Yellowjackets "Mile High"

 

From their 1987 record "Four Corners" here's The Yellowjackets with the tune "Mile High" which features their core lineup of Russell Ferrante on keyboards, Jimmy Haslip on bass, Marc Russo on alto saxophone, and William Kennedy on drums and percussion.   

Barry Harris "Live In Tokyo, 1976"

 

Full Album Friday this week, features The Barry Harris Trio and the complete Live in Tokyo record, recorded in 1976.  The band includes Barry Harris on piano, Sam Jones on bass, and Leroy Williams on drums.  The track listing is:

1. Like Someone In Love

2, Ornithology

3. Salt Peanuts

4. A Soft Spot

5. 'Round Midnight

6. A Night In Tunisia

7. Ornithology

8. Tea For Two

9. Dance of The Infidels

10. I'll Remember April

11. Fukai Aijo

12. Un Poco Loco

Harris performs some of his own compositions.  But he also pays tributes to those by other legends of jazz such as Bud Powell, Dizzy Gillespie, Charlie Parker, and Thelonius Monk.  

Boz Scaggs "Lowdown"

 

From a greatest hits live DVD released in 2004, here is Boz Scaggs with his tune "Lowdown".  

Phish "Slave To The Traffic Light"

 

From "The Ninth Cube" as it were (I think it is really Madison Square Garden in New York City on New Year's Eve), here is Phish performing "Slave To The Traffic Light".  

George Harrison "Let It Down"

 

From George Harrison's breakout solo record "All Things Must Pass" from 1970, here is the tune "Let It Down".  

Herbie Hancock "Rockit"

 

Studio and live versions of Herbie Hancock's "Rockit" released as a single in 1983 on Columbia Records.  Hancock plays all the instruments on this track which he produced, and wrote along with Bill Laswell and Michael Beinhorn.  Hancock plays the following instruments on "Rockit".  Fairlight & Minimoog synthesizers, Rhodes Chroma electric piano, Sennheiser vocoder, Hohner Clavinet, E-mu Systems digital synthesizer, and the Doctor Click rhythm controller which provides the electronic drums and the turntable scratching.  

In Memoriam 2021

 

A tribute, from Bret "Jazz Video Guy" Primack.

We lost a number of people in our global Jazz community in 2021. They may have dropped their bodies, but their spirits remain. And their music is eternal. If I missed anyone, please leave their names in the comments to this video. Music: Goodbye (Gordon Jenkins) Julian Milkis - Clarinet, Mikhail Kopelman - violin, Päivyt Meller - violin, Ulla Soinne - viola, Seppo Kimanen - cello. Arranged by Dick Hyman Recorded at Sibelius Academy of Music on November 24, 2012 by ABG World Video and Audio Production.