March 13, 2019
You may know that I have a jazz piano background (for example, I wrote and performed the intro and outro music for this show). This album presents around 10 of my favorite jazz albums. This is an experimental solo episode, but don’t worry. I’ll be back to next week’s interview.
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Main list:
Charlie Parker, “The Mood of Parker” (1948) (listen to this original version, not an overdubbed version of Clint Eastwood’s melancholy film bird! ) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6wa7el-k3jq
Best of Savoy and Dialmaster (I mentioned the full set of episodes, but this is more familiar):
https://www.amazon.com/best-complete-savoy-studio-recordings/dp/b000067fuo/
“Coco”: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=okrnwe6gi70
Errol Garner, A complete concert in the ocean
(1958):
https://www.amazon.com/complete-concert-sea-erroll-garner/dp/b00zj5qxdo/
“I remember April”: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i_ailgalqyc
Stan Getz and Joa Gilbert, getz/gilberto (1964): https://www.amazon.com/getz-gilberto-stan/dp/b0000047cx/
“Desafinado”: https://www.youtube.com/watch? v = so718wk426c
Wes Montgomery and the Winton Kelly Trio; Smokin in half note (1965):
https://www.amazon.com/smokin-at-half-note-remastered/dp/b0006vxf4g/
“Unit 7”: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d12_468jvnk
Miles Davis, A little blue (1959): https://www.amazon.com/kind-blue-miles-davis/dp/b000002adt/
“Green Blue”: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vedgwww1hiq
Bill Evans Liner Notes:
https://www.sfjazz.org/onthecorner/bill-evans-kind-blue-liner-notes/
Bill Evans, By yourself (1968): https://www.amazon.com/alone-vme-bill-evans/dp/b00006c79a/
“This is that rainy day”: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rma2vav3voo
Miles Davis, Nefertiti (1968): https://www.amazon.com/nefertiti-miles-davis/dp/b003o5mody/
“Nefertiti”: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=thbifbex7ig
Herbie Hancock, Speaking Like a Child (1968):
https://www.amazon.com/speak-like-child-herbie-hancock/dp/b0007llq3w/
“Talking like a child”: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ltnlwi-xake
Chick Korea, friend (1978): https://www.amazon.com/friends-chick-corea/dp/b01lvwgsgj
“Waltz for Dave”: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ondowvq9nxe
Other albums mentioned:
Charlie Parker and the dizzy Gillespie, Birds and Diss (1950): https://www.amazon.com/bird-diz-charlie-parker/dp/b009r50yu0/
“Bloomdido”: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1mcgweq8oso
Ellis Regina and Antonio Carlos Joim; Ellis & Tom (1974):
https://www.amazon.com/elis-antonio-carlos-jobim-regina/dp/b0017ywg2s
“Aguas de Marzo”: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e1tov7y94dy
Miles Davis, Miles smiles (1967): https://www.amazon.com/miles-smiles-davis/dp/b016qe48tm/
“Footprints”: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=62p-cxrymf4
Herbie Hancock et al. , Homage to Miles (1992):
https://www.amazon.com/tribute-miles-various-artists/dp/b000002mg7/
“Elegy”: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r_djyj5ogg
Chick Korea, Three Quartets (1981): https://www.amazon.com/three-quartets-chick-corea/dp/b000003oze/
“Quartet No. 2, pt. 2: Homage to John Coltrane”: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uqx96dszxxa