Reuniting of the classic rhythm section of the 1990s John McLaughlin Trio with bassist Dominique Di Piazza and percussionist Trilok Gurtu who along with trumpeter Marco Vezzoso, and pianist Alessandro Collina offered up the sublime Travel release!
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From the outstanding post bop release by one of the best Next Gen tenor Walter Smith III with a modern update of the classic jazz saxophone Trio on TWIO Vol 2 (name is a play on "witty trio") with Joe Sanders - Bass & Kendrick Scott - Drums & this Carla Bley rewire!
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Written in 1948 as Soundtrack for a film noir movie of the same name where Edward G. Robinson as a mentalist, "The Night Has A Thousand Eyes" as reimagined by vibraphonist Jean-Michel Davis is absolutely joyous...with:
François Fichu: Guitar
Charly Cohen: Double Bass
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The title of guitarist Joe Pass' 1973 masterpiece Virtuoso is a apt title which is evident when you listen to tunes like this Ray Noble jazz standard...
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Joyously Beautiful....
From the outstanding 1961 Bags Groove by pianist Duke Pearson, and his solo on his gorgeous iconic composition is a work of art, as his fingers dance gracefully over the keys!
With bassist Thomas Howard and drummer Lex Humphries
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Guitarist Harry Christelis recreates distant aural bird sounds, that morph to atmospheric tryst between guitar & trumpet with persistent propulsion underneath. The new album Preserving Fictions; Christos Stylianides-TRP, Andrea Di Biase-B, Dave Storey-D
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Indeed!
Organist Charles Earland reimages the 60's hit by the rock group Spiral Starecase, & makes B3 magic with his jazz version. From 1969 Black Talk!
Virgil Jones – trumpet
Houston Person – tenor
Melvin Sparks – guitar
Idris Muhammad – drums
Buddy Caldwell – congas
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Ghanaian-born, Amsterdam-based trumpeter Peter Somuah exquisitely blends jazz with Ghanaian highlife and creates magic...from the engaging 2023 Letter to the Universe
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For those students of jazz guitar; be it by playing or listening, Kenny Burrell gives a masterclass on this Duke Pearson smoker as he shows off his fingering, modal harmonics & melodic approach in 1980 LIVE performance with Bob Magnuson-bass and Sherman Ferguson-D
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Many only know pianist / keyboardist George Duke from work in the late '70s fusion until his death From his debut album Jazz Workshop 1966, recorded at the iconic San Fran club the Jazz Workshop!
John W. Heard-B
David L. Simmons-Bass Trumpet
George R. Walker-D
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If you have never met Miss Jones, you will know her well when pianist and patriarch of the Marsalis musical family, the late Ellis sings her praises...from the outstanding 1992 Heart of Gold with:
Ray Brown: Bass
Billy Higgins: Drums
They glide on this Richard Rodgers tune
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From the stellar new release by tenor saxophonist Walter Smith III entitled Twio Vol. 2 Joe Sanders - Bass and Kendrick Scott - D...and yes that it TWIO not Trio...its Smith's creative "Wit" in Trio form...and this Wayne Shorter rewire is magic!
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One of the best of the Next Gen jazz tenors, Walter Smith III does an exquisite post bop reimaging of the Clara Bley tune of his splendid new release Trios Vol. 2 with"
Joe Sanders - Bass
Kendrick Scott - Drums
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Its the late 50s, & a 36 year old guitarist from the jazz hinterland of Indianapolis reimagines the jazz solo, & the notion of jazz guitar changed forever.
From the 1959 self titled The Wes Montgomery Trio: A Dynamic New Sound
Melvin Rhyne – organ
Paul Parker – drums
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This 1972 album by guitarist Pat Martino is sometimes called Footprints, sometimes The Visit..
I call it simply beautiful!
The Michael Legrand tune written for the movie "The Happy Ending"
Bobby Rose - guitar
Richard Davis - bass
Billy Higgins - drums
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And I have read that audiophiles consider this the best LIVE recording of Bill Evans ever.
