The Jazz Disciple

@nothembaujx Mind boggling. In such cases - I choose my two stages and stick with them 😊😊😊😊

Please tell me how best to navigate this situation?🙆🏽‍♀️🙆🏽‍♀️🙆🏽‍♀️

#SundayNightPianoJazz We time travel back to 1959 for a beautiful and mellow trio session by Andrew Hill … w/ Malachi Favors, James Slaughter youtu.be/oSDTSQT4_XA?si… #JazzX

#WednesdaysForBirthdays A belated birthday to alto virtuoso and jazz royalty Julian “Cannonball” Adderly (born 15th Sep) SWINGIN’ IN SEATTLE - 1966/67 Live at The Penthouse - Reel to Real w/ Nat Adderly, Joe Zawunil, Victor Gaskin, and Roy McCurdy youtu.be/V7j1_Pe2AJQ?si…

#CDTuesdays South African piano maestro Bheki Mseleku (RIP) recorded this monumental album in 1993 in New York with a star studded line up … an album I strongly recommend … w/ Pharoah Sanders, Joe Henderson, Abbey Lincoln, Elvin Jones, etc youtu.be/1EiURN3TREY?si… #JazzX

We are because you are! Our annual pilgrimage!

#MondayTrumpetMood Another Byrd special on a Monday - this one was recorded in 1958 in Paris … w/ Bobby Jaspar, Walter Davis Junior, Doug Warkins and Art Taylor (2010 Sam Records RE) youtu.be/6Fi47FU5pp0?si… #JazzX

#MondayTrumpetMood One of the favourites from Byrd’s discography! A beautiful 1959 date with a stellar lineup. youtu.be/LrVU-A6Lfvs?si… #JazzX

#SundayNightPianoJazz Hampton Hawes Vol.1 : The Trio - 1955 w/ Red Mitchell and Chuck Thompson youtu.be/S8iSgxAZUtk?si… #JazzX

#WednesdaysForBirthdays It’s Wednesday, we catch up with recent birthdays … Starting with maestro Sonny Rollins who just turned 95 A beautiful 1957 tribute to Bird … youtu.be/guUnc6MZ1KM?si… #JazzX

#CDTuesdays Charles Lloyd - Hyperion With Higgins - 2001 - ECM A moving dedication to Lloyd’s friend Billy Higgins w/ Billy Higgins, John Abercrombie, Larry Grenadier, Brad Mehldau youtu.be/zb0sVDivbmw?si… #JazzX

#MondayTrumpetMood Frederick Dewayne Hubbard - The Body & The Soul - 1963 Some serious cats featured here - Wayne Shorter, Melba Liston, Curtis Fuller, Eric Dolphy, Cedar Walton, etc … youtu.be/7UVsNleQqqE?si…

#SundayNightPianoJazz William McKinley “Red” Garland Jr. - At The Prelude - October 1959 … w/ Jimmy Rowser, Specs Wright (Esquire RE 1961, MONO) youtu.be/4MoADfdT2c8?si… #JazzX

In that Nina kinda mood! youtu.be/aR6eIH-SxIo?si… #JazzX

@ShavanaMushwana What a gifted guitarist - he is greatly missed

#JazzX @chrisvick3 @Almostconvinced @capemanchris @JimmySmithStan @JCharlesLeonard @thamintuli @EjazzsocMamsie @nothembaujx @De_Molf @RamsByTheHorns @johnedwinmason @noelndhlovu10 @MoAfrika @mmanyike @Mkhathini72 music.youtube.com/watch?v=vmKWjZ…

@Enghumbhini A moment in time … greatness all round

@De_Molf Best collaborators. Love them

Some Monday trumpet mood … Monday trumpet mood … Recorded in 1956 and released in 1958 (1958 Esquire UK RE) w/ Red Garland, Paul Chambers, Philly Joe Jones, and John Coltrane … youtu.be/EjRuA9UzTGU

so beautiful to reconnect with the grandmaster and griot uBaba @SalifKeita — could not believe that he remembered that we once worked together (I arranged some of his music for a special concert some years ago), what a joy it was… yesterday we also played the same venue @philharmonie as part of @jazzalavillette love and light ❤️🕯️

As we mourn Tshidi Madia #JazzX @chrisvick3 @Almostconvinced @capemanchris @JimmySmithStan @JCharlesLeonard @thamintuli @EjazzsocMamsie @nothembaujx @De_Molf @RamsByTheHorns @johnedwinmason @noelndhlovu10 @MoAfrika @mmanyike @ShavanaMushwana @Mkhathini72 youtu.be/sgbLtG8PBv4?si…

@baripiano_festival was special, I’m thankful for all the love… now I’m off to France for the two last concerts for this tour with the trio ❤️🕯️ PS South Africa see you next Saturday @untitledbasement w/ @Omagugu