From Bret "Jazz Video Guy" Primack.
Fly With the Wind (Tyner), McCoy Tyner Big Band Live at Jazztage, 1990
McCoy Tyner, piano; Avery Sharpe, bass; Aaron Scott, drums. Earl Garner, Eddie Henderson, Kamau Adilifu, Virgil Jones, trumpets: Clark Gayton, Frank Lacy, trombones; John Clark, French horn; Howard Johnson, tuba; Doug Harris, John Stubblefield, Junior Cook, Billy Harper, Joe Ford, saxophones; Jerry Gonzalz, percussion and trumpet.
#mccoytyner #bigbandjazz #johncoltrane #jazzpiano
Another one from the Trey Anastasio Band and their October 28th, 2022 show at the Chicago Theater in Chicago, Illinois. Here is "Roll Like A River".
Buddy Guy on guitar and vocals, and Junior Wells on harmonica and vocals performing at the 1974 Montreux Jazz Festival in Montreux, Switzerland. Check this out.
From their recently released 5-disc live concert set at The Gorge Amphitheatre in George, Washington, in 1998, here is Phish with "Divided Sky".
From a St. Patrick's Day show at The Beacon Theater in New York, New York, here are the Allman Brothers Band and Donald Fagen of Steely Dan playing a medley of Bob Dylan's "Down Along the Cove" and The Grateful Dead's "Shakedown Street". Audio on this one is not the best, and the video uploader, if you read the YouTube description, states that clearly. A fantastic performance, nonetheless. Enjoy.
From the Blizen Festival in Belgium, in 1969, here is Humble Pie playing Dr. John's "I Walk on Gilded Splinters" featuring Steve Marriott on harmonica, guitar, and vocals, Peter Frampton on guitar, Greg Ridley on bass, and Jerry Shirley on drums. Before coming together as Humble Pie, all four members had previously worked with other bands. Marriott with The Small Faces, Peter Frampton with The Herd, Ridley with Spooky Tooth, and Shirley, of Apostolic Intervention.
Merry Christmas! Instead of a traditional Christmas song this year, a guitar instrumental of epic proportions! From their November 29th, 2022 performance in Boston, Massachusetts, here is the Tedeschi Trucks Band with the instrumental "Passaquan". Enjoy this one.
Full Concert Friday this week features Fats Domino and the Rhythm & Blues Explosion.
- "I'm walking";
- "Saturday morning";
- "Jambalaya";
- "I'm ready";
- "Let me walk you home";
- "Blueberry Hill";
- "Shake rattle & roll";
- "Oh what a price";
- "Let the four winds blow";
- "When the Saints go marching in" + "Sentimental";
- "Hello Josephine";
- "Red sails in the sunset";
- "Boogie woogie".
From Bret "Jazz Video Guy" Primack.
Maiden Voyage (Hancock). Herbie Hancock, piano; Bobby Hutcherson, vibraphone; Ron Carter, bass and Tony Williams on drums. Mt. Fuji Jazz Festival, 1987.
#herbiehancock #bobbyhutcherson #maidenvoyage #roncarter #tonywilliams
Check out The String Cheese Incident playing "Eye Know Why" at their 2022 Hulaween Halloween concert, with Afro Cuban funk band Cimafunk and their horn section. This concert is from Suwanee Hulaween in Live Oak, Florida, on September 28th, 2022.
The legendary Hal Galper Quintet
Berlin
November 4, 1977
Dig this performance. It is worth a listen. This is Michael Brecker on tenor saxophone along with the Miami Jazz Band doing a tune called "Invitation" at the 1977 Montreux Jazz Festival in Montreux, Switzerland, on July 16th, 1977.
Here is a bonus. A Full Concert Saturday, if you will, with The Brecker Brothers.
The Brecker Brothers
July 3, 1980
Jazzfestivalen Kristianstad/Ã…hus, Sweden
Stereo audio added from radio broadcast
Another Full Concert Friday this week.
From the second night of their two-night run at the Wanee Festival in Live Oak, Florida, with many guest artist appearances, this Full Concert Friday features the Allman Brothers Band, in a performance taken from the festival on April 17th, 2010. There were a few surprise guest appearances along the way. Enjoy this gig. Here's the concert information, the set list and so forth.
