A favorite tune of yours truly, this is Mike Bloomfield and Al Kooper with "Albert's Shuffle" from the 1968 "Super Session" record. More about the recording, from the YouTube uploader, catman916.
"Albert's Shuffle" written by Al Kooper and Mike Bloomfield is from the classic Columbia album, Super Session, recorded in May 1968 by guitarist Michael Bloomfield, multi-instrumentalist Al Kooper, keyboardist Barry Goldberg, and bassist Harvey Brooks. This version is from the Sony CD reissue and features the original track before the horns were added on the final mix. This sound recording is administered by SME.I do not own the right to the songs, audio, or images contained in this video. No copyright infringement is intended. The purpose of this upload is for viewer enjoyment and education not for monetary gain.
Happy Birthday, Eric Clapton. To celebrate one of the greatest guitar players on the planet who has done a whole lot for the world of music and the world in general (and someone yours truly has seen perform in person, twice), here's live and studio renditions of a blues Clapton recorded, a song originally by Big Joe Turner called "Got You On My Mind", that happens to be a favorite.
Widespread Panic performing their rendition of Parliament Funkadelic's "Red Hot Mama" at Oak Mountain Amphitheater in Pelham, Alabama, on April 16th, 2011. Check it out.
Full Concert Friday this week, celebrates what would be the 52nd anniversary of the Allman Brothers Band, and what will be the 30th anniversary of their live video performance, Live at Great Woods, recorded on September 6th, 1991. The band lineup is:
Gregg Allman: Hammond B3 organ, piano, lead vocals
Dickey Betts: lead guitar, lead & background vocals
Warren Haynes: lead & slide guitar, lead & background vocals
Roy Buchanan performing "Hey Joe" from an episode of Austin City Limits, that was shared here at one point for a Full Concert Friday, from 1976. Of course, "Hey Joe" was written and first performed by Billy Roberts, and then, made famous by Jimi Hendrix, and this is Buchanan's cover of it.
From Jazz Video Guy (Bret Primack). Here are The Cookers playing the tune "Priestess" composed by saxophonist Billy Harper. The band lineup includes Eddie Henderson on trumpet, David Weiss on trumpet, the aforementioned Billy Harper on tenor saxophone, Craig Handy on alto saxophone, and the rhythm section of Kirk Lightsey on piano, Cecil McBee on bass, and Billy Hart on drums. Check it out.
For Full Concert Friday this week, we journey back to 1982, nearly 40 years ago, and a performance by the one and the only Roy Orbison on Austin City Limits. Not sure of a complete set list for this concert. However, Roy plays several of his hit songs in this concert such as "Only The Lonely", "Dream Baby", "Candyman", "Mean Woman Blues", and "Lana", among others. Check it out.
The late, great, Michael Brecker, playing a ballad, playing the tune "Say It (Over and Over Again)" which has been recorded by other jazz legends such as Frank Sinatra and John Coltrane. Dig it.
Tenor Saxophonist Johnny Griffin, aka, The Little Giant plays his composition, "A Monk's Dream" dedicated to Thelonious Monk with Ronnie Matthews on piano, Ray Drummond on bass and Kenny Washington, on drums. One of the all-time great tenor saxophonists, Johnny Griffin will go down in the annals of jazz as a performer easily able to negotiate the tricky harmonic changes and swift tempos of modern music. He'll also be remembered as a player who could masterfully interpret tender ballads, rivaling Ben Webster in that regard.
Born John Arnold Griffin III in Chicago, Illinois, on April 24, 1928, he resided on the South Side of the Second City with his mother, who was a singer, and father, who played cornet. An adolescent Griffin heard Gene Ammons play in the big band of King Kolax. Two years later he picked up an alto saxophone, and soon thereafter was working with bluesman T-Bone Walker. A student at DuSable High School, he was tutored by the legendary band director Captain Walter Dyett. Upon graduation, he toured with Lionel Hampton's big band, switched to the tenor sax, and moved to New York City. The late '40s saw Griffin honking his share of R&B with Joe Morris up to 1950, alongside the band of Jo Jones in 1950, and with Arnett Cobb in 1951. He enlisted in the armed services stationed in Hawaii, and played in an Army band.
Introducing Johnny Griffin After his military commitment, he returned to Chicago and was in the company of Thelonious Monk's various ensembles up to the mid-'60s. Griffin cut his Blue Note album Introducing Johnny Griffin in 1958, and that year formed a sextet with Detroiters Pepper Adams and Donald Byrd. He collaborated with pianists Bud Powell and Elmo Hope, was enlisted by Art Blakey briefly as a member of the Jazz Messengers, energized his solo recording career for the Riverside label, and obtained his nickname, The Little Giant, with that eponymously titled LP in 1959. His most famous and popular teaming was with fellow saxophonist Eddie "Lockjaw" Davis. Griffin also recorded the legendary A Blowin' Session for the Blue Note label with John Coltrane and Hank Mobley
But Griffin grew weary of the U.S. and its apathy regarding jazz, so he became an expatriate. He was living in Paris, France, by 1963, and did many albums with European rhythm sections for the Storyville, Black Lion, and Steeplechase labels. He was also a charter member and chief soloist for many years in the Kenny Clarke-Francy Boland Big Band alongside American and Continental standouts. The year 1975 was an important one for Griffin, who was featured with the bands of Dizzy Gillespie and Count Basie as documented in recordings of their sets at the Montreux Jazz Festival. He also collaborated with German saxophonist Klaus Doldinger and his fusion band Passport. In the late '70s, Griffin returned to the States to record for the Galaxy label, and toured with fellow expatriate tenor saxophonist Dexter Gordon.
