These are videos that I like

Today’s featured videos come courtesy of Hammond B3 organist Txema Riera.  His new release Terror was yesterday’s daily recommendation (go read it).  That album was recorded live at the 2016 l’Estival de Jazz d’Igualada.  Here’s two videos from that concert.

The first is a little album teaser the label, Underpool, put together for the album’s advance.

And here’s the trio at the same show performing the album track “Oompa Loompa.”

Your video personnel:  Txema Riera (Hammond B3), Dani Pérez (guitar) and Roger Guitérrez (drums).

And if you want to skip the write-up, you can listen to the album, and purchase it, at the label’s Bandcamp page.

Today’s featured videos come courtesy of David Viñolas.  The drummer’s 2014 release Cap al Capvespre was yesterday’s daily recommendation (go read it).

Here’s a performance of two of the album’s compositions atop the Parish Centre in Centelles, Catalonia, Spain

Your video personnel:  David Viñolas (drums), Albert Bartolomé (tenor sax) and Aleix Forts (bass).

And from that same session on that same rooftop, here’s the trio performing the song “Anthony Farmer.”

And if you want to skip the write-up, you can listen to the album, and purchase it, at the artist’s Bandcamp page.

I was doing a little clean-up of my files and bookmarking system, and I discovered a handful of videos that had never been featured before on Bird is the Worm, just sitting there in the queue.  Every one of these represent albums that have received a recommendation by this site.  And here they are…

First up is the quintet Valia Calda, whose self-titled EP earned the #30 slot on this site’s Best of 2015 list.  Here they are performing in July of that year at London’s Vortex Jazz Club.

Your video personnel:  Rob Milne (bass clarinet), Sam Warner (trumpet), Nikos Ziarkas (guitar, electronics), Thodoris Ziarkas (double bass), Gaspar Sena (drums).

And if you want to just go listen to their album, and purchase it, hop on over to their Bandcamp page.

Next up is a promo video for Jakob Sorensen and his sophomore release Nomad.  You can read more about that album by checking out Best of Bandcamp Jazz column on The Bandcamp Daily.

And if you want to just go listen to their album, and purchase it, hop on over to his Bandcamp page.

And our final video today is a cool promo for Duplex aka the duo of saxophonist Harald Lassen and Christian Meaas Svendsen.

And if you want to learn more about this band and their music, go check out a write-up of their albums En and Duolia, here on this site.

Today’s featured videos come courtesy of pianist Vitor Gonçalves, whose self-titled debut was yesterday’s daily recommendation (go read it).

This first video is a promo for that album, with an in-studio performance of the song “Winter Landscapes.”

Your album personnel:  Vitor Gonçalves (piano), Todd Neufeld (guitar), Thomas Morgan (bass) and Dan Weiss (drums).

And here’s an in-studio performance of the composition “Samba do Perdão,” which also appears on the album.

And if you want to skip my write-up and just go listen to the album, and purchase it, you should go visit the Sunnyside Records Bandcamp page.

Today’s featured videos come courtesy of the Omikron Project.  Their new album Solstice was yesterday’s daily recommendation (go read it).

The first video is from a 2014 performance at the Titanium Yiayiannos Gallery.  I love all the artwork on the walls.  Some of my favorite venues are shows that take place in museums and art galleries.

Your video personnel: Nikolas Tsilogiannis (drums, percussion), Alex Drossos (soprano sax, didgeridoo, beckophone, electronics), Henk Spies (soprano sax, electronics) and Dinos Zoumperis (bass).  Video by Tolis Mastrokalos.

And this is just video of eight filmed of the show.  Check out the rest on the artist’s YouTube page.

And our second video is from a 2016 performance at the Empros Theater on their home turf in Athens.

And if you want to skip my write-up and just go listen to their album, and purchase it, you can find it on the ensemble’s Bandcamp page.