Jazz Gumbo

Artist - Tune - Album Abdullah Ibrahim - The Mountain - The Mountain Taj Mahal - Sweet Home Chicago - Recycling the Blues Dewey Redman - Boody - The Ear of the Behearer Roberta Flack - Tryin’ Times - First Take Mahavishnu Orchestra - Miles Beyond - Birds of Fire Joni Mitchell - Chair in the Sky - Mingus Kenny Garrett - 2 Down & 1 Across - Songbook Wayne Shorter - Beauty & the Beast - Native Dancer Diana Krall - 42nd Street - Stepping Out Michael Gregory Jackson - Unspoken Magic - Gifts Weather Report - Elegant People - Black Market Us3 - Cantaloop (Flip Fantasia) - Hand on the Torch Stanley Clarke - Concerto for Jazz/Rock Orchestra - Journey to Love Michael White - Land of Spirit and Light - Land of Spirit and Light Les McCann & Eddie Harris - Compared to What - Swiss Movement Ramsey Lewis - Upendo ni Pamoja - Upendo ni Pamoja An archive of past Sets is available at: jazzgumbo.blogspot.com One of the very first JG Sets, from almost 8 years ago. A lot of my favorites are here. It's a good time for re-posting, as COVID 19 has shut down our studio along with so much else. Be well out there and enjoy! Thrive! Kirby Obsidian

Artist - Tune - Album Sonny Fortune - Waves of Dreams - Waves of Dreams Al Jarreau - Distracted - This Time Eric Dolphy - Bee Vamp - At the Five Spot James Blood Ulmer - Moon Shines - Tales of Captain Black Dinah Washington - It Isn’t Fair - A Slick Chick (on the Mellow Side) David Sancious - Sound of Love - True Stories Billy Cobham - La Guernica - Depth of Thought Michal Urbaniak - Bahamian Harvest - Fusion Osibisa - Spirits Up Above - Wɔyaya Stéphane Grappelli - Lover Man - Satin Doll Herbie Hancock - Speak Like A Child - Speak Like A Child Art Tatum - Without A Song - Solo Masterpieces, Vol. 11 Chuck Mangione - Floating - The Chuck Magione Quartet Horace Silver - The Kicker - Song For My Father Billy Cobham - Arroyo - Inner Conflicts An archive of Set Lists and Album Covers is available at: jazzgumbo.blogspot.ca Kirby Obsidian

Artist - Tune- Album Branford Marsalis - Love Stone - Renaissance Woody Shaw - Seventh Avenue - Stepping Stones Kevin Eubanks, duet with Ron Carter - Nardis - The Heat of Heat Wayne Shorter - Daredevil - Joy Ryder Clifford Brown - Brownie Eyes - Brownie Eyes Courtney Pine - Inner State (of Mind) - Back in the Day Oregon - Taos - Oregon Billy Cobham - El Barrio - Inner Conflicts Flora Purim & Airto - 20 Years Blue - Humble People Esperanza Spalding - The Peacocks - Junjo Jack DeJohnette - Brown Warm & Wintery - Audio Visualscapes Mike Stern - Mood Swings - Upside Downside Diane Schuur - Take Me to the River - Schuur Thing Johnny Griffin & Eddie “Lockjaw” Davis - Tickle Toe - The Toughest Tenors Nancy Wilson - How Glad I Am - How Glad I Am An archive of Set Lists and Album Covers is available at: jazzgumbo.blogspot.ca Thrive! Kirby Obsidian

