Great Performance Clips
Sonny Rollins, Weaver of Dreams, 1959
Sonny Rollins, Green Dolphin Street, Denmark 1968
Sonny Rollins, very strong in 1980.
John Coltrane, I Want to Talk About You
Coltrane, On Green Dolphin Street, 1960.
Coltrane Walkin’ and The Theme
Coltrane compilation, 1960-65. Enormous change!
Johnny Vidacovich, New Orleans drummer
Ben Webster in 1965
Ben Webster, How Long Has This Been Going On.
Ben Webster, Old Folks.
Coleman Hawkins struggles to synch with a track, Charlie Parker snickers.
Coleman Hawkins in 1962.
Coleman Hawkins in 1967 playing Body and Soul.
Lester Young et al in Jammin’ the Blues, 1944.
Lester Young et al in 1950.
Lester Young, Billie Holiday, et al, Fine and Mellow.
Benny Carter, in a Mellow Tone
Michael Brecker, Delta City Blues
Brecker, Lovano, Liebman, Locomotion
Brecker, Hargrove, Hancock, 2002
Brecker, Metheny Timeline 2000
Brecker in the studio. Cool to hear him in isolation. Also, same old issues we all face in the studio.
More Brecker in the studio.
Yet more Brecker in the studio.
One more Brecker in the studio.
Bob Mintzer w/Yellowjackets, 2011
Steve Grossman, Dave Liebman, Elvin Jones, Gene Perla, 1973
Jerry Bergonzi and Hal Galper, All the Things You Are
Paquito D’Rivera, clarinet. Incredible, effortless.
Ivo Papazov, clarinet. Intricate Bulgarian music.
Ivo Papazov on some morning TV show.
Desmond w/Brubeck, Take Five 1964.
Desmond and Brubeck duet on the blues.
Thelonious Monk, Blue Monk 1958. Count Basie is the listener in the curve of the piano.
Monk w/ C. Rouse, 1966. Norway and Denmark.
Seamus Blake, The Jupiter Line
Seamus Blake w/BANN
Seamus Blake at Smalls. Bill Stewart!!
Seamus Blake w/Andreu Zaragoza
Chris Potter, It Could Happen to You
Chris Potter Documentary “Open Minds.”
Chris Potter Underground, Dakota Jazz Club
Chris Potter 2004
Chris Potter w/Daniel Szabo, 2009
Mark Turner, Jeff Ballard, Chris Lightcap
Eddie “Lockjaw” Davis w/Count Basie, Cherokee
Eddie “Lockjaw” Davis w/Basie, Whirlybird
Lockjaw, fragment of Jumpin’ at the Woodside w/Basie
Lockjaw in 1977, This Can’t Be Love
Lockjaw in 1985, I Can’t Get Started
Count Basie in 1965. A whole set.
Miles Davis in 1967. A whole set.
Miles in Antibes, 1969.
Weather Report in 1976. A whole set.
Mike Stern and Bob Berg, Chromazone
Bob Berg w/Miles Davis, 1985
Joe Henderson, Dave Holland, Al Foster live set
Joe Henderson, John Scofield, I Loves You Porgy
Stan Getz and Astrud, Girl from Ipanema from some movie
Stan Getz 1966 w/Gary Burton.
Stan Getz from International Hour, 1963. I wish I could see the whole program!
Getz 1983 w/Chet Baker.
Stan Getz, Soul Eyes 1990.
Stan Getz and Kenny Barron, First Song (For Ruth)
Bird and Diz on American TV, 1952.
Cannonball Adderley, Jive Samba
Cannonball Adderley w/Nat and Yusef Lateef, 1963, German TV.
This is how Woody Herman’s band looked and sounded when I first heard them. Giant Steps, 1977.
John Ellis in store, New Orleans 2008
Seamus Blake and BANN, Way Out Willy
Joel Frahm, Summer 2012, Segment. TONE.
George Garzone, McBride, Blade, Chasin’ the Trane
Duke Ellington feat. Johnny Hodges, Isfahan
More Dexter. What’s New? His speech and his playing have the same phrasing.
Dexter Gordon, Lady Bird. Matt T. sent this with a note about Dexter’s great, relaxed technique.
Ellery Eskelin 2011
Ellery Eskelin 2008
Elvin Jones, Dave Liebman, Steve Grossman, Gene Perla
Billie Holiday, Lester Young, Fine and Mellow
Lucky Thompson, I’ll Remember April
Chick Corea, Bob Berg, Steve Gadd, Eddie Gomez, Humpty Dumpty
Jaco Pastorius, Bob Mintzer, Donna Lee
Jaco Pastorius, Bob Mintzer, The Chicken
Joni Mitchell w/Jaco, Brecker, Metheny, Alias, Mays. Whole concert.
Bennie Wallace disguises All The Things You Are
Herbie Hancock, Headhunters, 1974
Eddie Harris 1969. Early electronics. Embouchure that serves enormous range.
Eddie Harris w/Scofield 1994. Bill Stewart, dms.
B. B. King from Bill Ferris’ film Give My Poor Heart Ease
Raymond Scott Quintette, Powerhouse
Redd Foxx, an entertainer from a time when a little singing and dancing were expected.
David Evans, Sax and Clarinet 