An organ trio is a rare band combination in this day and age. However, there are some out there that still exist featuring Hammond organ, guitar, and drums, and one such band appeared in a performance at The Dakota Jazz Club and Restaurant, Tuesday night. Larry Goldings on Hammond organ, Peter Bernstein on guitar, and Bill Stewart on drums. They blended original compositions with interpretations of standards from the world of jazz particularly one notable highlight being a memorable cover of Thelonius Monk's "In Walked Bud" written as a tribute to another jazz piano great, Bud Powell. The set list at a show like this, with a trio, is secondary to the talent of the players really being able to meld together and that is what makes trio bands great.
In a trio, musicians are really able to bring space into the music as an element and allow a listener to be sent on a journey because there aren't so many instruments or so many voices that things get lost in a sea of instrumentation. The organist, so, Larry Goldings, in this case, is playing bass lines and lead phrases at the same time, thanks to the magic of the bass pedalboard common to many Hammond organs. Some have them and some don't. It is based on a player's skill level or preference whether they might learn the bass pedals. But all of that aside, Larry Goldings has to be one of the best jazz organists today, in the modern lexicon.
Goldings, Bernstein and Stewart, have been playing and recording together for 30 years and in that length of time, a band is able to form and hit a pocket for knowing how to swing, how to groove or whatever you may want to call it. They did all of this and more and the fans in attendance at The Dakota for the one show, the group played, loved it. The Hammond organ is capable of so many timbres and textures of sound through not only the player's touch on the keys, but also their ability to manipulate the drawbars that work just the same as stops on a pipe organ, and how to manipulate the speed (fast or slow) of the Leslie speaker that amplifies the organ and gives the Hammond it's distinctive tone.
Peter Bernstein on guitar had a fluidity in his playing to match Goldings' touch on the organ and also showed his clear influence by some of the other great modern jazz guitarists of this current era in a tone he was using on the instrument, his tone being his own interpretation of some other well-known jazz players that have been on the scene and in similar trio groups, but at the same time, being cultivated certainly through his work with Larry Goldings and Bill Stewart in this trio for the past three decades. As for Bill Stewart, well, he hit the pocket right off the bat being able to syncopate and swing the tunes in a way only he can.
All in all, a very entertaining evening of instrumental improvised jazz jams for the crowd who came to the Dakota to hear and witness it. Go check out yesterday's video post of the band, and you will certainly find out what I mean. A very cool gig.
Larry Goldings on Hammond organ, Peter Bernstein on guitar, and Bill Stewart on drums, performing at Jamboree Dance & Jazz Club.
From Bret "Jazz Video Guy" Primack. Cantaloupe Island (Hancock) at Live Under the Sky, Tokyo, 1991 featuring Herbie Hancock, piano; Wayne Shorter, soprano saxophone; Stanley Clarke, bass and Omar Hakim on drums.
From Bret "Jazz Video Guy" Primack.
Orrin Keepnews had a close relationship with Cannonball Adderley Keepnews producing seventeen of Cannonball's best recording, including The Cannonball Adderley Sextet in New York, recording live at the Village Vanguard in 1962.
Today is the day, and Phish's five CD box set "The Gorge '98" from The Gorge Amphitheater in George, Washington, hits the stores. Check out this track from the recording. This a medley of "Makisupa Policeman" and "Ya Mar".
On what would be Gregg Allman's 75th birthday today, December 8th, 1947.
“Will The Circle Be Unbroken” from 'All My Friends - Celebrating The Songs And Voice of Gregg Allman'.
