Brilliant performance of The Flying Scotsman at the 1990 International Jazz Festival in Bern Switzerland … featuring Gerry Mulligan (bs), Bill Charlap (p), Dean Johnson (b) and David Ratajczak (d).
Gerry Mulligan is at his soulful best as the quartet performs Wallflower at the 1990 Jazz Festival in Bern. The first festival took place in 1976 and has been thrilling fans with world class jazz every spring since.
Mundell Lowe and Louis Stewart perform Satin Doll together with a string quartet. It’s a unique treatment of the Ellington / Strayhorn classic, with the tender touch of one of jazz’s guitar icons.
Wind Song is a rhythmic, medium-up tempo tune featuring Mundell Lowe and Louis Stewart on guitars, Jim Doherty piano, Dave Gausden bass, Peter Ainscough on drums, augmented by a classical string quartet just to keep things interesting.
When the bells all ring and the horns all blow, with new love also comes the New Year and a desire to welcome it with the object of her affection. Her plaintive cry is to embrace the dream of new possibilities together.
He loves me, he loves me not …
Get Hammered with jazz great Charles Mingus’s Egg Nog recipe!
Jazz pioneer Charles Mingus (1922-1979) had a secret recipe for eggnog that by all accounts was delicious, and incredibly potent. He shared the recipe with biographer Janet Coleman who published it in her book Mingus/Mingus: Two Memoirs. Maybe you’ll want to test drive this brew for the Holidays. Starting right now, drink a few cups everyday until Christmas. In case Santa decides to leave only coal in your stocking, you’re covered. You won’t care, anyway!
Competitive Foursome
While this is technically chamber music, they do blow some jazz … and anyone who has even a glimmer of musical savvy will appreciate their performance. The Salut Salon Quartet, from Hamburg Germany, is comprised of Angelika Bachmann (violin), Iris Siegfried (violin), Anne-Monika von Twardowski (piano) and Sonja Lena Schmid (cello). They have been called “the Harlem Globetrotters of string quartets.” Here, “The Summer” composed by Antonio Vivaldi, becomes the stage for a musical competition with a special sense of humor and musical dexterity!
One of George Shearing’s signature pieces, a classic illustration of the trademark Shearing sound. While he moved on to solo work and vocal accompanyment, anyone who grew up with Shearing grew up with the sound of his quintet.
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