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@WestSideOFJazz @westsideofthings.bsky.social · 7h

It's Sunday so here you go. Came across this version of the Duke Ellington standard by Colorado drummer and educator Larry Bennett Jr. It was not on an album, just a three song release, but it is gorgeous. #JazzMusic #jazzsky #Duke #Sunday

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Come Sunday

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@WestSideOFJazz @westsideofthings.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

Late Nite at #WestSideOfJazz The album themes focus on the things which allow us to make sense of a world that is wild at heart & crazy on top; memory, love, and change, this is a simply beautiful tune from his new release Passing Fires by drummer Jeremy Cunningham #JazzMusic #JazzSky #Modernjazz

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Jeremy Cunningham - "To The Sky" [Official Audio]

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@WestSideOFJazz @westsideofthings.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

The spiritual & collective nature of the musical influences of Morocco, which was crosswords of Europe, Africa, & Asia, & Gnawa music are reimagined on brilliant new post bop release by tenor JD Allen Leo Montana-P Hamza Souissi-B Ruy Adrián López-Nussa-D Yazid Alaoui – Guembri #JazzMusic #JazzSky

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Kin

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@WestSideOFJazz @westsideofthings.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

Bassist Dave Holland fans are going to be busy this weekend, as his first ever 3 album box set hit the streets to celebrate 80th birthday. This is the torrid opener from Freedom Call: Quintet - Synergism Chris Potter-SS/TS Robin Eubank-TRB Steve Nelson-Vibes Nate Smith-D #JazzMusic #JazzSky #Jazz

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Quintet: Pathways

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@WestSideOFJazz @westsideofthings.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

A simply beautiful rewire of the Mal Waldron standard that was written for John Coltrane by a jazz master saxophonist Bobby Watson who went to college with Pat Metheny, was musical director of the Jazz Messengers and has played with everybody in his 50 years in jazz #JazzMusic #JazzSky #PostBop

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Soul Eyes

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@WestSideOFJazz @westsideofthings.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

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Jeremy Cunningham - "To The Sky" [Official Audio]

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@WestSideOFJazz @westsideofthings.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

Late at the Northern Virginia WestSideOFJazz. For the next year I will be in these parts half of the week, then back to Htown. From an album I have grown quiet fond of....The Rome base Agus Collective, who mission is to make music...anywhere it can, and drummer Jorge Rossy... #JazzMusic #JazzSky

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Adios

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Blue Note Records @bluenoterecords.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Did you know that's Ronnie Foster playing organ on "Summer Soft" from Stevie Wonder's 1976 masterpiece "Songs In The Key Of Life"? Ronnie had just released "Cheshire Cat," the 5th of his excellent 70s Blue Note albums." Stream our spotlight playlist & browse vinyl: bluenote.lnk.to/RonnieFoster...

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Bird Lives @birdlives1.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Awfully fun sitting around the house listening to a bunch of Bud Powell. I don't really do that with Powell the way I do with Monk, Evans, OP, etc., etc. May need to change that. 🍷

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@WestSideOFJazz @westsideofthings.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

October is going to have some great releases... From the #ECM upcoming album Corners by jazz veteran & trumpeter Enrico Rava with guest tenor Joe Lovano Matteo Paggi - trombone Francesco Diodati - guitar Francesco Ponticelli - Bass Evita Polidoro - drums #JazzMusic #JazzSky #ECM #Jazz

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Ça va sans dire

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@WestSideOFJazz @westsideofthings.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Post - Bop jazz fans are going to love this song from the Oct 23 release Covell by veteran bassist Billy Mohler joined by a staple of the LA jazz scene on drums Joe LaBarbera, and one of the best saxophonists of this jazz era Mark Turner #JazzMusic #JazzSky #PostBop #ModernJazz #Jazz

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The Reckoning

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@WestSideOFJazz @westsideofthings.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

Thematically structured around the physics of light, cosmic space, and spiritual philosophy, trumpeter Wadada Leo Smith elegantly blends trio, quintet, sextet, and octet on his new album Constellations And Hemispheres Bobby Naughton - Vibraphone Pheeroan akLaff - Drums #JazzMusic #JazzSky #Space

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Meditation On Love

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@WestSideOFJazz @westsideofthings.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

Happy Sunday, and you know what that means... Johnny Hodges had one of the most viscerally emotive tones of any musician on any instrument. His re-imagination of this Duke Ellington standard is a thing of beauty youtu.be/5Aw8SIC7tSM?...

