Artist - Tune - Album
Courtney Pine - The 37th Chamber - Modern Day Jazz Stories
Michal Urbaniak - Y Note - Urban Express
The Cinematic Orchestra - All That You Can Give - Every Day
Nana Simopoulos - Wings and Air - Wings and Air
Nat King Cole - But Beautiful - The Very Thought Of You
Abdullah Ibrahim - The Perfumed Forest, Wet With Rain - Africa–Tears & Laughter
Jill Scott - A Long Walk - Who Is Jill Scott
Chico Freeman - Monk 2000 - The Pied Piper
Mandrill - Mango Meat - Just Outside Of Town
Marion Brown featuring Allen Murphy - Visions - Vista
Pharoah Sanders - Greetings to Idris - Journey To The One
Billy Joel - Just The Way You Are - The Stranger
Sarah Vaughan - Every Day I Have The Blues - Sassy Swings Again
Jamaaladeen Tacuma - The Next Stop - Renaissance Man
Quincy Jones - O Happy Day - Walking In Space
The ode to musical styles past and present that introduces Jazz Gumbo in “Music Evolution” by Branford Marsalis and Buckshot Lefonque.
Playlists for all past Sets of Jazz Gumbo will be found at
jazzgumbo.blogspot.ca
A pretty broad mix of things this week, and it remains me of the amazing diversity of human expression, of all the many ways we can be moved. And, as I approach six years of producing this Podcast, I delight in playing artists and individual cuts that I haven’t before, as well as favorites that I reintroduce now and again.
So I make note of the Courtney Pine piece, from a newly acquired album, to Nana Simopoulos, an artist entirely new to me, and to Billy Joel, who is not someone who normally comes to mind for inclusion, but whose gorgeous pop standard I find irresistible.
The Podomatic stats page tells me that I’m drawing listeners from more and more cities and countries. As always, I’d love to hear from any of you who care to share a word about the music, who have a request, a complaint or best of all, a recommendation of an amazing artist you think ought to be heard more widely, that I might share with your fellow listeners.
Thanks for your ears; I hope they enjoy this week’s flavors!
Thrive!
Kirby Obsidian
