JAM GEMS: LIVE AT THE LEFT BANK

Jam Gems: Live at the Left Bank
Jam Gems: Live at the Left Bank
Live album by Freddie Hubbard & Jimmy Heath
Released	January 30, 2001
Recorded	June 13, 1965
Genre	Jazz
Length	55:35
Label	Label M
Freddie Hubbard chronology
Jimmy Heath chronology

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	^[1]
The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings	^[2]

Jam Gems: Live at the Left Bank is collaboration live album by trumpeter Freddie Hubbard and tenor saxophonist Jimmy Heath recorded at the Left Bank ballroom in Baltimore in June 1965 and released on the Label M label in 2001. It features performances by Hubbard, Heath, Gus Simms, Wilbur Little, and Bertell Knox.

Reception

The Allmusic review by Paula Edelstein states: "Jam Gems is jazz history documented at its finest and is a must-have for anyone interested in the energies and nuances of 'live' jazz in the '60s".^[3]

Track listing

"All Members (incomplete)" (Jimmy Heath) - 4:01
"Bluesville" ( Sonny Red Kyner) - 10:08
" Lover Man" (Jimmy Davis, Ram Ramirez, Jimmy Sherman) - 12:11
" What Is This Thing Called Love?" ( Cole Porter) - 11:24
" Autumn Leaves" ( Joseph Kosma, Johnny Mercer, Jacques Prévert) - 17:51

Recorded by the Left Bank Jazz Society at the Famous Ballroom, Baltimore, Maryland on June 13, 1965

Personnel

Freddie Hubbard - trumpet
Jimmy Heath - tenor saxophone
Gus Simms - piano
Wilbur Little - bass
Bertell Knox - drums

References

^ Allmusic Review
^ Cook, Richard; Morton, Brian (2008). The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings (9th ed.). Penguin. p. 732. ISBN 978-0-141-03401-0.
^ Edelstein, P. Allmusic Review accessed 24 June 2009.

[1] Allmusic Review

[Penguin-2] Cook, Richard; Morton, Brian (2008). The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings (9th ed.). Penguin. p. 732. ISBN 978-0-141-03401-0.

[3] Edelstein, P. Allmusic Review accessed 24 June 2009.

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v t e Jimmy Heath
Years given are for the recording(s), not first release, except where noted.
As leader or co-leader	The Thumper (1959) Really Big! (1960) The Quota (1961) Triple Threat (1962) Swamp Seed (1963) On the Trail (1964) Jam Gems: Live at the Left Bank (with Freddie Hubbard, 1965) The Gap Sealer (1972) Love and Understanding (1973) The Time and the Place (1974) Picture of Heath (1975) New Picture (1985) Peer Pleasure (1987) You've Changed (1991) Little Man Big Band (1992) You or Me (1995)
With Art Farmer	The Time and the Place: The Lost Concert ( Mosaic, 1966) The Art Farmer Quintet Plays the Great Jazz Hits (1967) The Time and the Place ( Columbia, 1967) Homecoming (1971)
With Milt Jackson	Howard McGhee and Milt Jackson (1948) Statements (1961) Vibrations (1961) Big Bags (1962) Invitation (1962) Milt Jackson Quintet Live at the Village Gate (1963) Jazz 'n' Samba (1963) In a New Setting (1964) Ray Brown / Milt Jackson (1965) Born Free (1966) Olinga (1974)
With others	That's Right! ( Nat Adderley, 1960) Up with Donald Byrd (1964) Regeneration ( Stanley Cowell, 1975) Miles Davis Volume 2 (1953) Kenny Dorham Quintet (1953) Showboat ( Kenny Dorham, 1960) Black Drops ( Charles Earland, 1970) Soul Trombone ( Curtis Fuller, 1961) Smokin' (Curtis Fuller, 1972) The Quota ( Red Garland, 1971) Kwanza (The First) ( Albert Heath, 1973) Homecoming! ( Elmo Hope, 1961) Hub Cap ( Freddie Hubbard, 1961) Jay Hawk Talk ( Carmell Jones, 1965) The Soul Society ( Sam Jones, 1960) The Chant (Sam Jones, 1961) Down Home (Sam Jones, 1962) Latin Mann (Herbie Mann, 1965) Blue Soul ( Blue Mitchell, 1959) A Sure Thing (Blue Mitchell, 1962) MJQ & Friends: A 40th Anniversary Celebration (1994) Keep Swingin' ( Julian Priester, 1960) Soul Sauce ( Cal Tjader, 1964) Music Inc. ( Charles Tolliver, 1970) New York, New Sound ( Gerald Wilson, 2003) Turned to Blue ( Nancy Wilson, released 2006)

