David Brown
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David Brown
@dajbro.bsky.social
Guitar, music, reading, cooking, pets. Be a good person
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The Bill Frisell Quartet plus Lee Konitz - SET TWO - The Knitting Factory, NYC September 27, 1996 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fAPdHf0C1KE
November 28, 2025 at 5:06 PM
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Watch Julian Lage, John Medeski, Jorge Roeder & Kenny Wollesen perform "Opal" live in the studio. The gorgeous invocation is the opening track of Lage's forthcoming album "Scenes from Above" out Jan. 23. Watch, listen & pre-order now: julianlage.lnk.to/Opal
November 13, 2025 at 6:11 PM
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Here's a great documentary on saxophonist and composer Wayne Shorter:

youtu.be/PNoGqKdZ4jk?...
the language of the unknown: a film about the wayne shorter quartet (docu, bluray)
YouTube video by I See The Land
youtu.be
October 24, 2025 at 3:40 AM
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Here's a great documentary on drummer and composer Max Roach:

youtu.be/P5eEA6JvoaE?...
Max Roach: The Drum Also Waltzes (2023) |Full Documentary | American Masters
YouTube video by PBS America
youtu.be
September 22, 2025 at 3:15 AM
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Here's guitarist Derek Bailey's four part BBC series on improvisation:

Part 1:

ubu.com/film/bailey_...
UbuWeb Film & Video: Derek Bailey - On The Edge, Part 1
ubu.com
August 9, 2025 at 2:51 AM
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Here's a great documentary about jazz pianist and composer Keith Jarrett:

youtu.be/_fB5YXgNX-w?...
Keith Jarrett - The Art of Improvisation
YouTube video by inthelawn
youtu.be
August 5, 2025 at 3:39 AM
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SET 2 Joe Henderson John Scofield George Mraz Adam Nussbaum live at the Blue Note, NYC Dec. 7, 1994 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6RgAXLwHRWE
August 1, 2025 at 10:33 PM
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Thumbscrew (Halvorson/Formanek/Fujiwara) -1st set - at The Stone - Aug 2016 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BHxeJ1MCR5I
May 22, 2025 at 6:54 PM
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Massive collection of 750 live shows from SFJAZZ from the 1980s - 2010s. Cecil Taylor, Steve Lacy, Charlie Haden, Max Roach, Jason Moran, Kronos Quartet, Randy Weston, etc etc etc etc etc
Internet Archive: Digital Library of Free & Borrowable Texts, Movies, Music & Wayback Machine
archive.org
May 17, 2025 at 11:52 AM
Dallas Arboretum tonight
May 18, 2025 at 2:12 AM
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Guitarist Jeff Parker & ETA IVtet—saxophonist Josh Johnson, bassist Anna Butterss, drummer Jay Bellerose—perform an @npr.org Tiny Desk Concert, "a space for your mind to meditate on what the music speaks, set to a gossamer groove," per @totalvibration.bsky.social. www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fsnw...
Jeff Parker ETA IVtet: Tiny Desk Concert
YouTube video by NPR Music
www.youtube.com
May 7, 2025 at 3:37 PM
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just call it
Sonny Sharrock Day
and be done with it
Today is both International Noise Awareness Day and International Jazz Day. Choose wisely.
April 30, 2025 at 6:56 PM
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John Abercrombie Marc Johnson Peter Erskine - Seattle, WA June 6, 1986 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ISa7NP1dLME
April 25, 2025 at 5:20 PM
April 23, 2025 at 1:55 AM
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Reminded of my favorite João Gilberto album, just a dude and a guitar, produced by Caetano Veloso.
João Voz E Violão - YouTube
youtube.com
April 17, 2025 at 1:17 PM
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Tune of the day…Ornette Coleman - Peace. Proving that free jazz can be simple beauty in searching for melodic development. Ornette’s solo makes so much sense, it could have just been composed. He’s just talking to you, if you are willing to listen. #jazzsky m.youtube.com/watch?v=XU-b...
Peace (Mono)
YouTube video by Ornette Coleman - Topic
m.youtube.com
April 15, 2025 at 3:02 PM
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RIP Kurt Vonnegut. Gone 18 yrs. Dang.
April 11, 2025 at 11:49 AM
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No matter how bad you’ve fucked up at your job, you’ve never traded Luka Doncic. Always remember that.
February 2, 2025 at 6:45 AM
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The Hands Off protest in Dallas continues to grow
April 5, 2025 at 8:12 PM
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"You steer the ship the best way you know. Sometimes it's smooth. Sometimes you hit the rocks. In the meantime, you find your pleasures where you can."

Uncle Junior Soprano.
April 2, 2025 at 6:49 PM
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don't forget
March 29, 2025 at 4:35 PM
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From the archive: The Second Great Quintet at the peak of their powers, from an excellent FM broadcast in Rotterdam on October 30, 1967. With Wayne Shorter- ts, Herbie Hancock- p, Ron Carter- b, Tony Williams- d.
#jazz #jazzsky #mliesdavis
Miles Davis- October 30, 1967 De Doelen, Rotterdam
YouTube video by Milestones: A Miles Davis Archive
youtu.be
March 27, 2025 at 4:45 PM