From his 1974 "Faces In Reflection" album, this is the late, great jazz keyboard master George Duke, with the composition "Psychosomatic Dung". Duke is joined by John Heard on bass and Ndugu on drums.
An experimental jazz piece called "Furs On Ice" featuring John Abercrombie on synth guitar, Marc Johnson on bass, and Peter Erskine on drums. Check it out.
Jazz bassist extraordinaire Miroslav Vitous, with his 1970 record "Infinite Search" that includes an all-star cast of musicians.
Bass -- Miroslav Vitous
Drums -- Jack DeJohnette, Joe Chambers (tracks: 6)
Guitar -- John McLaughlin
Piano -- Herbie Hancock
Tenor Saxophone -- Joe Henderson
The track listing is:
1. Freedom Jazz Dance
2. Mountain In The Clouds
3. When Face Gets Pale
4. Infinite Search
5. I Will Tell Him On You
6. Epilogue
From a performance at Amnesty International, Miles Davis plays "Burn" with some other stellar musicians backing him up. Among them, Robben Ford and Carlos Santana on guitars, and Bob Berg on tenor saxophone.
Blues guitarist, Samantha Fish, plays her original tune, "Black Wind Howlin' ", which has obviously inspiration from the greats such as Buddy Guy and Jimi Hendrix, during a January 4th, 2017 gig, in France.
Check out another rarely heard jazz ensemble and their self titled record. This is The Sunbirds with their recording "Sunbirds" circa 1971. The band lineup is:
Philip Catherine: guitar
Jimmy Woode: bass
Fritz Pauer: electric piano (Hohner Electra)
Ferdinand Povel: flute, alto flute
Juan Romero: percussion
The track listing:
1. Kwaeli
2. Sunrise
3. Spanish Sun
4. Sunshine
5. Sunbirds
6. Blues for D.S.
7. Dreams
8. Fire Dance
Another Thanksgiving Day. Always... always... thankful for music! Check out Tower of Power's show from the 2010 Lugano Jazz Festival in Switzerland. The set list.
Set 1:
1. We Came To Play
2. Soul With a Capital S
3. Can't You See (You're Doin' Me Wrong)
4. You Met Your Match
5. Give Me The Proof
6. Willing To Learn
7. Maybe It'll Rub Off
8. Souled Out
9. What Is Hip?
Set 2:
10. How Could This Happen To Me?
11. So I Got To Groove
12. Walkin' Up Hip Street
13. Me & Mrs. Jones
14. Diggin' On James Brown
15. It's A New Day (James Brown cover)
16. I Got The Feeling (James Brown cover)
17. So Very Hard To Go
Being such a devoted fan, yours truly, like many others, was sure the Allman Brothers Band had one more studio record left in them, after 2003's "Hittin' The Note", which turned out to be their final release. Sadly, that was not to be the case.
A bonus post, for your Tuesday evening. Happy Birthday, to the late, great Stanley Turrentine. Here, he plays "Sugar" live on the David Sanborn show, with another fabulous musician, who left us way too soon, guitar great, Hiram Bullock.
More improvisational music and sound exploration, from the trio of Roscoe Mitchell on flute, the late, great, Muhal Ricard Abrams on piano, and George Lewis on trombone.
Check out jazz piano legend Erroll Garner with a performance of his 1954 composition, "Misty", performed here, in 1963, at BRT Studio in Brussels, Belgium. Garner is playing in a trio. The man himself, on piano, Eddie Calhoun on bass, and Kelly Martin on drums.
Check out this jam between drummer extraordinaire Bernard Purdie and Snarky Puppy keyboardist Cory Henry, playing the fool out of his Hammond B3. This is great!
San Francisco-based Public Broadcasting Station KQED filmed Pink Floyd
performing live in 1970 for a special that would air at a later date.
Previously unreleased footage from the legendary band’s session was
recently discovered and has been shared by the local television outlet.
From his "Rock Satellite" record, released 40 years ago, in 1977, here is a rare and obscure jazz groove track. Puccio Roelens with "Northern Lights". Here is the band lineup, or at least the credits for who played on the record.
Gianni Oddi: alto saxophone, flute
Brass section: A. Corvini, A. Verzella, G. Cuccaro, D. Diana, E. Gabbi, M. Midana, & O. Aldambrini
Memphis Minnie's last hit song. A jazzy blues, which was probably somewhat risque for it's time, when it was released in 1953. The tune is "Kissing In The Dark", and, well... I'll let you figure out what the lyrics mean, because, it's pretty obvious.