v t e Freddie Hubbard
Years given are for the recording(s), including the soundtrack albums, not first release.
Albums as leader or co-leader	Open Sesame (1960) Goin' Up (1960) Hub Cap (1961) Minor Mishap/ Dedication! (Hubbard/ Duke Pearson, 1961) Ready for Freddie (1961) The Artistry of Freddie Hubbard (1962) Hub-Tones (1962) Here to Stay (1962) The Body & the Soul (1963) Breaking Point! (1964) Jam Gems: Live at the Left Bank (with Jimmy Heath, 1965) The Night of the Cookers (1965) Blue Spirits (1965–66) Backlash (1966) High Blues Pressure (1967) A Soul Experiment (1968–69) The Black Angel (1969) The Hub of Hubbard (1970) Red Clay (1970) Straight Life (1970) Sing Me a Song of Songmy (with İlhan Mimaroğlu, 1970) First Light (1971) Polar AC (1971–73) Sky Dive (1972) Keep Your Soul Together (1973) Freddie Hubbard/Stanley Turrentine in Concert Volume One (1973) In Concert Volume Two (with Stanley Turrentine, 1974) High Energy (1974) Gleam (1975) Liquid Love (1975) Windjammer (1976) Bundle of Joy (1977) Super Blue (1978) The Love Connection (1979) Skagly (1979) Live at the North Sea Jazz Festival, 1980 (1980) The Alternate Blues (with Clark Terry, Dizzy Gillespie & Oscar Peterson, 1980) The Trumpet Summit Meets the Oscar Peterson Big 4 (with Terry, Gillespie & Peterson, 1980) Born to Be Blue (1981) Keystone Bop: Sunday Night (1981) Outpost (1981) Rollin' (1981) Splash (1981) Above & Beyond (1982) Back to Birdland (1982) Face to Face (with Oscar Peterson, 1982) Ride Like the Wind (1982) The Rose Tattoo (1983) Sweet Return (1983) Double Take (with Woody Shaw, 1985) Life Flight (1987) The Eternal Triangle (with Woody Shaw, 1987) Feel the Wind (with Art Blakey, 1988) Times Are Changing (1989) Topsy – Standard Book (1989) Bolivia (1990–91) At Jazz Jamboree Warszawa '91: A Tribute to Miles (1991) Live at Fat Tuesday's (1991) Blues for Miles (1992) MMTC: Monk, Miles, Trane & Cannon (1994–95) New Colors (2000) On the Real Side (2007)
With Art Blakey/ The Jazz Messengers	Mosaic (1961) Buhaina's Delight (1961) Blues March (1961) Three Blind Mice (1961) Caravan (1962) Ugetsu (1963) Kyoto (1964) Free for All (1964) Golden Boy (1965) Soul Finger (1965)
With Dexter Gordon	Doin' Allright (1961) Clubhouse (1965) Generation (1973) The Other Side of Round Midnight (1986)
With Herbie Hancock	Takin' Off (1962) Empyrean Isles (1964) Maiden Voyage (1965) Blow-Up (soundtrack album, 1966) V.S.O.P. (1977) V.S.O.P.: The Quintet (1977) V.S.O.P. Tempest in the Colosseum (1977) V.S.O.P. Live Under the Sky (1977) Round Midnight (soundtrack album, 1985)
With Bobby Hutcherson	Dialogue (1965) Components (1965) Knucklebean (1977) Highway One (1978)
With Quincy Jones	I Dig Dancers (1960) The Quintessence (1962) Golden Boy (1964) I/We Had a Ball (1964–65) Walking in Space (1969) Gula Matari (1970)
With Wayne Shorter	Wayning Moments (1961) Speak No Evil (1964) The Soothsayer (1965) The All Seeing Eye (1965)
With others	The Soul of the City ( Manny Albam, 1966) The Other Side of Abbey Road ( George Benson, 1969) Out of This World ( Walter Benton, 1960) True Blue ( Tina Brooks, 1960) God Bless the Child ( Kenny Burrell, 1971) Cables' Vision ( George Cables, 1979) Droppin' Things ( Betty Carter, 1990) Free Jazz ( Ornette Coleman, 1960) Olé Coltrane ( John Coltrane, 1961) Africa/Brass (John Coltrane, 1961) Ascension (John Coltrane, 1965) Muses for Richard Davis (1969) Outward Bound ( Eric Dolphy, 1960) Out to Lunch! (Eric Dolphy, 1964) Undercurrent ( Kenny Drew, 1960) Leaving This Planet ( Charles Earland, 1973) Booker 'n' Brass ( Booker Ervin, 1967) Interplay ( Bill Evans, 1962) Sonic Text ( Joe Farrell, 1979) Boss of the Soul-Stream Trombone ( Curtis Fuller, 1960) Soul Trombone (Curtis Fuller, 1961) Cabin in the Sky (Curtis Fuller, 1962) Take a Number from 1 to 10 ( Benny Golson, 1961) Pop + Jazz = Swing (Benny Golson, 1962) Slide Hampton and His Horn of Plenty (1959) Sister Salvation ( Slide Hampton, 1960) Drum Suite (Slide Hampton, 1962) The Quota ( Jimmy Heath, 1961) Triple Threat (Jimmy Heath, 1962) Big Band ( Joe Henderson, 1996) Pax ( Andrew Hill, 1965) Compulsion (Andrew Hill, 1965) Sunflower ( Milt Jackson, 1972) Goodbye (Milt Jackson, 1973) 52nd Street ( Billy Joel, 1978) Reg Strikes Back ( Elton John, 1988) J.J. Inc. ( J.J. Johnson, 1960) Echoes of an Era ( Chaka Khan, 1982) Essence ( John Lewis, 1960–62) Water Sign ( Jeff Lorber, 1979) Doin' the Thang! ( Ronnie Mathews, 1963) Bluesnik ( Jackie McLean, 1961) MJQ & Friends: A 40th Anniversary Celebration ( Modern Jazz Quartet, 1994) Fingerpickin' ( Wes Montgomery, 1958) Roll Call ( Hank Mobley, 1960) The Blues and the Abstract Truth ( Oliver Nelson, 1961) Sweet Honey Bee ( Duke Pearson, 1966) The Right Touch (Duke Pearson, 1967) Contours ( Sam Rivers, 1965) Drums Unlimited ( Max Roach, 1965) East Broadway Run Down ( Sonny Rollins, 1966) Numbers ( Rufus, 1978) Once a Thief and Other Themes ( Lalo Schifrin, 1965) Giant Box ( Don Sebesky, 1973) Sugar ( Stanley Turrentine, 1970) Together ( McCoy Tyner, 1978) Quartets 4 X 4 (McCoy Tyner, 1980) Soundscapes ( Cedar Walton, 1980) Uhuru Afrika ( Randy Weston, 1960) Blue Moses (Randy Weston, 1972)

