Jazz Videos

[Ron Thorne]

Ran Blake is appearing at An die Musik in Baltimore tomorrow, December 4th, at 8:00 & 9:30pm.



http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PjIZFvk5_JU

[Gentle Giant]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qgc4EFz9Pmk

[A. Kingstone]

http://www.jazzonthetube.com/

[Ron Thorne]

I always enjoy the title track of this recording, especially at this time of year. I believe it was the 1st album on which Coltrane played soprano saxophone.


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YHVarQbNAwU

[Ron Thorne]

Happy Holidays!



Here's a gift from me to you, Jazztalkers/Jazztalkerettes.


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2phw7eXrmCM

[bluenoter]

Happy Holidays!



Here's a gift from me to you, Jazztalkers/Jazztalkerettes.


[Two-hour video of live European Mingus concerts]

Thank you, Ron! That should be a wonderful present---Dolphy and all! But I'm pretty certain that "Jazztalkers" is already gender-neutral.    

[Ron Thorne]

I'm hip. I was just having a little fun with words, bluenoter.

[Ron Thorne]

Here's a little classic Cannonball for Christmas.



http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oBGhNxTES4I

[Ron Thorne]

More Christmas goodies for you good little boys and girls.


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SzGm0qOooJ4

[bluenoter]

Here's a little classic Cannonball for Christmas.

More Christmas goodies for you good little boys and girls.

Humph. Christmas is more than a week away; Hanukkah, on the other hand, began tonight. So for those who are celebrating Hanukkah and everyone else . . .


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vpW1b1yAeqw

[Ron Thorne]

Happy Holidays!


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RyzAxgMki9c

[Ron Thorne]

Happy Birthday, Kenny Clarke!



http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ccmKO9LvZVE

[Ron Thorne]

Nice. Be sure to click on the 720p HD option.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=etxpBuSm9WU

[Ron Thorne]

Here's a very tasteful treatment of "Like Sonny" by the Hal Galper Trio, from a recent gig at The Blue Whale in L.A..

Drummer John Bishop (0rigin Records) assured a fine recording.


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NwbsqTVxIvY

[Ron Thorne]

Here's the next in this Blue Whale series.


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OFfwQI3NwMI

[bluenoter]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=saN1BwlxJxA



It's a day late for MLK Day, but "So What." Thanks to Doug Ramsey, who posted the video yesterday in this entry in his blog, Rifftides:


Martin Luther King

January 19, 2015 by Doug Ramsey





In remembrance of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., on the national holiday dedicated to his leadership of the civil rights movement, here is the John Coltrane Quartet playing Coltrane’s "Alabama." The performance is from Ralph J. Gleason’s Jazz Casual television series.

[the video]

John Coltrane, tenor saxophone; McCoy Tyner, piano; Jimmy Garrison, bass; Elvin Jones, drums.

Coltrane made the initial recording of "Alabama” on November 19, 1963, two months following the white supremacist bombing of the 16th Street Baptist church in Birmingham. Four girls—three of them 14 years old, one 11—died in the blast, leading King to wire Alabama Governor George Wallace,

… the blood of four little children … is on your hands. Your irresponsible and misguided actions
have created in Birmingham and Alabama the atmosphere that has induced continued violence
and now murder.

It was a crucial event in the movement for federal civil rights legislation, which passed in 1964. Dr. King was assassinated in 1968.

[Ron Thorne]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=94dkiKOa6kk

[pig pen]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vv6Sjv3u9Us&t=192

Ben Goldberg's Orphic Machine from 2012. An album is set to be released later this month. On notable difference between this band and the one on the album is that Nels Cline will be on guitar on the album.

[pig pen]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-k3LrZtDffU

A blast from the 80s - The Lounge Lizards!

[Jazzooo]

Here's a clip of Mexican jazz singer Iraida Noriega and me performing Hijo de la Luna with Roberto Falcón on bass, Jesús Estrada on drums and Dale Carley on trumpet. There was supposed to be a flute player for my arrangement, but he had food poisoning and had to be rushed to the ER 5 minutes before the downbeat!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hF2pqVyvA-w

[Chazro]

This is the best yet from the brilliant drummer/composer/bandleader, Dafnis Prieto. Really a stunning record in every way!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kKrqiKZu-oE

[pig pen]

Thanks for the heads up Chazro, just got the album and am enjoying it right now.

[Jazzooo]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=29epP1JpdYI

Mexican singer Iraida Noriega, guitarist Ken Basman and myself performing Sorry Seems to Be the Hardest Word last week in concert.

[Ron Thorne]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VEEOob9jsY4

[Ron Thorne]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I55c9DPc8h4