These are videos that I like

Our first featured video is from the Marta Sánchez Quintet.  The pianist’s 2015 release Partenika was one of the very best things to get released that year.  It’s an album I still find myself returning to with some frequency.  That album got a warm reception on this site (go read it), and this performance of the title-track at a 2015 performance at NYC’s Jazz Gallery is a good indication why.

Your video personnel:  Marta Sánchez (piano), Jerome Sabbagh (tenor sax), Román Filiú (alto sax), Matt Brewer (bass) and Jason Burger (drums).

You can listen to music from the album by checking out this site’s write-up or go straight to the artist’s Bandcamp page.

Our next video is from Nicole Mitchell and her Black Earth Ensemble.  The flautist has consistently put out some of the most compelling music over the last decade, and the music with her Black Earth Ensemble is my personal favorite.  I saw them play at the 2013 Chicago Jazz Festival, and to this day, I still struggle to adequately describe the effect it had on me.  The best I can come up with is illuminating, but even that descriptor falls short.  To give you a sense of things, here’s this 2012 performance of “Meadow Sunlight In the Swinging Fields” at the Teatro Manzoni in Milano, Italy.

Of relevance, I will have some exciting news to report about this ensemble before much longer.

And we’ll return to the Jazz Gallery for our final video, a March 2016 performance from Tomoko Omura.  The violinist’s 2015 release Roots received a strong recommendation from this site (go read it) and subsequently earned the #6 slot on this site’s Best of 2015 list.  The song “Hometown” is one of the album’s tracks.

Your video personnel:  Tomoko Omura (violin), Jeff Miles (guitar), Glenn Zaleski (piano, keyboards), Noah Garabedian (double bass) and Jay Sawyer (drums).

You can listen to music from the album by checking out this site’s write-up or go straight to the artist’s Bandcamp page.

And you get a bonus Omura video.  I’m immediately establishing a new Bird is the Worm These Are Videos That I Like rule:  I will feature any cat video that’s accompanied by the artist’s music.  Here is Tomoko Omura’s cat, who, like so many other cats out there, have an odd fascination with plastic grocery bags.

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Today’s featured videos put the spotlight on the ensemble Angles 9.  Their new release Disappeared Behind the Sun was yesterday’s daily recommendation (go read it).

Our first video is from a May 2016 performance at Le Nuove Rotte del Jazz in Trieste, Italy.

And the next video goes back a little ways for a 2012 performance of the song “In Our Midst” Live in Hasselt, KC Belgie.

The song “In Our Midst” appears on their excellent 2014 release Injuries, which earned the #8 slot on this site’s Best of 2014 list.

You should check that album out (go read about it).

Today’s videos feature the Berlin Soundpainting Orchestra.  Their new album Holothuria was yesterday’s daily recommendation (go read it).

Up first is an album promo put together by the label, Aut Records.

Looking over the many videos they have online, it appears that the BSO do a lot of live performance to old films.  Here’s one to “Rhythmus 21” by Hans Richter.  Go check out the video on YouTube for extra commentary and background.

And if all you want to do right now is check out their new album, you can give some of it a listen, and purchase it, on the label’s Bandcamp page.

Today’s featured videos put the spotlight on the trio Just Another Foundry.  Their album Bouwer was yesterday’s daily recommendation (go read it).

Our first video is an EPK for their new album.  And, yes, it has trains.  Bonus points for the city skyline in the background.

Your video personnel:  Jonas Engel (tenor sax), Florian Herzog (double bass) and Anthony Greminger (drums).

And here’s a couple of nifty album teaser’s the trio put together.  Simple, but effective.

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Today’s featured videos get the spotlight on from trumpeter Josh Lawrence.  His newest release, Color Theory, was yesterday’s daily recommendation (go read it).

Up first is an in-studio performance of the song “The Conceptualizer,” which appears on his new album Color Theory.

Your video personnel:  Josh Lawrence (trumpet), Anwar Marshall (drums), Caleb Curtis (alto sax), Orrin Evans (piano) and Madison Rast (bass).

And here’s a teaser promo for the new release…

And here’s a recent performance at Small’s Jazz Club.

Your video personnel:  Josh Lawrence (trumpet), Anwar Marshall (drums), Caleb Curtis (alto sax), Orrin Evans (piano) and Luques Curtis (bass).

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