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My mistress' eyes are nothing like the sun / My hunger for her explains everything I've done / To howl at the moon the whole night through / And they really don't care if I do / I'd go out of my mind, but for you / Sister Moon

Good night y'all 🌜😴

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Snowfall in Central Park · Storms / Nocturnes.

Geoffrey Keezer, Joe Locke, Tim Garland.

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FROM THE SMALL’S ARCHIVE: GEOFFREY KEEZER with Gillian Margot and Nicole Glover, MEZZROW’S, 14 JANUARY 2020, 7:30 pm (partial)

I found this gig as a happy detour en route to a duo gig with GEOFFREY KEEZER and Nicole Glover as part of my deeper dive into her work after seeing her with a trio again in November. I am discovering depths and subtleties to go with her being a “tenor bad ass” as Nate Chinen called her. But I still like her power.

I don’t have a full sense of Keezer though he has a fine reputation and I’ve enjoyed his playing. So here he was with a singer too. Gillian Margot has a fine voice and a good jazz sense without the all too typical mannerisms. The stream started in the middle of the set, so the first tune was a jazz setting of Black Is The Color of My True Love’s Hair that was respectful in both directions and all three of them said their piece and talked to one another. Margot spun a second chorus from Glover’s solo. Then was a song with a pop/R&B feel followed by Nat King Cole’s Nature Boy. She sat out for an instrumental that resolved into All Blues before returning for I Want To Be With You for which Glover, Keezer said, “could go to the bar early.” But she didn’t and sat at the first table.

I am giving Margot short shrift as I just don’t have a framework for appreciating what she did. What I do appreciate is the different context she contributed to for Glover who listens intently and does, in her own way, sing. She has always had delicacy, but it was to the fore in this smaller room and quieter ensemble. The All Blues roared but quietly as Keezer’s accompaniment was a parallel and complementary solo. There was a toughness from both of them.

But I’m not much closer to figuring him out. I will get that earlier duo date and keep trying. It’s a pleasant puzzle.

January 2020, nearly four calendar years ago but a lifetime ago. I didn’t know Small’s Live then nor Nicole Glover. It was just another Mezzrow’s gig and yet it felt quaint and innocent.

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"Nocturnal Flight" [Brian Landrus: Red List (Palmetto Records, 2022)] Por Pachi Tapiz. JazzX5#474 [Minipodcast de jazz]

“Nocturnal Flight” [Brian Landrus: Red List (Palmetto Records, 2022)] Por Pachi Tapiz. JazzX5#474 [Minipodcast de jazz]

“Nocturnal Flight” Brian Landrus Red List: Music Dedicated to the Preservation of Our Endangered Species (Palmetto Records, 2022) Brian Landrus, Ryan Keberle, Geoffrey Keezer, Nir Felder, Rudy Royston, Lonnie Plaxico, John Hadfield, Steve Roach. El tema es una composición de Brian Landrus. ¿Sabías que? “Nocturnal Flight” es el primer single de la nueva grabación de Brian Landrus, que se…

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MUSIC REVIEW: Norse Myths

MUSIC REVIEW: Norse Myths ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ @SNJO2 @GCHalls @88Keezer @TommySmithMusic #norsemyths

The SNJO brings us Norse Myths – a collaboration between composers Florian Ross, Geoffrey Keezer and Bill Dobbins, and Norwegian jazz musician and composer Øyvind Brække – which pairs Norse mythology and contemporary jazz. Taking centre stage for this concert are European jazz masters Arild Andersen on bass, Paolo Vinaccia on drums and percussion, and SNJO director Tommy Smith on saxophone.

Each…

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Brilliant Corners

Geoffrey Keezer Trio

Geoffrey Keezer – piano/keyboards Benjamin Shepherd – bass Christian Euman – drums

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Ingrid Jensen | At Sea

Ingrid Jensen is a jazz trumpet and flugelhorn player probably best-known for her place in some major big bands (including the Maria Schneider Orchestra, DIVA, and Darcy James Argue’s Secret Society), but she’s also a bandleader as well.  This is one of her most recent albums (albeit not THE most recent), and it features pianist Geoffrey Keezer, drummer/percussionist Jon Wikan, bassist Matt Clohesy, and a couple of solos from guitarist Lage Lund (another Maria Schneider alum).  This album, to me, has the feeling of a lot of albums from the 80s and 90s of being straight-ahead but not really swinging.  It’s not a bad thing, by any means, but albums in this vein do sometimes have a harder time holding my attention.  Jensen, Keezer, and Lund all put some great solos on here.  There are a couple of tracks that feel inspired by some of Miles’s tamer electric experiments, and some of the ‘modern creative’ sound I think could also be attributed to Maria Schneider.  It’s a decent album - I’ll probably check out more of her at some point.

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Geoffrey Keezer

“Chirikzakura” from the album “Heart of the piano”. He is not very famous but  I believe he is one of the best jazz piano player in the world today. It seems he can play everything. In this tune, he has a classical sound, but I discovered him in this video, playing in a saxophone all-star band where he managed to cope with the intensity of the previous players by buliding an impressive modal solo. I really love his voicings which are always perfectly balanced. I have heard that, in this respect, he is influenced by pianist Hank Jones and some contemporary jazz arrangers like Maria Schneider or Bob Mintzer. He started his professionnal carrer at the age of 18, being hired by the jazz Messengers.

