Watch this video with the great jazz tenor saxophone player Sonny Rollins playing his composition The Bridge and being accompanied by Jim Hall on guitar, Bob Cranshaw on bass and Ben Riley on drums. This tune is written and performen in up tempo which is a challenge for all musicians. However, [...]
Coleman Hawkins, Lester Young, Ben Webster and Billie Holiday playing the blues
Watch this video with some of the greatest jazz musicians ever playing and singing the blues. Listen to Coleman Hawkins sweet mellow tone and enjoy Lester Young leaping in on this song.
At the beginning of the video, Billie Holiday is talking about the blues music, dividing it into sad blues and [...]
Miles Davis – Soloing on ‘Footprints’
Miles Davis is along with Dizzy Gillespie one of the greatest jazz trumpet players of all times. Watch this videoclip of the jazz tune ‘Footprints’ and listen to Miles Davis playing the trumpet with his particular style.
Many of the most important classical jazz players have played in the group of Miles [...]
John Coltrane – Soloing on ‘Freddie the Freeloader’
watch Miles Davis standing in the background smoking a cigarette while John Coltrane, the great master of bebop saxophone playing, is soloing over the choruses of the jazz standard tune ‘Freddie the Freeloader’. Listen to the energy … velocity, precision, feeling, energy, it’s all there. If you wish to watch more [...]
