0:01 And the cut begins 0:06 It’s a vamp 0:13 Gives the drummer a lot of freedom to do a lot of stuff 0:20 Saxophone comes in—nice piano par

0:02 And the cut starts 0:04 Two chords, and into a groove, part funk, part Latin 0:10 Now a real funk groove 0:19 A new key 0:23 The bass l

0:04 And the cut begins 0:06 That’s a great intro 0:08 It’s very powerful—it is actually a string of triplets in fourths 0:16 And the melody

0:03 And the cut starts, with two snare quarter note pickups 0:08 What a powerful intro 0:16 Boy, did Leon come in strong 0:20 The guitar pl

Kelly Sill talks us through the Oliver Nelson composition "Yearning," performed on Johnny Hodges' last CD, "3 Shades of Blue."

0:02 And the cut starts 0:04 It’s an intro 0:07 Beautiful organ 0:11 And up a minor third 0:19 A magic chord, melody stays the same 0:28 Tur

Kelly Sill talks through McCoy Tyner's "Passion Dance" from his 1967 album, The Real McCoy.

Chicago Jazz Magazine contributor Kelly Sill talks through a recording of Alyssa Allgood's vocal performance of "The More I See You."

Kelly Sill gives his listening notes to Mal Waldron's "Soul Eyes" from the album, Coltrane.

Bassist Kelly Sill talks through a 2012 recording of "Dolphin Dance" on the Ben Paterson CD Blues for Oscar

Bassist Kelly Sill talks through a 2005 recording of "The Shadow of Your Smile" on the Mike Kocur CD High Standards.

In this month’s “Zwee Dot” Kelly Sill shares his listening notes to Wayne Shorter’s “Prince of Darkness” from the 1967 Columbia release, Sor

Bassist Kelly Sill shares his thoughts while listening to Matt Ulery's "The Air We Breathe."

by Kelly Sill “Eisenbleu" From the recording Million to One - Palmetto Records Steve Million – 1995 Steve Million - piano Randy Brecker -...

by Kelly Sill In this column Kelly Sill takes a listen to a cut by Frank Russell entitled "The Days of Wine and Roses". It was recorded...