Jazz Gumbo

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