Video Juke Box 2025
Videos Featured on the Sandy Brown Jazz What's New page during 2025
Click on the pictures below to watch the videos .....
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February
Guitarist Rob Luft and vocalist Elina Duni perform Charlie Haden and Abbey Lincoln's First Song in Basel last October with Matthieu Michel (flugelhorn); Patrice Moret (double bass) and Viktor Filipovski (drums). Dates for Rob's upcoming gigs are here and Elina's here.
This is an imaginative session from Erroll Garner in 1964 playing Spring Is Here and Lover with a few quotes by Oscar of other tunes along the way.
Here is vocalist and guitarist Ponpon Chen from Taiwan with How High The Moon. Yes, it might reflect Ella's version, but is worth hearing in its own right. Here is an interview with Ponpon Chen.
Bass player Misha Mullov-Abbado's group introduce their new enjoyable album Effra in this video. The album is in this month's Recent Releases and Howard Lawes talks to Misha in an article here. Dates for Misha's upcoming gigs are here.
In this video from 1953 the Benny Goodman Trio plays Nice Work If You Can Get It (Gene Krupa was 44, Teddy Wilson was 40, and Benny Goodman 43 - whatever the fans were saying!)
Recently, former American President Jimmy Carter passed through the Departure Lounge. (December 2024) He carried the nickname 'The Rock and Roll President' but he supported many forms of American music as can be seen from this video of the White House Jazz Festival that he staged in 1978. The reference in Salt Peanuts is to his family's peanut-growing business.
Here is an introductory video from the highly respected Scottish guitarist Jim Mullen about his latest album For Heaven's Sake featuring Ben Paterson (organ); Jan Harbeck (tenor sax) and Kristian Leth (drums) - See Recent Releases
January
Guitarist Nick-Costley White introduces his new album Poncha, to be released in February on the Ubuntu label, with snatches from the recording session and with musicians Julian Siegel (saxophone); Conor Chaplin (double bass) and James Maddren (drums). The first single from the album is here.
One number that sadly does not appear on Danish guitarist Jakob Bro's newly released album [see Recent Releases] is this video of Vinterhymne (Winter Hymn). The video has the same personnel as the new album with the late Lee Konitz on sax.
In 1978, the Royal Variety Performance was attended by the late Queen Mother. The second half of the show was opened by the National Youth Jazz Orchestra with special guests Acker Bilk and Kenny Ball. The picture quality of this video is not sharp, but did the music that Ma'am's feet tapping?
Guitarist Karl Clews solos on Gershwin's A Foggy Day (In London Town). Karl's new album And/Or is featured in this month's Recent Releases.
Vibes player Terry Gibbs plays Lemon Drop on the Regis Philbin Show in 1965 with Mike Melvoin (piano); Herb Ellis (guitar); Carrington Visor (flute); Monty Budwig (bass) and Colin Bailey (drums)
Glasshopper [Jonathan Chung (sax/composition); James Kitchman (guitar); Corrie Dick (drums)] play Major Hit. Their website is here.
Red Nichols and his 'Five' Pennies play The Dixieland Band in 1935. The clarinet player is Benny Goodman. Benny recorded the same song in the same year with Helen Ward (here)
Trumpeter Sean Gibbs plays When Can I See You Again? The title track from his 2021 album featuring Riley Stone-Lonergan (saxophone); Rob Brockway (piano); Calum Gourlay (bass) and Jay Davis (drums).