Posted in Music, Sunday Jazz Sunday Jazz: Herbie Hancock, “Wiggle Waggle” Chris Holmes posted on August 14, 2011August 12, 2011 Comments Off on Sunday Jazz: Herbie Hancock, “Wiggle Waggle” Let's add a dash of funk to the usual Sunday Jazz proceedings with one of the best songs from Herbie Hancock's Fat Albert Rotunda - "Wiggle Read More
Posted in Music, Sunday Jazz Sunday Jazz: Duke Ellington at the Newport Jazz Festival, 1956 Chris Holmes posted on August 7, 2011August 4, 2011 Comments Off on Sunday Jazz: Duke Ellington at the Newport Jazz Festival, 1956 Today's Sunday Jazz looks at Duke Ellington's historic concert at the 1956 Newport Jazz Festival, and Paul Gonsalves' legendary 27-chorus sax Read More
Posted in Music, Sunday Jazz Sunday Jazz: Vince Guaraldi, “Freeway” Chris Holmes posted on July 31, 2011July 29, 2011 2 Comments Today I feature a live track from perhaps my favorite jazz pianist of all time. It's "Freeway" from the legendary Vince Read More
Posted in Music, Sunday Jazz Sunday Jazz: Cannonball Adderley, “Jive Samba” 1963 Chris Holmes posted on July 24, 2011June 18, 2013 Comments Off on Sunday Jazz: Cannonball Adderley, “Jive Samba” 1963 The great alto saxophonist Julian "Cannonball" Adderley steps into the Sunday Jazz spotlight. He and the rest of his sextet take on "Jive Read More
Posted in Music, Sunday Jazz Sunday Jazz: Cal Tjader, “Shoshana” Chris Holmes posted on July 17, 2011July 16, 2011 Comments Off on Sunday Jazz: Cal Tjader, “Shoshana” In honor of the late, great vibraphonist and Latin musician Cal Tjader, let's listen to just one of his many brilliant contributions to Latin Read More
Posted in Music, Sunday Jazz Sunday Jazz: Star-Spangled Jazz Chris Holmes posted on July 3, 2011February 19, 2013 Comments Off on Sunday Jazz: Star-Spangled Jazz Here's a handful of jazz songs (if not necessarily jazz compositions) to get your flags waving and your fireworks exploding (legally, of Read More
Posted in Music, Sunday Jazz Sunday Jazz: Mulatu Astatke – “Mulatu’s Mood” Chris Holmes posted on June 26, 2011June 21, 2011 Comments Off on Sunday Jazz: Mulatu Astatke – “Mulatu’s Mood” Another great (and recent) jazz entry from Ethiopian jazz legend Mulatu Astatke - from 2010, it's "Mulatu's Read More
Posted in Music, Sunday Jazz Sunday Jazz: Horace Silver, “Song for My Father” Chris Holmes posted on June 19, 2011June 18, 2011 Comments Off on Sunday Jazz: Horace Silver, “Song for My Father” To celebrate Father's Day, let's listen to this bossa nova jazz classic from pianist Horace Silver, "Song for My Read More
Posted in Music, Sunday Jazz Sunday Jazz: Curtis Amy on ‘Frankly Jazz’ Chris Holmes posted on June 12, 2011June 14, 2011 Comments Off on Sunday Jazz: Curtis Amy on ‘Frankly Jazz’ Today's Sunday Jazz showcases saxophonist Curtis Amy and his sextet performing "Summertime," as well as a clip of Amy playing with the Doors in Read More