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Cary Kilner's Picks: Volume 62
March 2024 Greg Hopkins and “Tres Corda” - Berklee concert This is some beautiful music. Well worth time spent with it. Really advanced music, but so thoughtfully done and interesting. https://youtu.be/l5J-t5NcHuQ?si=tJXofd6td9exPf77 Chick Corea with the Boston Pops – Spain This is marvelous. I don’t know who did the arrangement nor when. But if you like his original trio doing this, you’ll love the guys here. I think it is the Boston Pops drummer, but I’m not sure of the bass player. https://youtu.be/mac7lrZciss Here’s a string quartet playing a “serious” composition of Chick's. https://youtu.be/G_V9nznyu8M Mark Walker – All the Things You Are Here are some performances by drummer Mark Walker, who will be performing April 14 at the Press Room. This is a really interesting treatment in 7/4. Great guitar player. Note how the energy drops down for the outstanding piano player, Danilo Perez. https://youtu.be/739Ea_rKwEM?si=IXdrgzlSwusaGBwt Another really nice Latin tune from the album – Candombe in Blue https://youtu.be/XiC5koDrpdE?si=AsU58Xc2lzzDQPnN The Caribbean Jazz Project – The Lost Voice Here is Mark Walker on this great Latin-jazz band. https://youtu.be/UpGnAi8eXfo?si=hFmMIkMSJPpHSt45 Monty Alexander – You’ve Got a Friend in Jesus He swings like Oscar Peterson, and on this he has so much soul! The rhythm section is glued to him like that of Oscar. Nice to see the video as well; it makes it even more “real.” https://youtu.be/z2xtUrS26y4?si=yw1JNPpRydXN5bp6 David Sanborn – Hard Times Here’s some more soul for you this month! And some Joey DeFrancesco on organ and Steve Gadd on drums—what's not to like? https://youtu.be/gBkNgH5BgOE?si=VtSt-cDKKPXgdX9z Aaron Parks – Peaceful Warrior We move on now to some more modern music. https://youtu.be/qnaXEUCj9qk?si=9Aq1YDG7Vvpd5c59 Gordon Goodwin’s Big Phat Band – Count Bubba You have to love this band! This cut has everything you want to hear in a big band. They remind me of the Mel-Thad Band from the '60s. Find more of them on YouTube—they will always satisfy! (I call this tune an example of a “32-bar AABA blues.") https://music.youtube.com/watch?v=UOjXWKNWQDw&si=XBOGhpk3ZIuwxhl8 John McLaughlin – Belo Horizonte & Que Alegra The first link is mellow; the second kills! https://youtu.be/tfyRcOvqSDU?si=GbJP-dT2Ll52KOo4 https://youtu.be/xHJjiIxLBNk?si=MN3lS16bYxIG5l5- Allan Holdsworth – Secrets https://youtu.be/KXTHVqeIxnc?si=6suQa7EI72eSpzUp Bobby Broom Trio – When Falling Leaves https://music.youtube.com/watch?v=vM1lNSlSduo Brad Mehldau Trio – Hey Joe https://youtu.be/8lwW1FkFZXM?si=BoBqw4YHWaFibapC |
