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@WestSideOFJazz
@westsideofthings.bsky.social
Jazz Content Curator with emphasis on where jazz has been, where it is now, and where it will go. Recognized ERP and EAM Consultant, Free Thinker, Avid Reader, Actor, Writer, Humanist!
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If you on that other site, I was @WestSideOFJazz , but I am telling you, I am LOVING it here....
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A product of the Houston (TX) School for the Performing and Visual Arts (HSPVA), along with Jason Moran, Robert Glasper, Eric Harland, James Frances, et al, guitarist Mike Moreno rewire of Wayne Shorter tune shines with
Kevin Hays-P
Doug Weiss-B
Kendrick Scott -D
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Children Of The Night
YouTube video by Mike Moreno - Topic
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November 11, 2025 at 5:51 AM
Reposted by @WestSideOFJazz
One of my fav guitarist, Swedish born Gustav Lundgren in a LIVE recording of a show at the Jamboree in Barcelona on January 3rd-2025. From the stellar new release Live at Jamboree with Camil Arcarazo-B, Jorge Rossy-D, and a gorgeous rewire of this Coltrane tune..
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"Lazy Bird" (Gustav Lundgren, Jorge Rossy, Camil Arcarazo)
YouTube video by Gustav Lundgren
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November 9, 2025 at 10:33 PM
Reposted by @WestSideOFJazz
From the outstanding 2023 release by a group called Naya Baaz - Charm - with a tight as a drum cast of
Rez Abbasi - electric & acoustic guitars
Josh Feinberg - sitar
Jennifer Vincent - 5-string cello
Satoshi Takeishi - drums
The sitar infusions are a thing of beauty
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#JazzGuitar
No Lack There Of
YouTube video by Rez Abbasi - Topic
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November 9, 2025 at 10:40 PM
Grandad was Grammy winning trumpeter Doc Cheatham. Then Oberlin under Donald Byrd. Trumpeter, Theo Croker embraces the previous, but created his own present & future. From the 2014 Afro Physicist, and this gorgeous Stevie Wonder rewire with Stefon Harris on vibes...
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Visions (feat. Stefon Harris)
YouTube video by Theo Croker - Topic
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November 11, 2025 at 5:14 AM
And these Next Gen Post Bop purveyors can bring it...from the outstanding release by the New York All Stars - Live Encounter - with
Eric Alexander, saxophone
Seamus Blake, saxophone
Mike Ledonne, piano, organ
Erik Soderlind, guitar
Aldo Zunino, bass
Bernd Reiter, drums
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#NYJazz
Naima
YouTube video by The New York Allstars - Topic
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November 11, 2025 at 4:56 AM
While known for his being a key member of the #BlueNoteRecords hard pop movement, pianist Duke Jordan was a man of many musical interests. From the 1966 Prairie Dog, with a unique blending of post bop with country infusions, told from a Blues point of view....even this standard
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Angel Eyes
YouTube video by Duke Pearson - Topic
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November 11, 2025 at 3:12 AM
Lafayette Harris Jr., from his stellar new post-bop release All In Good Time with Kenny Davis, bass, Jerome Jennings, drums...1 of the cowriters of this Billie Holiday tune was Irene Higginbotham, a rare African America Female composer in 1946, esp given the crossover success
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Good Morning Heartache
YouTube video by Lafayette Harris - Topic
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November 11, 2025 at 2:48 AM
Though his sisters, Debbie Allen (Fame) and Phylicia Rashard (Cosby show), may be better known, brother Tex Allen, as a trumpeter & composer is equally accomplished and was a long time member of the NY Jazz Club scene. On his 1999 album, he doubles on piano and trumpet. Wow!
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Intruding Melody
YouTube video by Tex Allen - Topic
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November 10, 2025 at 7:10 PM
Japan born and now NY based and classically trained pianist Chihiro Yamanaka has a almost effortless virtourisity that she merges exquisitely with warmth and exuberance . From her 2017 Guilty Pleasure with Yoshi Waki - Bass, John Davis - Drums
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Life Goes On
YouTube video by Chihiro Yamanaka - Topic
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November 10, 2025 at 6:19 PM
Happy Monday...hopefully this will help kickstart things...from the 1973 album Perception by one of the best Post-Bop Jazz Funk groups you probably never heard of; Catalyst from Philly with:
Odean Pope-TS, Flute
Sanifu Eddie Green-P
Zuri Tyrone Brown-B
Onaje Sherman Ferguson-D
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Perception (Remastered 2025)
YouTube video by Catalyst - Topic
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November 10, 2025 at 2:09 PM
From the 2018 album that blurred jazz, funk, post-cock, and ambient and focused on mood more than genre by RoboHands...because there is SOOO much jazz coming out, sometimes being genre fluid cause some groups to slip through the cracks, but they are good.
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Broken
YouTube video by Robohands - Topic
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November 10, 2025 at 3:08 AM
From Oslo, Norway jazz scene, an album of melodic narratives & arcs that unveil with quiet and sublime elegance...new release Places and Other Stories by S-E-A (The first inital of last names)...
