Ended the week and started the weekend with The October Suite an album by American jazz pianist Steve Kuhn and composer/arranger/conductor Gary McFarland featuring performances recorded in 1966 for the Impulse! label.

The Allmusic review by Thom Jurek awarded the album 4½ stars stating "it is an anomaly in the Impulse catalog of the time in that it did not pursue the free jazz realms with the vengeance that most of the label's other acts did during that year" - Wikipedia

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DFi3S37NRNY&list=OLAK5uy_kFfcGRazZT1VhITcRYzO7m0WnNnQQCq48

#SteveKuhn #GaryMcFarland #ImpulseRecords #Jazz #SpiritualJazz #Music

Big Band Bossa Nova is a 1962 album by saxophonist Stan Getz with the Gary McFarland Orchestra. The album was arranged and conducted by Gary McFarland and produced by Creed Taylor for Verve Records.

...Don DeMichael, writing in ...Down Beat magazine, awarded the album the top rating of five stars. He said: "Getz' melodic gift was never more evident; even the way he plays "straight" melody is masterful. Few jazzmen have had this gift... and it has to do with singing by means of an instrument, for Getz doesn't just play a solo, he sings it, as can be heard on any of these tracks..

..."McFarland shares in the artistic success of the album. His writing is peerless... he knows the proper combination of instruments to achieve certain sounds and he has the taste not to use all the instruments at hand all the time. His sparing use of the ensemble allows the beauty of the soloist and the material to shine through"

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zx4vsiJtgb4&list=PLJla2sNHApmIAIF85Ru1jZoPWgSwgH-c6&index=1

#stangetz #garymcfarland #bossanova #OlgaAlbizu #jazz

Big Band Bossa Nova is a 1962 album by saxophonist Stan Getz with the Gary McFarland Orchestra.

Noted jazz critic Don DeMichael, writing in the December 6, 1962 issue of Down Beat magazine, awarded the album the top rating of five stars. He said: "Getz' melodic gift was never more evident; even the way he plays "straight" melody is masterful. Few jazzmen have had this gift... and it has to do with singing by means of an instrument, for Getz doesn't just play a solo, he sings it..

About the writing DeMichael says: "McFarland shares in the artistic success of the album. His writing is peerless... he knows the proper combination of instruments to achieve certain sounds and he has the taste not to use all the instruments at hand all the time. His sparing use of the ensemble allows the beauty of the soloist and the material to shine through". - Wikipedia

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zx4vsiJtgb4&list=PLJla2sNHApmIAIF85Ru1jZoPWgSwgH-c6&index=1

#stangetz #bossanova #garymcfarland #OlgaAlbizu #JimHall #jazz #ververecords

Essence (subtitled John Lewis Plays the Compositions & Arrangements of Gary McFarland) is an album by pianist and conductor John Lewis recorded for the Atlantic label in 1960 and 1962

John Aaron Lewis (May 3, 1920 – March 29, 2001) was an American jazz pianist, composer and arranger, best known as the founder and musical director of the Modern Jazz Quartet.

John Aaron Lewis (May 3, 1920 – March 29, 2001) was an American jazz pianist, composer and arranger, best known as the founder and musical director of the Modern Jazz Quartet. - Wikipedia

#johnlewis #thirdstream #jazz #garymcfarland #ericdolphy #jimhall

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OOBJL7ow3cE&list=PLlvikwomg9DAYMMSXChTP7xXSsfgpJwiS&index=1

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Gary Mcfarland:
🎵 Here I am

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https://open.spotify.com/track/0J6pBh38Xuh8zHfmrcHLeN