Jeff Hirshfield with Dieter Ilg Quintet - Vic Juris - Bob Belden

 

Another edition of Full Concert Friday this week.  with Dieter Ilg Quintet - Vic Juris - Bob Belden - Mark Copland - Jazz Open Stuttgart - 1994 - more here at https://www.drummerworld.com/drummers...

Tedeschi Trucks Band "Show Me"

 

The Susan Tedeschi and Derek Trucks Band performs Joe Tex's "Show Me" at the Wang Theater on 10/4/24 in Boston, MA.  Brought to you by Less Than Face Productions.  Audio by Casey C.

OUTLAWS Ghost Riders in the Sky 2007 Live

 

The opening tune from The Outlaws' Volunteer Jam performance along with, I believe, the Charlie Daniels Band and the Marshall Tucker Band, from 2007, in Gilford, New Hampshire, and their rock and roll version of the classic cowboy song "Ghost Riders In The Sky".  

OUTLAWS There Goes Another Love Song / Hurry Sundown 2007 Live @ Gilford

 

Another song from The Outlaws' 2007 concert in Gilford, New Hampshire, at U.S. Cellular Pavilion.  This one is the band's medley of "There Goes Another Love Song" and "Hurry Sundown".  

OUTLAWS Green Grass and High Tides 2007 Live @ Gilford

 

From a 2007 performance at U.S. Cellular Pavillion in Gilford, New Hampshire, here are The Outlaws, with what is probably their best-known song, from an underrated southern boogie rock band.  This is "Green Grass and High Tides".

SRV - I Tried Pretty Baby - [`75 - The Cobras, TX]

 

This week's Sunday Special featuring very early Stevie Ray Vaughan, circa 1975 when he was 21 years old and had started becoming well known on the Texas blues scene with the band The Cobras.  The song the band plays here is "I Tried Pretty Baby".  Dig it.  

I Tried Pretty Baby -

1975 - Austin, TX - Studio Registrazione - SRV, Cobras.

Dave Brubeck - Gods Love - 14/07/1979 • World of Jazz

 

This number is called 'Gods Love". This recording is from July 14, 1979, at the PWA Zaal, North Sea Jazz Festival. Dave Brubeck, born on December 6, 1920, in California, was an influential American jazz pianist and composer known for his innovative approach to time signatures and his role in popularizing modern jazz. In 1951, he formed the Dave Brubeck Quartet, a groundbreaking ensemble. The quartet, featuring Paul Desmond on alto saxophone, Eugene Wright on bass, and Joe Morello on drums, gained widespread acclaim for their distinctive sound and complex, polyrhythmic compositions.

One of the quartet's most iconic albums, "Time Out" (1959), showcased Brubeck's fascination with unusual time signatures. The album's signature track, "Take Five," composed by Paul Desmond in 5/4 time, became a jazz standard and a crossover hit, reaching a broad audience and introducing many listeners to the world of modern jazz. Brubeck received numerous accolades, including a Kennedy Center Honor, Grammy Awards, and a Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award. Dave Brubeck's legacy includes a vast discography of over a hundred albums, collaborations with jazz luminaries, and a profound influence on the evolution of jazz. He passed away on December 5, 2012. Dave Brubeck dedicated the song "Take Five" to Paul Desmond who died in '77.

Tedeschi Trucks Band "Tangled Up In Blue" 10/1/24 Boston, MA

 

The Susan Tedeschi and Derek Trucks Band performs Bob Dylan's "Tangled Up In Blue" at MGM Fenway on 10/1/24 in Boston, MA.  Brought to you by Less Than Face Productions.  Audio by Casey C.

Tedeschi Trucks Band - "Mr. Charlie" (Grateful Dead) | 10/08/24 | The Capitol Theatre | Relix

 

Tedeschi Trucks Band performing the Grateful Dead classic "Mr. Charlie" at The Capitol Theatre on 10/08/2024.  Video Directed by Ehud Lazin.

Maynard Ferguson - Maria - RAI 1970

 

From Bret "Jazz Video Guy" Primack.  

Maria (Bernstein) - Maynard Ferguson on RAI, Italian television in 1970. Maynard recorded Maria on Maynard '62.

Rory Gallagher "Cradle Rock"

 

The late, great, Irish blues guitar legend Rory Gallagher, performing one of his best-known songs, "Cradle Rock", circa 1975 at the Montreux Jazz Festival in Montreux, Switzerland.  

Joe Bonamassa "Cradle Rock" (revisited)

 

Revisiting Joe Bonamassa paying tribute to Rory Gallagher and playing Gallagher's song "Cradle Rock", actually at a venue in Cork, Ireland, Gallagher's hometown.  This is a performance captured on video in around 2010 I believe.  The video was captured for The Southern Star by cameraman/videographer Niall O'Driscoll.  

American blues guitar legend Joe Bonamassa was in Cork this morning for the announcement of two very special Rory Gallagher tribute shows that he will perform Live At The Marquee in 2025 on July 1st and 2nd.  Also in attendance at the press conference held in The Oliver Plunkett in Cork city were Donal and Daniel Gallagher (Rory's brother and nephew), Gallagher's long-time bassist Gerry McEvoy and Peter Aiken of Aiken Promotions.

