Oscar Peterson – Hymn to Freedom
A lovely gospel infused original from the godfather of swing.
Posted on 10 March '11 by admin, under piano. No Comments.
Monty Alexander – My One and Only Love
Lovely ballad from the Monty Trio of 1989.
Posted on 26 February '11 by admin, under piano. 2 Comments.
Jazz and funk blogs
Updated – Treasure troves of rare music, lumme! (updated, February2011)
Posted on 17 February '11 by admin, under Uncategorized. 6 Comments.
Joshua Redman selection
Four transcriptions on original trunes as played on ‘Freedom in the Groove’.
Posted on 27 January '11 by admin, under Uncategorized, sax. 1 Comment.
Kenny Werner – Blue In Green
Another lovely transcription of a standard by a contemporary keyboard master.
Posted on 22 January '11 by admin, under piano. No Comments.
Bill Charlap – Skylark (solo)
A lovely – and harmonically advanced – solo version of Skylark from this great contemporary pianist. Includes reference MP3 file.
Posted on 18 December '10 by admin, under piano. 3 Comments.
Tommy Flanagan – Peace
A lovely piece of jazz piano by a true master – includes reference MP3 too.
A new find of various good things
A link to all manner of jazzy goodness.
Herbie Hancock’s solo – All of You
One of Herbie’s best, from the Miles album ‘My Funny Valentine: The Complete 1964 Conert’.
Posted on 1 October '10 by admin, under piano. 6 Comments.
Love Kenny Barron – he’s the man
I thought it was about time that I posted again and I know I’ve been a bit lax of late (just REALLY busy at work). Kenny B – he’s a true dude and god of the piano. All of his playing is so swinging and I really like his phrasing. As a sideman I imagine [...]
