And what an introduction next gen tenor saxophonist makes on his debut modern post bop album Introducing Brandon Suarez with: Tyler Henderson, piano Caleb Tobocman, bass Jacob Smith, drums He makes magic with this Richard Rodgers and Lorenz Hart tune... #JazzMusic #JazzSky #Jazz #BrandonSuarez

The final US recording by the late, great tenor Ben Webster was the 1964 See You At The Fair, as Webster moved to Europe where his style, considered passe in the US, would be shown more appreciation. With: Hank Jones: piano Richard Davis: bass Osie Johnson: drums #JazzMusic #JazzSky #BenWebster

Winner of two back-to-back Grammy awards , including the 2024 Grammy for Best Jazz Vocal Album, jazz vocalist Nicole Zuraitis offers exquisite phrasing that makes each tune hers...with Idan Morim-G, Keyon Harrold-TRP, Rachel Eckroth-P, Dan Pugach-D, Tom Scott-Sax #JazzMusic #JazzSky #JazzVocals

One of my fav releases by pianist Mal Waldon was the 1959 Impressions with bassist Addison Farmer and Albert "Tootie" Heath on drums...and this reimagination of the Sammy Cahn &Jimmy Van Heusen jazz standard is just a thing of beauty... #JazzMusic #JazzSky #JazzPiano #MalWaldron #Impressions #Jazz

10 years into his self-imposed exile from the US, pianist Mal Waldon was in Paris in 1975 and had a meeting with the Lafayette Afro-Rock Band and produced Candy Girl, a merging of modal jazz with cosmic soul...with Lafayette Hudson-B, Donny Donable-D, Frank Abel-Keys #JazzMusic #JazzSky #Jazz

If you have never heard the eclectic jazz Trio with saxophonist Rob Hall, keyboardist Tobias Weindorf, and guitarist Philipp van Endert here you go. While there are faint whispers of early Pat Metheny, as well as early Chick Corea, this Trio is all theirs... #JazzMusic #JazzSky #JazzGuitar #Jazz

A bluesy, jazzy, simply beautiful reimagination of the Earl Hagen jazz standard by guitarist Gary Smith on the sterling new release Harlem Nocturne... #JazzMusic #JazzSky #JazzGuitar #HarlemNocturne #EarlHagen #Blues #BlueGuitar

The moody and mysterious soundscapes created by Norwegian trumpeter Arve Henriksen brings to mind what latter day Miles Davis might have sounded like had he grown up in Nordic regions, instead of East Saint Louis...with Eivind Aarset, guitar Terje Isungset, drums #JazzMusic #JazzSky #NordicJazz

A 37 1/2 yr return to the Interlochen Arts Academy in LA where drummer Peter Erskine graduated in 1968, returned in 1971 with college pal & pianist Alan Pasqua for a concert, then in 2009 with bassist Darek Oles, and this haunting rewire of Jimmy Webb & Glen Campbell tune #JazzMusic #JazzSky #Jazz

A exquisite exploration of self with self, and self with others, from bassist Noah Garabedian from his stellar new modern post bop release Quartets and Solos with Dayna Stephens, tenor saxophone and EWI Carmen Staaf, piano Jimmy Macbride, drums #JazzMusic #JazzSky #JazzGuitar #JazzBass #Jazz

A gorgeously powerful statement, commissioned by the Jazz Gallery‘s Fellowship Series, with an excellent cast of A-List, Next Gen jazz artists, exploring self love in a time of external hate...the transcendent new release "My Life Matters" by drummer Johnathan Blake! #JazzMusic #JazzSky #BlackSky

Simply Beautiful... Liberation introspectively, rather than externally, expressed...from the superb Touching Minds by Croatian born/Netherlands based guitarist Ratko Zjaca with Marius Preda on cimbalom (think of a piano with mallets, Trilok Gurtu-Perc and Nick McGuire-bass #JazzMusic #JazzSky #Jazz

