Friday Night Jazz with Reuben Jackson; 2015-01-09, Hour 3

Our three of Friday Night Jazz on Vermont Public Radio begins with a new release by Trumpeter Russ Johnson. He's joined by Roy Nathanson on alto, soprano saxophone, Myra Malford, and piano, Brad Jones on bass, and George Schuler on drums. This is called Still Out To Lunch. As I mentioned before, I mentioned during the initial broadcast of this and subsequent playing, this music primarily comes from multi-read player Eric Dolphys 1964 recording out to lunch. What we'll hear is the first piece on that particular track. It's called Hat and Beard. Russ Johnson and friends here in the third and final hour of tonight's show,

paying tribute to the still very, very, very present influence of multi-read player composer Eric Allen Dolphys Jr. The CD calls Still Out To Lunch and again the first movement from Eric Dolphys 1964 collection out to lunch, Hat and Beard. Our next artist, pianist Jason Moran, who's also the artistic director at the John F. Kennedy Center for the performing arts in Washington, D.C. This collection is called All Rise or Joyful Elegy for Fats Waller, Thomas Fats Waller. What we will hear from this came out a few months ago is Lulu's Back in Town. All Rise or Joyful Elegy for Fats Waller.

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Metzosoprano Malena Ernman here joined by Matt Berkstrom on guitar. This is from a collection entitled My Love. We heard the title track which again is a cornerstone of the third sacred concert by Edward Kennedy Duke Ellington here in the third and final hour of Friday night jazz on VPR Welcome and stick with us we've got a few more pieces to share. For more Duke Ellington or John Coltrane or Jason Moran or Carla Blay for great jazz 24 hours a day wherever you are and you know where you are. Check out vprjs24 you can listen at vpr.net and on your smartphone. Our next release is a new reissue you know again kind of thinking of that as a mixed

metaphor. It's John Coltrane's offering live at Temple University. This is the shortest track on this collection and it's obviously a concert version part me from 1966 of a piece which appeared on the first posthumous release under John Coltrane's name which came out in 1967 John Coltrane of course died July 17th 1967. The collection was called offering and this is again a concert version of offering here in our three of Friday night jazz on Vermont Public Radio. I hope you enjoyed this. John William Coltrane recorded live at Milton Hall Temple University, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania,

November 11, 1966, a brief but of course heartfelt because, you know, wasn't John Coltrane's work soul personified, reading of his composition, offering. We're going back to the new collection by trumpeter Brian Lynch, which is entitled Questioned Answer. Brian Lynch on trumpet, Emmett Cohen on piano, bars cause love on bass, Billy Hart, Washington, DC again, on drums. What we will listen to is another standard, this written by Harry Warren, one of his many great collaborations with Matt Gordon. I wish I knew. What is your favorite library?

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. . . . Mr. Bobby McFarron here in our three of Friday night jazz on Vermont Public Radio with Ruben Jackson. Mr. Bobby McFarron just rocking it lyrically, rhythmically, melodically as only he can. We began tonight's program with, again, some of the, you think about the foundations of music period. Certainly, if you want to be more specific and talk about some of the founding voices, some of the cornerstones of this music. We began with our Tatum, but Powell, we're going to go now to a gentleman whose work is so ubiquitous, it may be taken from granted in some respects. Charlie Parker, and we'll start things out with music from Bird with Strings. This recorded live at the Apollo Carnegie Hall in Birdland.

This was when CBS Records was, I mean, they had everybody on their roster living and otherwise, and they just popped out classic after classic after classic. My master card hit Skidmark. I'm like, oh, something else is coming out. Then I was lucky enough to start writing and getting, you know, some free things. But again, this is about your ears. So from Bird with Strings, we'll hear an introduction. I wanted to play this because it also allows us the chance to hear the speaking voice of the great Charlie Parker, and from there, a short, but again, I think, soulful version of Easy to Love. The Bird, Charlie Parker. Charlie, this is Parker with Strings. Charlie, welcome back. It's nice having you with us. Hello, it's good to be back. You've got quite a different aggregation with you this time, haven't you? Yes, I have some of this to change. A full string section back there, including a cello, and viola, and even a harp, right? That's right. What you're going to do?

I think we'll do a tune of Jimmy Monday's entitled Easy to Love. Easy to Love. I'll tell you what, if you will, if you'll tell the audience a little something about it, I'm going to move back there and get that mic over us so that we can pick up the strings. All right. All right. This was an idea of mine from a few years ago. About seven or eight months ago, I was lucky enough to record it on a mercury label. Six sides were released in an album. We're not going to do any of those sides. Instead, we'll do a tune that was arranged by the inimitable Jimmy Monday. We sincerely hope you enjoy Easy to Love. .

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about the bird. From bird with strings, Charlie Parker recorded live at the Apollo Carnegie Hall in Birdland. What we heard was recorded at the Apollo Theater, get an introduction by Charlie Parker in which he credits the arranger Jimmy Monday for this arrangement of cold porters easy to love. Before we say goodbye for another Friday, I'd like to thank you sincerely as always for listening, to remind you that we'll be here again next Friday at 8 p.m. sharp, go into the 11 playing this music. And as always, if you have requests like, you know, someone wanted the Bobby McFarron, feedback, other good stuff, please send it along. Arra Jackson at vpr.net. It's always great to hear from you. You know, people stop me on the street, email, it's all good, as they say. We will conclude tonight's show with another collection that's kind of hard to find. If like me, you're constantly beating the bushes for that next, you know,

bit of beauty, it's worth looking for. This released by the Antilles label in the early 1980s, Gill Evans, the great arranger, composer, band leader. We've played Ryan Truesdale's arrangements of lesser-known pieces worked on by Gill Evans. This was originally recorded in 1977, not released until 1983. It's called Priestess, the collections called Priestess. Among some of this great personnel, we've got Dave Sandboard and Alta Saxophone, George Adams on Tennis Saxophone, Billy Hart, Tennis Saxophone. That Billy Hart pardon me, Billy Harper, Tennis Saxophone. What we'll close with is a piece entitled, A Short Visit, here in listener supported Vermont Public Radio, WBTN Bennington at 94.3, WVPA St. John Sparry at 88.5, WVBA Bradowirl at 88.9, WVPR Windsor at 89.5, WVPS Burlington at 107.9, WRVT Rutland at 88.7, enrubrate at 101.1 and at

vpr.net. From Priestess, Gill Evans and Friends, a short visit. I hope you have a long, restful, wonderful weekend that you come back and hang out with us again next Friday. It'll be so much fun, as always. Take care and good night.