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Here’s a cult classic from “Sunday Night,” the fearlessly eclectic TV show hosted by David Sanborn and Jools Holland in the late 1980s (better remembered by its second-season title, “Night Music”).
Dig Leonard Cohen and Sonny Rollins, paired on a haunting rendition of Cohen’s “Who By Fire,” joined by the backing singers from Was (not Was). [...]

Us 5 is a hot new two-drum quintet led by veteran saxophonist Joe Lovano. This live performance of “Big Ben” is more straightforward and beboppish than most of the tracks on the band’s new CD, Folk Art (Blue Note Records). But Lovano really goes to town on the Aulochrome, a unique double-soprano saxophone with an exotic, [...]

Here’s a cool video alto saxophonist Logan Richardson shared via Facebook the other day. The tune is “Soundtrack,” which also appears on Richardson’s CD Ethos, out now on Greg Osby’s Inner Circle Music label. The framing focuses on vibraphonist Mike Pinto (it’s his YouTube clip), and the performance really shows off the nice interplay Pinto and [...]