Steps Ahead live at Leverkusener Jazztage 2008

Mike Mainieri - Vibraphone

Till Brönner - Trumpet
Donny McCaslin - Saxophone
Bryan Baker - Guitar
Etienne M´Bappe - Bass
Rodney Holmes - Drums

recorded live at Leverkusener Jazztage, November 2, 2008

Tracklist
1. auzz
2. Los Dos Lorettas
3. All In a Row
4. Distant Episode
5. Send Me a Postcard
6. Nothing Personal
7. Beirut

The latest record featuring Steps Ahead is released on NYC records, called Holding Together:

David Sanchez Quartet live at Leverkusener Jazztage 2008

David Sánchez - Tenor Saxophone

Lage Lund - Guitar
Orlando LeFleming - Bass
Tony Escapa - Drums

Recorded live at the Forum, Leverkusen, Germany, 29th Leverkusener Jazztage, 2nd November

Tracklist:
1. Cultural Survival
2. Pra Dizer Adeus
3. Ay Bendito
4. The Forgotten Ones/ Adoración
5. Coral

David´s latest CD is entitled Coral:

The Headhunters live at Leverkusen 2008

Devin Phillips - Saxophones

Jerry Z - Keyboards
Richie Goods - Bass
Mike Clark - Drums
Bill Summers - Percussion

recorded live at Leverkusener Jazztage, November 2, 2008

Tracklist:
1. Swamp Thing
2. Butterfly
3. Loft Funk
4. Warrior Suite
5. Sly

Get also the latest record of the Headhunters called "Evolution Revoultion":

Wayne Shorter Quartet live at JazzBaltica 2008 - Part II feat. Imani Winds

Wayne Shorter - Tenor and Soprano Saxophone

Danilo Perez - Piano
John Patitucci - Bass
Brian Blade - Drums

Imani Winds:
Valerie Coleman - Flute
Toyin Spellman-Díaz - Oboe
Mariam Adam - Clarinet
Monica Ellis - Bassoon
Jeff Scott - French Horn
recorded live at JazzBaltica, Musik- und Kongresshalle Lübeck, July 3, 2008

Tracklist:
1. Kites (D'Rivera)
2. Terra Incognita (W. Shorter)
3. Libertango (Piazolla)
4. Improvisations 2 (Sacajawea) (Shorter)
5. Improvisations 3 (High Life) (Shorter)

Quite modern and complex music, the first three tracks played by Imani Winds, tracks 4&5 by Imani Winds and the WSQ. More music by the Wayne Shorter Quartet on the album "Alegria" released on Verve:

Wayne Shorter Quartet live at JazzBaltica 2008 - Part I

Wayne Shorter - Tenor and Soprano Saxophone

Danilo Perez - Piano
John Patitucci - Bass
Brian Blade- Drums
recorded live at JazzBaltica, Musik- und Kongreßhalle Lübeck, July 3, 2008

1. Improvisations 1 (Shorter/Perez/Patitucci/Blade)

Look out for Wayne´s most recent album "Beyond the Sound Barrier":

Manu Katché "Playground" live at JazzBaltica 2008

Manu Katché - drums
Tomasz Stanko - trumpet
Peter Wettre - tenor saxophone
Marcin Wasilewski - piano
Slawomir Kurkiewicz - bass

recorded live at JazzBaltica, Salzau, Germany, July 5, 2008

Tracklist:
1. November 99
2. Take Off And Land
3. Good Influence
4. Miles Away
5. Song For Her
6. Number One
7. Lovely Walk

You can find these songs on Manu´s great album "Playground", recorded for ECM:

Marcus Miller Band live at Leverkusener Jazztage 2003

Marcus Miller Band live at Leverkusener Jazztage 2003
Marcus Miller, bass, bass clarinet
Michael Patches Stewart, trumpet
Roger Byam, tenor sax
Dean Brown, guitar
Bruce Flowers, keyboards
Poogie Bell, drums

recorded live at Leverkusener Jazztage, November 4, 2003

Tracklist:
1. So What
2. Ethiopia
3. Boomerang
4. Tutu
5. Amazing Grace

You can find some of these tunes on Marcus studio album "M2"

Dave Holland Quintet meets the NDR Big Band live at Jazz Baltica 2003

Dave Holland meets NDR Bigband
Chris Potter – ts
Robin Eubanks – tb
Steve Nelson –vib
Dave Holland – b
Billy Kilson – dr
NDR Bigband – dir. by Dieter Glawischnig

recorded live at JazzBaltica 2003, July 6 2003

Tracklist:
1. The Razor´s Edge
2. A Rio
3. Triple Dance
4. Blues for CM
5. What Goes Around

The arrangements for this concert were initially written for the Dave Holland Big Band and their release "What Goes Around" on ECM.

