Music Videos
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Thelonious Monk 'Crepuscule With Nellie'
The inimitable Monk in a solo performance of one of his own beautiful and evocative compositions. Continue reading
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Art Blakey & the Jazz Messengers – 'Moanin'
In this live performance filmed in 1958 Art Blakey and the Jazz Messengers present the tune “Moanin'”, composed by Charles Mingus, from their album of the same name and my very first Jazz Messengers album. Continue reading
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Video: Bronx Hip-Hop Duo Rebel Diaz, Live From Occupy Wall Street March
The hip-hop brother duo Rebel Diaz attended the Occupy Wall Street march in Lower Manhattan yesterday, and stopped to tell Democracy Now! why they came down from the South Bronx to join thousands of others demanding change. As they walked along Broadway towards Zuccotti Park — the heart of the protest encampment — they performed… Continue reading
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Art Blakey & the Jazz Messengers 'Goldie'
From deep in the archives, here’s a video featuring Art Blakey’s Jazz Messengers Performing live in Paris during the late 1950’s. At the time the bands members were, Wayne Shorter, Jymie Merritt, Lee Morgan, Bobby Timmons, and of course Art Blakey, an all star line up if ever there was one. Continue reading
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Marcus Miller 'Run for cover'
This video was filmed live in Japan in 1991 with Marcus Miller on bass, Everette Harp sax, and Poogie Bells drums. Continue reading
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Jimmie Lunceford Orchestra: 'Taint What Ya Do'
Sax man Jimmy Lunceford and his Orchestra dating back to 1939 titled “Taint What Ya Do” a popular song also recorded during the same period by singer Ella Fitzgerald and others. Continue reading
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Jimmie Lunceford Orchestra: ‘Taint What Ya Do’
Sax man Jimmy Lunceford and his Orchestra dating back to 1939 titled “Taint What Ya Do” a popular song also recorded during the same period by singer Ella Fitzgerald and others. Continue reading
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Wayne Shorter ' Speak No Evil' Blue Note Session
24 August 2011 — Mosaic Records 1964 was a momentous year for the indefatigably creative Wayne Shorter, culminating with the Christmas Eve recording of his classic “Speak No Evil,” a bold statement as a composer and as an improviser. Continue reading
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Francis Wolff Blue Note Photos – John Coltrane 'Blue Train'
24 August 2011 — Mosaic Records The very first Coltrane album I bought! ‘Blue Train’. It blew me away. Wore that damn album out. The changes still resonate in my head. Check out the rest of Francis Wolff’s fabulous photography for those early Blue Note Albums on the Mosaic site. Continue reading
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New Atlantis – Part Two: How musicians rebuilt New Orleans
More from the interview with jazz writer John Swenson. How jazz musicians pulled together to save New Orleans the city after the federal levee failures. Includes footage from one of the first big second line parades after the flood, a memorial parade for a murdered artist, and musician Glen David Andrews speaking at the Silence… Continue reading
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Video: New Atlantis – Part One: How musicians rebuilt New Orleans
24 August 2011 — Jazz on the Tube Continue reading
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Charles Mingus Trio 'Summertime'
This recording of Mingus’s version of the George Gershwin classic “Summertime” was made in New York City on July 9, 1957 with Charles Mingus on bass; Hampton Haws piano; and Danny Richmond on drums. Continue reading
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Bill Evans 'Very Early/Times Remembered / My Bells'
16 August 2011 — Jazz on the Tube Continue reading
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Rahsaan Roland Kirk – 'Misty/I Want to Talk'
“Misty/I Want to Talk” performed by Rahsaan Roland Kirk in Montreux, 1972. Continue reading
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Video: 'OW!' James Moody, Dizzy Gillespie
Jazzfestival Bern, Switzerland 1985, Dizzy Gillespie (tp), James Moody (ts), Gene Harris (p), Ray Brown (b), Grady Tate (d) Continue reading
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The Subject Is Jazz – The Future of Jazz – Art Farmer & Billy Taylor
Billy Taylor’s’ 1958 TV show, “The Subject Is Jazz,” featuring Bill Evans, Tony Scott, Art Farmer, Jimmy Cleveland, Doc Severinsen, Ed Thigpen, Mundell Lowe, Eddie Safranski and George Russell. Continue reading
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Abbey Lincoln: “Throw it away”
The amazing and totally under-rated Abbey Lincoln (and wife of drummer Max Roach) on a later version (2007) of ‘Throw it Away’. Continue reading
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McCoy Tyner ‘Giant Steps’
McCoy Tyner’s solo piano work is an all-too-rare confined to opening numbers at some concerts and the occasional solo album. This 1996 Hamburg appearance features his mentor John Coltrane’s classic “Giant Steps.” Continue reading
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Jimmie Lunceford and His Dance Orchestra 1936
A Vitaphone short subject which is important for being the only real glimpse we have of this dynamic big band filmed in NYC July 1936. Willie Smith, Joe Thomas, Paul Webster and Jimmy Crawford are among the band members featured which also includes spots for vocalist Myra Johnson and the dance team of the Three… Continue reading
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Herbie Hancock ‘Chan’s Song’
Herbie Hancock (piano), with Karreim Riggins (drums) and Christain McBride (bass) perform “Chan’s Song” on the show “Spectacle” Continue reading
The New Dark Age 