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A Night at the Jazz Circus! - Companion Mixtape

By Ludovico Granvassu | Mondo Jazz
November 24, 2020
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Charles Gayle

saxophone
1939 - 2023

" data-original-title="" title="">Charles Gayle's alter ego, Streets the Clown, to the music performed by the

" data-original-title="" title="">Kamikaze Ground Crew for the Flying Karamazov Brothers, from the countless jazz renditions of the iconi themes that Nino Rota wrote for Federico Fellini's movies to the equally countless jazz tunes inspired by circus acts... Jazz and Circus have a long history of cross-pollination.

This mixtape is a fun-filled companion to the two parts of our show "A Night at the Jazz Circus!" [click for Part 1 and Part 2]

Happy listening!

Playlist

Various Artists [
Carla Bley
piano
1938 - 2023
" data-original-title="" title="">Carla Bley] "8 1/2" Amarcord Nino Rota (Hannibal/Corbett vs. Dempsey) 0:00
Enrico Rava
trumpet
b.1939
" data-original-title="" title="">Enrico Rava "La Strada" Electric Five (Soul Note) 11:35
Ron Horton
trumpet
b.1948
" data-original-title="" title="">Ron Horton "Claude's Petite Bicyclette" Genius Envy (OmniTone) 13:24
Matt Wilson
drums
b.1964
" data-original-title="" title="">Matt Wilson "Choose" Honey and Salt (Music Inspired By the Poetry of Carl Sandburg) (Palmetto) 18:12
Weather Report
band / ensemble / orchestra
" data-original-title="" title="">Weather Report "The Juggler" Heavy Weather (Columbia) 21:14
Steve Grossman
saxophone
1951 - 2020
" data-original-title="" title="">Steve Grossman Quintet feat.
Harold Land
saxophone, tenor
1928 - 2001
" data-original-title="" title="">Harold Land "Circus" I'm Confessin' (Dreyfus) 26:14
Toine Thys
saxophone, tenor
" data-original-title="" title="">Toine Thys "Romanian Circus" Orlando (Hypnote) 33:55
Max Nagl
saxophone
" data-original-title="" title="">Max Nagl Quintett "Circus -Wie W?r's?" Strichcode (Rude Noises) 37:47
Lars Gullin
saxophone, baritone
1928 - 1976
" data-original-title="" title="">Lars Gullin "Circus" 1953-55 Vol 8 Danny's Dream (Dragon) 42:26
Philip Catherine
guitar
b.1942
" data-original-title="" title="">Philip Catherine,
Bert Joris
trumpet
" data-original-title="" title="">Bert Joris,
Brussels Jazz Orchestra
band / ensemble / orchestra
" data-original-title="" title="">Brussels Jazz Orchestra "Pink Circus" Meeting Colours (Dreyfus) 47:46
Lars Gullin
saxophone, baritone
1928 - 1976
" data-original-title="" title="">Lars Gullin "Circus" 1953-55 Vol 8 Danny's Dream (Dragon) 54:53
Vincent Peirani
accordion
b.1980
" data-original-title="" title="">Vincent Peirani "Le Clown Sauveur De La Fete Foraine" Living Being II -Night Walker (ACT) 54:53
Lester Young
saxophone
1909 - 1959
" data-original-title="" title="">Lester Young "Circus in Rhythm" Timeless: Lester Young (Savoy) 57:30
Kamikaze Ground Crew
" data-original-title="" title="">Kamikaze Ground Crew "Funeral Oration" Scenic Route (New World) 1:00:40
Frank Perwosky Jazz Orchestra "Big Apple Circus" Afternoon in Gowanus (Self-released) 1:02:58
Available Jelly "Achtung Circus" Monuments (Ramboy) 1:07:56
Return to Forever
band / ensemble / orchestra
" data-original-title="" title="">Return to Forever "Space Circus" Hymn of the Seventh Galaxy (Verve) 1:13:19
Garage a Trois
band / ensemble / orchestra
" data-original-title="" title="">Garage a Trois "Circus" Outre Mer (Telarc) 1:18:58
Avion Travel "Gelsomina" Nino Rota -L'Amico magico (Sugar) 1:21:01
Charles Gayle
saxophone
1939 - 2023
" data-original-title="" title="">Charles Gayle Trio "Streets" Streets (Northern Spy) 1:28:37

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