A special Sunday post. Happy 90th birthday, Willie Nelson! Here he is, playing probably his best known song and the anthem of all touring musicians and bands, "On The Road Again".
Willie Nelson and Family performs "On The Road Again" on September, 13, 2022 during the Outlaw Music Festival at Hartford Healthcare Amphitheater in Bridgeport, CT. Brought to you by Less Than Face Productions.
From Bret "Jazz Video Guy" Primack.
Roger Kellaway, McCoy Tyner - Piano
Stanley Clarke, bass + Peter Erskine, drums
Softly As In A Morning Sunrise
Recorded 1986 Wilburn Theatre, LA for Jazzvisions
From Bret "Jazz Video Guy" Primack.
Horace Silver Quintet - Gregory is Here (Silver). 8th International Jazz Festival Pori, #Finland - April 4, 1973. Randy Brecker- trumpet, Michael Brecker - tenor saxophone, Horace Silver - piano, Bob Cranshaw - bass, Mickey Roker - drums.
The original, for Blue Note Records, was recorded November 10, 1972, four months before this live festival date.
From Bret "Jazz Video Guy" Primack. The continuing story of Sonny Rollins, and how Coleman Hawkins and his playing and style really influenced him, and inspired Rollins to play the way he did, using the horn as a solo instrument.
From Bret "Jazz Video Guy" Prinack.
Mantodea, the praying mantis. From the album, "Meetings." Recorded live at Casa Museo Gene Bryon, Guanajuato, Mexico, November 27, 2022. "This music is dedicated to Mexico, the country that changed my life, thanks to fabulous encounters and experiences, which served as the catalyst for writing this music." Adrien Brandeis is a French jazz pianist and composer born in Annecy, France.. After studying at the Nice conservatory, he moved to Paris in 2018 to study with Manuel Rocheman and graduated from the CRR conservatory in Paris. In 2017, he produced and released his first album in quintet "Euforia", which had great recognition and international success after performing in Asia (Jazzmandu Festival in Nepal, Kolkata International Jazz Festival in India). "Euforia" put Adrien Brandeis, in the spotlight of the Jazz scene, and led him to be awarded the prestigious Letter One Rising Stars Jazz Award 2018. This award, which recognizes the best young European jazz artist of the year, opened the doors for him to share his music on the biggest European stages during the summer of 2019: Nice Jazz Festival (France), Umbria Jazz Festival (Italy), Leopolis Jazz Festival (Ukraine), Love Supreme Jazz Festival (England), Heineken Jazzaldia Festival (Spain), Kongsberg Jazz Festival (Norway), JazzOpen Stuttgart (Germany). Subsequently, he toured Mexico to present "Euforia" in trio, at the International Jazz and Blues Festival of Zacatecas 2019 and in several theaters in the center of the country. On the French scene, he has won numerous awards: first prize at the Jazz à Juan 2017, public prize at the Jazz 2017 in Porquerolles, among others. In Paris, he collaborates with numerous musicians such as Orlando Poleo, Inor Sotolongo, Damian Nueva, Arnaud Dolmen, Abraham Mansfaroll, Felipe Cabrera, Orlando Poleo and Philippe Ciminato. Very attached to Latin music, he went to study in Havana, Cuba, with Ernan Lopez Nussa to perfect his piano skills, in September 2019. These trips and experiences enriched his piano playing and allowed him to write his second album "Meetings", a quartet album with Damian Nueva, Arnaud Dolmen, Inor Sotolongo and special guest Orlando Poleo. "Meetings", released in October 2020, allows him to move towards a more modern sound while maintaining a certain freshness. It was selected as one of the best jazz albums in France in 2020 by TSF Jazz radio. In 2021, "Meetings" is presented more than 30 times; including festivals and clubs in France (Altitude Jazz Festival, Festival Jazz en Sol Mineur, Festival Musique en Cour, Duc des Lombards) as well as in Mexico (Festival Internacional de Polanco, Festival Internacional de Irapuato, Ciclo de Jazz del Forum Cultural Guanajuato, Festival EuroJazz, Festival Cultural de Mayo in Jalisco). After two tours in Mexico in May and November 2021, where he was very well received by the Mexican public, he created a strong bond with this country and was fascinated by its culture and the places he visited. It is then, that he decided to record his third album "Siempre más allá", a testimony of his experiences and his personal tribute to Mexico. This album was recorded as a quartet, with the musicians with whom he had shared the stage a few months before: Giliard Lopes (Brazil), José Loria Triay (Mexico) and Roberto Vizcaino Jr. (Cuba). He also had the collaboration of two great Cuban musicians of the international jazz scene: Horacio "El Negro" Hernández and Roberto Vizcaino Guillot. In the summer of 2022, he had outstanding participations in the A to jazz Festival (Bulgaria), Jazz à Toulon (France) as well as a special invitation to the San Jose Summer Jazz Festival (USA). He even had the opportunity to arrange and present his music in Piano Solo in Portugal and England. Facebook https://www.facebook.com/adrienbrande... Instagram https://instagram.com/adrienbrandeis?... YouTube https://youtube.com/@adrienbrandeis8019 http://www.adrienbrandeis.com #latinjazz #solopiano #adrianbrandeis #mexico
From Bret "Jazz Video Guy" Primack.
