Miroslav Vitous Group "Remembering Weather Report" live in Le Mans 2010

Miroslav Vitous - Bass, Samples
Franco Ambrosetti - Trumpet
Gary Campbell - Saxophone
Nasheet Waits - Drums
recorded live at Europa Jazz Festival Le Mans/France, May 7, 2010

Opening
Morning Lake
Autumn Leaves (Kosma, Prévert)
Miro Bop
Stella By Starlight (Victor Young)

Vitous was one of the founders of Weather Report and helped to shape its early (and revolutionary) mix of enigmatic, free-flowing compositions and high-level improvisational dialogues, in which all the instruments enjoyed parity. It is this formative period that Miroslav salutes with his all-acoustic band and some phenomenal playing. The obvious musical empathy between Vitous and drummer Gerald Cleaver is a joy, Ambrosetti and Campbell contribute inspired solos – as does guest Michel Portal, another iconic figure in the history of the music.

Bunky Green Salzau Quartet feat. James Moody, Donny McCaslin & Miguel Zenón live at JazzBaltica 2009

Bunky Green - Alto Saxophone
Carsten Daerr - Piano
Eva Kruse – Bass
Nasheet Waits - Drums
James Moody - Tenor Saxophone
Donny McCaslin - Tenor Saxophone
Miguel Zenón - Alto Saxophone

recorded live at Große Konzertscheune Salzau, Germany, July 5, 2009

1. Choice Blues
2. Let´s Talk About It
3. The Journey
4. September
5. Felicia
6. What Is This Thing Called Love?
7. All The Things You Are
8. Straight, No Chaser

Vernice "Bunky" Green´s big break came when he was hired in New York City by Charles Mingus as a replacement for Jackie McLean in the 1960s. His brief stint with the eccentric bass player made a deep impression. Mingus' sparing use of notation and his belief that there was no such thing as a wrong note had a lasting influence on Green's own style.
Originally strongly influenced by Charlie Parker, Green spent a period reassessing his style and studying, emerging with a highly distinctive sound that has deeply influenced a number of younger saxophonists, including Steve Coleman and Greg Osby.
Green gradually withdrew from the public eye to develop a career as a leading jazz educator. At JazzBaltica 2007 he had his on stage debut in Germany featuring his "Salzau Quartet" with Carsten Daerr, Eva Kruse and Nasheet Waits. That concert was released on CD in 2008 on Traumton records.

Jason Moran Bandwagon live at JazzBaltica 2004

Jason Moran - Piano
Tarus Mateen - Bass
Nasheet Waits - Drums

recorded live at JazzBaltica Salzau July 3, 2004

1. You´ve Got To Be Modernistic
2. Intermezzo Op.118, No.2 (Johannes Brahms)
3. Jump Up
4. Kinda Dukish/ Body & Soul
5. Ringing My Phone
6. Out Front
7. Planet Rock
8. Fire Waltz/ Infospace

Jason Moran debuted as a band leader with the 1999 album Soundtrack to Human Motion. Since then, he has garnered much critical acclaim and won a number of awards for his playing and compositional skills, which combine elements of stride piano, avant-garde jazz, classical music (cf. the beautiful Brahms Intermezzo), hip hop, and spoken word, among others. The Down Beat critics poll voted him Rising Star Jazz Artist, Rising Star Pianist, and Rising Star Composer for three years straight (2003-2005). In 2005, Moran was also named Playboy magazine's first "Jazz Artist of the Year". The Bandwagon released in 2003 a live trio album, recorded at New York's Village Vanguard, called "The Bandwagon: Live at the Village Vanguard"

Dave Douglas: Blue Nile - the Music of Randy Weston live at JazzBaltica 2007

Dave Douglas - Trumpet

Donny McCaslin - Tenor Saxophone
Nils Wogram - Trombone
Martin Taxt - Tuba
Geoffrey Keezer - Piano
Nasheet Waits - Drums
Jan Bang - Samples

recorded live at JazzBaltica 2007, Große Konzertscheune Salzau, Germany

Tracklist:
1. The Shrine
2. Mystery Of Love
3. Zulu
4. The Call
5. African Cookbook
6. Prayer Blues
7. Afro Black

Dave Douglas has an amazing output on records. The discography can be found here.