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

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.  

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".

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.  

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".  

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.  

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.