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Sting: An English (Jazz-)Man In New York - Part 2

By Ludovico Granvassu | Mondo Jazz
October 22, 2020
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Although

Sting

bass, electric
b.1951

" data-original-title="" title="">Sting is mostly known for his solo career and, before that, for fronting one of the most epic band of all times, The Police, his love for jazz has been a common thread throughout his career. His jazz sensibility became more prominent when he started his solo career with the album The Dream of the Blue Turtles and a band of young heavy weights from the New York jazz scene of the time,

Branford Marsalis

saxophone
b.1960

Kenny Kirkland

piano
1955 - 1998

" data-original-title="" title="">Kenny Kirkland

Darryl Jones

bass
b.1961

" data-original-title="" title="">Darryl Jones

Omar Hakim

drums
b.1959

" data-original-title="" title="">Omar Hakim

Lester Bowie

trumpet
1941 - 1999

" data-original-title="" title="">Lester Bowie

Pat Metheny

guitar
b.1954

" data-original-title="" title="">Pat Metheny

Esbjorn Svensson

piano
1964 - 2008

" data-original-title="" title="">Esbjorn Svensson

Michael Brecker

saxophone, tenor
1949 - 2007

" data-original-title="" title="">Michael Brecker

Hal Willner

producer
1957 - 2020

" data-original-title="" title="">Hal Willner

Playlist

• 

  Ben Allison

  bass, acoustic
  b.1966
  " data-original-title="" title="">Ben Allison "Mondo Jazz Theme (feat. Ted Nash & Pyeng Threadgill)" 0:00
• The

  Bob Belden

  arranger
  b.1956
  " data-original-title="" title="">Bob Belden Ensemble "The Dream of the Blue Turtles" Straight to My Heart: The Bob Belden Ensemble Performs the Music of Sting (Blue Note) 0:16
• Host talks 4:04
• 

  Christian McBride

  bass
  b.1972
  " data-original-title="" title="">Christian McBride "Consider Me Gone" Conversations with Christian (Mack Avenue) 6:09
• Host talks 10:25

• Michela Lombardi

  " data-original-title="" title="">Michela Lombardi "Seven Days" Shape of My Heart (The Music of Sting) (Saifam) 11:32
• Pat Metheny, Esbj?rn Svensson,

  Michael Brecker

  saxophone, tenor
  1949 - 2007
  " data-original-title="" title="">Michael Brecker,

  Nils Landgren

  trombone
  b.1956
  " data-original-title="" title="">Nils Landgren,

  Lars Danielsson

  bass
  b.1958
  " data-original-title="" title="">Lars Danielsson,

  Wolfgang Haffner

  drums
  
  " data-original-title="" title="">Wolfgang Haffner "Fragile" Live at Jazz Baltica (YouTube) 17:28
• Host talks 32:25
• 

  Sting

  bass, electric
  b.1951
  " data-original-title="" title="">Sting "Driven to Tears" Bring on the Night (A&M) 33:30
• 

  Eric Reed

  piano
  b.1970
  " data-original-title="" title="">Eric Reed "Englishman in New York" Manhattan Melodies (GRP) 40:22
• Host talks 47:05
• Nobuyoshi Ino, Lester Bowie "Moon Over Bourbon Street" Duet (Paddle Wheel) 48:57
• Sting "It's a Lonesome Old Town" Leaving Las Vegas [O.S.T.] (A&M) 54:34
• 

  Joe Henderson

  saxophone
  1937 - 2001
  " data-original-title="" title="">Joe Henderson "Act II: It Ain't Necessarily So" Porgy and Bess (Verve) 57:11
• Host talks 1:03:35
• Sting "The Ballad of Mack the Knife" Lost in the Stars: The Music of Kurt Weill (A&M) 1:05:04
• 

  Bill Frisell

  guitar, electric
  b.1951
  " data-original-title="" title="">Bill Frisell,

  David Sanborn

  saxophone
  1945 - 2024
  " data-original-title="" title="">David Sanborn, Sting,

  Fareed Haque

  guitar
  b.1963
  " data-original-title="" title="">Fareed Haque,

  Don Alias

  percussion
  1939 - 2006
  " data-original-title="" title="">Don Alias,

  Hank Roberts

  cello
  b.1954
  " data-original-title="" title="">Hank Roberts "Ain't No Sunshine" Night Music #208 (Broadway Video) 1:07:52
• Host talks 1:12:14
• 

  Branford Marsalis

  saxophone
  b.1960
  " data-original-title="" title="">Branford Marsalis Quartet feat.

  Kurt Elling

  vocals
  b.1967
  " data-original-title="" title="">Kurt Elling "Practical Arrangement" Upward Spiral (Okeh) 1:14:48

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