Video Juke Box 2025
Videos Featured on the Sandy Brown Jazz What's New page during 2025
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July
Rainy Days And Mondays was written by Paul Williams and Roger Nichols for The Carpenters. Composer Roger Nichols passed through the Departure Lounge on the 17th May. He was not a jazz musician, but many jazz musicians have interpreted his songs. So, in tribute to Roger, here is Sarah Vaughan singing Rainy Days And Mondays. There is another fine interpretation by guitarist Pat Metheny - he talks about it and plays it here.
Joe Venuti and Marian McPartland play China Boy in this 1975 video with Major Holley (bass) and Cliff Leeman (drums). The notes tell how Cliff Leeman was almost blind at this point although you wouldn't know that from his drumming.
Joshua Redman plays A Message To Unsend from his new Blue Note album Words Fall Short. [See Recent Releases]
Here is A-Z from guitarist Ant Law's new album Unified Theories played live at the 606 Club (See Recent Releases]
Clarinettist George Lewis solos on Burgundy Street Blues backed by Alcide 'Slow Drag' Pavageau (bass) and Joe Watkins (drums).
In June, Emmet Cohen met 19 year old pianist Brandon Goldberg at Emmet's Place.
June
Here are Norah Jones and Wynton Marsalis with a nice version of Come Rain Or Come Shine.
This short film of includes quite rare footage of Django Reinhardt, Stéphane Grappelli and the "Quintette du Hot Club de France" in Hot Jazz on a movie set in 1938. The sequence, a questionable short film about Jazz, was hastily organised by the band’s British agent Lew Grade as a way to introduce the band’s style of guitar and violin-based jazz to the British public before their first UK tour.
Gregory Porter sings On My Way To Harlem with an all-star band on International Jazz Day in 2022.
Here is a brief video introduction to the track Tenderness from Snowpoet's new album Heartstrings. You can listen to the full track and Lauren Kinsella's beautiful voice here. Snowpoet are led by Lauren Kinsella and pianist Chris Hyson accompanied on the album by Matt Robinson (piano, synths); Dave Hamblett (drums); and Josh Arcoleo (electric bass, saxophone) [See Recent Releases]
Our thanks to banjo player George Walker who played with trombonist Max Collie and reminded us of the Australian-born bandleader. Here is an early video of Max Collie's Rhythm Aces from 1973. There are other videos on YouTube but the video quality of some is not too good.
Guitarist Andrea Rinciari's Quartet featuring saxophonist Alex Garnett plays Coleman Hawkins' Bean And The Boys from their new album Soho Sessions [See Recent Releases and an article by Howard Lawes]
May
Pianist Gabriel Latchin's Trio (Jeremy Brown, bass; Joe Farnsworth, drums) plays It Ain't Necessarily So from their new Gershwin album The Man I Love released in May.
Here's an interesting video from 2012. Digby Fairweather and Friends are joined by James Tormé (son of Mel) singing Lullaby Of Birdland. They were at the National Jazz Archive in Loughton, Essex on 30th June and featured Digby Fairweather (trumpet), John Altman (playing a curved soprano sax), Laurie Holloway (piano - who sadly passed away in January 2025), Len Skeat (bass - who passed away in 2021) and Peter Cater (drums).
Italian vocalist Diana Torti sings In Spite Of Everything in Rome last year with Sabino de Bari (guitar). Diana is based in London and the song is featured on her 2023 album It's All We Have.
The great Shaye Cohn and Tuba Skinny play Jubilee Stomp one evening on Royal Street in New Orleans.
Janette Mason introduces her new album ReWired in this preview video [See Recent Releases and article by Howard Lawes here]
Saxophonist Jon Lloyd introduces his new Quartet and his approach to his music. Having watched the video, listen to them play the lovely Breaking The Waves here.
April
Samara Joy went to pianist Emmet Cohen's place where they swung this video of I'm Old Fashined with Russell Hall (bass) and Kyle Poole (drums). Samara's album Portrait was released in October 2024. Here is Day By Day from the album.
Here is an introduction to Georgia Mancio and Alan Broadbent's new album A Story Left Untold. The album is out in May, but their UK anniversary tour starts in April. Details of dates and venues are included at the end of the video.
Scottish saxophonist Matt Carmichael's Quintet play this lovely piece of folk influenced jazz at last year's Edinburgh Jazz and Blues Festival. Matt has a new album out, Dancing With Embers. [See Recent Releases]
It's 1941 and nineteen year old Dorothy Dandridge sings Swing For My Supper with Cee Pee Johnson and his Orchestra.
