Jazz for aficionados

Looking over Absolute Sound's music reviews I came across Branford Marsalis's remake of Keith Jarrett's "Belonging." I loved Marsalis's take on "Belonging" and went back to Jarrett's "Belonging." I don't know how I've missed it before. Jarrett's one of my favorites. Both versions are spectacular. Both of very high quality on Qubuz, too. 

acman3, thanks for the posts. I'll check them out.

frogman, I remember the beginning of one violist joke but not the ending: "The conductor and violist are walking across a cross walk, who do you hit first?" Do you know it? 

Funny, I’ve heard that one but don’t remember the punchline either.   Here’s another:

A violist is driving on the way to a concert and decides to make a quick stop at a bank.  Knowing it would only be a few minutes he leaves his viola on the back seat of his car.  He runs into the bank and as he approaches his car on the way back he sees that the rear window has been smashed.  Distraught and expecting the worst he looks in the car and in the back seat……two violas.

@frogman, 

https://youtu.be/_ww-XDuaxcw?si=U7wgDEPIuQbI0Lk2 https://youtu.be/CYg_3pQN-LU?si=ae_7wf47y-lnPdBw

These two links, I don't know if it's the musicianship and musicality or the musicality and the musicianship? This is killer stuff. 

Glad you like them, @tyray .  Two of my favorite saxophone players.  Different as could be and both great.

On my turntable this morning a jazz album that has long been one of my favorites: 

Amarcord Nino Rota = I Remember Nino Rota (Interpretations Of Nino Rota's Music From The Films Of Federico Fellini)

For Fellini fans or those with a European bent to their jazz. Personell include Jaki Byard, Bill Frisell, Wynton and Branford Marsalis, Kenny Barron, and many more. A taste: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fJXz7CQ3xVk&list=PLwGTKZ6uNxXkUb4E3nR6K6Sz0F1gUHGP0&index=2