Artist - Tune - Album
Ramsey Lewis - Close Your Eyes And Remember - The Piano Player
Christian Scott - Paradise Found - Rewind That
Dee Dee Bridgewater - Congo Square - Dee Dee’s Feathers
Stanley Clarke, Biréli Lagrène, - To and Fro - D-Stringz
Jean-Luc Ponty
Bobby McFerrin & Yo-Yo Ma - Hush Little Baby - Hush
Flora Purim with Urszula Dudziak & Googie Coppole - Encounter - Encounter
Art Ensemble of Chicago - Funky AEOC - The Third Decade
Don Cherry - Karmapa Chenno - Hear & Now
Raul de Souza - Nana - Colors
Opa - Pieces - Golden Wings
Lonnie Liston Smith - Desert Nights - Expansions
Grant Green - Jan Jan - Live at the Lighthouse
Mahavishnu Orchestra - Celestial Terrestrial Commuters - Birds of Fire
George Benson - Cast Your Fate to the Winds - The George Benson Collection
Quincy Jones - Soul Serenade - Golden Boy
Lou Rawls - Dead End Street - Naturally
Donny Hathaway & Roberta Flack - For All We Know - Roberta Flack & Donny Hathaway
The ode to musical styles past and present that introduces Jazz Gumbo is “Music Evolution” by Branford Marsalis and Buckshot LeFonque.
Playlists for all past Sets of Jazz Gumbo will be found at jazzgumbo.blogspot.ca
A pretty wide variety of styles and sounds in this Set, from Ramsey Lewis to D-Stringz, from the Art Ensemble of Chicago to some old Quincy Jones.
Vocal play is a standout, and is all over the map. I particularly like the trio of Purim, Dudziak and Coppola, but both Dee-Dee Bridgewater and Bobby McFerrin bring lots of fun to their offerings.
I notice that I sometimes point out a particularly great instrumental player after the selection has played. I’m going to try to point out more of the special performances in advance. So long as I don’t bog things down with too much talk. After all, the music always speaks for itself!
Thrive!
Kirby