Movie Notes - 1959: The Year That Changed Jazz

I try to be careful about dwelling too much in distant decades of the great century of  jazz music that's been created, as there's so much amazing music being made right now (see Icons Among Us). However, 1959 was a very good year; it is 55 years in the past now, but it's a year that gave the world the albums Kind of Blue, Time Out, Mingus Ah Um, and The Shape of Jazz to Come, among others. Below is a BBC documentary all about that banner year that changed jazz.



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PN 244 - Vijay Iyer - 'Mutations'

Pianist and composer Vijay Iyer explores string quartets and different, more classical, styles of composition and performance on his new album, Mutations.



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Video Jukebox - Vijay Iyer

Here's a fine dozen -- selected videos featuring the extraordinary pianist, arranger, and composer Vijay Iyer. Iyer's new album, Mutations, dropped this week, and he'll be the featured guest on both Passing Notes and Segment3 of the Sunday Time Warp. In the meantime, enjoy these live performances.

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Sunday Time Warp - Playlist 3/2/14

Song, Artist, Album

Mystic Brew, Vijay Iyer Trio, Historicity

Mr. Montauk, Snarky Puppy, groundUP (DVD)

The Witch [The Bamboos Version], The Broken Keys, The Witch 12

Open Season, Orgone, Bacano

Long Cool and Bubbly, Corduroy, Very Yeah

Aquarius, Dave Stryker, Eight Track

Money, Dave Stryker, Eight Track

Wichita Lineman, Dave Stryker, Eight Track

Chinese Checkers, Booker T and the MGs, The Very Best Of

Blues for Willarene, Grant Green, Grant’s Last Stand

Incredible Jazz Guitar, Wes Montgomery, Incredible Jazz Guitar

To The Devil For A Dime, Tinsley Ellis, Storm Warning

Too Many Dirty Dishes, Albert Collins, Cold Snap

Slide Rule, Mark Lettieri, Knows

Jazz Crimes, Joshua Redman, Elastic

Freedom Jazz Dance, Phil Woods, American Swinging In Paris

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Segment3 - Dave Stryker

Veteran jazz guitarist Dave Stryker takes the music back to the 1970s in his latest release, 'Eight Track,' which offers songs from across the pop spectrum of the era.



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