Denny Zeitlin writes: Jimmy Rowles’ “The Peacocks” is one of those compositions I had admired from afar, but only happened to listen to up close last month. I learned that Rowles first recorded his ballad in the mid-seventies, notably on “The Peacocks” – a 1975 album of the same name, as a duet with Stan Getz. It soon became a jazz standard, and in 1993, Norma Winstone recorded her lyric version, “A Timeless Place” in an album with Rowles. There are now multiple recordings of this hauntingly mysterious ballad on the internet.
I felt drawn into my studio to explore this piece, and here is the result, with beautiful peacock video provided by Bret Primack.
#dennyzeitlin #jazzpiano #improvization #jimmyrowles #thepeacoks
From Bret "Jazz Video Guy" Primack.
The continuing saga of Sonny Rollins' development as he was to become one of the greats of jazz. Here is how another jazz saxophone legend, Don Byas, was a part of the process in what Sonny Rollins would become in a musical sense.
On Sunday Night Live, Aidan Levy, author of Saxophone Colossus - The Life and Music of Sonny Rollins, discusses the role of Don Byas in Sonny Rollins' musical development. Purchase Saxophone Colossus - The Life and Music of Sonny Rollins; https://amzn.to/3CDQ5JK #sonnyrollins #saxophonecolossus #donbyas #charlieparker #bebop
From Bret "Jazz Video Guy" Primack.
The continuing story of the relationship as musicians and pals between Thelonius Monk and Sonny Rollins.
Thelonious Monk helped Sonny Rollins, encouraging him and teaching him his music when Sonny was a teenager in Harlem. Sonny has long acknowledged Monk as his musical guru. Excerpt from "Sunday Night Live," featuring an interview with Aidan Levy, author, Saxophone Colossus, the Life and Music of Sonny Rollins. Purchase Saxophone Colossus - The Life and Music of Sonny Rollins; https://amzn.to/3CDQ5JK
From Bret "Jazz Video Guy" Primack.
Thelonious Monk helped Sonny Rollins, encouraging him and teaching him his music when Sonny was a teenager in Harlem. Excerpt from "Sunday Night Live," featuring an interview with Aidan Levy, author, Saxophone Colossus, the Life and Music of Sonny Rollins. Purchase Saxophone Colossus - The Life and Music of Sonny Rollins; https://amzn.to/3CDQ5JK #sonnyrollins #theloniousmonk #bebop #harlem #sugarhill #jazz #tenorsaxphone #piano
Tedeschi Trucks Band performs the title track from it's four album series, I Am The Moon, live at Red Rocks in Morrison, CO.
Revisiting blues legend Albert Collins and his instrumental tune "Frosty", from a performance at Carnegie Hall in New York, New York, in 1985.
From Bret "Jazz Video Guy" Primack.
