This week In Jazz Legends 49/52

Miles Davis, John Coltrane, Abdullah Ibrahim, Carlos Ward, Duke Ellington, Billy Strayhorn, Stan Getz, Flora Purim, Dave Brubeck, Benny Goodman, Wes Montgomery, Antônio Carlos Jobim, Chick Corea, Roy Haynes, Miroslav Vitous, Thelonious Monk, Dizzy Gillespie, James Moody, Gene Harris, Ray Brown, Grady Tate

We Remember Lee Konitz. ‘Cool Lee’

This day (April 15, 2020), in New-York City, died Lee Konitz, an American jazz alto saxophonist

Tracklist :

1 . Darn that dream (2018)

2 . @ SeixalJazz (2017)

3 . Body & Soul

4 . Live In Italy (2012)

5 . Solar (2008)

6 . w/ Zimbo Trio – Luiza (1999)

7 . w/ Frank Wunch – Thingin’ (1995)

8 . w/ Paul Motian Trio ~ I Wish I Knew (1991)

9 . w/ Chick Corea – Stella By Starlight (1981)

10 . Bird (1973)

11 . w/ Bill Evans – My Melancholy Baby (1965)

Tracklist :

Foolin' Myself . Palo Alto . Alone Together . Yesterdays . I'll Remember April . Five, Four And Three . 'Round Midnight .

Weather Report @ Norddeutscher Rundfunk

On September 3, 1971, Weather Report plus three european horn players did a two hours radio broadcast on "Jazzworkshop" a Norddeutscher Rundfunk program. Taped in Berlin, the radio show is so far unissued (or eventually bootlegged) but during the rehearsals, two songs "Directions" and "Dr. Honoris Causa" were filmed.

Track Listing :

1.Directions (Joe Zawinul) - 16:38 . 2.Dr Honoris Causa (Joe Zawinul) - 14:10

Musicians :

Weather Report - Band . Joe Zawinul - Keyboards . Wayne Shorter - Tenor Sax, Soprano Sax . John Surman - Bass Clarinet, Baritone Sax . Eje Thelin - Trombone . Alan Skidmore - Tenor Sax, Soprano Sax, Flute . Miroslav Vitous - Bass . Alphonse Mouzon - Drums . Dom Um Romao - Percussion . Eje Thelin - Trombone . Alan Skidmore - Flute, Tenor Saxophone . John Surman-…