| | Click on the globe icon at the beginning of an entry to launch the video listed in that entry. When a tune name has a link, clicking on that tune name link will cause the SongTrellis MIDI sequence recorded for that tune from The Changes to play. |
| Miles Davis and John Coltrane playing "So What" from "The Sound Of Miles Davis" |
| Coleman Hawkins and Charlie Parker jam session |
| Coleman Hawkins 1962. A 30 minute performance. This video starts with a masterful, unaccompanied tenor solo by Hawkins |
| John Coltrane and Stan Getz - "Rifftide". "Rifftide" is a jump piece by Coleman Hawkins (and probably Thelonious Monk" since Hawkins played this while Monk was his pianist The melody is nearly identical to Monk's "Hackensack"). This was recorded as part of a Jazz at the Philharmonic presentation in Europe in 1960. |
| John Coltrane and Eric Dolphy - "Impresions" (!961). "Impressions" is the melody that Coltrane played on the "So What" chord changes at a much faster tempo. |
| John Coltrane -I Want To Talk About You (1962) |
| John Coltrane Quartet - "A Love Supreme" - the end of the "Acknowledgement" section and beginning of the "Resolution" section, July 26, 1965, Juan le Pins, Antibes, France. This is from the only live video of the band playing this suite This is about two minutes of the twelve minutes of video that are said to still survive from the performance. |
| John Coltrane Quartet - "Blue Waltz", Juan les Pins, Antibes, France, July 27, 1965. This is a version of "Ascension" arranged for the quartet. |
| John Coltrane - "Untitled-Vigil", Comblain La Tour, Belgium, 8/1/1965. Coltrane recorded "Vigil" as a saxophone/drum duet with Elvin Jones in the studio about six weeks before this performance, This is the only video I know of that shows Coltrane going into battle with his drummer like this. McCoy Tyner joins after 5 minutes with a marvelous piano solo. Coltrane has replaced the first half of the "Vigil" with a newly composed melody which leads into the second half of the "Vigil" melody. |
| John Coltrane Quartet performing Naima, Comblain La Tour, Belgium, 8/1/1965. It must have been a chilly night. As they play and the sweat generated by their performance evaporates, vapor billows off of Elvin Jones and Jimmy Garrison forming clouds above their heads, which disolve every few moments in the night breeze. |
| John Coltrane Quintet with Eric Dolphy - My Favorite Things (1961). |
| John Coltrane Quartet-My Favorite Things,Comblain La Tour, Belgium, 8/1/1965. The band has performed the piece several hundred times since the 1961 video was recorded. |
| John Coltrane Quartet performing Afro-Blue on Ralph Gleason's Jazz Casual program, 1963 |
| John Coltrane Quartet - "Alabama" from Jazz Casual program, 1963 |
| Charlie Parker and Dizzy Gillespie - Hot House. Television performance early 1950s. They've just received their Downbeat awards for that year. |
| Sonny Rollins - The Bridge - video blog produced by Bret Primack. Shows Rollins playing an unaccompanied solo at a live concert and playing "The Bridge" during an early 1960's TV program. Also includes interview with Rollins talking about his early 1960's sabbatical during which he practiced on the Williamsburg Bridge in NYC. |
| Sonny Rollins and Jim Hall - God Bless The Child |
| Sonny Rollins - Tenor Madness -Scottsdale, Arizona - November, 2006 |
| Sonny Rollins - Weaver of Dreams (1959) |
| Sonny Rollins , Don Cherry, Billy Higgins and Henry Grimes - 52nd Street Theme |