Resonance Records, a jazz label in Los Angeles must be "living right" First they make an amazing find with the unreleased Bill Evans masterpiece Some Other Time: The Lost Session from the Black Forest. Then in 2017 they find a 2nd rare & brief Trio with Jack DeJohnette
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One of my favorite rewires of this Jerry Brainin tune was the 18 min 1999 LIVE recording at Birdland Jazz Club in NY - West 42nd Street - by saxophonist Gary Gartz with:
Bass – Ray Drummond
Drums – Al Foster
Flugelhorn, Trumpet – Claudio Roditi
Piano – John Hicks
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Talk about swinging, swaying, & sashaying....
From the 1964 Coltrane's Sounds by the late, great John Coltrane with:
McCoy Tyner — piano
Steve Davis — bass
Elvin Jones — drums
Another of the many albums of unreleased material Atlantic Records released after Coltrane left them.
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Someone asked "When did you know you liked jazz".
I answered "I knew what I liked as a kid , folks called them different things "Theme from a '60s CBS TV show...from the 2001
Jazz Versions from the Big and Small Screen Repertoire by vibraphonist Jean-Michel Davis
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May you swing into the new week the way altoist Cannonball Adderley swinged, swayed, and and sashayed in this smoking Victor Schertzinger and Johnny Mercer tune from 1959 Cannonball Takes Charge with
Wynton Kelly - piano
Percy Heath - bass
Albert "Tootie" Heath
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Back in the "olden" days of 1971, pre-internet (and yet we thrived, go figure ;) ) you found new music from the "Radio" and Radio stations did not play 11:20 min songs, so you had to buy the album, and did folks buy this one....prog jazz rock fusion from Traffic
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Is Gazeuse! really 50?
Another one for Jazz Rock / Fusion fans ! 7th album by the French fusion group Gong, but also the debut album (its a long story) by drummer Pierre Moerlen's Gong...Notable for playing of guitarist Alan Holdsworth & the use of jazz vibraphone.
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Jazz Rock / Fusion fans might want to check out the outstanding 5th release by Canadian bassist Carl Mayotte. A tribute to his late father, each song recounts an episode from in their lives.
Stéphane Chamberland-D
Damien-Jade Cyr-Sax
Gabriel Cy-G
Francis Grégoire-P
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From the stellar 1999 McCoy Tyner (his percussive style was made for Latin jazz) and the the Latin All-Stars...
Gary Bartz - sax
Claudio Roditi: - TRP
Steve Turre - TRB
Dave Valentin - flute
Avery Sharpe -B
Ignacio Berroa - D
Johnny Almendra - timbales
Giovanni Hidalgo -Congas
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Simply beautiful...
Vibraphonist Bobby Hutcherson brought a lifetime of technical & emotive skills to bear on his outstanding 2007 For Sentimental Reasons where his minimal understatement is exquisite with Renee Rosnes - piano, Dwayne Burno - bass, Al foster - drums
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An apt name for the visceral Title Track and torrid opener...UK saxophonist Mark Lockheart creates music that lives in the moment, in all of the moments, as narratives are spontaneous and fluid....with a kick butt rhythm section of Huw V Williams, bass, Jay Davis, drums
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From the sophomore from a guitarist I think you will be hearing a lot from, NY based Joan Foat. A modernistic spin on straight ahead bop with a collection of NY veterans; Grant Stewart-tenor sax, Michael Weiss - piano, Joey Rainieri-bass, and David Puime on drums.
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Happy Sunday...
From the 2006 album Roots by trumpeter Sean Jones with Tia Fuller (as), Orrin Evans (p), Luques Curtis (b), Eddie Howard (org), Obed Calvaire or Jerome Jennings (d) in trio and quartet formations.
A beautiful reimagination of this Duke Ellington standard...
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