v t e Jimmy Heath
Years given are for the recording(s), not first release, except where noted.
As leader or co-leader	The Thumper (1959) Really Big! (1960) The Quota (1961) Triple Threat (1962) Swamp Seed (1963) On the Trail (1964) Jam Gems: Live at the Left Bank (with Freddie Hubbard, 1965) The Gap Sealer (1972) Love and Understanding (1973) The Time and the Place (1974) Picture of Heath (1975) New Picture (1985) Peer Pleasure (1987) You've Changed (1991) Little Man Big Band (1992) You or Me (1995)
With Art Farmer	The Time and the Place: The Lost Concert ( Mosaic, 1966) The Art Farmer Quintet Plays the Great Jazz Hits (1967) The Time and the Place ( Columbia, 1967) Homecoming (1971)
With Milt Jackson	Howard McGhee and Milt Jackson (1948) Statements (1961) Vibrations (1961) Big Bags (1962) Invitation (1962) Milt Jackson Quintet Live at the Village Gate (1963) Jazz 'n' Samba (1963) In a New Setting (1964) Ray Brown / Milt Jackson (1965) Born Free (1966) Olinga (1974)
With others	That's Right! ( Nat Adderley, 1960) Up with Donald Byrd (1964) Regeneration ( Stanley Cowell, 1975) Miles Davis Volume 2 (1953) Kenny Dorham Quintet (1953) Showboat ( Kenny Dorham, 1960) Black Drops ( Charles Earland, 1970) Soul Trombone ( Curtis Fuller, 1961) Smokin' (Curtis Fuller, 1972) The Quota ( Red Garland, 1971) Kwanza (The First) ( Albert Heath, 1973) Homecoming! ( Elmo Hope, 1961) Hub Cap ( Freddie Hubbard, 1961) Jay Hawk Talk ( Carmell Jones, 1965) The Soul Society ( Sam Jones, 1960) The Chant (Sam Jones, 1961) Down Home (Sam Jones, 1962) Latin Mann (Herbie Mann, 1965) Blue Soul ( Blue Mitchell, 1959) A Sure Thing (Blue Mitchell, 1962) MJQ & Friends: A 40th Anniversary Celebration (1994) Keep Swingin' ( Julian Priester, 1960) Soul Sauce ( Cal Tjader, 1964) Music Inc. ( Charles Tolliver, 1970) New York, New Sound ( Gerald Wilson, 2003) Turned to Blue ( Nancy Wilson, released 2006)

