Easter Sunday Music Muse Day - Eastman Jazz Trio, Wayne Shorter.

On this quiet Easter Day, I have just two Sunday Music Muse Day selections.  First is the Eastman Jazz Trio "the question is...". For non-locals, "This recording presents performances by the Eastman Jazz trio, the in-house faculty rhythm section of the Eastman School of Music" , Harold Danko on piano, Rich Thompson on drums, and Jeff Campbell on bass, with guest Clay Jenkins on trumpet, a new member of the jazz faculty at the time, leading to the formation of the Eastman Jazz Quartet.  Besides being well-respected teachers, they each have a impressive resume of music experience in the jazz world. I'm continually amazed at quality and quantity the Eastman School of Music contribution to Rochester's musical culture.  I've had the pleasure of meeting several Eastman faculty members, like Rich Thompson, Bob Sneider, and Mike Melito, attending many of their live gigs.  Picking up another one of their CDs is always treat.

Next is jazz legend (and that's no overstatement) Wayne Shorter Alegria, a 4/5 star rated CD the one reviewer called, "-- at least to many critics who welcomed his return to highly cerebral acoustic post-bop".  This is very adventurous outing that will leave you excited at the twist and turn Shorter still presents in his music that begs for repeated listening. 

 So, if no one has said it, have a wonderful, peaceful, Happy Easter and Passover.

Sunday Music Muse Day - Kneebody

  Happy Sunday Music Muse Day. It's my day to share some music with who ever stumbles across this blog.  It's nice to discovery new music, new to me anyway. I was in iTune radio , this morning, and click on Winter Jazz Fest radio and this group Kneebody played. I thought "these guys sound good". So I googled the band and Winter Jazz Fest. The band actually was started by band members when they attended the Eastman School of Music, here in Rochester The Winter Jazz Festival is an annual Jazz event in NYC, the next one starting this week, January 8. It a multi-venue, multi-day event like the Rochester Jazz Festival. My NYC friends should check out. But, for now check out Kneebody. I picked a live version from youtube. Enjoy.