Monday, 16 November

Track of the Week

Jason Rebello 'Blackbird'

Mini Concert of the Week 

Moonchild: NPR Music Tiny Desk Concert

Monday, 1st November

Mini Concert of the Week

With another Lockdown hitting us, I thought we might need a little more than a track to lift our spirits this week, so my recommended listening / viewing this week, is one of NPR's "Tiny Desk" concerts.

From a boat somewhere on the Thames the wonderful Nubya Garcia plays some of her latest material.

Nubya Garcia: Tiny Desk (Home) Concert

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From BBC 4

Basie & Blue Note -  Friday 6th November @ 9pm

On iPlayer for the next 25 days - Blue Note Records: Beyond the Notes.

Monday 26th October

Lockdown Track of the Week.

As I failed to upload a track last week this week you get two. 

Something long from the Horace Silver Quintet 1968 suggested by Ron, 

Song For My Father

Like now 1968 was a year of trouble and protest, so I have paired the above with something very much for these times from Wynton Marsalis

The Ultimate Litmus ft. Wynton Marsalis 

Paul

Tuesday, 13th October

 Lockdown Track of the Week

This week's track has been suggested by Ron Plascow

This is Colloquy from the 2019 album “Short Stories” by London based Alison Rayner Quintet.

Monday 5th October

Lockdown Track of the Week

Max De Aloe Quartet ‎– Just For One Day

Title track from their new album of music inspired by David Bowie.

Monday 28th September

 Lockdown Track of the Week

As we can no longer meet this term I thought it would be a good idea to share a track with you all each Monday until we can meet face to face once more.

This week I have chosen a track from Japanese trumpeter Takuya Kuroda with vocals by José James

 Everybody Loves The Sunshine

Paul

Thursday, 11th June

Announcement

Due to Covid 19 restrictions there will be no Autumn term program this year, but we do plan to run the course starting with the Spring on the 11th January 2021. To make up for the loss of the Autumn term we will also be running Summer term program.

Thursday, 12th March

Important Announcement 

Due to the Covid-19 situation the U3AC have today made the decision to end the Spring term early.

There will be no U3AC classes or activities, either in Bridge Street, external venues, members' homes or even in the open air after this date.

Our live session from Dan Forshaw this coming Monday, has therefore had to be cancelled.

Dan does have a gig at Hot Numbers (Gwydir Street) on Friday night at 7:30pm, so if you can please try get along to that to overcome the disappointment of missing on Monday.

Hopefully normality will be restored and JOAMA by the Autumn term, and we can all meet up again on Monday 5th October.

Monday, 9th March

Bud, Horace and McCoy - An Appreciation

• The Amazing Bud Powell, Vol 1 1949 Bouncing with Bud
Bud Powell (p), Fats Navarro (t), Sonny Rollins (ts), Tommy Potter (b),
Roy Haynes (d)


• The Amazing Bud Powell, Vol 1 1949 Ornithology
Bud Powell (p), Fats Navarro (t), Sonny Rollins (ts), Tommy Potter (b), Roy Haynes (d)


• The Amazing Bud Powell, Vol 1 1949 El Poco Loco
Bud Powell (p), Curley Russell (b), Max Roach (d)

• The Amazing Bud Powell, Vol 2 1953 Audrey
Bud Powell (p), George Duvivier (b), Arthur Taylor (d)


• The Amazing Bud Powell, Vol 2 1953 Glass Enclosure
Bud Powell (p), George Duvivier (b), Arthur Taylor (d)


• A Night at Birdland Vol 1, Art Blakey 1959 Quicksilver
Art Blakey (d), Horace Silver (p), Clifford Brown (t), Lou Donaldson (as), Curley Russell (b)


• Blowing the Blues Away, Horace Silver 1959 Peace
Horace Silver (p), Blue Mitchell (t), Junior Cook (ts), Gene Taylor (b),
Louis Hayes (d)


• Blowing the Blues Away, Horace Silver 1959 The Baghdad Blues
Horace Silver (p), Blue Mitchell (t), Junior Cook (ts), Gene Taylor (b),
Louis Hayes (d)


• Six Pieces of Silver, Horace Silver 1956 Senor Blues
Horace Silver (p), Donald Byrd (t), Hank Mobley (ts), Doug Watkins (b),
Louis Hayes (d)


• My Favourite Things, John Coltrane 1960 Every Time We Say Goodbye
John Coltrane (ts), McCoy Tyner (p), Steve Davis (b), Elvin Jones (d)


• JuJu, Wayne Shorter 1964 Juju
Wayne Shorter (ts), McCoy Tyner (p), Reggie Winkman (b), Elvin Jones (d)


• Trane’s Blues, John Coltrane 1960 One and Four (Mr Day)
John Coltrane (ts), McCoy Tyner (p), Steve Davis (b), Elvin Jones (d)


• Our Man in Paris, Dexter Gordon 1963 A Night in Tunisia
Dexter Gordon (ts), Bud Powell (p), Pierre Michelot (b), Kenny Clarke (d)


