Video Juke Box 2024
Videos Featured on the Sandy Brown Jazz What's New page during 2024
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December
Pianist and composer John-Paul Muir and lyricist Anjali Bhat introduce John-Paul's new album Home Now released on the Ubuntu label in November. The vocalist here is Brigitte Beraha. [See Recent Releases}
Canadian trumpet player Bria Skonberg and her band ask Do You Know What It Means To Miss New Orleans? The clarinettist is Billy Novick.
London band Raw Odoni [Hu Spall (saxophones); Matthew Shorter (piano); Dan Richards (bass); Christian Lewcock (drums)] play Keeping It Raw from their new EP Ostara (an ancient term for the spring equinox). [See Recent Releases]
Here is Freddie Hubbard on flugelhorn with the McCoy Tyner Trio in 1990 and Gershwin's Embraceable You.
Samara Joy swings I'm Old Fashioned at Emmet's Place in 2021 with Emmet Cohen (piano); Russell Hall (bass) and Kyle Poole (drums). Samara's new album Portrait was released in October.
Henrik Jensen's trio [Henrik Jensen (bass), Esben Tjalve (piano); Dave Smith (drums)] plays Above Your House, the title track from Henrik's new album. [See Recent Releases].
Acker Bilk plays Sweet Georgia Brown in 1987. This video seems to come from the German television broadcaster ZDF. It is not stated on the video who the personnel are but thank you to those who tell us they are: Cambell Burnap (trombone); Mike Cotton (cornet); Richie Byant (drums), Tucker Finlayson (bass) and Colin Wood (piano).
The Danish Red Bossa Trio - Steen Rasmussen (piano); Kaspar Vadsholt (bass) and Celso De Almeida (drums) - play the title track Red Bossa from their new album released on the 28th November [See Recent Releases]
November
Guitarist Molly Miller gets together with her brother Sammy on drums and Adam Levy on a second guitar for Buddy Holly's tune Everyday.
Jaco Pastorius is at the piano with harmonica player Toots Thielmans in this 1985 recording of Three Views Of A Secret.
Some fine musicians were in Ben Webster's Sextet in 1959 for this version of C-Jam Blues. Buck Clayton (trumpet); Ben Webster (tenor sax); Vic Dickenson (trombone); Hank Jones (piano); George Duvivier (bass) and Jo Jones (drums).
Annie Majin sings Kurt Weill's My Ship with Sam Braysher's Quartet at London's Ladbroke Hall in September. Sam's latest album, That's Him, features some of Kurt Weill's less well known music (here). Details of Sam's upcoming gigs are here.
Kim Cypher features Lianne Carroll in this live video of Tomorrow's Song from the 606 Club in London. The song is on Kim's latest album Catching Moments [See Recent Releases]
The formidable guitarist Stanley Jordan plays Somewhere Over The Rainbow at the Eddie Lang Jazz Frestival in Italy in 2013.
Andy Schumm and his band pay tribute to Bix and his Gang with At The Jazz Band Ball at Whitley Bay in 2016.
October
Here is a video of Curve Ball played live from Joe Webb's new album Hamstrings and Hurricanes. The pianist 'taking inspiration from the flavour of 90’s Brit-pop and adding references to his Welsh cultural roots, seamlessly blends traditional jazz with contemporary flair.'
Clarinettist Adrian Cox plays Lover Come Back To Me in session for the French TSF radio station with Denny Ilett (guitar); Dave Newton (piano); Alex Gilson (double bass) and Sebastiaan De Krom (drums) in 2023.
In this video bass player Avishai Cohen plays Courage from his new album Brightlight with his Trio in Japan earlier this year. The album is due out 25th October. Guy Moskovich (piano) and Roni Kaspi (drums) are impressive and in another short video extract, see Guy's piano playing on another track from the album - Gershwin's Summertime - here.
Guitarist Nick Costley White and his Trio (Conor Chaplin, bass, and Josh Morrison, drums) play Jimmy Van Heusen and Johnny Mercer's I Thought About You at The Vortex in London in September.
Earl Coleman and his Orchestra with vocalist June Barton play It's Got To Be This Or That some time in the early 1940s
Emma Smith sings I Get A Kick Out Of You. Emma has been shortlisted for the Parliamentary Jazz Awards together with Imogen Ryall, Anita Wardell and Liane Carroll for 'Vocalist Of The Year'. The awards take place on 29th October.
