Artist - Tune - Album Horace Silver - The Kicker - Song for My Father Pat Martino - Mardi Gras - Joyous Lake Billie Holiday - God Bless the Child - Giants of Jazz – Billie Holiday Blood, Sweat & Tears - God Bless the Child - Blood, Sweat & Tears The Crusaders - Street Life - Street Life Charlie Haden’s Quartet West - The Long Goodbye - Haunted Heart Dionne Warwick - Check Out Time - Very Dionne Ramsey Lewis - Since I Fell for You - Back to the Roots Jay Hoggard - Samba Pa Negra - Days Like These George Benson - White Rabbit - White Rabbit Harry Connick, Jr. - It Had to be You - When Harry Met Sally Anita Baker - Fairy Tales - Compositions Chaka Khan - Take the “A” Train - Echoes of an Era Duke Ellington - Diminuendo & Crescendo in Blue - Ellington at Newport Lou Reed - Walk on the Wild Side - Transformer Mandrill - Mango Meat - Just Outside of Town Fela Kuti & Africa ‘70 - Zombie - Zombie The Playlists of all Jazz Gumbo Sets can be viewed at jazzgumbo.blogspot.com

Artist - Tune - Album Abercrombie, Holland & DeJohnette - Back Woods Song - Gateway Cinematic Orchestra - Burnout - Every Day Aretha Franklin - Dr. Feelgood - I Never Loved a Man the Way I Love You Jean-Luc Ponty - Imaginary Voyage, pts 1&2 - Imaginary Voyage George Benson - Thinker - That's Right Branford Marsalis - LonJellis - Random Abstract Dexter Gordon, featuring Johnny Griffin - Blues Up and Down - Great Encounters Jaco Pastorius - Liberty City - Word of Mouth Dianne Reeves - Love for Sale - I Remember Flora Purim - Ina's Song, Transition, Conversation - Open Your Eyes, You Can Fly Tony Williams - The Slump - Civilization Air - Do Tell - 80° Below '82 Music Revelation Ensemble - Time Table - No Wave Buckshot Lefonque - Music Evolution - Music Evolution A complete chronology of Jazz Gumbo Sets can be found at jazzgumbo.blogspot.com

Artist - Tune - Album Sly & the Family Stone - Hot Fun in the Summertime - Greatest Hits Jack DeJohnette - Bayou Fever - New Directions Steps Ahead - Safari - Modern Times Esperanza Spalding - Radio Song - Radio Music Society Booker T. & the M.G.s - Melting Pot - Melting Pot Christian Scott - Lay In Vein - Rewind That Freddie Hubbard - The Black Angel - The Black Angel Luis Gasca - Street Dude - For Those Who Chant Herbie Hancock & Tina Turner - Edith & the Kingpin - River – The Joni Letters Stevie Wonder - Too High - Innervisions Ori Dagan - Sweet Georgia Brown - Less than Three Herbie Hancock - Cameleon - Head Hunters Brian Blade - Red River Revel - Fellowship War - Get Down - All Day Music Banks, Cosey, Henderson, et al - Ife (fast) - Miles from India The Image is from Luis Gasca's "For Those Who Chant" For a catalogue of all JG Sets go to jazzgumbo.blogspot.com This is one of my original Sets from 2012, which means it's 80% all-time favorites. Great atmosphere-evoking music that transports me to luscious summers of younger days. And here summer just ended! That's the kind of year it's been. And I'm thinking that Jazz Gumbo is coming to an end. Time to shift up to the flow of change that's always tugging us into the unknown. If nowhere else, I'll stay online for now at obsidianblooms.blogspot.com , but perhaps I'll pop up somewhere to share this music that I'm still loving and that's still loving me. Thrive! Kirby 22 September 2020 - Equinox

