Music Videos
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Eddie Palmieri: ‘ La Perfecta’
18 December 2014 — Jazz on the Tube Pianist Eddie Palmieri performs with his band “La Perfecta” featuring the saxophone of Donald Harrison. Continue reading
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Jaco Pastorius at the Montreal Jazz Festival
1 December 2014 — Jazz on the Tube 1 hour of Jaco’s sonorous fretless bass! Wicked! Continue reading
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Bill Evans Trio: ‘Nardis’
8 November 2014 Recorded in London, March 19 1965. Wonderful stuff! Continue reading
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Jimmy Smith live, somewhere playing ‘Midnight Special’
19 October 2014 — Youtube A funky, rockin’ live version of a Smith composition, a blues ‘Midnight Special’ with, it’s either Mark Whitfiled or Phil Upchurch playing some wicked guitar. Continue reading
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Dexter Gordon Blows…
This is an unbelievable performance by Dexter Gordon, probably from Belgium in 1964. His solo is explosive and unendingly creative. These were the early years of his European residency and he was in the midst of making one classic Blue Note album after another. It looks like a very young George Gruntz and Daniel Humair… Continue reading
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Offering: Legendary John Coltrane Concert Recording
Here’s a documentary on the new release “Offering – John Coltrane Live At Temple University” from November 11, 1966. The original Temple University radio tapes of the concert were found and used. Continue reading
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Bobby Carcasses – ‘Emiliano Iro’
1989 release from Kingston born, Cuban mult-instrumentalist Bobby Carcasses – a supercharged latin jazz session of the highest order, punctuated with Carcasses’ amazing vocal riffs very reminiscent of the classic Cubano singers of the 30’s and 40’s. Continue reading
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Masters At Work: ‘I Can’t Get No Sleep’
8 September 2014 – Youtube I have to admit that some House music I’ve heard really turns me on, and especially when dancing to it. In particular, New York’s finest, Little Louie Vega, of Masters at Work, has put out some funky stuff that just rocks along. This track from Masters At Work ’10th Continue reading
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Art Blakey and the Jazz Messengers on Club 625: 1965
At last, the full half-hour show of Art Blakey & The Jazz Messengers on Club 625 in London in 1965 is available for viewing. What made this edition of the Jazz Messengers so special is that it featured tenor saxophonist John Gilmore, during his one year away from Sun Ra’s Solar Arkestra. It was anchored… Continue reading
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RIP Jazz Legend Charlie Haden; Watch His 2006 DN! Interview on His Life, Music and Politics
Legendary jazz bassist and composer Charlie Haden died on Friday in Los Angeles at the age of 76. Watch him discuss his music and politics in this September 1, 2006 Democracy Now! interview. Continue reading
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Thelonious Monk – ‘Evidence’
The Thelonious Monk Quartet live in Japan, 1963. Thelonious Monk, piano; Charlie Rouse, tenor sax; Butch Warren, bass; Frankie Dunlop, drums Continue reading
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More Andrew Hill – ‘Tough Love’
1 July 2014 — Youtube More solo Andrew Hill, I think from the same concert. Beautiful stuff Continue reading
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Andrew Hill: ‘East 19th Street’
One of my favourite artists. His compositions were labyrinthine, rhythmically and harmonically complex tunes that exhibit a sophistication born of mastery, not chance or contingency. As a pianist, Hill had a flowing melodicism and an elastic sense of time. Like his composing, Hill’s playing had an ever-present air of spontaneity and was almost completely devoid… Continue reading
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#Mintcasts: What the MSM won’t tell you about ISIS & greater plan to fragment Middle East
As the world’s eyes turn to Iraq, flabbergasted at the brutality and partial success of the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria, or ISIS, takeover of major Iraqi cities with the goal of building a so-called “Islamic state” under the banner of a Sunni awakening in Shiite-friendly nations like Iraq and Syria — both bordering… Continue reading
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Documentary: The Music of Miles Davis
The life and music of legendary jazz trumpeter Miles Davis are examined in the 1986 PBS documentary “Miles Ahead: The Music of Miles Davis.” Continue reading
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Marcus Miller at the Tbilisi Jazz Festival, 2013
Personnel: Marcus Miller, electric bass; Lee Hogans, trumpet; Alex Han, alto sax; Adam Agati, electric guitar; Brett Williams, piano; Robert “Sput” Searight, drums Continue reading
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Monty Alexander Live at Montreux ’94
Monty with a line-up to die for! Personnel: Monty Alexander, keyboards; Jean-luc Ponty, violin; Al Di Meola, guitar; Stanley Clarke, bass Continue reading
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Video: Los Van Van!
Juan Formell, who died Thursday, May 1, in Havana, was one of the most internationally recognized Cubans of his time, and an artist whose music transcended boundaries: national, generational, and political. Continue reading
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Weather Report: ‘Black Market/Scarlet Woman’
One of these songs is the title track off of Weather Report’s “Black Market.” That album was the the first of the band’s to feature new bass player Jaco Pastorius. Many critics characterize Weather Report as one of the earliest innovators in jazz fusion. Dozens of musicians’ participation in the group over a decade and… Continue reading
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Documentary on Gil Evans
14 May 2014 — Jazz on the Tube This documentary film follows the life of Gil Evans beginning with his youth in Stockton, California and his devout love for the jazz played by Louis Armstrong and Don Redman. Continue reading
The New Dark Age 