World of Jazz 383

• Lee Konitz Quartet “You’d Be So Nice To Come Home To” from Jazz Nocturne (Evidence) 00:00
• Denman Mahoney “Martingale” from Martingale (Self Produced) 07:22
• Peripheral Vision “Whilst Up A Rope” from Irrational Revelation and Mutual Humiliation (Step3 Records) 16.49
• Songs of Tales “Awake” from Life Is A Gong Show (Roots 2 Boots Records) 22:29
• Miguel De Leon “A Volta Do Malandro” from Malandro (Fina Flor Records) 27:34
• The Tnek Jazz Quintet “Unit 7” from The Tnek Jazz Quintet plays the Music of Sam Jones (TNEKJazz) 32:29
• Miles Davis “Godchild” from The Complete Birth of the Cool (Capitol Jazz) 38:01
• Denman Mahoney “Primal Sympathy” from Martingale (Self Produced) 41:32
• Peripheral Vision “For Kent Monkman” from Irrational Revelation and Mutual Humiliation (Step3 Records) 51:29
• Joe Harriott “Can’t We Be Friends?” from The Joe Harriott Story (Proper) 56:43
• Songs of Tales “Cluster” from Life Is A Gong Show (Roots 2 Boots Records) 1:00:39
• Miguel De Leon “Ele Alma” from Malandro (Fina Flor Records) 1:05:44
• The Tnek Jazz Quintet “Some More O Dat” from The Tnek Jazz Quintet plays the Music of Sam Jones (TNEKJazz) 1:10:47
• Lee Konitz “All Of Me” from Motion (Verve Records) 1:18:28
• Denman Mahoney “Sea Set Wheat” from Martingale (Self Produced) 1:26:37
• Peripheral Vision “Neo-Impressionism for Pacifists” from Irrational Revelation and Mutual Humiliation (Step3 Records) 1:34:50
• Songs of Tales “Moanin'” from Life Is A Gong Show (Roots 2 Boots Records) 1:39:09
• Miguel De Leon “My Brother, My Friend” from Malandro (Fina Flor Records) 1:43:29
• Miles Davis “Jeru” from The Complete Birth of the Cool (Capitol Jazz) 1:49:06
• The Tnek Jazz Quintet “O.P.” from The Tnek Jazz Quintet plays the Music of Sam Jones (TNEKJazz) 1:52:14
• Lee Konitz “Lennie’s” from Some New Stuff (DIW) 1:56:48

 

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On this show a tribute to the late great Lee Konitz,

There are also exciting contemporary albums from  Denman Mahoney, Peripheral Vision, Songs of Tales, Miguel De Leon, and the TNEK Jazz Quintet with their tribute to Sam Jones

• HOUR ONE
• Lee Konitz Quartet “You’d Be So Nice To Come Home To” from Jazz Nocturne (Evidence)
  • 1994
  • Alto Saxophone – Lee Konitz
    Bass – James Genus
    Drums – Kenny Washington
    Piano – Kenny Barron
  • Recorded at Sound On Studio, New York, October 5th 1992.
• Denman Mahoney “Martingale” from Martingale (Self Produced)
  • Steven Frieder – reeds,
  • Denman Maroney – piano and hyperpiano.,
  • Ratzo Harris – bass,
  • Bob Meyer – drums and cymbals
  • Recorded Feb. 6-7, 2020 at Oktaven Audio, Mt. Vernon NY USA
  • Released Mar. 29, 2020, which would have been his sister Mary’s 78th birthday
  • A martingale is a betting strategy, popular in eighteenth century France, in which the gambler doubles the stakes every round, ensuring she is bound to win, if her pockets are deep enough to survive a long losing streak. Tom Stoppard riffs on the idea in the first scene of his play Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead. They lose, of course.
• Peripheral Vision “Whilst Up A Rope” from Irrational Revelation and Mutual Humiliation (Step3 Records)
  • Trevor Hogg – Tenor Saxophone Don Scott – Guitar Michael Herring – Bass Nick Fraser – Drums
  • Irrational Revelation and Mutual Humiliation is a double album celebrating more than ten years of the collaboration that is the JUNO-nominated Canadian jazz quartet, Peripheral Vision. Peripheral Vision is more than Don Scott and Michael Herring, the band’s leaders and composers; it’s their collaboration and friendship with Trevor Hogg and Nick Fraser. This music is truly a collective process, born out of long hours in tour vans and late night currywursts in Germany.
  • This is their fifth album and third collaborating with co-producer, Jean Martin, and they are really excited by his “mad scientist” creative input on this double album. He helped imagine a bigger sound for the record, adding layers of overdubs and studio treatments to the live-off-the-floor recordings, and orchestrated guest appearances by Michael Davidson (vibraphone), Chris Pruden (Prophet 6 analog synthesizer), and Craig Harley (organ, Rhodes).
• Songs of Tales “Awake” from Life Is A Gong Show (Roots 2 Boots Records)
  • Jesse Zubot – violin, bass, synths, congas
    Petr Cancura – saxophones, keyboards
    Jean Martin – drums, electronics, vibraphone
    Gordon Grdina – oud, guitars, bassSongs of Tales is an extraordinary collaboration from four authentic and like-minded artists from across Canada. Their debut, self-titled album is a collection of songs, visual and visceral stories, all told through instrumental music. Inspired by everything from Charles Mingus to Ornette Coleman to film music, this avante-jazz-pop inspired sound begins with the unique instrumentation of sax, violin, guitar and drums. On the album this expands to Petr Cancura on saxophones & electronics; Gord Grdina on guitar, oud and bass; Jesse Zubot on violin, electronics, bass and keyboards, and Jean Martin on drums and electronics.Recorded at the legendary Afterlife Studios in Vancouver, Canada,

    Songs of Tales will be released on Friday, May 1st, 2020.

