Benn Clatworthy tenor sax, John Donaldson piano, Simon Thorpe bass, Josh Morrison drums. Performed at Seven Jazz Leeds, Leeds, UK, on Aug. 11, 2012. Posted by Steve Crocker
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Eric Reed Trio—“Blue Monk”
With Vincenzo Florio, bass, and Adam Pache. Posted by Gregory’s Jazz Club
Stan Getz—“Lester Left Town”
No word on the personnel, or anything else. It looks pretty seventies. Posted by Ray Aichinger Jazz
Wynton Marsalis Septet—“Brake’s Sake”
When Thelonious Monk signed with Riverside Records in the mid-fifties, producer Orrin Keepnews had elaborate plans for selling Monk to the greater jazz world, plans that included de-emphasizing Monk’s original compositions. Somewhat miffed, Monk, who miffed easily, took a gig as a sideman on a date with saxophonist Gigi Gryce and used the date to…
Chris Potter—“Ask Me Now”
Chris Potter, tenor sax, Andy LaVerne. piano, Rufus Reid, bass, and Adam Nussbaum, drums. Recorded at the Aebersold Summer Jazz Workshop, July 2015. Posted by Andy LaVerne
Art Pepper—“Rhythm a Ning”
Art Pepper, doing a very nice job with Monk’s take on Gershwin’s “I Got Rhythm,” known in the biz as “Rhythm changes.” With Milcho Leview, piano, Tony Dumas, bass, and Carl Burnett, drums. Not clear when it was filmed. Posted by Jazzoduc13
Schönegg/Berger/Khabirpour—“Light Blue”
“Monk & More”, aka Riaz Khabirpour, guitar, Stefan Schönegg, bass, and Leif Berger, drums, play one of Monk’s lesser known tunes at a REAL LIVE JAZZ concert in Cologne. Posted by Love Music
Played Twice—“Blue Bolivar Blues”
Dan Wood on piano, Nick Malcolm on trumpet, George Crowley on tenor sax, Olie Brice on bass and Simon Roth on drums. Performing at Servant Jazz Quarters, London, UK. Posted by Dan Wood
Oscar Peterson Ray Brown Niels Henning Orsted Pedersen
At the Montrose Jazz Festival, 1977. Posted by emanuele dimundo
Who’s Cooler, Prince or—OK, Screw It
For a while I had a meme, comparing whichever pop icon was in the news to the first pop icon I encountered, Hopalong Cassidy. But memes get old, and, judging from the worshipful coverage Prince is receiving, comparing the late guy who was formerly known as Prince to a B-movie cowpoke like Hoppy, whose name…