• Song for my Father, Horace Silver 1964 Que pasa
Horace Silver (p), Gene Taylor (b), Roy Brooks (d)


• The Real McCoy, McCoy Tyner 1967 Four By Five
McCoy Tyner (p), Joe Henderson (ts), Ron Carter (b), Elvin Jones (d)


• The Real McCoy, McCoy Tyner 1967 Search for Peace
McCoy Tyner (p), Joe Henderson (ts), Ron Carter (b), Elvin Jones (d)

Note: McCoy Tyner died the Friday before this presentation - Guardian Obituary 

Monday 2nd March

Cambridge Jazz-Visiting Artists 2018-2020

1. Leon Greening – “Waterloo” (LG piano; Mike Janisch bass; Steve Brown drums).
CD: “ Cookin in Brooklyn”.

2. Karen Sharp –“ Everybody’s Song But My Own” (KS sax; Nikki IIes piano; Dave Green bass; Steve Brown drums).
CD: “ Spirit”.

3. Tina May –“Black Coffee” (TM vocals; Nikki Iles piano) .
CD: “Change of Sky”

4. Tony Kofi – “ Cisco” (TK baritone sax; Simon Fernsby guitar; Pete Whittaker organ; Peter Cater drums).  CD: “Point Blank”.

5. Dave O’Higgins and Rob Luft  - “Minor Mishap” (DOH-tenor sax; RL guitar; Scott Flanagan organ; Rod Youngs drums).  CD: “Plays Monk & Trane”.

6. David Gordon - “ Francesco’s Rhumba” (DG piano; Ole Rasmussen bass; Paul Cavaciuti drums).  CD: “Angel Feet”.

7. Camilla George - “Isang” (CG alto sax ; Sarah Tandy piano; Daniel Casimir bass; Femi Koleoso drums).  CD: “Isang”.

8. Harry Bolt– “Double Rainbow” (HB piano; Arnie Somogyi bass; Euan Palmer drums ).
CD: “Piece By Piece”.

9. Misha Mullov-Abbado- “Cross-Platform Interchange” (MMA bass and others).
CD: “Cross -Platform Interchange”.

10. Anita Wardell -“ Moanin’ ” (AW vocals; Robin Aspland piano; Jeremy Brown bass; Alex Garnett sax; Steve Brown drums).  CD: “Noted”.

11. Dave O’Higgins -“Satosong” (DOH tenor sax; Max Ionata tenor sax; Ross Stanley Hammond organ; Luca Santaniello drums). CD: “ Tenors Of Our Time”.

12. Harry Bolt - “Out of Focus ” (HB piano, others as above).
CD: “ Piece By Piece”.

Monday, 24th February

A Century of Jazz Singers

Track List

BESSIE SMITH 1894 – 1937  Nobody knows you when you’re down and out

CAB CALLOWAY  1907 – 1994  Minnie the Moocher

BILLIE HOLLIDAY  1915 – 1959  Strange Fruit

JOE WILLIAMS   1918 – 1999  Going to Chicago Blues

ELLA FITZGERALD  1917-1996  Flying Home

MADELEINE PEYROUX b. 1974  Everything I do gohn be funky

GREGORY PORTER B. 1971  Grandma’s hands

DINAH WASHINGTON 1924-1963  What a difference a day makes

BLOSSOM DEARIE  1924-2009  Peel me a grape

GEORGE MELLY 1926 – 2007  Boogie Woogie Man

CLEO LAINE B. 1927  Crazy Rhythm

NINA SIMONE  1933 – 2003  Ain’t got no, I got life

DEE DEE BRIDGWATER  b. 1950 House of the Rising Sun

MUDDY WATERS  1913 -1983  Hoochie Coochie Man

OTTILLIE PATTERSON  1932 – 2011  Jailhouse Blues

BERYL BRYDEN 1920 -1998   Alexander’s Ragtime Band

JACQUI DANKWORTH b. 1963  Windmills of your mind

JAMIE CULLUM b.1979  These are the days

NORAH JONES  b. 1979  You don’t know me

AMY WINEHOUSE  1983 – 2011   You know I’m no good

CELESTE  b. 1994  Stop this flame

Monday, 17th February

Bring Your Own - A selection of members Favourite Tracks

Track list

1. David Gorden Trio - Scriabin's Depressed

2. Eric Silk - Gatemouth

3. Wynton Marsalis & Eric Clapton - Forty-Four

4. Axel Zwingenberger - Boogie du Printemps

5. Dizzy Gillespie - Prelude

6. Martin Taylor - Alfie

7. Jazz Couriers - The Serpent

8. Jazz Messengers - Soulful Mr. Timmons

9. Bobby Huchersons - In Walked Bud

10. Nette Robinson - April in Paris

11. Dianna Krall - Peel me a Grape

12.  Wynton Marsalis & Eric Clapton - The Last Time

Monday 10th February

Live set from Phil Stevenson and friends - The history of  Jazz guitar.

