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Today's JAZZ playlist

Jacques Loussier Trio
Play Bach, Vol. 2

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Jacques Loussier Trio
Play Bach, Vol. 2

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I love Jacques Loussier Trio and I've some of his album.
Now starting my day with :

Plays Bach The 50Th Anniversary Recording

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Playing the music of Bach in a jazz style seems like heresy to some, like mere silliness to others, and like gimmickry to many more. But for half a century now Jacques Loussier has been making a strong argument in favor of the practice, and although this anniversary recording has something of a valedictory flavor to it, it's hard to imagine that the 75-year-old pianist doesn't intend to keep doing so for as long as he can lift his hands to the keyboard. Loussier isn't a jazz-classical fusioneer like Gunther Schuller, but neither is he a cheesy popularizer like Claude Bolling. He approaches Bach's music with evident respect and even reverence, but also with an unassailable sense of swing, and therein lies the magic of his approach: Bach's music works so well in the jazz context because the original compositions themselves swing so little. Playing the eighth Two-Part Invention or the Minuet in G Major in a jazz trio context actually sheds a whole new light on the architectural beauty of the music, exposing both its melodic sweetness and the sturdiness of its architecture. (For this reason, Loussier's experiments in jazzifying the music of Debussy and other masters of the romantic era have tended to fall flat -- how do you construct a compelling or even interesting swing around music already largely characterized by rhythmic pliability?) Best of all, though, is the putative bonus track, a sweet and joyful rendition of the familiar Christmas chorale "Sleepers Awake." If listeners could get another 25 years of this kind of thing out of Jacques Loussier and his trio, the world would be a happier place.
http://www.allmusic.com/album/plays-bach-the-50th-anniversary-recording-mw0000815785
 
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Helge Lien Trio - Hello Troll

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Helge Lien Trio (Norway) is a vital and highly original modern jazz trio. The repertoire is based on Lien’s compositions as well as some dramatically new interpretations of known “standards”. The trio comes out as a unique mix of jazz tradition and avant garde improvisation. The arrangements are often born through open improvisation on the material, and the listeners are witness’ to exiting dialogs between the three musicians. All three members of the trio is on a very high level on their instrument, in addition to having a unique personal style of playing. Helge Lien Trio has released five albums since 2001, three of them on the famous japanese label DIW. They have received overwhelming critics both in Norway and abroad, and they were nominated for the norwegian grammy for the album “Spiral Circle” in 2002. The trio has played at the majority of the Norwegian jazz festivals, including Molde Int Jazz Festival, Nattjazz in Bergen and Maijazz - Stavanger. They have also played in cities like Tokyo, Vancouver, Berlin, Stockholm, Copenhagen and Oslo.
The member are:
Helge Lien - piano
Frode Berg - bass
Knut Aalefjær - drums
 
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Billie Holiday ‎– The Essential Billie Holiday

Soho – SOHOCD002

Disc: 2
1. God bless the child
2. I'll get by
3. Them there eyes
4. Some other spring
5. These foolish things
6. Don't explain
7. Yesterdays
8. Any old time
9. I gotta right to sing the blues
10. My last affair
11. Moanin' low
12. That ole devil called love
13. I cried for you
14. The way you look tonight
15. Pennies from heaven
16. I cover the waterfront
17. A sailboat in the moonlight
18. Long gone blues
19. This year's kisses
20. Carelessly​
 
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Fingerpainting -- The Music of Herbie Hancock -- CD

Christian McBride - Nicholas Payton - Mark Whitfield

1997 Verve Records

Marking the first time Christian McBride, Nicholas Payton & Mark Whitfield have recorded together as a self-contained trio, FINGERPAINTING: THE MUSIC OF HERBIE HANCOCK is as ambitious a project as anything the three musicians have done to date. The 14 songs on this album present a cross-section of Hancock's compositions, from some of his most popular works to some which are relatively little-known. The tunes are chosen from such widely differing Hancock albums as TAKIN' OFF, HEADHUNTERS, MAIDEN VOYAGE, EMPYREAN ISLES and SPEAK LIKE A CHILD, showing the diversity and depth of the composer's work.The skill with which the trio covers each groove in this decidedly un-Hancockesque setting (with neither piano nor drums) speaks as much to McBride, Payton & Whitfield's musical virtuosity as it does to Hancock's compositional genius. The ballads are thoughtful and introspective, with guitarist Whitfield moving chord clusters around in a manner reminiscent of the composer, and Payton's beautiful, muted trumpet work exploring the tunes' complex harmonies. Payton's sizzling solos stand out on the hard-bop tunes, and McBride and Whitfield hold down the bottom amazingly well on the funk-tinged numbers.

Track Listing
1. Fingerpainting
2. Driftin'
3. Chameleon
4. Tell Me a Bedtime Story
5. Eye of the Hurricane, The
6. Kiss, The
7. Speak Like a Child
8. Sorcerer, The
9. Dolphin Dance
10. Chan's Song
11. One Finger Snap
12. Sly
13. Oliloqui Valley
14. Jane's Theme
 
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