Jazz Video of the Day

Catching Drift

Benny Benack III
Duration: 7:07

Featuring heavyweight solos from Benack and his band, Catching Drift is a studio track with an outsized, live show feel. The triple-threat Benack has assembled one of the best bands in New York for his forthcoming LP, and he absolutely unleashes them here on this original composition. “Catching Drift is midnight at Smalls,” explains Benack. “That New York energy. I knew I wanted to feature Chad Lefkowitz-Brown, because I knew it would be a great vehicle for him to go nuts. It’s one of my main vehicles for trumpet playing and instrumental music on the album.”

Nuvem Negra

Emilia Vancini
Duration: 5:00

The new single by Emilia Vancini: 'Nuvem Negra' is a song by Brazilian composer Djavan, arranged by Fernan Mejuto Vazques. The recording features Fernan Mejuto Vazquez on piano, Luciano Varela on double-bass and Diogo Carvalho on drums and percussion. 'Nuvem Negra' was recorded at Dippel Studio in Schiedam by Thomas Dippel. Mixing and mastering by Manolo Cabras.

Roots

Tamar Sagiv
Duration: 5:05

Following her Carnegie Hall solo debut, Israeli cellist, composer and improviser Tamar Sagiv is back with 'Roots', a solo cello piece that transcends genres.

Enough Is Enough

SoSaLa
Duration: 8:06

This is a protest song composed and performed by SoSaLa who was a supporter of the "Justice For Jazz Artists Campaign" ran by New York's Musicians Union Chapter Local 802. Directed at the 7 big jazz clubs in New York in 2014 who are still refusing to pay till to this day into the retirement pension funds of the musicians performing at their clubs as they promised it to the Musicians Union a long time ago?! In exchange they have been keeping the waived sales tax money. In this track Dr. Cornel West is featured. I picked his voice up from a YouTube video which is 13 seconds long and added it into the track. His voice very powerful and passionate giving this track some extra punch and meaning. He’s shouting that jazz musicians play an important role in our society. The African rhythm performed by Senegalese Mar Gueye and Masamba Diop was taken from the “Nu Persian Flamenco” track.

Raymond Scott Reimagined live performance featuring Gordon Goodwin and Quartet San Francisco

Quartet San Francisco
Duration: 2:13

Filmed at Yoshi's Jazz Club in Oakland, this montage chronicles the thrilling live debut of 'Raymond Scott Reimagined.' For the program, acclaimed Classical Crossover group, Quartet San Francisco was joined by Grammy/Emmy winner Gordon Goodwin and soloists from his Big Phat Band. This same dectet makes its live debut in Los Angeles (playing 'Raymond Scott Reimagined') on Sept 16, 2023 at the Write Off Room, Studio City, CA.

If I Loved You

Jazzville
Duration: 4:01

Jazzville gets vulnerable with this version of "If I Loved You," from the musical Carousel, written by Rodgers and Hammerstein, stripping down to the bare bones of raw love. Bronwyn Cronin's emotion unravels the messiness, complexity, and ultimately unpredictability of love's twists and turns.

Abraham Suite - I. The Fire featuring Antonio Sanchez

Mehmet Ali Sanlikol
Duration: 5:14

Turkish Hipster is the new album from pianist and composer Mehmet Ali Sanlikol and his dynamic ensemble Whatsnext? His latest video is the first movement of “Abraham” Suite, a work that was first commissioned by the Jazzaar Festival in Switzerland, which is intended to portray Abraham’s story according to Islam.