Matt Carmichael appears again amongst eleven really talented musicians in this introduction to Ensemble C's Every Journey album. Claire Cope tells us about the amazing female adventurers from the past who are the inspiration for her compositions. The video captures well the sense of the music. [See Recent Releases]
Back in 1952, vocalist Helen Humes was filmed with the Count Basie Sextet singing If I Could Be With You (One Hour Tonight). The personnel are Count Basie (piano), Clark Terry (trumpet), Buddy DeFranco (clarinet), Wardell Gray (tenor sax), Freddie Green (guitar), Jimmy Lewis (bass) and Gus Johnson (drums), The sound is a little 'crackly' in this video, but you can do better with a compilation album that has recently been issued by Helen Humes called The Songs I Like To Sing [See Recent Releases, Reissues]
Pianist and Musical Director Renee Rosnes, seen here with bassist Noriko Ueda, introduces the new album Arabesque by the band Artemis released on the Blue Note label in February. [See Recent Releases]
March
Emily Masser's Quintet plays Room 608, the fourth track on her new album Songs With My Father (See Recent Releases page). Emily's website with her forthcoming gigs is here.
The Jazz Avengers from Japan play The Average White Band's Pick Up The Pieces in 2022 with some fine solos and a formidable rhythm section.
Alex Welsh and his band play the Beale Street Blues in 1964 with Alex Welsh (trumpet); Roy Crimmins (trombone), Al Gay (clarinet / tenor sax), Fred Hunt (piano), Jim Douglas (guitar), Ron Mathewson (bass) and Lennie Hastings (drums)
Ian Shaw sings the beautiful Greek Street Friday from his 2023 album with the same title (samples here)
Bob Mintzer leads the WDR Big Band on his composition Tap in 2024. Mintzer solos on his EWI (Electric Wind Instrument), the other soloist is trombonist Raphael Klemm.
Here is some early 1930's footage of Nat Gonella and his Georgians. He formed the band in 1935 and they became one of the popular dance bands of the time. You can read Nat's story here.
Billy Marrows Grande Familia Sextet plays The Heron from their new album Mount Tibidabo (See Recent Releases page). Billy's website with upcoming gigs is here.
February
Guitarist Rob Luft and vocalist Elina Duni perform Charlie Haden and Abbey Lincoln's First Song in Basel last October with Matthieu Michel (flugelhorn); Patrice Moret (double bass) and Viktor Filipovski (drums). Dates for Rob's upcoming gigs are here and Elina's here.
This is an imaginative session from Erroll Garner in 1964 playing Spring Is Here and Lover with a few quotes by Oscar of other tunes along the way.
Here is vocalist and guitarist Ponpon Chen from Taiwan with How High The Moon. Yes, it might reflect Ella's version, but is worth hearing in its own right. Here is an interview with Ponpon Chen.
Bass player Misha Mullov-Abbado's group introduce their new enjoyable album Effra in this video. The album is in this month's Recent Releases and Howard Lawes talks to Misha in an article here. Dates for Misha's upcoming gigs are here.
In this video from 1953 the Benny Goodman Trio plays Nice Work If You Can Get It (Gene Krupa was 44, Teddy Wilson was 40, and Benny Goodman 43 - whatever the fans were saying!)
Recently, former American President Jimmy Carter passed through the Departure Lounge. (December 2024) He carried the nickname 'The Rock and Roll President' but he supported many forms of American music as can be seen from this video of the White House Jazz Festival that he staged in 1978. The reference in Salt Peanuts is to his family's peanut-growing business.
Here is an introductory video from the highly respected Scottish guitarist Jim Mullen about his latest album For Heaven's Sake featuring Ben Paterson (organ); Jan Harbeck (tenor sax) and Kristian Leth (drums) - See Recent Releases
January
Guitarist Nick-Costley White introduces his new album Poncha, to be released in February on the Ubuntu label, with snatches from the recording session and with musicians Julian Siegel (saxophone); Conor Chaplin (double bass) and James Maddren (drums). The first single from the album is here.
One number that sadly does not appear on Danish guitarist Jakob Bro's newly released album [see Recent Releases] is this video of Vinterhymne (Winter Hymn). The video has the same personnel as the new album with the late Lee Konitz on sax.
In 1978, the Royal Variety Performance was attended by the late Queen Mother. The second half of the show was opened by the National Youth Jazz Orchestra with special guests Acker Bilk and Kenny Ball. The picture quality of this video is not sharp, but did the music that Ma'am's feet tapping?
Guitarist Karl Clews solos on Gershwin's A Foggy Day (In London Town). Karl's new album And/Or is featured in this month's Recent Releases.
Vibes player Terry Gibbs plays Lemon Drop on the Regis Philbin Show in 1965 with Mike Melvoin (piano); Herb Ellis (guitar); Carrington Visor (flute); Monty Budwig (bass) and Colin Bailey (drums)
Glasshopper [Jonathan Chung (sax/composition); James Kitchman (guitar); Corrie Dick (drums)] play Major Hit. Their website is here.
Red Nichols and his 'Five' Pennies play The Dixieland Band in 1935. The clarinet player is Benny Goodman. Benny recorded the same song in the same year with Helen Ward (here)
Trumpeter Sean Gibbs plays When Can I See You Again? The title track from his 2021 album featuring Riley Stone-Lonergan (saxophone); Rob Brockway (piano); Calum Gourlay (bass) and Jay Davis (drums).