Artist - Tune - Album Buckshot Lefonque - Music Evolution - Music Evolution Jaco Pastorius - Kuru/Speak Like a Child - Jaco Pastorius Wynton Marsalis - Skain’s Domain - J Mood Betty Carter - 30 Years - Droppin’ Things Sonny Greenwich - Time-Space - Evol-ution, Love’s Reverse Kevin Eubanks - Moments Aren’t Moments - Face to Face Dee Dee Bridgewater - All Blues - Live in Paris Art Tatum, Lionel Hampton & Buddy Rich - More Than You Know - - Tatum * Hampton * Rich Bennie Maupin - It Remains to be Seen - Slow Traffic to the Right Public Enemy - Brothers Gonna Work it Out - Fear of a Black Planet Baird Hersey - The Charioteer - The Year of the Ear Herbie Hancock - Heartbeat - Man-Child Jack DeJohnette - PM’s AM - Audio-Visualscapes Joanne Brackeen - Friday the Thirteenth - Special Identity Dianne Reeves - Softly as in a Morning Sunrise - I Remember Donald Byrd - Harlem Blues - Harlem Blues

Artist - Tune - Album Abdullah Ibrahim - The Mountain - The Mountain Taj Mahal - Sweet Home Chicago - Recycling the Blues Dewey Redman - Boody - The Ear of the Behearer Roberta Flack - Tryin’ Times - First Take Mahavishnu Orchestra - Miles Beyond - Birds of Fire Joni Mitchell - Chair in the Sky - Mingus Kenny Garrett - 2 Down & 1 Across - Songbook Wayne Shorter - Beauty & the Beast - Native Dancer Diana Krall - 42nd Street - Stepping Out Michael Gregory Jackson - Unspoken Magic - Gifts Weather Report - Elegant People - Black Market Us3 - Cantaloop (Flip Fantasia) - Hand on the Torch Stanley Clarke - Concerto for Jazz/Rock Orchestra - Journey to Love Michael White - Land of Spirit and Light - Land of Spirit and Light Les McCann & Eddie Harris - Compared to What - Swiss Movement Ramsey Lewis - Upendo ni Pamoja - Upendo ni Pamoja An archive of past Sets is available at: jazzgumbo.blogspot.com One of the very first JG Sets, from almost 8 years ago. A lot of my favorites are here. It's a good time for re-posting, as COVID 19 has shut down our studio along with so much else. Be well out there and enjoy! Thrive! Kirby Obsidian

Artist - Tune - Album Sonny Fortune - Waves of Dreams - Waves of Dreams Al Jarreau - Distracted - This Time Eric Dolphy - Bee Vamp - At the Five Spot James Blood Ulmer - Moon Shines - Tales of Captain Black Dinah Washington - It Isn’t Fair - A Slick Chick (on the Mellow Side) David Sancious - Sound of Love - True Stories Billy Cobham - La Guernica - Depth of Thought Michal Urbaniak - Bahamian Harvest - Fusion Osibisa - Spirits Up Above - Wɔyaya Stéphane Grappelli - Lover Man - Satin Doll Herbie Hancock - Speak Like A Child - Speak Like A Child Art Tatum - Without A Song - Solo Masterpieces, Vol. 11 Chuck Mangione - Floating - The Chuck Magione Quartet Horace Silver - The Kicker - Song For My Father Billy Cobham - Arroyo - Inner Conflicts An archive of Set Lists and Album Covers is available at: jazzgumbo.blogspot.ca Kirby Obsidian

Artist - Tune- Album Branford Marsalis - Love Stone - Renaissance Woody Shaw - Seventh Avenue - Stepping Stones Kevin Eubanks, duet with Ron Carter - Nardis - The Heat of Heat Wayne Shorter - Daredevil - Joy Ryder Clifford Brown - Brownie Eyes - Brownie Eyes Courtney Pine - Inner State (of Mind) - Back in the Day Oregon - Taos - Oregon Billy Cobham - El Barrio - Inner Conflicts Flora Purim & Airto - 20 Years Blue - Humble People Esperanza Spalding - The Peacocks - Junjo Jack DeJohnette - Brown Warm & Wintery - Audio Visualscapes Mike Stern - Mood Swings - Upside Downside Diane Schuur - Take Me to the River - Schuur Thing Johnny Griffin & Eddie “Lockjaw” Davis - Tickle Toe - The Toughest Tenors Nancy Wilson - How Glad I Am - How Glad I Am An archive of Set Lists and Album Covers is available at: jazzgumbo.blogspot.ca Thrive! Kirby Obsidian

