Jazz Video of the Day

SLR 5's New Band Experience: No Intiendo

Sal La Rocca
Duration: 1:59

Sal La Rocca, one Belgium​'s finest bass players with an illustrious career behind (and ahead) of him, is surrounding himself with young talent for this new exciting quintet. All new material and adventurous group interplay is on the menu! Sal La Rocca (double bass); Maayan Smith (tenor saxophone); Phil Abraham (trombone); Igor Gehenot (piano); Noam Israeli (drums).

Rues désertes

MarieVeronique Bourque
Duration: 6:57

I composed Rues désertes in the midst of the pandemic. Isolated in my house in Regina, I imagined the crowded streets of Old Quebec where I come from, completely deserted by tourists and citizens. This image which seemed unreal to me, I gradually gave it meaning. The more I wrote, the more I realized that I had a deep empathy for this city that I was reconnecting with through my mind. Little by little I mourned to find again the streets of before while feeling some comfort. I thought that nothing would be the same across the world, that people had and were going to change just like me, but that a new day was still dawning with its hopes. Rues désertes, it is first of all the tradition of the wooden spoons mixed with that of Morse communications. The old port of Quebec is not far away and reminds us of the history of this city. The acrobats do their pirouettes in front of the amazed children. The artists join the ball: musicians, sculptors and painters or designers. The crowd creates a breaking wave in the streets. The murmur amplifies and becomes sweet harmony. Flute: Marie-Véronique Bourque; Piano: Clément Robichaud; Drums and percussions: Olivier Bussières; Electric bass: Juan Cruz.

Jazz & Juice: Bordeaux meets Duke Ellington

Kristen Lee Sergeant
Duration: 6:18

Kristen explores Bordeaux's left bank by way of Duke's journey to Japan. You can read about it here.

Blues for McCoy

Matthew Alec
Duration: 6:30

From Matthew Alec and The Soul Electric's debut album 'Cleveland Time' on Cleveland Time Records.

The Sphinx

Steven Feifke
Duration: 7:06

"The Sphinx" is the latest offering from the Steven Feifke Big Band, and one of the standout tracks on their fiery new release “Kinetic" (available on Outside in Music). While 'Kinetic' formally introduces the multi- talented Steven Feifke, chances are you're already acquainted - he has appeared on over 30 albums all before turning 30 years old. The award-winning pianist, composer, arranger, bandleader and newly minted Yamaha Performing Artist shines brightly on his big band debut, and especially on “The Sphinx", featuring saxophonist Lucas Pino.

Underbelly

Stephanie Richards
Duration: 3:11

Underbelly is part of a body of inter-sensorial works for scent and sound by composer/trumpeter Steph Richards called SUPERSENSE. The music video is an animated surveillance fantasy that lives somewhere between John Carpenter's sci-fi thrillers and the Eames' Powers of Ten. The manic energy of the track first brought to mind the wildness of dancing atoms. Starting with that kernel of an idea, animator/director Cossa built outwards to create a loose paranoid narrative around the song's groovy hurtling musical figures.

Caravan

Markos Chaidemenos
Duration: 2:47

Markos Chaidemenos version of the classic jazz standard “Caravan" which is included in his recently released third album entitled Caravan. With Markos Chaidemenos (piano), Kimon Karoutzos (bass) and Panagiotis Kostopoulos (drums).