SDP Jazz Note: One Man, Two Horns, At Home

Some jazz critics think that jazz is only real when you are there, listening to it live.  I have never bought into that view, largely because I live where there isn't a lot of live jazz.  But surely the next best thing is jazz recorded in a live setting.  Ken Laster, whose In The Groove podcast has delivered more good jazz to me than any other source, has recorded a couple of numbers by Greg Abate and posted them on YouTube. The setting is a "private function," meaning, as you will see, someone's home.  You can listen and watch at the link above.  In the first clip, Abate plays solo sax and does 'Round Midnight.'  In the second, he plays the flute.  Join the party.