v t e Freddie Hubbard
Years given are for the recording(s), including the soundtrack albums, not first release.
Albums as leader or co-leader	Open Sesame (1960) Goin' Up (1960) Hub Cap (1961) Minor Mishap/ Dedication! (Hubbard/ Duke Pearson, 1961) Ready for Freddie (1961) The Artistry of Freddie Hubbard (1962) Hub-Tones (1962) Here to Stay (1962) The Body & the Soul (1963) Breaking Point! (1964) Jam Gems: Live at the Left Bank (with Jimmy Heath, 1965) The Night of the Cookers (1965) Blue Spirits (1965–66) Backlash (1966) High Blues Pressure (1967) A Soul Experiment (1968–69) The Black Angel (1969) The Hub of Hubbard (1970) Red Clay (1970) Straight Life (1970) Sing Me a Song of Songmy (with İlhan Mimaroğlu, 1970) First Light (1971) Polar AC (1971–73) Sky Dive (1972) Keep Your Soul Together (1973) Freddie Hubbard/Stanley Turrentine in Concert Volume One (1973) In Concert Volume Two (with Stanley Turrentine, 1974) High Energy (1974) Gleam (1975) Liquid Love (1975) Windjammer (1976) Bundle of Joy (1977) Super Blue (1978) The Love Connection (1979) Skagly (1979) Live at the North Sea Jazz Festival, 1980 (1980) The Alternate Blues (with Clark Terry, Dizzy Gillespie & Oscar Peterson, 1980) The Trumpet Summit Meets the Oscar Peterson Big 4 (with Terry, Gillespie & Peterson, 1980) Born to Be Blue (1981) Keystone Bop: Sunday Night (1981) Outpost (1981) Rollin' (1981) Splash (1981) Above & Beyond (1982) Back to Birdland (1982) Face to Face (with Oscar Peterson, 1982) Ride Like the Wind (1982) The Rose Tattoo (1983) Sweet Return (1983) Double Take (with Woody Shaw, 1985) Life Flight (1987) The Eternal Triangle (with Woody Shaw, 1987) Feel the Wind (with Art Blakey, 1988) Times Are Changing (1989) Topsy – Standard Book (1989) Bolivia (1990–91) At Jazz Jamboree Warszawa '91: A Tribute to Miles (1991) Live at Fat Tuesday's (1991) Blues for Miles (1992) MMTC: Monk, Miles, Trane & Cannon (1994–95) New Colors (2000) On the Real Side (2007)
With Art Blakey/ The Jazz Messengers	Mosaic (1961) Buhaina's Delight (1961) Blues March (1961) Three Blind Mice (1961) Caravan (1962) Ugetsu (1963) Kyoto (1964) Free for All (1964) Golden Boy (1965) Soul Finger (1965)
With Dexter Gordon	Doin' Allright (1961) Clubhouse (1965) Generation (1973) The Other Side of Round Midnight (1986)
With Herbie Hancock	Takin' Off (1962) Empyrean Isles (1964) Maiden Voyage (1965) Blow-Up (soundtrack album, 1966) V.S.O.P. (1977) V.S.O.P.: The Quintet (1977) V.S.O.P. Tempest in the Colosseum (1977) V.S.O.P. Live Under the Sky (1977) Round Midnight (soundtrack album, 1985)