0:00 Interview with Julie Lokin 11:11 The Brecker Brothers play, Some Skunk Funk. Julie Lokin and his partner Art Weiner, as New Audiences Productions, produced many memorable New York concerts for nearly thirty years. During the summer of 1980, at the request of George Wein, Julie went on tour with the Brecker Brothers, serving as their tour manager. Here, he recalls how much fun he had. #breckerbrothers #michaelbrecker #randybrecker #someskunkfunk
Official Video for "Layla (Live at Royal Albert Hall, 1991) (Orchestral Version)" from The Definitive 24 Nights Pre-Order "24 Nights": https://EC.lnk.to/24Nights "The Royal Albert Hall is Eric Clapton’s home away from home in London. Since his debut at the historic venue with the Yardbirds in 1964, Clapton has performed there over 200 times. Eric also holds the record for the longest run of concerts at the venue. He set it in 1990 with 18 shows, then broke it the following year with 24 concerts. They were some of the most ambitious shows of Clapton’s career. Each night featured him performing a career-spanning set with one of three lineups – a rock band, a blues band, or an orchestra conducted by Michael Kamen. To commemorate that record-setting run, Clapton released 24 NIGHTS in October 1991. The double live album and home video delivered great performances but only covered a fraction of what was filmed and recorded. All the audio and video from 24 NIGHTS was painstakingly restored and upgraded by Clapton for THE DEFINITIVE 24 NIGHTS, which will be available on limited edition boxed sets as either 6-CDs or 8-LPs on June 23. Both versions come with three Blu-ray discs for the video content, a hardbound book, and an individually numbered lithograph featuring a photograph of Clapton by Carl Studna. Standalone versions of the individual concerts – 24 NIGHTS: ROCK, 24 NIGHTS: BLUES, and 24 Nights: ORCHESTRAL – will be released the same day in 2-CD/DVD and 3-LP (Rock and Orchestral) and 2-LP (Blues) configurations.
From Bret "Jazz Video Guy" Primack.
00:00 Intro 01:01 Music Begins 02:28 Woody Shaw solo 07:39 Johnny Griffin solo 13:02 John Hicks solo 17:29 Reggie Johnson solo
Ow! The Dizzy Gillespie composition as perfomed at Cologne's Subway Club in 1986 by all all-star band featuring Johnny Griffin, tenor saxophone; Woody Shaw, trumpet; John Hicks, piano; Reggie Johnson on bass and Alvin Queen on drums, who furnished this documentation, thankfully. #dizzygillespie #bebop #johnnygriffin #woodyshaw #johnhicks #straightaheadjazz
From Bret "Jazz Video Guy" Primack.
Recorded live at Casa Museo Gene Bryon, Guanajuato, Mexico, November 27, 2022. "This music is dedicated to Mexico, the country that changed my life, thanks to fabulous encounters and experiences, which served as the catalyst for writing this music." Adrien Brandeis is a French jazz pianist and composer born in Annecy, France.. After studying at the Nice conservatory, he moved to Paris in 2018 to study with Manuel Rocheman and graduated from the CRR conservatory in Paris. In 2017, he produced and released his first album in quintet "Euforia", which had great recognition and international success after performing in Asia (Jazzmandu Festival in Nepal, Kolkata International Jazz Festival in India). "Euforia" put Adrien Brandeis, in the spotlight of the Jazz scene, and led him to be awarded the prestigious Letter One Rising Stars Jazz Award 2018. This award, which recognizes the best young European jazz artist of the year, opened the doors for him to share his music on the biggest European stages during the summer of 2019: Nice Jazz Festival (France), Umbria Jazz Festival (Italy), Leopolis Jazz Festival (Ukraine), Love Supreme Jazz Festival (England), Heineken Jazzaldia Festival (Spain), Kongsberg Jazz Festival (Norway), JazzOpen Stuttgart (Germany). Subsequently, he toured Mexico to present "Euforia" in trio, at the International Jazz and Blues Festival of Zacatecas 2019 and in several theaters in the center of the country. On the French scene, he has won numerous awards: first prize at the Jazz à Juan 2017, public prize at the Jazz 2017 in Porquerolles, among others. In Paris, he collaborates with numerous musicians such as Orlando Poleo, Inor Sotolongo, Damian Nueva, Arnaud Dolmen, Abraham Mansfaroll, Felipe Cabrera, Orlando Poleo and Philippe Ciminato. Very attached to Latin music, he went to study in Havana, Cuba, with Ernan Lopez Nussa to perfect his piano skills, in September 2019. These trips and experiences enriched his piano playing and allowed him to write his second album "Meetings", a quartet album with Damian Nueva, Arnaud Dolmen, Inor Sotolongo and special guest Orlando Poleo. "Meetings", released in October 2020, allows him to move towards a more modern sound while maintaining a certain freshness. It was selected as one of the best jazz albums in France in 2020 by TSF Jazz radio. In 2021, "Meetings" is presented more than 30 times; including festivals and clubs in France (Altitude Jazz Festival, Festival Jazz en Sol Mineur, Festival Musique en Cour, Duc des Lombards) as well as in Mexico (Festival Internacional de Polanco, Festival Internacional de Irapuato, Ciclo de Jazz del Forum Cultural Guanajuato, Festival EuroJazz, Festival Cultural de Mayo in Jalisco). After two tours in Mexico in May and November 2021, where he was very well received by the Mexican public, he created a strong bond with this country and was fascinated by its culture and the places he visited. It is then, that he decided to record his third album "Siempre más allá", a testimony of his experiences and his personal tribute to Mexico. This album was recorded as a quartet, with the musicians with whom he had shared the stage a few months before: Giliard Lopes (Brazil), José Loria Triay (Mexico) and Roberto Vizcaino Jr. (Cuba). He also had the collaboration of two great Cuban musicians of the international jazz scene: Horacio "El Negro" Hernández and Roberto Vizcaino Guillot. In the summer of 2022, he had outstanding participations in the A to jazz Festival (Bulgaria), Jazz à Toulon (France) as well as a special invitation to the San Jose Summer Jazz Festival (USA). He even had the opportunity to arrange and present his music in Piano Solo in Portugal and England. Facebook https://www.facebook.com/adrienbrande... Instagram https://instagram.com/adrienbrandeis?... YouTube https://youtube.com/@adrienbrandeis8019 http://www.adrienbrandeis.com #latinjazz #solopiano #adrianbrandeis #mexico
From Bret "Jazz Video Guy" Primack.
