From their New Year's Eve 2015 performance in Atlanta, Georgia, here's Widespread Panic with the song "Heroes".
Re-posting a favorite contemporary jazz tune. Check out Dave & Don Grusin and "River Song" from their 1988 "Sticks & Stones" record. This is contemporary jazz at one of it's finest hours. A tune that has certainly inspired yours truly, over the years.
Another performance by The Jimmy Herring Band from their concert at the Miroverse in Pittsboro, North Carolina, on August 18th, 2012. The tune is called a hypnotic, and dreamy soul blues instrumental, called "Aberdeen". The band lineup is:
Wayne Shorter "The Ultimate"
We fondly remember one of the greatest rock guitarists of all time, Mountain's Leslie West, who has died at the age of 75. Rest In Peace, Leslie West. You will be missed. Many of his songs with Mountain have been featured here. Above, are two versions of the Mountain song "Nantucket Sleigh Ride" to pay tribute.
https://jambands.com/news/2020/12/24/in-memoriam-leslie-west-1945-2020/
Merry Christmas. A bonus Joe Bonamassa Christmas carol, as he performs “O Holy Night.” Check it out.
Another tune from the Trey Anastasio Band's run at The Beacon Theater in New York City. This one, from their November 13th performance, is called "The Moma Dance", a tune Trey also performs with Phish.
We fondly remember, Minnesota jazz legend, vocalist, Debbie Duncan, based in Minneapolis, who has died at age 69 after a series of strokes. She was originally from Memphis, Tennessee, and raised in Detroit, Michigan. Her life, and career are quite the story.
https://www.twincities.com/2020/12/18/obituary-debbie-duncan-minneapolis-jazz-vocalist/
To honor her memory, a few performances.
Here is Debbie Duncan, performing "Bluesette", as an example of her great gift as a jazz singer. The video was produced by A440 Studios.
Here are more Debbie Duncan performances, of jazz standards and originals.
“Skylark”
“What A Difference A Day Makes”
Wayne Shorter "The All Seeing Eye" (The Rudy Van Gelder Edition)
Wayne Shorter: tenor saxophone, Freddie Hubbard: trumpet & flugelhorn, Grachan Moncur III.: trombone, James Spaulding: alto saxophone, Herbie Hancock: piano, Ron Carter: bass, Joe Chambers: drums, Alan Shorter: flugelhorn on "Mephistopheles".
Another Full Album Friday. This time, the featured record is from jazz tenor saxophone legend (who has been featured on the blog several times), Illinois Jacquet. The record is 1966's "Go Power", recorded live at a venue called Lennie's on The Turnpike.
The track listing:
Another very cool song from the Trey Anastasio Band at The Beacon Theater in New York City for their recent jam sessions. This is called "Set Your Soul Free".
Another Trey Anastasio Band jam from The Beacon Theater on November 27th, 2020. This is the instrumental tune "Mozambique".
We remember the great legacy of country music legend and baseball player, Charley Pride. He was the first widely recognized African American country music superstar. Very sadly, Charley's cause of death was the COVID-19 Coronavirus.
https://tasteofcountry.com/charley-pride-dead-dies-covid-19/
Here are some of his best known hit songs.
"Just Between You And Me" (feat. Lloyd Green: pedal steel guitar), performed on The Lawrence Welk Show.
He had many other hit songs on the country music charts. "Is Anybody Going To San Antone?", performed on The Marty Stuart Show.
"Kiss An Angel Good Morning", performed on The Marty Stuart Show.
"I'd Rather Love You", perfomred on The Johnny Cash Show circa 1971.
"I'll Be Leaving Alone", released in 1977.
These tunes are just a sampling of Pride's work, which included 52 Top 10 songs on the country music charts. Rest In Peace, Charley Pride. You will be missed.
From their December 28th, 2013 concert at Madison Square Garden in New York City, here's Phish, with the mysterious tune, "Steam".
From their July 23rd, 2017 gig at Madison Square Garden in New York City, here's Phish with their tune entitled "It's Ice".
A great concert, lined up, for Full Concert Friday this week. Bill Evans & Robben Ford - Soulgrass meets Blues, Miles & Beyond (Estival Jazz Lugano 2010).
