jazz
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Soundies: Black Music from the 1940s
13 October 2017 — Youtube A compilation of Black American music including Fats Waller. Wonderful stuff! Continue reading
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Video: 15th London African Music Festival presents: LEKAN BABALOLA’S SACRED FUNK
15 September 2017 — Vortex Jazz Club 28 September 2017 – Book Online Twice Grammy award winning Nigerian percussionist Lekan Babalola is well known for his innovative musical style, using his native Yoruba tongue infused with traditional music, Afrobeat and funky dance overtones. Awarded his first Grammy in 2006 for performances on the late Ali Continue reading
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You ain’t gonna know me ‘cos you think you know me – Louis Moholo-Moholo
I can’t get enough of this music, so here’s a very famous song, dedicated to former Blue Notes trumpeter, Mongezi Feza and written in his memory. From the album Spirits Rejoice! 1978 (Ogun). Continue reading
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An Interview with Louis Moholo-Moholo
13 April 2017 — Cafe Oto My friend, the fabulous, and apparently immortal Bra Louis Moholo-Moholo is performing at Cafe Oto tomorrow, Friday 14 April. It’s been nine months since he was here, so all you London bods who are into SA music should try and make it. He will be joined by longtime music Continue reading
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Video: Interview with NC Heikin, director of “The Sound of Redemption: The Frank Morgan Story”
30 November 2015 — Jazz on the Tube Interview with NC Heikin, director of “The Sound of Redemption: The Frank Morgan Story” Download the mp3 here NC called in from the set of “Boss” where Episode #8 was being filmed. “The Sound of Redemption” was conceived and co-produced by novelist and jazz fan Michael Connelly Continue reading
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Miles Davis at Juan-Les-Pins Jazz Festival 1969
2 October 2015 — Jazz on the Tube July 25th, 1969 at the Juan-les-Pins Jazz Festival, France Milestones, Footprints, ‘Round Midnight Miles Davis – trumpet Wayne Shorter – tenor and soprano saxophones Chick Corea – electric piano Dave Holland – bass Jack DeJohnette – drums Continue reading
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Thelonious Monk Quartet – ‘Epistrophy’
19 June 2015 — Jazz on the Tube The “Thelonious Monk Quartet” performing in Japan during May of 1963. Personnel: Thelonious Monk, piano; Charlie Rouse, tenor sax; Butch Warren, bass; Frankie Dunlop, drums Continue reading
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Live: Lambert, Hendricks and Ross with the Count Basie Orchestra – Avenue C
17 June 2015 — Youtube What can I say? I’ve dug them since I was a teenager. For a number of years, from the sixties, Jon Hendricks was living ‘in exile’ in London, and I used to bump into him into a small, and cheap Italian restaurant just off Charing X Road in Soho, and Continue reading
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Randy Weston Live in Spain
7 April 2015 — Jazz on the Tube Randy Weston performs in Spain in 1990. Personnel: Randy Weston, piano; Robin Kenyatta, alto sax; Eric Asante, drums Set List:1 “A Night In M’Bari”2 “Portrait Of frank Edward Weston”3 “Little Niles” Continue reading
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Bill Evans talks about his music: The Universal Mind of Bill Evans
One of my alltime favourite musos. Bill Evans is joined by his brother Harry for an in-depth discussion on jazz. The (fascinating) interview with Bill Evans on the nature of the creative process starts at 6:21. Continue reading
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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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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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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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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
The New Dark Age 