Saturday, October 30, 2021

Phish "Frankie Says"

 


From their October 16th, 2021 show at the Chase Center in San Francisco, California, here is Phish with the tune "Frankie Says", featuring Trey Anastasio on guitar and vocals, Page McConnell on keyboards, synthesizers, and vocals, Mike Gordon on bass and vocals, and Jon Fishman on drums.  

Friday, October 29, 2021

Dexter Gordon, Denmark, 1967

 


Full Concert Friday this week features Dexter Gordon on tenor saxophone, performing in Denmark on July 31st, 1967.  The set list.

1. Dear Old Stockholm
2. Soy Califa
3. The Shadow of Your Smile
4. Medley: Society Red/Watermelon Man
5. For All We Know
6. The Blues Up And Down

The quartet band lineup is:

Dexter Gordon: tenor saxophone
Kenny Drew: piano
Niels-Henning Orsted Pedersen: bass
Albert "Tootie" Heath: drums

  

Thursday, October 28, 2021

Charlie Daniels "Can't Beat The Damned Ole Machine"

 


From his 2016 album of cowboy songs, we celebrate what would be Charlie Daniels' 85th birthday, as he was born on this day, in 1936, in Wilmington, North Carolina.  Cowboy, patriot, guitar slinger, fiddler, and a man of wise words, whose writings had as much impact as his music, here is Charlie performing "Can't Beat The Damned Ole Machine".  

Wednesday, October 27, 2021

Art Blakey & The Jazz Messengers "Along Came Betty"

 


A live version of "Along Came Betty" by Art Blakey & The Jazz Messengers.  This performance is from Nuremberg, West Germany, at the Jazz Ost-West Festival in 1988.  The band lineup is:

Art Blakey: drums
Robin Eubanks: trombone
Philip Harper: trumpet
Javon Jackson: tenor saxophone
Bennie Green: piano
Peter Washington: bass


Tuesday, October 26, 2021

Lachy Doley "Voodoo Child" - Studio 301 Sessions


 

More from Lachy Doley and the Studio 301 Sessions, performing Jimi Hendrix's, "Voodoo Child" not on guitar, but on whammy Clavinet.  Dig this!  

Monday, October 25, 2021

Santana "Evil Ways"

 


Live from Woodstock, New York, at the Woodstock Festival in 1969, here is the one and the only, Carlos Santana, with "Evil Ways".  

Saturday, October 23, 2021

Gordon Lightfoot "The Wreck of The Edmund Fitzgerald"

 


Singer/songwriter Gordon Lightfoot's tribute to the Edmund Fitzgerald and her brave crew, the iron ore boat that sank in Lake Superior, on the Michigan side of the lake on November 8th, 1975, which is probably his best known song.  

Friday, October 22, 2021

Tony Williams Antibes Jazz Festival, France, 1979

 


Tony Williams and his band playing the 1979 Antibes Jazz Festival in France, is the subject of this week's Full Concert Friday.  The quintet includes:

Tony Williams: drums
Tod Carver: guitar
Bunny Brunel: bass
Bruce Harris: keyboards & synthesizers
Tom Grant: keyboards & synthesizers 

Thursday, October 21, 2021

Roy Haynes Drum Legend

 


From Jazz Video Guy (Bret Primack), a video of a performance in London, circa 1966, with a quartet of legends led by jazz drummer extraordinaire Roy Haynes, along with Stan Getz (the one and only) on tenor saxophone, Steve Swallow on upright bass, and Gary Burton on vibraphone.  

Wednesday, October 20, 2021

Lynyrd Skynyrd "Swamp Music"

 


From their 1974 record "Second Helping" which also featured one of their biggest songs in "Sweet Home Alabama", here is Lynyrd Skynyrd with "Swamp Music" as we celebrate the band, and especially the original members who lost their lives in a plane crash in McComb, Mississippi, on this day in 1977, original members, lead vocalist Ronnie van Zant, lead guitarist Steve Gaines, his sister and backup vocalist Cassie Gaines, and road manager, Dean Kilpatrick.  May their music live forever in our hearts.  

Tuesday, October 19, 2021

Lachy Doley "Give It But You Just Can't Take It" Studio 301 Sessions

 


More from Lachy Doley and the Studio 301 sessions.  This tune is called "Give It But You Just Can't Take It" 

Monday, October 18, 2021

Bob Dylan "Don't Think Twice, It's Alright"

 


A great song by a great songwriter.  Bob Dylan with "Don't Think Twice, It's Alright" that he wrote on November 14th, 1962, and then released on his 1963 record "The Freewheeling Bob Dylan".  Check it out.  

Saturday, October 16, 2021

Roland Kirk, McCoy Tyner, Stanley Clarke & more, from the Downbeat Magazine Awards circa 1975

 


A snippet that I believe I have shared the full concert of before.  This is a performance at the 1975 Downbeat Jazz Awards by Roland Kirk on saxophones, McCoy Tyner on acoustic piano, Chick Corea on Rhodes electric piano, Stanley Clarke on double bass, and I believe either Tony Williams or Lenny White on drums.  This is a fine and pure example of what Roland Kirk referred to as black classical music... nee, jazz.  This is a remarkable performance.  

