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Chick & Steve, Two Pairs of Covers, Wordplay & More

By Marc Cohn | Gifts & Messages
December 14, 2018
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Putting a show together, I sometimes amuse myself by posing programmatic 'problems' that help break my usual routines. To wit: we offer you two pairs of disparate covers of

Wayne Shorter

saxophone
1933 - 2023

" data-original-title="" title="">Wayne Shorter and

Thelonious Monk

piano
1917 - 1982

" data-original-title="" title="">Thelonious Monk tunes during the first hour and play word games with tune titles in the second hour.

The 2018 Downbeat Readers' Poll selected the

Chick Corea

piano
1941 - 2021

" data-original-title="" title="">Chick Corea/

Steve Gadd

drums
b.1945

" data-original-title="" title="">Steve Gadd collaboration as Album of the Year, and we feature a pair of tracks. And there's more

Sonny Rollins

saxophone
b.1930

" data-original-title="" title="">Sonny Rollins with Miles; this time from a 1951 Birdland airshot.

More? Of course! Hit 'play' and 'lesdoodis'!

R.I.P.

Nancy Wilson

vocals
1937 - 2018

" data-original-title="" title="">Nancy Wilson (February 20, 1937 -December 13, 2018)

Playlist

Cyrus Chestnut
piano
b.1963
" data-original-title="" title="">Cyrus Chestnut "Mamacita" from Natural Essence (HighNote) 00:00
T.K. Blue
saxophone, tenor
" data-original-title="" title="">T.K. Blue "Infant Eyes" from Amour (Dot Time) 05:25
Kavita Shah
vocals
" data-original-title="" title="">Kavita Shah "Deluge" from Visions (Inner Circle Music) 13:06
Christian Sands
piano
b.1989
" data-original-title="" title="">Christian Sands "Samba de Vela" from Facing Dragons (Mack Avenue) 17:55
Honey Ear Trio
band / ensemble / orchestra
" data-original-title="" title="">Honey Ear Trio "Evidence" from Swivel (Little Music) 23:17
Gregory Lewis "Ba-Lue Bolivar Ba-Lues-Are" from Organ Monk Blue (self-produced) 28:45
Chick Corea, Steve Gadd "Chick's Chums" from Chinese Butterfly (Concord) 33:56
Chick Corea, Steve Gadd "Like I Was Sayin'" from Chinese Butterfly (Concord) 43:40
Stanley Cowell
piano
1941 - 2020
" data-original-title="" title="">Stanley Cowell "Lesdoodis" from No Illusions (Steeplechase) 50:36
Kenny Garrett
saxophone, alto
b.1960
" data-original-title="" title="">Kenny Garrett "Happy People" from Happy People (Warner Bros) 57:50
Tim Warfield
saxophone, tenor
" data-original-title="" title="">Tim Warfield "Shake It for Me" from Jazzland (Criss Cross) 1:02:39
Miles Davis
trumpet
1926 - 1991
" data-original-title="" title="">Miles Davis "Out of the Blue" from Birdland 1951 (Blue Note) 1:09:24
Miles Davis "Tempus Fugit" from Birdland 1951 (Blue Note) 1:16:27
Sonny Rollins "I Know" from Complete Prestige Recordings (Prestige) 1:22:56
Joey DeFrancesco
organ, Hammond B3
1971 - 2022
" data-original-title="" title="">Joey DeFrancesco "Cuz You No" from Trip Mode (HighNote) 1:26:43
Brad Mehldau
piano
b.1970
" data-original-title="" title="">Brad Mehldau "More Than You Know" from Brad Mehldau Trio: Live (Nonesuch) 1:33:57
Gerry Mulligan
saxophone, baritone
1927 - 1996
" data-original-title="" title="">Gerry Mulligan,
Ben Webster
saxophone, tenor
1909 - 1973
" data-original-title="" title="">Ben Webster "Blues In B-Flat" from Gerry Mulligan Meets Ben Webster (Verve) 1:46:38

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