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Geoffrey Keezer LIVE AT BIRDLAND

Screenshot GEOFFREY KEEZER LIVE AT BIRDLAND Markeez Records Geoffrey Keezer, piano/arranger/composer; John Patitucci, bass; Clarence Penn, drums. This is pianist Geoffrey Keezer’s first ‘live’ recording in more than fifteen years, and it was worth the wait. Joined by John Patitucci on bass and drummer Clarence Penn, this trio plays some familiar songs with a few of Keezer’s original compositions.…

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"My first piano teacher was my mom. Then I had a succession of college students, and eventually a classical piano teacher in high school and in my one year of college at Berklee. I never imagined I'd be a classical pianist professionally (I didn't have the patience) but I'm glad I studied it. " - Geoffrey Keezer 

Acclaimed pianist Geoffrey Keezer now on maryxo

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Ingrid Jensen & Steve Treseler - Invisible Sounds: For Kenny Wheeler (Whirlwind Recordings, 2018) [CD]

Ingrid Jensen & Steve Treseler – Invisible Sounds: For Kenny Wheeler (Whirlwind Recordings, 2018) [CD]

Por Carlos Lara.

La trompetista Ingrid Jensen y el saxofonista y clarinetista Steve Teseler rinden un homenaje al gran trompetista Kenny Wheeler del que se acaban de cumplir cuatro años desde su fallecimiento. En Invisible Sounds: For Kenny Wheeler se reinterpretan las composiciones de este prolífico músico canadiense, afincado la mayor parte de su vida en Inglaterra.

Kenny Wheeler ha influido a…

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Only in NYC! Sting joined Chris Botti, Sy Smith, Richie Goods, & Geoffrey Keezer on stage @theBlueNote for the last show of Chris’ 10th annual Holiday Residency on 1.4.15.

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Joe Locke & Geoffrey Keezer Group - Fractured (live)

Joe Locke - vibraphone Geoffrey Keezer - piano Mike Pope - bass Terreon Gully - drums Jonathan Kreisberg - guitar

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When I met Miles Davis, in 1989, he said "the only way you'll grow as a musician is if you're uncomfortable"

Geoffrey Keezer (via)

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Scale Trauma

I went to a jazz camp for a week when I was 14 and on the last day, I had a one-on-one lesson with Geoffrey Keezer (who is a beast, look him up). I was super excited and was looking forward to it the whole week. We were working on soloing, which I said was my weakness and he had some good information but not the mind blowing stuff I expected. By the way, at the time I was still a beginner to jazz and my technique was (and still is) not very good. I showed him this cool line I made up for Autumn Leaves and then out of nowhere he asked me to play it in my left hand. Seeing me struggle with this, he asked me to go through the major scales with my left hand which was near-impossible for me. So rather than working on the cool stuff I wanted, we walked through the fingering for the first few scales. (“I can’t teach you jazz if you don’t know your instrument.”) When I had finished Eb or something, he told me to keep going and left the lesson 30 minutes early. Not gonna lie, I cried. It was pretty traumatic but it made me a better person.

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Jazziversaries November 20th

Geoffrey Keezer (keyboard) - 1970 :: Birthday greetings to keyboars player Geoffrey Keezer. Geoffrey is an American jazz pianist. He is a two-time Grammy nominee. His 2009 CD Áurea, was nominated for Best Latin Jazz Album; in 2010 he was nominated for Best Instrumental Arrangement Accompanying Vocalist(s) for the track "Don't Explain" on Denise Donatelli's When Lights Are Low.

June Christy (vocal) - 1925-1990 :: born Shirley Luster, was a singer, known for her work in the cool jazz genre and for her silky smooth vocals. Her success as a singer began with The Stan Kenton Orchestra. She pursued a solo career from 1954 and is best known for her debut album Something Cool. After her death, she was hailed as "one of the finest and most neglected singers of her time."

In 1945, after hearing that Anita O'Day had left Stan Kenton's Orchestra, she auditioned and was chosen for the role as a vocalist. During this time, she changed her name, becoming June Christy.

Her voice produced successful hits such as "Shoo Fly Pie and Apple Pan Dowdy," the million-selling "Tampico" in 1945, and "How High the Moon". "Tampico" was Kenton's biggest-selling record. When the Kenton Band temporarily disbanded in 1948, she sang in nightclubs for a short time, and reunited with the band two years later in 1950.

From 1947, she started to work on her own records, primarily with arranger and bandleader Pete Rugolo. In 1954, she released a 10" LP entitled Something Cool, recorded with Rugolo and his orchestra, a gathering of notable Los Angeles jazz musicians that included her husband, multi-instrumentalist Bob Cooper and alto saxophonist Bud Shank. Something Cool was re-released as a 12" LP in 1955 with additional selections, and then entirely rerecorded in stereo in 1960 with a somewhat different personnel. Christy would later say that the album was "the only thing I've recorded that I'm not unhappy with." Something Cool was also important in launching the vocal cool movement of the 1950s, and it hit the Top 20 Charts, as did her third album, The Misty Miss Christy.

Skeeter Best - 1914-1985 :: Skeeter Best was an American jazz guitarist.

Best played in Philadelphia from 1935 to 1940, recording with Slim Marshall and Erskine Hawkins. In 1940 he joined Earl Hines's orchestra, playing with him until he joined the U.S. Navy in 1942. After the war he played with Bill Johnson from 1945 to 1949.

He toured East Asia with Oscar Pettiford in 1951 and 1952, and formed his own trio in the 1950s. He did a critically acclaimed session with Ray Charles and Milt Jackson in 1957 called Soul Brothers. In 1958 he recorded with Mercer Ellington. He also recorded with Harry Belafonte, Etta Jones, Nellie Lutcher, Milt Hinton, Osie Johnson, Paul Quinichette, Jimmy Rushing, Sonny Stitt, Lucky Thompson and Sir Charles Thompson. Later in his life he taught in New York City.

To all you November 20th Jazzlings, have yourself a fantastic day and remember to take that spirit with you throughout the year ahead!

Life ain't no dress rehearsal,

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and thanks to You for passin' thru'

Walk Tall,

Speak Low,

Go Placidly,

Geo