When classical music meets jazz inside concert settings or at nightclubs, the result is inspirational. We begin with ladies first as usual.
Superstar pianist Yuja Wang rips on the piano like few young musicians can perform live before large crowds of music lovers.
https://youtu.be/u7dyyJYik-Q?si=XP-qbanD9YOPJXtI
Jazz prodigy Hiromi Hueara’s fingers are a blur of contradictions where math-rock precision jams into jazz improvisation delivered with joy..
A previous recording Sonicwonder is a frenetic dialogue with her band, The Sonicwonder Quartet and it solidifies her as jazz’s most irrepressible innovator like a child in a chocolate factory. https://youtu.be/EFeouD2IWSA?si=Yz_wX0Qf2MmI0jJw
Brad Mehldau, The Jazz Intellectual is jazz’s answer to Proust. The American pianist is introspective, labyrinthine, and obsessed with memory. His 2022 Suite was composed during lockdown and transforms mundane moments like a walk, a Zoom call wrapped into poignant meditations.
His music is a labyrinth of intellect and feeling, rewarding deep listening. https://youtu.be/kruKQCY77bc?si=gX17DtqXmQc6wjNn
Joey Alexander Trio shares their live line https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=-RNyWz7Rtoc&pp=ygUOam9leSBhbGV4YW5kZXI%3D