Christmas Special

Well it's Christmas, and yes i got some presents... So i'm gonna share some of the things i got.

- Ornithology, Charlie Parker.

There a lot of good pieces on this prime cd, which features ballads and of course a lot of be-bop. The one i got is a sort of compilation with three CD's each with 14 tracks. Which is almost every one of Charlie Parkers own compositions.

- Juju (1964), Wayne Shorter.

I'm a big fan of Wayne Shorter, and this CD features a lot of great stuff of his. One of the things i like about it is, that it seems like the melody and the chords have been written at the same time, instead of laying down a bunch of chords and adding a melody or the other way around. Here's the title track, Juju:

This piece features a fantastic drum solo by Elvin Jones himself. McCoy Tyner on Piano and Reggie Workman on Bass and of course Wayne Shorter on Tenor Saxophone. But as a drummer i will of course recommend checking Elvin's solo out.

- Duke Ellington meets Coleman Hawkins (1962), Duke Ellington.

This album features an octet with the following:

• Duke Ellington (piano)
• Coleman Hawkins (tenor saxophone)
• Aaron Bell (bass)
• Lawrence Brown (trombone)
• Harry Carney (bass clarinet, baritone saxophone)
• Johnny Hodges (alto saxophone)
• Ray Nance (violin, cornet)
• Sam Woodyard (drums)

There a lot of smooth stuff on this one and is sure worth listening to. Here's one of Duke Ellingtons early ones (1930), which is also included on this album:

- Heavy Weather (1977), Weather Report.

Here's one classic also with Wayne Shorter. And of course Jaco, Acuna, Zawinul and Badrena. This one speaks for itself as it is widely known among many, especially this one:

Then i also got a few rock albums:

- Raw Power (1973) , Iggy and the Stooges. 

This is some of the earliest punk, and is a must have for anybody who likes punkrock.

- Troen & Ingen (2010), Søren Huss. 

This is a very beautiful danish album, by former Saybia frontman.

Hope everybody had a nice Christmas! 

Christmas Spirit

Because of the occasion i have decided to share this brilliant track with you. It is composed by Thad Jones (Elvin Jones brother). It is a very beautiful piece if i where to say for myself. But there's a bit of mystique about this piece, because some say that it is written as a christmas song to jesus. But when i have heard this song live it has sometimes been introduced as a song to his son. Nevertheless i think has a christmas spirit to it, so it thought i would share it.

Enjoy the Christmas everybody.

Godfather of fusion

I got a little inspired by the Gil Evans track, and started listening to some of my old Jimi. So here is what i would call one of the first fusion tracks ever to be made.

Enjoy!

Morning rockin'

Just stumpled upon this fantastic track. Awesome drummer, not much more to say as the music speaks for itself.

Enjoy!

Happy Birthday

Today Jaco Pastorius would have turned 60, so to salute the king of fusion bass, i've chosen this track for today.

Enjoy!

Monday Blues

I stumpled upon this track today, and it swings like hell, and of course the two piano virtues makes it all worth listening to. Enjoy.

The ensemble is written in the video description.

Crescent..

Here's another classic and featuring one of my biggest heroes: Elvin Jones. On the piano McCoy Tyner, Jimmy Harrison on the bass and of course Coltrane on the saxophone.

Enjoy.

Still missin'

Due to yesterdays tragedy i was looking at some old Paul Motian stuff and found this exciting piece of music. It's quite brilliant in its laid back and kind of sad and yet happy feelings. Also great drumming on this one. He really was a master. And of course Keith Jarrett makes it even better.

Hope you enjoy.

Paul Motian R.I.P.

Today one of the great jazz drummers has died! Paul Motian the drummer of Bill Evans has died today by blood cancer! So to honor him i'll play the probably most popular piece of music he is featured on.

May he rest in peace. Thanks for great drumming!

Recorda me.

Here's and old classic by Joe Henderson. It's from the 1963 "Page one" album, which also features his classic Blue Bossa. Hope you Enjoy.

Funky Saturday

Here's your funky breakfast for this saturday. It's a track featuring Jaco Pastorious and Sam & Dave from Jaco Pastorious self titled album. You might know Sam & Dave for their hit "Hold on, I'm Comin'". This was famously covered by Aretha Franklin on her album "Love all the hurt away".

But here it is: Come on, Come over!

Have a nice weekend!

Groovin'

Yesterday i released my own track. So if you like some electronic chilling music Check it out!

Todays track is performed by one of the Danish legends! Kenny Drew was playing with Niels Henning Ørsted Pedersen and Alex Riel in one of Denmark's prime jazzclubs Montmartre. These legends supported a lot of artist and became quite well established musicians themselves. The musicians in this track is written in the desciption, so i won't bother writing them again. This one is called Groovin' the Blues. Enjoy.

Nailed it!

Yesterday i played a gig with my band John Dazed and we nailed it! If you wanna listen to it you can go to soundcloud. Here it is possible listen and have a free download.

So to salute rock n' roll i wanna play one of my favorite tracks from Miles Davis's electric period. This is off of the album Live - Evil from 1971.

This track features John McLaughlin on electric guitar, Keith Jarret on Rhodes, Michael Henderson on bass, Gary Bartz on sax. Then there's my favorite drummer Jack DeJohnette trashing the drums and of course Miles Davis on trumpet and if you listen closely you will notice that he is using a wah-pedal.

Hope you enjoy!

Tuesday Moanin'

Starting this Tuesday morning with some old dirty jazz! Ladies and gentlemen i present to you Charles Mingus. I hope you'll enjoy this piece of crispy dirty club jazz.

Starting off!

Well here we go! Starting off with one of my favorite jazz-tracks of all time. I would recommend listening to this while sitting in the dark and if your wicked, in the woods. Then it's gonna blow your mind.

Absolutely fantastic! This is from the album "New Directions" from 1978. Hope you enjoy.