A Jazz Thread

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‘Aurora Borealis Suite Part 1’ from saxophonist/composer/conductor Geir Lysne’s 2002 album ‘Aurora Borealis – Nordic Lights’, with Hallgrim Bratberg guitar, Jorn Oien keyboards, Jan Olav Renvag bass/tuba, Kenneth Ekornes drums, Knut Aalefjor drums, Klaus Graf alto saxophone, Morten Halle alto/soprano saxophones, Bernhard Seland baritone saxophone, Ketil Hoyland bass trombone, Ketil Einarsen flute, Andi Maile and Fredrik Jensen tenor saxophones, Eckhard Bauer, Frank Brodahl, Marius Haltli and Ole Jorn Myklebust trumpets/flugelhorns, and Christian Jaksjo, Helge Sunde and Jorgen Gjerde trombones.

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‘Kaa’ from the Geir Lysne Listening Ensemble’s 2006 album ‘Boahjenasti - The North Star’, with Hallgrim Bratberg guitar, Jorn Oien keyboards, Jan Olav Renvag bass/tuba, Knut Aalefjor drums, Terje Isungset percussion/vocals, Klaus Holm alto saxophone & flute, Morten Halle alto/soprano saxophones, Bernhard Seland baritone saxophone and bass clarinet, Anders Wiborg bass trombone, Ketil Einarsen flute, Tore Brunborg tenor saxophone & flute, Fredrik Jensen tenor saxophones, Frank Brodahl, Eckhard Bauer, Marius Haltli and Ole Jorn Myklebust trumpets/flugelhorns, and Christian Jaksjo, Helge Sunde and Jorgen Gjerde trombones.

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‘Sakn’ from Geir Lysne’s 2013 album ‘New Circle’, featuring Lysne on saxophones, flute, ballaphone, kalimba and programming, Reidar Skar keyboards/programming, Eckhard Bauer trumpet, Olav Torget guitar, Gjermund Silset bass, Knut Aalefjor drums and Helge Norbakken percussion.

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‘Hayumi’ from the 2016 album ‘Eastern Smiles’ by tenor saxophonist Hanna Paul’s Concept, with Oscar Gronberg piano, Trygve Waldemar Fiske bass and Hans Hulbaekmo drums.

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‘So Close, So Far’ from drummer Ollie Howells’ 2013 album ‘Sutures And Stitches’, featuring Duncan Eagles tenor saxophone, Mark Perry trumpet, Matt Robinson piano and Max Luthert bass.

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‘Summer Was Our Holy Place’ from pianist Sultan Stevenson’s 2023 album ‘Faithful One’, with Denys Baptiste tenor saxophone, Josh Short trumpet, Jacob Gryn bass and Joel Waters drums.

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‘A View From A Mountain’ from Knut Bjornar Asphol’s 2013 album ‘Wilderness Exit’, featuring Asphol on guitar and synthesizer, Nils Petter Molvaer trumpet, Helge Lien piano, Magnus Westgaard bass and Torstein Lofthus drums.

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‘Birds, Bees And Forest Trees’ from soprano saxophonist Froy Aagre’s 2013 album ‘Electric’, with Andreas Ulvo electric piano, Magnus Bormark guitar, Nora Taksdal viola, Marit Klovning cello, Audun Ellingsen bass and Jonas Barsten drums.

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‘It’s Time’ from tenor saxophonist Clifford Jordan’s 1977 album ‘Remembering Me-Me', with Roy Burrowes trumpet, Chris Anderson piano, Wilbur Ware bass and George Avaloz drums.

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‘New Arrival’ from tenor saxophonist George Coleman’s 1979 album ‘Amsterdam After Dark’, with Hilton Ruiz piano, Sam Jones bass and Billy Higgins drums.

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‘Symbiosis’ from pianist Mike Nock’s 1977 album ‘Almanac’, with Bennie Maupin tenor saxophone, Cecil McBee bass and Eddie Marshall drums.

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Four this morning from Miles Davis and his (‘Second Great’) Quintet, beginning with ‘Iris’ from ‘E.S.P’ (1965). Featuring, of course, Wayne Shorter tenor saxophone, Herbie Hancock piano, Ron Carte bass and Tony Williams drums.

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‘Circles’ from ‘Miles Smiles’ (1967)

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‘Masqualero’ from ‘The Sorceror’ (1967)

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‘Riot’ from ‘Nefertiti’ (1968)

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Sorcerer is so underrated

A previously unreleased Coltrane Dolphy gig from 1961, discovered in a New York library, has just been announced

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Sorcerer is so underrated

A previously unreleased Coltrane Dolphy gig from 1961, discovered in a New York library, has just been announced

In more recent years I’ve come around to the belief that those four albums, plus ‘Miles In The Sky’ and ‘Filles De Kilimanjaro’ represent Miles’ greatest period.

I think Dolphy was with Coltrane for only a brief period but in that time they played quite a few shows at the Village Vanguard. I wonder if it's one of those recordings that has surfaced.

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'Rituel Des Collines' from flautist Naissam Jalal’s 2023 album 'Healling Rituals', with Clement Petit cello, Claude Tchamitchian bass and Zaza Desiderio drums.

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‘Tomorrow’ from the 2023 album ‘In Search Of A Better Tomorrow’, a collaboration between Polish band EABS – Marek Pedziwiatr keyboards, Olaf Wegier soprano/tenor saxophones and clarinet, Jakub Kurek trumpet, Pawel Stachowiak bass and Marcin Rak drums, and Pakistani band Jaubi – Ali Riaz Baqar guitar, Kashif Ali Dhani tabla and Zohaib Hassan Khan sarangi.

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‘More Than Revenge’ from pianist Kuba Stankiewicz’s 2012 album ‘Spaces’, with Maciej Sikala soprano saxophone, Wojciech Pulcyn bass and Sebastien Frankiewicz drums.

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‘Sprites’ from saxophonist Jon Irabagon’s 2015 album ‘Behind The Sky’, with Luis Perdomo piano, Yagushi Nakamara bass and Rudy Royston drums.

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‘Mirror Image’ from the 2019 album ‘Never More Hear’ by trombonist Michael Dease, with Steve Wilson alto saxophone, Renee Rosnes piano, Gerald Cannon bass and Lewis Nash drums.

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gjw, agreed this period of Coltrane is in the stellar regions. The Village Vanguard recordings are indeed incredible, all of them. This new set comes from a different venue, not to be confused, The Village Gate.

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‘Mother Africa’ from Santana’s 1973 album ‘Welcome’, with Carlos Santana on bass guitar and kalimba, Jules Broussard soprano saxophone, Richard Kermode electric piano, Tom Coster organ, Michael Shrieve drums, Armando Peraza congas and Jose ‘Chepito’ Areas timbales.

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‘Des Nude Soul’ from vibraphonist Roy Ayers’ 1973 album ‘Virgo Red’, with Harry Whitaker electric piano, Dennis heaven guitar, David Johnson bass, Dennis Davis drums, Adrian Dey percussion and Chano O’Ferral percussion.