Poesy 〜 The Man Who Keeps Washing His Hands by Masabumi Kikuchi, Masahiko Togashi, Gary Peacock, released on Phillips in 1971.

A set that definitely lives up to the poetry promised in its title -- with none of the too-clean sounds you might guess from its hand-washing reference either! The album's one of the freest, most organic sessions we've heard from pianist Masabumi Kikuchi -- almost improvised at points, but with a poetic cohesion in the piano lines that's really great -- kind of an offbeat sense of lyricism that points in the same directions that Steve Kuhn or Keith Jarrett were heading in the late 60s. Drummer Masahiko Togashi plays lots of cool percussion and even a bit of gong -- and Gary Peacock's bass here is as great as on any of his other excellent Japanese recordings. - Dusty Groove

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qaE5NRt9SRU&list=PLIZFy8U3FvP0qpr9Q7THVOo3kb4J7Soyy&index=1

#MasabumiKikuchi #GaryPeacock #JazzPIano #Jazz #Music #JapaneseJazz

Mal: Live 4 to 1 is a live album by American jazz pianist Mal Waldron featuring a performance recorded in Tokyo, Japan in 1971 and released on the Japanese Philips label.

A really unique Japanese album -- with Mal Waldron in four different settings! Each side features a different performance from Waldron -- one side solo, another duet with pianist Masabumi Kikuchi, another trio with Isao Suzuki on bass and Yoshiyuki Nakamura on drums, and another quartet with Suzuki, Nakamura, and Kosuke Mine on alto! - Dusty Groove

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p8f552MxbTE&list=RDp8f552MxbTE&start_radio=1

#MalWaldron #Tokyo #Jazz #JazzPiano #Music #KosukeMine

Ended the long weekend and welcomed the week with Young at Heart/Wise in Time an album by pianist/composer Muhal Richard Abrams released by the Delmark label in 1970 that featured an LP side-length solo piano composition and Abrams accompanied by Leo Smith, Henry Threadgill, Lester Lashley and Thurman Barker on the other side.

The Allmusic review by Scott Yanow calls the album "Fascinating music, it is recommended strictly for the open-eared listener who does not demand that all jazz swing conventionally".[5] The Penguin Guide to Jazz awarded the album 3½ stars stating "Young/Wise combines the definitive Abrams solo performance of the period with a group of tracks of burning intensity".[3] The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide said it has "a long example of Abram's reflective piano and a tighter group performance by an excellent AACM quintet" - Wikipedia

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2704DJjkCa4&list=RD2704DJjkCa4&start_radio=1

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#HenryThreadgill #WadadaLeoSmith #Music #Jazz #AACM #FreeJazz

Ended Monday and welcomed Tuesday with From Left to Right an album by American jazz pianist Bill Evans, released in 1971. It was recorded with his regular bassist Eddie Gómez and drummer Marty Morell and with an orchestra arranged and conducted by Michael Leonard. This was the first album on which Evans played a Fender Rhodes electric piano.

Evans biographer Peter Pettinger noted, "The aim of From Left to Right was far removed from the continuing work of the trio. This album and the earlier The V.I.P.s [with Claus Ogerman] are the only Bill Evans records to be filed appropriately under 'easy listening' at your local record store." - Wikipedia

#BillEvans #EddieGómez #SamBrown #MichaelLeonard #Jazz #Music #JazzPiano #FenderRhodes

Today’s my birthday, and I couldn’t have planned a better way to spend it.

I got a last-minute call two nights ago to sub for a show in Vermont, and now I’m spending my birthday doing what I love — playing piano with students, performing with a trio and a big band. Truly grateful for the music, the opportunity, and the chance to share this moment with the next generation of musicians. What a special way to celebrate.

#Birthday #BirthdayGig #Grateful #Jazz #BigBand #JazzTrio #LiveMusic #MusicianLife #MusicEducation #Piano #JazzPiano #Vermont #LastMinuteGig