Merry Jazzy Christmas 2014 AD

There's no denying it - the blog has been very neglected recently - I'm definitely putting it on my New Year's resolution list.

'Tis the season for giving and forgiving so I hope you'll forgive me If dust off and give you three merry little playlists for the occasion.

May you have the very best Christmas and The Happiest New Year. With a lot of jazz and stuff. 

Yours truly

Jazz Alchemist

(some of the tracks may appear more than once although I remember trying to avoid it)

Jazz Alchemist Radio archives. Merry Christmas!!! A.D. 2008 by Jazzowy Alchemik on Mixcloud

Jazz Alchemist Radio Have Yourself a Jazzy Little Chrismas a.d. 2012 by Jazzowy Alchemik on Mixcloud

Jazz Alchemist Merry Christmas Radio (archives - 21.12.2009) by Jazzowy Alchemik on Mixcloud

Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas A.D. 2013

Hello all, I admit I got caught up in all of the pre-Christmas frenzy, I wanted to propose some christmas cd gifts, some new songs, there's still a post about Silent Movie Festival waiting to be finished... 

It will all have to wait just a little bit more, in the meantime, Merry little Christmas to you all my jazz friends, let the good music stay with you in the holiday season and beyond.

Below some songs to keep you, your friends and family company.

Jazz Alchemist Radio archives. Merry Christmas!!! A.D. 2008 by Jazzowy Alchemik on Mixcloud

Jazz Alchemist Radio Have Yourself a Jazzy Little Chrismas a.d. 2012 by Jazzowy Alchemik on Mixcloud

Jazz Alchemist Merry Christmas Radio (archives - 21.12.2009) by Jazzowy Alchemik on Mixcloud

Have Yourself a Merry Jazzy Christmas

Probably next posts will be coming only after the weekend.
I want to thank every visisitor for taking his time and checking this blog.
Want to wish You all a lot of warmth, happiness and peace in those next days of Christmas time, as well as in the new 2011 year (there will be time to say it again). And whole lot of new exciting sounds. (I've been good this year, I hope Santa is bringing me a cd or two, have You been good?)

This is also the time of the year when You can get back to so much good music :) . Ella, Frank, Louis, all the greatest are singing and swinging:
Although it's been said, many times, many ways, Merry Christmas
to You

Jazz Alchemist

Here Comes ... Jazz Alchemist on "air" (8pm CET)

Ok, I have to say that I'm still struggling. I would want to play at least some pieces from the 'supposed to be' last week playlist - with Wadada Leo Smith and Joe Fonda birthdays on it. I would want to play something from recently reviewed cds ("Morning Glory" and "Varpai"). But on the other hand, as usual in this time of year, I also feel very much like giving in carelessly into Christmas spirit. With Frank and Ella and Muppets and Rudolph and Santa singing swinging songs and wishing You a peaceful time. What would You like to hear?

At the end decided to try my best to do all of those things so here's the playlist:

1. Joe Fonda - The Other Side Of Things (birthday on 16.12)
2. Wadada Leo Smith & Ed Blackwell - The Blue Mountain's Son Drummer (Wadada's birthday on 18.12; new release - Kabell Records 2010)
3. Augusti Fernandez / Barry Guy / Ramon Lopez - La nina de la calla Ibiza (from this album)
4. Andre Pabarciute / Mark Tokar / Klaus Kugel - Varpai (from that album)
5. Andre Pabarciute / Mark Tokar / Klaus Kugel - Archaic Glimpses
6. Mikrokolektyw - Running Without Effort (concert in Klub Re took place 14.12, unfortunately I wasn't there)
7. Augusti Fernandez / Barry Guy / Ramon Lopez - Zahori
8. Wadada Leo Smith - Uprising (version from "Kulture Jazz")
9. Wadada Leo Smith & Ed Blackwell - Uprising
10. Augusti Fernandez / Barry Guy / Ramon Lopez - An Anonymous Soul

and then we give into Christmas spirit with just a couple of evergreens :)
11. Jeff Beck - Amazing Grace
12. Dianne Reeves - Christmas Waltz
13. Frank Sinatra - We Wish You a Merry Christmas
14. Ella Fitzgerald - Christmas Song