Featuring: Brantley Gilbert, Derek Trucks, Devon Allman, Dr. John, Eric Church, Gregg Allman, Jackson Browne, Jimmy Hall, John Hiatt, Keb' Mo', Martina McBride, Pat Monahan, Robert Randolph, Sam Moore, Susan Tedeschi, Taj Mahal, The Allman Brothers Band, Trace Adkins, Vince Gill, Warren Haynes, Widespread Panic, Zac Brown #GreggAllman #WillTheCircleBeUnbroken #AllMyFriends Music video by Gregg Allman performing Will The Circle Be Unbroken. © 2022 Blackbird Production Partners, LLC. Under Exclusive License Rounder Records., Distributed by Concord. http://vevo.ly/LtLsLz
Bret "Jazz Video Guy" Primack, in an excerpt of an interview with jazz record producer Orrin Keepnews.
From the award-winning podcast series, Orrin Keepnews, Producer, the famed producer, who founded Riverside Records, discusses working with McCoy Tyner.
From Bret "Jazz Video Guy" Primack.
Trumpet Legend Roy Hargrove played a memorable concert with the WDR Big Band before his untimely passing. MIke Abene wrote the arrangements. In this episode of his "Arranger's Notebook," Mike discusses working with Roy. Here, they play Roy composition, "Bop Drop."
Joe Bonamassa on his "Tour de Force" tour at Shepherd's Bush Empire in London, England, playing the Willie Dixon blues tune "I Got All You Need".
From an October 10th, 2022, concert in Bologna, Italy, here is Eric Clapton and his band playing Joe Cocker's "High Time We Went" with special guest and brilliant blues guitarist, Robben Ford, with keyboardist Paul Carrack on lead vocals. Robben Ford was Eric Clapton's opening act in Italy during the recent tour in Europe. The full band lineup is:
From Bret "Jazz Video Guy" Primack.
From the 1960 Newport Jazz Festival, here is the one and the only John Lee Hooker playing his song "Maudie".
From Bret "Jazz Video Guy" Primack.
This chapter of the podcast series, An Arranger's Notebook, features Mike Abene discussing his work with the WDR Big Band. Music, Mike's arrangement of Chick Corea's Spain for the WDR Big Band. #chickcorea #wdrbigband #bigbandjazz #jazzarranging #mikeabene #spain
A medley by Terry Reid recorded in 1969, of Bob Dylan's "Highway 61 Revisited" and "Friends". This is a studio recording while other pieces shared of his here, recently, have been live concert tracks. Pardon me. This isn't necessarily a medley, but it is two track in order on the same record.
Dropping today. Check this out.
"What's The Use" from The Beacon Jams, an all-new collection of highlights from Trey's eight-week virtual residency at The Beacon Theatre in NYC during the fall of 2020. The compilation will be released digitally on Friday, November 25, and proceeds will benefit The Divided Sky Foundation. "What's The Use" - 11/13/2020 - The Beacon Theatre in New York, NY. The Divided Sky Foundation will focus on delivering quality care and compassionate treatment for those suffering from alcoholism and addiction. Donate now: http://trey.com/donate Directed by Trey Kerr Produced by 201 Productions https://www.instagram.com/treyanastasio https://www.facebook.com/treyanastasio https://twitter.com/treyanastasio https://www.trey.com
A very Happy Thanksgiving to all. Always thankful for music, forever grateful for it. Check out this performance. The late, great blues guitarist Terry Reid with his song "Rich Kid Blues" in a live performance circa 1969.
Terence James 'Terry' Reid (born 13 November 1949) is an English rock vocalist and guitarist. He has performed with high-profile musicians, as a supporting act, a session musician, and sideman. Reid was born in Huntingdon, England. He lived in the village of Holywell and attended St Ivo School, St Ives, Huntingdonshire. After leaving school at the age of 15 Reid joined Peter Jay's Jaywalkers after being spotted by the band's drummer, Peter Jay. At the time, Reid was playing for a local band, The Redbeats, who regularly played at the River Club in St Ives.
From his CD/DVD release "Live at The Greek Theater", here is Joe Bonamassa and his band performing "See See Baby".
From a 1964 performance in Denmark, here is Oscar Peterson on piano with his jazz trio which also includes Ray Brown on bass and Ed Thigpen on drums, playing "C Jam Blues".
In lieu of Full Album Friday this week, we continue to discover the blues tune "Tin Pan Alley". From "Blues Masters" circa 1966, here is pianist Sunnyland Slim's version of the song. This may very well be the definitive version. Cannot say for sure.
