Definitely been neglecting the jazz thing, but now I’m back, with a couple of months of videos featuring performances of Thelonious Monk’s famously challenging “Brilliant Corners”. Geoffrey Keezer with Benjamin Shepherd, bass, and Christian Euman, drums. Recorded live at Sam First, Los Angeles, CA on June 17, 2018. Posted by Geoffrey Keezer.
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They Got Rhythm: How George Gershwin begot Lester Young, Charlie Parker, and Thelonious Monk
Back in 1930, George Gershwin wrote a tune, “I Got Rhythm”, whose underlying chord structure proved a god-send to jazz musicians for decades to come. “Rhythm Changes” served as the basis for dozens of jazz tunes, which served, in turn, for some of the greatest performances in jazz. We’ll start off with the original, served…
Danny Zeitlin—“Rhythm-a-Ning”
Danny taking a deep dive. Posted by Jazz Video Guy.
Cedar Walton Trio—“Blue Monk” & “Rhythm-a-Ning”
Circa 2013, shortly before his death. Not bad for a 79-year-old man. No information on the other musicians. Posted by talaverajazz
Leighton Harrell Quartet—“Let’s Cool One”
Definitely a dark night at the club, specifically, the Poetry Jazz Café, last October, featuring Virginia MacDonald, clarinet, Ben Maclean, guitar, Leighton Harrell, bass, and Graham Villette, drums. Posted by Jacob C. For more on the Quartet, go here
Johanna Jarl—“Let’s Cool One”
Johanna Jarl, with Fredrik Carlquist, tenor sax, and Tom Warburton. Bass. Johanna sings her own lyrics for this one. Recorded in Sitges, Spain, November 20, 2016. Posted by FC Jazz
The Monk Project—“Let’s Cool One”
Yeah, I have been awfully lazy when it comes to the jazz portion of Literature R Us. Well, blame it on the coronavirus, or the damn heat, or my damn laziness. This track is sans video, from an outstanding album released in 2012, The Monk Project, a session organized by Jimmy Owens. The superb lineup…
Girl Talk—“Let’s Cool One”
Bodil Niska, sax, Tine Asmundsen, bass, and Elizabeth Walker, piano. From their 1992 album, Talkin’ Jazz. Posted by kdtchon, who gave zero information about the gals, so I had to sleuth it all down myself, irritating because there is a (fairly) well known dj named “Girl Talk”, an album by Prince, a tune by Neal…
Monk’s Sphere—“Let’s cool one”
Monk’s Sphere is a Scandinavian jazz group dedicated to guess who. Hailing from Sweden are Dina Grundberg (vocals), Alex Lassila Oscarsson (piano), Anton Berndts (bass), Vincent Hagstöm (guitar), and Henrik Bergström (drums), while Laura Kjeldsen (tenor sax) represents Denmark. Posted by Alex Lassila Oscarsson Jazzlinjen åk 1
Gilad Hekselman Trio—“Let’s Cool One”
Gilad on guitar, Jeff Ballard, drums, and Joe Martin, bass. Sundae Jazz Club, Paris, March 2015. Posted by Gilad Need more Monk? Of course you do, Go to Mostly Monk