Jazz

065: Ella Fitzgerald, ‘Spring Can Really Hang You Up the Most’

A beatnik musical (what??), an obscure jazz standard (oxymoron), and high school nostalgia (snore)–the convoluted paths we take to visit our past.

294: e.s.t., ‘Dolores in a Shoestand’

Jazz for the 21st Century–the Esbjorn Svensson Trio. So worth the journey.

January 21, 2022 by jeff Jazz Nordic Song Of the week 1

124: Bill Evans, ‘Nardis’

Dying from his life-long drug habit, in a harrowing burst of creative energy, Bill Evans raged against ‘the dying of the light’ night after night in these relentless, probing, profound performances.

January 5, 2022 by jeff Jazz Song Of the week 23

060: The Bill Evans Trio, ‘Gloria’s Step’ from “Live at The Village Vanguard”

If I could take just one single piece of music to my desert island, it would be this.

December 9, 2021 by jeff Jazz Song Of the week 2

041: Miles Davis, ‘It Never Entered My Mind’

Why did Miles Davis, a belligerent black ex-junkie, choose to reboot his career with white music of a rare, tender sweetness? Who cares?

November 24, 2021 by jeff Jazz Song Of the week

035: Miles Davis, ‘Boplicity’ (“Birth of the Cool”)

2’58” of heaven

November 4, 2021 by jeff Jazz Song Of the week 1

057: Anita O’Day, ‘Tea for Two

Anita O’Day at the 1958 Newport Jazz Festival–so cool, so hip, so talented. Take a gander. She’ll knock you out of your chair.

October 14, 2021 by jeff Jazz Song Of the week Vocalists 4

Tigran’s website says he plays “atmospheric punk jazz improvisations fused with the rich folkloric music of his native Armenia”. Me? My binge is in its sixth day and I still have no idea what I’m listening to. But I’m still listening.

August 25, 2021 by jeff Jazz Rock Song Of the week 4