From his 1985 performance at the Montreux Jazz Festival in Montreux, Switzerland, here is Stevie Ray Vaughan playing pianist Sunnyland Slim's "Tin Pan Alley (a.k.a. The Roughest Place in Town)" The band includes Stevie Ray Vaughan and Johnny "Clyde" Copeland on guitars and vocals, Reese Wynans on Hammond organ, Tommy Shannon on bass, and Chris Layton on drums.
Walter's Blues (Live)
Little Walter (ha)
Hound Dog Taylor (gt)
Dillard Crume (b)
Odie Payne (dm)
Marion Jacobs ''Little Walter''
B. May 1, 1930, Marksville, Louisiana
D. February 15, 1968, Chicago, Illinois
A Jazz Video Guy oldie but goodie from 2008, the podcast series Orrin Keepnews, Producer, that I did for Concord Records where Mr. Keepnews discusses producing the classic Riverside recording, Brilliant Corners by Thelonious Monk.
Michael Brecker: Tenor/EWI
Randy Brecker: Trumpet
James Genus: Bass
Dean Brown: Guitar
Rodney Holmes: Drums
George Whitty: Keyboards
From the 1972 Montreux Jazz Festival in Montreux, Switzerland, here is the Stan Getz Quartet playing "I Remember Clifford", 50 years ago. Stan Getz on tenor saxophone, Chick Corea on Rhodes piano, Stanley Clarke on double bass, and Tony Williams on drums.
From Bret "Jazz Video Guy" Primack.
In this episode of his Arranger's Notebook, Mike Abene discusses his chart for "Besame Mucho" that he wrote for baritone sax legend Ronnie Cuber, and performed by Ronnie and the WDR Big Band.
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00:00 Introduction 00:35 Music Begins
Cousin Mary (Coltrane) at Birdland, June 2, 1962. John Coltrane, tenor saxophone; McCoy Tyner, piano; Jimmy Garrison, bass and Elvin Jones on drums. Radio host: Pee Wee Marquette.
From Bret "Jazz Video Guy" Primack.
A bandleader, composer and educator, Harold Mabern was sought after by top musicians to record with them, drawn by his harmonic sophistication and feel for the blues. Beloved by his students at William Paterson College, where he taught for decades, Harold was a mentor to many, and one of the most caring, compassionate musicians in Jazz. Bret Primack produced this documentary about Harold, Hands, just after his passing in 2019. The Harold Mabern story, as told by his friends Geoff Keezer, Donald Brown and Eric Alexander, also features performances and, Harold Mabern's own thoughts on Jazz.
Hound Dog Taylor on slide guitar and vocals, and Marion "Little Walter" Jacobs performing the song "Wild About You Baby" in 1967. Check it out.
From the recent release "The Complete Reprise Studio Albums Volume 2" here is Eric Clapton with a rare track. This is "Midnight Hour Blues".
A song dedicated to his brother, Nunzio. Frank Gambale plays "Nunzio's Near" in a promotional video for a new signature acoustic guitar for him, made by Cort Guitars.
From a concert in 2011 or 2012, here is Blood, Sweat, & Tears with special guest, the one and the only, jazz trumpet extraordinaire, Arturo Sandoval, playing four songs.
"Surreptitious"
From their performance in 1970 at the Isle of Wight Festival in England, here is Rory Gallagher and his power trio, Taste, with the song "What's Going On?", not to be confused with the Marvin Gaye number of the same name.
Another live Brecker Brothers performance at the North Sea Jazz Festival in Holland. This one is from 30 years ago, in 1992. The tune is "Spherical" featuring the following band lineup.
From the 1980 North Sea Jazz Festival in Holland, on July 11th, 1980, here are The Brecker Brothers with "Tee'd Off". The band lineup is:
From the 1989 Charlie Daniels Band album "Simple Man", here is a great boogie woogie rock and roller. Mama, call the doctor 'cause your boy's got the rockin' "Boogie Woogie Fiddle Country Blues". Happy 86th birthday, Charlie Daniels. Rest In Peace, legend.
