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New Releases + Some Soul, Electric Funk and a Hot California set of '50s Cool

By David Brown | The Jazz Continuum
September 20, 2022
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This week new releases from

Chad Taylor

drums
b.1973

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James Brandon Lewis

saxophone, tenor
b.1983

" data-original-title="" title="">James Brandon Lewis, a soulful set of

Ramsey Lewis

piano
1935 - 2022

" data-original-title="" title="">Ramsey Lewis (RIP), getting funky with the Electric

Eddie Harris

saxophone, tenor
1934 - 1996

" data-original-title="" title="">Eddie Harris,

Les McCann

piano
1935 - 2023

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Yusef Lateef

woodwinds
1920 - 2013

" data-original-title="" title="">Yusef Lateef, then a shift to a hot California set of '50s cool, and more.

Playlist

Thelonious Monk
piano
1917 - 1982
" data-original-title="" title="">Thelonious Monk "Esistrophy (Theme)" from Live at the It Club-Complete (Columbia) 00:30
Don Byas
saxophone, tenor
1912 - 1972
" data-original-title="" title="">Don Byas Quintet "All The Things You Are" from Americans ihn Europe vol. 2 (Impulse! ) 02:00
Chad Taylor
drums
b.1973
" data-original-title="" title="">Chad Taylor Trio "Subterfuge" from The Reel (Astral Spirits) 11:55
James Brandon Lewis
saxophone, tenor
b.1983
" data-original-title="" title="">James Brandon Lewis Quartet "Molecular" from MSM Molecular Systematic Music—Live (Intakt Records) 18:53
Ramsey Lewis
piano
1935 - 2022
" data-original-title="" title="">Ramsey Lewis "Function at the Junction" from 7" Single (Cadet) 31:53
Ramsey Lewis
piano
1935 - 2022
" data-original-title="" title="">Ramsey Lewis "Salute to Ray Charles" from Barefoot Sunday blues (Cadet) 34:43
Ramsey Lewis
piano
1935 - 2022
" data-original-title="" title="">Ramsey Lewis "You Been Talkin' Bout Me, Baby" from The In Crowd (Argo) 34:43
Yusef Lateef
woodwinds
1920 - 2013
" data-original-title="" title="">Yusef Lateef "Eastern Market" from Yusef Lateef's Detroit Latitude 42�� 30' Longitude 83�� (Collectables) 56:32
Les McCann
piano
1935 - 2023
" data-original-title="" title="">Les McCann "Beaux J. Poo Boo" from Invitation to Openness (Atlantic) 1:00:51
Bob Harrington
b.1912
" data-original-title="" title="">Bob Harrington "Patio Pav Anne" from Vibraphone Fantasy in Jazz with Bob Harrington (Imperial) 1:14:48
Shorty Rogers
trumpet
1924 - 1994
" data-original-title="" title="">Shorty Rogers Quintet "Hurricane Carol" from Wherever the Five Winds Blow (RCA Victor) 1:18:58
Stu Williamson
trumpet
1933 - 1991
" data-original-title="" title="">Stu Williamson "Hongry Child" from Stu Williamson (Bethlehem) 1:24:56
Hampton Hawes
piano
1928 - 1977
" data-original-title="" title="">Hampton Hawes "Up Blues" from Hampton Hawes: Four! (Contemporary) 1:31:51
Charles Mingus
bass, acoustic
1922 - 1979
" data-original-title="" title="">Charles Mingus,
Hampton Hawes
piano
1928 - 1977
" data-original-title="" title="">Hampton Hawes,
Dannie Richmond
drums
1935 - 1988
" data-original-title="" title="">Dannie Richmond "Back Home Blues" from Trio (Jubilee Records) 1:37:03
Okkyung Lee
cello
" data-original-title="" title="">Okkyung Lee "Drifting" from Na-Reul (Corbett vs. Dempsey) 1:43:28
Ezra Feinberg, Robbie Lee & John Thayer: Earth Room "Empty Way/Full Way" from Earth Room (Astral Sprits) 1:48:36

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