Artist - Tune - Album Ramsey Lewis - Les Fleur - Maiden Voyage Charles Mingus - Pithecanthropus Erectus - Pithecanthropus Erectus Sly & The Family Stone - Stand! - Stand! Tania Maria - Sangria - The Real Tania Maria: Wild! John Coltrane - Afro-Blue - The Best of John Coltrane Flower Travellin’ Band - Satori – Part II - Satori Cleo Laine - Hi-Heel Sneakers - I Am A Song Return to Forever - Where Have I Known You Before - Where Have ... You Before Return to Forever - Song to the Pharoah Kings - Where Have I Known You Before Cassandra Wilson - I Thought You Knew - Point of View Courtney Pine - The 37th Chamber - Modern Day Jazz Stories Tom Waits - Way Down In The Hole - Big Time Clifford Brown & Max Roach - Delilah - Jordu Ramsey Lewis - Party Time - Up Pops Ramsey Lewis An archive of all previous Sets is available at: jazzgumbo.blogspot.ca How about Tania Maria? I’m surprised that she isn’t more celebrated. I saw her live, once: Seattle, ’86, a festival in a park, one hot, summer day. I’d never heard of her and she just took the stage and the crowd and romped and rollicked for an hour! Amazing stuff. Yet, I’ve only just got my second album by her, as I comb the second hand stores and yard sales. And I never hear her name on Jazz radio. I’m always discovering new evidence that the world is just that way: you miss almost everything from a distance; highlights and headlines alone don’t tell you very much. About anything. You just have to get in close. There are brilliant people everywhere, brimming over with creativity, and they offer new ways of feeling alive, and of seeing the colors and shapes of the world, and they sparkle us with insights that shake us in our shoes when we are stumbled into them. Let us celebrate sound! With Tania and Clifford and Cleo and Sly. And how about that Return to Forever!? Let the music begin… Kirby Obsidian

Artist - Tune - Album Pharoah Sanders - After The Rain - Journey To The One Michael Gregory Jackson - We’re Connected Now - Heart & Centre Steps Ahead - Safari - Modern Times Big Mama Thornton - Rolling Stone - Sassy Mama! Horace Silver - Mo’ Joe - The Cape Verdean Blues Dionne Warwick - Message To Michael - Golden Hits – Part II GZA - Liquid Swords - Liquid Swords Jamaaladeen Tacuma - Sparkle - Renaissance Man Janis Joplin - Cry Baby - Pearl Miles Davis - Duran - Directions Bob James - Night On Bald Mountain - One Tony Williams - Geo Rose - Civilization Helcio Milito - Māe Preta (Black Mama) - Kilombo A complete chronology of Jazz Gumbo is available at jazzgumbo.blogspot.com Well, it’s been a long while since I recorded and posted a show. Lets say that I’ve had a few distractions these past months. Anyway, it’s good to be back. There will be another break of a couple of months from early March until Mid-May, after which I’ll be back at it again. The next few sets will be entirely from original vinyl, most of that pre-1992. I won’t say anything more but will let the music speak for itself. Thanks for listening! THRIVE! Kirby Obsidian

Artist - Tune - Album Oliver Jones - Olea - Lights of Burgundy Ella Fitzgerald - How High The Moon - The Best of Ella Fitzgerald Robert Cray - Nothin’ Like A Woman - Strong Persuader Ira Sullivan - Portrait of Sal Larosa - Ira Sullivan The Four Tops - Still Water (Love) - Still Waters Run Deep Charles Mingus - Black Bats and Poles - Changes Two Steps Ahead - Trains - Magnetic Earl Hines & Paul Gonsalves - Moten Swing - It Don’t Mean A Thing If It Ain’t Got that Swing! Lambert, Hendricks & Ross - In A Mellow Tone - L,H&R Sing Ellington Freddie Hubbard - Theme For Kareem - Super Blue Sun Ra - Fate In A Pleasant Mood - Fate In A Pleasant Mood Sun Ra - Ankhnaton - Fate In A Pleasant Mood The Isley Brothers - Summer Breeze - 3 + 3 The Isley Brothers - The Highways Of My Life - 3 + 3 Pharoah Sanders - Moment’s Notice - Rejoice Swan's Silvertone Singers - Will The Circle Be Unbroken - Greatest Hits Herbie Hancock - Hidden Shadows - Sextant The Intro number was Pat Martino’s “Pyramidal Vision” from the Line Games album. Playlists and featured album covers for all previous Sets of Jazz Gumbo can be found at: https://jazzgumbo.blogspot.com/ Thrive! Kirby Obsidian

