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The Art of Jazz
Phil Broadhurst casts an eye and ear around the jazz world.
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“I don’t care if a dude is purple with green breath, as long as he can swing.” Miles said it. We stick to it.
19 December 2009: Christmas Special
Pianist Eliane Elias plays I’ll be home for Christmas and Sleigh Ride from Yule Struttin’ – A Blue Note Christmas on Blue Note CDP 7 94857
Dianne Reeves sings A Merrier Christmas from Yule Struttin’ – A Blue Note Christmas on Blue Note CDP 7 94857
Marian McPartland performs Silent Night from An NPR Jazz Christmas on NPR Classics NPR CD 0005
The Rob McConnell Tentet plays Christmas Medley & Carmen Lundy performs Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas from Justin Time for Christmas Four on Justin Time Just 197
Chick Corea performs What Child is This?, Steps Ahead play Angels We have Heard on High and The Brecker Brothers with Steve Khan play The Christmas Waltz from Jazz to the World on Blue Note 832127
Ulf Wakenius plays White Christmas from Nils Landgren – Christmas with my Friends on ACT 9454-2
Brad Mehldau and Marian McPartland perform together O Tannenbaum followed by George Shearing’s version of Away in a Manger from An NPR Jazz Christmas on NPR Classics NPR CD 0005
Carmen McRae sings The Christmas Song from A Merry Jazzmas on RCA 63 126
Herbie Hancock and Eliane Elias with I’ll be home for Christmas from Jazz to the World on Blue Note 832127
12 December 2009: Pick of The Year
Mike Clark playing In The House from Blueprints of Jazz on Talking House THR0809-018A.
E_L_B_ playing Hanging Out On The Roofs from Dream Flight on ACT 9467-2.
The Tim Davis Big Band playing Caravan (Dalized) from Dialmentia on Origin 82531.
Aaron Parks playing Harvesting Dance from Invisible Cinema on Blue Note 5099 5 0911.
Esperanza Spalding singing and playing Espera from Esperanza Spalding on Heads Up HUCD 3140.
The Dave Holland Sextet playing Modern Times from Pass It On on Dare 2 5310667.
Ray Levier playing Echoing from Ray’s Way on Origin 82522.
Gwilym Simcock playing Affinity from Reception on Basho Records SACD 24-2.
5 December 2009
The FSH Trio playing Backslider from Irony on Rattle RAT-J-1001.
Aldo Romano playing Cité Soleil from Just Jazz on Dreyfus FDM 46050 369202.
Christian McBride & Inside Straight playing Rainbow Wheel from Kind of Brown on Mack Avenue MAC 1047.
Gwilym Simcock playing The Way You Look Tonight from Perception on Basho Records SRCD 24-2, .
The Peter Bernstein Trio playing Work from Monk on Xanadu XA-0500-2.
Jeff “Tain” Watts playing Dingle Dangle from Watts on Dark Key DK 002.
Lars Danielsson playing Praying from Pasodoble on ACT 9458-2.
Lars Daniellson playing Pasodoble, the title track of the above CD.
Aldo Romano playing Maple Leaf Rag from Just Jazz on Dreyfus FDM 46050 369202.
28 November 2009
Trumpeter Freddie Hubbard and his band play D Minor Mint from Breaking Point on Blue Note 90845 2 7
I Mean You performed by tenor saxophone player Johnny Griffin, Ronnie Mathews on piano, Ray Drummond – bass and Kenny Washington on drums from Live / Autumn Leaves on Verve 523 261-2
Johnny Griffin, pianist Wynton Kelly, bass player Curly Russell and drummer Max Roach play It’s All Right With Me from Introducing Johnny Griffin on Blue Note CDP 7 46536 2
Hit the Road Jack played by John Scofield from That’s What I Say on Verve 0602498805343
Jimmy McGriff and the Hank Crawford Quartet play Splanky from Blues Groove on Telarc 83381
Guitarist Joe Beck plays Cuidado from The DMP collection on DMP
Strange Place for Snow from the Esbjörn Svensson Trio from the CD Retrospective – The Very Best of E.S.T on ACT 9021-2
John Coltrane and dummer Rashied Ali play Jupiter from Interstellar Space on Impule! 543 415-2
21 November 2009
From drummer Mike Clark’s Blueprint of Jazz Vol.1 we feature Like That on Talking House Records THR0809-018A
Pianist Young Um plays her own compositions Ocean of Trees and Chen-Chen from Distance on Ode YU0001
Drummer Mark Lockett and his band play an arrangement by Jordan Murray of Ornette Coleman’s The Blessing from Now and Then on MOVE MCD388
Chick Corea and Hiromi Uehara play a version of Lennon and McCartney’s Fool on the Hill from Duet on Concord Records CCD2-30735
