Just Jazz!

[Dandolin]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sr1dmWgQEtY

[Chankgeez]

Shepp knew

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s3sml2a0rok



https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u-utNLI-Cfo

[Chankgeez]

Oh, yeah, also:



https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-PT5R2_-OHo

[Heraclitus Akimbo]

Alas. But glad to hear this!

[Dandolin]

The Cab!


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LWc6jTfXcHk
#44

[Chankgeez]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J1nyR3si7lg

[Dandolin]

oh, now we are switching things up i see

Gate's technique always blows me away to see

and despite my general appreciation for Clark's technical capabilities, this is ultimately near the level of those Benson/Santana duets on Midnight Special for the exposure he suffers at Gate's hands*
and all that comes before we even hear Leon Rhodes or the great Snuffy McClurglin** on the steel
gotta love how much casual virtuosity was slung out there on network tv back in the day

*Gate sure did love that one lick tho
**okay, okay, Cal Freeman dag dat beard

[Dandolin]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jjA_xGbmokA
#44

[Heraclitus Akimbo]

Another 180, here's some more local-folks documentation I done did! My music series is (hopefully) shifting back to live shows, so for the last video shoot at the arts centre I work at I got permission to use the (very nice) piano, so I set up a few sets with folks on that.

Set 1: Diane Roblin with Glen Hall and Bruce Cassidy

Synopsis: Lots of veteran savvy in this crew. Diane is a force on piano, super-deep knowledge. Glen is one of the few folks on earth who has worked with both Gil Evans and Lee Ranaldo. Bruce brought out his EWI and some very gnarly textures.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pJg1wSIyfu8

Set 2: Karen Ng

Synopsis: saxophonist by trade, Karen spent some pandemic downtime sitting on the floor playing guitar, trying to bypass theory and training to get to a less-mediated form of musical exploration. I figured the same idea would work for piano as well, especially after I saw some footage from the recent Weather Station tour where she was an emergency fill-in on keybs for a few nights.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wE4NL3aVCnY

Set 3: bUDi with Kelvin Mansaray

Synopsis: bUDi (a.k.a Nick Dourado) is a true polymath, jaw-droppingly good on keys and saxes, and more than capable at guitar, lap steel and probably sixteen other things. More into joy and deep spiritual vibes than technical prowess, though. I hadn't met violinist Kelvin before this, but he's from the same Halifax ferment as Nick — they both did their work in the famous Jerry Granelli improvisation workshop and they've been playing enough together that there's a lot of telepathy going on.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FBtUeCm9Y-8

[Dandolin]

excellent, HA - love getting access to this stuff because there's a sea out there and i don't always hear about it all

also - now YT's feeding me the #44 - it's a movement, lol

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i6_bivIUuE4
but you need to up your game a little, YT - this is well-played, but '78 was about more than just tight happy-happy smoove grooves

[Dandolin]

back to core values - cleanse the palate from that mirin-soaked item from yesterday:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v6y_i_f7IyA
#44
[pay no attention to the chucklehead YT commenter - the album was released in '78, not '77]

[Heraclitus Akimbo]

Ooo, burying the lede there. Could have just told me: #dextergordoncontent

Edited to add: just discovered that the album that's from is called "Philly Mignon", and now my day is complete.

[Chankgeez]

Good stuff, you guys!

This one's for Lurker13:



https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=flGzRNa-T-o

(bonus: it's from '78)

[Dandolin]

[and it's better than that jawn i posted above ]

[Dandolin]

havin' a little trouble finding a streamable version of anything from Roscoe Mitchell's 1978 album "L-R-G / The Maze / S II Examples" - so here's a nice rendition of "LRG" from 1998:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g2WntBqEGGw
with the fulsome intro by George Lewis, could maybe cross-post this to the "musicians you love talking about music" thread