From the Belgium jazz scene, the Under the Radar gem Ibiza from pianist Ivan Paduart & his Trio....melodically driven narratives with winding arcs exquisitely propelled! With"
Double Bass – Philippe Aerts
Drums – Hans Van Oosterhout
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The stuff that long, leisurely, drives on bright sunny days are made of...
From the superb 2002 album Inspire by Japanese Fusion group Casiopea & the radiant opener....
Yoshihiro Naruse-B
Akira Jimbo-D
Issei Noro-G
Minoru Mukaiya-P
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What the world needs now...
1959
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Horace Silver Quintet and Trio
Trumpeter Blue Mitchel's haunting performance is a thing of beauty...
Junior Cook – tenor saxophone
Horace Silver – piano
Eugene Taylor – bass
Louis Hayes – drums
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Talk about an All Star Band...
Mongo Santamaría's "AFRO BLUE" made famous by John Coltrane
CHICK COREA - HERBIE HANCOCK - Carlos SANTANA - JOHN McLAUGHLIN - WAYNE SHORTER - RAVI COLTRANE -BENNY RIETVELD - DENNIS CHAMBERS - RAUL REKOW - CHESTER THOMPSON -KARL PERAZZO
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Stevie Wonder's 2008 LIVE London performance of Chick Corea jazz standard.
Stevie Wonder-P, Harmonica, vocals.
Victoria Monét-P
Roman Johnson-Keys
Kyle Bowen -G
Bango Jackson-Perc
Basto Quos-P
Danny R-TRP
Nathan Watts-B
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South African born. Berklee educated. Quit the music business. Started a tech company. Had a spiritual rebirth. Moved to Israel. Returned to the Music business.
Bassist Yosef Gutman's sublime Soul Song.
Lionel Loueke - Guitar
Omri Mor - Piano
Ofri Nehemya - Drums
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And does Betty know how to make an entrance in this hard pop masterpiece!
Self titled at first, pianist Bobby Timmons's tune "Moain'" was so popular it claimed the Title.
Lee Morgan – trumpet
Benny Golson – tenor
Bobby Timmons – piano
Jymie Merritt – bass
Art Blakey – drums
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Ray Charles
1963
The Ray Charles Story Vol 3
"Hard Times"
This one still touches something in everyone...
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Written in 1947 by Gene de Paul for the Abbott and Costello film Keep 'Em Flying, Dinah Washington, Billie Holiday, and Chet Baker have recorded it. Now pianist Sam Barsh gives us his take from 2024 superb Old Tools New Rules
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Sneak listen from upcoming release by jazz keyboardist Sam Barsh Straight08, and intriguing take on modern post bop with one of my fav Next Gen trumpeters Keyon Harrold and force of nature drummer Mark Guiliana, and this visceral rewire of Freddie Hubbard tune...
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From the 2010 #ECM debut for bassist Michael Formanek - The Rub and Spare Change was magic...with Tim Berne; alto saxophone; Craig Taborn: piano; Gerald Cleaver: drums, and the opener is an eye opener with its melodically moody and mysterious soundscape!
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The modernistic Post Bop/Avant twists and turns courtesy of the eclectically creative mind of bassist Michael Formanek with sneak listen from new album New Digs
Alto Saxophone: John O'Gallagher
Clarinet: Chet Doxas
Drums: Tomas Fujiwara
Guitar: Mary Halvorson
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![Shai Maestro - Nature Boy [Official Audio]](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:f237722kzsjtajf53brl3ezb/bafkreidqohpzwzngmjfiamvj37hph36qemdmzi4oyxnfheulenmglflzqi)
Written in 1947 by Eden Ahbez to describe the California "Nature Boy" subculture, it still lives because of another subculture; jazz...But what if it had been written 100 years in the future. Here you go! Pianist Shai Maestro's brilliant new release The Guesthouse
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Simply Beautiful...
From the 2017 Jersey by the Mark Guiliana Jazz Quartet with
Mark Guiliana - Drums
Jason Rigby: Tenor
Fabian Almazan: Piano
Chris Morrissey: Bass
And this jazz reimagination of a David Bowie tune
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The Joe Henderson tune "Recorda Me" means "Remember Me" in Portuguese was written by a 16 year old Joe Henderson. pianist Chick Corea with Christian McBride-B, & Brian Blade-D make this memorable indeed on the 2013 Trilogy which won Two Grammys!
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A transcendent and meditative rewire of this Alice Coltrane tune ,by one of my fav, UK trumpeter Matthew Halsall from this 2015 EP with
Flute - Lisa Mallett
Harp - Rachael Gladwin
Piano - Taz Modi
Bass - Gavin Barras
Drums - Gaz Hughes
Percussion - Nat Birchall
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From the Danish jazz scene, guitarist Niclas Knudsen and bassist Jesper Bodilsen offer up a heartfelt homage to Duke Ellington on superlative Deo release Ellington Between Strings, Pt. 1. The two make magic on this Billy Strayhorn tune
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Italian born now Amsterdam based pianist & composer Emanuele Pellegrini from his superb new Trio release Stories of Light and Dark, an exploration of melodic minimalism with shifting & ascending narrative vistas
Alessandro Fongaro, double bass
Nick Thessalonikefs, drums
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Had not heard this album in years, so when for some reason I saw it while perusing my library I did, really good, and some of Stan Getz's best playing ever! And the band, WOW!
Chick Corea – electric piano
Stanley Clarke – bass
Airto Moreira – percussion
Tony Williams – drums
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One of my fav albums by saxophonist Stan Getz was 1974 masterpiece Captain Marvel where Getz brought in an up & coming Next Gen band you may have heard of:
Chick Corea – electric piano
Stanley Clarke – bass
Airto Moreira – percussion
Tony Williams – drums
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From the 1956 Latin Kick album by vibraphonist Cal Tjader with Brew Moore (sax), Luis Miranda (congas), Bayardo Velarde (timbales), Manuel Duran (piano), & Carlos Duran (bass). Tjader's infusion of Latin Jazz melds exquisitely with Bronisław Kaper's haunting tune...
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Another Under The Radar Modern Post Bop gem was the 2012 Zembla Variations by Next Gen NY bassist Josh Ginsburg with:
Eli Degibri - tenor and soprano saxophone
George Colligan - piano
Rudy Royston - drums
The engaging title track...
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And you are definitely NOT FDR. So let that maybe be the reason.
On an album whose major theme is song that ask questions, its apt that this song would be included, and German tenor Johannes Enders exquisitely and eloquently captures the haunting angst with:
Oliver Kent, piano
Josh Ginsberg, bass
Gene Calderazzo, drums
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Sonny Stitt witched between alto and tenor on the 1959 album The Hard Swing, but went to the tenor on this rewire of the Bob Haggard/Sonny Burke standard with Amos Trice (piano), George Morrow (bass), Lenny McBrowne (drums).
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I definitely agree on all counts my friend...
A def Under the Radar jewel & an refreshing Euro take on this American jazz standard was offered in 2013 by singer Elvira Nikolaisen & trumpeter (also bassist, vibraphonist, etc) Mathias Eick on 2013 I Concentrate On You with
Andreas Ulvo - P
Gard Nilssen - D
youtu.be/K7hNOpISU90?...
Mine was down, its up now, but it was out for more than a few minutes.
Continuing on the "What's New" theme....one of my favorite guitar rewires....
Before he became a Pop crooner, this was George Benson from the 1968 Giblet Gravy with an all star cast of on this tune:
Herbie Hancock - Piano
Ron Carter - Bass
Billy Cobham – Drums
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