A Jazz Thread

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‘Morning Mind’ from the 2019 album ‘Slow Burn’ by guitarist Mike De Souza, with Huw Williams bass and Jay Davis drums.

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‘Upside’ from the 2020 album ‘Trio Grande’ by Will Vinson alto/tenor saxophones and keyboards, Gilad Hekselman guitar and Antonio Sanchez drums.

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‘945 St Nicholas Avenue’ from drummer Francesco Ciniglio’s 2021 album ‘The Locomotive Suite’, with Matt Chalk alto saxophone, Raynald Colom trumpet, Matteo Pastorine bass clarinet, Alexis Valet vibraphone and Felix Moseholm bass.

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‘Bourree De Ceor’ from the 1975 album ‘’Jazz Afro-Occitan' by French band Cossi Anatz – Michael Marre trumpet, Jean-Marc Padovani soprano saxophone, Christian Lavigne piano, P. Gariel bass, Rene Nan drums, Claude Marre percussion and Lahcen Hilali percussion.

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‘Conversation Piece’ from the 1977 album ‘The World Of The Children by alto saxophonist Shamek Farrah and pianist Sonelius Smith, with Joseph Gardner trumpet, Kiyoto Fujiwara bass, Freddie Wrenn drums and Tony Waters percussion.

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‘Fun City’ from Buddy Collette’s 1973 album ‘Now And Then’, with Collette on flute, Al Aarons trumpet, Red Callender tuba, Grover Mitchell trombone, Al Viola guitar, Leroy Vinnegar bass and Frank Severino drums.

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‘Barracuda’ from the 1974 album ‘Don’t Stop’ by Rob Franken Electrification – Franken electric piano, Wim Essed bass and Henk Zomer drums with guest Wolfgang Schluter on vibraphone.

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‘Cambodia’ from the 1973 album ‘Cirrus’ by the Bertil Sandberg Kvintett – Sandberg on trombone, Ed Epstein tenor saxophone, Goran Stranberg piano, Ove Gustavsson bass and Bjarne Boman drums.

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‘Skylab’ from the 1977 album ‘Brother Man’ by the Pillot Farmer Quartet – Giancarlo Pillot drums, Julius Farmer bass, Larry Nocella soprano saxophone and Franco D’Andrea piano.

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I can't link to any particularly useful listening links, but Wadada Leo Smith is absolutely on fire as he hits his 80th year. Finland's TUM records are releasing some peerless recordings of his, around 20 CDs this year I think. The two I've just heard, The Chicago Symphonies and A Sonnet For Billie Holiday, are just sensational. There's an incredible line-up of players on these recordings too, including Vijay Iyer, Jack DeJohnette, Henry Threadgill, etc.

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The title track from the 2021 album ‘The Hunt’ by the Chris Maddock Quartet – Liam Donachie organ, Tobie Carpenter guitar, Edward Richardson drums and Maddock on alto/tenor saxophones.

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‘Myriad’, from the 2021album 'The River Doesn't Like Strangers' by tenor saxophonist Chelsea Carmichael, with David Okumu guitar, Tom Herbert bass and Edward Wakili-Hick drums.

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‘Not Jazz’ the 2020 single from AuB – tenor saxophonists Tom Barford and Alex Hitchcock, with Fergus Ireland bass and James Maddren drums.

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‘Punjab’ from the 1967 album ‘Encounter’ by baritone saxophonist Pepper Adams, with Zoot Sims tenor saxophone, Tommy Flanagan piano, Ron Carter bass and Elvin Jones drums.

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The title track from James Moody’s 1972 album ‘Heritage Hum’, with Moody on flute, Mike Longo piano, Samuel Jones bass and Frederick Waits drums.

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‘15th Floor’ from the 1969 album ‘Freedom And Unity’ by the Clifford Thornton New Art Ensemble, with Thornton on valve trombone, Karl Berger vibraphone, Sonny King alto saxophone, Don Moore bass and Harold Avent drums.

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Borrowing heavily from Jaco Pastorius’ ‘Portrait Of Tracy’, this is ‘Rain’ from the 2020 album ‘Confrontation’ by singer Mirna Bogdanovic, with Wanja Slavin alto saxophone, Povel Willdestrand keyboards, Arne Braun guitar, Felix Henkelhausen bass, Fabian Rosch drums. Pauline Peek vocals and Dora Osterloh vocals.

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‘Anja Garbarek Meets Mr Mibbler’ from Norwegian band Mr Mibbler’s 2021 album ‘Leave Your Thoughts Here’, featuring Jorn Raknes guitar/samples, Vidar Ersfjord keyboards, drum programming and electronics, Thom Hell piano/bass and Bjarte Jorensen drums, with guest vocalist Anja Garbarek (daughter of saxophonist Jan Garbarek).

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The title track from the 2021 album ‘New Constellations’ by Norwegian trio Falkevik – Ellen Brekken bass, Marius Troan Hansen drums and Julie Falkevik Tungevag vocals and piano.

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‘What Was That’ from alto saxophonist Kenny Garrett’s 2021 album ‘Sounds From The Ancestors’, with Vernell Brown piano, Corcoran Holt bass, Ronald Bruner Jr drums and Rudy Bird percussion.

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‘Pigalle’ from the 2020 album ‘Wu Hen’ by pianist Kamaal Williams, with Quinn Mason on tenor saxophone, Rick James bass and Greg Paul drums.

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‘Sundown’ from Muriel Grossman’s 2019 album ‘Reverence’, with Gossman on tenor saxophone, Llorenc Barcelo organ, Radomir Milojkovic guitar, Gina Schwarz bass and Uros Stamenkovic drums.

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A version of the Pharoah Sanders tune ‘Hum Allah’ from the self-titled 1974 album by Chilean band Aquila – Guillermo Rifo vibraphone, Sandro Salvati alto saxophone, Guillermo Oliveres keyboards, William Mino bass and Sergio Meli drums.

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‘Cousin Rae’s Three Step’ from the 1973 album ‘No Samba’ by the Alan Houser Quintet/Sextet (in this instance the Quintet), with Houser on trumpet, Buck Hill tenor saxophone, Vince Genova piano, Terry Plumeri bass and Mike Smith drums.

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‘Chelsea Drugs’ from the Frank Strozier Quintet’s 1976 album ‘What’s Goin’ On’, with Strozier putting down his usual alto saxophone for the flute on this cut, Danny Moore trumpet, Harold Mabern piano, Stafford James bass and Louis Hayes drums.