Personnel:
Another performance from the Vermont barn by Trey Anastasio on acoustic guitar and Page McConnell on Wurlitzer electric piano, of a song called “Brian and Robert”.
We fondly remember, country music singer, Hal Ketchum, who passed away recently, at the age of 67 due to complications from dementia. He was known for tunes such as "Small Town Saturday Night", "Past The Point of Rescue", "Sure Love", and many more. Rest In Peace, Hal Ketchum.
https://www.wideopencountry.com/hal-ketchum-alzheimers-diagnosis/
Yours truly hopes to soon publish a Spotify Sunday listing of his music as a full memorial to Hal Ketchum, and the legacy he left behind in the world of country music. Check out the video in the obituary for the song, "I Miss My Mary". Once again, Rest In Peace, Hal. You will be missed.
Another song by Gregg Allman and the Sleeping Clock Revue. This is the blues standard "Floating Bridge", originally recorded by Sleepy John Estes, and released on Gregg Allman's 2011 "Low Country Blues" record, produced by the man who put this particular concert and band together, the one and the only T Bone Burnett.
A couple unique performances here, from 2010 and 2011, of a song called "Gone To Shiloh" performed by Leon Russell, Gregg Allman, and Elton John. Rest In Peace, Gregg Allman, and Leon Russell. Today, December 8th, would mark Gregg's 73rd birthday. This is a very moving tune. Check it out.
Check out Chuck Mangione on the flugelhorn with his hit song, “Feels So Good”. The band lineup is:
Wayne Shorter "Atlantis"
The title track to John Coltrane's 1960 record of the same name that was just published recently for Full Album Friday. Here is "Giant Steps".
For Full Album Friday, an important and monumental record in the history of jazz. Here's John Coltrane's 1960 record "Giant Steps", the fifth recording he released as a bandleader, recorded on Atlantic Records and produced by Neshui Ertegun. It was his first record as bandleader, released on Atlantic. The track listing is:
In these times of the pandemic, helping our neighbors, our fellow man, is one of the best things we can do, and with that in mind, a song, with that theme. This is the 2004 solo version by David Hidalgo (with Steve Cropper on guitar, the late, great, Donald "Duck" Dunn on bass, Booker T. Jones on Hammond organ, and Steve Potts on drums, (Booker T. & The MG's), as his backing band of "The Neighborhood" from the first ever Eric Clapton Crossroads Guitar Festival at the Cotton Bowl in Dallas, Texas, in 2004.
From their October 25th, 2014 concert at the Riverside Theater in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, here's Widespread Panic, with one of yours truly's personal favorite songs of theirs, as it is zany but also has a good melody. This is "Pigeons". Check it out.
Studio and live versions of a great song by the one and the only Nina Simone. This tune is "My Baby Just Cares For Me".
Weather Report Recordings of Wayne Shorter Compositions 1
Another song from Trey Anastasio's recent Beacon Theater performances in New York. This is the Phish tune with a reggae feel, "Harry Hood", with the strings section, as well as brass in the form of trumpet and trombone. Check it out.
Always thankful for music, so, more to be thankful for, on Thanksgiving Day. A performance of T. Bone Walker's "Stormy Monday" on "Supershow" in England, in 1969, featuring among others, Roland Kirk on saxophones, Buddy Guy on guitar, and Jack Bruce on bass. Check it out.
Here is Illinois Jacquet on tenor saxophone with his quartet playing "C Jam Blues", live at Schaffhausen, Switzerland, on March 18th, 1978.
Widespread Panic's cover of J.J. Cale's song "Ride Me High" from their performance in Charleston, South Carolina, on October 4th, 2013. The band lineup is:
Wayne Shorter "Introducing Wayne Shorter"
The anniversary of this performance was just a few short days ago. For Full Concert Friday, a show that has seen snippets posted here and there on the blog, but this, is the full gig. Roy Buchanan, live from Austin, Texas, (Austin City Limits), on November 15th, 1976. Not sure if the band lineup is fully mentioned. But, the whole set list is here.
