The Jazz Show Episode April 11, 2016

Flutist Jeremy Steig with pianist Denny Zeitlin: "Flute Fever"

9:02pm - 12:43am

This incredible album was the recording debut of one of the most unique voices on the flute, Jeremy Steig and it was also the debut of the awesome pianist Denny Zeitlin. It was done for Columbia records in 1963 and Steig and Zeitlin had never been in a recording studio before. They produced what is one of the most startling debuts in Jazz history and sadly this recording has been forgotten. Steig and Zeitlin are backed very ably by the well known bassist Ben Tucker and Thelonious Monk's drummer, Ben Riley. Steig is uses humming and singing into the flute at times to produce a hair-raising effect. Denny Zeiltin went on to an amazing career and he is still very active in the Bay Area where he works both as a pianist and as a psychiatrist. Dr.Denny Zeitlin!! The album consists of a nice mixture of standards from the Great American Singbook and some very well known Jazz standards by Miles, Monk and Sonny Rollins. "Flute Fever" is a classic and has lain fallow to too long...hear it here!

Track Listing:

Blue Seven
Jeremy Steig · Flute Fever
Blues For Jimmy Q.
Linton Garner · Thanks.
Won't You Come Dance With Me
Linton Garner · Thanks
Oleo
Jeremy Steig · Flute Fever
Boomerang
Blue Mitchell · Out Of The Blue
Lover Man
Jeremy Steig · Flute Fever
Sweet Cakes
Blue Mitchell · Out Of The Blue
What Is This Thing Called Love
Jeremy Steig · Flute Fever
Take the "A" Train
Charles Mingus · Mingus at Birdland
So What
Jeremy Steig · Flute Fever
Fables of Faubus
Charles Mingus · Mingus at Birdland
Well, You Needn't
Jeremy Steig · Flute Fever
Willow Weep For me
Jeremy Steig · Flute Fever
Eat That Chicken
Charles Mingus · Mingus at Birdland
Blue Seven
Jeremy Steig · Flute Fever
Back Bay Blues
Dave Brubeck · Brubeck at Newport 1955
Blues For Jimmy Q.
Linton Garner · Thanks.
The Trolley Song
Dave Brubeck · Brubeck at Newport 1955
Won't You Come Dance With Me
Linton Garner · Thanks
Fog
Cecile McLorin Salvant · For One To Love
Boomerang
Blue Mitchell · Out Of The Blue
Look At Me
Cecile McLorin Salvant · For One To Love
Sweet Cakes
Blue Mitchell · Out Of The Blue
The Trolley Song
Cecile McLorin Salvant · For One To Love
Take the "A" Train
Charles Mingus · Mingus at Birdland
Blue Birdland
Maynard Ferguson · Big Band Nouveau
Fables of Faubus
Charles Mingus · Mingus at Birdland
Eat That Chicken
Charles Mingus · Mingus at Birdland
Cherokee
Maynard Ferguson · Big Band Nouveau
Back Bay Blues
Dave Brubeck · Brubeck at Newport 1955
Medley: Chameleon, MacArther Park,
Maynard Ferguson · Big Band Nouveau
The Trolley Song
Dave Brubeck · Brubeck at Newport 1955
Fog
Cecile McLorin Salvant · For One To Love
O.K. Blues
Harold Land · Harold Land In New York.
Look At Me
Cecile McLorin Salvant · For One To Love
The Trolley Song
Cecile McLorin Salvant · For One To Love
Blue Birdland
Maynard Ferguson · Big Band Nouveau
Cherokee
Maynard Ferguson · Big Band Nouveau
Medley: Chameleon, MacArther Park,
Maynard Ferguson · Big Band Nouveau
O.K. Blues
Harold Land · Harold Land In New York.