These are videos that I like: Best Jazz on Bandcamp recommendations

My June recommendations just posted on the The Bandcamp Daily, but let’s revisit some of the recordings that made previous recommendations so special.

First up is Joe Lovano & Sound Prints performing my favorite Wayne Shorter tune, “Juju,” from a recent show at the Parisian nightclub New Morning.  It also appears on the ensemble’s new release Scandal.

Here’s a link to my album write-up for The Bandcamp Daily.  And you can just go give the album a listen, and purchase it, on the artist’s Bandcamp page.  It’s also available at Amazon.

The Anteloper duo of Jaimie Branch and Jason Nazary are a hell of thing to witness live.  Their hyperactivity has a hypnotic quality all its own, but when they suddenly infuse some thick melodicism into the chaotic turbulence, that effect is amplified exponentially.  Their debut Kudu captures that energy to a remarkable degree.  But definitely go see them live if they stop in a zip code near you.

Here’s a link to my album write-up for The Bandcamp Daily.  And you can just go give the album a listen, and purchase it, on the artist’s Bandcamp page.  It’s also available at Amazon.

Next up is a promo video for Murmuration, the newest from Bernhard Meyer.  The bassist has created one of the more compelling post-jazz recordings I’ve heard in a while.  It’s the kind of music that will as easily appeal to fans of Radiohead as it will those of Claudia Quintet.  Meyer has had his handprints on a number of excellent recordings this year, including albums by Wanja Slavin Lotus Eaters and Other Animal.

Here’s a link to my album write-up for The Bandcamp Daily.  And you can just go give the album a listen, and purchase it, on the artist’s Bandcamp page.  It’s also available at Amazon.

And let’s wrap up with a promo video for Laura Schuler’s Kronikor.  The violinist deftly manipulates the currents of dissonance and tranquility into something quite mesmerizing.  I’m a sucker for videos with airports/airplanes in them, so that’s why I embedded the video I did.  But also check out the in-studio video performance of an album track, too.

Here’s a link to my album write-up for The Bandcamp Daily.  And you can just go give the album a listen, and purchase it, on the artist’s Bandcamp page.  It’s also available at Amazon.

And follow this link to check out the archives of my Best Jazz on Bandcamp recommendations on The Bandcamp Daily.