Dave Holland Solo live at Jazz Baltica 2003

Dave Holland, bass

recorded live at JazzBaltica 2003, July 5, 2003

Tracklist:
1. Homecoming
2. Three Step Dance
3. I´ll Be Seeing You
4. The Whirling Dervish
5. Introduction
6. Pass It On
7. Good Bye Pork Pie Hat
8. Jumpin´In
9. Mr. P.C.

Dave Holland did some solo recordings, maybe the most remarkable for ECM records called "Emerald Tears".

Dave Holland Big Band Live at Jazzfest Saalfelden 2003

Dave Holland Big Band:

Antonio Hart - soprano and alto saxophones, flute
Mark Gross - alto saxophone
Chris Potter - tenor saxophone
Gary Smulyan - baritone saxophone
Robin Eubanks - trombone
Jonathan Arons - trombone
Josh Roseman - trombone
Taylor Haskins - trumpet and flugelhorn
Alex "Sasha" Sipiagin - trumpet and flugelhorn
Duane Eubanks - trumpet and flugelhorn
Steve Nelson - vibraphone and marimba
Dave Holland - double bass
Billy Kilson - drums

recorded live at Jazzfest Saalfelden 2003, August 31, 2003

Tracklist:
1. Last Minute Man
2. Free For All
3. Happy Jammy

This Big Band did a studio recording of these tunes for Dare2Records called "Overtime"

I wish you a Merry Christmas & keep on grooving!

Dave Holland Quintet live at Jazz Baltica 2003

Dave Holland Quintet
Chris Potter – ts
Robin Eubanks – tb
Steve Nelson – vib
Dave Holland – b
Billy Kilson – dr

recorded live at JazzBaltica 2003, July 4 2003

Tracklist:
1. Last Minute Man
2. Claressence
3. Free For All
4. The Balance
5. The Juggler´s Parade
6. Go Fly a Kite

This post is the start of a little Dave Holland Festival. There´s a great live recording of this band with a similar repertoire released on ECM Records, called "Extended Play. Live at Birdland".

Charles Lloyd Quartet live at the Tollhaus, Karlsruhe 2003

Charles Lloyd, tenor sax, flute, tarogato
Geri Allen, piano
Robert Hurst, bass
Eric Harland, drums

recorded live at the Tollhaus, Karlsruhe, Germany, July 10, 2003

Tracklist:
1. Tone Poem
2. Little Peace
3. Hurley Gurley

This is the final post of my little Charles Lloyd special. Geri Allen participated also in the recording of "Lift Every Voice", released on ECM.

Herbie Hancock Sextet live at Jazzfest Berlin 1999

Herbie Hancock, piano
Eddie Henderson, trumpet
Eli Degibri, tenor sax
Ira Coleman, bass
Terri Lyne Carrington, drums
Cyro Baptista, percussion

recorded live at Jazzfest Berlin, December 1999

Tracklist:
1. Blueberry Rhyme
2. Medley: Fascinating Rhythm/ It Ain´t Necessarily So/ St. Louis Blues
3. One Finger Snap

This concert was caught in the middle of their tour to promote that great CD "Gershwin´s World"

Charles Lloyd Quartet live at Leverkusener Jazztage 2001

Charles Lloyd, tenor sax

John Abercrombie, guitar
Marc Johnson, bass
Billy Hart, drums

recorded live at Leverkusener Jazztage, 2001
Tracklist:
1. ?
2. Prayer
3. The Caravan Moves On
4. Georgia

Have a try on "The Water Is Wide", released on ECM

Brad Mehldau Trio Live in Memmingen 1999

Brad Mehldau, piano
Larry Grenadier, bass
Jorge Rossy, drums

recorded live at Maximilian Kolbe Haus, Memmingen, Germany, 1999

Tracklist:
1. At A Loss
2. In The Wee Small Hours Of The Morning
3. A Walk In The Park
4. Schloss Elmau

Look out for the studio album "Places" on Warner Music

Charles Lloyd Quartet live at JazzBaltica 2000

Charles Lloyd, tenor sax
John Abercrombie, guitar
Marc Johnson, bass
Billy Hart, drums

recorded live at Jazz Baltica, Salzau, Germany, July 10, 2000

Tracklist:
1. Prayer
2. Solta
3. When Miss Jessie Sings
4. God Give Me Strength

Look also for the great record "Voice In The Night" on ECM records

Dean Brown Band live at Stadtgarten Köln 2001

Dean Brown, guitar
Bernard Wright, keyboards
James Genus, bass
Juju House, drums

recorded live at Stadtgarten Köln, November 7, 2001

Tracklist:
1. Big Foot
2. Just 4 Kids
3. The Battle Is Over
4. The 7th Groove

Listen also to Dean Brown´s album "Here" on esc-records.

