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Silje Nergaard: This Is Not America (Metheny/Mays; lyrics David Bowie) - from Nightwatch, 2003
Piano: Tord Gustavsen; bass - Harald Johnsen; drums - Jarle Vespestad
Horns arranged by Magnus Lindgren
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Ordinary finds
From the latest hit to the wisdom of old...
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Steve Swallow: “You Didn’t Think” (music by Steve Swallow/poem by Robert Creeley, from his 1978 volume Hello) - from Home, 1980
Personnel: Sheila Jordan (voice); Steve Kuhn (piano); David Liebman (saxophone); Lyle Mays (synthesizer); Bob Moses (drums); Steve Swallow (bass)
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Red Garland — Please Send Me Someone to Love
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Red Garland Trio: Please Send Me Someone to Love - from Red Garland’s Piano, 1957
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The Gil Evans Orchestra: Where Flamingos Fly - from Out of the Cool, 1960
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One final jazz birthday: Joe ‘King’ Oliver, cornetist, band leader and composer: May 11, 1885 - 1938…
King Oliver’s Creole Jazz Band: St. James Infirmary, 1930
/w. Bubber Miley on trumpet and vocals by Frank Marvin
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Nat King Cole — The Song is Ended (But the Melody Lingers On)
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Nat King Cole: The Song Is Ended (But the Melody Lingers On) (Irving Berlin) - from Just One of Those Things, 1957
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Gerald Clayton: Future Reflection - from Life Forum, 2013
Album personnel: Gerald Clayton - piano; Joe Sanders - bass; Justin Brown - drums; Logan Richardson - saxophones; Dayna Stephens - saxophones; Ambrose Akinmusire - trumpet; Gretchen Parlato - vocals; Sachal Vasandani - vocals; Carl Hancock Rux - poetry
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Carla Bley & Steve Swallow: Lawns - from Very Very Simple - Live, 1996
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Carla Bley: Houses and People - from Sextet, 1987
Personnel: Carla Bley - organ, synth bass; Larry Willis - piano; Hiram Bullock - guitar; Steve Swallow - bass guitar; Victor Lewis - drums; Don Alias - percussion
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Birthday of Keith Jarrett (b. May 8, 1945) who - unlike virtually every other pianist in the world - has equal credentials within the strictly regulated world of classical music where the performer’s role is to interpret the composer’s score as exactly as possible, and within the world of jazz and free solo improvisation where Jarrett was the undisputed king throughout the 70s and 80s…
Keith Jarrett: Lalene - from Facing You, 1971
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One more Freudian title, and goodnight… Sweet Dreams!
Charles Mingus: All The Things You Could Be By Now If Sigmund Freud’s Wife Was Your Mother - from Charles Mingus Presents Charles Mingus, 1960
Personnel: Charles Mingus - Bass; Eric Dolphy - Alto Saxophone; Ted Curson - Trumpet; Dannie Richmond - Drums
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Tony Williams, Ron Carter, and H. Hancock — United Blues
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Tony Williams, Ron Carter, and Herbie Hancock: United Blues (Carter) - from Third Plane, 1977
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Willie Nelson — Let's Face The Music And Dance
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A track from WIllie’s new album:
Willie Nelson and Family: Let’s Face the Music and Dance (Irving Berlin) - from Let’s Face the Music and Dance, 2013
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Happy 114th birthday to Sir Duke - April 29, 1899 - 1974…
Duke Ellington (w/Max Roach & Charles Mingus): Fleurette Africaine - from Money Jungle, 1962
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Ella Fitzgerald: It’s All Right With Me (Cole Porter) - from Ella Fitzgerald Sings the Cole Porter Songbook, 1956
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