Bjørn Bolstad Skjelbred, piano
Tine Asmundsen, bass
Terje Engen, drums
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6 Weeks
YouTube video by S-E-A - Topic
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November 10, 2025 at 1:19 AM
From the outstanding 2023 release by a group called Naya Baaz - Charm - with a tight as a drum cast of
Rez Abbasi - electric & acoustic guitars
Josh Feinberg - sitar
Jennifer Vincent - 5-string cello
Satoshi Takeishi - drums
The sitar infusions are a thing of beauty
#JazzMusic
#JazzSky
#JazzGuitar
No Lack There Of
YouTube video by Rez Abbasi - Topic
youtu.be
November 9, 2025 at 10:40 PM
One of my fav guitarist, Swedish born Gustav Lundgren in a LIVE recording of a show at the Jamboree in Barcelona on January 3rd-2025. From the stellar new release Live at Jamboree with Camil Arcarazo-B, Jorge Rossy-D, and a gorgeous rewire of this Coltrane tune..
#JazzMusic
#JazzSky
#JazzGuitar
"Lazy Bird" (Gustav Lundgren, Jorge Rossy, Camil Arcarazo)
YouTube video by Gustav Lundgren
youtu.be
November 9, 2025 at 10:33 PM
One of the best of Next Gen Brazilian jazz artists, Joabe Regis from stunning 2020 album Crew In Church, post bop with modernistic flourishes...Noted cast include Brazilian guitarist Toninho Horta , Nelson Ayres - Piano & jazz at Lincoln Ctr trombonist Elliot Mason
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Sobre o Mesmo Chão I Joabe Reis Ft. Elliot Mason
YouTube video by Joabe Reis
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November 9, 2025 at 8:36 PM
Guitarist Larry Coryell was called "The Godfather of Fusion", and without a doubt one of the legends of jazz rock...From his 1970 transformative album Spaces with a who's who of Jazz Rock artists:
John McLaughlin-g
Chick Corea-P
Miroslav Vitouš-B
Billy Cobham – D
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Spaces (Infinite)
YouTube video by Larry Coryell - Topic
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November 9, 2025 at 7:20 PM
From the Columbian jazz scene, the 2017 Under The Radar gem by pianist Oscar Acevedo - A Toda Costa (At All Costs) with some of the best jazz artists in Columbia including drummer Juan Camilo Anzola, bassist Kike Harker,, and William Pérez on guitar,
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Ciclo Mágico (feat. Juan Camilo Anzola, Kike Harker & William Pérez)
YouTube video by Óscar Acevedo - Topic
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November 9, 2025 at 6:37 PM
Simply Beautiful...
From the 2012 Christian aTunde Adjuah..aka trumpeter Christian Scott, a New Orleans native with Native American roots who expands modern post-bop
Matthew Stevens – guitars
Lawrence Fields – piano
Kristopher Keith Funn – bass
Jamire Williams – drums
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Bartlett
YouTube video by Christian Scott aTunde Adjuah - Topic
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November 9, 2025 at 6:10 PM
Happy Sunday, and if you have 17 min and want to shut out the noise of a world that is wild at heart and crazy on top...here you go...From the 1979 #ECM release Fluid Rustle by bassist Eberhard Weber with
Bill Frisell -G
Gary Burton-Vibes
Bonnie Herman, Norma Winstone-Vcl
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Quiet Departures
YouTube video by Eberhard Weber - Topic
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November 9, 2025 at 5:49 PM
Of the many Duke Ellington tribute albums, this may one of the best. Originally released in 1975, this iconic Duke tune was not included. In 1994 as part of Burrell's original intent to release a Duke compilation every year, but in the end only released Vol 1 & 2
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Come Sunday
YouTube video by Kenny Burrell - Topic
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November 9, 2025 at 5:27 PM
From the 2010 Under The Radar jewel by guitarist Rez Abbasi and his acoustic Quartet - Natural Selection - with:
Rez Abbasi - guitar - acoustic
Bill Ware - vibraphone
Stephan Crump - acoustic bass
Eric McPherson - drums
The alluring opener...
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November 6, 2025 at 2:36 PM
And a Happy Tuesday to one and all...
From the Estonian jazz scene, one of my Under the Radar Favs of 2024, an album of profound beauty and inner sublimeness, the debut of pianist
Mathei Florea and his New Grounds ensemble....Enjoy!
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Mathei Florea New Grounds - Cottage
YouTube video by Mathei Florea
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November 4, 2025 at 2:16 PM
Reposted by @WestSideOFJazz
Her album Twenty One with Ron Carter and Tony Williams is worth a listen. There have been some great versions of that song and one I really like is by Coltrane and Hartman.

youtu.be/sgbLtG8PBv4
John Coltrane & Johnny Hartman : Lush Life
YouTube video by Mr Kleeg
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November 3, 2025 at 5:48 PM
Two thoughts;

1. How did Billy Strayhorn write THAT song at 16?
2. Geri Allen was one of the finest pianists that jazz has ever known.

That's all....
2004 The Life of A Long with Dave Holland -Bass and Jack DeJohnette - Drums
Lush Life
YouTube video by Geri Allen - Topic
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November 3, 2025 at 5:01 AM
My auto-list is set for all things Jack DeJohnette this weekend, and I came across this gem; the song, but certainly the artist, Geri Allen, who is way too under appreciated IMO. From the 2004 The Life of a Song with Dave Holland-B, and the late great Jack DeJohnette on drums!
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Unconditional Love
YouTube video by Geri Allen - Topic
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November 2, 2025 at 8:19 PM