Phil Lesh & Friends "Cryptical~Other One~Feedback~Caution" Atlantic City 12/10/2005

 

This week's Sunday Special.  More memories of the late, great Phil Lesh, bassist, and principal songwriter for The Grateful Dead.  Here he is playing with another band of his.  Phil Lesh & Friends, from a concert in Atlantic City, New Jersey, 20 years ago, dating back to 2005.  Phil Lesh & Friends (Barry Sless, Larry Campbell, Chris Robinson, John Molo, Mookie Siegel) perform "Cryptical Envelopment ~ The Other One ~ Feedback ~ Caution ~ Feedback" on December 10, 2005 at the House of Blues in Atlantic City, NJ.  Look out for Big Brown during the Feedback ~ Caution section.  Brought to you by Less Than Face Productions.

Mongo Santamaría - Theo's Ofrito - 12/07/1981 • World of Jazz

 

Ramon “Mongo” Santamaria Rodriguez (07 April 1922 - 01 February 2003) was born in Havana, Cuba, and became throughout the years the world's most famous conga-player. After spending 30 years of his life in Cuba, in the early fifties he fled to New York. He started to play in the band of Tito Puente, that he left after about a year. He developed a music style that mixed Afrocuban rhythms with jazz and soul.  His song “Afro Blue”, written in 1958, is commonly referred to as jazz standard, and was recorded by a lot of artists, e.g. John Coltrane. Mongo’s version of Herbie Hancock's “Watermelon Man” was also a worldwide success. 

In 1981 he played in the Congeshal in The Hague at the North Sea Jazz Festival.  In the band we mean to recognize Trevor Gale on drums, Tony Villarini on trumpet, and Doug Harris on flute. Please inform us if you have more information.

Song For Strayhorn - Gerry Mulligan

 

From Bret "Jazz Video Guy" Primack.

Song for Strayhorn (Mulligan) Gerry Mulligan's concert at the Casinò di Campione, Campione d'Italia. re-recorded in 1989. Harold Danko piano, Rich DeRosa drums, Frank Luther bass.

The Most Underrated Saxophonist in Jazz

 

From Bret "Jazz Video Guy" Primack. 

Paul Gonsalves (July 12, 1920 – May 15, 1974) was an American jazz tenor saxophonist best known for his association with Duke Ellington. At the 1956 Newport Jazz Festival, Gonsalves played a 27-chorus solo in the middle of Ellington's "Diminuendo and Crescendo in Blue," a performance credited with revitalizing Ellington's waning career in the 1950s. Born in Brockton, Massachusetts, to Portuguese Cape Verdean parents, Gonsalves' first instrument was the guitar, and as a child he was regularly asked to play Cape Verdean folk songs for his family. He grew up in New Bedford, Massachusetts, and played as a member of the Sabby Lewis Orchestra. His first professional engagement in Boston was with the same group on tenor saxophone, in which he played before and after his military service during World War II. He also played with fellow Cape Verdean Americans in Phil Edmund's band in the 1940s. Before joining Duke Ellington's orchestra in 1950, he also played in big bands led by Count Basie (1947–1949) and Dizzy Gillespie (1949–1950). At the 1956 Newport Jazz Festival, Gonsalves' solo in Ellington's "Diminuendo and Crescendo in Blue" went through 27 choruses; the publicity from this performance is credited with reviving Ellington's career. The performance is captured on the album Ellington at Newport. Gonsalves was a featured soloist in numerous Ellingtonian settings. He received the nickname "The Strolling Violins" from Ellington for playing solos while walking through the crowd. Gonsalves died in London ten days before Duke Ellington's death, after a lifetime of addiction to alcohol and narcotics. Mercer Ellington refused to tell Duke of the passing of Gonsalves, fearing the shock might further accelerate his father's decline. Ellington and Gonsalves, along with trombonist Tyree Glenn, lay side by side in the same New York funeral home for a period of time. Gonsalves is buried at the Long Island National Cemetery in Farmingdale, New York. January 9, 1962. The Duke Ellington Orchestra Trumpet: Ray Nance, Shorty Baker, Cat Anderson, Bill Berry, Ed Mullens Trombone: Lawrence Brown, Leon Cox, Chuck Conners Alto-saxophone: Russell Procope, Johnny Hodges Tenor-saxophone: Paul Gonsalves Clarinet (and tenor-saxophone): Jimmy Hamilton Baritone-saxophone: Harry Carney Piano: Duke Ellington Bass: Aaron Bell Drums: Sam Woodyard Video courtesy Storyville Records: https://storyvillerecords.com #dukeellington STORYVILLE RECORDS IS ONE OF THE WORLD’S GREATEST JAZZ RECORD LABELS AND THE OLDEST INDEPENDENT JAZZ LABEL IN EUROPE. Named after the notorious New Orleans district where jazz was born, the label was launched in Copenhagen in 1952 by jazz fanatic Karl Emil Knudsen. Storyville originally sold imported American records but when the burgeoning post war jazz scene attracted the American jazz artists to tour in Europe and Scandinavia Knudsen seized every opportunity to record his jazz heroes for the label. By late 2003 when Karl Emil Knudsen, the self-styled “Doctor of Jazz Archaeology”, passed away, his Storyville label was considered by the jazz cognoscenti to be the Scandinavian equivalent to America’s Blue Note Records. The Storyville archive includes recordings by Louis Armstrong, Ben Webster, Duke Ellington, Eddie “Lockjaw” Davis and Benny Carter, to name but a few. Storyville Records was also instrumental in launching the career of some of the most influential Danish jazz artists including Niels-Henning Ørsted Pedersen, Fessor’s Big City Band and the legendary Papa Bues Viking Jazz Band. In 2005 Edition Wilhelm Hansen, a Danish company with over 150 years in music publishing and part of the Wise Music Group acquired Storyville from Knudsen’s family. Anders Stefansen and Mona Granager, both long standing associates who worked with Knudsen to build the label, have stayed on with Storyville and will preserve the label’s unique identity. As part of Wise Music’s family of companies Storyville Records is ideally placed to bring its wealth of classic recordings to new generations of jazz fans through CD re-releases, special collectors’ CD edition of rare jazz recordings and digital downloads. We are sure that Karl Emil would be delighted to know that his label lives on within a fiercely independent music company that shares the same passion for great music.

