Shane Forbes by Ben Amure and Nathaniel Facey by Tim Dickenson
Way In To The Way Out
Nathaniel Facey and Shane Forbes from Empirical played some incredible music as they journeyed through their own perspective of the history of jazz, on the opening weekend of the London Jazz Festival, in association with BBC Radio 3.
We’d like to share it with you, so you can further explore the music yourselves.
Way in to the Way Out: Part One
Saturday 12 November
Louis Armstrong: West End Blues, 1928; Weather Bird, 1928 (Earl Hines)
Sidney Bechet: Blues in Thirds, 1940 (Proper box set)
Fats Waller: Crazy Bout My, 1935 (Proper box set)
Duke Ellington: Kinda Dukish-Rocking in Rhythm, 1963 (Paris Concert); Black and Tan Fantas, 1928; Jeeps Blues Diminuendo In Blue, 1938 (live at Newport)
Count Basie: Jumping at The Woodside, 1938 (Proper box set)
Coleman Hawkins: Body and Soul, 1939 (Proper box set)
Art Tatum: Tiger Rag, 1933 (Spotify!) Begin The Beguine, 1939 (V Disk)
Way In to the Way Out: Part Two
Sunday 13 November
Charlie Parker: Anthropology, 1950 (Radio Broadcast); Confirmation, 1950; Barbados, 1947; Parkers Mood, 1947; Dancing In The Dark, 1950 (with strings); Night In Tunisia, 1950
Sonny Rollins: Dance of The Infidels, 1949 (With Bud Powell); St Thomas, 1956 (Saxophone Colossus)
Miles Davis: Boplicity, 1949 (Birth of the Cool); Footprints, 1966 (Miles Smiles); Milestones, 1958 (Milestones); So What, 1959 (Kind of Blue); All of You, 1960 (live at Olympia); Riot, 1967 (live in Europe); Stuff, 1968 (Miles in the Sky)
John Coltrane: Giant Steps, 1959 (Giant Steps); Chasing The Trane, 1961 (Village Vanguard)
Ornette Coleman: Lonely Woman, 1959; Ramblin, 1960
John Coltrane: Afro Blue, 1963 (live at Birdland)
A Love Supreme: Sunship, 1965 (sunship)
Herbie Hancock: Actual Proof, 1974 (Thrust); Palm Grease, 1974 (Thrust)
Steve Coleman: Black Science, 1990; Curves Of Life, 1995
Branford Marsalis: Xaviers Liar, 1991 (Bloomington)
If you were there and would like to share your thoughts on the session, why not drop us a line to education@serious.org.uk
We hope you enjoy the rest of the Festival!