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Johnny Hodges - Come Sunday

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@WestSideOFJazz @westsideofthings.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

On the 1962 album Coltrane (aka "The Red Planet") John Coltrane wrote this homage to Miles Davis. In 2026 guitarist Jeff Parker reimagines the iconic tune Chris Speed – Tenor Saxophone Kaveh Rastegar – Bass Aaron Steele – Drums #JazzMussic #JazzSky #JazzGuitar #JohnColtrane #MilesDAvis

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Jeff Parker - "Miles' Mode" (ft. Chris Speed, Kaveh Rastegar, and Aaron Steele)

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@WestSideOFJazz @westsideofthings.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

In one of his best releases in the latter stages of his illustrious career, pianist Eddie Higgins shines on this gorgeous reimagination of the Bruno Martino tune From the 2001 release Betwitched Jay Leonhart – Double Bass Joe Ascione – Drums #JazzMusic #JazzSky #JazzPiano #EddieHiggins #NewYork

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Estate

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@WestSideOFJazz @westsideofthings.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

Recorded in February 1970 at Plaza Sound Studios in New York City, the The Awakening highlights pianist Ahmad Jamal's signature use of space, dynamic restraint, and percussive block chords across a trio setting was a masterpiece. Jamil Nasser – Bass Jamil Nasser – Bass #JazzMusic #JazzSky #NewYork

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The Awakening

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@WestSideOFJazz @westsideofthings.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

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Jeff Parker - "Miles' Mode" (ft. Chris Speed, Kaveh Rastegar, and Aaron Steele)

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@WestSideOFJazz @westsideofthings.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

Pianist/composer Emmet Cohen offers the first of a three part movement in honor of centennial celebrations of Miles and Coltrane this year on upcoming "Universal Truth Suite" with music as the vessel for truth Yasushi Nakamura -B Joe Farnsworth-D Jeremy Pelt-T Tivon Pennicott-TS #JazzMusic #JazzSky

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Emmet Cohen - I. Eternal Glimpse (Official Performance Video)

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@WestSideOFJazz @westsideofthings.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

Recorded live at Amsterdam's iconic venue in June 1982, Live at the Bimhuis captures the intimate, telepathic duo dynamic between pianist Mal Waldron and soprano saxophonist Steve Lacy & this one of my fav reimaginations of the Thelonious Monk iconic standard #JazzMusic #JazzSky #Amsterdam #Bimhuis

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'Round Midnight

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@WestSideOFJazz @westsideofthings.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

Late Nite at the #WestSideOFJazz Next gen bassist Anna Butteras. who has performed with Jeff Parker, Makaya McCraven, & Phoebe Bridgers, with a sneak listen for an upcoming release with flugelhornist/cornetist John Raymond, and drummer/producer Ben Lumsdaine #JazzMusic #JazzSky #ModernJazz #Jazz

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Beginningless

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@WestSideOFJazz @westsideofthings.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

Catching up on new releases Budapest, Hungary modern post bop group Daveform Quintet make magic with US guitarist Kurt Rosenwinkel on scintillating new release Blue Waves Dávid Szegő-D Krisztián Oláh-p Dániel Mester – Sax Gábor Subicz – Trumpet #JazzMusic #JazzSky #JazzGuitar #Budapest b

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Daveform Quintet & Kurt Rosenwinkel - Blue Waves (live studio session)

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@WestSideOFJazz @westsideofthings.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

While the sublime title track "The Seagulls Of Kristiansund" which clocks in at 26 min gets lions share of attention from this 1989 album by pianist Mal Waldron, the opening burner is no lightweight Woody Shaw – Trp Charlie Rouse – TS, flute Reggie Workman – B Ed Blackwell – D #JazzMusic #JazzSky

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Snake Out

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@WestSideOFJazz @westsideofthings.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

Another Next Gen jazz pianist to keep an eye out for... LA Based pianist Rob Araujo, who followed his passion and walked away from a biology doctoral program. and that passion permeates new release Nakama Omari Jazz - Producer Zach Danziger-D Patrick Goličnik-D #JazzMusic #JazzSky #LosAngeles ,

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Chiba

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@WestSideOFJazz @westsideofthings.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

Fans of Radiohead or Herbie Hancock will love this... Fans of Radiohead AND Herbie Hancock will REALLY love this From the critically acclaimed Blue Note Records debut album by pianist and composer Robert Glasper a seamless merging of two similar yet different artistic geniuses. #JazzMusic #JazzSky

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Maiden Voyage / Everything In Its Right Place

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@WestSideOFJazz @westsideofthings.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

Keith Jarrett's intoxicatingly gorgeous, yet subdued reimagination of the Harold Arlen tune made immortal by Judy Garland's 1939 performance of it in "The Wizard Of Oz". 1984 Tokyo, Japan Kan-i Hoken Hall (簡易保険ホール) #JazzMusic #JazzSky #Tokyo #Japan #SoloPiano #KeithJarrett #JudyGarland #HaroldArlen

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Keith Jarrett - Over the Rainbow (Tokyo 1984) [Restored]

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@WestSideOFJazz @westsideofthings.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

Wynton Marsalis and the Lincoln Center Jazz Orchestra and create layered brass and reed counterpoints, and exquisitely expands the suite's modal harmonies across full big-band voicings. 2005 A Love Supreme Wynton Marsalis & JLCO #JazzMusic #JazzSky #JohnColtrane #JazzAtLincolnCenter #Wynton •

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Pursuance

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@WestSideOFJazz @westsideofthings.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

I LOVE Tyshawn Sorey...have seen several of his performances; jazz, avant, and classical, and the young man is an artistic genius!