From Bret "Jazz Video Guy" Primack. Elvin Jones, drums; Joe Farrell, tenor saxophone; Jimmy Garrison, bass, Live in Suffolk, England, 1968.
Elvin Jones, in full Elvin Ray Jones, (born September 9, 1927, Pontiac, Michigan, U.S.—died May 18, 2004, Englewood, New Jersey), American jazz drummer and bandleader who established a forceful polyrhythmic approach to the traps set, combining different metres played independently by the hands and feet into a propulsive flow of irregularly shifting accents.
Jones was mostly self-taught, though he came of a musical family that included siblings Hank and Thad, jazz pianist and trumpeter, respectively. Jones played drums in school and army bands before beginning his professional career in Detroit in 1949. In 1956 he moved to New York City, where he performed with Donald Byrd, Pepper Adams, and others, and in 1960 he joined saxophonist John Coltrane’s quartet with McCoy Tyner, pianist, and Jimmy Garrison, bassist. The highly acclaimed group became one of the most influential jazz combos of the 1960s. During this time Jones perfected his powerful polyrhythmic style, recording a series of albums with Coltrane that influenced jazz substantially, including My Favorite Things (1960) and A Love Supreme (1964). Rather than merely keeping time, the drummer, through Jones’s example, became an improviser of equal importance to the lead melodic instrumentalist. After the addition of a second drummer, Rashied Ali, to the Coltrane group, Jones left in 1966 to lead his own small bands, featuring such saxophonists as Joe Farrell, Frank Foster, Dave Liebman, and Pat LaBarbera. Jones’s recordings include The Ultimate Elvin Jones (1968) and It Don’t Mean a Thing (1993).
Check out this tune. Charles Lloyd and his quartet playing "Sombrero Sam". It features Charles Lloyd on tenor saxophone and flute, Keith Jarrett on piano, Cecil McBee on bass, and Jack DeJohnette on drums.
A bonus, and here's the live version from the 1999 Jazz a Vienne festival in France on July 5th, 1999, with Charles Lloyd on percussion, and flute, John Abercrombie on guitar, Jeffrey Littleton on bass, and Billy Hart on drums.
Ry Cooder and the Chicken Skin Band play 'Smack Dab In The Middle' (written by 'Charles E. Calhoun' (a pen name of Jesse Stone)) live at Shepherd's Bush Television Theatre, London in 1977. Band Lineup: Guitar, Vocals - Ry Cooder, Alto Saxophone - Pat Rizzo, Drums - Isaac Garcia, Bass - Henry 'Big Red' Ojeda, Bajo Sexto - Jesse Poncé, Accordion - Flaco Jimenez, Vocals - Eldridge King, Terry Evans, Bobby King
Hitting the stores this month, a live, five-disc concert recording by Phish from their 1998 performance at The Gorge Amphitheatre in George, Washington. "Tube" → "Slave To The Traffic Light" from 7/16/98 at The Gorge Amphitheatre in George, WA. The Gorge '98, a new 5-CD box set, hits stores this December. Pre-order next week.
From Bret "Jazz Video Guy" Primack.
00:00 Intro
02:40 Music begins
A House is Not A Home (Bachrach) Kongsberg Jazzfestival, Oslo Norway, June 2, 1975. Sonny Rollins, tenor saxophone; Rufus Harley, bagpipes and soprano saxphone; Masuo, guitar; Bob Cranshaw, bass and David Lee on drums.
Three songs from Phil Lesh & Friends and their recent October 15th, 2022, gig at the Capitol Theater in Port Chester, New York. The band lineup includes:
"Unbroken Chain"
"Jack Straw"
"Bird Song"
From Bret "Jazz Video Guy" Primack.
Born Archie Vernon Shepp on May 24, 1937, in Fort Lauderdale, FL; married, 1959. Education: Bachelor's degree in drama from Goddard College, Plainfield, VT, 1959; further studies at Hunter College and New School for Social Research, New York City. Addresses: Office--W.E.B. DuBois Department of African-American Studies, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, Amherst, MA 01003. E-mail--archie@archieshepp.com. Website--Archie Shepp Official Website: http://www.archieshepp.com.
