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We have a lot of ground to cover this week. After our starting half-hour of 21st century music, we have a compare/contrast of Charlie Parker versus a Kevin Hays deconstruction of "Scrapple from the Apple."
The day of broadcast on WHYR was Art Tatum's birthday; so we have a rare recording of an airshot from WTAM radio in Cleveland, when Art was 24 years old. We continue our Sonny Rollins celebration with a sideman gig for J.J. Johnson in 1949. We also celebrate the 50th anniversary of Ornette Coleman's Berkeley concert with his 12-year-old son on the drums along with Dewey Redman and Charlie Haden.
But of course, there's more, so give a listen. Inside or out, you'll enjoy the ride. Next week, the doctor 'spins' listener favorites from recent shows.
Playlist
Andrew Gould "Cool Off" from First Things First (Outside In Music) 00:00
Blue Note All Stars "Cycling Through Reality" from Our Point Of View (Blue Note) 07:21
Paul Samuels "Simone" from Speak (LKS Music) 15:57
Kevin Hays New Day Trio "Scrapple from the Apple" from North (Sunnyside) 23:32
Charlie Parker "Scrapple from the Apple" from Complete Royal Roost Recordings (Savoy) 28:53
J.J. Johnson "Elysees" from Trombone by Three (Prestige) 33:03
J.J. Johnson "Opus V" from Trombone by Three (Prestige) 36:45
J.J. Johnson "Hi-Lo" from Trombone by Three (Prestige) 39:31
Art Tatum "Morning, Noon and Night" from Jazz Classics A-Z: Art Tatum (Storyville) 42:07
Art Tatum "When Day Is Done" from Jazz Classics A-Z: Art Tatum (Storyville) 46:27
Art Tatum "Stardust" from Jazz Classics A-Z: Art Tatum (Storyville) 49:25
Ralph Towner "Dolomiti Dance" from My Foolish Heart (ECM) 52:33
Betty Carter "I Didn't Know What Time It Was" from Finally (Roulette) 57:33
Bheki Mseleku "Yanini" from Timelessness (Verve) 1:03:33
Brian Charette "Tyrone" from Once & Future (Posi-Tone) 1:14:17
Ralph Peterson "Thabo" from Presents the Fo'tet (Blue Note) 1:19:22
Don Pullen "Perseverance" from Evidence of Things Unseen (Black Saint) 1:26:29
Ornette Coleman "Rainbows" from Ornette at 12 (Impulse!) 1:30:39
Ornette Coleman "New York" from Ornette at 12 (Impulse!) 1:40:21
Modern Jazz Quartet "Yardbird Suite" from The Modern Jazz Quartet at the Music Inn, Volume 2 (Atlantic) 1:48:40
Jazz combines creativity from the mind, heart, and the gut. It flourishes through structure and uses melody and rhythm to bridge the musician's creativity and the listener's
imagination.
I try to appreciate all forms of music and styles of jazz but find myself drawn to the hot music of the twenties through the early thirties, including its many contemporary
incarnations
Jazz combines creativity from the mind, heart, and the gut. It flourishes through structure and uses melody and rhythm to bridge the musician's creativity and the listener's
imagination.
I try to appreciate all forms of music and styles of jazz but find myself drawn to the hot music of the twenties through the early thirties, including its many contemporary
incarnations. Obscure and forgotten musicians of that period also interest me. I also enjoy Baroque and Classical music; much of that repertoire actually shares jazz's
emphasis on improvisation, creating tension over an underlying ground rhythm, and exciting formal variation.
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