• Miguel De Leon “A Volta Do Malandro” from Malandro (Fina Flor Records)
  • Miguel de León – vocals
  • David Feldman – piano
  • Guto Wirtti – bass
  • Lula Gala – guitar
  • Márcio Bahia – drums
  • Sidinho Moreira – percussion
  • Ian Moreira – percussion
  • Eduardo Neves – flute (1)
  • Ordinarius Choir  : Alice Sales, André Miranda, Agosto Ordine, Leticia Carvalho, Maria Martins, Marcelo Saboya
  • A “Malandro” could be defined as someone who: • Never works and lives off scams; a con man • Has shallow, uncommitted romantic relationships • Leads a bohemian life of only fun and pleasure • Cheats and deceives in order to prevail; a trickster Malandragem (Portuguese pronunciation: [malɐ̃ˈdɾaʒẽȷ̃ ]) is a Portuguese term for a lifestyle of idleness, fast living and petty crime – traditionally celebrated in samba lyrics, especially those of Noel Rosa and Bezerra da Silva. The exponent of this lifestyle, the malandro(masculine adjective), or “bad boy” (rogue, hustler, rascal, scoundrel, gangster), has become significant to Brazilian national identity as a folk hero or, rather, an anti-hero. It is common in Brazilian literature, Brazilian cinema and Brazilian music.
• The Tnek Jazz Quintet “Unit 7” from The Tnek Jazz Quintet plays the Music of Sam Jones (TNEKJazz)
  • Kent Miller Bass
  • Darius Scott Piano
  • Greg Holloway Drums
  • Antonio Parker Alto Sax
  • Benny Russell Tenor & Soprano Sax
  • Sam Jones lived from November 12, 1924 until December 15, 1981. He is the cousin of bassist Al Hall. Sam moved to New York City and played with a Who’s Who of New York jazz musicians but his work with Cannonball and Nat Adderley got me addicted to his playing. Even though he worked with Oscar Peterson, Bill Evans, and Cedar Walton for several years his earthy, powerful and soulful sound came from being in Cannonball’s band. Sam was influenced by some of the most influential bass players of the Twentieth Century—Jimmy Blanton, Ray Brown, Oscar Pettiford, Al Hall and Milt Hinton.
• Miles Davis “Godchild” from The Complete Birth of the Cool (Capitol Jazz)
  • George Wallington composition
• Denman Mahoney “Primal Sympathy” from Martingale (Self Produced)
• Peripheral Vision “For Kent Monkman” from Irrational Revelation and Mutual Humiliation (Step3 Records)
• HOUR TWO
• Songs of Tales “Cluster” from Life Is A Gong Show (Roots 2 Boots Records)
• Miguel De Leon “Ele Alma” from Malandro (Fina Flor Records)
  • featuring Leo Gandleman on saxophone
• The Tnek Jazz Quintet “Some More O Dat” from The Tnek Jazz Quintet plays the Music of Sam Jones (TNEKJazz)
• Lee Konitz “All Of Me” from Motion (Verve Records)
  • Alto Saxophone – Lee Konitz
    Bass – Sonny Dallas
    Drums – Elvin Jones
  • Recorded New York City, August 29th, 1961.
• Denman Mahoney “Sea Set Wheat” from Martingale (Self Produced)
  • On two tracks, Time’s Out and Sea Set Wheat, Maroney plays what he calls hyperpiano, meaning he expands his instrument’s sonic palette by playing the keys with one hand and the strings with the other hand using steel cylinders, copper bars, rubber blocks, and plastic CD and cassette cases.
• Peripheral Vision “Neo-Impressionism for Pacifists” from Irrational Revelation and Mutual Humiliation (Step3 Records)
• Songs of Tales “Moanin'” from Life Is A Gong Show (Roots 2 Boots Records)
• Miguel De Leon “My Brother, My Friend” from Malandro (Fina Flor Records)
  • Luciano Antônio – vocals
• Miles Davis “Jeru” from The Complete Birth of the Cool (Capitol Jazz)
  • Gerry Mulligan composition
• The Tnek Jazz Quintet “O.P.” from The Tnek Jazz Quintet plays the Music of Sam Jones (TNEKJazz)
• Lee Konitz “Lennie’s” from Some New Stuff (DIW)
  • Alto Saxophone  – Lee Konitz
    Bass – Greg Cohen
    Drums – Joey Baron
  • Recorded at the Studio, NYC on March 10, 2000