Stan Getz "At Large"

 For Full Album Friday this week, the master, Stan Getz, is featured, with his "At Large" record, which was cut in Copenhagen, Denmark, on June 14th and 15th, 1960.  The track listing is:

1. Night And Day

2. Pammie's Tune

3. Amour

4. I Like To Recognize That Tune

5. When The Sun Comes Out

6. Just A Child

7. Folks Who Live On The Hill

8. Cafe Montmartre Blues

9. He Was Too Good For Me

10. Younger Than Springtime

11. Goodbye

12. Land's End

13. In Your Own Sweet Way

14. In The Night

The quartet band lineup includes Stan Getz on tenor saxophone, Jan Johansson on piano, Dan Jordan on bass, and William Schiopfe on drums.

Alice & Ravi Coltrane "Impressions"

 

Continuing to celebrate the legacy of John Coltrane, here is his wife Alice Coltrane on piano, and son Ravi Coltrane on tenor saxophone, playing John's composition "Impressions" along with a rhythm section that includes Reggie Workman on upright bass, and Roy Haynes on drums.  This is another video that can be credited to Bret "Jazz Video Guy" Primack, for posting.  Dig it.  

John Coltrane Tribute "A Love Supreme"

 

The first of the bonus posts today for John Coltrane's birthday, is a tribute rendition of his masterpiece, "A Love Supreme".  From Jazz Video Guy, (Bret Primack), here is that tribute video.  This performance is from a concert in Berlin, West Germany, circa 1987.  The band lineup includes Freddie Hubbard on trumpet, Sonny Fortune on tenor saxophone, McCoy Tyner on piano, Reggie Workman on double bass, and Elvin Jones on drums.  A quintet of legends, paying tribute to the one and the only, " 'Trane".  A lot of the people in this quintet, were a part of Coltrane's bands.  For sure, I believe McCoy Tyner, Reggie Workman, and Elvin Jones were all involved with 'Trane's music at one time or another.

Happy Birthday, John Coltrane (Bonus Posts for Today)

Today marks the birthday of a giant of jazz, the one and the only, John Coltrane.  Normally, yours truly does not indulge in extra posts, letting my readers absorb what I have come up with for one whole day.  There are exceptions, and today is one of them.  Following, after re-posting the Bill Withers song, "Use Me", today, there are some notable pieces of music, compositions by John Coltrane that are noteworthy for you to peruse, and you will find them coming up in the next couple of posts.  Enjoy!

Bill Withers "Use Me"

 

Re-posting a favorite song.  Here is the one and the only, Bill Withers, in a solo acoustic performance of his song "Use Me".  

Herbie Hancock & The Headhunters "Palm Grease"

 

From Herbie Hancock's 1974 record "Thrust", here is the track "Palm Grease".  The band lineup is:

Herbie Hancock: keyboards & synthesizers (Rhodes piano, Clavinet, ARP Odyssey, 2600, & String Ensemble (Solina) synthesizers)

Bennie Maupin: tenor & soprano saxophones, flute 

Paul Jackson: bass

Mike Clark: drums

Bill Summers: percussion

Jimmy Reed & Eddie Taylor "Big Boss Man"

 

A special Tuesday blues post.  This is the only known footage to exist of blues greats Jimmy Reed and Eddie Taylor playing together.  From a performance in Cologne, Germany, here they are, with "Big Boss Man".