Featured Jazz Videos

Akane Ezawa Quartet Live from Body & Soul in Tokyo

Akane Ezawa
Duration: 4:23
1,023 views

Akane Ezawa, an alto saxophonist of note in the Japanese jazz scene, performs with her leader band for the first time at Oh! Jazz.

Born in 1992. Raised in Kanagawa Prefecture. She started playing saxophone in junior high school and has been at the forefront of the scene since she was a student in the jazz course at Showa University of Music. 2019 saw her participate as a leader band in the Perth International Jazz Festivel in Western Australia, where she received great acclaim. Her rich improvisations with a thick midrange has a good reputation and her first album, Thaw, released in 2021, attracted a lot of attention. This time, she will lead top-level members David Bryant, Takumi Awaya, and Gene Jackson on stage. Her original numbers are also a highlight of the show, and you can enjoy her unique alto tone and her rich sense of composition at the same time.

I Was Born in Love With You

Andy James
Duration: 4:21
851 views

Andy James reflects on a night of love and connection echoing the song's heartfelt lyrics. With its evocative imagery, raw emotion, and amazing performance the video beautifully complements the song's poignant message of enduring love.

Radnor's Blue Latin

Simon Deeley
Duration: 5:37
724 views

The Steve King Big Band performs pianist and composer Simon Deeley's “Radnor's Blue Latin." Deeley named his composition after the county where he lives, Radnorshire (Welsh Borders), and the surrounding places in the area named “Radnor." “Radnor's Blue Latin" was arranged by Sheffield pianist and arranger Chris Noble.

A Letter to Bill Evans

Leon Lee Dorsey
Duration: 9:08
1,718 views

In late 2023 the trio of Michael Wolff (piano), Mike Clark (drums), and Leon Lee Dorsey (bass) recorded A Letter to Bill Evans in New York City. This is a brief peek into that session.

Chant

Roddy Ellias
Duration: 5:08
897 views

Chant is the second track on my new solo album Moon Over Lake. It's very much African influenced and is dedicated to Loïc Martin, a guitarist from Benin who moved to my home town, Ottawa, in 2000 and sadly passed away in 2020. As the title suggests, there is a repetitive melody or chant that is heard three times, each time with a different background texture. Like all African music, it's very rhythmically based and is in an odd time signature of 15/8.

West 4th St

Hyeonseon Baek
Duration: 4:10
873 views

"West 4th St" is the first single from the upcoming album, Longing, from South Korean, New York-based vocalist Hyeon Seon Baek. The lyrics are in Korean and English and tell the story of how the intense Jazz scene influenced him in New York City. The title is the name of the street where the jazziest neighborhood in the world is, and he lives. With Kevin Hays (piano), Linda May Han Oh (bass), Jochen Rueckert (drums) and Lucas Pino (tenor saxophone).

Awakening

Andrew Vogt
Duration: 3:02
1,510 views

The title track from bassist & composer Andrew Vogt’s upcoming full length album Awakening is a miniature jazz tone poem that elicits the emotions of new beginnings. Featuring Dustin Laurenzi (s Matt Ulery, Bon Iver) saxophone, Christian Euman (Jacob Collier), Stu Mindeman (Kurt Elling) and guitarist Joel Ream beautifully playing all the colors of a sunrise. This chill, rubato jazz composition is best enjoyed with your morning cup of joe.

Samba de Llanandras

Simon Deeley
Duration: 6:33
765 views

A video record of the Steve King Big Band (UK) recording the first of the big band arrangements of two Samba pieces by composer Simon Deeley. The arrangement of “Samba de Llanandras" is by fine Sheffield arranger and composer Chris Noble. The composer Simon Deeley named the piece after his home town the Welsh county town of Llanandras (UK) and, as he says, wishing it to be a light hearted tribute to the border town. The recording of “Samba de Llanandras" is due to be released this April. Visit Simon Deeley Music website or Facebook, for updates.

Watson's Blues

Martin Budde
Duration: 5:19
1,060 views

Martin Budde on guitar, Jonti Siman on bass and Evan Woodle on drums perform “Watson's Blues" by Bill Monroe at Paragon Seattle on March 16, 2022.

Recommended by Michael Ricci.

I'm the Big Chief of Congo Square

Donald Harrison
Duration: 8:48
1,041 views

We're marking Mardi Gras this year with a tune by the Big Chief himself, Donald Harrison. From his 2009 Nagel Heyer release, The Burners. Celebrate Mardi Gras with All About Jazz's Bacchus Time! playlist.

Recommended by Michael Ricci.