Songs from some of the best live releases of 2007Live Set #1 - The Trios
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Rather than presenting list after list, I thought we could play with things a bit. A good deal of very good live recordings came out over the course of 2007, and while they all may not be among the best overall releases of the year, an official live document from a musician is always welcome in my book.
As is the case for listening to a tune developed night after night in sets like Dave Douglas' Live At The Jazz Standard Complete Book (featured here), it's fascinating to hear material you know by record and see what a musician does with it live. Furthermore, to hear warhorses tunes reworked and full of life is always an enlightening listen for me.
In this vein, I thought I would spend the first half of this week presenting compilation sets of live music released this year by various labels under various leaders. This set contains the obligatory (and utterly beautiful) Keith Jarrett Standards Trio, the always on point Mulgrew Miller, the ever tasteful Bill Charlap, a (for me) surprise in Steve Kuhn with one of the best versions of "If I were A Bell" outside of the Miles Davis Plugged Nickel Recordings, and the finally getting the wider attention he deserves Enrico Pieranunzi whose taste and swing arguably rivals Jarrett's trio. All of these artists are exceptional, and the performances here are wonderful.
Please note these tunes are not meant to represent the pinnacle of these releases as that changes from listener to listener and ear to ear. But the ones presented here are especially hitting my ear of late and hopefully inspire you the same way.
Below are the albums, tunes, and personnel for today's mixtape. If you click the album cover, it links you to Amazon's product page for purchase.
Live At Birland (Blue Note)
"If I Were A Bell"
Steve Kuhn - piano
Ron Carter - acoustic bass
Al Foster - drums
My Foolish Heart: Live At Montreux (ECM)
"My Foolish Heart"
Keith Jarrett - piano
Gary Peacock - acoustic bass
Jack Dejhonette - drums
Live In Japan (Cam Jazz)
"Improminor"
Enrico Pieranunzi - piano
Marc Johnson - bass
Joey Baron - drums
Live At The Village Vanguard (Blue Note)
"All Across The City"
Bill Charlap - piano
Peter Washington - acoustic bass
Kenny Washington - drums
Live At The Kennedy Center, Vol. 2 (Max Jazz)
"Eleventh Hour"
Mulgrew Miller - piano
Derrick Hodge - acoustic bass
Rodney Green - drums
In the end we have five trios here and just under an hours worth of music. You can hear the compilation or just a particular tune below by double clicking on a song title. You can find all of these titles easily enough at a brick and mortar near you as well as online. Also, I am attempting something new in providing this as a podcast download as well. Let me know what you think if you listen via this route (links below).
Support these artists and buy their albums if you dig the sounds! Do the sounds sound good to you? What live piano trios hit you this year?
Download the like rain whispers mist mixtape by clicking below.
7 comments:
Lord knows if I pronounced anything correctly...
nice, good job.
I might have gone with Jitterbug Waltz off the Kuhn but the If I Were Bell is just as amazing.
Guess I've been sleeping on Mulgrew Miller, very nice.
Added to the ipod, looks good.
had to give the title track to My Foolish Heart another listen last night on proper head phones at home.
Man, what a spectacular version of that song.
Agreed w-b3, for me it's one of the reasons why this record is so good. Amazing how so many can be on the guy for his comments but then fall in love with his sound. And 2001 was a helluva a year for Jarrett...
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