Wayne Shorter Quartet & NDR BigBand live at JazzBaltica 2002

Wayne Shorter, tenor & soprano saxophone
Danilo Perez, piano
John Patitucci, bass
Brian Blade, drums
The NDR Big Band

recorded live at JazzBaltica 2002, Salzau Germany, July 5, 2002

Tracklist:
1. Children Of The Night
2. Angola
3. Prometheus Unbound
4. Introduction
5. Meridianne - a Wood Sylph

Check out Wayne´s album "Alegria" for the Verve label

Bill Evans Group live at Leverkusener Jazztage 2000

Bill Evans, tenor & soprano saxophone
Les McCann, vocals & piano ( tracks 4,5,6)
Dean Brown, guitar
Ricky Peterson, Hammond B3, keyboards
Tim Lefebvre, basses
Juju House, drums

recorded live at Leverkusener Jazztage, October 19, 2000

Tracklist
1. Cool Eddie
2. Older Days
3. Sneaky
4. Your Soul Looks Good To Me
5. Compared To What
6. Shuffle
7. Big Mama

Check out the album "Soul Insider" by Bill Evans

Esbjörn Svensson Trio (E.S.T.) Live at Leverkusener Jazztage 2002

Esbjörn Svensson, piano
Dan Berglund, bass
Magnus Öström, drums

Leverkusener Jazztage, November 8, 2002

Tracklist:
1. Spunky Sprawl
2. Serenade for the Renegade
3. When God Created The Coffee Break
4. Dodge The Dodo

Most of these songs were recorded for the album "STRANGE PLACE FOR SNOW" on the ACT label.

Esbjörn Svensson Trio (E.S.T.) live at Jazz Baltica 1999

Esbjörn Svensson, piano

Dan Berglund, bass
Magnus Öström, drums

JazzBaltica Salzau, July 12, 1999

Tracklist:
1. I Mean You
2. Cornette
3. Salzau Blues
4. From Gagarin´s Point of View
5. Dodge The Dodo

Check out one of the very best Jazz Piano Trio records ever, E.S.T.´s "From Gagarin´s Point of View" an ACT music

Chris Potter Quartet Live at JazzBaltica 2002

Chris Potter, tenor & soprano saxophone
Kevin Hays, piano
Scott Colley, bass
Bill Stewart, drums

recorded live at JazzBaltica 2002, Salzau, Germany, July 7, 2002

Tracklist:
1. Megalopolis
2. Washed Ashore
3. Iraquois
4. Invisible Man
5. Children Go
6. Highway One

Listen also to the great recording "Traveling Mercies" by Chris Potter

Wayne Shorter Quartet live at JazzBaltica 2002

Wayne Shorter, tenor & soprano saxophone

Danilo Perez, piano
John Patitucci, bass
Brian Blade, drums

recorded live at JazzBaltica 2002, Salzau Germany, July 5, 2002

Tracklist:
1. Sanctuary
2. Go
3. Atlantis
4. Valse Triste

Mor music of this quartet on the live recording "Footprints - live!"

McCoy Tyner Quartet live at Jazz Baltica 2002

McCoy Tyner, piano
Bobby Hutcherson, vibraphone
Stefano DiBattista, saxophones
Charnett Moffett, bass
Eric Harland, drums

recorded live at JazzBaltica 2002, Salzau, Germany, July 5, 2002

Tracklist:
1. Moments Notice
2. Contemplation
3. I Should Care
4. Impressions
5. Forgive Me Blues
6. Naima
7. African Village
8. Promise

You can find more music by McCoy Tyner and Bobby Hutcherson on the 2003 album "Land of Giants", released on Telarc.

Wayne Shorter & Herbie Hancock Live at JazzBaltica 2002

Wayne Shorter, soprano saxophone
Herbie Hancock, piano

recorded live at JazzBaltica 2002 Salzau, Germany, July 6, 2002

Tracklist:
1. Sonrisa
2. Meridianne - a Wood Sylph
3. Footprints
4. Memory of Enchantment/ Maiden Voyage
5. Manhattan Lorelei

Listen also to the studio album of this legendary duo, "1+1", released on Verve records: