Happy New Year to all of my JazzWax readers worldwid and to my Facebook friends and 10.7K Twitter followers! As a New Year's Day treat, I'm sharing a link that pianist Leslie Pintchik sent along, featuring the splendor that was Shirley Horn. In the video, Horn sings and plays at the International Jazz Festival in Bern, Switzerland, in 1990, backed by bassist Charles Ables and drummer Steve Williams. Part 1 leads into the next five parts, so just sit back in your pajamas or sweats and enjoy. If you're watching via the embedded screen in the post, you'll have to click on Part 2. Then YouTube will take over. As you'll hear, a relaxing way to start 2019 (Horn died in 2005; Ables in 2001).
Here's the Shirley Horn Trio in Bern in 1990...
