The Quarantined Jazz Voyager
As we await the opening of the country this Quarantined Jazz Voyager presses on with his listening to great jazz by placing on the turntable the classic Kenny Dorham disc titled Inta Somethin’. This live album by the trumpeter features performances recorded at The Jazz Workshop in San Francisco, California on November 13, 1961. It was released in the first quarter of 1962 on the Pacific Jazz label. Dorham contributed two originals to the set, track #1 and track #6.
Track Listing | 38:31- Una Mas ~ 7:13
- It Could Happen to You (Johnny Burke, Jimmy Van Heusen) ~ 6:00
- Let’s Face the Music and Dance (Irving Berlin) ~ 6:06
- No Two People (Frank Loesser) ~ 6:59
- Lover Man (Jimmy Davis, Ram Ramirez, James Sherman) ~ 5:01
- San Francisco Beat ~ 7:12
- Kenny Dorham ~ trumpet (except tracks 3 and 5)
- Jackie McLean ~ alto saxophone (except track 2)
- Walter Bishop Jr. ~ piano
- Leroy Vinnegar – bass
- Art Taylor – drums
As you listen and enjoy this wonderful addition to the jazz catalogue, I emplore you follow your conscience to stay healthy and encourage you to remain vigilant in your social distancing. During this sabbatical from jet setting investigations of jazz around the globe, this voyager’s choices are ever-present. The world will be back and so will I.
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The Quarantined Jazz Voyager
The Quarantined Jazz Voyager continues to social distance and in doing so continues to listen to some of the greatest recordings of the 20th century. This week the spotlight is on Forest Flower: Charles Lloyd at Monterey. It was recorded on two separate dates: in~studio in New York City on September 8, 1966, tracks 3 & 4, and live on September 18, 1966 at the Monterey Jazz Festival in Monterey, California. The album was produced by George Avakian and released on Atlantic Records on February 21, 1967.
Track Listing | 39:17- Forest Flower: Sunrise (Lloyd) ~ 7:18
- Forest Flower: Sunset (Lloyd) ~ 10:37
- Sorcery (Keith Jarrett) ~ 5:18
- Song of Her (Cecil McBee) ~ 5:24
- East of the Sun (Brooks Bowman) ~ 10:40
- Charles Lloyd – tenor saxophone, flute
- Keith Jarrett – piano
- Cecil McBee – bass
- Jack DeJohnette – drums
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Daily Dose Of Jazz…
Dimitar Bodurov was born on September 17, 1979 in Bulgaria and studied at the Conservatory of Sofia and the Rotterdam Conservatory, where he graduated in 2004 jazz piano and in 2006 jazz composition.
In 2000 Dimitar moved to Amsterdam, Netherlands and began performing throughout the country and Europe. He recorded his debut recording as a leader in 2004 titled Melatonic on the Acoustic Records label followed by his live sophomore release the same year titled Resumption Suite. He would go on to record solo and trio albums on both Dutch and Norwegian labels.
Bodurov ventured into composing for theater, opera, and orchestra. He has received several jazz awards, receiving a mention at the Martial Solal Jazz Solo Piano Competition in Paris. He has released a number of CD and digital albums as a leader, producer, and guest for Dutch and Norwegian labels. In 2012 he founded his own label Optomusic.
As an active event organizer, Dimitar has initiated several events: Jazz and Vino ~ a series of concerts with charity purpose in Varna, Bulgaria; Keys and Stix Festival ~ celebrating duets of piano and drums in collaboration with Bimhuis, Amsterdam & Unterfahrt, Münich; and since 2013, he has been the artistic leader of Radar Festival, Varna, Bulgaria.
Pianist and composer Dimitar Bodurov, who has worked with Randy Brecker, Didier Lockwood, Theodosii Spassov, Claron Mcfadden and Svetlin Rouseev, continues to compose, perform and record.
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Daily Dose Of Jazz…
Ayako Shirasaki was born on September 16, 1969 in Tokyo, Japan and started classical piano lessons at age five, and was intrigued by her father’s professional trombone-playing. By age twelve she began her professional career playing gigs at the “J” jazz club in Tokyo.
After attending the Tokyo Metropolitan High School for Arts, Shirasaki majored in classical music at the Tokyo National University of Fine Arts and Music and gave concerts as a classical pianist for several years after graduating before returning to play jazz.
Her 1997 move to New York City saw her pursuing a master’s degree at the Manhattan School of Music, studying with pianist Kenny Barron. Landing in the Park Slope neighborhood of Brooklyn, Ayako operates the Brooklyn location of the Sakura Music School, which specializes in teaching music to small children with an emphasis on those of Japanese ancestry.
Performing regularly in the New York area, she tours internationally, in addition to recording. Her debut trio album Existence brought drummer Lewis Nash and bassist Marco Panascia together in 2003. She has since recorded four addition albums, has been featured on Marian McPartland’s National Public Radio show Piano Jazz, and was a finalist in the Mary Lou Williams Women In Jazz Piano Competition in 2005 and 2006 and the Great American Jazz Piano Competition in 2004, 2005 and 2006. Pianist and educator Ayako Shirasaki continues to perform, tour, record, and teach.
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The Quarantined Jazz Voyager
Idle Moments by guitarist Grant Green is this week’s jazz album that the quarantined jazz voyager has chosen to spotlight. It was recorded on November 4 and 15, 1963 at Van Gelder Studios in Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey, however, it wasn’t released until February 1965 on the Blue Note Records label.
The album was produced by Alfred Lion and is best known for the title piece, a slow composition in C minor which lasts for nearly 15 minutes. Pearson, who wrote the song, explains in his liner notes to the album that the tune was meant to be much shorter. Due to the musicians repeating the main melody twice, however, there was some confusion as to whether or not one chorus would consist of 16 or 32 measures.
Track Listing | 42:45
- Idle Moments (Pearson) ~ 14:56
- Jean De Fleur (Green) ~ 6:49
- Django (John Lewis) ~ 8:44
- Nomad (Pearson) ~ 12:16
Personnel
- Grant Green – guitar
- Joe Henderson – tenor saxophone
- Duke Pearson – piano
- Bobby Hutcherson – vibraphone
- Bob Cranshaw – double bass
- Al Harewood – drums
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