‘Havard Hedde’ from the 2011 album ‘Migrations’ by the Trondheim Jazz Orchestra – Hedvig Mollestad guitar, Froy Aagre soprano saxophone, Tore Brunborg soprano saxophone, Klaus Holm alto saxophone, Nils Jansen clarinet, Eirik Hegdal sopranino saxophone, Mats Aleklint, Oyvind Braekke and Karin Hammar trombones, Hayden Powell, Hildegunn Oiseth and Erik Eilertsen trumpets, Per Zanussi bass and Thomas Stronen drums.
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Three this morning from Courtney Pine, perhaps not surprisingly, the man credited as a major influence by so many of the current crop of young British jazz musicians. This is ‘I Believe’ from his 1986 album ‘Journey To The Urge Within’, with Julian Joseph piano, Gary Crosby bass, Mark Mondesir drums and Pine on soprano saxophone.
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‘Absolution’ from the 1995 album ‘Modern Day Jazz Stories’, with Pine on soprano saxophone and flute, Geri Allen piano, Charnett Moffett bass, Ronnie Burrage drums/percussion and DJ Pogo scratches (which now sound dreadfully dated and rather rubbish to be honest).
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Three more musicians who, like Courtney Pine, kept the flame burning during a relatively fallow period for British jazz. First up, ‘High Voltage’ from Steve Williamson’s 1991 album ‘Rhyme Time (That Fuss Was Us)’, with Williamson on tenor saxophone, Dennis Rollins trombone, Dave Gilmore guitar, Michael Mondesir bass and Steve Washington drums.
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‘Chunky But Funky’ from Orphy Robinson’s 1994 12” ‘The Funky End Of Things’, with Robinson on vibraphone and marimba, Joe Bashorun organ/piano, Dudley Phillips bass, Winston Clifford drums and the great Brazilian percussionist/vocalist Nana Vasconcelos.
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‘Flower Girl’ from Sebastian Sternal’s 2015 album ‘Sternal’s Symphonic Society Vol. 2’, with Sternal on piano, Christoph Mockel alto/soprano saxophones and flute, Niels Klein tenor/soprano saxophones and clarinet, Klaus Heidenreich trombone, Frederik Koster trumpet/flugelhorn, Erik Schumann violin, Zuzana Schmitz-Kulanova violin, Thomas Schmitz cello, Magdalena Hartl viola, Robert Landfermann bass and Jonas Burgwinkel drums.
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‘Mars Bar (Call For Gary)’ from the 2004 album ‘Pooka’ by Jaga Jazzists Lars Horntveth, with Matthias Eick bass, Annette Myking, Siv Gronlie, Rebecca Cherry and Seiki Uono violins, Siri Hilman and Bodil Erdal cellos, Hans Gunnar Hagan and Michiel Westhof violas and Horntveth on clarinet, soprano/tenor saxophones, keyboards and guitars.
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Aside from the original, Brad Mehldau’s version of Nick Drake’s ‘River Man’ from the 1998 album ‘The Art Of The Trio Volume Three – Songs' is probably my favourite.Featuring Mehldau on piano, Larry Grenadier bass and Jorge Rossy drums.
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Going back a bit, it's nice to see Courtney Pine mentioned. His music seems sometimes a shorthand for smooth and polished Brit jazz, but I used to love his Within The Realms of Our Dreams when it was first released. Spare, stark, focused, improvisations, beautifully recorded, with this kind of spiritual authenticity to it. I hadn't heard John Coltrane at that time, but it prepped me for when I did. I'll have to go back and give it another go. He's still doing a whole bunch of stuff.
Orphy Robinson's an amazing guy, a real polymath who does improvisations with beats and iPads as well as vibes. He's a genuine force for good in this world.
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From a June 1974 BBC Radio 3 ‘Sounds Of Jazz’ broadcast, this is ‘New Dawn’ from the Allan Holdsworth / Ray Warleigh Quintet. Holdsworth on guitar, Warleigh alto saxophone, Pat Smythe electric piano, Bryan Spring drums and Ron Mathewson bass.
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