Phil Stevenson

Sandy Suchodolski                        Oscar Reynolds                          Sam Miles

Monday, 3rd February

The British Jazz Scene Today

Track List

Intro Track – Maisha – Kaa

1. Matthew Halsall and the Gondwana Orchestra – Badder Weather 
Featuring Josephine Oniyama on vocals

2. Mammal Hands - Boreal Forest

3. Camilla George – The People could Fly

4. Alpha Mist – Breathe
Featuring Kaya Thomas-Dyke on vocals

5. Collocutor - Disappearance

6. Emma-Jean Thackray – Red Bush

7. Greg Foat – The Mage

8. Nubya Garcia – Lost Kingdoms

9. Sons of Kemet – My Queen is Harriet Tubman

10. Shabaka and the Ancestors – Joyous

11. United Vibrations – Grow

12. Yazmin Lacey – 90 Degrees

13. Tenderlonious and the 22archestra – Yussef's Groove

14. Chip Wickham – Snake Eyes

Monday, 27th Janurary

The Drummers of Miles Davis

1. Kenny Clarke Boplicity Miles Davis 1949

2.  Kenny Clarke Tip Toe Gently Carmen McRae 1955

3. Kenny Clarke Willow Weep for Me Kenny Clarke 1955

4. Philly Joe Jones Tadd’s Delight Miles Davis 1957

5. Philly Joe Jones Joe’s Delight Philly Joe Jones 1959

6. Philly Joe Jones Our Delight  Philly Joe Jones 1968

7. Jimmy Cobb I Could Write a Book Dinah Washington 1955

8. Jimmy Cobb So What  Miles Davis 1959

9. Jimmy Cobb Eleanor Hank Jones 2006

10. Tony Williams The Sorcerer Miles Davis 1967

11. Tony Williams Water Babies Miles Davis 1968

12. Billy Cobham Right Off Miles Davis 1971

13. Billy Cobham Awakening Mahavishnu Orchestra 1971

14. Billy Cobham Spectrum Billy Cobham 1973

15. Jimmy Cobb  Pistachio Jimmy Cobb 2019

Monday, 20th January

100 years of Jazz 

Track List

Intro Music. Lou Donaldson: It’s Your Thing Englewood Cliffs, NJ, 1969

1. Original Dixieland Jassband: Clarinet Marmelade  Chicago, 1918

2. Bix Beiderbecke and His Gang: Royal Garden Blues  New York, 1927

3. Louis Armstrong Hot Five: West End Blues  Chicago, 1928

4. Lew Stone and His Band: I ain’t got nobody   London, 1934

5. Neville Dickie: Shout for Joy (by Albert Ammons, 1939)  London, 1989

6. Benny Goodman: Stealin’ Apples    New York, 1943

7. Django Reinhardt et le Quintette du Hot Club de Paris: Moppin’ the Bride    Paris, 1947

8. Bud Powell: Bouncin’ with Bud  New York, 1952

9.  Sandy Brown’s Jazz Band:  King Porter Stomp    UK, 1955

10. Sid Phillips and his Band: I’ll build a stairway to paradise    London, 1957 

11. Dave Brubeck: Camptown Races    Los Angeles, 1959

12.  Wayne Shorter: Black Nile   Englewood Cliffs, NJ, 1964   

13. Fela Ransome-Kuti: It’s Highlife Time   Nigeria, 1965

14. Blues Breakers – John Mayall with Eric Clapton: Steppin’ Out   UK, 1966

15. Weather Report:Birdland  Hollywood, 1977

16. Mongo Santamaria: Smooth Operator    New York, 1987

17.  EST: Dodge the Dodo  Stockholm, 1998

18. Billy Cobham: Alfa Waves    Various locations, 2009

Bonus track
David Arthur Skinner (piano): Makin’ Whoopee   Oslo, 2012

Monday, 13th January

Shades of Kenton.

Track List

So Rare – Gus Arnheim 1937

Peanut Vendor – Stan Kenton 1956

And Her Tears Flowed Like Wine – Anita O’Day 1944

With The Wind & Rain In Your Hair – Bud Shank & Bob Brookmeyer 1955

Eager Beaver – Stan Kenton (without his orchestra)1972

Budo – Mile Davis & Lee Konitz 1949

Walk Softly – Stan Kenton 1972

After You’ve Gone – Woody Herman 1964

When Sunny Gets Blue – Stan Kenton 1959

Don’t Take Your Love From Me – Frank Rosolino & Conte Candoli 1976

Something Cool – June Christy 1954

Misty – Stan Kenton 1961

Opus In Pastels – Stan Kenton 1956

Shine – Bujazzo & NYJO 2014

Concerto to End All Concertos – Stan Kenton 1946

Samba Triste – Stan Getz 1962

Modern Opus – Stan Kenton 1952

America – Stan Kenton 1961