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Jerome Kern The Jazz Standard

By David Brown | The Jazz Continuum
January 31, 2023
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This week we celebrate the 138th birthday of Jerome Kern. Born in 1885, Kern was an important composer of musical theatre and popular music in the early 20th century. Many of Kern's songs have been adapted by jazz musicians to become standard tunes. Featured interpreters of Kern's songs will include David S. Ware, Connie Crothers, Clifford Brown/Max Roach, Blossom Dearie, Morris Nanton, John Coltrane, Keith Jarrett and Anthony Braxton. We'll also check out some new releases as well as a set of tracks featuring bassist Gary Peacock.

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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) 01:00

Terry Morel

vocals
1925 - 2005

" data-original-title="" title="">Terry Morel "I Can't Get Started" from Her Complete Recordings 1955-1962 (Fresh Sound Records) 01:30

Kalia Vandever

trombone
b.1995

" data-original-title="" title="">Kalia Vandever "Soft" from Regrowth (Kalia Vandever) 05:34

James Brandon Lewis

saxophone, tenor
b.1983

" data-original-title="" title="">James Brandon Lewis "Someday We'll All Be Free" from Eye of I (Anti-Records) 11:59

David S. Ware

saxophone, tenor
1949 - 2012

" data-original-title="" title="">David S. Ware Quartet "Yesterdays" from Balladware (Thirsty Ear) 17:33

Connie Crothers

piano
1941 - 2016

" data-original-title="" title="">Connie Crothers "All The Things You Are" from Perception (Inner City) 27:36

Connie Crothers

piano
1941 - 2016

" data-original-title="" title="">Connie Crothers "Max Roach" from Solo (Jazz Records) 33:16

Clifford Brown

trumpet
b.1930

" data-original-title="" title="">Clifford Brown "Smoke Gets In Your Eyes" from With Strings (EmArcy Records) 41:42

Mal Waldron

piano
1925 - 2002

" data-original-title="" title="">Mal Waldron "Don't Explain" from One and Two (Prestige) 45:39

Helen Merrill

vocals
b.1929

" data-original-title="" title="">Helen Merrill,

Clifford Brown

trumpet
b.1930

" data-original-title="" title="">Clifford Brown "Don't Explain" from Helen Merrill with Clifford Brown (Jazz Images) 52:35

Blossom Dearie

piano and vocals
1926 - 2009

" data-original-title="" title="">Blossom Dearie "I Won't Dance" from Blossom Dearie (Verve Records) 58:33

Morris Nanton

piano
- 2009

" data-original-title="" title="">Morris Nanton Trio "I Won't Dance" from Roberta (Warner Bros. Records) 1:01:20

McCoy Tyner

piano
1938 - 2020

" data-original-title="" title="">McCoy Tyner "Naima" from Echoes of A Friend (Milestone) 1:06:20

John Coltrane

saxophone
1926 - 1967

" data-original-title="" title="">John Coltrane "I'm Old Fashioned" from Blue Trane (Blue Note Records) 1:12:54

Bill Evans

piano
1929 - 1980

" data-original-title="" title="">Bill Evans "A Sleeping Bea" from Trio 64 (Verve) 1:21:35

Don Pullen

piano
1941 - 1995

" data-original-title="" title="">Don Pullen "Warriors" from New Beginnings (Blue Note Records) 1:27:03

Keith Jarrett

piano
b.1945

" data-original-title="" title="">Keith Jarrett "I'm Old Fashioned" from Keith Jarrett at the Blue Note the Complete Recordings (ECM) 1:33:52

Anthony Braxton

woodwinds
b.1945

" data-original-title="" title="">Anthony Braxton "This One's For You" from Quartet (Standards) 2020 (New Braxton House) 1:45:28

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