These are videos that I like

Today’s featured video is from the Le Boeuf Brothers and the JACK Quartet, performing the song “Pretenders” from their excellent new release Imaginist.

That album, as it so happens, was one of my recommendations on the most recent Best of Bandcamp Jazz column for October.  Follow the LINK to read more about that album and listen to some of the tracks.

Now, here’s that video…

Your video personnel:  Remy Le Boeuf (alto Sax, bass clarinet), Pascal Le Boeuf (piano), Ben Wendel (tenor sax), Martin Nevin (bass), Peter Kronreif (drums), Ari Streisfeld (violin), Christopher Otto (violin), John Pickford Richards (viola), Kevin McFarland (cello) and Simon Yu (video production).

Check out more of the music (and another video) on the artist’s Bandcamp page.

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Today’s featured video is from the quartet Dinosaur performing live at Fieldgate Studio.  The song, “Hardanger,” is a track off their new album Together, as One, and was one of my recommendations from last month’s Best of Bandcamp Jazz column.

As we wait for the newest column to publish (perhaps, even, later today), here’s a little music to get us by.  Also, holiday lights, which if I see ’em in a video, I’m probably gonna feature that video.

Your video personnel:  Laura Jurd (trumpet), Elliot Galvin (keyboard), Conor Chaplin (electric bass) and Corrie Dick (drums).

I really liked the turn of events on this album.  Their previous release (when they were going by the name Laura Jurd Quartet) was a nifty display of jazz and strings.  But Together, as One jumps into the deep end of the electro-acoustic sound, and it’s interesting to compare and contrast the approaches between the two albums.

You can read more about their last album, Landing Ground, here on this site (LINK).  It’s definitely worth checking out.

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Today’s featured video is a snippet from Of Water and Ghosts, the new album by Daniel Foose.

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Today’s featured video is from pianist Richard Sears and legendary drummer Albert “Tootie” Heath, in studio while recording their new album Altadena.

That album was one of my selections in the Best of Bandcamp Jazz for September.  You can read about that album, and all the others I recommended that month, over at the Bandcamp Daily.

Now, here’s that video…

You can purchase the album at the artist’s Bandcamp page.

And a quick heads-up, my Best of Bandcamp Jazz column for October’s new releases should be hitting the Bandcamp Daily in a just a couple days… perhaps Tuesday, perhaps a bit later.

Have a great lazy Sunday.

Cheers.

Today’s featured video is the title-track from the upcoming release Echoes of Europe by Dino Massa’s Kansas City Quintet.  It’s a nice straight-ahead collaboration of musicians from the Naples, Italy and Kansas City scenes.  And pretty much any video that slaps an album track over what amounts to b-roll of a travel show is gonna get featured on the site.  I think it’s a neat way to present the music.

Massa’s Echoes of Europe is getting released January 2nd, 2017 on the ARC label.  Until then, here’s that video to tide you over.

Your video personnel:  Dino Massa (piano), Christopher Burnett (alto sax), Charles Gatschet (guitar), Andrew W. Stinson (bass) and Clarence Smith (drums).

You can pre-order the album on Amazon (LINK).

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