TagsTagsHere's some Saturday music, a spectacular performance of the jazz classic "Nardis" by pianists Kenny Barron and Brad Mehldau, two very different stylists who work very well together.
The late great Michael Brecker with a quartet featuring Joey Calderazzo (piano), James Genus (bass), and Ralph Peterson (drums), at the 1998 Leverkusener Jazztage festival in Germany, playing "El Niño" from the album Two Blocks From the Edge.
Music, Michael Brecker, Saxophone, Quartet, Joey Calderazzo, Piano, James Genus, Ralph Peterson
Pat Metheny and Brad Mehldau play the jazz standard “All The Things You Are” at the 2007 San Sebastian Jazz Festival. And by “play” I mean: exhibit a level of telepathic communication beyond most mortal human beings. [Video]
Music, Pat Metheny, Brad Mehldau, Jazz, Video, Guitar, Piano
Here’s a little Christmas Eve virtuosity, as Keith Jarrett redefines the 1936 Isham Jones standard “There Is No Greater Love,” in another amazing track from the sadly out of print DVD Solo Tribute: The 100th Performance in Japan. [Video]
Music, Keith Jarrett, Piano, Solo, Video
Keith Jarrett plays the Thelonious Monk classic “‘Round Midnight,” in an inspired solo performance from the DVD Solo Tribute: The 100th Performance in Japan. [Video]
I don’t know about you, but I’m ready for some music after another insanely contentious week. This is part of Keith Jarrett’s sublime Sun Bear Concerts, a flawless recording of Jarrett at the peak of his improvisational genius on a tour of Japan in 1976. [Video]
Here’s a beautiful track from Keith Jarrett’s latest album, Paris / London: Testament, a two-CD set recorded live at the Salle Pleyel in Paris, and the Royal Festival Hall in London. (Here it is at the iTunes Store.) This is Part VII of the Paris set. [Video]
Keith Jarrett almost launches into orbit in this improvisational piece from his classic DVD, Tokyo Solo. [Video]
A masterful performance of “So Tender,” by the most telepathic jazz trio in history, Keith Jarrett, Gary Peacock, and Jack Dejohnette. Keith’s intro is stunningly beautiful. This tune is on the DVD Standards in Japan. [Video]
Music, Keith Jarrett, Jack DeJohnette, Gary Peacock, Jazz, Piano, Video
A terrific duet on the jazz standard “All the Things You Are,” by Pat Metheny and Brad Mehldau. [Video]
Music, Pat Metheny, Guitar, Brad Mehldau, Piano, Jazz, Video
Possibly the finest jazz piano trio ever: Keith Jarrett, Gary Peacock, and Jack DeJohnette, playing a classic Rodgers and Hart tune, “With a Song in My Heart.” [Video]
Music, Keith Jarrett, Jack DeJohnette, Gary Peacock, Jazz, Piano, Video
Keith Jarrett with Jack DeJohnette and Gary Peacock, telepathic as always, with an interpretation of the jazz classic “Stella by Starlight”. The art of the jazz trio at its most refined. [Video]
Music, Keith Jarrett, Jack DeJohnette, Gary Peacock, Jazz, Piano
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