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Recorded May 1976 at Talent Studio, Oslo, Norway, Sargasso Sea was a seminal #ECM release by a superb duo collaboration of guitarists Robin Towner and John Abercrombie...
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Parasol
YouTube video by John Abercrombie - Topic
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October 15, 2026 at 1:27 AM
Late Nite at #WestSideOfJazz
The album themes focus on the things which allow us to make sense of a world that is wild at heart & crazy on top; memory, love, and change, this is a simply beautiful tune from his new release Passing Fires by drummer Jeremy Cunningham
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Jeremy Cunningham - "To The Sky" [Official Audio]
YouTube video by Northern Spy Records
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October 3, 2026 at 5:23 AM
Late at the Northern Virginia WestSideOFJazz. For the next year I will be in these parts half of the week, then back to Htown.
From an album I have grown quiet fond of....The Rome base Agus Collective, who mission is to make music...anywhere it can, and drummer Jorge Rossy...
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Adios
YouTube video by Jorge Rossy - Topic
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October 1, 2026 at 2:40 AM
Late Nite at the #WestSideOFJazz
Next gen bassist Anna Butteras. who has performed with Jeff Parker, Makaya McCraven, & Phoebe Bridgers, with a sneak listen for an upcoming release with flugelhornist/cornetist John Raymond, and drummer/producer Ben Lumsdaine
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Beginningless
YouTube video by Anna Butterss - Topic
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September 22, 2026 at 2:06 AM
Late Night in the #WestSideOFJazz with intriguing upcoming new release Points of Light by long time jazz bassist Christian McBride and his Ursa Major group
Nicole Glover Tenor
Ely Perlman Guitar
Mike King Piano
Savannah Harris Drums
A gorgeous George Duke rewire
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No Rhyme, No Reason
YouTube video by Christian McBride - Topic
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September 10, 2026 at 2:08 AM
Late Night at #WestSideOFJazz, with Happy Heavenly Birthday wishes to Abbey Lincoln.
One of my fav albums and def one of my fav tunes of her's.
1991
You Gotta Pay The Band
Stan Getz – Tenor
Hank Jones – Piano
Charlie Haden – Bass
Mark Johnson – Drums
Maxine Roach – Viola
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Bird Alone (1991 You Gotta Pay The Band Version)
YouTube video by Abbey Lincoln - Topic
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August 7, 2026 at 3:21 AM
Tonight, Late Nite with #WestSideOFJazz starts off with Gateway 2, the second studio album by the collaborative power trio of John Abercrombie, Dave Holland, and Jack DeJohnette
John Abercrombie-acoustic guitar
Dave Holland — Double bass
Jack DeJohnette — Drums
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Reminiscence
YouTube video by Dave Holland - Topic
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August 5, 2026 at 4:58 AM
I have been doing #WestSideOFJazz playlists, which are compilations of my daily posts by month, for ten years, and today ('m reviewing the first ones...
this modernistic and propulsive post bop was one of my fav...From the album Motion by the Cinematic Orchestra
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Ode To The Big Sea
YouTube video by The Cinematic Orchestra - Topic
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August 4, 2026 at 6:10 PM
Late Night at #WestSideOFJazz
From a 2011 def Under the Radar gem by a little known ensemble - Bryan and the Aardvarks, and their album Heroes of Make Believe
Bryan Copeland – Bass
Fabian Almazan – Piano
Chris Dingman – Vibraphone
Jesse Lewis – Guitar
Joe Nero – Drums
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Where the Wind Blows
YouTube video by Bryan and the Aardvarks - Topic
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August 4, 2026 at 4:23 AM
Happy Late Nite from #WestSideOFJazz
An absolutely gorgeous rewire of the Neil Young song written for the movie "Philadelphia"
Bassist Ben Allison
2011
Michael Blake -TS/Bass Clarinet
Jason Lindner-Keyboards
Steve Cardenas-G
Rudy Royston-D
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Philadelphia (Remastered)
YouTube video by Ben Allison - Topic
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August 4, 2026 at 3:00 AM
Late Night at #WestSideOFJazz moves on...
The late, great, Polish trumpeter Tomasz Stanko first saw him at 16. At 18 pianist Marcin Wasilewski started a 20 year run with Stanko. From his 2008 #ECM album January with:
Sławomir Kurkiewicz — bass
Michał Miśkiewicz — Drums
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Marcin Wasilewski Trio - Vignette
YouTube video by hardhatarea
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August 3, 2026 at 5:44 AM
Late Night at #WestSideOFJazz
The first collaboration between bassist Eberhard Weber & Vibist Gary Burton
1974 Ring and this reimagine of a Webster clasic
Pat Metheny — Electric 12-string guitar
Mick Goodrick — Guitar
Steve Swallow — Bass
Bob Moses — Drums
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The Colours Of Chloe
YouTube video by Gary Burton - Topic
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August 3, 2026 at 3:57 AM
Up Next on Late Night at #WestSideOFJazz