A Under the Radar jazz Quartet, from an Under the Radar jazz release, the 2021 A Way Out with Yoav Eshed - Guitar Lex Korten - Piano Massimo Biolcati - Bass Jongkuk Kim - Drums The beauty gracefully flows on this one... #JazzMusic #JazzSky #Jazz #JazzGuitar #JazzPiano #Piano #AWayOut

From the 2021 gem A Way Out with Yoav Eshed - Guitar Lex Korten - Piano Massimo Biolcati - Upright Bass Jongkuk Kim - Drums and this post bop reimagination of the Joe Zawinul. tune from the '78 Mr. Gone #JazzMusic #JazzSky #WeatherReport #JoeZawinul #JazzGuitar

From the sterling debut release by Belgian pianist Milan Verbist (son of legendary bassist Piet Verbist) - Time Changes - and great Trio cast of Toon Rumen on bass and drummer Jens Meije, and this sly retort to perhaps Thelonious Monk's "Well, You Needn't" #JazzMusic #JazzSky# #JazzTrio #Piano

If not familiar with one of the rising Next Gen Jazz-Rock Fusion guitarists out there, Netherlands based Sebastiaan Visser, here you go...with Drums - Christopher Verweij Bass - Deborah Slijkhuis Keyboards - Matthijs Geerts From this new album Always There #JazzMusic #JazzSky #JazzGuitar #JazzRock

From the Under The Radar jewel, the 2022 Ôtrium with an untypical trumpet - bass - drum Trio with Quentin Ghomari, trumpet Yoni Zelnik, double bass Antoine Paganotti, drums And this tribute to Miles Davis.. #JazzMusic #JazzSky #Jazz #JazzTrumpet

One of the original jazz piano legends, who bridged the gap between Ragtime & Jazz, and was a king of the early NY "Rent Party" stride piano "Cutting Contests" William Henry Joseph Bonaparte Bertholf Smith, better known as Wille "The Lion".. #JazzMusic #JazzSky #JazzPiano

Pittsburg born, Duquesne educated, Air Force musician, and now DC based guitarist Shawn Purcell with a superb new modern post bop release Obvility with Walt Weiskopf -TS Darden Purcell -Wordless Vocals Ben Patterson -TRB Chris Ziemba -P Jeff Reed -B Steve Fidyk-D #JazzMusic #JazzSky #JazzGuitar

It is hard to believe that its been 45 years since Jazz legend and pianist Bill Evans passed away on September 15th 1980 because his music is still as relevant today! From a @villagevanguard.bsky.social recording in 1961 with Scott LaFaro - bass and Paul Motain Drums #JazzMusic #JazzSky #BillEvans

From the 1983 All Acoustic Quintet homage to Bill Evans by guitarist John McLaughlin - Time Remembered with Alexandre Delfa – acoustic guitar Yan Maresz – bass Pascal Rabatti – guitar François Szonyi – guitar Alexandre Delfa – guitar #JazzMusic #JazzGuitar #JazzSky #BillEvan #JohnMcLaughlin

Jazz Pianist & legend Bill Evans passed away on September 15th, 1980. On the 1981 album As Falls Wichita Falls, So Falls Wichita Falls, late pianist Lyle Mays & guitarist Pat Metheny co-wrote a beautiful & eloquent tribute to the lyrical and harmonic style of Evans. #JazzMusic #JazzSky #BillEvans

From the upcoming Nov. 7th @bluenoterecords.bsky.social release by pianist Aaron Parks showing off his post-bop chops on "By All Means" with a superb quartet of saxophonist Ben Solomon, bassist Ben Street, and drummer Billy Hart. #JazzMusic #JazzSky #JazzQuartet #AaronParks #Piano #Jazz

From 2007 Quartet by guitarist Pat Metheny and pianist Brad Mehldau (Read that saxophonist Joshua Redman told Metheny he should go check out this new pianist, & I guess Pat did)...the joyous opening tune with Larry Grenadier – bass Jeff Ballard – drums #JazzMusic #JazzSky #PatMetheny #BradMelhdau