The Cat He Left Paris for the countryside of the Netherlands to live on a farm, then headed to the Cote d'Azur in 1980, and in 1984 to rural Ayailles-Limouzine. In 1986 he was a member of the Paris Reunion Band with Woody Shaw, Dizzy Reece, Slide Hampton, and Kenny Drew, makng one album for the Sonet label. During his time in France, Griffin recorded for the Atilles and Verve labels, including "The Cat" in 1991 and Chicago, New York, Paris, in 1994. On the weeks of his birthday, Griffin made regular appearances at the Jazz Showcase back home in Chicago. In his later years he collaborated with pianist Martial Solal and saxophonist Steve Grossman. Griffin passed away at age 80 on July 25, 2008, at his home in Availles-Limouzine.
From Jazz Video Guy (Bret Primack) on YouTube. The Herbie Hancock Trio (Herbie Hancock on piano, Ron Carter on upright bass, and Tony Williams on drums), performing Hancock's composition "Speak Like A Child" at the Mount Fuji Jazz Festival in Fuji, Japan, on August 26th, 1989.
For Full Concert Friday this week, it is the Steve Miller Band, live from Chicago, Illinois, in 2007.
The Steve Miller Band complete concert was filmed live on location at Ravinia Festival, Highland Park, IL. The DVD was released in 2007. Group members are Steve Miller - Guitar/Lead Vocals, Norton Buffalo - Harmonicas/Vocals, Gordy Knudtson - Drums, Kenny Lee Lewis - Guitar/Vocals, Billy Peterson - Bass/Vocals, and Joseph Wooten - Keyboards/Vocals.
Due to the Covid-19 pandemic, Steve Miller Band had to cancel their scheduled summer 2020 Americana Tour. The North America tour of 40 shows was supposed to kick-off two days after Steve Miller was set to be inducted into the Songwriters Hall of Fame at The Grammy Museum in Los Angeles, CA.
1 Fly Like An Eagle 2 Living In The USA 3 True Fine Love 4 Abracadabra 5 Mercury Blues 6 The Stake 7 Shu Ba Da Du Ma Ma Ma Ma 8 Boom Bapa Boom 9 All Your Lovin' 10 Crossroads 11 Serenade 12 Dance, Dance, Dance 13 Wild Mountain Honey 14 Winter Time 15 Rock 'N Me 16 Take The Money And Run 17 The Joker 18 Swingtown 19 Jungle Love 20 Jet Airliner
Another song from Widespread Panic's performance at the Classic Center in Athens, Georgia, on February 10th, 2011. This particular tune is called "Jack". Check it out.
Chick Corea on Rhodes piano, with Arturo Sandoval and his band, in the year 2000, playing the tune "Soul Sauce", (in Spanish, translated to "Guachi Guaro"), a tune originally penned by Dizzy Gillespie and Chano Pozo. This version was performed at the Jazz Miami concert. Check it out. The video concludes just at the drum break, but you will see the most important part of the song, with the intro (the head), and Chick's solo.
The Trey Anastasio Band performing the song "Carini" at The Beacon Theater in New York, New York on November 27th, 2020, as part of The Beacon Jams series.
From the 1997 record Chick Corea & Friends "Remembering Bud Powell" released on Stretch Records, here is the tune "Tempus Fugit". A post-bop tribute to legendary jazz pianist Bud Powell. The band lineup is (according to the listing on the album cover, but not in that exact order):
Another performance from the Classic Center in their hometown of Athens, Georgia, from a concert in 2011. Here's Widespread Panic with the song, "Impossible".
Another Full Concert Friday and another edition of Soundstage, featuring the 1976 Downbeat Magazine poll award winners. Thad Jones and Chick Corea are your hosts. The band lineup of the award winners is as follows:
From a full decade before the first video featuring them, here's John Cephas and Phil Wiggins, in 1989, playing the Piedmont blues. These two blues greats, hail from Tidewater, Virginia.
Chick Corea on Fender Rhodes electric piano featured on Arturo Sandoval's jazz composition A Mis Abuelos (For My Grandparents) in 2000 Jam Miami concert. Arturo Sandoval on trumpet was Josh Groban's special guest at his 2013 Hollywood Bowl Fourth of July concerts.
The finale/encore of their April 15th, 2011 show at the Birmingham Jefferson Civic Center in Birmingham, Alabama, here's Widespread Panic with "Porch Song".
Chick Corea, playing his classic composition "Spain". Corea as always, on the piano and keyboards, with Hubert Laws on flute, Frank Gambale on guitar, Carlitos del Puerto on bass, and Vinnie Colaiuta on drums. As Carlitos describes on his YouTube channel, this video of the performance is taken from the premier of a documentary about Chick called "In The Mind of A Master". Check it out.
