Post by @pete_gitlin (@ellojazz) on Tue, 19 Sep 17 13:03:19 +0000 View Full Post The origins of a jazz standard..."The Way You Look Tonight" has been covered by many jazz artists, including Sonny Rollins, John Coltrane, Billie Holiday, Frank...
Post by @pete_gitlin (@ellojazz) on Mon, 18 Sep 17 12:57:47 +0000 View Full Post Darcy James Argue is re-inventing the big band, and has become a major figure in 21st century jazz. Here he is with his Secret Society performing "The Enemy Wit...
Post by @pete_gitlin (@ellojazz) on Sun, 17 Sep 17 18:12:33 +0000 View Full Post While listening to yesterday's video of Pat Metheny and Lyle Mays performing Phase Dance at the Montreal Jazz Fest in 1989, I saw another video from the same co...
Post by @pete_gitlin (@ellojazz) on Sat, 16 Sep 17 19:37:41 +0000 View Full Post "Phase Dance" was one of Pat Metheny and Lyle Mays' first really popular songs, from the Pat Metheny Group's self-titled CD in 1978. Here's a beautiful live per...
Post by @pete_gitlin (@ellojazz) on Fri, 15 Sep 17 19:11:08 +0000 View Full Post Bassist Christian McBride's Big Band featuring pianist Makato Ozone live in Yokohama, Japan in 2014, performing Freddie Hubbard's "Thermo". https://www.youtub...
Post by @pete_gitlin (@ellojazz) on Thu, 14 Sep 17 15:06:57 +0000 View Full Post Upcoming vocal star Cecile McLorin Salvant has developed a style that almost feels like a throwback to the days of Billie Holiday...she works her way around mel...
Post by @pete_gitlin (@ellojazz) on Wed, 13 Sep 17 13:05:54 +0000 View Full Post Yesterday we had the great piano solo of Brad Mehldau on Dizzy Gillespie's "A Night in Tunisia". Today, showing the breadth and depth of jazz, we present an ent...
Post by @pete_gitlin (@ellojazz) on Tue, 12 Sep 17 14:25:12 +0000 View Full Post Piano solo? You want to hear a piano solo? This is Brad Mehldau playing with the Joshua Reman Quartet (Redman on sax, Christian McBride on bass and Brian Blade ...
Post by @pete_gitlin (@ellojazz) on Mon, 11 Sep 17 12:28:30 +0000 View Full Post So your intrepid @ellojazz curator is releasing his new single, "Stay Strong" featuring Jacqueline Dunford today. It's not exactly jazz, but it's pretty jazzy! ...
Post by @pete_gitlin (@ellojazz) on Sun, 10 Sep 17 21:33:31 +0000 View Full Post Bill Evans performing one of his most beautiful songs, "Emily" with his trio at a private residence in Helsinki, Finland in 1969. Breathtaking... https://www.y...
