It’s “Straight No Chaser” month at Literature R Us. In fact, I may give this tune of Monk’s a two-month workout, for it seems to be remarkably popular. I guess I wasn’t paying attention. In any case, it’s Benny Troschel working the trompete, with Christopher Olesch on vibraphon, Felix Henkelhausen on bass, Artemiy Kosarev on…
Tag: jazz
Sopon Suwannakit—“Straight, No Chaser”
Sopon Suwannakit, piano, Teerawat Tanboot, bass, and Ben Poovaviranon, drums. Posted by Sopon Suwannakit
Benn Clatworthy quartet—“Little Rootie Tootie”
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
Min Xiao-Fen—“Misterioso” and “Ask Me Now”
https://youtu.be/TlkXTUL7VVU “Best” interpretations? Maybe not, but girl1 can work that ax. Performed at Brooklyn Public Library on March 3, 2013. Posted by Don Mount I say “girl” because it seems “girl” is the new “bitch”, and I want to keep up with the times. ↩︎
Joe Lovano & Greg Osby—“Ask Me Now”
Joe with Danilo Pérez. Greg Osby with Marc Copland, piano; Nir Felder, guitar; Joseph Lepore, bass, and Terri Lyne Carrington, drums. Posted by a7dana7
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
Al McLean and Jaleel Shaw—“Bemsha Swing”
Al McLean, Tenor Saxophone; Jaleel Shaw, Alto Saxophone; Bryn Roberts, Piano; Jason Davis, Bass. Posted by Randy Cole