Jim Hall and Bill Frisell perform a composition by Frisell – Throughout from Hemispheres and from the same release on Disc 2 I’ll Remember April with bassist Scott Colley and dummer Joey Baron - Artist Share AS0079
The Ahmad Jamal Trio with There is no Greater Love and Gone with the Wind from Complete Live at the Pershing Lounge 1958 on Gambit Records 69264
14 November 2009
The Miles Davis Quintet play Bye Bye Blackbird from Round About Midnight on CBS CDCBS62323
Rachelle Ferrell performs Bye Bye Blackbird on First Instrument on the Blue Note release 27820
Pianist Keith Jarrett, bass player Gary Peacock and drummer Paul Motian perform Bye Bye Blackbird on the live recording At The Deer Head Inn on ECM Records ECM 1531 517 720-2
Saxophonist Dave Liebman plays his version of Bye Bye Blackbird on the CD Return of the Tenor / Standards on Double Time Records DTRCD-109
German pianist and his rendition of Bye Bye Blackbird from Blinds and Shades on Intuition 3372
Miles Davis in a live recording of Bye Bye Blackbird from At the Blackhawk on Giants of Jazz CD 53135
7 November 2009
Sonny Rolins (tenor sax) plays Blue from Saxophone Colossus on Essential Jazz Classics EJC55401
Italian Pianist Enrico Pieranunzi with Castle of Solitude and Never Before from Dream Dance on CamJazz CAMJ7815
Miles Davis and his Quintet including John Coltrane (tenor sax) with Well You Needn’t from the re-issue of Steamin’ on 52nd Street Records FSST03
Danish guitarist Ulf Wakenius plays the music of Esbjörn Svensson; Elevation of Love and Dodge the Dodo from Love is Real on ACT 9459-2
The Neil Cowley Trio play We’re Here to make Plastic from Loud, Louder, Stop on Candid CACD78551
Tenor Saxophonists Coleman Hawkins and Ben Webster play You’d Be So Nice To Come Home To from Coleman Hawkins encounters Ben Webster - The Complete Session on Essential Jazz Classics EJC55434
31 October 2009
Three Pillars by trumpet and flugelhorn player Chad McCullough from his album Dark Wood, Dark Water on Origin 82535
Vibraphone player Joe Locke’s Like Joe from Force of Four on Origin 82511
Katie’s New Handbag by Tim Davies Big Band from the album Dialmentia on Origin 82531
Pianist Jessica Williams plays Elaine from The Art of the Piano on Origin 82542
Anthony Branker & Ascent play Ascent from Blessings on Origin 82527
Ever Ever Land from Urban Nomad by Geof Bradfield on Origin 82510
Stella by Starlight from Art-Work by Hal Galper on Origin 82524
Ray Levier with his group play Ray’s Way from the album of the same title on Origin 82522
24 October 2009
1. Grace Kelly (alto sax) and Russell Malone (guitar) play Alone Together. It’s followed by You Don't Know What Love Is, from GRACEfulLEE on Pazz Productions PAZZ15-8
2. Huong Thann & Nguên Lê play Plantation Song, a traditional, from Fragile Beauty on ACT 9451-2
3. Mario Pavone, Paul Bley and Matt Wilson play Quest from Trio Arc on A Playscape Recordings Production PSR100807
4. The Five Peace Band performing The Disguise written by Chick Corea on Concord 31397
5. Awful Coffee by Carla Bley And Her Remarkable Big Band on Appearing Nightly on WATT WORKS Inc. / ECM Records Watt/33.
6. Bebo Valdés and Javier Colina play Waltz for Debby by Bill Evans and Andalucia by E. Lecuona on Live at the Village Vanguard, Norte 8869 721111 2
7. Kate McGarry sings Let’s Face the Music from If Less is More… on Palmetto Records PM2135
3 October 2009
1. The drummer Ray Levier leads Bait Tone Blues by Mike Stern from Ray’s Way on Origin 82522.
2. E-L-B plays the title track of Dream Flight (Benita) on Act Music 9467.
3. John Taylor plays his own composition The Woodcocks from Overnight on Sketch 333022.
4. Mostly Other People Do The Killing play Drainlick from their album This Is Our Moosic on Hot Cup Records 082.
5. Plexus, performed and composed by Cedar Walton from Seasoned Wood on HighNote 7185.
6. Mark Copland plays his composition Another Place from the album of the same name on Pirouet PIT3031.
7. Grace Kelly plays Just Friends from GRACEfulLEE on Pazz Productions 15-8.
26 September 2009
1. The Chick Corea New Trio play Fats Waller’s Jitterbug Waltz from Past, Present & Futures on Stretch Records SCD-9035.
2. Anat Cohen plays Jitterbug Waltz from Notes from the Village on Anzic Records ANZ-1302.
3. The Miles Davis Quintet, with John Coltrane, plays On Green Dolphin Street (Kaper) from Fran-Dance on Village Records.
