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Simply Beautiful...
Jazz legend and saxophonist Charles Lloyd from his scintillating new release Figure In Blue memories of Duke with a sublime and pulchritudinous homage to Duke Ellington. With a stellar cast of Jason Moran on piano and Marvin Sewell on guitar...
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The Jazz Gods must be in a really good mood this New Release Friday...
From the Polish Jazz scene, with a new issue of recordings by Pianst/composer Andrzej Trzaskowski who was a prominent 60s jazz artist in Poland and Europe then did music for a TV show, some with Tomaz Stanko
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Fans of the eclectic genius of the late jazz pianist Thelonious Monk will want to get hold of this one...
Tenor saxophonist Danyna Stephens offers an elegantly beautiful homage to Monk on new release Monk'D with pianist Ethan Iverson's reimaginations a thing of beauty..
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What happens when two jazz legends get together...
MAGIC!
Sneak listen to a track from the upcoming November #ECM release with guitarist John Scofield and bassist Dave Holland...
My playlist is filling out quite nicely for the weekend!
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Friday normally means new jazz releases, and this one is especially busy...
From the superb new exquisite duo dances between cello and piano by cellist Vincent Courtois and pianist Colin Vallon; a mรฉlange of jazz, classical, and contemporary improvisation...
Pianist Robert Glasper first recorded this gorgeous homage to the late jazz pianist Mulgrew Miller on his third album, the 2007 @bluenoterecords.bsky.social album In My Element. He revisits it on his new album Keys To The City with Vicente Archer-B, Damion Reid-D
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From the ever creative mind of pianist Robert Glasper and his brilliant new album Keys To The City and this interesting take on the Blues with the equally creative and talented mind of vocalist and bassist Esperanza Spalding....
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The Prize for Best Analogy of the Day goes to YOU.....that is so spot on!
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The first tune is a jazz rock classic. www.youtube.com/watch?v=hVVJ...
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Simply Beautiful...
Jazz legend and saxophonist Charles Lloyd from his scintillating new release Figure In Blue memories of Duke with a sublime and pulchritudinous homage to Duke Ellington. With a stellar cast of Jason Moran on piano and Marvin Sewell on guitar...
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#DukeEllington
The image below is of earlier Lonnie Liston Smith, the vid shows Smith on acoustic in a slightly different setting that is simply beautiful and very serenely offered...
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Opening track to the sublime 1978 #ECM album My Song by pianist Keith Jarrett and this "European Quartet" with Jan Garbarek โ tenor and soprano saxophones, and whose playing with Jarrett is a think of beauty, Palle Danielsson โ bass, Jon Christensen - drums
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'Red Cloud' by Joe Locke
Recorded Live at Dizzy's Club Coca-Cola, NYC (USA) (One of my fav NY jazz spots!)
feat. Jim Ridl-Piano, Lorin Cohen-Bass, Samvel Sarkisyan-Drums
This was opening tune on Locke's 2018 Subtle Disguise album
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One of the best trumpet tones I have ever heard...and his reimagination of the Hoagy Carmichael standard is a thing of beauty, add that to The Man with the Horn added in, and Al Hirt was indeed a master of his craft. From the Greatest Trumpets Hits of All Time
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He played with the Duke Ellington Orchestra, Betty Carter. Woody Shaw, Art Blakey's Jazz Messengers then drummer Tony Williams, and is one of best pianists in jazz history. From the LIVE 2002 Recording at the Kennedy Center, Part II with Derrick Hodge-B and Rodney Green-D
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Oh does drummer Art Blakey's Messengers cut loose on this burner. Title track from the 1964 Free For All with an all star cast:
Freddie Hubbard โ trumpet
Curtis Fuller โ trombone
Wayne Shorter โ tenor saxophone
Cedar Walton โ piano
Reggie Workman โ double bass
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Dexter Gordon swings, sways, and sashays on this pedal to the metal rewire of the either Miles Davis or Eddie Cleanhead Vinson (depends on who you ask) tune from 1975 Bouncin' with Dex:
Tete Montoliu โ piano
Niels-Henning รrsted Pedersen โ bass
Billy Higgins โ drums
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Of the many heralded #ECM jazz trios, drummer Peter Erskine's Trio with John Taylor on piano, and Palle Danielsson on bass is one of my personal favorites....from the lyrically lush 1993 You Never Know, the melodically pastoral sojourn of the opening track...
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Opening track to the sublime 1978 #ECM album My Song by pianist Keith Jarrett and this "European Quartet" with Jan Garbarek โ tenor and soprano saxophones, and whose playing with Jarrett is a think of beauty, Palle Danielsson โ bass, Jon Christensen - drums
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What late nights and good scotch were made for...
1959
Miles Davis
Kind Of Blue
Miles Davis โ trumpet
Julian "Cannonball" Adderley โ alto saxophone e
John Coltrane โ tenor saxophone
Bill Evans โ piano
Paul Chambers โ double bass
Jimmy Cobb โ drums
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Capturing the haunting nuance of this Bronisลaw Kaper tune, while creating his own harmonic exposition, the late pianist Andrew Hill was masterful on the title track from the title track from his 1974 Invitation with bassist Chris White & drummer Art Lewis
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Originally released on the 1968 The Inflated Tear, this one opens with a mournful dirge that morphs into a upbeat dream like blues
Roland Kirk โ tenor saxophone, manzello, stritch, clarinet, flute, whistle, cor anglais, flexatone
Rahn Burton-P
Steve Novosel-B
Jimmy Hopps-D
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I have no idea who this is, so I could appreciate any insight that anyone out there can give...All I know is that i LOVED the piano vocal tune that shimmers and grabs, even if you don't know the language...that is the beauty of music, it is the universal language!
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Sneak listen to tune from the engaging new release by Swedish saxophonist Orjan Hulten - Peaceful Warrior, an elegant treatise on strength via introspection...
รrjan Hultรฉn, soprano , tenor saxophone
Max Agnas, piano
Pรคr-Ola Landin, bass
Fredrik Lundqvist, drums
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I thank you so much for your kind words as they are much appreciated!
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An album that essentially came about because of late night in Central Asia and notes and notions scribbled into a pad...
That must have been some night in Central Asia ;)
As if the Stormy Years Had Passed
Hayden Chisholm, alto saxophone, kลauau
Philip Zoubek, prepared piano
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Title track from the 2021 Under The Radar gem by tenor saxophonist Rick Margitza - Sacred Heart - with:
Manuel Rocheman โ Piano
Peter Giron โ Bass (and Vocals on one track)
Jeff Boudreaux โ Drums
Olivier Louvel โ Guitars, Banjo
Xavier Desandre Navarre โ Percussion
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As do I!
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Still beautiful after all these years...
Flora Purim / 1976 Open Your Eyes You Can Fly
Airto Moreira โ Percussion, Drums, Congas, Berimbau, Vocals
George Duke-P
Alphonso Johnson-B
David Amaro-G
Egberto Gismonti-G
Leon "Ndugu" Chancler-D
Robertinho Silva-Perc
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One of my Fav albums of 2002 was stellar Kissed By Nature by Brazilian pianist/vocalist/composer Elaine Elias with:
Marc Johnson โ Bass
Joey Baron โ Drums
Randy Brecker โ Trumpet, Flugelhorn
Rick Margitza โ Tenor Saxophone
Paulo Andrรฉ Tavares - Guitar
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