Ushering in the new month is Max Richter's "November" as performed by violinist Mari Samuelsen with the Shanghai Symphony Orchestra:
Nice one, KeithThis was the first jazz recording I seriously paid attention to after I picked up the trumpet.
Having grown up hearing Swing and Bop I was blown away by Byrd and Dexter's phrasing on this composition.(we're talking 1968 when Soul Jazz was gaining a serious hold on the clubs in my hometown Newark).
I was introduced to this by my geometry teacher in high school who was a Jazz fan. His theory of Jazz solos having a geometric aspect appealed to me at the time and helped raise my grade from a C- to B. Many years later whenever I hear this composition it always brings me back to a time when I first really understood the First Commandment of Jazz; "It don't mean a thing if it ain't got that swing".
Another good one. And new for me. Thanks!Just rediscovered this diamond in the rough.