A Jazz Thread

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Sounding initially like he’s about to break into a version of ‘Take Five’, this is Oliver Nelson’s ‘Elegy For A Duck’ from the 1966 album ‘Sound Pieces’, with Nelson on soprano saxophone, Steve Kuhn piano, Ron Carter bass and Grady Tate drums.

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‘Land Of The Freaks’ from the 1997 album ‘American Jungle’ by alto saxophonist Sonny Simmons, who died just a couple of months ago. Featuring Travis Shook on piano, Reggie Workman bass and Cindy Blackman drums.

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The title track from alto saxophonist James Spaulding’s 1997 album ‘The Smile Of The Snake’, with Richard Wyands piano, Ron McClure bass and Tony Reedus drums.

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‘Eudaimonia’ from the 2021 album ‘Second Lives’ by Graham Costello’s Strata, with Costello on drums/percussion, Liam Shortall trombpne, Harry Weir tenor saxophone, Fergus McCreadie piano, Joe Williamson guitar and Mark Hendry bass.

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‘Safar’ from Web Web’s 2018 album ‘Dance Of The Demons’, with Tony Lakatos tenor saxophone, Roberto Di Gioia electric piano and percussion, Maji Bekkas guitar, Christian Von Kaphengst bass and Peter Gall drums.

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‘Just Five Minutes’ from tenor saxophonist Gabriele Pribetti’s 2020 album ‘Reeded Edges Vol. 1’, with Graeme Flowers trumpet, Tomasz Bura keyboards, Michele Montoli bass and Joshue Mckenzie drums.

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‘Cosmic Patience’ from the 2017 album ‘Chroma’ by bassist Petros Klampanis, with Shai Maestro piano, Gilad Hekselman guitar, John Hadfield drums/percussion, Keita Ogawa percussion and a seven-piece string section.

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‘The Whale Song’ from tenor saxophonist Oded Tzur’s 2017 album ‘Translator’s Note’, with Shai Maestro piano, Petros Klampanis bass and Ziv Ravitz drums.

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‘Composition For Guitar And Trumpet: Landscapes – Alkony' from Hungarian guitarist Ferenc Snetberger’s 2000 album ‘For My People’, with Markus Stockhausen trumpet.

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‘Sister Veil’ from the 2013 album ‘The Messenger’ by guitarist Kevin Eubanks, with Bill Pierce soprano/tenor saxophones, Duane Eubanks trumpet, Rene Camacho bass and Marvin ‘Smitty’ Smith drums.

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‘Unravel’ from the self-titled 2011 album by James Farm – Joshua Redman tenor saxophone, Aaron Parks piano, Matt Penman bass and Eric Harland drums.

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‘Baker’s Dozen’ from the 2005 album ‘Introducing...’ by Opus 5 – Alex Sipiagin trumpet, Seamus Blake tenor saxophone, Dave Kikoski piano, Boris Kozlov bass and Donald Edwards drums.

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‘Terror’ from Joe Downard’s 2020 album ‘Seven Japanese Tales’, with Downard on bass and synthesizer, James Copus trumpet, Alex Hitchcock tenor saxophone, Will Barry piano and Felix Ambach drums.

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‘Sweetheart’ from Wandering Monster’s self-titled 2019 debut album, with Ben Powling tenor saxophone, Calvin Travers guitar, Aleks Podraza electric piano, Sam Quintana bass and Tom Higham drums.

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The title track from pianist Rich Pellegrin’s 2019 album ‘Down’, with Neil Welch tenor saxophone, Scott Morning trumpet, Evan Flory-Barnes bass, Chris Icasiano drums and Jose Martinez percussion.

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‘Four Moons’ from the 2014 album ‘Fuzzy Logic’ by Taylor Haskins, with Haskins on trumpet and flute, Ben Monder guitar, Kermit Driscoll bass, Jody Redhage cello, Lois Martin viola, Joyce Hammann violin and Jeff Hirshfield drums.

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Three tracks this morning as a tribute to the great Jon Hassell, who died on Saturday aged 84. First up, ‘Mombasa’ from the 1990 album ‘City: Works Of Fiction’, with Hassell trumpet/keyboards, Jeff Rona keyboards, Greg Arreguin guitar, Daniel Schwarz bass and Adam Rudolph percussion.

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‘Wide Sky’ from the 1999 album ‘Fascinoma’, with Hassell trumpet, Ry Cooder guitar, Rick Cox guitar, bass clarinet and samples, Ronu Majumdar bansuri and Jamie Muhoberac drums.

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‘Darbari Bridge’, from the 2005 album ‘Maarifa Street (Magical Realism 2)’, with Hassell on trumpet and keyboards, John Beasley keyboards and Abdou Mboup drums.

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‘Flow’ from the 2021 album 'Freedom Fables’ by Nubiyan Twist, featuring Nick Richards alto saxophone, Joe Henwood baritone saxophone, Denis Scully tenor saxophone, Jonny Enser trumpet, Oli Cadman keyboards, Tom Excell guitar/keyboards, Luke Wynter bass, Finn Booth drums and Cherise Adams Burnett vocals.

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From the 2019 album ‘Phosphenes’ by German band Wanubale, this is ‘Ticking Boxes’, with Gabriel Rosenbach trumpet, Jonathan Steffen trombone, Anton Kowalski tenor saxophone, Niko Zeidler tenor saxophone, Moses Vester keyboards, Max Feig guitar, Moritz Schmolke bass, Heinrich Eiszmann drums and Philp Schilz drums.

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‘Whale’, the February 2021 single from South-London brass band Don’t Problem – Ben Fry sousaphone, Louis Schultz Wiremu tenor saxophone, Sam Warner trumpet, Seb Silas baritone saxophone, Pat Kenny, Jake Stoddart and Sam Warner trombones and Rudi Schultz Wiremu drums.

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‘Denial Of Love’ from pianist Tony Tixier’s 2017 album ‘Life Of Sensitive Creatures’, with bassist Karl McComas-Reichl and drummer Tommy Crane.

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The title track from the 2021 album ‘Sankofa’ by Brazilian pianist Amaro Freitas, with Jean Elton bass and Hugo Medeiros drums/percussion.

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‘Altruism’ from the 2016 album ‘Ashley Henry’s 5ive’, with Henry on piano, Sam Vicary bass and Sam Gardner drums.