The Night: Jazz

The Night: Jazz is jazz from Jordy de Muijnk’s collection. We’ll start with Robert Glasper, born in Houston, Texas, and his debut album Mood from 2004.

01:00

1. Maiden Voyage 5:11
2. Lil Tipsy 9:21
3. Alone Together 10:08
4. Mood 9:49
5. Don’t Close Your Eyes 5:11
6. Blue Skies 9:28
7. Interlude 2:15
8. In Passing 8:34
9. N.K. Blues 7:46

Robert Glasper – piano

Bob Hurst – bass

Damion Reed – drums

Label: Fresh Sounds Records FSNT-153

https://www.freshsoundrecords.com/robert-glasper-albums/2452-mood.html

02:10

Now, we’ll shift our focus from piano to trumpet and flugelhorn. Tom Harrell released a record with an exciting quintet line-up in 2019; this line-up consists of trumpet, tenor saxophone, guitar, bass, and drums. This unconventional line-up realises a beautiful spectrum of colours and sounds.

1. The Fast 6:38
2. Dublin 9:40
3. Hope 7:30
4. Coronation 6:56
5. Folk Song 6:03
6. Blue 5:40
7. Ground 7:18
8. The Isle 8:25
9. Duet 1:41
10. Taurus 6:01

Tom Harrell – trumpet & flugelhorn

Mark Tuner – tenor saxophone

Charles Altura – guitar

Ben Street – bass

Jonathan Blake – drums

Adam Cruz – percussion (track 3)

Label: High Note Records Inc. – HCR7321

https://tomharrell.com/

03:15

We’ll continue with a CD from 2013, recorded in a traditional trio line-up consisting of piano, bass, and drums. Yet, there’s nothing traditional about the album. We’d like to introduce the Gerry Gibbs Thrasher Dream Trio.

1. Epistrophy 4:39
2. Promises, Promises 4:26
3. When I Dream 8:52
4. The Shadow Of Your Smile 4:33
5. The Woman On The Tv Screen 6:00
6. The Eye Of The Hurricane 3:29
7. Tell Me A Bedtime Story 5:06
8. A Feeling 4:07
9. Don’t You Worry ‘Bout A Thing 5:57
10. Sunshower 5:50
11. Here Comes Ron 3:48
12. Impressions 4:57
13. The Thrasher 5:56
14. Mr Clean 6:24
15. The Theme 0:35

Kenny Barron – piano

Ron Carter – bass

Gerry Gibbs – drums

Label: Whaling City Sound – WCS 065

http://www.whalingcitysound.com/

04:30

People remember Harold Mabern, who was born in Memphis, as the most prominent post-bop pianists ever. He mainly taught himself to play, but he also learned from Charles Thomas and Phineas Newborn Jr. He didn’t have money to go to the conservatory; luckily, he received private tutoring for a few months. In the years that followed, he practised 12 hours a day.

1. Mr Johnson 9:44
2. The Iron Man 8:00
3. Lover Man 7:34
4. The Lyrical Cole-Man 11:56
5. Edward Lee 8:53
6. It’s Magic 5:59
7. The Beehive 7:34
8. Rakin’ And Scrapin’ 10:09

Harold Mabern – piano

Eric Alexander – tenor saxophone

Vincent Herring – alto saxophone

Steve Davis – trombone

John Webber – bass

Joe Farnsworth – drums

Label: Smoke Sessions Records – SSR-2001

https://smokesessionsrecords.com/shop/albums/mabern-plays-mabern/

05:40

The next CD was made by saxophone player, composer, arranger, and bandleader Immanuel Wilkins. He moved to New York City in 2015, where he received his Bachelor of Music at Juilliard. In the past years, he toured around the world and worked with the Count Basie Orchestra, Solange Knowles, and Bob Dylan. During this time, he formed his own quartet, with which he released this debut album Omega in August 2020.

1. Warriors
2. Ferguson – An American Tradition
3. The Dreamer
4. Mary Turner – An American Tradition
5. Grace And Mercy
6. Part 1. The Key
7. Part 2. Saudade
8. Part 3. Eulogy
9. Part 4. Guarded Heart
10. Omega

Immanuel Wilkins – alto saxophone

Micah Thomas – piano

Daryl Johns – bass

Kweku Sumbry – drums

Label: Blue Note – 0602508947971

https://store.bluenote.com/products/immanuel-wilkins-omega

06:45

For the final album of this jazz night on Concertzender, we’ll return to the Netherlands. Marzio Scholten released an extraordinary album in 2019 with his new trio that consists of Ernst Glerum and Wolfert Brederode.

7. New Hope 5:37

8. Sometimes I Feel Like A Motherless Child 5:10

9. Isolophilia (Revisited) 3:00

Marzio Scholten – guitar

Ernst Glerum – bass

Wolfert Brederode – piano

Own release

https://marzioscholten.bandcamp.com/album/isolophilia