From the 1993 Portrait of A Player by Grammy award winning pianist Billy Childs and this gorgeous homage to the late pianist Tommy Flanagan and it swings, sways, and sashays...with:
Tony Dumas: Bass
Billy Kilson: Drums
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Simply Beautiful....
2007
Pianist Eliane Elias
Something for You: Eliane Elias Sings & Plays Bill Evans
"Blue In Green"
Marc Johnson – bass, co-producer
Joey Baron – drums
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The Javier Nero Jazz Orchestra and vocalist Veronica Swift on an dynamically offered reimagination of the Sigmund Romberg jazz standard...
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Cosmic Music: The Life, Art And Transcendence Of Alice Coltrane - Jazz Journal I first heard Alice Coltrane on the album after which this book is named. It had been the first time she had recorded with husband John, although the LP was not released until after his death. Like ma...

One of the most uniquely gifted musicians; jazz or otherwise, in American Music History....
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From the 1960 debut album by jazz icon Eric Dolphy - Outward Bound - with:
Eric Dolphy – bass clarinet
Freddie Hubbard – trumpet
Jaki Byard – piano
George Tucker – bass
Roy Haynes – drums
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From the melodically driven soundscapes of Los Angeles based Third Story from their self title 2012 release with Danny Weller - bass, Jeff Miles - guitar, Joshua White - piano, & Jens Kuross drums
The gorgeous opener!
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This LA quartet blended straight ahead swing with fusion and ambient textures. From the 2012 Self Titled Third Story
Danny Weller-Bass, Joshua White-Piano Jeff Miles-Guitar, Jens Kuross - Drums
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The title of guitarist Joe Pass' 1973 masterpiece Virtuoso is a apt title which is evident when you listen to tunes like this Ray Noble jazz standard...
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One of the best of the Next Gen jazz tenors, Walter Smith III does an exquisite post bop reimaging of the Clara Bley tune of his splendid new release Trios Vol. 2 with"
Joe Sanders - Bass
Kendrick Scott - Drums
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Simply Beautiful...
From the 2017 Jersey by the Mark Guiliana Jazz Quartet with
Mark Guiliana - Drums
Jason Rigby: Tenor
Fabian Almazan: Piano
Chris Morrissey: Bass
And this jazz reimagination of a David Bowie tune
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Sonny Stitt witched between alto and tenor on the 1959 album The Hard Swing, but went to the tenor on this rewire of the Bob Haggard/Sonny Burke standard with Amos Trice (piano), George Morrow (bass), Lenny McBrowne (drums).
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From the soon to be released album by post bop jazz trumpeter Jeremy Pelt - Our Community Will Not Be Erased - with:
Orrin Evans, piano
Buster Williams, bass
Lenny White, drums
Lasse Corson, keyboards
A sneak listen,,,
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Works just as well on a Saturday....
From the transcendent 2006 Tuesday Wonderland by the Esbjörn Svensson Trio (E.S.T.) and the joyous title track...
Dan Berglund – double bass
Magnus Öström – drums
Esbjörn Svensson – piano
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A grown up Jill Scott offers up and soul balm for grown up women.... just heard this and I love her Neo-Jazz stylings...
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Simply beautiful reimagination of Matt Dennis tune that was introduced & first recorded by the Tommy Dorsey Orchestra featuring Frank Sinatra, but trumpeter Peter Evans from his stellar 2020 release Standards with Samuel Gapp on piano!
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From the melodically driven 2024 album Line Colors by the Fagner Wesley Quartet with Fagner Wesley (piano/Rhodes/synths), Jojo Lackner (bass), Christopher Pawluk (guitar), and Matheus Jardim (drums).
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One of the most gorgeous jazz reimaginations of the Burt Bacharach tune was offered by up pianist Brad Mehldau on this sublime 2005 Day Is Done with
Larry Grenadier – Bass
Jeff Ballard – Drums
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One of the most beautifully sublime solo reimaginations of this Joseph Kosma jazz standard.
Nature made him short of stature.
He made himself a GIANT!!!
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Cornetist Bryan McCune offers up a song for his father the late Mac McCune from this 2014 performance with Andy Hall, bass; Steve Hanson, guitar; John Scofield, drums; Jim Williamson, organ; Bill Wimmer, tenor sax.
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Guitarist Tom Offendorff goes to work on this John Coltrane tune.
From his 2023 album Enchanted with drummer Ari Hoenig and bassist Conor Chaplin
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Continuing with #WestSideOFJazz 2025 Jazz Year in Review, here is Feb Extended Playlist with Mary Halvorson, Miles Davis, Cannonball Adderley, John Coltrane,, Ellis Marsalis, Lionel Loueke, Charles Mingus, and that is before the new jazz I posted!
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When people tell me "Jazz Is Dead", my goto response is "Then you are missing out of some incredibly good ghosts". No, Jazz Is Not Dead. In fact, its hella hard to keep up. But I try. Lets review 2025 - My January 2025 playlist with 165 tunes.
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One of my fav Next Gen Jazz pianists; Dominic J Marshall
and is outstanding Trio of Glenn Gaddum jr - bass and Jamie Peet - drums in a LIVE performance
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And how sweet this one is...

From the 1955 Prez & Sweets with:

Harry Edison (trumpet), Lester Young (tenor sax), Oscar Peterson (piano), Herb Ellis (guitar), Ray Brown (bass), Buddy Rich (drums)
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WestSide of Jazz December 10, 2013 YouTube video by James West

I have been compiling of my monthly posts into WestSideOFJazz Playlists, and occasionally I revisit them as there is so much music, at times I forget some of the songs that touched me in one way or another... here are 59 songs complied from December of 2013...
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Pianist Benny Green with a simply beautiful Solo reimagination of the Ornette Coleman iconic standard from his aptly named 2023 album Solo...
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What playing at the #WestSideOFJazz in the wee hours...
Vibraphonist Matthais Lupri from his scintillating 2002 Same Time Twice with :
Bass – Reuben Rogers
Acoustic , Electric Guitar – Kurt Rosenwinkel
Drums – Gregory Hutchinson
Tenor , Soprano Saxophone -Mark Turner
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If you notice that my handle on here is now #WestSideOFJazz, please know nothing has changed. This is for folks existing "x" to find my posts...still @westsideofthings.bsky.social , and in the end, it's all about the music, everything else is just conversation ;)
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Wonderful rewire of the Joe Henderson standard by vibraphonist Bobby Hutcherson from his superb 1986 Color Schemes with:
Mulgrew Miller – piano
John Heard – bass
Billy Higgins – drums
Airto – percussion

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