12/11/06

A focus on some ballads and "Moment's Notice." Selections at the end courtesy of a friend. Read 'em and weep:

I'm Beginning to See the Light / Ella Fitzgerald & Count Basie / Ella & Basie
I've Never Been in Love Before / Oscar Peterson Trio / Live From Chicago
The Touch of Your Lips / Bobby Timmons / Soul Time
Ancient Aiethiopia / Sun Ra / Jazz in Silhouette
A Child is Born / Thad Jones & Mel Lewis / Consummation
In Your Own Sweet Way / Miles Davis / Workin' With the Miles Davis Quintet
Very Early / Bill Evans / Polka Dots and Moonbeams
I'm Glad There is You / Johnny Hartman / Songs From the Heart
Moment's Notice / John Coltrane / Blue Train
Moment's Notice / Billy Hart / Quartet
Moment's Notice / Mark Turner / Yam Yam
My Romance / Brad Mehldau / Introducing Brad Mehldau
Thief Without Loot / Jason Moran / Facing Left
Just Like I Pictured It / Medeski, Martin, and Wood / Combustication
The Gettin' to it / Breakestra / Hit the Floor
Reach Out (And Give Me Your Hand / Tickled Pink / Hard Texas Funk
Get it Together / The Go! Team / Thunder, Lightning, Strike
Volcanoes / Islands / Return to the Sea
Sunday Morning / The Velvet Underground / The Velvet Underground & Nico
She's a Jar / Wilco / Summerteeth
Remember Me as a Time of Day / Explosions in the Sky / How Strange, Innocence
Suchness / Akron/Family / Akron/Family
Let's Get Known / The Unicorns / Who Will Cut Our Hair When We're Gone?
Styrofoam Boots/It's All Nice on Ice, Alright / Modest Mouse / The Lonesome Crowded West