Check out Mike Longo on piano, Ron Carter on upright bass, and Mickey Roker on drums playing "Night Rider" from Longo's 1972 record "Matrix". Rest In Peace, Mickey Roker, who passed away on May 22nd.
A rare live recording of this great Weather Report track originally from
Tale Spinnin'. From "Live and Unreleased" it features the stellar
group of Joe Zawinul, Wayne Shorter, Alphonso Johnson, Chester Thompson,
and Alex Acuna.
Recorded November 27, 1975 at The New Victoria Theater, London. The original version of this song is off Weather Reports "Tale Spinnin' " album.
For about ten more days, the Independent Lens documentary on jazz saxophone legend John Coltrane, will be available for viewing. You can watch it, HERE.
Continuing to remember the legacy of innovative jazz pianist Muhal Richard Abrams, here is his Experimental Band performing live at the 2015 Chicago Jazz Festival. Two performances were captured on video, at the Jay Pritzker Pavilion in Millennium Park in Chicago, Illinois, on September 6th, 2015. The band lineup includes:
Muhal Richard Abrams - piano, composition
Roscoe Mitchell - alto saxophone
Henry Threadgill - alto saxophone
LaRoy Wallace McMillan - baritone saxophone, flute
Wadada Leo Smith - trumpet
Amina Claudine Myers - piano
George Lewis - trombone
Leonard Jones - bass
Thurman Barker - drums, vibraphone
Reggie Nicholson - drums, marimba
From his 2012 record "Subject To Change Without Notice", here is one of my favorite Jimmy Herring instrumentals. This is "Bilgewater Blues". Notice the interplay on the rhythm part between Herring's Jerry Jones baritone guitar, and keyboardist Matt Slocum on the Clavinet. That's what gives this tune it's groove. Some really cool stuff.
Vocals – Bernard Kafka* (tracks: 1, 3, 5, 7 to 9), Irene Howard (tracks:
8), Urszula Dudziak (tracks: 1 to 5, 7 to 9)
Backing Vocals [BK Singers] – Ann Tripp (tracks: 2 to 4, 6), Bernard
Kafka* (tracks: 2 to 4, 6), Bill Ruthenberg (tracks: 2 to 4, 6), Linda
"Tequila" Logan (tracks: 2 to 4, 6)
Producer – Michał Urbaniak
Arranged By [Vocals] – Bernard Kafka*
Art Direction – Paula Scher
Engineer [Recording], Engineer [Re-mix] – Gene Paul
"Electric Guitarist" is the fifth studio album by guitarist John
McLaughlin, released in 1978 through Columbia Records originally on
vinyl; a remastered CD edition with expanded liner notes was reissued in
1990 as part of the Columbia Jazz Contemporary Masters series.
Personnel:
John McLaughlin – guitar, production
Carlos Santana – guitar (track 2)
Stu Goldberg – Minimoog (track 1), electric piano (track 1), organ (track 1) Chick Corea – Minimoog (track 4), electric piano (track 4) Patrice Rushen – piano (track 3) Tom Coster – organ (track 2) Billy Cobham – drums (tracks 1, 6) Jerry Goodman - violin Narada Michael Walden – drums (track 2) Tony Thunder Smith – drums (track 3) Jack DeJohnette – drums (track 4) Tony Williams – drums (track 5) Alyrio Lima – percussion (track 2) Armando Peraza – conga (track 2) Fernando Saunders – bass (track 1) Neil Jason – bass (track 2) Alphonso Johnson – bass (track 3), Moog Taurus (track 3) Stanley Clarke – bass (track 4) Jack Bruce – bass (track 5) David Sanborn – saxophone (track 3)
Watch John McLaughlin & Jimmy Herring: A Meeting of the Spirits live
from The Capitol Theatre (www.thecapitoltheatre.com) on Saturday,
November 4 at 8PM.
One of fusion's most virtuosic guitar soloists, John McLaughlin placed
his blazing speed in the service of a searching spiritual passion that
has kept his music evolving and open to new influences. Whether
shredding on electric or simmering quietly on acoustic, McLaughlin's
intensity and underappreciated versatility have nearly always kept his
playing vital, and his best moments -- whether as a solo artist or
bandmember -- represent some of fusion's greatest recordings.
American guitarist Jimmy Herring is a musician's musician. The North
Carolina native has been playing guitar for close to 40 years and
exhibits signs that he's just getting started. A staple in the Jazz
Fusion and Jam Band scene, Herring studied guitar at Berklee College of
Music and the Guitar Institute of Technology. His playing style melds
the influences of Jimi Hendrix's raw emotion, the twang of Steve Morse,
and the flowing phrases of jazz legends Charlie Parker and John
Coltrane.