September
Monkin' Around - Dave O'higgins and the Trio play I Mean You - one of their explrations of Thelonious Monk's repertoire. Their debut album comes out in October.
This uplifting video of Chatanooga Choo Choo is from the 1941 film Sun Valley Serenade and feratures the Glenn Miller Orchestra with Tex Beneke and the Modernaires, Dorothy Dandridge and some fine dancing by the Nicholas Brothers.
Organist / keyboard player Ross Stanley is one of the shortlisted nominees for Instrumentalist Of The Year at the Parliamentary Jazz Awards. He is a member of Trish Clowes' band My Iris, but here he is four years ago playing Joni Mitchell's A Case Of You.
Led by trumpeter Sheila Maurice-Grey here is Kokoroko in 2017 playing Uman.
Bernard Victor reminds us of this Pathé News film of the Humphrey Lyttelton band playing at Mack's Restaurant (100 Oxford Street) in London in 1950. Bernard says: "I was there that night, one of the dancers. A very young Chris Barber dancing can be seen at 1.00 min. when the announcer was introducing Snake Rag."
Trumpeter Ife Ogunjobi is also shortlisted for the Parliamentary Jazz Awards in the Newcomer category. Here he is playing Peace Of Mind in 2019.
August
In July, John Mayall, 'the Godfather of British Blues' sadly passed through the Departure Lounge. In 2003 John brought together a number of friends, including Chris Barber, to celebrate his 70th birthday. Here they are with Talk To Your Daughter.
Also in July, guitarist Pat Metheny released a new solo album, Moondial. Here is an introductory video.
Saxophonist Paul Gonsalves is featured in this 1962 video of Blow By Blow with the Duke Ellington Orchestra. Paul Gonsalves, who also played with Count Basie and Dizzy Gillespie, was affectionately nicknamed “The Strolling Violins” by Ellington for his habit of leaving the bandstand and walking through the crowd during his solos.
Here are guitarist Ant Law and vocalist Brigitte Beraha with Leonard Bernstein's Some Other Time. Ant and Brigitte have a new album out Ensconced.
The Oscar Peterson Trio (with Niels-Henning Ørsted Pedersen, bass, and Martin Drew, drums) plays Charlie from 1980. This is one tune from a set that included guests Count Basie and Joe Pass but they are not on this number.
In a short film from 1951, Eddie Condon chats with columnist Danton Walker then leads his house band through an uptempo version of Eccentric with Wild Bill Davison (trumpet); Cutty Cutshall (trombone); Edmond Hall (clarinet); Gene Schroeder (piano); Bob Casey (bass) and Buzzy Drootin (drums).
The Three Cohens (Anat, clarinet; Avishai, trumpet and Yuval soprano sax) play Lost And Found with the WDR Big Band.
July
Dinosaur: Laura Jurd (trumpet); Elliot Galvin (piano); Conor Chaplin (bass) and Corrie Dick (drums) play Banning Street Blues at Bonn's Jazzfest in 2022. The track is on their album To The Earth.
Bass guitarist Marcus Miller joins drummer Omar Hakin at Berklee for an impromptu jam session of Jean Pierre earlier this year.
Sister Rosetta Tharpe sings Four Or Five Times with Lucky Millinder's Orchestra in 1941.
Guitarist Tom Ollendorff plays his composition Three Bridges live in Liverpool in April with Aaron Parks (piano), James Maddren (drums) and Conor Chaplin (bass). The tune, apparently inspired by Edinburgh's three bridges is on Tom's 2023 album Open House .
Maceo Parker leads a fine band playing Marvin Gaye's Let's Get It On: Maceo Parker (alto saxophone), Pee Wee Ellis (tenor saxophone); Fred Wesley (trombone); Will Boulware (organ); Bruno Speight (guitar); Jerome Preston (bass); Jamal Thomas (drums).
Here is the Count Basie Quartet in 1968 playing Just Squeeze Me - Count Basie (piano); Norman Keenan (bass); Freddie Green (guitar) and Sonny Payne (drums).
