While recovering from surgery, Casey Benjamin passed away at 45.
Tag Archives: jazz
Pan Afrikan Peoples Arkestra – Flight 17
There's a lot going on here.
André 3000 – That Night in Hawaii When I Turned into a Panther and Started Making These Low Register Purring Tones That I Couldn’t Control … Sh¥t Was Wild
Les Égarés – Esperanza
I love Vincent Peirani’s playing, but Ballaké Sissoko’s work on kora rounds this quarter with Vincent Ségal & Émile Parisien into something truly special.
I do want to commend to your attention Brad Mehldau’s 2023 album Your Mother Should Know. I can’t link a live Mehldau performance here because of the fun police, but listen to his version of “Golden Slumbers, “one of the most beautiful tunes in the Beatles’ catalog.
Tom Waits – Christmas Card From a Hooker in Minneapolis
Many thanks to freealonzo for a great journey through 1978. As I learned during the week, I'll play one of my favorite songs from that year.
(Sorry for playing Christmas music so early.)
Wah Wah Watson & Herbie Hancock – Hang Up Your Hang Ups
João Gilberto – Corcovado
Meshell Ndegeocello – Clear Water
New music from Meshell.
Astrud Gilberto – The Girl from Ipanema
Wayne Shorter & Herbie Hancock – Memory of Enchantment
Two longtime friends & collaborators, live at the North Sea Jazz Festival, playing a track the recorded for their 1997 duet album 1+1. The venue for this performance, the Hague’s Statenhal, was demolished four years after this recording. Only Hancock remains.