Dec 032022
 
elisabeth kontomanou:  alain jean-marie & elisabeth kontomanou quartet, 21 apr 1988, paris, france *and* elisabeth kontomanou quartet 25 july 2007, vannes, france

these were both shared by ‘cosmikd’, years apart.  i was going to upload the 1988 show and then listened to the 2007 show & just had to go for a “twofer”.  of the two, i prefer the second (2007) simply because it has more elisabeth kontomanou and was mostly written by her. alain jean-marie & [Read more…]

Nov 112022
 
courtney pine quartet - 4 july 1987, rocca brancaleone, ravenna, italy

the very beginning to this isn’t great (and the cut-in doesn’t help!), so i nearly just moved on to something else, but fortunately stuck with it.  i might just spend the rest of today listening to other courtney pine recordings!  looking for photos from that period turned up very little except for this rather nice [Read more…]

Nov 052022
 
olivier ker ourio quintet - 20 feb 2021, studio 104, paris, france

here’s some harmonica jazz.  like (i suppose) many people, you say “harmonica” and i think of blue ‘harp’.  silly me!  but i do love the harmonica, be it blues or jazz…  such a lovely warm sound. anyway, recently back from madrid where i saw andrea motis (who was fantastic, and sang more / played trumpet [Read more…]

Oct 012022
 

following a recent question, i’ve found that the rss feed is not working.  so if you’ve not been getting the feed from feedburner… that’s why.  hopefully, i’ve just fixed that.  if not, well, we’ll just see, won’t we?

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Sep 302022
 
anna maria jopek & leszek mozdzer - 20 apr 2018, die glocke, bremen, germany

i’ve been listening to a number of shows by leszek mozdzer, and this was my favorite of them.  anna maria jopek has such a wonderful voice and piotr nazaruk’s various instruments add depth to the music (i couldn’t find a link for him, though). anna maria jopek & leszek mozdzer jazzahead! glocke bremen, germany 2018-04-20 [Read more…]

Sep 252022
 
elliott sharp fest -  2008, 2009, 2010 and 2013, london, munich & szeged hungary

here’s a sampling of elliott sharp, solo, from various locations and dates over around 5 years.  the style is similar throughout, which isn’t that surprising (but it could be), and the recording levels seemed quite similar (which is surprising).  so they all work together very well, if  you’re in the mood for around 2 hours [Read more…]

Sep 032022
 
ruby braff - aug 1999, brecon jazz festival, brecon, wales, uk

well summer’s over, and we’ve probably all missed the brecon jazz yet again, haven’t we?  but here’s a nice set by ruby braff from around 23 years ago to make up for it.  meanwhile, around here, i’m off to my first show at arthur’s since covid started.  keen excitement all around, naturally.  apparently they’ve (had [Read more…]