Although his style is wildly diverse, saxophonist Archie Shepp is best known as a pioneer of free jazz, a branch of the musical form originating in the late 1950s that centered around such concepts as collective improvisation, dissonance, layered sound, fragmented melody, and unorthodox rhythms. Shepp, who is also a playwright, critic, composer, and teacher, is equally known for his outspoken political views, especially with regard to race, which came to the fore both in interviews and on such albums as Poem for Malcolm, Attica Blues, and Cry of My People. While always highly regarded by critics, Shepp has never gained popular success and has attributed his lack of mainstream appeal to both his political candor and his refusal to bow to the demands of the music industry or funding bodies which, for example, often required that written scores accompany grant proposals.
Shepp was born on May 24, 1937, in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, but spent most of his youth in Philadelphia, where he attended Germantown High School. He credits his parents as his earliest musical influences--his father played banjo and his mother sang, exposing him to the music of jazz masters like Duke Ellington, Oscar Pettiford, Ben Webster, and Illinois Jacquet. The Shepps also enrolled their son in music lessons, where he learned to play both piano and clarinet. While still a teenager, his aunt and grandmother bought him an alto saxophone; he has been playing the instrument ever since.
Called John Coltrane a "Mentor"
Equally profound was Coltrane's influence, which Shepp credits with bringing up a generation of jazz artists. "Trane is the guy that created us, in a way. He believed in us. He was our mentor," he told Cashman. The influence was enduring. "John has always been a great experience for me," he said in a 1982 issue of Down Beat. "Now, I listen to his music constantly, and study it as one would the works of Beethoven or Bach."
Shepp played in Taylor's quartet from 1960 until 1962, when he released Archie Shepp-Bill Dixon Quartet with trumpeter Bill Dixon on Savoy Records. The following year Shepp formed the short-lived New York Contemporary Five with cornetist Don Cherry, alto saxophonist John Tchicai, bassist Don Moore, and drummer J.C. Moses. The group released a critically acclaimed self-titled debut. Shepp began to draw greater notice after the quintet dissolved and he struck out on his own, releasing 1964's Archie Shepp and Four for Trane, 1965's Fire Music, Further Fire Music, and On This Night. He also played on Coltrane's 1965 release Ascension.
Fire Music offered a taste of Shepp's growing concern with politics and race, featuring the poetry-infused track "Malcolm, Malcolm--Semper Malcolm," a tribute to the slain Malcolm X, which Gary Giddings in The Black Composer Speaks called "almost certainly the best poetry-and-jazz side ever made." Shepp elaborated, explaining, "In terms of my own social-political being, I've tried for example to include poetry as an adjunct to the music because I feel that at some point we have to be more specific in addressing ourselves to a racist society."
Created Single Style from Many Influences
Shepp's vast influences and singular style drew widespread critical notice. "Quite a few people hear 'a new-wave Ben Webster,'" wrote LeRoi Jones in a 1965 issue of Down Beat. "Others hear a strong Sonny Rollins influence; still others hear Coltrane's presence in the Shepp approach to the tenor saxophone. But it seems certain that what these listeners really hear is a musician whose emotional registrations are so broad that he is able to make reference to anybody's 'style,' even though finally all the ideas and images that make up his playing are completely his own.... In listening to Shepp, the only real influence one can discern is 'everything.'"
Townes van Zandt playing his hit song "Pancho & Lefty" which Willie Nelson and Merle Haggard made famous. Van Zandt performs this one at Uncle Seymour's Place. An extra from a DVD called "Heart Worn Highways".
Soulive featuring at this time, guitarist Eric Krasno, keyboardist Neal Evans, (on Hammond organ and Clavinet), bassist Oteil Burbridge (who would go on to play with The Allman Brothers Band, Tedeschi Trucks Band, and Dead & Company, among others), and his brother, the late, great, Kofi Burbridge, on flute, (who was also part of the Derek Trucks Band and Tedeschi Trucks Band), and Alan Evans, on drums. Here they are playing their jam “Butter Biscuit”.
