Jazz Video of the Day

Live from Vitello's

AXIOM
Duration: 7:06

Axiom performed at Vitello's E Spot on February 20, 2017. Featuring Pete Templer on guitar, Phil Templer on drums, Jared Stewart on keyboards, Frank Villafranca on saxophone, and Bill Owen on bass.

Recommended by Michael Ricci.

The Compass: Live at Pianoforte

Markus Rutz
Duration: 10:00

This live performance take of my original tune “the Compass" is from the first volume of my Blueprints album Figure One: Frameworks. It is a composition dedicated to my mother Lois Jo. The album version also features saxophonist Brice Winston who plays an emotive and energetic tenor saxophone solo immediately followed by the mysterious, searching style of Matt Gold’s guitar that develops into a groove.

Valentine - Vinyl Live Stream (Full Album)

Duration: 68:20

Bill drops the needle on his latest release Valentine (Blue Note) with Thomas Morgan (bass) and Rudy Royston (drums).

Mau Mau

Art Farmer
Duration: 5:17

Written by Quincy Jones and Art Farmer with Jimmy Cleveland, Cliff Solomon, Oscar Estell, Quincy Jones, Monk Montgomery and Sonny Johnson. The song that influenced “A Love Supreme."

Recommended by Michael Ricci.

Sonnet 138

Paul Grabowsky
Duration: 4:13

From Paul Kelly & Paul Grabowsky's album Please Leave Your Light On. Recorded in the David Li Sound Gallery at Monash University in Melbourne, Australia. Lyrics by William Shakespeare. Music by Paul Kelly. Video directed by Andy Doherty.

Naida

Christos Delasito
Duration: 10:18

Christos Sitokonstantinou is a classical percussionist and the heart of Delasito Project, which has evolved through the years as an act of personal artistic expression. Inspired by the distinctive, atmospheric sound of the vibraphone, Delasito Project have developed a series of original, vibrant compositions, influenced by jazz/funk, as well as classical music and free improvisation.

BLOOM featuring Adam O’Farrill

Dion Kerr
Duration: 6:41

Hypnotic repetition of lush chords drives the multiple layers of percussive syncopations on Dion Kerr’s first single “Bloom”, from his upcoming BACE Records release IVY. Throughout the track, Kerr evokes a worldly feeling while maintaining his compositional storytelling and eclectic sound. The main melodies remain simple, floating above the ever-changing backgrounds. Listeners are greeted by young trumpet phenom Adam O’Farrill midway through the song as he maneuvers his way through Kerr’s structure. The two have shared stages in New York City in the past but this is the first time they have been properly documented together. Setting the mood for the rest of IVY, “Bloom” gives a window into the sonic space which Kerr will “sound off” in.