Jazz on 3 - The Sonny Simmons Quartet at the Vortex Jazz Club

Jez Nelson presents a gig by the Sonny Simmons Quartet given earlier this month at the Vortex Jazz Club in London. Featuring Derek Saw (trumpet/trombone), John Jasnoch (guitar/oud) and Charlie Collins (drums/cajon). Simmons moved to New York via Los Angeles to join the emerging free jazz movement of the 1960s and his ESP albums Staying on the Watch and Music from the Spheres are considered classics. After personal problems in the 1970s, he dropped out of music and was rediscovered after spending 15 years playing on the streets of San Francisco. Simmons does not limit himself to avant-garde strains of jazz, and his role in the development of the tradition is vital, having worked with jazz giants such as Eric Dolphy and Sonny Rollins. SIGNATURE TUNE Artist - Russell Gunn (Russell Gunn – trumpet, Gregory Tardy & Bruce Williams – reeds, Andre Heyward – trombone, Chieli Minucci – guitar, James Hurt - keyboards, Rodney Jordan – bass, Woody Williams – drums, Khalil Kwame Bell – percussion, DJ Apollo - turntables) Track Title Seventy Four Miles Away Composer Joe Zawinul Album Title Ethnomusicology Volume 1 CD ROUND UP TRACKS: Artist Mario Pavone Track Title Tomes Composer Mario Pavone Album Title Ancestors Label Playscape Recordings LINK: www.mariopavone.com Artist Mary Halvorson Trio Track Title Totally Opaque Composer Mary Halvorson Album Title Dragon’s Head Label Firehouse 12 Records LINK: www.maryhalvorson.com Artist Richard Galliano Track Title Serenite Composer Richard Galliano Album Title Love Day: Los Angeles Sessions Label Milan LINK: www.richardgalliano.com Artist Original Silence Track Title Argument Left Hanging – Rubber Cement Composers Mats Gustafsson, Thurston Moore, Jim O’ Rourke, Terrie Ex, Paal Nilssen-Love and Massimo Pupillo. Album Title The Second Original Silence Label Smalltown Superjazz LINK: www.myspace.com/thefirstoriginalsilence JEZ NELSON TALKS CANDIDLY WITH SONNY SIMMONS ABOUT HIS LIFE AND MUSIC THE SONNY SIMMONS QUARTET RECORDED AT THE VORTEX JAZZ CLUB ON THE 1ST OCTOBER LINE UP: Sonny Simmons – alto saxophone, cor anglais Derek Saw – trumpet, valve trombone John Jasnoch – electric guitar, Oud Charlie Collins – drums, cajon, waterphone & percussion SET LIST: 1) Untitled free group improvisation (Simmons, Saw, Jasnoch & Collins) 2) One For Monk (Simmons) 3) Round About Midnight (Monk) STEVE SHEPHERD PRESENTS A FEATURE ON JAZZ COME BACKS MUSIC FEATURED: Artist Art Pepper Track Title Long Ago And Far Away Composer Kern/Gershwin Label Ojc Album Title Intensity Artist Art Pepper Track Title Road Waltz Composer Art Pepper Album Title Road Games Label Galaxy Artist Miles Davis Title He Loved him Composer Miles Davis Album Title Get Up With It Label Sony Artist Miles Davis Track Title Back Seat Betty Composer Miles Davis Album Title The Man With The Horn Label Sony Artist Weather Report Track Title The Moors Composer Wayne Shorter Album Title Sing The Body Electric Label Sony/Columbia Artist Charles LLoyd Track Title Prometheus Composer Charles LLoyd Album Title Rabo de Nube Label ECM