00:00 - Intro | 01:38 - Music Begins. Latino Suite (Tyner) Dado Moroni on Piano, Marco Panaascia on Bass, Max Ionata- Tenor Saxophone and Alvin Queen on Drums recorded at Duc de Lombard in Paris, April 16th 2013 #mccoytyner #johncoltrane #dadomoroni #alvinqueen
From a January 2015 show at Carnegie Hall in New York City, here is Joe Bonamassa on acoustic guitar and vocals performing with Tina Guo on cello, "Woke Up Dreaming", a song Bonamassa wrote along with songwriter Will Jennings. The track is on Bonamassa's live recording "Live at Carnegie Hall - An Acoustic Evening".
From the L.A. Forum in Los Angeles, California, in 1970, here is Jimi Hendrix with his song "Freedom".
"Dreaming Out Loud" is from the new Gov't Mule album, Peace...Like A River.
From Bret "Jazz Video Guy" Primack.
In 1970, pianist Keith Jarrett, fresh from a four year run with Charles Lloyd's Quartet, joined the Miles Davis Group. Although he'd already made quite a reputation as an acoustic pianist, Keith began playing electric piano and the organ with Miles. And playing the sort of funky Jazz fusion that was breaking musical barriers and opening the music to an entirely new audience.
Although he stayed with Miles for nearly eighteen months, once he left the group, he never played electric instruments again. Shortly thereafter, his concerts became lengthy solo piano improvisations, and then music from the Great American Songbook with his Standards Trio.
What remains of his tenure with Miles are a handful of live recorings (they never went into the studio), and video of their performances at Tanglewood, the Isle of Wigt Festival, and a lengthly European tour. This video features a montage of Keith's electric playing with Miles, from concerts in Berlin and Oslo.
For more on this remarkable creative amalgam, check out the Podcast series Miles 70, which features saxophonist Gary Bartz, also in that Miles group with Keith, and more performance footage.
Please check out the Podcast Miles 70 an eight part series with comprehensive Gary Bartz interviews, and more performances from this group.
From the Trey Anastasio Band's November 9th, 2022 show at the Cross Insurance Arena in Portland, Maine, here is "Everything's Right".
From a concert that I think I have shared snippets from before and perhaps the entire thing, here is Roy Buchanan, another legendary guitarist and inspiration, playing "Roy's Bluz" in 1976, I believe on Austin City Limits, but I cannot be too sure of that. The band lineup features a quartet with Roy Buchanan on guitar, Malcolm Lukens on keyboards, John Harrison on bass, and Byrd Foster on drums. Watch the video on YouTube.
From Bret "Jazz Video Guy" Primack.
John Coltrane and his quartet play "Impressions" cica 1966. This is the legendary band featuring John Coltrane on tenor saxophone, McCoy Tyner on piano, Jimmy Garrison on bass, and Elvin Jones on drums.
The one and the only Johnny Winter playing on the encore with the Allman Brothers Band at the Hollywood Bowl in Hollywood, California, in August 1972. It sounds like the band is playing "Dust My Broom" by Elmore James. It could very well be just a massive blues jam. No matter what, this is good! This is the Allman Brothers Band, after Duane Allman's passing, so with Gregg Allman, Dickey Betts, Berry Oakley, Butch Trucks, Jaimoe, and Chuck Leavell I believe. Ah yes. It is indeed "Dust My Broom" that is the encore.
