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Sahib Shihab, Danish Radio Big Band, Mohamed Najem

By David Brown | The Jazz Continuum
March 30, 2024
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Welcome friends and neighbors to The Jazz Continuum. Old, new, in, out... wherever the music takes us. Each week, we will explore the elements of jazz from a historical perspective. This week, Sahib Shihab in Scandinavia; The Danish Radio Big Band as led by Thad Jones and Mhio Hazama. I'm also back from Paris record store shopping with Lp's from Bud Powell, Gigi Gryce, Dorothy Donegan, Jimmy Rowles and more; we'll also check out a track form the new release form Palestinian clarinetist Mohamed Najem and much 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

Lester Young

saxophone
1909 - 1959

" data-original-title="" title="">Lester Young "Sometimes I'm Happy" from Prez Plays (Mercury Records) 01:30

Eddie Henderson

trumpet
b.1940

" data-original-title="" title="">Eddie Henderson Quintet "Naima" from Phantoms (SteepleChase) 05:41

Frank Walton

trumpet

" data-original-title="" title="">Frank Walton "Safari" from Reality (Delmark) 13:14

Ambrose Akinmusire

trumpet
b.1982

" data-original-title="" title="">Ambrose Akinmusire "Our Basement" from The Imagined Savior Is Far Easier To Paint (Blue Note) 15:55

Terry Gibbs

vibraphone
b.1924

" data-original-title="" title="">Terry Gibbs "E; Reogp" from El Latino! (Roost) 27:18

Sahib Shihab

woodwinds
1925 - 1989

" data-original-title="" title="">Sahib Shihab "Invitation" from Companionship (Rearward) 32:34

Sahib Shihab

woodwinds
1925 - 1989

" data-original-title="" title="">Sahib Shihab and The Danish Radio Jazz Group "Di-Da" from Sahib Shihab And The Danish Radio Jazz Group (Sam Records) 39:17

Thad Jones

trumpet
1923 - 1986

" data-original-title="" title="">Thad Jones "A Good Time Was Had By All" from The Danish Radio Big Band & Eclipse (Storyville Records) 44:27

Miho Hazama

composer / conductor
b.1986

" data-original-title="" title="">Miho Hazama "Mingle-Mangle Goody Bag" from Imaginary Visions (Edition Records) 52:17

Jimmy Rowles

piano
1918 - 1996

" data-original-title="" title="">Jimmy Rowles "I've Got It Bad" from The Sheik (Four Leaf Records) 1:00:39

Mamiko Wantanabe "The Peacocks" from Being Guided By The Light (Jojo Records) 1:05:09

Rufus Reid

bass, acoustic
b.1944

" data-original-title="" title="">Rufus Reid with

Sullivan Fortner

piano
b.1986

" data-original-title="" title="">Sullivan Fortner "Duke Ellington Sound of Love" from It's The Nights I LIke (Sunnyside) 1:12:26

Bud Powell

piano
1924 - 1966

" data-original-title="" title="">Bud Powell Trio "Woody n' You" from Blues in the Closet (Verve Records) 1:18:08

Gigi Gryce

saxophone
1927 - 1983

" data-original-title="" title="">Gigi Gryce,

Thelonious Monk

piano
1917 - 1982

" data-original-title="" title="">Thelonious Monk "Shuffle Boil" from Nica's Tempo (Savoy) 1:22:04

Dorothy Donegan

piano
1924 - 1998

" data-original-title="" title="">Dorothy Donegan "Lullaby In Rhythm" from Makin' Whoopee (Black And Blue) 1:27:03

Mary Osborne

guitar
1921 - 1992

" data-original-title="" title="">Mary Osborne "I Love Paris" from A Girl & Her Guitar (Warwick) 1:32:04

Mohamed Najem

" data-original-title="" title="">Mohamed Najem "From Bethlehem To Angers" from Jaffa Blossom (Label Quest) 1:34:49

Stan Getz

saxophone, tenor
1927 - 1991

" data-original-title="" title="">Stan Getz,

Kenny Barron

piano
b.1943

" data-original-title="" title="">Kenny Barron "People Time" from People Time (Gitanes Jazz) 1:42:28

Marc Copland

piano
b.1948

" data-original-title="" title="">Marc Copland "Nardis" from Someday (InnerVoiceJazz) 1:49:42

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