I’m happy to stumble across this recording. Jaco Pastorius plays “Havona” in 1975, two years before it came out with Weather Report on Heavy Weather (1977). Alex Darqui (piano), Jaco Pastorius (fretless bass), and the incredible Lenny White (drums). Thanks for putting this up, E256JAZZ!
Category Archives: Jazz
Takashi Kako & Is Paris Burning
Takashi Kako, Is Paris Burning: A Collection. Soundtrack and theme for the NHK documentary program, Eizou no Seiki (The Twentieth Century in Moving Images) (1995).
Art Ensemble of Chicago & Dreaming of the Master
From a performance probably in the 70s. The song as I know it from the studio recording kicks in at 3:57.
Speculating sometimes on personnel but . . . Lester Bowie (trumpet), Malachi Favors Maghostut (bass), Joseph Jarman (saxophone), Roscoe Mitchell (saxophone), Don Moye (drums), pretty much everyone (percussion instruments).
Ipanema Redux & Martina DaSilva
I’ve found nobody, not even the immortal Astrud Gilberto, sings “The Girl from Ipanema” as good as Martina DaSilva. I’ve also found she sings it a lot, which is great. Every rendition adds something new. Check out other versions here.
Martina is supported by Tony Glausi (trumpet), Liya Grigoryan (piano), Russell Hall (bass) and Charles Goold (drums). The song is by the great Antônio Carlos Jobim and Vinícius de Moraes.
Maybe Martina’s haunting vaporwave version with Adam Neely is still the best (to me at least).
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Dizzy Gillespie and Chano Pozo: Jazz Bromance
This is eine kleine New Year’s music post over at BoFN.
R.I.P. Pat Martino & El Hombre
R.I.P. Pat Martino (August 25, 1944 – November 2, 2021). Title track from El Hombre (1967).
Pat Martino (guitar), Danny Turner (flute), Trudy Pitts (organ), Mitch Fine (drums), Vance Anderson (bongos), Abdu Johnson (congas).
Chick Corea & The Great Pumpkin Waltz
Seasonal reblog:
Chick Corea (piano), John Patitucci (bass), Tom Brechtlein (drums).
John McLaughlin & Binky]s Beam
John McLaughlin, “Binky’s Beam,” from Extrapolation (1969).
John McLaughlin (guitar), John Surman (baritone sax), Brian Odgers (bass), Tony Oxley (drums). I played this album endlessly when I had it on vinyl back in the day.
Just to Say Goodbye & Flora Purim
Flora Purim, “Just to Say Goodbye,” from Stories to Tell (1974).
Auld Lang Syne & Duke Ellington
Happy New Year!
What Do You Do for an Encore? 