One of my fav rewires of the Bronisław Kaper standard was offered as the title track of the 1990 Invitation by pianist Kenny Barron with a outstanding quartet of Ralph Moore on tenor (Moore is masterful as his notes dance and sing!) & David Willias-B, Lewis Nash-D #JazzMusic #JazzSky #Jazz #Piano

From the 2023 Under the Radar gem Pith by NY based percussionist and drummer Tomas Fujiwara with an A-List cast of Tomeka Reid on Cello, and one of the best of the Next Gen jazz vibraphonists Patricia Brennan...moody and mysterious juxtaposition abounds on the opener... #JazzMusic #JazzSky #Jazz

Put this in the category of late night, good headphones on, & ever better scotch category as Cuban pianist Aruan Ortiz invites shared listening experience where sound & silence dance & the listener fills in the open spaces. His new release Creole Renaissance: Solo Piano #JazzMusic #JazzSky

It's compared to a "Post Miles Davis BeBop" thing, but all I know is that the Freedom Art Quartet does it's own thing, and does it well. From the kinetic new release First Dance, with its in your face dynamics... Omar Kabir-T Alfredo Colon-AS Adam Lane -B Lloyd Haber-D #JazzMusic #JazzSky

Composer and arranger Anthony Branker offers a splendid post bop homage to his 88 year old mother who was suffering dementia on Songs My Mom Liked with Donny McCaslin: tenor and soprano ; Philip Dizack: trumpet; Fabian Almazan: piano; Linda May Han Oh: bass; Rudy Royston: drums; #JazzMusic #JazzSky

If not familiar with the exquisite machinations of bassist Jasper Hoiby's Fellow Creatures band, here you from from the new release Fellow Creatures: We Must fight with Alex Hitchcock on saxes, Xavi Torres -piano & Luca Caruso - drums #JazzMusic #JazzSky #Jazz #JasperHoiby #FellowCreaturesBand

Ukraine born, Murmansk and Moscow trained, now Tbilisi, Georgia based pianist Anton Mikhailov's new release Today Yesterday shines on all lev. The title and opening track with Ivan Lipatov-bass & Roman Reznik-Drums #JazzMusic #JazzSky #Jazz #Piano

If not familiar with the inventive and infective compositions of saxophonist Dom Franks and his Strayhorn band, the 2024 Duality Pt:01 is a great start....a tribute to saxophonists & esp to organ masters Larry Goldings and the late Joey DeFrancesco... #JazzMusic #JazzSky #HammondB3 #JazzOrgan #Jazz

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A gorgeous tribute to Hammond master Larry Goldings, saxophonist David Sanborn & organist Joey DeFrancesco by saxophonist Dom Franks and his Strayhorn band From 2024 Duality Pt. 1 (Pt. 2 is on the way) with Matt Hopkins (guitar) Anders Olinder (Hammond Organ) Andy Tween (drums) #JazzMusic #JazzSky

From the impossible to categorize band from the Motor City, Detroit, Michigan by a MOTOWN signed group that blurred the lines between jazz rock & R&B...from the 1969 force of nature release Get Ready and the 21 minute title & ending track.. #JazzMusic #JazzSky #RareEarth #MoTown #JazzRock

The 1978 Weather Report Mr. Gone was released in the heydey of jazz fusion . It hit as number one on the Billboard Jazz charts, received a 1-Star review from Downbeat which made keyboardist Joe Zawinul furious, and this song was named because Wayne Shorter was absent a lot. #JazzMusic #JazzSky

If not familiar with Danish bassist Kenneth Dahl Knudsen, start with 2012 Clockstopper and U will know! The opening post bop melodic burner! With Jaleel Shaw-S, Jonas Lindh-Trb, gilad Hekselman-G, Soren Moller-P Johnathan Blake-D Tomasz Dombrowsk-Trp #JazzMusic #JazzSky #Jazz #DanishJazz