Artist - Tune - Album Freddie Hubbard - Red Clay - Red Clay Hugh Masekela - In the Market Place - I Am Not Afraid Chuck Mangione - Feels So Good - Feels So Good Angie Stone & Calvin Richardson - More Than A Woman - Mahogany Soul Pat Martino - Pyramidal Vision - Joyous Lake Jazz Passengers - Strange Love - Deranges & Decomposed Jazz Passengers - In No Languages - Deranged & Decomposed dj Cheb i Sabbah - Kese Kese (Sarangi Mix) - MahaMaya – Shri Durga Remix Tony Williams - Eris - The Joy of Flying Santana - Guajira - Santana III Chick Corea & Return to Forever - 500 Miles High - Light as a Feather Stevie Wonder - Flower Power - The Secret Life of Plants Vital Information - Sixth Sense - Ray of Hope Horace Silver - Song for My Father - Song for My Father Jack DeJohnette - John McKee - Parallel Realities Anita Baker - Caught Up in the Rapture - Rapture Chaka Khan - Them There Eyes - Echoes of an Era Buddy Miles - Joe Tex - A Message to the People This Set is introduced by Buckshot LeFonque's "Music Evolution". Playlists from all previous Sets of Jazz Gumbo are at: jazzgumbo.blogspot.ca Here's a Replay of an old Set that I've enjoyed myself recently, along with the original notes: The “Masterworks” of Set 18 begin with Return to Forever’s “500 Miles High”. Chick Corea, Stanley Clarke, Joe Farrell, Flora Purim and the Great percussionist Airto Moreira (whom I forgot to credit during the broadcast) deliver a piece that, 30+ years after first hearing it, continues to pull me completely into it’s richly textured soundscape. They flesh it out with solos that are technically brilliant and emotively lush. Also in this category of tunes, that create their own unique sonic pocket and then fill it up, are Horace Silver’s “Song for My Father” and DeJohnette’s “John McKee”, which features Pat Metheny and Herbie Hancock. I‘ll slide in Freddie Hubbard’s “Red Clay” right behind these other three; can’t deny what a compelling piece it is. I love presenting lesser known works by artists with a long list of hits – works that would be much better known if not for those hits. In this set, I point to Stevie Wonder’s “Flower Power”, to Santana’s “Guajira” and to Masekela’s “In the Market Place”, all favorites of mine. Artists I’m presenting on Jazz Gumbo for the first time include dj Cheb i Sabbah, who does a wonderful amalgam of traditional Indian music with Club music and Electronica. There’s also the Jazz Passengers, who combine the zany and the funky with straight ahead, driving numbers, reminiscent of Frank Zappa or George Duke. Then There’s Angie Stone, whose duet with Calvin Richardson is a sweet, soul throwback. And finally, Buddy Miles delivers a big, brassy and rollicking tribute to 60’s soul singer “Joe Tex”, to close things out. Thrive! Kirby Obsidian