Times Square - Dave Frank Solo Piano

 

From Bret "Jazz Video Guy" Primack.  

Dave Frank solo - Times Square. Join Dave for a Vamp in 17 based on the pace of life in the Big Apple. http://davefrankmusic.com

Son House "Death Letter Blues"

 

From a 1965 performance, the great Eddie "Son" House playing "Death Letter Blues".  House is one of the founders of delta blues music and has certainly had an influence on me as a guitar player.  

🥬 Lettuce - "Sun Goddess" Live at Pacific Amphitheatre - Costa Mesa, CA (7.18.24)

 

🥬 Lettuce - "Sun Goddess" Live at Pacific Amphitheatre - Costa Mesa, CA (7.18.24).

"Sun Goddess" was originally performed as a collaboration by jazz piano legend Ramsey Lewis, and Earth, Wind & Fire.

Stan Kenton & his Orchestra - Malagueña - 01/04/1976 • World of Jazz

 

Big band leader and pianist Stanley Newcomb “Stan” Kenton (1911-1979), a progressive and back in the 50’s also a controversial musician, is nowadays looked upon as one of the biggest bandleaders of all time. Already in the 40’s he toured around the world, and he gave his famous Concert in Progressive Jazz in Carnegie Hall. In the early fifties he founded a 43-member orchestra, Innovations in Modern Music.  After two tours it seemed financially not possible to continue this project, 

He also recorded lots of albums, and in 1970 he started to cooperate with the “Creative World” label. This led to several concerts around the world, including the performance in Rotterdam. In this material we also recognize:

Bass:   John Worster
Trumpet:  Dick Shearer
Percussion: Ramon Lopez

Kenton is also known for his talent scouting and his “nose” for talent, he worked with big shots like Maynard Ferguson and Stan Getz.

I have corrected the labeling of this post to reflect that this concert truly happened in 1976, not 1972 as indicated on the video title.  This was a later concert performance than many people may think.

David Sanborn & Joey DeFrancesco "Let The Good Times Roll"

 

From a performance in Burghausen, Germany, circa 2010, two of the best jazz musicians that have ever been.  David Sanborn and Joey DeFrancesco, playing "Let the Good Times Roll".  The trio includes Joey DeFrancesco on Hammond B3 organ and vocals, David Sanborn on alto saxophone, and Gene Lake on drums.  

Illinois Jacquet Big Band - Stompin At The Savoy featuring Duffy Jackson on drums

 

From Bret "Jazz Video Guy" Primack.

llinois Jacquet was a pioneering jazz tenor saxophonist, known for his powerful, honking sound that helped shape the development of both rhythm and blues (R&B) and rock and roll. He gained fame with his explosive solo on “Flying Home” while playing in Lionel Hampton’s band in 1942, a performance often considered one of the first rock and roll sax solos. Jacquet’s aggressive, energetic playing style had a huge influence on later saxophonists in jazz, R&B, and rock. His work bridged the gap between swing and more modern jazz styles, and he was a key figure in popularizing the saxophone as a leading instrument in American popular music. Stompin' At the Savoy - Illinois Jacquet Big Band Live at Vienne, 1993

Illinois Jacquet (ts), Saxophones: David Glasser, Sayyd Abdul Al Khabyyr, Arthur Daniels, John Simon, Tom Olin; Trumpets: Irvin Stokes, Riley Mullins, Ravi Best, Mark McGowan; Trombones: Jamal Haynes, Brad Shigita, Charles Stevens: Piano: Larry Ham; Bass: Billy Johnson and Duffy Jackson on drums.