| Sonny Rollins - "G-Man", Saugerties, New York -from the film "Saxophone Colossus" |
| Sonny Rollins' percussionist Kimati Dinizulu - Rollins speaks briefly about Kimati followed by video showing Rollins trading ideas with him in a concert April 8, 2006. The tune is Serenade. |
| Dexter Gordon - Night In Tunisia (1964) |
| Dexter Gordon - Loose Walk (1964). Also listed as The Blues Walk, written by Sonny Stitt. Dexter at his most insouicant. |
| Dexter Gordon - Those Were The Days, Copenhagen Denmark, 1971. With Kenny Drew and Niels Henning Orsted Pedersen. Video starts with Dexter practicing in the dressing room. The camera follows behind him downstairs to the stage. |
| Miles Davis Quintet (with Shorter, Hancock, Carter, Williams) performs "So What", September 11, 1964 - This is the first recording made by this band on record or film |
| Miles Davis - All Blues - Steve Allen Show September 11,1964 |
| Miles Davis - "No Blues", Steve Allen Show September 11,1964 |
| Miles Davis - "Joshua" - Live at Teatro Dell'Arte, Milano 10/11/1964 |
| Miles Davis Quintet - a complete concert performance Agitation - Footprints - Stella by Starlight - Walkin - Gingerbread Boy Germany, 1967 |
| Miles Davis Quintet (with Shorter, Hancock, Carter, Williams) - Footprints |
| Miles Davis Quintet performs "Agitation" on Deutsche Welle, 1967 |
| Miles Davis Quintet - "Agitation" - Stockholm, Sweden 1967, part 1 |
| Miles Davis Quintet - Round Midnight - Stockholm, Sweden, 1967 part 2 |
| Miles Davis Quintet - "Spanish Key"- Live at Antibes Jazz Festival 1969 with Wayne Shorter, Chick Corea, David Hoiland, and Jack DeJohnette |
| Miles Davis Quintet - "Bitches Brew" -Copenhagen, 1969 part 1 |
| "Miles Davis Quintet - Copenhagen 1969 part 2 -end of "Bitches Brew", first part of "Agitation" |
| Miles Davis Quintet - Copenhagen, 1969 part 3- last part of "Agitation" -Wayne Shorter soprano sax solo then Chick Corea - first part of "I Fall In Love To Easily" |
| Miles Davis Quintet - "Sanctuary" - Copenhagen 1969, pt 4 |
| Miles Davis Quintet - Copenhagen 1969 pt. 5 free-form |
| Miles Davis Quintet- Copenhagen 1969 pt. 6 free-form, "It's About That Time" |
| Miles Davis - "Miles Chases The Voodoo Down"- Miles Davis Quintet featuring Wayne Shorter,Chick Corea, Dave Holland, Jack De Johnette. Teatro Sistina Rome, October 27 1969. |
| Miles Davis - Live at the Teatro Sistina Rome, October 27 1969.part 2 |
| Miles Davis Live - August 18th, 1970 - set list: Directions, Bitches Brew, It's About That Time, Sanctuary, Spanish Key, with an improvised funk blues for an encore. For me, the performance hits its stride at 22 minutes, when they begin "it's About That Time". At 28:30, Miles plays fragments from the "Solea" of "Sketches of Spain" as a way to spill some of the bands energy so that he can cue "Sanctuary" at 29:30. minutes in. Usually this is a signal for the band to drop out of tempo. They won't do it for him, so Miles floats a complete chorus of "Sanctuary" at their tempo, and then launches an extremely funky version of "Spanish Key" at 31:02, the instant the chorus ends, by playing the initial "Spanish Key" phrase once. This causes the band's entire emotional complexion to change at a finger's snap. Jack DeJohnette has an enormous smile on his face as Sanctuary ends, which gets bigger when Miles cues "Spanish Key" with this kind of counterpunch. He obviously enjoyed seeing what Miles would do when this kind of performance curve ball was thrown at him. |
| Miles Davis interview, 1982 with Bryant Gumbel . "THEY like it. I'm cool". |
| Miles Davis - "Tutu", live performance from 1989 with Marcus Miller playing bass, Kenny Garrett, flute, and David Sanborn, alto saxophone. From the program "Night Music with David Sanborn" for which Miller was the musical director. |
| Miles Davis - "Mr. Pastorius". One of the few recordings of Miles playing unmuted, non-electronically processed trumpet in the years before his death. Great alto sax solo by Kenny Garrett. This is from the 1989 "Night Music With David Sanborn" performance. |
| First 9 minutes from "Ascenseur pour L'Echafaud", the Louis Malle film, for which Miles Davis improvised the soundtrack. |
| Charlie Parker, Coleman Hawkins and Buddy Rich - Studio Scenes |
| Thelonious Monk Quartet performing Blue Monk in Oslo, mid-1960s |
| Thelonious Monk and Charlie Rouse - "Rhythm-a-ning" |
| Thelonious Monk and Dizzy Gillespie with The Giants of Jazz - Round Midnight, Prague, 1971. Diz is playing his Dizzy-bell trumpet with a Harmon mute during his solo. Sony Stitt, Kai Windig, Al McKibbon and Art Blakey are the other band members. |
| Phineas Newborn Jr. - Oleo |
| Phineas Newborn Jr. - Lush Life |
| Stan Getz - Lush Life |
| Stan Getz with Mary Lou Williams - Lush Life. At the Nice Jazz Festival in 1988. This time a meditative duet. |
| Stan Getz with Kenny baron, Alex Blake and Terri Lyne Carrington - Seven Steps To Heaven |
| Stan Getz in Montreux - Canção do Sol |
| Stan Getz - "I Remember April". With pianist Jim McNeeley, bassist George Mraz, and drummer Victor Lewis |
| Stan Getz - I Can't Get Started |
| Stan Getz - On Green Dolphin Street |
| Stan Getz - O Grande Amor |
| Stan Getz and Chet Baker- "Sippin At Bells" |
| David Holland Quintet - with trumpeter Kenny Wheeler and drummer Smitty Smith |
| Clark Terry and Phil Woods with Fancy Free - "Ornithology' |
| Clark Terry and Phil Woods with Fancy Free - Undecided |
| Clark Terry and Phil Woods with Fancy Free - "Straight No Chaser' |
| Quincy Jones - Live in 1960 |
| Quincy Jones Big Band 1960 with Phil Woods - "Gypsy" and "Tickle Toe" |
| Quincy Jones - Story behind his 1960 Big Band |
| Dizzy Gillespie Reunion Big Band 1968 - Things To Come |
| Charles Mingus jazz Workshop - Booker Ervin and Eric Dolphy trading fours on I'll Remember April from the Antibes Jazz Festival, Juan-Les-Pins, France July 13, 1960 |
| Wes Montgomery - West Coast Blues |
| Wes Montgomery - "Full House" |
| Wes Montgomery - "Impressions" |
| Wes Montgomery - "Round Midnight:" |
| Wes Montgomery - Yesterdays |
| Wes Montgomery with Johnny Griffin - Blue Monk (1965) |
| Wes Montgomery- Blue Grass (1965) |
| Wes Montgomery with the Pim Jacobs Trio |
| Pat Martino - "Four On Six" |
| Pat Martino - "Heartstrings" |
| Elvin Jones with Joe Farrell - "For Heavens Sake" |
| Joe Venuti - I Want To Be Happy |
| Joe Venuti - Sweet Georgia Brown |
| Coleman Hawkins and Sweets Edison - "Centerpiece" |
| Milton Nascimento - "Maria Maria". Live performance at S.O.B s in NYC |
| Chico Buarque & Milton Nascimento (1976) -O QUE SERÁ |
| Canção Da América - Milton Nascimento |
| Milton Nascimento e Chico Buarque - O Cio de Terra |
| Milton Nascimento and Simone Bittencourt de Oliveira - "Cais" |
| Simone, Chico Buarque e Milton Nascimento - O Que Será, Que Será |
| Milton Nascimento - Vendedor dos Sonhos. With Paul Simon |
| Sei lá, Mangueira - Simone Bittencourt de Oliveira |
| Se Acaso Você Chegasse - Simone |
| Samba do Grande Amor - Simone |
