A Jazz Thread

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‘My Three Notes’ from the 2003 album ‘Ayaguna’, a live duo performance with percussionist Gustavo Ovalles.

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Sosa’s 2021 album ‘An East African Journey’ featured field recordings from Madagascar, Sudan, Zambia, Ethiopia, Burundi, Kenya and Mauritius made in 2009 by sound engineer Patrick Destandeau. This is ‘Meinfajria’ (from Sudan), with Steve Arguelles drums/percussion, Dafaalla Elhag Ali tambur and Christophe Minck bass/effects.

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The title track from Sonny Fortune’s 1975 album ‘Awakening’, with Fortune on flute and percussion, Charles Sullivan flugelhorn, Kenny Barron electric piano, Wayne Dockery bass, Billy Hart drums and Angel Allende percussion.

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‘Theme From Lawrence Of Arabia’ from Fred Stone’s 1972 album ‘La Musique De Fred Stone’, with Stone on flugelhorn, Cathy Moses flute, Bernie Senensky piano, Mike Craden vibraphone/percussion, Lenny Boyd bass and Pete Magadini drums.

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‘Hibou Anemone And Bear’ from Soft Machine’s 1969 album ‘Volume Two’, featuring Robert Wyatt vocals/drums, Mike Ratledge keyboards and Hugh Hopper bass and alto saxophone, with Brian Hopper soprano saxophone.

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‘All White’ from Soft Machine’s 1973 album ‘Six’, with Karl Jenkins soprano saxophone, Mike Ratledge keyboards, Hugh Hopper bass and John Marshall drums.

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‘The Lonely Sea And The Sky’ from Hugh Hopper’s 1977 album ‘Hopper Tunity Box’, featuring Hopper on bass, guitar and percussion, Elton Dean alto saxophone, Marc Charig cornet, Frank Roberts electric piano and Mike Travis drums.

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‘The Need to Smile’ from Robin Kenyatta’s 1974 album ‘Stompin At The Savoy’, featuring Kenyatta on soprano saxophone, Lew Soloff flugelhorn, Sonelius Smith piano, Larry Willis electric piano, Ron Carter bass and Alphonse Mouzon drums.

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‘Fluid Connection’ from trumpeter Enrico Rava’s 1973 album ‘Katcharpari’, with John Abercrombie guitar, Bruce Johnson bass and Chip White drums.

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The title track from tenor saxophonist Billy Harper’s 1978 album ‘Soran-Bushi, B.H’, with Everett Hollins trumpet, Harold Mabern piano, Greg Maker bass, Billy Hart drums and Horacee Arnold drums.

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‘Tristessa’ from the 1979 album ‘Con Le Orecchie Di Eros’ by Orchesta Njervudarov – Piergiogio Bonafe saxophones, clarinets and cornet, Piero Baldassarri keyboards, Bruno Mariani guitars and synthesizers, Roberto Costa bass, synthesizers and trombone and Adriano Perdini drums, percussion, vibraphone and flute.

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‘Tales Of The Near Future’ from the 1988 album ‘Flash Of The Spirit’ by Jon Hassell and Farafina, with Hassell on trumpet/keyboards and J.A.Deane samples/electronics.

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‘Volver’ from the 2011 album ‘La Bala’ by Argentine singer Ana Tijoux, with Andros Celis keyboards/drums, Maria Fernanda Prieta violin and Daniella Rivera violin.

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The title track from trumpeter Ingrid Jensen’s 1997 album ‘Here On Earth’, with Gary Bartz alto saxophone, George Colligan piano, Dwayne Burno bass and Bill Stewart drums.

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‘Another Planet’ from Hans Ulrik’s 2006 album ‘Tribal Dance’, with Ulrik on soprano saxophone, Jacob Cristoffersen piano, Anders Christensen bass and Mikkel Hess drums.

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‘Organised Life’ from guitarist Pierre van Dormael’s 2006 album ‘North Country Suite’, with Guillaume Orti alto saxophone, Bo Van Der Werf baritone saxophone, Laurent Blondiau trumpet, Fabian Fiorini piano, Christoph Minck bass and Chandler Sardjoe drums.

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‘Sinking Ship’ from the 2020 album ‘Ghosts (Live, Kulturkirken Jakob)’ by the Eple Trio – Andreas Ulvo piano, Sigurd Hole bass and Jonas Sjovaag drums.

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‘Old News’ from the Benedikt Jahnel Trio’s 2008 album ‘Modular Concepts’, with Jahnel on piano, Antonio Miguel bass and Owen Howard drums.

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The title track from the Vasil Hadzimanov Trio’s 2011 album ‘El Raval’, with Hadzimanov on piano, Martin Gjakonovski bass and Aleksander Sekulovski drums.

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The title track from the 2022 album ‘London Fields’ by composer/producer Colin Baldry’s Ambient Jazz Ensemble, featuring Ollie Weston tenor/alto saxophones and bass clarinet, Sam Crowe keyboards and Sam Brady (son of Colin) on drums.

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‘Astral Travelling’ from keyboard-player Mark de Clive-Lowe's 2022 album ‘Freedom - Celebrating The Music Of Pharoah Sanders’, recorded live at the Blue Whale, Los Angeles and featuring Teodros Avery soprano saxophone, Corbin Jones bass, Tommaso Cappellato drums and Carlos Nino percussion.

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The title track from the Todd Marcus Jazz Orchestra’s 2022 album ‘In The Valley’, featuring composer/arranger Marcus on bass clarinet, Marcus Strickland tenor saxophone, Brent Birckhead flute and alto saxophone, Alan Ferber trombone, Russell Kirk alto saxophone, Alex Norris trumpet, Xavier Davis piano, Jeff Reed bass and Eric Kennedy drums.

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‘Panic Manic’ from South African drummer Tumi Mogorosi’s 2022 album ‘Group Theory: Black Music’, with Mthunzi Mvubu alto/tenor saxophones, Tumi Pheko trumpet, Reza Khota guitar, Dalisu Nslazi bass and a nine-strong choir.

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The title track from bassist Harish Raghavan’s 2022 album ‘In Tense’, with Morgan Guerin tenor saxophone and EWI synthesizer, Joel Ross vibraphone/marimba, Charles Altura guitar and Eric Harland drums.

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Some jazz-influenced prog this morning, beginning with ‘More Rain’ from Samurai’s self-titled 1971 album. Featuring Dave Lawson on vocals/keyboards, Don Fay flute/saxophones, Tony Roberts flute/saxophones, Tony Edwards guitar, Lennie Wright vibraphone/percussion, John Eaton bass and Kenny Beveridge drums. This was to be Samurai’s only album as they split the following year after mainstay Lawson (my best mate at school’s older brother) was headhunted by Dave Greenslade to join his eponymous new band.