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Jazz Content Curator with emphasis on where jazz has been, where it is now, and where it will go. Recognized ERP and EAM Consultant, Free Thinker, Avid Reader, Actor, Writer, Humanist!
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Simply Beautiful!
Recorded LIVE in 1984 on the mainland of Venice at the Mestre Venezia by pianist Mal Waldron and Tenor Sam Rivers - Mal Waldron & Sam Rivers Live in Mestre Venezia, a sublime duo performance that was recently released...
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I Thought About You
YouTube video by Mal Waldron - Topic
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November 29, 2025 at 7:56 PM
Recorded outside at the sea on the island of Zakynthos, bassist Petros Klampanis's shimmering new release- Latent Info: Sea Sessions -offers three exquisite spontaneous performances at sunrise with Kristjan Randalu (piano) and Ziv Ravitz (drums)...
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Petros Klampanis – Over the Calypso Deep (sea sessions) ft. Kristjan Randalu & Ziv Ravitz
YouTube video by Petros Klampanis
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November 29, 2025 at 7:09 PM
If not familiar with the Post-Bop wizardry of The Banger Factory...from their euphonious release Warriors with:
Mark Kavuma: Trumpet
Theo Erskine: Tenor Saxophone
Ruben Fox: Bass Clarinet
Deschanel Gordon: Piano
Conor Chaplin: Double Bass
Luca Caruso: Drums
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Warriors, Pt.1
YouTube video by The Banger Factory - Topic
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November 29, 2025 at 6:19 PM
Sometime for your Sat morning/early afternoon
From the 2002 (hard to believe it was more than 20 years when I first heard this) release by then 23 year old German pianist Christian Elsässer- Venice - with Marc Abrams on bass and Guido May on drums, the radiant opener...
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San Andrea
YouTube video by Christian Elsässer - Topic
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November 29, 2025 at 5:44 PM
This song was on the 2013 album by the late, great Kenny Wheeler - Mirrors- & did feature vocalist Norma Winstone
and the London Vocal Project. I was surprised to see this pop up in my new release collection this morning, and now including bassist Dave Holland...Love the song!
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Will You Walk A Little Faster
YouTube video by Dave Holland - Topic
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November 29, 2025 at 1:14 AM
While it may have been Monk's Mood, Charles Lloyd and the Marvels make it their own, aa they recreate the haunting moodiness...from the 2021 Tone Poem with
Charles Lloyd – sax
Reuben Rogers – bass
Eric Harland – drums
Bill Frisell – guitar
Greg Leisz - pedal steel guitar
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Monk's Mood
YouTube video by Charles Lloyd & The Marvels - Topic
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November 29, 2025 at 12:10 AM
Hauntingly Beautiful...
The first collab between Charles Lloyd and Bill Frisell and it was worth the wait ...from the 2016 Charles Lloyd & The Marvels I Long To See You with
Charles Lloyd -TS/ flute
Bill Frisell-G
Greg Leisz – pedal steel guitar
Reuben Rogers-B
Eric Harland -D
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La Llorona
YouTube video by Charles Lloyd & The Marvels - Topic
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November 27, 2025 at 12:23 AM
Saxophonist multi-instrumentalist Nicolas Masson from his stunning 2018 #ECM Release Travelers with Colin Vallon on piano, Patrice Moret on double bass, and Lionel Friedli on drums.
And this moody and mysterious Euro Post Bop slow burner...
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Gagarine
YouTube video by Nicolas Masson - Topic
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November 26, 2025 at 9:50 PM
Composed by John Zorn, the scintillating Flaga: Book of Angels, Vol. 27, continues Zorn's Book of Angels Series, and brings in a powerhouse Post Bop Trio with
Craig Taborn - piano
Christian McBride - bass
Tyshawn Sorey - drums
And this Trio goes to work on the opener...
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Machina
YouTube video by John Zorn - Topic
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November 26, 2025 at 8:15 PM
Makar Novikok, is one of the best known bassists in Russia, & has performed with Jimmy Cobb, Clark Terry, Jimmy Heath and James Spaulding...new enticing new Euro Post Bop album Long Journey with
Olivia Trummer-P
Alex Sipiagin-TRP
Gianni Gagliardi-TS
Donald Edwards-D
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Free Fall
YouTube video by Makar Novikov - Topic
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November 26, 2025 at 6:56 PM
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November 25, 2025 at 9:08 PM
Tenor Joe Henderson elegantly & exquisitely captures the haunting melancholy of this Billy Strayhorn standard...From the 1968 album The Kicker with
Mike Lawrence - trumpet
Grachan Moncur III - trombone
Kenny Barron - piano
Ron Carter - bass
Louis Hayes - drums
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Ron Carter - Chelsea Bridge - from The Kicker by Joe Henderson Sextet - #roncarterbassist
YouTube video by Ron Carter Bassist
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November 25, 2025 at 5:24 PM
With the Dave Brubeck, reedsman Paul Desmond did a "Take 5", on 1963 first small jazz quartet release, Desmond takes "10"...FYI, apparently Desmond and Brubeck had a interesting association that included forced babysitting...with
Jim Hall-G
Eugene Wright-B
Connie Kay-D
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Take Ten
YouTube video by Paul Desmond - Topic
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November 25, 2025 at 4:11 PM
From the Swedish jazz scene, a most Under the Radar group...The Bladverk Band ...
