Mehldau, Potter, Patitucci and Blake – Summit Meeting at Montpelier. From the 2024 Montpelier Jazz Festival – a summit meeting featuring Brad Mehldau, Chris Potter, John Patitucci and Johnathan Blake. Recorded by Radio France Musique on July 9, 2024. Supergroups are a well-known phenomenon in rock music, but in jazz,
A few notes from Céline Bonacina and her quartet this Sunday. Recorded in concert at the 2024 Marciac Jazz Festival by Radio France on July 30, 2024. She is joined by Grégory Privat on piano and keyboards – Chris Jennings on bass and John Hadfield on drums. Bonacina was a
Nat “King” Cole with Quincy Jones Big Band – Live In Paris – April 19, 1960 – Radio France FIP – Much as I like to rely on my own archives to offer those unique and historic recordings on Past Daily, I run across something from someplace else that stops
Hank Jones – Crown Prince of Eloquent and Lyrical. The Hank Jones Trio this weekend (Hank Jones, piano – Milt Hinton, bass and Nasara Abadey on drums). Recorded at The Statler Hotel in Buffalo New York in 1976. The oldest of the three Jones brothers (Hank, Thad and Elvin), Henry
Abdullah Ibrahim – in concert at Udine Jazz Festival, Udine Italy – recorded at Teatro Palamostre on June 26, 2005. Referred to by Nelson Mandela as “Our Mozart”, Abdullah Ibrahim (formerly known as Dollar Brand) has been one of the most prominent figures in the South African Jazz scene; cultivating
Gil Evans Orchestra for this Daylight Savings Sunday – recorded during their European Tour of 1978 (no exact date and no exact venue, sorry). Gil Evans with his orchestra consisting of the usual suspects; Lew Soloff, trumpet-flugel horn, Earl McIntyre, trombone-tuba, Steve Lacy, soprano sax, Arthur Blythe, alto sax, Pete
Rahsaan Roland Kirk & The Vibration Society – Jazz Workshop – Live October 29, 1972 – WBCN-FM, Boston – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – The artistry of Rahsaan Roland Kirk this weekend. Featuring The Vibration Society, consisting of Robert Shy and drums, Henry Pete Pearson on bass, Ron Burton on
– The Oscar Peterson Trio – live at the 1968 Montreal Jazz Festival – CBC Transcription Service – Gordon Skene Sound Collection. I first ran this concert about ten years ago via another site. At the time the sound quality on the player available to me wasn’t very good,
– Bill Evans and Lee Konitz – Live at Philharmonie Hall, Berlin – October 29, 1965 A rather short one this week, but essential. Jazz legends Bill Evans and Lee Konitz, trading views on stage at Philharmonie Hall in Berlin on October 29, 1965. With drummer Alan Dawson and
The legendary Gerry Mulligan for Downbeat this Sunday – recorded live in Stockholm at Sveriges Radio’s Konserthuset on May 19, 1959. Joining Gerry Mulligan on this set is Dave Bailey on drums, Bill Crow on bass and Art Farmer on trumpet, part of the Jazz At The Philharmonic series 1959
