Episode 331: East Meets West, Part 2

More East Meets West and more interesting recorded jazz. With a few details about each selection.

For many of these artists I struggle with the pronunciation of their names. So to make them more accessible to you (and to me), I'm going to write down a few of the players as I give you the 'set list' of recordings I'm using for this episode.

• The Persian Jazz Fusion Ensemble. Does anybody know the name of this tune? Musicians in the group are: Sini Partovi- percussionist and leader; Arash Eyvazi-bass guitar; Taha Mazaherei-gutar; Amirhossein Tavasoli-oud

• The Veil--Jussi Reijonen. from album called Kolme Toista (translates as Three Seconds). With Reijonen on fretless guitar, Jason Palmer-trumpet, Utar Artun-piano, Kyle Miles-bass, Bulut Gulen- trombone, Naseem Alatrash- cello, Keita Ogawa- percussion,Vancil Cooper-drums.

• Tourist Point of View-Duke Ellington. From The Far East Suite, written by Ellington and Billy Strayhorn. Features Paul Gonsalves on tenor sax. I also hear some of that wild trumpet playing of William "Cat" Anderson. Also Mercer Ellington – trumpet, flugelhorn, Herbie Jones – trumpet, flugelhorn, Cootie Williams – trumpet, Lawrence Brown – trombone, Buster Cooper – trombone, Chuck Connors – bass trombone Johnny Hodges – alto saxophone, Russell Procope – alto saxophone, clarinet, Jimmy Hamilton – tenor saxophone, clarinet, Harry Carney – baritone saxophone, John Lamb – double bass, Rufus Jones – drums.

• Bandish by George Crotty (Canadian Cellist) , from Heart Music (2025). The lydian modPe is referred to as Raag Yaman in Northern Indian classical music. With John Murchison-bass and Jeremy Smith-percussion.

• Paint it Black by Gabor Szabo, from Jazz Raga. With Bob Bushnell-guitar, Johnny Gregg-bass, Bernard Purdie-drums, and Szabo himsel on sitar and overdubbed guitar.

• The Three Faces of Balal from Eastern Sounds by Yusef Lateef. With Lateef on flute, Barry Harris-piano, Ernie Farrow-double bass, and LEs Humphries-drums.

• Crossing The River of Grace by Jihye Lee, from an album called Infinite Connections. From 2025. Features David Smith on trumpet and fluegelhorn.

• We Live in Brooklyn Baby (Roy Ayers) by Chien Chien Lu. From The Path. With the funk bass guitar of Richie Goods, Shedrick Mitechll on pano, Quinton Zoto-guitar.

• Precipice--Rajna Swaminathan. From her 2023 album, Apertures. With Utsav Lal-piano, Miles Okazaki-guitar, Stephan Crumb-bass, Adam O'Farrill-trumpet, Anna Webber-tenor sax, and vocal assistance from Ganavya.

• Is Not All One by Tony Scott, from 1964's Music for Zen Meditation. With Sinici Yuize-koto, and Hazan Yamamoto-shakuhachi.