Another performance from Phish's September 3rd, 2022, gig at Dick's Sporting Goods Park in Commerce City, Colorado. This is "Walls of The Cave".
From Phish's September 2nd, 2022, show at Dick's Sporting Goods Park in Commerce City, Colorado, here is their medley of "Tweezer" and "What's The Use?"
A special edition of Full Concert Friday.
From Bret "Jazz Video Guy" Primack.
00:00 Ronnie Cuber on Michael Brecker 04:14 Music Begins
Baritone saxophone legend Ronnie Cuber remembers Michael Brecker and the gig he played with the Brecker Brothers at Lush Life, a Greenwich Village Jazz club, back in 1983. And then we hear two sets from the actual gig. Ronnie Cuber at Lush Life, March 23, 1983, Ronnie Cuber - Baritone Saxophone, Randy Brecker - Trumpet, Michael Brecker - Tenor Saxophone, Eliane Elias - Piano, Chip Jackson - Bass, Richie Morales - Drums.
From Bret "Jazz Video Guy" Primack.
00:00 Intro 03:36 Music From the 1979 Mt. Fuji Jazz Festival, two former Miles Davis keyboardists, Chick Corea and Herbie Hancock offer a piano duo version of, All Blues, composed by their musical father. Please help me keep Jazz visible: Click on the "Thanks" button to make a contribution. Or send via Paypal: https://paypal.me/jazzvideoguy
Remembering fondly, another legend who has left us way too soon. Rest In Peace, baritone saxophone legend Ronnie Cuber.
From Bret "Jazz Video Guy" Primack.
I first encountered Baritone Sax legend Ronnie Cuber when he was playing with Maynard Ferguson's Big Band in the mid-60s on Manyard's Cameo-Parkway recording, "The New Sounds of Maynard Ferguson." He was ferocious. I caught the band live in '65 at Lake Compounce in Bristol, Connecticut and his playing totally blew my mind. After I moved to NYC and eventually the Upper West Side, I met Ronnie and his wife at the time, Roberta Arnold, who was his greatest supporter. And I heard him play live a number of times. He never failed to play amazingly.
Ronald Edward Cuber was a jazz saxophonist. He played in Latin, pop, rock and blues sessions. In addition to his primary instrument, baritone sax, he also played tenor sax, soprano sax, clarinet and flute, the latter on an album by Eddie Palmieri as well as his own recordings. As a leader, Cuber was known for hard bop and Latin jazz. As a side man, he played with numerous musicians, such as B. B. King, Paul Simon, and Eric Clapton.Furthermore, Cuber can be heard on Freeze Frame by the J. Geils Band, and one of his most spirited performances is on Dr. Lonnie Smith's 1970 Blue Note album Drives. He was also a member in Saturday Night Live Band.
Cuber was in Marshall Brown's Newport Youth Band in 1959, where he switched from tenor to baritone sax. His first notable work was with Slide Hampton (1962) and Maynard Ferguson (1963–1965). Then from 1966 to 1967, Cuber worked with George Benson. He was also a member of the Lee Konitz nonet from 1977 to 1979.[2] He can be heard playing in Frank Zappa's group in the mid-1970s, including the album Zappa in New York. He has been a member of the Mingus Big Band since its inception in the early 1990s. He was an off-screen musician for the movie Across the Universe.
He is missed, big time.
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I swear I had posted this one before but cannot remember. Will post it again, for your viewing and listening pleasure. A 1987 concert, and a performance of Elmore James' "The Sky Is Crying" by four blues legends. Guitar heroes B.B. King, Albert King, and Stevie Ray Vaughan, along with harmonica ace and bandleader Paul Butterfield. These four legends are sadly no longer with us. But the music will always live on.
From a performance at the Beacon Theater in New York City, here is Joe Boanamassa playing "Young Man Blues".
Another tune from Marcus King's new record "Young Blood". This one is called "It's Too Late", and as with other performances from this series of songs that are on the record, this one was recorded at Easy Eye Sound.
Full Concert Friday this week, featuring The Charlie Daniels Band performing live on Austin City Limits in Austin, Texas, in 1981, on PBS. The set list is:
