There should be a statue in Jacksonville of this man. Do you know who without looking it up?

This video is part of a collection of videos which Frans Elsen recorded during workshops that Barry Harris gave at the Royal Conservatory in The Hague between 1989 and 1998. Frans Elsen was a very important Dutch pianist, arranger and educator of Jazz. He and Barry shared a mutual appreciation of each others music and were close friends. This material has been edited and selected by Frans himself. It gives a unique insight in Barry's wonderful ways of teaching and his extraordinary musicianship.

Please visit http://www.franselsen.com for info about Frans Elsen and his musical legacy. There is a special reference to these videos on that website. These videos are an important historical document of one of Jazz music's finest and foremost musicians and educators.

Attending the Wooten Brothers master class in High Point Friday night before the Coltrane Festival and while I'm pretty familiar with Victor I'm not very familiar with the rest of the family. Any song recommendations for Regi, Roy and Joseph, or for the brothers together? I have Spotify so if you're aware of any good playlists there please let me know.

Thanks

Like the title says. I want to write a piece about community health in jazz musicians (for better or for worse lol) and I want to see if anyone would be willing to be interviewed for something like this?

Deeply inspired by John Coltrane's "A Love Supreme" and Evan Parker's masterclass in multiphonics, this session is a raw, unedited expression of cosmic energy and pure vibration.

Check it out and let me know how it resonates with you!

Been getting more into jazz not from the US. As an outsider looking in, I'd prefer more Japanese or Latin American stuff.

I like Casiopea, Himiko Kikuchi and Seatbelt in terms of Japanese jazz, but haven't listened to any Latin American stuff in nearly 20 years and can't remember what I listened to so open season there.

Bonus points if it's bass centered with a good brass section. Must be on streaming.

Headed to Austin in November for a week, any jam session recommendations?

This album blew me away, chordless quartet with a lot of really interesting effects stuff / mixing that kind of filled the void that one might feel on a chordless quartet record. I'm kind of snobby about overwrought modern jazz mixing and I felt like this album struck a nice, musical balance.

I have a plan to buy it on Friday (bandcamp Friday), and am looking for recommendations of another 3 or 4 albums to buy where there are acoustic groups with interesting sonic things happening. Thank you

"​Pressed on the red-and-gold Champion label (manufactured by Decca Records), this 10-inch 78 RPM single features William "Red" McKenzie’s influential novelty jazz group, the Mound City Blue Blowers. Recorded in New York during the band's final studio run in early 1936, this session featured premier swing musicians including trumpet legend Bunny Berigan and drummer Dave Tough.

​Side A Track: "I'm Gonna Clap My Hands" (Riley–Farley) — Master: CH 60485 | Vocal by Billy Wilson

​Side B Track: "High Society Blues" (Williams) — Master: CH 60223

​Session Lineup: Red McKenzie (comb/kazoo), Bunny Berigan or Sterling Bose (trumpet), Forrest Crawford (clarinet/tenor sax), Dave Barbour or Carmen Mastren (guitar), Pete Peterson or Mort Stuhlmaker (bass), Dave Tough (drums), Billy Wilson (vocals)."

Above information is from the Discography of American Historical Recordings (DAHR): Hosted by the University of California, Santa Barbara (UCSB), this master database archives matrix records, recording dates (e.g., February 17, 1936, in New York for matrix 60485), master numbers, and original session personnel for Decca and Champion releases.

I have an ear worm baddd. What's this track? It's giving Miles Davis or some kind of muted brass sound... Please and thank you! https://voca.ro/14g5ZjsfIs3F

edit: this is just the opening phrase

My wife has come around to jazz over the past few years, mostly through me playing Bill Evans all the time. We’re starting a vinyl collection and I’m hoping to get some recs she’s going to like. She likes the melancholy / noir vibe.

Here’s my list so far:

Daoud OK
The offline le grande evasion 
Emil brandquist trio poems for travelers 
Blue earth sounds Cicero nights
Ali farka toure talking Timbuktu 
Yoni mayraz dybbuk tse 
Tom Misch & yussef dayes what kinda music 
Ryuchi sakamoto opus 
Terumasa hino city connection 
Sadao watanabe fire fly
Jiro inagaki and soul media breeze
Casiopea magic ray
Gilberto amoroso 
Getz/Gilberto 76 also 1964 
Hiroshi Suzuki - cat 
Coltrane plays the Blues 
Ryo Fukui - scenery, in New York 
Cannonball adderley - somethin’ else 
The Dave Brubeck quartet - time out 
 Bill evans - undercurrent, alone, everybody dig, you must believe in spring, from left to right, waltz for Debbie, moonbeams, explorations 
Art Blakey and the jazz messengers - moanin’ / just coolin’ 
Coltrane - ballads 
Erroll garner - ready take one
Oscar Petersen - plays the George Gershwin songbook / we get requests 
Herbie Hancock - maiden voyage 
Sunny Rollins - saxophone colossus 
Sonny Stitt-only the blues
Charlie parker with strings/
Mingus - ah hum 
Sholto letting go of forever 
Ahmad Jamal chamber music of the new jazz / awakening / happy moods
Hank Mobley with Art Blakey soul station 
Miles - birth of the cool, kind of blue, etc. legrand 
Clifford brown with strings 
Miles Davis- kind of blue 
Blue Mitchell-blue’s moods
Wayne shorter- speak no evil 
Tsuyoshi Yamamoto-midnight sugar 
Astrud Gilberto beach samba 

Edit—just wanted to say thanks to everyone posting!!!! My list is growing exponentially and these sound perfect!

The non beta is now available on the App Store. I have just begun exploring it. Trying to figure out how to best use it.

Anouar Brahem 4 feat. Dave Holland/ "After the Last Sky" Basel 2025.4.27.

Wrote a short jazz funk piece that uses these notes in a scale:

a a# c c# d# f f# g#

There's no corresponding scale I can find online because I was just freehanding and thought it sounded good. It seems to be close to an arabic scale? But I'm not too sure. Any help?

No wonder this album was reissued recently… never heard of it until today. The original pressing goes for big money so holler if you got it and please share your impressions of that particular pressing.

Hey everyone! My latest album is available to stream today!

"Can You Not " by Daniel DeLorenzo is the latest exploration of his anomalous compositional style and approach to the guitar. DeLorenzo's playing is complemented by the masterful musicianship of Theous Jones (drums) and Casey Toll (bass). The album features six original compositions and a reimagining of Robert Schumann's Kinderszenen Op.15 (Scenes from Childhood). Can You Not continues the musical relationship between the trio developed through countless improvisations and creative collaborations.

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Andy Bartosh plays "Close To You" (Comp. by Burt Bacharach)

(No AI, Comic effect: Final Cut)

Andy Bartosh: Guitar (as always, in a single take)

Programming: Keys, Drums, Bass

I found this version of Caravan which was very interesting to me, slower in tempo, sounded pretty old. I can't find any documentation on this besides the licensing to some obscure record label, they do however, credit Duke Ellington for this recording. I just need help Identifying where this recording is from or at least the year: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dyX-gV5CvJI&list=RDdyX-gV5CvJI&start_radio=1

Hello friends,

I work in the Music Office at CalArts and have been helping out with digitizing our Jazz Archive and wanted to share with this community if that's okay.

In 1990, Capitol Records began supporting an annual recording of new, original music from CalArts music students. This project was a way for Capitol to have a tremendous impact on the lives of many young, talented musicians.  Since then, we’ve recorded 34 albums at Capitol Studios and Evergreen Studios.

Now we are making the Jazz Archive available on CalArts YouTube channel!  

The Archive captures over three decades of original student compositions and performances, graphic design and cover art produced at CalArts.  

We will release one album every week, beginning with the first year, 1990.  The first CD features music by well-known alums including Ravi Coltrane, Ralph Alessi, Julie Spencer, Peter Epstein, Michael Cain, and Pedro Eustache.

Thank you!

Hello, it's my first time interacting with this community even though it's a subject i would really like to know more about.

I like to think i have a very broad knowledge of Jazz music but if i'm being honest for the past 6 years i just stuck with the most popular/known artists and from there i just keep finding more songs from the same 6 or 7 guys/gals.

There's also the matter of me not knowing what is the meaning of 'Jazz' exactly(what it entails). for me there's the guys who make songs instrumental only/ people who are known for being talented with a certain instrument(Miles Davis). And then there's the jazz of guys who sing songs and use their voice as the 'focus', the Rat Pack being a example. Are those the same thing?

Now for what i'm looking for, 1930's-50's Jazz artists that really dig in the blues. The Film Noir, Fatalist vibe, Rainy day, Hardboiled Detective in his office drinking his life away, until a new case pops up, Great Depression, Corruption etc etcetc.

I don't even know if the period correct equivalent exists, i saw it in LA Noire but that's from 2011, i did watch some noir movies from the time period, One that i really liked was 'Laura(1944)' but that was so long ago(3-4 years ago) that i dont remember much about the others.

And yes i did search for playlists on youtube/spotify but those are either mixed in with modern music, AI or too short. Its mostly my lack of knowledge about the subject limiting my methods.