
10 Patience (7:20)
11 intro (0:17)
12 Our Delight (7:30)
13 Speak Like A Child (14:25)
14 (4:43)
15 Amazing Grace (3:35)
notes:
WBGO-FM (?) broadcast, re-broadcast via NPR or Pacifica (1982?) > Rotel receiver > Akai cassette deck > Maxell UDS-II cassettes with Dolby C > Sony TC WR635S (refurbished 2021) > Goldwave > flac
This performance was recorded off the air in the early 1980s from a Washington DC-area FM station (WETA? WPFW?) that was carrying the American Jazz Radio Theatre, which sometimes re-broadcast WBGO broadcasts from the Village Vanguard, and which appeared to be an attempt to fill the void left when NPR ceased producing "Jazz Alive!". It is not from the three Red Rodney-Ira Sullivan official releases that were recorded at the Village Vanguard in 1980. Those releases had a different bassist and drummer, according to the information found at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Ira_Sullivan_live_albums and https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Red_Rodney_live_albums.
The date of this performance is uncertain. Unlike the announcers for "Jazz Alive!" broadcasts, the announcers for these re-broadcasts rarely if ever gave the dates of the performances. However, some evidence suggests that it took place in 1982. On track 02, Sullivan refers to an album he and Rodney had recently made for Elektra Musician -- apparently the 1981 LP "Spirit Within" (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spirit_Within). Also, Anderson and Hirshfield appeared on a live LP that the group recorded at a different venue in November 1982 (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sprint_(album)). Finally, a June 1, 1982 New York Times article refers to the Rodney-Sullivan group's upcoming appearance at the Village Vanguard (https://www.nytimes.com/1982/06/01/arts/going-out-guide.html), although it also refers to them playing there often.
That said, there is no reference to a post-1980 live recording by this line-up at the Vanguard in these listings of official releases by Red Rodney and/or Ira Sullivan.
https://www.discogs.com/artist/312519-Red-Rodney
https://www.discogs.com/artist/323587-Ira-Sullivan
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Ira_Sullivan_live_albums
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Red_Rodney_live_album
This performance also features that the fastest version of "The Girl From Ipanema" that may be in circulation.