| Ravi Shankar and Alla Rakha - Raga Bhimpalasi |
| Anoushka Shankar - Eiectronic Press Release |
| Norah Jones - "Seven Years". Norah is Ravi's daughter and Anoushka's half-sister. |
| Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan and Party - "Akhian Udeek Diyah" |
| Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan and paty - A complete concert recorded in London, 1 hour 53 minutes long. Mind-blowingly great singing! The songs are 1. Shams ud Doha Badrud Doja 2. Kehna Ghalat Ghalat Chupana Sahi Sahi 3. Nit Khair Mangan Sohniya Mein Teri 4. Kali Kali Zulfon ke Phanday na Daalo |
| Nina Kaur Virdee - vocal performance |
| Lee Morgan soloing on A Night in Tunisia with Art Blakey's Jazz Messengers |
| Lee Morgan soloing on "Blue March" with Art Blakey's Jazz Messengers |
| Lee Morgan soloing on "Are You Real?" with Art Blakey's Jazz Messengers |
| Art Blakey And The Jazz Messengers - "Blues March". This has the head melody, a solo by Wayne Shorter a drum break by Blakey, and Lee Morgan's solo |
| Art Blakey and The Jazz Messengers - Dat Dere - The composer of the tune, Bobby Timmons, is the pianist. Wayne Shorter is the tenor saxophonist and Lee Morgan is the trumpeter. This is the best performance of the song I've ever heard. |
| Wynton Marsalis - Cherokee |
| Freddie Hubbard and Woody Shaw performing "Desert Moonlight" in Japan |
| Woody Shaw - "Cool Struttin'" |
| Freddie Hubbard - The Night Has a Thousand Eyes |
| Howard McGee - Ornithology trumpet solo. Excellent bebop choruses |
| Howard McGee - "Parker's Mood" |
| Clark Terry and His Big Bad Band - Take the A Train |
| Clark Terry and His Big Bad Band - a plunger muted blues solo |
| Charles Mingus Sextet in Oslo(1964) - "So Long, Eric". Solos by Charles Mingus, Danny Richmond and Eric Dolphy |
| Charles Mingus Quintet(1974) - "Flowers For A Lady". |
| Horace Silver - "Senor Blues" (1959) |
| Benny Goodman - "Roll Em" (1942) |
| Kenny Garrett - alto solo with Miles Davis. Miles is holding his miked trumpet at the bell of Kenny's alto to provide amplification |
| Cannonball and Nat Adderley - "Straight No Chaser' (1974) |
| Cannonball and Nat Adderley with Yusef Lateef - "Jessica's Birthday","Primativo", Jive Samba, Work Song (1962). For a US TV broadcast hosted by Oscar Brown, Jr. |
| Cannonball and Nat Adderley with Yusef Lateef in Germany- "Jessica's Birthday"(1963) |
| Cannonball and Nat Adderley with Yusef Lateef - Jive Samba |
| Nat Adderley solo with Cannonball's band - Jive Samba |
| Herbie Hancock, Pat Metheny, Dave Holland and Jack DeJohnette - "Canteloupe Island" |
| YouTube - Herbie Hancock & The Headhunters - Chameleon live 1974 |
| Pat Metheny guitar solo during a Joni Mitchell concert |
| Joni Mitchell - "Coyote". Accompanied by Jaco Pastorius, Pat Metheny and Don Alias |
| Joni Mitchell - Goodbye Porkpie Hat - her lyric is set to the head melody of Mingus' tune and melody of Booker Ervin's tenor saxophone from the "Mingus Ah Um" album. Accompanied by Pat Metheny, Jaco Pastorius, and Mike Brecker. Goodbye Porkpie Hat was Mingus's memorial for Lester Young, written a few days after Lester died. |
| Lester Young - Studio Scenes -accompanied by Hank Jones, Ray Brown and Buddy Rich. |
| Jammin The Blues by Gjon Milli - features Lester Young, Illinois Jacquet, Sweets Edison, Jo Jones and other greats |
| Nat King Cole singing Sweet Lorraine accompanied by Oscar Petersen Trio with Coleman Hawkins |
| Duke Ellington Orchestra plays Cottontail for Whitey's Lindyhoppers |
