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Blue Note Review 2 & Play a Game with DrJ, Newk & Lady Day

By Marc Cohn | Gifts & Messages
November 15, 2019
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It's Gifts and Messages show No. 400 from the studios of WHYR—how did that happen? To celebrate (but let's face it, we celebrate every week), we have a game for you: tunes written by famous saxophonists 'reimagined' in 2019—name the composer. We also have a start on listening to the Blue Note Review #2 collectors' box (highlighting the compositions of

Tony Williams

drums
1945 - 1997

" data-original-title="" title="">Tony Williams);

Sonny Rollins

saxophone
b.1930

" data-original-title="" title="">Sonny Rollins with Trane from 1956; and songs associated with

Billie Holiday

vocals
1915 - 1959

" data-original-title="" title="">Billie Holiday. Enjoy the show! Sincere thanks to all of you for your ears and support for G&M! Listeners of the week, most actively, in: Strasbourg (France), Brooklyn & Los Angeles (US), and Yokohama (Japan)

Playlist

Erik Jekabson
trumpet
b.1973
" data-original-title="" title="">Erik Jekabson "Thriller" from A Brand New Take (OA2) 00:00
Poncho Sanchez
bongos
b.1951
" data-original-title="" title="">Poncho Sanchez "Giant Steps" from Trane's Delight (Concord) 08:34
Steve Khan
guitar
b.1947
" data-original-title="" title="">Steve Khan "C & D" from Patchwork (Tone Center) 13:26
Akiko Tsuruga
organ, Hammond B3
b.1850
" data-original-title="" title="">Akiko Tsuruga "Baptist Beat" from Equal Time (Capri) 22:01
Herbie Hancock
piano
b.1940
" data-original-title="" title="">Herbie Hancock "Tell Me a Bedtime Story" from Fat Albert Rotunda (Warner Bros) 28:44
Brian Blade
drums
b.1970
" data-original-title="" title="">Brian Blade "Warrior" from Spirit & Time—Blue Note Review (Blue Note) 34:39
Kendrick Scott
drums
b.1980
" data-original-title="" title="">Kendrick Scott "Civilization/Citadel" from Spirit & Time—Blue Note Review (Blue Note) 42:32
The Great Jazz Trio
" data-original-title="" title="">The Great Jazz Trio "Autumn Leaves" from Love For Sale (Inner City) 50:53
Sonny Rollins "Tenor Madness" from Tenor Madness (Prestige) 57:51
Sonny Rollins "My Reverie" from Tenor Madness (Prestige) 1:10:57
Sonny Rollins "When Your Lover Has Gone" from Tenor Madness (Prestige) 1:16:59
Carmen McRae
vocals
1920 - 1994
" data-original-title="" title="">Carmen McRae "I Hear Music" from For Lady Day (Novus) 1:23:50
Art Farmer
flugelhorn
1928 - 1999
" data-original-title="" title="">Art Farmer "That Ole Devil Called Love" from Art (Argo) 1:26:44
Charles Lloyd
saxophone
b.1938
" data-original-title="" title="">Charles Lloyd "Lady Day" from The Water Is Wide (ECM) 1:31:43
Billie Holiday "Georgia On My Mind" from Lady Day (Columbia) 1:39:22
Joe Pass
guitar
1929 - 1994
" data-original-title="" title="">Joe Pass "My Old Flame" from Virtuoso (Pablo) 1:42:44
Alan Broadbent
piano
b.1947
" data-original-title="" title="">Alan Broadbent "If You Could See Me Now" from Developing Story (Eden River) 1:48:11

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