These are videos that I like

Today’s featured video is from the trio Donder, and a track off their enchanting 2016 release Still.

The band emailed me back in July about their debut, and months later after first hearing this music, it still captivates me now just as it did back then.

I’ll be posting a write-up of this recording any day.  But for now, here’s that video…

Your video personnel:  Harrison Steingueldoir (piano), Stan Callewaert (bass) and Casper Van De Velde (drums).

And if you don’t feel like waiting for my write-up and just want to buy the album right now, you can scoop it up (and listen to more of the album) at the artist’s Bandcamp page.

We’ve got two videos for you today, both from bands that will be featured in the latest This Is Jazz Today recommendations column hittin this site later today.

The first video is from the quintet Sloth Racket performing the song “Crossed Swords,” which is the opening track to their debut Triptych.  This April 2015 show went down at the London venue Lume.

Your video personnel:  Cath Roberts (baritone sax), Sam Andreae (tenor sax), Anton Hunter (guitar), Seth Bennett (bass) and Johnny Hunter (drums).

And if you don’t feel like waiting for today’s column and want to buy this album right now, you can scoop it up (and listen to more of it) at the artist’s Bandcamp page.

Akano Shibahito is a saxophonist out of Japan.  He’s in a free jazz quartet (two saxophonists; two drummers) called Avant-Garde Labor Union.  We’ll be covering their 2016 release Cosmic Tube and Infinite Skin later today.  This particular video appears to be from an outfit he belongs to called Distorted Rectangle.  I can’t find any information about the band, but this video appears to be from a 2016 performance at Sakedelic Space Shuyukan.  It definitely lands in the same territory as Avant-Garde Labor Union.  Nothing but fire.

And if you don’t feel like waiting for that column to post and just want to buy the album right now, you can scoop it up (and listen to more of it) at the artist’s Bandcamp page.

I am a fan of music in bookstores.  I’m a fan of jazz surrounded by bookcases.  I’m a fan of Ian Carey‘s new album Interview Music (a Suite for Quintet+1).  You’ll read more about that album later today.

But for now, here’s that video, filmed at San Fran’s Bird & Beckett Books.

Your video personnel:  Ian Carey (trumpet), Aaron Bennett (tenor sax), John Kiskaddon (piano), Bishu Chatterjee (bass) and Jeff Weinmann (drums).

If, however, you don’t feel like waiting for that write-up and want to hear some the album right now, go visit the artist site.  And if you decide you want to purchase the album, it’s available at Amazon.

Today’s featured videos come courtesy of the Jakob Bro Trio, who perform “Evening Song” and “Oktober” at Amsterdam’s Bimhuis.

Later today, I’ll be posting a rundown of some recent ECM Records releases.  Bro’s newest album Streams will be counted among them.  Be sure to check back in this afternoon.

These videos are part of an excellent series put out by the Dutch Public Broadcast channel VPRO Vrije Geluiden.  I love how the view from the Bimhuis stage shows the city on the other side of those huge windows.  I’ve always thought there was something cool about the dichotomy between the peaceful music on one side of the glass and the bustle of city traffic on the other.

Now, here’s those videos…

Your video personnel:  Jakob Bro (guitar), Thomas Morgan (double bass) and Joey Baron (drums).

“Evening Song”

“Oktober”

And if you don’t feel like waiting for that write-up and just want to buy the album right now, you can scoop it up on Amazon.

This evening’s featured video comes courtesy of bassist Alexis Cuadrado, and a couple pieces from his newest work Poètica.  It culminated in an album by the same name, and it’ll be receiving a write-up later this week on this very site.

But for now, here’s that video…

Your video personnel:  Alexis Cuadrado (double bass), Rowan Ricardo Philips (poetry), Melcion Mateu (poetry), Miles Okazaki (guitar), Andy Milne (keyboards) and Tyshawn Sorey (drums).

However, if you don’t feel like waiting for the write-up and just want to buy the album right now, you can scoop it up (and give it a listen) at the Sunnyside Records Bandcamp page.