Continuum – A Journey Through Jazz
Episode 12: Sultry Summer Nights
Greetings fellow travellers – in the past few weeks our journey through jazz has encountered summer grooves and summer soul . . . and this week it’s time to cool down. Let’s go sit on the porch as the sun goes down and enjoy a sultry summer night.
We start the evening off with Terence Blanchard creating a steamy New Orleans mood from A Streetcar Named Desire, and spend a little time smouldering down south with Monty Alexander and getting blue with Sidney Bechet. Eric Alexander keeps the blues rolling right into Octobop’s sultry Playboy Theme and the mood continues to ebb and flow with jazz luminaries such as Jamil Sharif, Bill Evans, Will Scruggs, Dexter Gordon, Ken and Harry Watters and Michael Brecker – all bringing a bluesy, steamy, sultry and sometimes romantic sound for a perfect summer evening.
So, turn off the lights and TV, light a couple of candles, grab a loved one and your favourite beverage . . . and enjoy a wonderful evening listening to some great jazz. Enjoy the ride!
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Continuum – A Journey Through Jazz
Episode 12 – Sultry Summer Nights
Artist – Track – Album – Year
Terence Blanchard A Streetcar Named Desire Jazz In Film 1999
Monty Alexander Creole Love Call Impressions In Blue 2003
Sidney Bechet Blue Horizon Best of Sidney Bechet 1944
Eric Alexander Born To Be Blue Alexander The Great 2000
Octobop Playboy Theme After Dark 2004
Jamil Sharif Vee Vee Jamillennium 2000
Bill Evans Trio Blue In Green (Take 3) Portrait in Jazz 1959
Will Scruggs High Road Jazz Fellowship 2004
Dexter Gordon Tanya The Best of Dexter Gordon 1964
Ken & Harry Watters In A Sentimental Mood Brothers 1999
Michael Brecker Never Alone Now You See It . . . (Now You Don’t) 1990
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