…is the title of the DVD ‘A Story of Jazz in Europe’. I’ve been watching a slew of these inspiring disks about jazz, generously bestowed on me by a friend who worked at Rainbow Media. This one featured unfamiliar (to me) European musicians who carry on the tradition of righteous creativity, unfettered by tradition or style -thus the title. I’ve known of Jan Garbarek forever, + Zawinul and Reinhardt, but I’m now obsessed with Joachim Kuhn, a German pianist whose work I’d love to be painting to. And Till Bronner, another young German trumpeter who also plays a mean flugelhorn.
It’s worth watching just to see Dexter Gordon walking through the streets of Copenhagen. The man doesn’t just walk, he bounces like a musical riff that demands to be heard. Too many more to mention, get the disk.Â
Hard to find videos of the individual works online, but youtube does offer the trailer.
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