The live version of "Something's On Your Mind" by Miles Davis, from a performance at the 1985 North Sea Jazz Festival at The Hague on the western coast of The Netherlands. The band lineup for this performance is:
From a performance at Birmingham Jefferson Civic Center on April 15th, 2011, (where many songs of his on this blog have come from), in Birmingham, Alabama. Here is the late, great, Charlie Daniels, illustrating some of what he liked to call "cowboy logic" in a song, that is an ode to the working man. This is "(What This World Needs) Is A Few More Rednecks", a song that proves "redneck" is not a derogatory term that can be applied to some fool who thinks it is humorous to be throwing beer bottles on the road and shooting blanks at road signs with a handgun. Charlie even says so in the video. "That's not a redneck. That's an idiot." You will understand what a real redneck is, listening to this tune, according to the man himself.
Trey Anastasio Band, featuring The Rescue Squad Strings, playing Trey's song (also performed with Phish), "You Enjoy Myself". Check it out.
Studio and live versions of Shakti (with John McLaughlin and Zakir Hussain) playing the composition "Lotus Feet".
A special Full Concert Friday, based on an article on Live For Live Music, originally published on February 23rd, 2019, about the short lived, yet key group in shaping the jam band music scene, Frogwings, performing at The Wetlands in New York that included many great players of the jam band scene such as Derek Trucks and Jimmy Herring on guitars, Kofi Burbridge on keyboards, Oteil Burbridge on bass, Butch Trucks on drums, and John Popper (from Blues Traveler), on harmonica. The band name Frogwings comes a quote from Duane Allman. "If a frog had wings, he wouldn't bump his ass when he jumped."
There are two full concert performances by Frogwings, highlighted here, on February 9th and 10th, 1999.
Tedeschi Trucks Band are joined by special guest Trey Anastasio for this cover of “Little Wing” as part of their recreation of the Derek & the Dominos album “Layla and Other Assorted Love Songs,” live at LOCKN’ Festival On August 24, 2019.
From the 2019 Casselberry Blues Festival, check out Jimmy Carpenter on tenor sax and vocals with the Mike Zito Band playing the title track to Jimmy Carpenter's latest record "Soul Doctor".
A great rendition of a great song, by a great jazz saxophonist. This is Dexter Gordon playing "Georgia On My Mind" with his quartet, from the 1976 recording "Biting The Apple" released on a Danish record label called SteepleChase. It is the third track on the record. The quartet band lineup is:
New Moon Jelly Roll Freedom Rockers session at Zebra Ranch Studios, featuring Charlie Musselwhite, Jim Dickinson, Luther Dickinson, Cody Dickinson, Jimbo Mathus, Alvin Youngblood Hart. January 2008. The South Memphis String Band was borne out of these sessions. “KC Moan” is the song.
From a performance in September of 1990, here's country music royalty, and two amazing guitar slingers to boot, the great Glen Campbell and the fabulous Roy Clark, playing "Ghost Riders In The Sky".
Jazz trumpeter Tommy Ladnier is a name people may not remember. However, he backed several great jazz and blues acts during the 1920s. Ladnier backed names like Lovie Austin, Fletcher Henderson, and Sidney Bechet, while also appearing as part of Sam Wooding's Orchestra. Check this out, from the In A Blue Mood blog, curated by Ron Weinstock.
Page McConnell and Trey Anastasio perform “Waste” from The Barn in Vermont. Originally aired before The Beacon Jams on October 30. Trey Anastasio on acoustic guitar, and Page McConnell on Wurlitzer piano.
From his 1971 Blue Note release, "Genesis", here is Elvin Jones with the tune "For All The Other Times". It's the second track on the album. The band lineup for the album, includes:
From Jazz Video Guy (Bret Primack) on YouTube, here is Dexter Gordon with the tune "Some of The Blues", written by fellow jazz legend and sax virtuoso, John Coltrane.
Dexter Gordon - Tenor Saxophone, Georges Arvanitas - Piano, Albi Cullaz Bass, Daniel Humair - Drums.
Recorded - Studio 104 - France - July 24, 1973
Waylon Jennings' rendition of Billy Joe Shaver's song "Honky Tonk Heroes". Of course, it is the title track to Jennings' 1973 record of the same name. That will appear, very soon, perhaps, in the next Full Album Friday. Stay tuned.
Continuing to pay tribute to Billy Joe Shaver. Here is The String Cheese Incident, performing his best known song, what else, but "Honky Tonk Heroes" live, at The Backyard, in Austin, Texas, on July 5th, 2013.
