Caldeirada Rica

6 de março de 2020

Ken Vandermark Trio

Ken Vandermark Trio
CAE de Portalegre

Ken Vandermark - saxofones e clarinete
Håvard Wiik - piano
Chad Taylor - bateria

Chad Taylor

Håvard Wiik

Ken Vandermark

Portalegre (23 de Outubro de 2010)

4 de março de 2020

Sobre o jazz #3

Bill Evans

"It bugs me when people try to analyze jazz as an intellectual theorem.
It's not. It's feeling."

2 de março de 2020

Houve seca no Rio Ponsul

Foz da Ribeirinha

Foz do Ribeiro do Barco

Ponte de Lentiscais

Barco

Rio Ponsul - Lentiscais (Setembro, 2019)

7 de fevereiro de 2020

Kirk Douglas

"And maybe there's no peace in this world, for us or for anyone else, I don't know.
But I do know that, as long as we live, we must remain true to ourselves."

Spartacus (1960), Stanley Kubrick

Issur Danielovitch (1916-2020)
Actor, producer, director, philanthropist and writer

Foto: Dr. Macro

4 de fevereiro de 2020

62nd Grammy Awards

Best Jazz Instrumental Album
Brad Mehldau - Finding Gabriel

Best Jazz Vocal Album
Esperanza Spalding - 12 Little Spells

Best Improvised Jazz Solo
Randy Brecker - “Sozinho”

Best Large Jazz Ensemble Album
Brian Lynch Big Band - The Omni-American Book Club

Best Latin Jazz Album
Chick Corea & The Spanish Heart Band - Antidote

Best Contemporary Blues Album
Gary Clark Jr. - This Land

3 de fevereiro de 2020

James Edward Heath

Jimmy Heath (1926–2020)
Jazz saxophonist, composer, arranger and big band leader

Fotografia de Jimmy Heath, a.k.a. Little Bird, por Joe Martinez

26 de janeiro de 2020

Os melhores CDs de Jazz de 2019

Jazz Journalists Association

Record of the year - 2019

West Side Story Reimagined
Bobby Sanabria Multiverse Big Band

Top Ten JazzTimes - 2019

1. Branford Marsalis Quartet - The Secret Between the Shadow and the Soul

2. Dave Holland/Zakir Hussain/Chris Potter - Good Hope

3. Chick Corea/Christian McBride/Brian Blade - Trilogy 2

4. Camila Meza & the Nectar Orchestra - Ámbar

5. Kris Davis - Diatom Ribbons

6. Tom Harrell - Infinity

7. Joel Ross - KingMaker

8. Christian Scott aTunde Adjuah - Ancestral Recall

9. Johnathan Blake - Trion

10. Linda May Han Oh - Aventurine

67th DownBeat Critics Poll - 2019

1. Wayne Shorter - Emanon

2. Cécile McLorin Salvant - The Window

3. Ambrose Akinmusire - Origami Harvest

4. Kamasi Washington - Heaven and Earth

5. Andrew Cyrille - Lebroba

6. Makaya McCraven - Universal Beings

7. Branford Marsalis Quartet - The Secret Between The Shadow And The Soul

8. Kenny Barron Quintet - Concentric Circles

9. Christian McBride - Christian McBride’s New Jawn

10. Fred Hersch Trio - Live In Europe

NPR Music's 7th Annual Jazz Critics Poll - 2019

1. Kris Davis - Diatom Ribbons

2. Art Ensemble of Chicago - We Are On The Edge: A 50th Anniversary Celebration

3. Tomeka Reid Quartet - Old New

4. Branford Marsalis Quartet - The Secret Between the Shadow and the Soul

5. Steve Lehman Trio & Craig Taborn - The People I Love

6. Anna Webber - Clockwise

7. Jaimie Branch - Fly or Die II: Bird Dogs of Paradise

8. Taylor Ho Bynum 9-tette - The Ambiguity Manifesto

9. Matana Roberts - Coin Coin Chapter Four: Memphis

10. Chick Corea Trio - Trilogy 2

Seixal Jazz em selo

Seixal Jazz

Emissão "Jazz em Portugal" (CTT, 2009)

24 de janeiro de 2020

Dancin' in the river

São Pedro do Sul (Abril, 2017)

E é verdade...

"To do something, anything, is hard. It's much easier to blame your father, your mother, the environment, the government, the lack of money, but even if you find a place to assign the blame,it doesn't make the problems go away."

Take the Lead (2006), Liz Friedlander

18 de janeiro de 2020

Big guys

Sobre o jazz #2

"It takes black keys and white keys to make good music."

14 de janeiro de 2020

Com algum atraso...

... Os melhores CD's de jazz de 2018.

Jazz Journalists Association

Record of the year - 2018

Honey and Salt: Music Inspired by the Poetry of Carl Sandburg (Palmetto)
Matt Wilson

Top Ten JazzTimes - 2018

1. Wayne Shorter - Emanon (Blue Note)

2. Ambrose Akinmusire - Origami Harvest (Blue Note)

3. Myra Melford’s Snowy Egret - The Other Side of Air (Firehouse 12)

4. Kenny Barron Quintet - Concentric Circles (Blue Note)

5. Cécile McLorin Salvant - The Window (Mack Avenue)

6. Joshua Redman, Ron Miles, Scott Colley, Brian Blade - Still Dreaming (Nonesuch)

7. Bill Frisell - Music IS (Okeh/Sony Masterworks)

8. Brad Mehldau Trio - Seymour Reads the Constitution! (Nonesuch)

9. Sons of Kemet - Your Queen Is a Reptile (Impulse!)

10. Miguel Zenón Featuring Spektral Quartet - Yo Soy la Tradición (Miel)

66th DownBeat Critics Poll - 2018

1. Cécile McLorin Salvant - Dreams and Daggers (Mack Avenue)

2. Anat Cohen Tentet - Happy Song (Anzic)

3. Charles Lloyd New Quartet - Passin’ Thru (Blue Note)

4. DeJohnette/Grenadier/ Medeski/Scofield - Hudson (Motéma)

5. Ambrose Akinmusire - Live at the Village Vanguard (Blue Note)

6. Matt Wilson - Honey and Salt (Palmetto)

7. Jaimie Branch - Fly or Die (International Anthem)

8. Fred Hersch - Open Book (Palmetto)

9. Bill Charlap Trio - Uptown, Downtown (Impulse!)

10. Chick Corea - The Musician (Concord)

NPR Critics Poll - 2018

1. Wayne Shorter - Emanon (Blue Note)

2. Henry Threadgill 14 or 15 Kestra - Agg Dirt . . . And More Dirt (Pi)

3. Andrew Cyrille - Lebroba (ECM)

4. Makaya McCraven - Universal Beings (International Anthem)

5. Ambrose Akinmusire - Origami Harvest (Blue Note)

6. Steve Coleman and Five Elements - Live at the Village Vanguard, Vol. 1 (Pi)

7. Mary Halvorson - Code Girl (Firehouse 12)

8. Myra Melford's Snowy Egret - The Other Side of Air (Firehouse 12)

9. Cecile McLorin Salvant - The Window (Mack Avenue)

10. Thumbscrew - Ours/Theirs (Cuneiform)