Happy (Belated) 70th Birthday, Lester! Lester Bowie, October 11, 1941-November 8, 1999 trumpet player, bandleader, irrepressible spirit Lester Bowie Brass & Steel Band, Umbria Jazz Festival (Italy), 1996 Part 1 *** Part 2 *** Part 3 *** Part 4 More? Here. And here. And here. And here. And here. ********** lagniappe musical thoughts Jazz is [...]
Archive for the ‘flugelhorn’ category
Friday, 10/14/11
10/14/2011Wednesday, 10/20/10
10/19/2010Few musicians, on any instrument, give me so much joy. Ed Blackwell, October 10, 1929-October 7, 1992 Mal Waldron Quintet (Mal Waldron, piano, with Ed Blackwell, drums; Reggie Workman, bass; Charlie Rouse, saxophone; Woody Shaw, flugelhorn), “The Git-Go,” live, New York (Village Vanguard), 1986 Part 1 *** Part 2 *** Part 3 Want more of [...]
Thursday, 4/8/10
04/07/2010This guy’s one of the most lyrical players and composers around. (He also happens to have paranoid schizophrenia.) Tom Harrell, flugelhorn/Tom Harrell Quintet “Rhythm-A-Ning,” live, France (Paris), 2008 ***** “In the Infinite” (by TH), live, Italy (Sorrento), 2008 ***** “Dancin’ Around” (by TH), live, Brazil (Sao Paulo), 2003 ********** lagniappe I’m posting this next piece [...]