Artist - Tune - Album Herbie Hancock - Maiden Voyage - Maiden Voyage Donald Byrd - Flight Time - Black Byrd Pat Martino - Pyramidal Vision - Joyous Lake Nancy Wilson - In The Dark - Nancy–Naturally! Wynton Marsalis - You Don’t Know What Love Is - Standard Time Vol.2 Intimacy Calling Carlos Santana - Shere Khan, The Tiger - The Swing Of Delight George Duke - Ómi (Fresh Water) - Reach For It George Duke - Searchin’ My Mind - Reach For It Duke Ellington - Cotton Tail - Giants Of Jazz Sly & The Family Stone - Family Affair - There’s A Riot Goin’ On Dexter Gordon - Devilette - The Monmartre Collection Vol. 1 Billy Bang - New York After Dark - Rainbow Gladiator Stan Getz - Morning Star - Stan Getz Gold Gato Barbieri - Ruby - Ruby, Ruby Al Di Meola - Short Tales Of The Black Forest - Land Of The Midnight Sun Tom Waits - Strange Weather - Big Time Playlists and featured album covers for all previous Sets of Jazz Gumbo can be found at: https://jazzgumbo.blogspot.com/ You know how a piece of music can just grab you? You’ve heard it before, even really dug it before, but suddenly you’re hearing it for the first time. It pierces something deeper, gets down into your gut at a whole different level. It’s expressing some of YOU, so you want to listen to it over and over again, like to an affirmation, underscoring and emphasizing everything you’re feeling, hungering for, dreaming about, even the stuff you wrestle and struggle with all your life. A piece of music that, were someone to make a film of your life, would have to be the soundtrack, blaring out who you are and who you want to be all at once. You know that feeling? That’s what I felt when I listened to Dexter Gordon blowing out “Devilette”. And I felt it again when I edited the set, finally, two months later. Ain’t this exactly what jazz is supposed to sound like? Ain’t it what life is supposed to taste and smell like – with your mom your dad and all you came from rolled up inside it? Your kin and your neighborhood, all those streets you walked, the courts you played and danced on, places you went to work and sat over sweaty lunches with your buddies made from doing that work, women you loved, and women who loved you and those you wanted to love but never got to, the roads you travelled and those you only dreamt about, all that and a slice of hot cornbread. That’s what this sounds like to me, here today, and that day I played it for the set, and the day I edited it for all of you. And listening to it now, as I write this, I wonder about who Dexter was. He’d up and pulled up stakes, and settled in Europe for a good, long while – a place a black american could feel he was human, and have his music and his self appreciated and loved. I wonder if he played this to remember home, or to bring a chunk of home to Paris, or just to marry up a piece of the world with a piece of heaven. Whatever he was aiming to do, he made a piece of real music right here. A piece of perfection that feeds the soul. I hope it feeds yours like it does mine. Thrive! Kirby Obsidian

Artist - Tune - Album Kevin Eubanks - Ever-Blue - Sundance Roberta Flack & Donny Hathaway - Where Is The Love - Roberta Flack & Donny Hathaway Wynton Marsalis - When You Wish Upon A Star - Hot House Flowers Wayne Shorter - Who Goes There! - Atlantis Les McCann & Eddie Harris - Compared To What - Swiss Movement Stanley Turrentine - Sister Sanctified - Cherry Taj Mahal - Corinna - The Natch’l Blues War - Where Was You At - The World Is A Ghetto Thelonious Monk - Light Blue - Thelonious In Action Joni Mitchell - Woodstock - Miles Of Aisles Billy Cobham - Spanish Moss - Crosswinds Julian Priester - Eternal Worlds - Love, Love Michael Gregory Jackson - We’re Connected Now - Heart & Center Jimmy Smith - Oh, No, Babe - Organ Grinder Swing Jeff Beck - Come Dancing - Wired Rahsaan Roland Kirk - Make Me A Pallet On The Floor - Boogie-Woogie String Along For Real Sonny Rollins - The Stopper - Sonny Rollins with the Modern Jazz Quartet Wayne Shorter - Crianças - Atlantis Ramsey Lewis - Upendo Ni Pamoja - Upendo Ni Pamoja Chet Baker - Blue Room - The Touch Of Your Lips Playlists and featured album covers for all previous Sets of Jazz Gumbo can be found at: https://jazzgumbo.blogspot.com/ My Sets from this calendar year are almost pure vinyl. And, almost purely musical, since I've cut back so much on my speaking. I didn't intend it. It was caused by a problem with my laptop that prevents me from plugging it into the studio's mixing board to access my digital files. I must say that I'm enjoying it a lot. And I may just stick to it. But how are you liking it? I welcome your thoughts. Enjoy the Set! Kirby