With Bobby Hutcherson	Dialogue (1965) Components (1965) Knucklebean (1977) Highway One (1978)
With Quincy Jones	I Dig Dancers (1960) The Quintessence (1962) Golden Boy (1964) I/We Had a Ball (1964–65) Walking in Space (1969) Gula Matari (1970)
With Wayne Shorter	Wayning Moments (1961) Speak No Evil (1964) The Soothsayer (1965) The All Seeing Eye (1965)
With others	The Soul of the City ( Manny Albam, 1966) The Other Side of Abbey Road ( George Benson, 1969) Out of This World ( Walter Benton, 1960) True Blue ( Tina Brooks, 1960) God Bless the Child ( Kenny Burrell, 1971) Cables' Vision ( George Cables, 1979) Droppin' Things ( Betty Carter, 1990) Free Jazz ( Ornette Coleman, 1960) Olé Coltrane ( John Coltrane, 1961) Africa/Brass (John Coltrane, 1961) Ascension (John Coltrane, 1965) Muses for Richard Davis (1969) Outward Bound ( Eric Dolphy, 1960) Out to Lunch! (Eric Dolphy, 1964) Undercurrent ( Kenny Drew, 1960) Leaving This Planet ( Charles Earland, 1973) Booker 'n' Brass ( Booker Ervin, 1967) Interplay ( Bill Evans, 1962) Sonic Text ( Joe Farrell, 1979) Boss of the Soul-Stream Trombone ( Curtis Fuller, 1960) Soul Trombone (Curtis Fuller, 1961) Cabin in the Sky (Curtis Fuller, 1962) Take a Number from 1 to 10 ( Benny Golson, 1961) Pop + Jazz = Swing (Benny Golson, 1962) Slide Hampton and His Horn of Plenty (1959) Sister Salvation ( Slide Hampton, 1960) Drum Suite (Slide Hampton, 1962) The Quota ( Jimmy Heath, 1961) Triple Threat (Jimmy Heath, 1962) Big Band ( Joe Henderson, 1996) Pax ( Andrew Hill, 1965) Compulsion (Andrew Hill, 1965) Sunflower ( Milt Jackson, 1972) Goodbye (Milt Jackson, 1973) 52nd Street ( Billy Joel, 1978) Reg Strikes Back ( Elton John, 1988) J.J. Inc. ( J.J. Johnson, 1960) Echoes of an Era ( Chaka Khan, 1982) Essence ( John Lewis, 1960–62) Water Sign ( Jeff Lorber, 1979) Doin' the Thang! ( Ronnie Mathews, 1963) Bluesnik ( Jackie McLean, 1961) MJQ & Friends: A 40th Anniversary Celebration ( Modern Jazz Quartet, 1994) Fingerpickin' ( Wes Montgomery, 1958) Roll Call ( Hank Mobley, 1960) The Blues and the Abstract Truth ( Oliver Nelson, 1961) Sweet Honey Bee ( Duke Pearson, 1966) The Right Touch (Duke Pearson, 1967) Contours ( Sam Rivers, 1965) Drums Unlimited ( Max Roach, 1965) East Broadway Run Down ( Sonny Rollins, 1966) Numbers ( Rufus, 1978) Once a Thief and Other Themes ( Lalo Schifrin, 1965) Giant Box ( Don Sebesky, 1973) Sugar ( Stanley Turrentine, 1970) Together ( McCoy Tyner, 1978) Quartets 4 X 4 (McCoy Tyner, 1980) Soundscapes ( Cedar Walton, 1980) Uhuru Afrika ( Randy Weston, 1960) Blue Moses (Randy Weston, 1972)

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