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@WestSideOFJazz @westsideofthings.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

From the 2019 Angels Around, recorded in Paris France by guitarist Kurt Rosenwinkel and his Trio....here he pays homage to Bill Evans with an approach that is part post bop Trio, part grunge guitar, and all of it gorgeous Dario Deidda-B Gregory Hutchinson-D #JazzMusic #JazzSky #JazzGuitar #Parus

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Time Remembered

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@WestSideOFJazz @westsideofthings.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

Remembering Bill Evans who passed away on Sept 15th 1980 with some of my favorite reimaginations of his work such as this jewel from the 1996 superb LIVE duo album Night and the City by pianist Kenny Barron and the late bassist Charlie Haden.... #JazzMusic #JazzSky #NewYork #BillEvans #WaltzForRuth

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Waltz For Ruth (Live - Instrumental)

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@WestSideOFJazz @westsideofthings.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

Recorded during the COVID-19 pandemic on his Hamburg Steinway concert grand piano, pianist Alan Pasqua's solo reimagination of this Bill Evans tune is a thing of beauty... From the 2020 Album Day Dream, which is scintillating from start to finish.. #JazzMusic #JazzSky #BillEvans #SoloPiano #Piano

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Turn out the Stars

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@WestSideOFJazz @westsideofthings.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

Remembering the Life and Times of the late pianist Bill Evans, who passed on Sept 15th 1980. From the 1997 album Here On Earth by trumpeter Ingrid Jensen who offers a vocal arrangement of Evan's tune Jill Seifers-Vcl George Colligan-B Gary Bartz-Sax Dwayne Burno-B Bill Stewart-D #JazzMusic #JazzSky

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Time Remembered

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@WestSideOFJazz @westsideofthings.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

I believe the first recording of this tune Recorded in 1962, intended for Riverside who had money issues. Pianist Bill Evans moved to Verve. Tapes were lost until the 1980s. A rare Quintet release with Evans as leader. Zoot Sims-TS Jim Hall-G Ron Carter-B Philly Joe Jones-D #JazzMusic #JazzSky

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time remembered bill evans quintet

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@WestSideOFJazz @westsideofthings.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

Responsible for the iconic LIVE @villagevanguard.bsky.social performances, 3 months before his passing on Sept 15th, Bill Evans did his final performance. Village Vanguard NYC June 6, 1980 Bill Evans, p; Marc Johnson, b; Joe LaBarbera, ds #JazzMusic #JazzSky #NewYork #VillageVanguard #TheVillage

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Turn Out The Stars - Bill Evans

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@WestSideOFJazz @westsideofthings.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

Less than a month after his 51st Birthday on Aug 16, 1980, one of the greatest jazz pianists of all time, Bill Evans passed away on Sept 15th. From a gorgeous and sublime duo performance by guitarist Pat Metheny and keyboardist Lyle Mays "September 15h" #JazzMusic #JazzSky #JazzGuitar #BillEvans

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Pat Metheny-Lyle Mays- September fifteenth

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@WestSideOFJazz @westsideofthings.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

Simply beautiful.... From the sublime atmospherics of the gorgeous new alumb From Such A Blue Sky (Japanese title: かくも青き空から), by Japanese ambient/percussion pioneer Midori Takada and Danish guitarist/composer Jakob Bro #JazzMusic #JazzSky #Japan #Denmark #LateNight

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Falling and Fragmentation

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@WestSideOFJazz @westsideofthings.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

Polish-born, Germany-based vibraphonist and multi-percussionist Izabella Effenberg reimages Chick Corea's tune on a Array Mbira—a modern, hand-crafted radical redesign of the traditional African thumb piano with 5-octave range & harp-like circular soundboard layout. #JazzMusic #JazzSky #ArrayMbira

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Crystal silence I

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@WestSideOFJazz @westsideofthings.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

Happy Sunday (Its my Birthday also) and if its Sunday, you know what that means... From a 2020 Independent release by drummer/Educator Larry Bennett Jr. and his take on the iconic Duke Ellington standard... #JazzMusic #JazzSky #JazzSunday #Sunday #DukeEllington

