08-12-2021 JAZZ.MiX # 33 jazz tracks on the the JAZZ_line 2015-2005 (3h 13m)# Ben Williams, Nels Cline Singers, Thundercat, Hiromi, Gerald Clayton, Russell Malone. Wes Montgomery, Ramsey Lewis, Gabor Szabo, The Bad Plus, Eivind Aarset, Dave Douglas, David Becker, Joe Diorio
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Jazz bassist Ben Williams is a forward-thinking musician who crosses easily between straight-ahead, funk, and gospel-influenced jazz. A native of Washington, D.C., Williams graduated from the Duke Ellington School of Music before studying with renowned bassist Rodney Whitaker while earning a B.A. in jazz studies at Michigan State University. He is an in-demand sideman and has performed with a veritable who's who of jazz, including Wynton Marsalis, Roy Hargrove, Mulgrew Miller, Terence Blanchard, and others...
Black Villain Music (Ben Williams) 4:27
Forecast (Ben Williams) 8:15
Smells Like Teen Spirit - Nirvana cover (Kurt Cobain / Dave Grohl / Krist Novoselic) 3:20
from Coming of Age 2015
Ben Williams' sophomore full-length album, 2015's Coming of Age, finds the adept bassist/composer delivering another sophisticated mix of post-bop, fusion, and contemporary R&B-infused jazz. The album follows up Williams' equally striking 2011 debut, State of Art, and showcases the winner of the 2009 Thelonious Monk International Jazz Competition's further development as a bandleader, composer, and improviser. Once again joining Williams is his longtime backing ensemble Sound Effect, featuring tenor and soprano saxophonist Marcus Strickland, guitarist Matthew Stevens, pianist and Fender Rhodes keyboardist Christian Sands, synth and Fender Rhodes keyboardist Masayuki "Big Yuki" Hirano, and drummer John Davis...
Nels Cline Singers
Companion Piece (Nels Cline) 5:37
Respira (Nels Cline) 4:19
Seven Zed Heaven (Nels Cline) 11:15
from Macroscope 2014
Macroscope is the fifth offering from the Nels Cline Singers and another album that defies simple stylistic categories. Most people would hesitate to call this a rock album, but probably just as many (especially purist jazz snobs) would not consider it a jazz album either. Ultimately, who cares? The Nels Cline Singers make wonderful, adventurous music and Macroscope may be their most accessible album yet, but that doesn't mean it's for everyone. There are pretty melodies and some cool grooves that most listeners might enjoy, but there's also some serious dissonance and swirling clouds of effects that some people will love and some just won't. Nels' use of effects is pretty well known when he's playing electric, but new bass player Trevor Dunn isn't afraid of effects either and drummer Scott Amendola has been using loops, electronics, and processing for years, so the band often sounds like more than just a trio even when there are no guests present. You never know where a song might lead from where it begins... So while the Nels Cline Singers may have a new bass player and a new label, fortunately their sound has not changed. They're still making some of the most interesting, adventurous, genre-smashing music of the early 21st century. Guitar nerds need to check this out, but it's got wider appeal than that too.
Stephen "Thundercat" Bruner rose during the first decade of the new millennium as the go-to bassist for a multitude of forward-looking artists traversing electric jazz, punk, R&B, and hip-hop. His nimble, syncopated, groove-heavy basslines have propelled songs by Sa-Ra, Erykah Badu, Flying Lotus, and Kendrick Lamar, some of which have also featured his gentle and sweet vocals...
Tenfold (Stephen Bruner / Steven Ellison) 3:04
The Life Aquatic (Stephen Bruner) 2:36
Tron Song (Stephen Bruner / Steven Ellison) 2:34
from Apocalypse 2013
One of the many charms of Thundercat's first album, The Golden Age of Apocalypse, was the manner in which the supernaturally skilled bassist seemed to wing his way through songwriting -- stumbling upon ideas, going with the flow, goofing off -- and come up with brilliance. On his sharper, more focused second album, he works through anguish -- the loss of close friend and musical partner Austin Peralta -- with some staggeringly emotive and tightly composed content. There's less room for instrumentals and noodling, but even those moments are purposeful...
Whether playing solo, with a trio, a full-on electric band, or an orchestra, adventurous jazz pianist and composer Hiromi Uehara is as likely to meld post-bop and funk as she is pop and classical -- sometimes in the same composition...
feat. Anthony Jackson and Simon Phillips
Move (Hiromi) 8:34
Suite Escapism: Reality (Hiromi) 5:32
11:49 PM (Hiromi) 11:29
from Move: The Trio Project 2012
Move is Hiromi's second "Trio Project" recording with electric bassist Anthony Jackson and drummer Simon Phillips, and is a worthy follow-up to 2011's Voice. The pianist/composer defines the compositions on Move as mirroring an average day, starting with the title track, a choppy excursion that finds the trio connecting through a maze of twists and turns...
