Carla Bley Trio for this Sunday – recorded at the Grenzenlos Festival in Muranu, Germany on October 12, 2013 and broadcast by RBB Berlin. I haven’t run across a Carla Bley concert that wasn’t, at the very least, loaded with whimsy and profound joy. Anybody who ever said Jazz was
John Abercrombie and Miroslav Vitous in concert this week – recorded at Sala dei Congressi Mulato by RTS-Zurich – April 27, 2006 Between 1984 and 1990, John Abercrombie experimented with a guitar synthesizer. He first used the instrument, though not exclusively, in 1984 in a trio with Marc Johnson on bass and Peter Erskine on
Eddie Palmieri and his All-stars this weekend – live at the Salsa and Latin Summit from Jazzfestival – Bern, Switzerland on May 4, 2002 and broadcast by RTS-FM. Here’s the lineup: Eddie Palmieri: piano, vocalsBrian Lynch: trumpetRay Vega: trumpetConrad Herwig: tromboneReynaldo Jorge: tromboneMario Rivera: bass saxophoneIvan Renta: altosaxophoneEddie Zervigon: fluteJoe
– Jimmy Smith Trio – Live in Paris – Salle Pleyel – December 1, 1969 – RFI-FIP – The Legendary Jimmy Smith this week. From a concert at the Salle Pleyel in Paris, and recorded on December 1, 1969, The Jimmy Smith Trio featuring Charlie Crosby and drums and Eddie
Frank Wess and his amazing Quintet this weekend – recorded at Dizzy’s Club Coca Cola in New York City on November 2, 2011 Frank Wess was renowned for his extensive solo work; however, he was also remembered for his time playing with Count Basie’s band during the early 1950s into
Diving into World Jazz this Sunday with an appearance by The Renaud Garcia-Fons trio, recorded at the Saalbau International Jazz Festival in St. Wendel Germany by South German Radio on September 15, 2023. Renaud Garcia-Fons started his musical studies at an early age. At five years old he picked up
– Depeche Mode – Live At Dodger Stadium – Aug.4, 1990 + Shoreline Amphitheatre, Mountainview, S.F. – July 21, 1990 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – Depeche Mode this morning, from their World Violation Tour, supporting their seventh album release, Violator which came out on March 19,1990. In a contemporary
A taste of Horace Silver this Sunday morning recorded in Copenhagen, Denmark in October 1968 by Danish Radio – DRK. He’s joined by Bill Hardman on trumpet, Bennie Maupin on Tenor, John Williams on bass and Billy Cobham on drums. You can never have too much Horace Silver in your
Since I am big believer that Jazz is a living, breathing, evolving organism, staying on top of recent developments is crucial to the notion that Jazz ain’t dead, it ain’t even resting. It’s gone from Urban outlier to Citizen of the world and that comes with a sigh of relief.
– Dexter Gordon Quartet – Live In Paris – Maison de la Radio – Studio 104 – February 9, 1973 – Radio France – Dexter Gordon this weekend. Some weeks ago I ran a concert featuring Wardell Gray, whose Tenor duels with Dexter Gordon in the early 1950s were legendary. This
