Sunday Music Muse Day - Pablo Held, Jan Hammer,

This Sunday Music Muse day finds me exploring a new artist (to me), and visiting an old artist from the early day of '70s Jazz fusion.  First up, Pablo Held Adventure, a quartet with Held on piano, Robert Landermann on Bass, Jonas Burgwinkle on drums and Nelson Veras on guitar, with the EOS Chamber Orchestra, conducted by Susanne Blumenthal.  A pre-release ad popped up in my Facebook feed, and the cover artwork by Kilian Eng (I hadn't heard of him before) caught my eye.  So, I clicked on the ad and listen to sample track. The sounded interestingly like the modern orchestral music of Maria Schneider and Fred Hersh & the WDR Big Band (which I recently posted).  I ordered a copy about six months ago.  It was worth the wait.  It's nice to explore new music. Checking online, he has a CD release with a trio and John Scofield, and a video with a trio with Ralph Towner.  I'll have to check those out.

Next is Jan Hammer The Early Years. Of course, Jan Hammer is best known as the fusion keyboard player and an original member of the John McLaughlin's Mahavishu Orchestra, later solo projects and releases with Jeff Beck.  The Early Year features tracks from Hammer solo projects. The First Seven Days being one of my favorite.  Jan Hammer also gained further fame as the music composer for TV show, Miami Vice. I couldn't resist getting this CD, since I sold all these albums I had last year. "First" is a concept album referencing the seven days of creation, but Hammer noted:  "Assuming each of these 'days' lasted anywhere from one day to a hundred million year." The liner note says "First" pre-dates New Age Music by ten years.  There's a thought.

Here are the covers from the three Hammer albums.

It's November and time again celebrate Jazz musician's birthday, with a repost of my "Jazzy Birthday" tune.  Happy birthday and best wishes to all musician, past and present.

The enjoyment of old and new music keeps my spirits up.  Hope you finds music to enjoy also.