Sunday, June 24, 2007
(10:12 PM) | Brad:
Friday Night Jazz: Special Sunday Night Edition
On Friday night, Papa was out getting his unemployed stupor on. On Saturday night, his attention was completely overtaken by the final three episodes of The Corner (which he scandalously hadn't even heard about until a couple of months ago) and the season finale of The Office (which he'd missed weeks ago because he'd wrecked the car and was in the garage stewing and trying to come up with a plausible story to sell the insurance estimator). So we have Sunday night, a special night. A late night of jazz.We'll maintain the theme from last week: jazz that is alive and kicking. And while we're at it, we'll revisit some of the same musicians, with one very notable exception.
First, Jessica Williams. Once again from her tremendous CD Arrival, but this time playing "Wrap Your Troubles In Dreams".
Then, we're back to Brad Mehldau, this time from his coming out party, Places. It's hard to pick, but "Amsterdam" is my favorite here.
After that, the whiz on the sax from last week, James Carter. From his CD Jurassic Classics, an explosive rendition of Sollin Rollins' "Oleo".
And finally, from the recently released second volume of his Live at the Lincoln Center, Mulgrew Miller's "Farewell To Dogma". Be prepared, it's a long one (nearly thirteen minutes). But it is as fabulous as this CD is a new necessity to your jazz collection.
