Episode 286: Jazz Jam Tunes Part 3

Discovering Jazz

For the concluding episode of this series, I play recordings of more tunes that I so often hear at the jazz jams at Edmonton's Yardbird Suite. I also reveal some of my own struggles in trying to follow them without getting lost. Some are a lot harder than others.

I talk about two of the most simple tunes that get played. And also one of the most complex. And the two that are played more than any others---not just at this jam session but at most jazz jams.

The selections in this episode are:

-Black Orpheus Theme (aka Morning Of the Carnival) -In Walked Bud -Autumn Leaves -All The Things You Are -Solar -A Night in Tunisia -Red Clay -Nardis -Mr. P.C.

And you'll hear performances by Keith Jarrett and The Standards Trio, Pat Metheny, Laila Biali, Miles Davis, Frank Kimbrough, Mark Murphy, Bill Evans Trio, Dave Young and Terry Promane Octet, Hank Crawford & Jimmy McGriff

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