Saxophonist Sam Braysher has a new album out celebrating the music of Kurt Weill [see Recent Releases]. The album has the voice of Sara Dowling to add to the playing of Sam, Matyas Gayer (piano); Dario Di Lecce (double bass) and Steve Brown (drums). Here is a taste.
June
Saxophonist David Sanborn sadly passed through the Departure Lounge in May. There are many videos of him online, but I have chosen this one of him playing The Crusaders' Put It Where You Want It in the company of Eric Clapton (guitar); Joe Sample (keys); Marcus Miller (bass) and Steve Gadd (drums).
Veronica Swift sings Lover Come Back To Me from Emmet Cohen's Place in 2023.
Here is an uplifting clip (literally!) from the 1993 movie Swing Kids replicating dancing to the Louis Prima Orchestra and Sing, Sing (With A Swing)
Alina Bzhezhinska and Tony Kofi play Altera Vita from their new album by the same name. [See Recent Releases]
Piedmont Blues harmonica player Phil Wiggins passed through the Departure Lounge last month. Here he is playing solo during a Virginia Folklife Programme recordings session.
It is 1943 and here is the Benny Goodman Orchestra with Peggy Lee asking Why Don't You Do Right?
The dynamic Brass Funkeys have a strong following (as you can see). Here they are playing In House last year. They played at Glastonbury in 2022 and here they are busking in Brick Lane.
Mike Davis and The New Wonders play Everybody Loves My Baby from their new album Steppin' Out. [see Recent Releases]
May
American guitarist (Dr) Molly Miller plays her composition The Weight. More details of her upcoming Trio recording, The Ballad Of Hotspur, should be available next month.
Mark Lockheart's Morning Smiles sets an impressive introduction to his latest album Smiling with the 12 piece ensemble in this inspiring video.
1956 and a live video of Hey Hey from Big Bill Broonzy who influenced so many jazz and rock musicians.
Georgia Mancio sings Why with Julian Costello's Quartet (Julian Costello, saxophone; John Turville, piano; Andy Hamill, double bass and Tom Hooper, drums) from their new album And All The Birds Were Set Free.
Here is Nina Simone playing and singing I Wish I Knew How It Would Feel To Be Free at Montreaux in 1976
This is the Chris Barber band in 1965 (with one or two deps) playing 'The Saints'. It shows the level of the band's energy and popularity nearly 60 years ago and the response of a German audience.
Saxophonist Melissa Aldana plays A Story from her new album Echoes Of The Inner Prophet
April
Mårten Lundgren (trumpet) and the Swedish Big Band Goes Small Band plays Neal Hefti's Flight Of The Foo Birds with Zier Romme Larsen (piano); Ida Hvid (bass) and Cornelia Nilsson (drums). Cornelia ("Connie") Nilsson has a new album out Where Do You Go?
Decently Ripped - saxophonist Trish Clowes pays tribute to Wayne Shorter with pianist Ross Stanley from their gig at the Wigmore Hall. The tune appears on their latest album Journey To Where
The Alex Welsh band in 1964 plays the Beale Street Blues with Alex Welsh (trumpet, Roy Crimmins (trombone), Al Gay (tenor sax, clarinet), Fred Hunt (piano), Jim Douglas (guitar), Ron Mathewson (bass) and Lennie Hastings (drums)
Cyrille Aimée is a French singer based in New Orleans. Here she is singing La Vie En Rose in an 'Emmet's Place' video accompanied by a gathering of musicians. Cyrille has a new album out - a Fleur de Peau
Here is another in our videos featuring the many Youth Jazz Orchestras offering young people the opportunity to get 'hands-on' with jazz. This is the Gloucestershire Youth Jazz Orchestra. The Orchestra welcomes new players and details for auditions are here.
The 1947 movie The Fabulous Dorseys has a scene where the young Tommy and Jimmy play When You And I Were Young Maggie for a dance and take the dancers by surprise when they play 'their kind of music'.
The Brad Mehldau Trio (Brad Mehldau, piano; Larry Grenadier, bass and Jeff Ballard, drums) plays Ode at the Montreal Jazz Festival last year. One YouTube comment says: "This is so unbelievably beautiful. I've been listening to it daily since last week."
March
The Agathe Iracema Quartet play Hit The Road Jack. Based in France, Agathe has a Brazilian father and gave her first concert at fifteen supported by singer Sheila Jordan. Agathe's website (here) is currently being updated.