| Duke Ellington Orchestra from the 1940's playing a filmed concert: Mood Indigo, Sophisticated Lady, It Don't Mean A Thing Without That Swing, Don't get Around Much Anymore. Soloists include Ellington, Jimmy Blanton, Ray Nance, Tricky Sam Nanton, Rex Stewart, Ben Webster, Johnny Hodges |
| Duke Ellington Orchestra - "Take The 'A' Train" - trumpet solo by Ray Nance |
| Duke Ellington Orchestra trickles in to play "C Jam Blues (Duke's Place)" |
| Duke Ellington Orchestra- Satin Doll |
| Duke Ellington - "Kind Of Dukish" |
| Yehudi Menuhin plays unaccompanied Bach - "Chaconne in D minor" |
| Irvy Gitlis - "Bartok Solo Violin Sonata" |
| Jean-Pierre Rampal plays for birds on "The Muppet Show" |
| Andres Segovia - "Manuel de Falla - Homenaje Le tombeau de Claude Debussy" |
| Tosheff Piano Duo - "excerpts from Bartok - Sonata For Two Pianos And Percussion, 1st movement" |
| Janine Jansen - "Bartok - Romanian Dances" - live from Prinsengrachtconcert Amsterdam 2005 (Amsterdam Princes Canal Concert) |
| Claude Debussy - "Claire de Lune" - video is a kind of score animation |
| Art Tatum in 1954 - Yesterdays |
| Art Tatum All Stars with Tommy Dorsey - "Art's Blues" |
| Cecil Taylor - solo piano 1980 |
| Bill Evans Trio in 1972 - Gloria's Step |
| Bill Evans Trio in 1965 - If You Could See Me Now |
| Bill Evans Trio in 1965 - Elsa |
| Bill Evans Trio in 1965 - Waltz For Debbie |
| Bill Evans Trio in 1965 - Beautiful Love |
| Bill Evans - Nardis |
| Keith Jarrett - solo concert at the Perugia Jazz Festival, pt. 1 |
| Keith Jarrett - solo concert at the Perugia Jazz Festival, pt. 2 |
| Keith Jarrett - Tokyo '84 solo concert encore-one of his best performances recorded on video |
| Keith Jarrett Trio performs Autumn Leaves |
| Keith Jarrett Trio performs a gospelish original in 1985 |
| Keith Jarrett Trio - featuring Jack DeJohnette |
| Chick Corea - "Influences" section from his "Keyboard Workshop" video. He performs an improvisation using ideas from Paco deLucia's flamenco music, then plays John Coltrane's Giant Steps and Bud Powell's Celia. |
| Wes Montgomery performs West Coast Blues in 1965 |
| Wes Montgomery performs Round Midnight |
| Wes Montgomery plays "Full House" |
| Wes Montgomery plays "Impressions" |
| Wes Montgomery - The Boy Next Door |
| Wes Montgomery - Here's That Rainy Day |
| Wes Montgomery - "Last Of The Wine", 1965 |
| Wes Montgomery with Johnny Griffin and Martial Solal Trio in 1965- Blue Monk |
| Wes Montgomery with Martial Solal Trio and horn section in 1965 - "Blue Grass" |
| Pat Metheny - "Lone Jack", Live at Montreux, 1999 |
| Pat Metheny and Ulf Wakenius - "Farmer's Trust" |
| George Benson - All Blues/John McLaughlin - "In A Silent Way" - from a Miles Davis tribute program. George plays, leaves the stage, and McLaughlin is introduced. I think it's George Duke who runs the backing band and makes the introductions to the audience. |
| Grant Green - playing a blues at a guitar summit that includes Kenny Burrell and Barney Kessel |
| Joe Pass - All The Things You Are |
| Joe Pass - "Blues For Sitges" |
| Barney Kessel - Black Orpheus |
| Kenny Burrell - "Spring Can Really Hang You Up The Most" |
| Martial Solal Trio - "Green Dolphin Street", 1965 |
| The Bill Frisell Band - "Little Brother Bobby" (1990) |
| Bill Frisell -"Shenadoah" 4/14/2004 |
| Bill Frisell Bandon "Night Music" |
| Bill Frisell - "Just Like A Woman" |
| Bill Frisell Band - "1968", 7/1/2006 Salzau, Germany |
| Naked City - "Strange Cargo" |