Recorded at Tonstudio Bauer in Ludwigsburg, Germany in September 1975, Yellow Fields established Eberhard Weber's core quartet dynamic
Eberhard Weber – bass
Charlie Mariano – soprano sax
Rainer Brüninghaus – Keys
Jon Christensen – drums
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Sand-Glass
YouTube video by Release - Topic
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July 30, 2026 at 3:19 AM
Ramping things up on Late Night at #WestSideOFJazz

Cinematic & evocative, this 1981 #ECM release is a musical metaphor and journey for & through empty landscapes of America; endless stretches of interstate, small towns, isolated radio chatter, & wide-open skies.
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As Falls Wichita, So Falls Wichita Falls
YouTube video by Release - Topic
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July 30, 2026 at 2:55 AM
Late Night at #WestSideOFJazz
1978
Cosmic Messenger
Jean-Luc Ponty – Electric violins, acoustic 5-string violin,
Ralphe Armstrong – Electric and fretless bass
Allan Zavod – Synthesizers, Pianos
Casey Scheuerell – Drums
Joaquin Lievano/Peter Maunu-Guitars
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Cosmic Messenger
YouTube video by Jean-Luc Ponty - Topic
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July 30, 2026 at 2:47 AM
Continuing on with Late Night at #WestSideOFJazz
From the 1984 #ECM release by guitarist/composer Steve Tibbets, the exploratory Safe Journey....

Steve Tibbetts: Guitars, kalimba, tape loops
Marc Anderson: Congas, steel drum, percussion
Bob Hughes: Bass
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Climbing
YouTube video by Steve Tibbetts - Topic
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July 29, 2026 at 4:05 AM
Its Late Night at #WestSideOFJazz
From one of fav Quartets of early 2000's from the 2004 #ECM album Class Trip by John Abercrombie
John Abercrombie – Guitar
Mark Feldman – Violin
Marc Johnson – Double Bass
Joey Baron – Drums
And this moody and mysterious tune...
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Dansir
YouTube video by John Abercrombie - Topic
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July 29, 2026 at 3:52 AM
More Late Night from #WestSideOFJazz
One of my fav jazz piano-bass recordings...
Recorded LIVE at the Iridium Jazz Club in 1996, the shimmering 1998 Night And The City; an elegant exploration of the vibes of New York at dark
Kenny Barron - Piano
Charlie Haden - Bass
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Twilight Song (Live - Instrumental)
YouTube video by Charlie Hadden - Topic
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July 29, 2026 at 2:37 AM
Late Night at #WestSideOFJazz
A celebration of the joy of solitude as opposed to the loneliness....
Houston born / HSPVA educated / New York based guitarist Mike Moreno from his 2011 album First In Mind
Aaron Parks - Piano
Matt Brewer - Bass
Kendrick Scott - Drums
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By Myself
YouTube video by Aaron Parks - Topic
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July 29, 2026 at 2:31 AM
Composed by French soundtrack maestro Philippe Sarde for Georges Lautner’s 1979 action-comedy starring Jean-Paul Belmondo, the soundtrack to Flic ou voyou (Cop or Hood) relies on the distinct, lyrical trumpet of Chet Baker
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Flic ou voyou (Bande originale du film "Flic ou voyou")
YouTube video by Chet Baker - Topic
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July 23, 2026 at 6:01 PM
Simply Beautiful!
Bassist Steve Swallow
2026
Winter Songs
Steve Swallow-Bass
Chris Cheek-Tenor Saxophone
Mike Rodriguez-Trumpet
Steve Cardenas-Guitar
Gil Goldstein-Piano
Adam Nussbaum-Drums
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One
YouTube video by Steve Swallow - Topic
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July 23, 2026 at 5:52 PM
More Late Night from @WestSideOFJazz with a tune that was originally recorded on guitarist Jakob Bro's 2018 #ECM album Returnings with an embellished LIVE rewire
Palle Mikkelborg – Trumpet, flugelhorn & compositions
Thomas Morgan – Double bass
Jon Christensen – Drums
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Jakob Bro, Palle Mikkelborg, Thomas Morgan, Jon Christensen - Strands (alternative version)
YouTube video by Jakob Bro
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July 23, 2026 at 4:40 AM
Late Night on the WestSideOFJazz....
Lots of night owls like myself, so I am going to offer ongoing Late Night selections such as the 1975 #ECM release by Norwegian guitarist Terje Rypdal - Odyssey - with atmospheric guitar merged with post bop trombone
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Ballade
YouTube video by Terje Rypdal - Topic
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July 23, 2026 at 3:23 AM
Great new modern post bop release by master trombonist, composer, and arranger Ben Patterson entitled Stretch
Ben Patterson – Trombone
Shawn Purcell – Guitar
Harry Appelman – Piano,
Miles Brown – Bass
Todd Harrison – Drums
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Unbridled - Ben Patterson (Origin Records)
YouTube video by 2manEbones
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July 6, 2026 at 6:29 PM
From the outstanding 1997 Trio offering A Delicate Balance by the Kenny Werner Trio!
And what a Trio it was...
Kenny Werner — Piano
Dave Holland — Bass
Jack DeJohnette — Drums
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Trio Imitation
YouTube video by Kenny Werner - Topic
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June 30, 2026 at 2:33 PM