Guitarist Stanley Jordan plays the Beatles' Eleanor Rigby at the 1986 Newport Jazz Festival. One YouTube commentator says: "I bought a guitar today then looked up Stanley Jordan. This video came up. I'm returning the guitar."
Some of the Eddie Condon band in 1964 play Singin' The Blues, that beautiful number so associated with the Bix Beiderbcke recording. Bix had apparently heard the number in a recording by the Original Dixieland Jazz Band from 1920 - here built into the middle of their version of Margie.
The Harper Trio plays the atmospheric Passing By from their recent album (featured in last month's Recent Releases). Greek born with Egyptian roots, electric jazz harpist and composer Maria-Christina Harper has brought together the trio with saxophonist Josephine Davies and drummer Evan Jenkins. In March they are playing at JazzLive at The Crypt in London and the Kino Theatre in Hastings.
Anna Mae Winburn and the International Sweethearts Of Rhythm - the first fully-integrated, all-female big band - play She's Crazy With The Heat in 1945
Many years later, here are The Jazz Avengers playing the Average White Band tune Pick Up The Pieces in 2022.
Here is another video showing how young people are getting involved in jazz. This the the Ulster Youth Jazz Orchestra playing The Chicken in Belfast in December 2019.
February
Billy Marrows' band Grande Familia play L'Heroisme from their new album Penelope. The album is dedicated to Billy's mother who passed away last year and all proceeds from the album go to the charity World Child Cancer. Further details are in this month's Recent Releases section.
Saxophonist Joshua Redman plays Chicago Blues with Gabrielle Cavassa (vocals); Aaron Parks (piano); Joe Sanders: (bass) and Brian Blade (drums). The number is on Joshua's Blue Note album Where Are We released last September. Listen to the album here; details here.
Violinist Tal Henry and his North Carolinians play Come On Baby in 1929. Although he doesn't seem to have had famous musicians in his band the North Carolinians were popular and continued playing a large variety of venues for many years. The Dorsey brothers would practice with them when they were in town and Tal Henry was with Glen Miller before Glen left on that fateful flight to London in 1944. You can read more about Tal here.
Saxophonist Erena Terakubo and guitarist Yotam Silberstein drop into Emmet Cohen's place to play I'll Remember April.
UK based vocalist Germana Stella La Sorsa released her new album Primary Colours on 26th January. Here is an introduction to the album. (More details in our Recent Releases section]
In March 2023, the Fife Youth Jazz Orchestra prepares for a concert in Abbotshall Church, Kirkcaldy. Here they are playing Big Joe Turner.
Ray Noble and his band play a brief rendition of What A Perfect Combination and Goodnight Sweetheart to a Dutch audience in 1933. Al Bowlly takes the vocals and Ray Noble gives a very 'stiff upper lip' introduction for a band that includes Nat Gonella, Tiny Winters and Freddy Gardner.
January
Guitarist Carla Motis is featured in this video of When It's Sleepy Time Down South from the Sant Andreu Jazz Band with Andrea Motis and Rita Payes also taking solos. When It's Sleepy Time Down South is the subject of this month's Time Out Ten item below where you can also read a more about the song.
With the movie Wonka in cinemas now with the Anthony Newley / Leslie Bricusse song Pure Imagination still included, here is guiitarist Ant Law's interpretation of the tune. Ant includes links to both his lute and perfect fourths tuning.
Here's violinist Stuff Smith with Ella, the Oscar Peterson Trio and Roy Eldridge playing It Don't Mean A Thing from 1958. The picture quality isn't great but the swing is.
Ray Charles is usually seen playing piano, but did you know that he also plays a fine saxophone too? Here he is leading a band in 1963.
Here is an introduction to the new album from saxophonist Julian Costello's band Vertigo. This atmospheric track, The Whale, is well named. It will be part of a new album to be released in the Spring.
GYJO - The Gloucestershire Youth Jazz Orchestra play a fine version of Steely Dan's Josie in February of last year. Here is the link to their Facebook page.
QOW Trio (Riley Stone-Lonergan, saxophone; Spike Wells, drums, and Eddie Myer, bass) play Dewey Redman's QOW from their 2021 debut album. The Trio have a new album out, The Hold Up. Howard Lawes talks to Riley Stone-Lonergan about it here.