Red plays the blues
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Thereās always more coltrane to love.
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Just came across Rachel Therrien, a young French-Canadian trumpet player. I think youāll enjoy these cuts from Vena (Bonsai Music 2020), especially ā75 Pages of Happiness.ā
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Rachel is awesome, I used to work with her in New York!
Hereās "Sagrada Familia, from Anke Helfrich. Apparently, this German pianist/composer, was inspired by her own family, not the famous structure in Barcelona. From the album Dedication (Enja Records 2015).
Here to bother you again. But there is a Stevie Wonder tribute album that is well worth your attention, a recently released Tales of Wonder: A Jazz Celebration of Stevie (2020 Posi-Tone Records), a compilation of various artists. Itās a keyboard smorgasbord with traditional jazz, neo-soul, B-3 trios, etc. Never listened to an album where I loved every cut. 
Here are a few tunes:
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Nice records Scott.
I was at PDX Jazz Fest last year for this show and Farnell Newton opened the stage with a really groovy jam with a bunch of other horn players. It was really funky.
I hope to catch him again when Iām next in the PNW. Great player.
Hayden,
Next time youāre going to be in Portland, let me know. Would be nice to meet youāif weāre ever allowed to meet people in pubs/bars and restaurants ever again. Farnell Newton is Portland based, though Iāve never seen him live. Hereās a video that was made for the local public broadcasting network in 2016. Thought you might be interested.
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Totally, will do Scott. The PDX gig was the first time Iāve been to Portland. It was a short 24h trip in between recording sessions with our teachers in Seattle.
I was due to be in Seattle early April to record with Jovino but the flights were cancelled due to COVID. Iām hoping the situation will improve by late summer/fall time!
Thanks for sharingā¦ itās a nice little documentary.
Iād definitely recommend catching him live if you have the chance. I really enjoyed his performance last year. From watching the video above Iād love to see him again - perhaps in a smaller setting. He was playing with quite a big brass outfit at PDX, a handful of horn players if I remember correctly.
Iāll keep an eye out for gigs when Iām next in town. Cheers!
This is my new friend Robert Salisbury.
I have several videoās. Heās led a very interesting life and musical background. Heās lost most of his vision but heās still got it. Let me know what you think of his playing and if anyone wants to see other of his videos. Here is a link below to a bio and interview with some of his playing, its a much watch IMO. Bob is a special guy.
https://www.silentera.com/people/musicians/Salisbury-Bob.html
Thanks for sharing, Marc. Iāve listened to several of his albums. Brilliant piano work, and on Live at Van Gelders, heās pretty impressive on the B3 as well.
I like very much the way he plays, I wish I could do 10% of this 
https://youtu.be/yM7YNJXmY1o
I cannot stop listening to this song. This guyās style speaks to me in a way other musicians havenāt. I hope one day to understand what is really going on with the music. Anyway ENJOY!
Adam
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Mehldau is a genius, Adam. Thanks for sharing. Nearly everything heās done is golden. I particularly like his Art of the Trio series and Blues and Ballads.
Check out this version of the Beatlesā āAnd I Love Her.ā
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Iāve posted tunes from the album But Beautiful by Kenny Barron and Joe Locke (ā 1991 SteepleChase) before. Today, I was revisiting and thought their version of Oscar Nelsonās āStolen Momentsā well worth a listen. Enjoy.
Thanks for sharing that. I had no idea who he was. I came across his music on Pandora.
Does anyone know if Red Garland ever played Ruby, My Dear?