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Festival Season: From Newport to the North Sea

By David Brown | The Jazz Continuum
August 2, 2022
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This week, a survey of recordings from jazz festivals past and present: Newport Jazz Festival in Rhode Island, Montreux Jazz Festival & Jazz Festival Willisau in Switzerland, Montreal International Jazz Festival, Essen Jazz Festival in West Germany, Festival of Improvised Music in France, East-West Festival in Nuremberg Germany, and the North Sea Jazz Festival in the Netherlands.

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Thelonious Monk

piano
1917 - 1982

" data-original-title="" title="">Thelonious Monk "Esistrophy (Theme)" from Live at the It Club-Complete (Columbia) 00:30

Thelonious Monk

piano
1917 - 1982

" data-original-title="" title="">Thelonious Monk, The

Duke Ellington

piano
1899 - 1974

" data-original-title="" title="">Duke Ellington Orchestra "Monk's Dream" from Unissued Live At Newport 1958-59 (Gambit Records ) 02:30

Duke Ellington

piano
1899 - 1974

" data-original-title="" title="">Duke Ellington and His Orchestra "Copout Extension" From Festival Session (Columbia) 08:14

John Coltrane

saxophone
1926 - 1967

" data-original-title="" title="">John Coltrane "I Want To Know About You" From Selflessness (Impulse!) 16:31

Roland Kirk "A Tribute to John Coltrane: Lush Life, Afro-Blue, Bessie's Blues" From Volunteered Slavery (Atlantic) 25:48

Jazz Artists Guild "Tain't Nobody's Bizness If I Do" From Newport Rebels (Candid) 33:38

Ella Fitzgerald

vocals
1917 - 1996

" data-original-title="" title="">Ella Fitzgerald,

Tommy Flanagan

piano
1930 - 2001

" data-original-title="" title="">Tommy Flanagan Trio "To Close For Comfort" From The Montreux '77 Collection (Pablo) 42:19

Mary Lou Williams

piano
1910 - 1981

" data-original-title="" title="">Mary Lou Williams "What's Your Story Morning Glory" From Solo Recital Montreux Jazz Festival 1978 (Pablo) 45:45

Nina Simone

piano and vocals
1933 - 2003

" data-original-title="" title="">Nina Simone "Please Don't Let Me Be Misunderstood" From Right On! (Roker Records) 50:03

New Bojaira

" data-original-title="" title="">New Bojaira "No.1" From Live at Montreal International Jazz Festival (Black Saint) 55:07

Bud Powell

piano
1924 - 1966

" data-original-title="" title="">Bud Powell "Stuffy" From The Essen Jazz Festival Concert (Black Lion) 1:04:36

Farmers By Nature

" data-original-title="" title="">Farmers By Nature "Castle #2" From Love and Ghosts (AUM Fidelity) 1:12:51

James Brandon Lewis

saxophone, tenor
b.1983

" data-original-title="" title="">James Brandon Lewis,

Chad Taylor

drums
b.1973

" data-original-title="" title="">Chad Taylor "Willisee" From Live in Willisau (Intakt) 1:23:38

Mal Waldron

piano
1925 - 2002

" data-original-title="" title="">Mal Waldron "The Search" From A Touch of the Blues (Enja) 1:30:57

Steve Coleman

saxophone, alto
b.1956

" data-original-title="" title="">Steve Coleman "Straight Ahead" From Resistance is Futile (Label Bleu) 1:39:04

Gard Nilssen

drums
b.1983

" data-original-title="" title="">Gard Nilssen's Acoustic Unity "Mormor" From Live In Europe (Clean Feed) 1:45:51

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