4. The Samsom Nacey Haines Trio play On Green Dolphin Street from Open to Suggestions on Ode CDMANU5078.
5. Enrico Rava plays Easy Living (Rainger/Robin) from the album of the same name on ECM 1760 981 2050.
6. Sonny Rollins plays Easy Living from Volume 1 of Road Shows on Doxy Records B0012165.
7. E-L-B play Montreal by their bass player Michel Benita from Dream Flight on Act Music 9467.
19 September 2009
Presented by Tim Dodd
1. Donald Harrison plays Cissy Strut from Free to Be on Impulse IMP 12832
2. The Fo'tet plays Urban Omen from Ralph Peterson Presents the Fo'tet on Blue Note CDP 7 95475
3. Earl Hines plays Shoe Shine Boy from Classic Trio Sessions on Lone Hill Jazz LHJ 10329
4. The Modern Jazz Quartet and Laurinda Almeida play Valeria and Foi a Saudade from Collaboration on Gambit 69273
5. Christian McBride plays Tones for Joan's Bones from Number Two Express on Verve 529 585
6. Jacky Terrasson plays I Love Paris from Jacky Terrasson on Blue Note CDP 8 29351
7. Lester Young and Teddy Wilson play Taking a Chance on Love from Pres and Teddy on Verve 831 271
8. The Zawinul Syndicate plays Madagascar from 75 on Heads Up HUCD 3162
12 September 2009
Presented by Tim Dodd
1. Oscar Peterson and Count Basie play Exactly Like You and S & J Blues from Satch and Josh on Pablo PACD 2310-722
2. Joe Henderson plays Joshua from So Near, So Far on Verve 517 674
3. Herbie Hancock and Wayne Shorter play Meridianne - A Wood Sylph from 1 + 1 on Verve 537 564
4. Charlie Haden and Kenny Barron play Spring is Here from Night and the City on Verve 539 961
5. Gary Peacock and Bill Frisell play Reciprocity from Just So Happens on Postcards POST 1005
6. Chick Corea and Friends play Oblivion from Remembering Bud Powell on Stretch SCD 9012
7. The Bad Plus plays This Guy's in Love with You from Prog on Heads Up HUCD 3125
5 September 2009
Presented by Tim Dodd
1. Jimmy Smith plays Side Mouthin' from Verve Jazz Masters #29: Jimmy Smith on Verve 521 855
2. Kenny Kirkland plays Ana Maria from his 1991 self-titled album on GRP GRD 9657
3. Jim Hall and Ron Carter play Alone Together from the album called Alone Together on Original Jazz Classics OJCCD 467
4. Yellowjackets and guest guitarist Mike Stern play 3 Circles from Lifecycle on Heads Up HUCD 3139
5. Johnny Hodges, Ben Webster and others play Reelin' and Rockin' from The Soul of Ben Webster on Verve 527 475
6. Don Byron plays Snibor from Bug Music on Nonesuch 79438
7. Lambert, Hendricks and Ross sing Things Ain't What They Used to be from The Hottest New Group in Jazz on Columbia CK 64933
29 August 2009
Presented by Tim Dodd
1. Charlie Parker plays Donna Lee, Chasin' the Bird, Cheryl and Buzzy from The Complete Original Master Takes: The Savoy Recordings on Savoy Jazz ZDS 8801
2. Dinah Washington sings Ill Wind and What Is This Thing Called Love from Forever Dinah (originally released as Dinah!) on Emarcy 842 139
3. Miles Davis plays Human Nature (originally from You're Under Arrest) from Cool and Collected on Columbia 684 784
4. McCoy Tyner plays Back Bay Blues from Land of Giants on Telarc CD 83576
5. Charlie Haden and Quartet West play The Left Hand of God from Now is the Hour on Verve 529 827
6. Ornette Coleman plays City Living from Sound Museum: Three Women on Verve 531 657
7. Dinah Washington sings Lover, Come Back to Me from Dinah Jams on Emarcy 814 639
22 August 2009
1. Samsom Nacey Haines Trio playing Song for Luka and Pete's Blues from Open to Suggestions on Ode CDMANU 5078
2. Norman Meehan playing Tumbling Hair, In Time of Daffodils and The Sky was Candy from Sun Moon Stars Rain on Attar 506040
3. Murray McNab Group playing Marco Polo's Return from Astral Surfers on SDL SCD 8045
4. Broadbent Gibson Smith playing Sonny's Step and Sweet and Lovely from Together Again on Ode CDMANU 2055
5. Richard Adams and Nigel Gavin playing Pointing to the Exit from Recent Works on Ode CDMANU 3004
15 August 2009
1. Igor Butman playing Friends Song and Water Skis from Magic Land on Sony 88697190152
2. Kenny Barron playing The Traveller from The Traveller on Sunnyside SSC 3079
3. Anat Cohen playing Washington Square Park from Notes from the Village on ANZIC ANZ 1302
4. Nels Cline playing Prayer Wheel from Coward on Cryptogramophone CG141
5. Sonny Rollins playing Tenor Madness from Road Shows Vol. 1 on Doxy B0012165
25 April 2009
1: Stuff Smith playing Blues For Timme from Live At The Montmartre on Storyville STCD 4142.
