https://youtu.be/5CCRbwZdOGI Michael W. Davis – Drums; Sam Gendel – Alto Saxophone; Mike Rivett – Tenor Saxophone; Nils Weinhold – Guitar; Matt Davis – Guitar Posted by Michael Davis Recorded Live in New York, April 24, 2010
Tag: jazz
Greg Osby—“Ask Me Now”
Greg Osby, sax; Marc Copland, piano; Nir Felder, guitar; Joseph Lepore, bass; Terri Lyne Carrington; bass. Posted by li9one
North Texas Jazz Chamber Music—“Brilliant Corners”
Fuzzy widescreen, nice sound. Chris Reardon, tenor sax; Patrick Carr, piano; Rasmus Blixt, drums; Jimin Lee, vocals: Brian Casey, contrabass. Kenton Hall, University of North Texas on September 19, 2012. Posted by Brian Casey
Robert Rodi Trio —“Poppa’s Resolution” (“Ba-lue Bolivar Blues”)
Robert Rodi supplies lyrics to Monk’s tune, written in praise of the Bolivar Hotel, the sometime residence of the Jazz Baroness, Pannonica von Koenigswarter .With Matt Yeakley, guitar, and Bill Markus, bass. Performed at the Foundation Room in West Hollywood, CA, June 7, 20014. Posted by Robert Rodi.
Jan, Jan, & Maarten—“Misterioso”
From the “Bariton Festival” in Durgerdam, Holland, 7 Oktober 2012, featuring Jan Menu, baritonsaxofoon, Jan Voogd, contrabas, and Maarten van der Grinten, gitaar. The boys are a little slow off the mark, but eventually they make it work. Posted by jijimoso
MONK’estra plays Monk
“Little Rootie Tootie,” to be precise SAX: Bob Sheppard, Jeff Driskill, Justo Almario, Tom Luer, Tommy Peterson TRUMPET: Bijon Watson, Willie Murillo, Ray Monterio, Brian Swartz, Gabe Johnson TROMBONE: Francisco Torres, Wendell Kelly, Steve Hughes, Ryan Dragon BASS: Rickey Minor DRUMS: Gary Novak KEYBOARDS/MELODICA: John Beasley Additional musicians: Dwight Trible, Nayanna Holley, Andy Martin, Tony…
Thunk!—“Off Minor”
https://youtu.be/ScyQ96TIcyU This thoroughly Monkish group features Stephen Gauci, tenor sax; Kenny Wessel, guitar; Michael Bisio, bass; and Jeremy Carlstedt, drums. Arranged, and posted, by Stephen Gauci.
Das Wolfgang Schmidtke Trio im Bad Hersfelder Grebe-Keller
It don’t get no more German than this, does it? Wolfgang released a nice album, half Steve Lacy (with Steve himself soloing) and half Thelonious Monk, featuring Alex von Schlippenbach on piano. Alex is one of Monk’s premier modern interpreters, which I didn’t get around to telling you about last week. Since this clip is…
The Schlippenbach Trio
Alexander von Schlippenbach, Evan Parker, sax, and Paul Lovens, drums, in Ulrichsberg, 6/12/09. Posted by Shuffleboil
Count Basie and the Kansas City Five, 1979 Special
Count Basie, no longer young, but sounding pretty damn good. Posted by kcbigbandjazz