Artist - Tune - Album Kamasi Washington - Leroy and Lanisha - The Epic Woody Shaw - Stepping Stone - Stepping Stones Oliver Jones - Close Your Eyes - Lights of Burgundy Art Tatum - Isn’t This A Lovely Day - The Tatum Solo Masterpieces, vol.4 Mike Nock, Bennie Maupin, Cecil McBee & Eddie Marshall - Symbiosis - Almanac Return To Forever - So Long Mickey Mouse - Musicmagic featuring vocals by Stanley Clarke & Gayle Moran Barre Phillips - Mountainscape IV - Mountainscapes Miles Davis - Miles Runs The Voodoo Down - Bitches Brew King Pleasure - Don’t Get Scared - Moody’s Mood For Love Joanne Brackeen - Ancient Dynasties - Ancient Dynasty Stevie Wonder - Too High - Innervisions Amina Claudine Myers - Do You Wanna Be Saved? - The Circle Of Time Horace Silver - Togetherness - Silver ‘n Voices Tower of Power - Squib Cakes - Back to Oakland Michal Urbaniak - Joy - Serenade for the City Al Jarreau - Roof Garden - Breakin’ Away The intro tune for this set is Wes Montgomery's "Bock to Bock" Playlists and featured album covers for all previous Sets of Jazz Gumbo can be found at: https://jazzgumbo.blogspot.com/ Wow! This is the first time in forever that I’m managing to post a Set in the same month that it was recorded! A little ridiculous, considering that once, I routinely posted Sets within days of recording them. A more interesting and relevant fact is that this Set, and the ones that precede and follow it, are virtually all vinyl. Many of my first Sets were vinyl dominant, all the music from the early nineties or earlier. Since then, I’ve aimed to incorporate more music from the late nineties and the current century. Partly, to show the continuity in jazz, and its growth as a genre-crossing philosophy of music, rather than simply a genre itself. It’s purely accidental that I’ve gone back to my previous show format. My laptop isn’t connecting to the mixing board. I can’t even play Buckshot LeFonque’s “Music Evolution”, the show's theme all these years. I’ve never managed to find a vinyl copy. I could mix it in, but I prefer to post the same show that streams from Radio Regent, with just a little clean-up. I’m enjoying the vinyl only format. I have such a wealth of great vinyl, and the 50’s-80’s was such an amazing time for musical boundaries both stretching out and falling away, that I don't feel that the diversity of the Sets has suffered. I hope the less talking is comfortable with you listeners. I haven’t received much input on the point. No complaints about not being able to figure out what’s been played. So I may just stick to it for awhile. I’m so glad to be back at this, as a regular part of my week. I hope you enjoy the Set! Thank you for your ears! Thrive! Kirby

Artist - Tune - Album (pre-intro) Wes Montgomery - Bock to Bock - Fingerpickin’ Art Blakey - The Sacrifice - Drum Suite Quincy Jones - Soul Serenade - Golden Boy James Blood Ulmer - Big Tree - No Wave Steve Khan - Some Punk Funk - Tightrope Helcio Milito - Aza Branca - Kilombo Bob Moses - Exodus - The Story of Moses John Blake - Maiden Dance - Maiden Dance Keith Jarrett - In Front - Facing You Gil Scott-Heron - The Prisoner - Pieces of a Man Weather Report - The Pursuit of the Woman with the Feathered Hat - Mr. Gone Cannonball Adderley - Hamba Nami - Accent on Africa Judy Garland - Little Girl Blue - Alone Courtney Pine - I’ve Known Rivers - Modern Day Jazz Stories Chet Baker - El Morro - You Can’t Go Home Again Mal Waldron - You’re My Thrill - Blues For Lady Day Deanna Storey - I’m Just A Little Person - Synecdoche, New York soundtrack Playlists and featured album cover for all previous Sets of Jazz Gumbo can be found at: https://jazzgumbo.blogspot.com/ Well…it’s been awhile. This is the first new Set recorded in some time. I thank all of you for your patience these last months. I doubt that I’ll ever manage an absolute adherence to a one-set-per-week schedule, but I hope for be fairly regular for the foreseeable future. You should perhaps know that this Set and the next are basically all original vinyl. I’m unable to link my laptop to the studio computer for the purpose of streaming audio, so can’t access my digital library for the show. When I’ve solved the problem, I’ll be incorporating more current material in the mix, as usual. Thank you for your ears! Thrive! Kirby

