Artist - Tune - Album
Freddie Hubbard - Red Clay - Red Clay
King Pleasure - I’m In The Mood For Love - Mr. Jazz
Hugh Masekela - Goin’ Back To New Orleans - Union of South Africa
Tania Maria - Eruption - Taurus
The Modern Jazz Quartet - Django - The Last Concert
Lonnie Smith - Mama Wailer - Mama Wailer
Billie Holiday - Lover Man - The Billie Holiday Story
Bennie Maupin - Just Give It Some Time - Moonscapes
Tony Williams - Extreme Measures - Native Heart
Moe Kaufman - Neptune - Solar Explorations
Cassandra Wilson - Love And Hate - Point Of View
Lenny White, Chick Corea - Why Wait - The Griffith Park Collection
Freddie Hubbared, Joe Henderson, Stanley Clarke
Anita O’Day - The Man I Love - An Evening With Anita O’Day
Charles Mingus - Sophisticated Lady - The Great Concert
You’ll find a complete record of all past Sets at jazzgumbo.blogspot.ca
This is another all vinyl Set. And though none of the music is new, most of the cuts are new to Jazz Gumbo. And they are Amazing! And I’m going to let the music speak for itself.
But a couple of these numbers really cling to me these last days. You know how it can be with music: a tune is played; somehow, it burrows down into you; and it faintly colors your mood and thoughts and feelings, lends a different perspective, enlivens your sense of being.
Well that’s how it was this week with Cassandra Wilson’s “Love and Hate”, and with Lady Day’s “Lover Man”. The latter carried me even further, to re-reading the many fascinating anecdotes from Holiday’s autobiography, “Lady Sings the Blues” that are contained in the liner notes. A small nugget of her life is shared in relation to each tune, how it came about or what it meant to her. I’ve added that book to my must-read list.
I hope you’ll love the Set!
Thrive!
Kirby