| Max Roach Quintet (Booker Little, George Coleman, Ray Draper) plays "Minor Mode Blues" |
| Max Roach Quintet plays "The Scene Is Clean" |
| Kenny Clarke with Lucky Thompson |
| Herbie Hancock, Wayne Shorter, Stanley Clarke and Omar Hakim perform Footprints, Live in Montreaux, 1991 |
| Herbie Hancock, Freddie Hubbard, Joe Henderson, Ron Carter, Tony Williams - "Canteloupe Island" |
| Michel Petrucciani, Gary Peacock and Roy Haynes - "One For Us" |
| Charle Lloyd, Michel Petrucciani, Cecil McBee and jack De Johnette-"Tone Poem" |
| Charles Lloyd - Lotus Blossom with Geri Allen, John Abercrombie, Marc Johnson, and Billy Hart playing Strayhorn's ballad |
| Charles Lloyd and Billy Higgins |
| Weather Report - medley: "Seventh Arrow" and "Umbrellas". This is the band's first edition with Miroslav Vitous playing bass and Alphonse Mouzon drumming. Dom Um Romao is the percussionist. |
| Weather Report - "Black Market" and "Scarlet Woman" |
| John McLaughlin and Bireli Lagrene playing All Blues on a French interview show |
| John McLaughlin, LaBeque Duo, Trilok Gurtu tour video - begins with Thelonious Monk's "Rhythm-A-ning", followed by John McLaughlin's "Brise de Couer", and Adolfo Berios "Polka" |
| John McLaughlin and Trilok Gurtu - "Pasha's Love" |
| Jonas Heilborg and Trilok Gurtu duet |
| Mahavishnu Orchestra - "Lotus On Irish Streams" |
| Mahavishnu Orchestra - "You Know You Know" |
| Mahavishnu IV - "The Flight Of The Falcon" |
| John McLaughlin - Billy Cobham - Hellborg |
| John McLaughlin & Jonas Hellborg-Are You The One? |
| Herbie Hancock performs Eye Of The Hurricane with Ron Carter and Billy Cobham |
| John Scofield, Joe Lovano and John Riley improvise on Wabash Cannonball changes |
| John Scofield-Pat Metheny Quartet plays "You Speak My Language" in Stuttgart, 1994 |
| Joshua Redman, Brian Blade and Sam Yahel play "Jazz Crimes" at a performance by the Joshua Redman Elastic Band |
| Delfeayo Marsalis - trombone solo on "Duke's Place" |
| Branford Marsalis, Harry Connick Jr with other New Orleans musicians - Bringing The Music Back To New Orleans - they play "Royal Garden Blues", "Didn't He Ramble", Black And Blue outdoors in a flood damaged neighborhood in the 9th Ward |
| Dave Liebman plays "My Favoorite Things" on tenor sax |
| Bobby McFerrin solo singing "Drive" during one his conducting gigs |
| Bobby McFerrin singing Fascinating Rhythm with audience participation |
| Bobby McFerrin, YoYo Ma, Mark OConnor, Edgar Meyer - "Hush, Little Baby" |
| Elis Regina and Tom Jobim perform "Águas de Março" on Brazilian TV in 1974 |
| Elis Regina at the Montreux Festival sings a medley of Milton Nascimento songs (Ponta de Areia", "Fé cega, faca amolada" and "Maria, Maria") |
| Elis Regina, Milton Nascimento and Fernado Brant - singing Milton's "Caxanga" |
| Elis Regina sings Nascimento's "Canção da America" |
| Elis Regina sings "Como Nossos Pais" on Brazilian TV |
| Elis Regina - "Atras da Porta" |
| Frank Sinatra and Antonio Carlos Jobim in 1967 - Medley: Corcovado, "Change Partners", I Concentrate On You, "Girl From Ipanema" |
| Djavan - Oceano |
| Ivan Lins - "Começar de Novo (The Island)" |
| Gilberto Gil and Stevie Wonder - Desafinado |
| Caetano Veloso - "Sozinho" |
| Caetano Veloso - "Samba de verao" |
| Chico Buarque and Caetano Veloso - "Com Açucar Com Afeto" and "Esse Cara" |
| Caetano Veloso and Sandy - "Sampa" |
| Maria Bethânia - "Anos Dourados" |
| Maria Bethânia - "Olhos nos Olhos" |
| Tom Ze - "Xiquexique" - video |
| Chico Buarque -"Construção" |