Artist - Tune - Album Flora Purim - Open Your Eyes, You Can Fly - Open Your Eyes, You Can Fly Milton Nascimento - One Coin–Tostao - Milton Benny Goodman - Jumpin’ At The Woodside - The Hits of Benny Goodman Sonny Rollins - There’s No Business Like Show Business - Worktime Tony Williams - Juicy Fruit - Native Heart Autorickshaw - Mercy Street - Meter Jowee Omicil - One Note For Miles - Let’s Bash Joshua Redman & The Bad Plus - County Seat - The Bad Plus Joshua Redman John Coltrane - Cousin Mary - Giant Steps Kenny Barron & Dave Holland - In Walked Bud - The Art of Conversation Chaka Khan - I Love You Porgy - Echoes Of An Era Baird Hersey - Night In Tunisia - The Year Of The Ear Peter Erskine - Little Fun - Dr. Um Marcus Miller - Jean Pierre - Marcus Charles Mingus - Slop - Better Git It In Your Soul The ode to musical styles past and present that introduces Jazz Gumbo is “Music Evolution” by Branford Marsalis and Buckshot LeFonque. Playlists for all past Sets of Jazz Gumbo will be found at jazzgumbo.blogspot.ca Finally! The last Set from 2018. For some reason I don't clearly remember, I decided to experiment with a music only format. No chatter from me. That is, no chatter after my very long-winded intro. Seriously though. It would be great getting input from some of you out there. Would you like less talk about the music and artists? Do you appreciate the occasional thoughts I share about artists, albums and tunes? Or would you prefer even more of the history of the featured music? Let me know what your tastes and interests are. Thrive! Kirby

Artist - Tune - Album McCoy Tyner - Uptown - Uptown/Downtown Jazzmeia Horn - Up Above My Head - A Social Call Buster Williams - Where Giants Dwell - Audacity The Crusaders - Night Faces - Street Life Fifth Dimension - Stoned Soul Picnic - Stoned Soul Picnic Ibrahim Maalouf - Nomade Slang - Illusions Charles Mingus - Open Letter To Duke - Better Git It In Your Soul Carmen McRae - My Ship - Carmen McRae Jowee Omicil - Love & Honesty - Let’s Bash Manhattan Transfer - Tuxedo Junction - The Manhattan Transfer Brian Blade - Crooked Creek - Perceptual Horace Silver - Pretty Eyes - Cape Verdean Blues Aretha Franklin - Dr. Feelgood - 30 Greatest Hits Eddie Gomez - Loco Motive - Power Play Sarah Vaughan - Lullaby of Birdland - Golden Hits!!! John Coltrane - Naima - Giant Steps The ode to musical styles past and present that introduces Jazz Gumbo is “Music Evolution” by Branford Marsalis and Buckshot Lefonque. Playlists for all past Sets of Jazz Gumbo will be found at jazzgumbo.blogspot.ca It's been such a long time. And I apologize to all my listeners for the prolonged absence. I haven't got back into the studio yet, but do still have two sets I recorded last August and September that never made it this far. Here is the first. The second will come shortly. Then, I plan to follow that up before long with a fresh Set from 2019. Thanks for your patience and for your ears. And Happy New Year! Let's make it a Great One!!! Thrive! Kirby Obsidian

