Chris Potter and more – first shared musical space with Hart in the late eighties.
The trio takes on a program of three Hays originals and three “contrafacts” of well-known standards. The latter means rearrangements and extrapolations on “Scrapple From the Apple” (as “Unscrappulous”), “Stella By Starlight” (as “Twilight”) and “All the Things You Are” (the hard-swinging title track) – all reminiscent of the originals, but not close enough to truly be covers. (There’s long been precedent for this approach in jazz – after all, Charlie Parker’s “Moose the Mooche” and Duke Ellington’s “Cotton Tail” are both based on “I Got Rhythm,” and Miles Davis’ “So What” and John Coltrane’s “Impressions” use the chord structure of Morton Gould’s “Pavanne.”) Besides, considering this threesome’s incomparable improvisational chops, any tune becomes a new tune in their hands. Hays’ incredible piano chops and melodic sense and Hart an
2 of 5 Roy Hargrove 3 of 5 Josh Johnson 4 of 5 Hays Street Hart 5 of 5 Dahveed Behroozi
Nnenna Freelon, Time In a Bottle
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Time Traveler, her first album in more than a decade, Nnenna Freelon considers the passage of time through the prism of personal loss. The album is a tribute to the memory of her husband of 40 years, noted architect Phil Freelon, who died in 2019.
Among the more emotional expressions on the album is this cover of Time in a Bottle, a posthumous No. 1 hit for singer-songwriter Jim Croce. With a sharp band arrangement by her pianist, Miki Hayama, Freelon brings depth and drama to her interpretation of the song especially on the yearning chorus: But there never seems to be enough time / To do the things you want to do, once you find them.
Two years ago this very weekend, my husband and I were in Lancaster city looking for a place to live. In mere weeks, we would be moving here from Seattle.
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5:08 PM May 29, 2021
Maya Law performing as part of the Norfolk and Norwich Festival and Wild Paths Garden Sessions event at Chapelfield Gardens, Norwich, on May 29, 2021.
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The duo behind a live outdoor gig hope it will help kickstart the creative scene across the country as lockdown eases.
Garden Sessions, which took place at Chapelfield Gardens, Norwich, on Saturday, May 29, and continues on Sunday, May 30, rounds off this year s amended Norfolk and Norwich Festival.
The Garden Session live music gig at Chapelfield Gardens on May 29, 2021, organised by Wild Paths and Norfolk and Norwich Festival.
- Credit: Neil Didsbury
After a year in which Memorial Day observances largely were canceled due to the COVID-19 pandemic, services again are scheduled across the region on Sunday and Monday.