2: Eric Dolphy playing his tune Something Sweet, Something Tender from Out To Lunch on Blue Note 98793.
3: Toots Thielemans & Kenny Werner playing Autumn Leaves from Toots Thielemans & Kenny Werner on North Sea Jazz Records 014 722.
4: Yusef Lateef playing his composition Brother John from Live At Pep’s Volume 2 on Impulse! 547 961.
5 & 6: Steve Turre playing African Shells: third interlude – happiness and Sanctified Shells, from Sanctified Shells on Verve 514 186.
7: The Dino Saluzzi Group playing El Camino from Mojotoro on ECM 1447.
8: Bela Fleck and Chick Corea playingSpectacle from The Enchantment on Concord CCD 30253.
9: Jean Luc Ponty & His band playing The Acatama Experience & Back In The Sixties from The Acatama Experience on Koch CD 4233.
18 April 2009
1: Enrico Rava playing his tune Thank You, Come Again from New York Days on ECM2064.
2: Dena Derose playing Speak Low from Live At Jazz Standard on Maxjazz MXJ 504.
3: The Nick Granville Group playing Somewhere You’ve Been from Wishful Thinking on FMR Records FMR 9004.
4: Guillermo Klein and Los Guachos playing Yeso from Filtros on Sunnyside SSC 1177.
5: New York Voice singing On A Clear Day from A Day Like This on MCG MCGJ 1031.
6: Enrico Rava playing Lulu from New York Days on ECM2064.
7: New York Voices singing Noticing The Moment (A Moment’s Notice) from A Day Like This on MCG Records MCGJ 1031.
11 April 2009
1: Miles Davis playing his tune Spanish Key from Live At The Fillmore East on Columbia C2K 85191.
2: John McLauglin playing his tune Inside Out from Floating Point, a Mediastarz Monaco disc with no number.
3: The Tony Williams Lifetime playing Vuelta Abajo from Spectrum The Anthology onVerve 314 537 075.
4: Trio Beyond playing Saudades , the title track of the CD on ECM 1972/73.
5: The Billy Cobham Anthology playing Some Skunk Funk from Rudiments on Rhino 8122 74287.
6: Randy Brecker playing Strap-Hanging from Some Skunk Funk on Telarc SACD 63647.
7: Spyro Gyra playing Extrovertical from Original Cinema on Heads Up HUCD 3074.
4 April 2009
1: Arturo O’Farrill and The Afro-Latin Jazz Orchestra playing Caravan, from Song For Chico on Zoho ZM 200804.
2: The Mulgrew Miller Trio playing Road Life from Live At Yoshi’s Volume Two on Maxjazz MXJ 212.
3: Kenny Wheeler and The Hugo Wolf String Quartet playing Other People fromOther Peopleon Camjazz 5029.
4: The Don Cherry Quintet playing Complete Communion from Live At Café Montmatre on ESP-Disk ESP 4032.
5: The Phil Woods Quintet playing I Remember You from American Songbook 11 on Kind of Blue 10022.
6: Rosario Giuliani playing I Remember Astor from More Than Ever on Dreyfus DRE 36669.
7: The Hal Galper Trio playing Dear Old Stockholm from Agents of Change on Fabola 11.
28 March 2009
Women in Jazz
1: Charmaine Ford playing Itchy Thought from After The last Dance on FMR Records FMR 9005.
2: Judy Niemack singing A Crazy Song To Sing (Misterioso) from Blue Nights on Bluejazz BJ3353.