Artist - Tune - Album John Coltrane - Cousin Mary - Giant Steps Tony Williams - Going Far - The Joy of Flying Dinah Washington - Blues in the Night - The Complete Dinah Washington Charles Mingus - Better Git It In Your Soul - Mingus Ah Um Charnett Moffett - For You - Net Man Julian Priester - Rhythm Magnet - Polarization Howard Johnson - Stolen Moments - Gravity!!! Ornette Coleman - Lonely Woman - The Shape of Jazz to Come The HeadHunters - Ms Yum Yum - Straight from the Gate Linda Lewis - Lark - Lark Mark Ronson, Erykay Badu, etal - A La Modeliste - Ronson’s Re:Generation Return to Forever - 500 Miles High - Light as a Feather George Duke - Crave E Canela - A Brazilian Love Affair Opa - Montevideo - Magic Time David Murray featuring Amiri Baraka - Evidence - Fo Deuk Revue Wes Montgomery - Up and At It - Down Here on the Ground Adam Makowicz - Indiana - Moonray Charles Mingus - Cumbia & Jazz Fusion - Cumbia & Jazz Fusion A complete record of all Jazz Gumbo Sets is available at jazzgumbo.blogspot.ca Hello Jazz Lovers! Sorry that I've been absent for so long. I came across information that has me concerned about copyright issues related to this Podcast. So I'm not sure that I'll be able to continue. In the meantime, here's a Set from the early days for you to enjoy. Thrive! Kirby

Artist - Tune - Album Harlem River Drive - Idle Hands - Harlem River Drive Sonny Fortune - The Afro-Americans - Serengeti Minstrel David Murray - Village Urbana - Fo Deuk Revue Joan Armatrading - Down To Zero - Joan Armatrading Ahmad Jamal - Rossiter Road - Live At The Montreal Jazz Festival 1985 The Bad Plus - Seven Minute Mind - Made Possible Griot Galaxy - XY Moch - Kins Sy Smith - Sometimes A Rose Will Grow In Concrete - Sometimes A Rose Will Grow In Concrete Wayne Shorter - Diana - Native Dancer Wayne Shorter - From the Lonely Afternoon - Native Dancer Aretha Franklin - Bridge Over Troubled Waters - Aretha’s Greatest Hits Charlie Haden & Quartet West - Live Your Dreams - In Angel City Robert Glasper - Consequences Of Jealousy - Black Radio Dinah Washington - What A Diff’rence A Day Made - What A Diff’rence A Day Makes! Ramsey Lewis - Collage - Upendo Ni Pamoja Michael Kaeshammer - Lands End Parade - The Pianist Anita O’Day - The Moon Looks Down And Laughs - Travelin’ Light Phronesis, Julian Argüelles - Herne Hill - The Behemoth Bobby McFerrin featuring Esperanza Spalding - Glory - Spirityouall The ode to musical styles past and present that introduces Jazz Gumbo is “Music Evolution” by Branford Marsalis and Buckshot LeFonque. Playlists for all past Sets of Jazz Gumbo will be found at jazzgumbo.blogspot.ca A glorious Set of music! I can’t help myself. I feel that way about almost every Set, though I did admit to feeling that the last one was kind of a weird mishmash. This Set holds together much better. It flows better. And Aretha’s great cover of the Simon & Garfunkel classic soars right in the middle of it. We’ve lost Aretha. And the last weeks have been full of tributes and memorials to her. My only small addition to the chorus of appreciation and love is to surround her transcendent music with more of the same. And I think this Set manages that. I’ll only draw attention to the two numbers that precede and follow Aretha, The offerings from Wayne Shorter and Charlie Haden. I won’t say any more than that. I’ll just leave it to you to enjoy. Love! Kirby