Friday, October 15, 2021

Herbie Hancock VSOP II. Tokyo 1983

 


Full Concert Friday this week features Herbie Hancock with VSOP II. live in Tokyo, Japan in 1983.  The band lineup is:

Herbie Hancock: grand piano
Wynton Marsalis: trumpet
Branford Marsalis: tenor & soprano saxophones
Ron Carter: double bass
Tony Williams: drums

The track listing:

1. Riot
2. Ringo Oiwake
3. Well, You Needn't
4. The Sorcerer
5. New Song #3
6. Opus 1.5
7. Jitterbug Waltz
8. Sister Cheryl
9. Arboretum
10. Hesitation


Thursday, October 14, 2021

Tedeschi Trucks Band (feat. Warren Haynes) "Dreams"

 


Tedeschi Trucks Band live at the Beacon Theater in New York City, from this past Sunday night, (October 9th) covering The Allman Brothers Bands' "Dreams".  

Wednesday, October 13, 2021

Lachey Doley "Only Cure For The Blues (Is The Blues)"

 


Another tune from the Studio 301 Sessions and Lachey Doley.  Here is "Only Cure For The Blues (Is The Blues)".  In case you are wondering.  Here's the band lineup for Lachy Doley.

Lachy Doley - Hammond Organ, Whammy Clavinet, Vocals Joel Burton - Bass Jackie Barnes - Drums Vincent Sebastion - Percussion Ray Cassar - Trumpet Matt Keegan - Tenor Sax Anthony Kable - Trombone Andy Bickers - Baritone Sax

Tuesday, October 12, 2021

Tedeschi Trucks Band (feat. Warren Haynes) "In Memory of Elizabeth Reed"

 


From their concert at The Beacon Theater in New York City on October 9th, 2021, (this past Saturday night), here's Tedeschi Trucks Band (with special guest, Warren Haynes), covering a song these two guitar greats have played numerous times together, with the Allman Brothers Band, "In Memory of Elizabeth Reed".  

Monday, October 11, 2021

Gov't Mule "Snatch It Back And Hold It"

 


Another track from the new Gov't Mule record "Heavy Load Blues" that will be released next month.  This is "Snatch It Back and Hold It".  Once again, the band lineup includes Warren Haynes on guitar and vocals, Danny Louis on keyboards (Hammond organ), Jorgen Carlson on bass, and Matt Abts on drums.  

Saturday, October 9, 2021

Gov't Mule "Heavy Load"

 


Set to be released on November 12th, here is the title track from Gov't Mule's latest record.  A pure blues record, called "Heavy Load Blues", here's "Heavy Load".  Gov't Mule is Warren Haynes on guitar and vocals, Danny Louis on keyboards, Jorgen Carlsson on bass, and Matt Abts on drums.  

Friday, October 8, 2021

Oscar Peterson, The Quartet featuring Joe Pass

 


Full Concert Friday this week features Oscar Peterson and his quartet performing at Kan-I Hoken Hall in Tokyo, Japan in 1987.  The quartet is:

Oscar Peterson: piano
Joe Pass: guitar
David Young: bass
Martin Drew: drums

The set list:

1. Cool Walk
2. I Can't Get Started
3. Come Sunday
4. Reunion Blues
5. If You Only Knew
6. Sushi Blues
7. Blues Etude


Thursday, October 7, 2021

Erroll Garner "Lullaby of Birdland"


Jazz piano legend Erroll Garner performs the jazz standard "Lullaby of Birdland", co-written by another great jazz piano legend, George Shearing, along with George David Weiss.  Check it out.  

Wednesday, October 6, 2021

Gerry Mulligan & Johnny Hodges "Shady Side"

 


Some Cool Jazz from two saxophone masters of different eras of jazz.  Gerry Mulligan and Johnny Hodges, performing "Shady Side".


Tuesday, October 5, 2021

Lachy Doley "I'm A Man" (Studio 301 Sessions)

 


From a new record by Australian blues rock and soul music band Lachy Doley, here is their vibrant cover of "I'm A Man" by The Spencer Davis Group with Steve Winwood.  This is from their new release (likely only in Australia save for the videos), "Studio 301 Sessions".  You will hear more from Lachy Doley in the coming weeks.  Stay tuned.  

Monday, October 4, 2021

Widespread Panic "Goodpeople"

 


From their show at Oak Mountain Amphitheater in Pelham, Alabama, on April 16th, 2011, here is Widespread Panic performing the tune "Goodpeople".  

Saturday, October 2, 2021

Landau, Klein, Tavaglione, & Colaiuta "Dog Cheese"

 


From a band called Five Storks, and recorded in 1985 live at The Baked Potato in Los Angeles, California, here is the instrumental composition "Dog Cheese" by the quartet of Michael Landau on guitar, Larry Klein on bass, Steve Tavaglione on saxophone and keyboards (tenor saxophone), and Vinnie Colaiuta on drums.  

Friday, October 1, 2021

Sonny Rollins Live in Tokyo March 30, 1988

 


Full Concert Friday this week, featuring Sonny Rollins performing live in Tokyo, Japan, circa 1988.  I don't know if there is a track listing for this show, but I can definitely provide a band lineup.  The band includes Sonny Rollins on tenor saxophone, Clifton Anderson on trombone, Jerome Harris on guitar, Mark Soskin on piano, Bob Cranshaw on bass, and Al Foster on drums.