3: Abbey Lincoln singing Throw It Away from Abbey Sings Abbey on Verve B 0008900.
4 & 5: Mojave playing Poinciana and Blue Skies from Well Dressed Standards on Manu CD Manu 5061.
6 & 7: Tineke Postma playing Barcelta and Comprendo from A Journey That Matters on Foreign Media Jazz 93524.
8:Esperanza Spalding singing She Got To You and Mela from Esperanza on Heads Up HUCD 3140.
10: Tineke Postma playing A Flower is A Lovesome Thing from A Journey That Matters on Foreign Media Jazz93524.
21 March 2009
Recent Releases
1: Aaron Parks playing Travelers from Invisible Cinema on Blue Note 5099 5 09011.
2: The Cleveland Jazz Orchestra playing Marking Time from The Surprise of Being on CJO Records CJO 001.
3: Dave Douglas and Keystone playing Tough from Moonshine on Greenleaf GRE-06.
4 & 5: Bob Belden playing Falling Down and Tess from Three Days of Rain on Sunnyside SSC 1153.
6: Wallace Roney playing Vater Time from Jazz on High Note HCD 7174.
7: Jackie Terrasson playing Caravan from Mirror on Blue Note 0946 3 91185.
17 March 2009
1: The Marcin Wasilewski Trio playing Diamonds and Pearls from January on ECM 2019.
2: John Scofield playing The House Of The Rising Sun from This meets That on Emarcy 06025 173 408-5-5.
3: The Brad Mehldau Trio playing Fifty Ways To Leave Your Lover from Day Is Done on Nonesuch 79910.
4: Tim Ries playing Honky Tonk Woman from The Rolling Stones Project on Concord CCD 2260.
5: The Bad Plus playing Life On Mars? from Prog on Do The Math Records through Emarcy 060251 7268326.
6: Norma Winstone singing Here Comes The Flood from Distances on ECM 2028.
7: The Bill Carruthers Trio playing Roses Blue from Keep Your Sunny Side Up on Pirouet PIT 3021.
8: Trio Sud playing Sweetest Somebody I Know from Young and Fine on Dreyfus FDM 46050 369 172.
7 March 2009
1: The Pat Metheny Group playing Tell It All from Tell It All on ECM 1278.
2: Marc Johnson’s Bass Desires playing Sweet Soul from Second Sight on ECM 1351.
3: The Tomasz Stanko Quartet playing Kattorna from Lontano on ECM 1980.
4: The Brad Mehldau Trio playing Granada from Day Is Done on Nonesuch 79910.
5: Norma Winstone singing Distance from Distances on ECM 2028.
6: Kenny Wheeler playing Smatter from Gnu High on ECM 1069.
7: Keith Jarrett playing his composition Semblence from Facing You on ECM 1017.
8: The Dave Holland Quartet playing Processional from Extensions on ECM 1410.
28 February 2009
Back To Back – Two Contrasting Versions of the Same Tune
1: Chick Corea playing Smile from Expressions on GRP Records GRP 97732.
2: The Pete McGuinness Jazz Orchestra playing Smile from First Flight on Summit DCD 481.
3: Joe Chindamo playing This Guy’s In Love With You from Anyone Who Had a Heart on Larrikin LRF 499.
4: The Bad Plus playing This Guy’s In Love With You from Prog on Do The Math Records (through Emarcy) 0602517268326.
5: Johm McLaoghlin playing The Peacocks from The Promise on Verve 529 828.
6: Tierney Sutton singing A Timeless Place (The Peacocks) from Unsung Heroes on Telarc Jazz CD-83477.
7: Trio Sud playing Infant Eyes from Young and Fine on Dreyfus FDM 46050 369172.
8: The Pete McGuinness Jazz orchestra playing Infant Eyes from First Flight on Summit DCD 481.
9: Aaron Parks playing Riddle Me This from Invisible Cinema on Blue Note 50999 5 09011.
21 February 2009
1: The Dave Holland Sextet playing Fast Track from Pass It On on Dare2 5310667.
2: The Bill Stewart Trio playing Knock On My Door from Incandescence on Pirouet PIT 3028.
3: Steve Turre playing Rainbow People, the title track of the album on High Note HCD 7181.
4: Chick Corea playing It Could Happen To You from Expressions on GRP Records GRP 97732.
5: Brian Blade and The Fellowship Band playing Return Of The Prodigal Son from Season Of Changes on Verve BOO 10696.
6: The Kurt Rosenwinkel Group playing The Remedy, the album’s title track on Artist Share AS 0077.
7: The Dave Holland Sextet playing Processional from Pass It On on Dare2 5310667.