Jazz Video of the Day

Bill Frisell & Thomas Morgan – Small Town

Bill Frisell
Duration: 2:22

"Plata o Plomo" from Tres Testosterones

HANG EM HIGH
Duration: 1:49

Shot during a Theyyam ritual in Payyanur, North Kerala, India on Jan 26-27, 2017.

Gnosis Teaser

Taylor Haskins
Duration: 1:00

TAYLOR HASKINS - analog EVI, synthesizers, piano, programming, trumpet with NATE SMITH - drum set FIMA EPHRON - electric bass (2,4) BRANDEE YOUNGER - harp (3, 8) NIR FELDER - guitar (2, 4) HENRY HEY - rhodes & wurlitzer electric pianos (4, 7, 9) JOSH ROSEMAN - trombone (6) TODD SICKAFOOSE - acoustic bass (3, 7, 9) DANIEL FREEDMAN - percussion (6, 8) JAMIE BAUM - alto flute (3)

In a Sentimental Mood

Emilia Vancini
Duration: 5:14

Music: Duke Ellington; Lyrics: Manny Kurtz; Photographs: Monica Vaccari.

Water (from the album Silent Light)

Dominic Miller
Duration: 4:24

Born in Argentina to an American father and Irish mother, guitarist Dominic Miller was raised in the U.S. from age 10 and then educated there and in England. Now he lives in France, though he has toured the globe for the past three decades. Aptly, Silent Light – Miller’s ECM debut, featuring him solo and with percussion accompaniment – has a very international feel, with the Latin influence strong in such pieces as “Baden” (dedicated to Brazilian guitarist-composer Baden Powell). “Le Pont” has an early 20th-century Parisian air, while “Valium” evokes Celtic tunes in the vein of Bert Jansch and “Fields of Gold” is a hushed instrumental take on one of Sting’s best-known ballads. Miller has long been known as Sting’s right-hand man on guitar – and co-writer of the worldwide hit “Shape of My Heart,” among others. Miller has also worked with the likes of Paul Simon, The Chieftains and Plácido Domingo. The guitarist’s playing has prompted praise from Simon, who points out, in a liner note to the album, that Miller “has a beautiful touch, with a fragrance of jazz and English folk.”

2017 NEA Jazz Masters Tribute Concert Webcast

Dee Dee Bridgewater

On April 3, 2017, the National Endowment for the Arts celebrated the 2017 NEA Jazz Masters with a tribute concert at the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts. The 2017 honorees are Dee Dee Bridgewater, Ira Gitler, Dave Holland, Dick Hyman, and Dr. Lonnie Smith. Musicians ranging from NEA Jazz Master Lee Konitz and renowned vocalist Dianne Reeves, to Hammond B-3 artist Matthew Whitaker (a 15-year-old protégé of Dr. Lonnie Smith) performed.

Gershwin For My Soul

Elijah Rock
Duration: 6:13

Elijah Rock, the man known popularly as Mr. Romance is one of his generations foremost interpreters of the Great American Songbook. His original song, Gershwin For My Soul, brings back the time of the greats with his richly expressive voice and magnetic stage presence. The verses and voices in the song seems to be as much a painting as a piece of free smooth jazz music. Just a few notes, and you have a beautiful film playing in your head of a serene nighttime cruise in an old Cadillac, or a lazy afternoon on a beach in Phuket, Thailand, watching as the sun sinks below the ocean blue. It's beautiful. It's Elijah Rock's Song.