Morgan Meis has actually a touching memoir of Eric Hobsbawm, the late communist historian, up at The Smart Set. In particular, he quotes from Hobsbawm’s autobiography, Interesting Times: A Twentieth Century Life, telling me something about Hobsbawm that I didn’t know, that he loved jazz: Like the Czech writer Josef Skvorecky, who has written better…
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Chris Potter—“Bye ya”
Definitely dark. Jam Session – Guimarães Jazz 2011, Brazil. Chris Potter – Saxophone; Ralph Alessi – Trumpet; Andy Milne – Piano; Drew Gress – Bass; Mark Ferber – Drums. Posted by João Paulo
Jessica Williams—“Nutty”
https://youtu.be/pFFDkqFeBV4 In an earlier review of several dozen albums devoted to Thelonious Monk’s music, I wasn’t too crazy about Jessica Williams’ In the Key of Monk. But her new one, Deep Monk, sounds pretty good. Catch up with Jessica at her website here.
Chick Corea— “Rhythm-A-Ning”
More “Rhythm-A-Ning.” Chick Corea, piano, Roy Haynes, drums, Miroslav Vitous, bass. Posted by MuzzaJazz
Thelonious Monk— “Bolivar Blues”
https://youtu.be/CTijrDIU-m4 Monk in Japan in 1963 with Charlie Rouse, with a drummer and a bassist whom I should be able to identify but haven’t gotten around to it. Monk wanted the title to be pronounced something along the lines of the “Ba-loo Bolivar Ba-loos-a,” but that didn’t happen. The tune was named for the Bolivar…
Jon Gordon and Bill Charlap—“Bye-Ya”
Jon Gordon and Bill Charlap duo performing Bye-Ya Live at the Jazz Baltica Festival 2001. Posted by jongordonmusic
The New Yorker makes another unforced error! (probably)
A few weeks back I found a small but blatant error in the New Yorker, when author Daniel Mendelsohn managed to confuse “turbine” with “cylinder” when describing the engines of the ill-fated Titanic. In this week’s NY, Joan Acocella has a rather rambling article on dictionaries. In the midst of a discussion on slang, she…
Joe Pass—“Sweethearts on Parade”
Back in the fifties, the rise of rock ‘n roll was taking a lot of the fun out of jazz, causing Norman Granz to sell his entire Verve catalog, one of the richest in jazz, and move to Europe. A very rich man, he used his money to attract a lot of big names, including…
Penelope Kibby—“Still We Dream” (vocal version of Monk’s “Ugly Beauty”)
What you missed by skipping the 2009 End of year Jazz Vocal Recital, at the New Zealand School of Music. With Kate Fausett (Piano), Callum Goldie (Drums) and Rory Macartney (Bass). Posted by missjazzgirl “zhokandawe” tells us that Mike Ferro came up with the lyrics for Carmen McRae’s 1990 all-Monk album. “Ugly Beauty” is Monk’s…
The Virginia Governor’s School for the Arts Advanced Combo— “Monk’s Dream”
Performed at the Chantilly Jazz festival at Chantilly VA. on March 26, 2011. Posted by imnotu00