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Come Sunday

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@WestSideOFJazz @westsideofthings.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

Four of the best of the Next Gen Euro Jazz artists from #ACTRecords put their spin on the confluence of modern jazz and classic rock, which both came from the Blues MAGIC!! 2023 4 Wheel Drive II Nils Landgren -Trb Michael Wollny-B Lars Danielsson-B Wolfgang Haffner-D #JazzMusic #JazzSky

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Chapter II

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@WestSideOFJazz @westsideofthings.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

Chicago bassist Clarke Sommers & Nonet 2023 Feast Ephemera Chamber meets Post Bop Geof Bradfield – Tenor , Bass Clarinet Chris Madsen – Tenor Russ Johnson – Trumpet Tito Carrillo – Trumpet Joel Adams – Trombone Scott Hesse – Guitar Dana Hall – Drums Chris White – Piano #JazzMusic #JazzSky #Chicago

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Chance Encounter

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@WestSideOFJazz @westsideofthings.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

Written by Arthur Schwartz & made famous by Ethel Merman in the Broadway musical Between the Devil, Miles Davis recorded this during his breakout Prestige sessions for the 1955 Musings of Miles with Red Garland – Piano Oscar Pettiford – Bass Philly Joe Jones – Drums #JazzMusic #JazzSky #MilesDavis

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I See Your Face Before Me

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@WestSideOFJazz @westsideofthings.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

From the scintillating new #ECM release Roma...live solo album by Keith Jarrett, recorded during his July 12, 2016 performance at the Sala Santa Cecilia (Auditorium Parco della Musica) in Rome, Italy at the end of a European tour #JazzMusic #JazzSky #SoloJazzPiano #Italy #Rome #KeithJarrett

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It's a Lonesome Old Town (Live)

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@WestSideOFJazz @westsideofthings.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

J.J. does Broadway Show Tunes, and does them very well, From the 1963 April recording (the first was done in March with another band) of J.J.'s Broadway by trombonist J.J. Johnson Hank Jones – Piano Richard Davis – Bass Walter Perkins – Drums #JazzMusic #JazzSky #Broadway #Jazz #LateNight

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My Favorite Things

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@WestSideOFJazz @westsideofthings.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

One of my fav jazz trombonists, Robin Eubanks from his splendid 5the release, the 1997 Wake Up Call with: Duane Eubanks – Trumpet Antonio Hart – Alto Saxophone Eric Lewis (ELEW) – Piano Lonnie Plaxico – Bass Gene Jackson – Drums And this gorgeous slow burn #JazzMusic #JazzSky #Jazz #LateNite

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Soliloquy

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@WestSideOFJazz @westsideofthings.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

One of the best jazz pianists of this or any era...the late, great, Geri Allen from her superb 1998 The Gathering Trumpet: Wallace Roney Trombone: Robin Eubanks Flute / Woodwinds: Dwight Andrews Bass: Buster Williams Drums: Lenny White Percussion: Mino Cinelu #JazMusic #JazzSky #Gathering #Piano

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The Gathering

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@WestSideOFJazz @westsideofthings.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

Fans of solo jazz piano will want to check this out... A Simply Beautiful personal homage to French Impressionist composer Maurice Ravel, blending classical harmonies with jazz improvisation from the sublime 2023 Small Wonders by US born, Montreal based pianist Matt Herskowitz #JazzMusic #JazzSky

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Rêve de Ravel

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@WestSideOFJazz @westsideofthings.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

Late Night in the #WestSideOFJazz with intriguing upcoming new release Points of Light by long time jazz bassist Christian McBride and his Ursa Major group Nicole Glover Tenor Ely Perlman Guitar Mike King Piano Savannah Harris Drums A gorgeous George Duke rewire #JazzMusic #JazzSky #Jazz

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No Rhyme, No Reason

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@WestSideOFJazz @westsideofthings.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

From the Tokyo jazz scene, one of the best new Post Bop albums of the year, the scintillating Mabui by drummer Shun Ishiwaka which merges Japanese/Okinawan cultural motifs with modern acoustic jazz, free improvisation, and intricate polyrhythms. #JazzMusic #JazzSky #TokyoJazz #Japan #ModernJazz

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Sepiageshiki

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@WestSideOFJazz @westsideofthings.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

Wow! Part of the Next Gen of Tokyo based Modern Jazz artists, Tokyo based drummer Shun Ishiwaka creates some amazing modern post bop landscapes...His brilliant new album Mabui (Soul) is special Yusei Takahashi-P Marty Holoubek-B Tomoaki Baba -TS #JazzMusic #JazzSky #Japan #Tokyo #TokyoJazz

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Ballade Atsume

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