One song (a cover of the Satellites are Spinning by Sun Ra) from the album is too long for the record, so it will probably be replaced by one or two we recorded later, with Ben. The Sun Ra tune featured guests Skerik (scary Erik) Walton and Gordon Raphael (Sky Cries Mary, produced Strokes). 2/3

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Bandoneonist, vibraphonist and percussionist Ben Thomas sculpts an sublime post Modern Argentinian exploration that merges jazz with Tango on the intriguing The Hat with The Grin and The Chuckle, with unique sextet of clarinet, bass, piano and two violins #JazzMusic #JazzSky #Tango #TangoProject

In 2005’s THE BATTLE, saxophonists Eric Alexander and Vincent Herring offered the them of old school "cutting contests" where the goal was to show up and show out better then the rest...20 years later the two reunite more as a musical tag team on Split Decision #JazzMusic #JazzSky #SmokeJazz

True story...the first time I visited the Frank Lloyd Wright "Fallingwater" House, rounding a high bluff in the Pennsylvania Highlands on a cloudy late winter Sunday morning, when the opening Piano cords started, the clouds parted & bathed the valley in sunlight. TRUE STORY #JazzMusic #JazzSky

If not familiar with Danish bassist Kenneth Dahl Knudsen, start with 2012 Clockstopper and U will know! The opening post bop melodic burner! With Jaleel Shaw-S, Jonas Lindh-Trb, gilad Hekselman-G, Soren Moller-P Johnathan Blake-D Tomasz Dombrowsk-Trp #JazzMusic #JazzSky #Jazz #DanishJazz

From the superb new release by Australian pianist Alister Spence - Gather - in a modernist Piano Trio mode with bassist Lloyd Swanton and drummer Toby Hall...an exquisite collection of standards and improvisations #JazzMusic #JazzSky #Jazz #JazzPiano #AustralianJazz #Piano #AlisterSpence

From the superb new release Notes From the Gondola by the Swedish Leo Lindberg Trio with Leo Lindberg, piano Kenji Rabson, bass Moussa Fadera, drums #JazzMusic #JazzSky #Jazz #SwedishJazz #JazzPiano #LeoLindbergTrio

Pianist Robert Glasper shows off his Post-Bop jazz chops on the outstanding new release Code Derivation with: Vicente Archer, bass Kendrick Scott, drums Walter Smith III, tenor saxophone Keyon Harrold, trumpet Michael Moreno, guitar #JazzMusic #JazzSky #Jazz #JazzPiano #RobertGlasper #CodeDerivation

Simply beautiful any time of day or night.. First heard Troen Arnesen Quartet on their 2021 debut Thread Lightly, the 2nd release New Paintings of Jazz does not disappoint! With lisabeth Lid Trøen-TS,AS,, flute Dag Arnesen-P Ole Marius Sandberg-B Sigurd Steinkopf-D #JazzMusic #JazzSky #Jazz

In 2012, saxophonist Jimmy Greene's daughter was tragically gunned down the in the Sandy Hook school shooting. Through loss and grief, Greene pushed on...From poignant new release As We Are Now with a A-List of NY based Next Gen septet, and this Afro-Cuban rewire... #JazzMusic #JazzSky #NYJazz

Written by composer Matt Dennis in 1946 for the movie "Jennifer" Ella Fitzgerald said it was her favorite song & helped make it a jazz standard...from the sublime new release by Italian pianist Enzo Orefice with Marco De Tilla - bass, Lorenzo Petruzziello - Drums #JazzMusic #JazzSky #ItalianJazz

From the sterling new release by NY based pianist/composer Henry Plotnick - Tributaries - with a heart driving Quartet of: Adam Cordero - Alto/Tenor Saxophone & Clarinet Kal Ferretti - Trumpet & Flugelhorn Jasper Grigsby-Schulte - Bass Gary Jones III - Drums #JazzMusic #JazzSky #NYJazz #JazzPiano