A Jazz Thread

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‘Fields’ from the self-titled 1975 album by the Curt Cress Clan – Cress on drums, Ack van Rooyen flugelhorn, Volker Kriegel guitar, Kristian Schultze keyboards and Dave King bass.

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‘Country’ from the 1973 album ‘Abbiamo Tutti Un Blues Da Piangere’ by Perigeo – Claudio Fasoli soprano/alto saxophones, Tony Sidney guitar, Franco D’Andrea electric piano, Giovanni Tommaso bass/synthesizer and Bruno Biriaco drums/percussion.

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‘Delia’ from ‘Enjoy The View’ (2014), which, as it turned out, was vibraphonist Bobby Hutcherson’s final album. With David Sanborn alto saxophone, Joey DeFrancesco organ and Billy Hart drums.

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‘My Favourite Things’ from guitarist John McLaughlin’s 1999 album ‘After The Rain’, with Joey DeFrancesco organ and Elvin Jones drums.

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A small Thursday morning tribute to one of the jazz organ greats, Joey DeFrancesco, who died last October of a heart attack at the age of just 51. This is ‘Take The Coltrane’ from his 2002 album ‘Ballads And Blues’, with Gary Bartz alto saxophone, Paul Bollenback guitar and Byron Landham drums.

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‘King Pete’ from the Ronnie Scott Band’s 1968 album ‘Live At Ronnie Scott’s’, featuring Scott o tenor saxophone, John Surman soprano saxophone, Ray Warleigh alto saxophone, Kenny Wheeler trumpet, Chris Pyne trombone, Gordon Beck piano, Ron Mathewson bass, Kenny Clare drums and Tony Oxley drums. A reminder of the extraordinary wealth of talent that passed through Scott’s ranks over the years.

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‘Boy, Dog And Carrot’ from the Don Rendell / Ian Carr Quintet’s 1969 album ‘Change Is’, with Rendell on tenor saxophone, Carr trumpet, Michael Garrick piano, Dave Green bass and Trevor Tomkins drums.

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‘Born To Be Blue’ from bassist Jack Bruce’s 1970 album ‘Things We Like’, with Dick Heckstall-Smith on tenor saxophone, John McLaughlin guitar and Jon Hiseman drums.

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‘Barbary’ from alto saxophonist Nicola McCabe's 2022 album ‘Landscapes’, with Paul Cornish piano, Logan Kane bass and Myles Martin drums.

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The title track from singer Allison Wheeler’s 2022 debut album ‘winterspring’, featuring Daniel Bulatkin keyboards, David Doruzka guitar, Max Makagonov bass and Petr Nohavica drums.

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‘South Wind’ from the 2022 album ‘Pluto’ by tenor saxophonist Dave O’Higgins and guitarist Rob Luft, with Ross Stanley piano, Misha Mullov-Abbado bass and Rod Youngs drums.

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‘The Son’ from the 2002 album ‘Minuit’ by Minus 8 (DJ Robert Jan Meyer) featuring Phillipp Gubelmann flute, Domenico Ferrari guitar and Jilene Luce vocals.

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‘Wake Me 5.30’ from the 2008 album ‘Junkyard Gods’ by Two Banks Of Four (Rob Gallagher, Dill Harris and Dominic ‘Ski’ Oakenfull), featuring Oakenfull on keyboards, Valerie Etienne vocals, Finn Peters saxophone, Robin Mullarkey bass, Antonio Feiola drums, Stuart Russell bassoon, Sam Bullard clarinet, Gavin Brown flugelhorn, Gareth Lockrane flute, Joe Walters French horn and Tim Smart trombone.

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A pleasing version of Stanley Clarke’s ‘Unexpected Days’, taken from the 1999 album ‘Beneath Your Sky’ by The Underwolves (Adrian Shortman and Ned Kelly).

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‘Sara’s Dance’ from saxophonist Stanley Turrentine’s 1963 album ‘Never Let Me Go’, with Shirley Scott organ, Major Holley bass, Al Harewood drums and Ray Barretto congas.

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‘Soft Winds’ from the Red Garland Quintet’s album ‘High Pressure’ (recorded in 1957, first released in 1961), with Garland on piano, John Coltrane tenor saxophone, Donald Byrd trumpet, George Joyner bass and Arthur Taylor drums.

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‘Ease It’ from the 1959 album ‘Go’ by bassist Paul Chambers, with Freddie Hubbard trumpet, Cannonball Adderley alto saxophone, Wynton Kelly piano and Jimmy Cobb drums.

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‘The Acrobat’ from the 2022 album ‘in-Equilibrio’ by the Emiliano d’Auria Quartet – d'Auria on keyboards, Giacomo Ancillotto guitar, Dario Miranda bass and Ermanno Baron drums, with Luca Aquino trumpet/trombone.

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‘Good Things Come In 3s’ from the Bttrfly Quintet’s 2022 album ‘Coast’, featuring Eric Bloom trumpet, Dominic Lalli tenor saxophone, Borahm Lee keyboards, Hunter Roberts bass and Adam Deitch drums.

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‘The Eighth Star’ from the 2022 album ‘Machina Mundi’ by the Lubos Soukup Quartet – Soukup on tenor saxophone, William Larsson keyboards, Graig Earle bass and Daniel Johnassen drums, with Karmen Roivassepp vocals.

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‘Sudden Inspiration’ from the 2009 debut album ‘Introducing....’ by trumpeter Keyon Harrold, with Marcus Strickland tenor saxophone, Danny Grissett piano, Dezron Douglas bass and EJ Strickland drums.

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‘Conversation Among The Ruins’ from the 2018 album ‘The Secret Between The Shadow And The Soul’ by saxophonist Branford Marsalis, with Joey Calderazzo piano, Eric Revis bass and Justin Faulkner drums.

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'Rhodium’ from keyboard-player Rebecca Nash’s 2022 album ‘Redefining Element 78’, with John O’Gallagher saxophones, Nick Malcolm trumpet, Jamie Leeming guitar, Paul Michael bass, Matt Fisher drums and Nick Walters electronics.

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‘The Weaver, Every So Often Shifting The Sands Beneath her’ from guitarist Jussi Reijonen’s 2022 album ‘Three Seconds’, with Jason Palmer trumpet, Bulut Gulen trombone, Layth Sidiq violin, Nassem Alatrash cello, Kyle Miles bass and Vancil Cooper drums.

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‘Contemplation’ from the 2022 album ‘State Of Mind’ by the Gilles Grethen Quartet – Grethen on guitar, Vincent Pinn trumpet, Gabriele Basilico bass and Michael Meis drums, with an 11-piece string orchestra.