a love supreme
i listened to it everyday for a week. i also read the book by ashley kahn, which gave great detail and insight into the quartet, the session, the live show, and much more. quite revealing. check out my thoughts in the podcast
fourth 20/20
binker golding “abstraction of reality past & incredible feathers”
gene ammons “boss tenor”
mark de clive-lowe “take the space trane”
bryan lynch “the omni-american book club”
freddie hubbard “here to stay”
the awakening orchestra “this is not the answer op. 72”
cedar walton “cedar’s blues”
kendrick scott “the source”
aberdeen “downpour”
mike stern “neesh”
tony allen “the source”
gary peacock & ralph towner “oracle”
ellis marsalis “heart of gold”
marcus printup “lost”
luciana souza “speaking in tongues”
sam gendel “satin doll”
swiss jazz orchestra & jim mcneely “paul klee”
xavier davis “rise up detroit”
sean watkins & matt chamberlain
wynton kelly “kelly great”
a quick note of chagrin and gratitude. the global pandemic has a vast reach and certainly has more devastating effects outside of my own personal bubble. my thoughts go to those who struggle to manage their personal challenges with this mess. in our space, there are several music performances that won’t happen. they won’t be realized by the student musicians, shared with the community, enjoyed by their friends and loved ones. my saxophone kids were ready to slay the carnival of venice, piazzolla etudes, jacob tv, florent schmitt, rudresh manthappa heads, and claude t. smith’s fantasia. my jazz kids were tackling jacob mann, omar thomas, miho hazama, darcy james argue, orrin evans, lauren baba, omer avital, and the deep library of cole porter. they’re rolling with the punches and washing their hands afterwards. these students of mine are an inspiration, a joy to teach, and make me a better person.
love & light.
third 20/20
sonny fortune “infinity is”
laurence hobgood “tesseterra”
orrin evans “the evolution of oneself”
tobias meinhart “in between”
charlie mariano “helen twelve trees”
the royal krunk orkestra “pyramids”
mihály dresch quartet “hungarian bebop”
amanda monaco “glitter”
bryan lynch & emmet cohen “questioned answer”
chris speed “really ok”
tarbaby “the end of fear”
victor gould “clockwork”
linda oh “walk against wind”
kirk knuffke “pound cake”
roman ott “seeing people”
james taylor “american standard”
endless field “endless field”
grant calvin weston “dance romance”
gerry hemingway “the whimbler”
young jazz rebels / madlib “slave riot”
brian blade
brian blade fellowship “season of change”
chris potter “gratitude”
bill frisell “the sweetest punch”
joe henry “scar”
İlhan erşahin “virgo”
joni mitchell “taming the tiger”
black dub
wayne shorter “emanon w/orpheus”
second 20/20
yazz ahmed “polyhymnia”
sir roland hanna “glove”
myra melford “guest house”
sherman irby “organ starter”
darius brubeck quartet “live in poland”
theon cross “fyah”
gary crosby’s nu troop “migrations”
tyft “smell the difference”
dresser/ochs/tarasov “a jones in time saves nine”
jon batiste “anatomy of angels”
charlie haden “the golden number”
hush point “III”
alice coltrane “ptah the el daoud”
hampton hawes “for real”
chon “grow”
lou donaldson “midnight creeper”
brian krock “big heart machine”
michael leonhart orchestra “the painted lady suite”
ibrahim maalouf “s3ns”
kenny drew “undercurrent”
gary burton
gary burton “whiz kids”
gary burton quartet “ring”
gary burton & ralph towner “matchbook”
gary burton “seven songs for quartet and chamber orchestra”
gary burton “like minds”
gary burton quartet “common ground”
gary burton quintet “dreams so real”
dave holland
dave holland “good hope”
dave holland & pepe habichuela “hands”
dave holland quartet “dream of the elders”
dave holland quartet “extensions”
dave holland big band “what goes around”
joe henderson “so near, so far”
gateway “in this moment”
first 20/20
andrew hill “change”
reuben wilson “break beats”
herbie hancock “inventions and dimensions”
unc greeley “the romeo & juliet project”
peter herbolzheimer rc&b “colors of a band”
kiefer “happy sad”
ethan iverson “costumes are mandatory”
martin speake “duos for trio: the music of béla bartok”
jeff cosgrove “hunters & scavengers”
gary smulyan “alternative contrafacts”
el eco “puerto de buenos aires 1993”
noah preminger “after life”
chris byars “new york city jazz”
dan weiss “utica box”
tomeka reid “old new”
fresh cut orchestra “mind behind closed eyes”
ahmad jamal “all of you”
eminem “music to be murdered by”
bill mchenry “ben entrada la nit”
kim cass “kim cass”
final 25
ben van gelder “among verticals”
art blakey “ a night in tunisia”
ben goldberg “the practitioner”
benjamin herman “deal”
shoko nagai “vortex”
charles mingus “mingus mingus mingus”
melissa aldana “visions”
the charlie parker remix project “bird up”
klaus könig “the h.e.a.r.t. project”
new and used “consensus”
cory hills “the lost bicycle”
bob belden “miles from india”
ornette coleman “something else”
olivier bogé “the world begins today”
müm “summer make good”
chris potter “sirens”
avishai cohen “playing the room”
charlie rauh “hiraeth”
ari hoenig “lines of oppression”
oded tour “the translator’s note”
masada “live in sevilla”
bill frisell & thomas morgan “epistrophy”
john coltrane “ballads”
gigi gryce “when farmer met gryce”
dave liebman “petite fleur: the music of sidney bechet”
anthony braxton
anthony braxton “live at moers”
wolf eyes “black vomit”
dave brubeck “all the things we are”
braxton/graves/parker “beyond quantum”
“anthony braxton’s charlie parker project”
anthony braxton & max roach “birth rebirth”
anthony braxton & ran blake “a memory of vienna”
fourteenth 20
horace tapscott “in new york”
icp orchestra “the music of herbie nichols & thelonious monk”
jazzrausch big band “bruckner’s breakdown”
dré hočevar “motion in time”
mulgrew miller “gru’s time”
allison miller “glitter wolf”
mike lebrun “shades”
greg ward “touch my beloved’s thought”
ryan keberle & catharsis “the hope i hold”
mareike wiening “metropolis paradise”
dave douglas “devotion”
harry connick jr “celebration of cole porter”
dave douglas “engage”
dominic miller “absinthe”
terri lyne warrington “structure”
clark terry “the happy horns of clark terry”
meshell ndegeocello “devil’s halo”
june tyson “saturnian queen of the sun ra arkestra”
jacky terrasson “push”
talib kweli & madlib “liberation”