Dear Musicians, Another treat today by one of the masters of the violin, Stephane Grapelli. Artist: Stephane Grapelli and Julian Bream Song: Nuages

Don’t have a drummer for your gig? The solution is in your barn…

Back to basics with today’s song suggestion. Who hasn’t played “Confirmation” at jam sessions? Here’s a nice version with Michael Brecker showing us how it’s done. Artist: Will Lee & Bill Lee (Michael Brecker, Billy Hart…) Album: Birdhouse Song: Confirmation [Audio clip: view full post to listen]

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Beautiful rendition of Summertime. Artist: Chick Corea & Hiromi Uehara Song: Summertime

Dear musicians, I picked today’s song because it is one of the most beautiful melodies written for film. It’s the song “I will wait for you” from the french movie “Les parapluies de Cherbourg”. Check out the movie, it’s beautiful as well. Artist: Michel Legrand and Stephane Grapelli Song: I will wait for you From [...]

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Dear Musicians, You’re in for a treat. Today’s song suggestion is a simple but beautiful song that Bobby Darin used to sing. This version is sung by the actor Kevin Spacey in the movie Beyond the Sea. The movie is great and Kevin Spacey will surprise you with his wonderful singing (yes, it’s really him [...]

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Yet another of my all-time favorite pianists. Artist: Kenny Werner Trio (Kenny Werner, Ari Hoenig, Johannes Wiedenmueller) Live at the Blue Note Song: The little blue man

Dear Musicians, One of my cruise ship trips brought me to Turkey where I discovered a number of great musicians and bands that I still listening to today. Here’s one of them: Artist: Hasan Cihat Örter Album: Re-formation Song: Jamais (Sultaniyegah Sirto – Intro) [Audio clip: view full post to listen]

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Dear Musicians, I picked a real rough, dirty, and nasty sounding track, but the energy is through the roof! Artist: Tony Williams – Lifetime (Tony Williams -drums, John McLaughlin – guitar, Larry Young – Organ) Album: Emergency Song: Emergency [Audio clip: view full post to listen]

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Dear Musicians, For those of you that are not familiar with the group “Steps”, you’re in for a treat (Yes, this is the band that later became “Steps Ahead”). The best of the best came together to form this band and recorded this album live in Japan. Enjoy! Artist: Steps (Michael Mainieri, Michael Brecker, Steve [...]

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Keith Jarrett – Solo

Gotta love Freddie Hubbard’s warm sound and intense swing.