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Foggy Sunday
YouTube video by Bladverk Band - Topic
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November 25, 2025 at 3:08 PM
From the final album for pianist Duke Pearson, the 1974
It Could Only Happen With You with
Burt Collins, Joe Shepley - TRP
Kenny Rupp-TRB
Hermeto Pascoal – flute
Al Gibbons – AS, alto flute
Frank Foster – TS
Bob Cranshaw – bass
Mickey Roker – drums
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Lost In The Stars
YouTube video by Duke Pearson - Topic
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November 24, 2025 at 9:32 PM
Fans of solo jazz piano will want to check out the sublime new release from legendary Cuban pianist Omar Sosa entitled Sendas. The solo piano session was recorded live at at Fazioli Concert Hall in northern Italy
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Caribbean Movement
YouTube video by Omar Sosa - Topic
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November 22, 2025 at 7:46 PM
One of those album with new reveals on every listen...Dutch trumpeter Suzan Veneman and her sextet from gorgeous new release The Art of Letting Go
Jasper van Damme, soprano sax
Vincent Veneman, trombone
Timothy Banchet, piano
Tijs Klaassen, bass
Wouter Kühne, drums
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Promise Me
YouTube video by Suzan Veneman - Topic
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November 22, 2025 at 7:36 PM
Drummer Art Blakey always made it a point to bring in the best of Next Gen jazz artists, from Wayne Shorter to Keith Jarrett, Lee Morgan, Branford Marsalis, and on the fantastic new release Art Blakey and the Jazz Messengers - Strasbourg 82, a young Terence Blanchard who shines!
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New York (Live)
YouTube video by Art Blakey - Topic
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November 22, 2025 at 5:08 PM
From gorgeous new duo release Memories of Home by bassist Dave Holland & Guitarist John Scofield This tune was first released on 2018 Scofield's Combo 66 and is based on the chord changes from Herbie Hancock's rewire of "Scarborough Fair" on album The New Standard
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Icons at the Fair
YouTube video by John Scofield - Topic
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November 22, 2025 at 4:55 PM
Loving this stellar new album by drummer/pianist Gary Husband - Postcards From the Past. Been a fan of Husband's since his early work with John McLaughlin and Alan Holdsworth, and this album covers a wide range from Post-Bop to fusion , in line with his multifaceted career...
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Evocations of Burt Bacharach
YouTube video by Gary Husband - Topic
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November 22, 2025 at 4:14 PM
I look at lot of places for new jazz, or in the case of older releases, new to me. Sometimes the labels will send out notifications, sometimes I explore the sidemen on albums, and sometimes, the music finds me...like in this new release by guitarist Gary Smith...
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Invitation
YouTube video by Gary Smith - Topic
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November 22, 2025 at 2:33 PM
With whispers of Django Reinhardt, but expressed in modern jazz terms, Oslo Norway based guitarist Johan Tobias Bergstrom weaves beautiful melodic lines on 2024 Nova
With Jorgen Kroger Mathisen: violin; Hakon Huldt-Nystrom: bass; Thomas Antonio Debelian: percussion.
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Karaka
YouTube video by Johan Tobias Bergstrøm - Topic
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November 22, 2025 at 2:06 PM
Jazz Guitar fans might want to give this a listen...from the scintillating new release by Norwegian guitarist Johan Tobias Bergstrøm - Stella - with:
Jørgen Krøder Mathisen , violin
Håkon Huldt-Nystrøm, bass
Thomas Antonio Debelian, percussion, vocals
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Azalea
YouTube video by Johan Tobias Bergstrøm - Topic
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November 20, 2025 at 9:38 PM
If not familiar with dynamic duo that is Sinfonia de Carnaval, here you go...an exquisite cornucopia of colors & textures that swirl elegantly...the opening & title track
Anna Lang, cello, electronics, percussion
Alois Eberl, trombone, accordion, vocals, percussion, electronics
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Synthetic Carnaval
YouTube video by Sinfonia de Carnaval - Topic
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November 20, 2025 at 5:40 PM
Simply Beautiful...
Saxophonist and flautist Charles Lloyd, the ageless one as I call him, from his superb new homage to Duke Ellington, Figure in Blue, Memories of Duke with pianist Jason Moran and guitarist Marvin Sewell....
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Figure In Blue, memories of Duke
YouTube video by Charles Lloyd - Topic
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November 20, 2025 at 3:39 PM