Artist - Tune - Album Ramsey Lewis - Les Fleur - Maiden Voyage Charles Mingus - Pithecanthropus Erectus - Pithecanthropus Erectus Sly & The Family Stone - Stand! - Stand! Tania Maria - Sangria - The Real Tania Maria: Wild! John Coltrane - Afro-Blue - The Best of John Coltrane Flower Travellin’ Band - Satori – Part II - Satori Cleo Laine - Hi-Heel Sneakers - I Am A Song Return to Forever - Where Have I Known You Before - Where Have ... You Before Return to Forever - Song to the Pharoah Kings - Where Have I Known You Before Cassandra Wilson - I Thought You Knew - Point of View Courtney Pine - The 37th Chamber - Modern Day Jazz Stories Tom Waits - Way Down In The Hole - Big Time Clifford Brown & Max Roach - Delilah - Jordu Ramsey Lewis - Party Time - Up Pops Ramsey Lewis An archive of all previous Sets is available at: jazzgumbo.blogspot.ca How about Tania Maria? I’m surprised that she isn’t more celebrated. I saw her live, once: Seattle, ’86, a festival in a park, one hot, summer day. I’d never heard of her and she just took the stage and the crowd and romped and rollicked for an hour! Amazing stuff. Yet, I’ve only just got my second album by her, as I comb the second hand stores and yard sales. And I never hear her name on Jazz radio. I’m always discovering new evidence that the world is just that way: you miss almost everything from a distance; highlights and headlines alone don’t tell you very much. About anything. You just have to get in close. There are brilliant people everywhere, brimming over with creativity, and they offer new ways of feeling alive, and of seeing the colors and shapes of the world, and they sparkle us with insights that shake us in our shoes when we are stumbled into them. Let us celebrate sound! With Tania and Clifford and Cleo and Sly. And how about that Return to Forever!? Let the music begin… Kirby Obsidian

Artist - Tune - Album Pharoah Sanders - After The Rain - Journey To The One Michael Gregory Jackson - We’re Connected Now - Heart & Centre Steps Ahead - Safari - Modern Times Big Mama Thornton - Rolling Stone - Sassy Mama! Horace Silver - Mo’ Joe - The Cape Verdean Blues Dionne Warwick - Message To Michael - Golden Hits – Part II GZA - Liquid Swords - Liquid Swords Jamaaladeen Tacuma - Sparkle - Renaissance Man Janis Joplin - Cry Baby - Pearl Miles Davis - Duran - Directions Bob James - Night On Bald Mountain - One Tony Williams - Geo Rose - Civilization Helcio Milito - Māe Preta (Black Mama) - Kilombo A complete chronology of Jazz Gumbo is available at jazzgumbo.blogspot.com Well, it’s been a long while since I recorded and posted a show. Lets say that I’ve had a few distractions these past months. Anyway, it’s good to be back. There will be another break of a couple of months from early March until Mid-May, after which I’ll be back at it again. The next few sets will be entirely from original vinyl, most of that pre-1992. I won’t say anything more but will let the music speak for itself. Thanks for listening! THRIVE! Kirby Obsidian

Artist - Tune - Album Oliver Jones - Olea - Lights of Burgundy Ella Fitzgerald - How High The Moon - The Best of Ella Fitzgerald Robert Cray - Nothin’ Like A Woman - Strong Persuader Ira Sullivan - Portrait of Sal Larosa - Ira Sullivan The Four Tops - Still Water (Love) - Still Waters Run Deep Charles Mingus - Black Bats and Poles - Changes Two Steps Ahead - Trains - Magnetic Earl Hines & Paul Gonsalves - Moten Swing - It Don’t Mean A Thing If It Ain’t Got that Swing! Lambert, Hendricks & Ross - In A Mellow Tone - L,H&R Sing Ellington Freddie Hubbard - Theme For Kareem - Super Blue Sun Ra - Fate In A Pleasant Mood - Fate In A Pleasant Mood Sun Ra - Ankhnaton - Fate In A Pleasant Mood The Isley Brothers - Summer Breeze - 3 + 3 The Isley Brothers - The Highways Of My Life - 3 + 3 Pharoah Sanders - Moment’s Notice - Rejoice Swan's Silvertone Singers - Will The Circle Be Unbroken - Greatest Hits Herbie Hancock - Hidden Shadows - Sextant The Intro number was Pat Martino’s “Pyramidal Vision” from the Line Games album. Playlists and featured album covers for all previous Sets of Jazz Gumbo can be found at: https://jazzgumbo.blogspot.com/ Thrive! Kirby Obsidian