Miles Davis "Burn"

 

From a performance at the Amnesty International concert back in the '80s, here is Miles Davis with the tune "Burn".  The band lineup is:

Miles Davis – trumpet
Carlos Santana – guitar
Robben Ford – guitar
Bob Berg – tenor saxophone
Robert Irving III – synthesizer
Adam Holzman – synthesizer
Felton Crews – bass
Vincent Wilburn Jr. – drums
Steve Thornton – percussion

Clark Terry and Red Mitchell: Take The A Train

 

From Bret "Jazz Video Guy" Primack.

Clark Virgil Terry Jr. was an American swing and bebop trumpeter, a pioneer of the flugelhorn in jazz, and a composer and educator. He played with Charlie Barnet, Count Basie, Duke Ellington, Quincy Jones, and Oscar Peterson. He was with The Tonight Show Band on The Tonight Show from 1962 to 1972.

Keith Moore "Red" Mitchell was an American jazz double-bassist, composer, lyricist, and poet. 

"Take the 'A' Train" is a jazz standard by Billy Strayhorn that was the signature tune of the Duke Ellington orchestra.

Widespread Panic "Second Skin"

 

Widespread Panic performs "Second Skin" live at Red Rocks Amphitheatre in Morrison, Colorado, on June 23rd, 2023.

Frank Gambale "Mr. Hollywood Line"

 

Another Sunday Special this week.  Frank Gambale and his All Star Group from a 2023 performance at Bordereij Holland.  Very reminiscent of Donald Fagen and Steely Dan.  

Gambale sings one of his classic tunes Mr. Hollywood live at Bordereij in Holland March 2023 with his all star group.

Visit http://www.frankgambaleguitarschool.com to learn from a true guitar legend. For more info on Frank see http://www.frankgambale.com

Joe Bonamassa "Never Give All Your Heart"

 

From a live performance at Radio City Music Hall in New York, New York, here is Joe Bonamassa with "Never Give All Your Heart".  

Duke Ellington, his orchestra and friends at the First Annual Connecticut Jazz Festival, (1956)

 

Full Album and Full Concert Friday this week featuring Duke Ellington and His Orchestra.

Connecticut Jazz Festival "JAZZ UNDER THE STARS". Stadium Bowl, Fairfield University - Fairfield, Connecticut. July 28, 1956. Newport Jazz Festival Suite ᵃ 00:00 1. Festival Junction 06:36 2. Blues To Be There 13:28 3. Newport Up 18:59 Tea For Two ᵇ 27:10 Ad Lib Blues ᵇ 34:25 Perdido ᶜ 38:56 Fingerbuster ᶜ 41:15 Squeeze Me ᶜ 45:22 The Hawk Talks ᵃ 47:51 Sophisticated Lady ᵃ 51:53 I Got It Bad (and That Ain't Good) ᵃ 55:16 Do Nothin' Till You Hear From Me ᵃ 58:00 Hey Cherie ᵃ 1:00:41 Take The "A" Train ᵃ 1:03:23 Ballin' The Blues (aka Jam Blues or Duke's Good Girl Blues) ᵃ 1:07:22 Mood Indigo ᵃ ᵃ Duke Ellington and His Orchestra: Willie Cook, Cat Anderson (t); Clark Terry (t,fl); Ray Nance (t,vl,v); Britt Woodman, Quentin Jackson, John Sanders (tb); Jimmy Hamilton (cl,ts); Russell Procope (cl,ss,as); Johnny Hodges (as); Paul Gonsalves (ts); Harry Carney (cl,as,bar); Duke Ellington (p); Jimmy Woode (b); Sam Woodyard (d); Jimmy Grissom (v). ᵇ Festival All Stars: Buck Clayton (t); Jimmy Hamilton (cl); Paul Gonsalves (ts); Hank Jones (p); Jimmy Woode (b); Sam Woodyard (d). ᶜ Willie "The Lion" Smith Quartet: Willie "The Lion" Smith (p); Buck Clayton (t); Walter Page (b); Arthur Trappier (d).

ZZ Top "La Grange"

 

From the "Double Down Live" concert DVD and the performance ZZ Top did at Rockpalast in Germany in 1980, here is "La Grange", one of their best and most endearing tunes with the original trio of Billy Gibbons on guitar and vocals, the late, great Dusty Hill on bass, and Frank Beard on drums.