Produced + Directed by: Jonathan Healey
Executive Producer: Peter Shapiro
Camera Operator: Dave Brown
Check out John McLaughlin, and the One Truth Band playing "Desire & The Comforter" from their "Electric Dreams" record.
The band lineup is:
John McLaughlin – electric guitar + 12 + 13 string acoustic guitars, banjo
L. Shankar – acoustic / electric violin
Stu Goldberg – electric piano, Moog synthesizer with Steiner Parker modifications, Prophet synthesizer, Hammond organ
Fernando Saunders – Fender bass, acoustic bass
Tony "Thunder" Smith – drums Alyrio Lima – percussion, amplified Chinese cymbals
A live recording of Crosby, Stills, & Nash playing their song "Wooden Ships". Check it out. It comes from a concert DVD by the band, called "Daylight Again".
As part of a tour promoting his newest record "Sky Trails", David Crosby and his band played a gig at Burnsville Minnesota's Ames Center Thursday night. Many members of his current band, including his son who plays keyboards, he has collaborated with over the years on solo efforts. There was a blend of old and new, as well as solo and group material that was interwoven into last night's set. Crosby is 76 years old, and still has the passion and the fire to continue performing, and creating new music for legions of fans who have followed him since the days of Crosby, Still, & Nash (when he teamed up with fellow songwriters Stephen Stills and Graham Nash), or, even further back than that, when Crosby was part of The Byrds.
Another band that was heavily represented in last night's show was Crosby's group CPR (Crosby, Pevar & Raymond). CPR was a later group that included two other members also on stage for last night's show. Crosby's son and keyboardist James Raymond, and guitarist, Jeff Pevar. So, there was a wide variety of songs, both old and new, that legions of fans who attended last night, really enjoyed. Crosby, in between the songs, had a myriad of stories to tell from a long career and life that has seen it's share of good times and bad.
David Crosby shows that even in nostalgia, and past glories, new, relevant music can still be created that revitalizes an artist's career and perhaps even their life, and Thursday's Ames Center gig proved that. Here's the full show set list.
1. In My Dreams (Crosby, Stills & Nash)
2. Morrison (Crosby, Pevar & Raymond)
3. Tracks In The Dust
4. She's Got To Be Somewhere
5. Laughing
6. Deja Vu (Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young)
7. Long Time Gone (Crosby, Stills & Nash)
8. Map To Buried Treasure (Crosby, Pevar & Raymond)
9. Skytrails
10. Homeward Through The Haze (Crosby & Nash)
11. America (My Country 'Tis of Thee) (Samuel Francis Smith)
12. Breathless
13. Wooden Ships (Crosby, Stills & Nash)
Rest In Peace, Muhal Richard Abrams. Witnessed this great pianist, when he played in a quintet with Jack DeJohnette, Roscoe Mitchell, Henry Threadgill, and Larry Gray, at the Walker Art Center performance auditorium in 2015. One of the best concerts I've ever experienced. Muhal Richard Abrams, you will be missed.
Muhal Richard Abrams, A Sweepingly Influential Jazz Artist, Has Died At Age 87
Within the article itself, you will find a few different highlighted performances from Abrams' career, including Abrams' album "Vision Towards Essence", recorded in 1998 and released in 2007. In addition, there is Abrams' 1989 "Hearinga Suite", and the final performance of The Trio, which features Muhal Richard Abrams on piano, Roscoe Mitchell on reeds (alto saxophone, soprano saxophone, saxello), and George Lewis on trombone and electronic soundscapes.
As a tribute, here is his solo piano composition "Young At Heart", recorded August 20, 1969.
Check out jazz vibraphonist Mike Mainieri and his 1968 "Journey Through An Electric Tube" record. The band lineup is:
Mike Mainieri - electric vibes, vocals (7)
Jeremy Steig - flute
Joe Beck - electric guitar (1,4,6,8)
Sam T. Brown - electric guitar (2), classical guitar (7)
Darren Bernhardt - piano, organ
Hal Gaylor - bass
Chuck Rainey - electric bass
Donald MacDonald - drums
Sally Waring - vocals
String Quartet - (3,7)
Produced By: Sonny Lester
The track listing:
1. It's All Becoming So Clear Now
2. The Wind
3. Connecticut Air
4. We'll Speak Above The Roar
5. The Bush
6. I'll Sing You Softly of My Life
7. Yes, I'm The One
8. Allow Your Mind To Wander