Remembering outlaw country singer/songwriter Billy Joe Shaver, who passed away recently, at the age of 81, who's songs were recorded by such well known artists as Waylon Jennings, Willie Nelson, and Elvis Presley.
https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-country/billy-joe-shaver-songwriter-dead-obituary-1082610/
Videos in the obituary include those of songs by Shaver such as "I'm Just An Old Chunk of Coal (But I'm Gonna Be A Diamond Someday)", "Live Forever", and "Get Thee Behind Me, Satan" (feat. John Anderson). Here are those videos in the blog as well.
Rest In Peace, Billy Joe Shaver.
Another one for Full Album Friday. Cedar Walton, jazz pianist, and his 1975 record "Mobius", released on RCA Records. Walton wrote three of the compositions. Tracks one and three are "Blue Trane" written by John Coltrane, and "Off Minor" written by Thelonius Monk.
A review, to celebrate the legacy of Duane Allman, who the world lost, in a tragic motorcycle crash, on this day, in 1971. This review in All About Jazz, published in March, 2020, highlights the early bands Duane and his brother Gregg Allman, (may they both Rest In Peace), were involved in, long before the Allman Brothers Band was even an idea.
Happy 84th birthday, to the one and the only, Charlie Daniels, who we sadly lost, earlier this year. Musician, author, patriot, and so much more. Celebrating his life and legacy, on his birthday, with a more recent tune he wrote, certainly describing himself, in a way. This is "Redneck Fiddlin' Man". It was the opening number, from a concert the CDB played, where snippets have been shared on the blog before, from the BJCC in Birmingham, Alabama, on April 15th, 2011.
Track two, from the 1993 Katsumi Horii record "Lovers", that was featured last month for a Full Album Friday, this is "Flashback".
From the 1991 "Sky Cruisin' " record that was posted here for Full Album Friday a few weeks ago, this is one of the best tracks from that Katsumi Horii Project recording, called "In The Blue Heaven". Check it out.
From one of his best recordings, "Room 335", here's Larry Carlton, with another great song off that record that also happened to be recorded by The Crusaders, who he played guitar with. This is "Nite Crawler".
Studio and live versions of a Lynyrd Skynyrd song, with a message. This is "Poison Whiskey". from the debut Lynyrd Skynyrd self-titled record, released in 1973.
For Full Album Friday this week, jazz/jazz fusion group Spyro Gyra is featured, and so is their 1980 record, "Carnaval". The band lineup is:
Bass – Jim Kurzdorfer (tracks: A3), Will Lee IV* (tracks: A1, A2, A4 to B4) Cello – David Darling (tracks: A2 3) Drums – Eli Konikoff (tracks: A1 to A3, B1 to B3), Steve Jordan (tracks: A4, B4) Flute, Saxophone [Tenor] – Michael Brecker Guitar – Chet Catallo (tracks: A1 to B3), Hiram Bullock (tracks: A2, B4), John Tropea (tracks: A3 to B3) Keyboards – Jeremy Wall (tracks: A3, B4), Tom Schuman (tracks: A1, A2, A4 to B3) Marimba, Vibraphone – David Samuels* (tracks: A2, B1 to B4) Percussion – Gerardo Velez (tracks: A2 to B2, B4), Richard Calandra (tracks: A3), Steve Kroon (tracks: A4, B4) Percussion, Congas – Crusher Bennett* (tracks: A1, A4, B2 to B4) Producer – Jay Beckenstein, Richard Calandra Saxophone [Alto], Piano – Jay Beckenstein Strings – Guy Lumia, Harold Kohon, Harry Lookofsky, Jesse Levy, Johnathon Abramowitz*, Lamar Alsop, Matthew Raimondi, Peter DiMitriades, Richard Sortomme, W. Sandford Allen* Synthesizer – Rob Mounsey (tracks: A1 to B3) Trombone – Tom Malone Trumpet – Randy Brecker
The track listing is:
The original version of "Cherry Ball Blues", as performed by Ry Cooder.
Another Sonny Landreth performance from the 2019 Dallas International Guitar Festival on May 4th, 2019. This song is called "All About You".