| Chico Buarque and Tom Jobim - "Sabia" |
| Chico Buarque and Djavan - "Samba do grande amor" and "A Rosa" |
| Chico Buarque - "Valsinha" |
| Chico Buarque and Ney Matogrosso - "Ate o Fim" |
| Aretha Franklin - "Rock-A-Bye Your Baby With a Dixie Melody" - as a teenager on the "Shindig" program in the early 60's. She's playing piano and swinging like mad. |
| Aretha Franklin - "Night Life" - Aretha is a just a baby on this |
| Aretha Franklin - "Groovin' on a Sunday Afternoon" - young Aretha on this also |
| Aretha Franklin - "Respect". 1990. Her singing is glorious, she looks great, she's in a great mood and dancing! There's a shot of Quincy Jones' rockin' in the audience. Give this woman the repect she so richly deserves! |
| Aretha Franklin - "I Never Loved A Man" - from 1993 |
| Ray Charles - Georgia On My Mind |
| Stevie Wonder, Stevie Ray Vaughan, and Jody Watley - Superstition - there's so much energy on this that they're nearly levitating by the end of it |
| James Brown - "Please, Please, Please" |
| James Brown - "Out Of Sight" |
| James Brown Band Live - late 60's and early 70's from a Japanese documentary |
| James Brown - Olympia Theatre 1971 |
| Bob Marley - "Stir It Up" - young Bob in the studio with the Wailers |
| Bob Marley - "Get Up, Stand Up" |
| Bob Marley - " No Woman, No Cry" |
| Fontella Bass - "Rescue Me", 1965. I was trying to find video of Fontella's future husband, trumpeter Lester Bowie, and found this instead. |
| Djembe Abdoulaye Dununba - this seems to be an djembe jam recorded in Africa. Someone dropped this on Youtube with no explanation |
| Ilu Aye - "Obatala" video |
| Ilu Aye - "Mayaquez" |
| Ilu Aye - "Tabaco" |
| Trilok Gurtu - interview and performance at Zildjian Day in 1993 |
| Gamelan Gong Kebyar Lelambatan; Odalan Pengosekan |
| Celia Cruz with the Fania All Stars |
| Oscar d'Leon - "Iloraras" |
| Fania All Stars - "Ponte Duro" |
| Music video for "Superstar Pt. 2" by K-OS |
| Dinah Washington singing All of Me from the Newport Jazz Festival 1958. Her dress wraps her like a package! |
| Ella Fitzgerald singing Summertime |
| Ella Fitzgerald with Duke Ellington Orchestra - Mack The Knife |
| Ella Fitzgerald with Duke Ellington - Don't Get Around Much Anymore (1968) |
| Ella Fitzgerald - Lover Man |
| Ella Fitgerald with the Tommy Flanagan Trio - Misty |
| Ella Fitzgerald with Count Basie in 1979 - Honeysuckle Rose |
| Ella Fitzgerald and Nat King Cole singing It's All Right With Me |
| Roy Eldridge and Ella Fitzgerald - It Don't Mean A Thing (If It Ain't Got That Swing) - great scat singing by Ella |
| Ella Fitzgerald and Duke Ellington - Lush Life |
| Sarah Vaughan in 1951 - "You're Not The Kind" |
| Sarah Vaughan - Over The Rainbow |
| Sarah Vaughan at the Apollo 1985 - starts with a clip of young Sarah doing The Nearness Of You. Sarah of 1985 sings Body And Soul and then invites Billy Eckstein onstage to do "Dedicated To You". |
| Billie Holiday singing with Louis Armstrong's Orchestra |
| Carmen McCrae - Body And Soul, Mt. Fuji Jazz Festival, 8/30/1988 |
| Mahalia Jackson - "Joshua Fit The Battle Of Jericho" |
| Earl Scruggs and Doc Watson perform "John Hardy" - they're outdoors playing in someone's garden |
| Bill Monroe - "Uncle Pen" - Live at the Grand Ole Opry |
| Magic Sam playing the blues |
| Reverend Gary Davis performing "Children of Zion" |
| Lightnin' Hopkins singing a blues |
| Muddy Waters singing "Long Distance Call" |
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