Friday, June 30, 2017
Thursday, June 29, 2017
Sonny Rollins & Friends - "Take The 'A' Train"
Recorded in 1976 for the DownBeat Awards TV special, featuring Sonny Rollins (tenor sax), Freddie Hubbard (trumpet), Bill Watrous (trombone), Hubert Laws (flute), Rahsaan Roland Kirk (tenor sax), McCoy Tyner (piano), Chick Corea (keyboards), George Benson (guitar), Stanley Clarke (bass), Lenny White (drums), and Airto Moreira (percussion).
Sonny Rollins official site
Wednesday, June 28, 2017
Abdullah Ibrahim - "Green Kalahari"
Recorded October 20, 2014 at the Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture in New York City.
Abdullah Ibrahim official site
Tuesday, June 27, 2017
Monday, June 26, 2017
Geri Allen - "Our Lady"
Recorded in 2014 at the Commencement Concert for Berklee College of Music in Boston, MA.
Geri Allen on Wikipedia
Sunday, June 25, 2017
Red Rodney All-Stars - "Cherokee"
Recorded in May, 1989 at the Main Street Jazz Festival in Columbia, SC, featuring Red Rodney (trumpet), Chris Potter (tenor sax), Bill Watrous (trombone), Ed Soph (drums), Bill Crow (bass), and Derek Smith (piano).
Red Rodney on Wikipedia
Saturday, June 24, 2017
Friday, June 23, 2017
Muhal Richard Abrams, George Lewis & Roscoe Mitchell
- Live at the Ojai Music Festival
Recorded June 11, 2017 at the Ojai Music Festival in Ojai, CA, featuring Muhal Richard Abrams (piano), George Lewis (trombone, electronics), and Roscoe Mitchell (saxophones, woodwinds).
Muhal Richard Abrams official site
George Lewis page at Columbia University
Roscoe Mitchell on Wikipedia
Thursday, June 22, 2017
Humble Pie - "Rolling Stone"
Recorded in 1971, featuring Steve Marriott (guitar, vocals), Peter Frampton (guitar, vocals), Greg Ridley (bass, vocals), and Jerry Shirley (drums).
Humble Pie tribute site
Wednesday, June 21, 2017
Mulgrew Miller - "Old Folks"
Recorded June 5, 2012 at the Center For Jazz Studies in Tel Aviv, Israel.
Mulgrew Miller on Wikipedia
Tuesday, June 20, 2017
Clarence "Gatemouth" Brown - "Born In Louisiana"
Recorded February 6, 1996 for the PBS TV program Austin City Limits.
Clarence "Gatemouth" Brown official site
Monday, June 19, 2017
Sunday, June 18, 2017
Saturday, June 17, 2017
Friday, June 16, 2017
Thursday, June 15, 2017
Wednesday, June 14, 2017
The Headhunters - "God Make Me Funky"
Recorded May 9, 1975 at Winterland in San Francisco, CA, featuring Paul Jackson (bass, vocals), Bennie Maupin (tenor sax, vocals, percussion), Bill Summers (percussion), Mike Clark (drums), and DeWayne "Blackbyrd" McKnight (guitar, vocals).
The Headhunters on Wikipedia
Mike Clark official site
Paul Jackson official site
Bennie Maupin official site
DeWayne "Blackbyrd" McKnight official site
Tuesday, June 13, 2017
Mavis Staples - "Far Celestial Shores"
Recorded May 22, 2013 at the studios of radio station WFUV in New York City.
Mavis Staples official site
Monday, June 12, 2017
Amina Claudine Myers Quartet - "Coming And Going"
Recorded May 19, 1991 in Raab, Austria, featuring Amina Claudine Myers (piano, vocals), Jim Pepper (tenor sax, vocals), Anthony Cox (bass), and Leopoldo Flemming (percussion).
Amina Claudine Myers official site
Sunday, June 11, 2017
Hot 8 Brass Band - "Keepin' It Funky"
Recorded in 2017 in the studios of radio station KCRW in Santa Monica, CA.
Hot 8 Brass Band official site
Saturday, June 10, 2017
Friday, June 09, 2017
Richard "Groove" Holmes - "My One and Only Love"
Recorded in 1980 in Spain, featuring Richard "Groove" Holmes (organ), Willis "Gator" Jackson (tenor sax), Steve Giordano (guitar), and Roger Humphries (drums).
Richard "Groove" Holmes on Wikipedia
Thursday, June 08, 2017
Wednesday, June 07, 2017
Stanley Cowell Quartet - Live in New York City
Recorded March 23, 2017 at Dizzy's Club in Jazz at Lincoln Center,, featuring Stanley Cowell (piano, kalimba), Bruce Williams (alto sax), Jay Anderson (bass), and Evan Sherman (drums).
Stanley Cowell on Wikipedia
Tuesday, June 06, 2017
Monday, June 05, 2017
Mary Halvorson Octet - "Fog Bank"
Recorded August 6, 2016 at The Stone in New York City, featuring Mary Halvorson (guitar), Jonathan Finlayson (trumpet), Jon Irabagon (alto saxophone), Ingrid Laubrock (tenor saxophone), Jacob Garchik (trombone), Susan Alcorn (pedal steel guitar), John Hébert (bass), and Ches Smith (drums).
Mary Halvorson official site
Sunday, June 04, 2017
Saturday, June 03, 2017
Friday, June 02, 2017
Jon Hassell - Live in New York
Recorded September 16, 1989 at the Financial Center in the World Trade Towers in New York City, featuring Jon Hassell (trumpet), Dan Schwartz (bass), Adam Rudolph (percussion), Gregg Arreguin (guitar), and Jeff Rona (keyboards, percussion).
Jon Hassell official site