Paying tribute, on the anniversary, 43 years ago, of the fatal plane crash that killed several members of Lynyrd Skynyrd. On that day, we lost their famed and charismatic lead singer, Ronnie Van Zant, guitarist Steve Gaines, his sister and backup singer, Cassie Gaines, and the band's road manager, Dean Kilpatrick. Since then, other well known members have crossed the bridge to the other side, guitarist Allen Collins, keyboardist Billy Powell, bassist's Leon Wikeson and Ean Evans. We fondly remember all of them. Here's an appropriate tune, for today, being Tuesday, and an all-time favorite Skynyrd tune of yours truly. "Tuesday's Gone". Rest In Peace, and fly on, the free birds of the Lynyrd Skynyrd band.
To pay tribute, the studio version, and two live versions of this tune, with the original band, and one of the newly reformed lineups, performing live in 2003 or so.
Another performance by Sonny Landreth and his trio at the 2019 Dallas International Guitar Festival on May 4th, 2019. This is "Cherry Ball Blues" featuring Sonny Landreth on slide guitar and vocals, Aram Doroff on bass, and Mike Gage, on drums. Incidentally, this is a Ry Cooder song. So, will find his version and post it, sometime soon.
Another performance by Sonny Landreth from the 2019 Dallas International Guitar Festival on May 4th, 2019. This is "Firebird Blues", a tribute to the late, great Texas blues man, Johnny Winter.
Re-posting a favorite song by one of my favorite guitar players. This is Cajun slide guitar maestro Sonny Landreth, with the instrumental tune, "Native Stepson". This particular version of the song is from a live performance at the Dallas International Guitar Festival on May 4th, 2019. The band includes Sonny Landreth on slide guitar, Aram Doroff on bass, and Mike Gage on drums.
Another Katsumi Horii record for Full Album Friday. This is his 1998 release "Blue Waters". Some familiar names appear on this record. The track listing is:
A newly published archive video of The String Cheese Incident playing their song "Outside & Inside" with guest Trey Anastasio, bandleader and guitarist from Phish, at the Fourmile Canyon Revival on October 9th, 2010. Hard to believe this show was a decade ago. I have seen both Phish and String Cheese Incident, albeit, in separate shows, in 2016 and 2017. Phish played at the Xcel Energy Center, and String Cheese Incident at the Palace Theater, both in my hometown of St. Paul, Minnesota. Here's more details on the particular show this performance came from. This particular event, was heaven for the jam band faithful. SCI, Phish, Leftover Salmon, Yonder Mountain String Band, and Big Head Todd and the Monsters came together to help raise more than $300,000 for the Boulder Fire Mountain Relief Fund! An unforgettable event!
We remember, the legend, Eddie Van Halen, who, along with his brother Alex Van Halen, and others, founded and was a part of one of the greatest bands in music history. A man, who also inspired more people to pick up a guitar than possibly anyone in history as well. Rest In Peace, Eddie Van Halen.
We fondly remember, singer, Johnny Nash, who has died at age 80. His biggest hit song was "I Can See Clearly Now". He started out, singing pop music covers, at age 17, and would move on to singing a lot of reggae music, having been influenced by moving to Jamaica. Rest In Peace, Johnny Nash. You will be missed. Some of his songs, included in this obituary from Consequence of Sound include "I Can See Clearly Now", "Hold Me Tight", and "A Very Special Love".
Katsumi Horii's 1995 record, "I Believe" is actually a movie soundtrack. This album is featured this week for Full Album Friday. The track listing is:
What instrument do you play? I play the hi hat cymbal, Sir. Here’s Max Roach, legendary jazz drummer, in a 1994 performance showing why he is indeed “Mr. Hi Hat”.
Studio, and live versions of Van Morrison's song about being love struck on the avenue. This is "Cyprus Avenue" from his "Astral Weeks", released in 1968.
Studio and live versions of blues pianist, singer, and songwriter, Eddie Boyd, performing his song "Third Degree". This, and "Five Long Years" are his two best known songs.
Michael Mantler "No Answers/Silence"
Based on texts written by Samuel Beckett
(feat. Jack Bruce: voices, bass; Carla Bley: piano, organs, Clavinet, & voices; Don Cherry: trumpet, Robert Wyatt: voice, percussion, Kevin Coyne: voice, Chris Spedding: guitar, & Clare Maher: cello)
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