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1949-1958: Sidney Bechet - Les Années Bechet |
Jazz, Traditional Jazz, New Orleans Jazz |
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 Artist: Sidney Bechet Album: Les années Bechet Label: Vogue Jazz Years: 1949-1958; release: 12 mai 1997 Format, bitrate: MP3 192 kbps Time: 53 minutes Size: 75,3 mb
Sidney Bechet was undoubtedly the first great improviser in the history of jazz music. His power & imagination thrilled jazz audiences everywhere during his long career & influenced musicians from Johnny Hodges to John Coltrane. Sidney Bechet was one of a kind.
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1986: Banu Gibson - All Strings attached |
Music » Jazz » Mainstream |
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 Artists: Tal Farlow , John Abercrombie, Larry Carlton, Larry Coryell, John Scofield Album: Banu Gibson - All Strings Attached Label: Verve Year: 1986; release:1987 Format, bitrate:mp3, 224kbps Time: 0:55:36 Size: 89.2Mbs AMG Rating:  This mid-'80s concert is unusual in that it mixes five guitarists from diverse backgrounds onto the same stage. Tal Farlow, a bop master is the senior player, with post-bopper John Abercrombie, Larry Carlton (fusion), plus Larry Coryell and John Scofield (who straddle both post-bop and fusion), bassist John Patitucci, and drummer Billy Hart. Although such a collection of musicians has the potential to cause a train wreck, the musicians share the spotlight generously, complementing one another's solos brilliantly throughout a set mixing standards and classic jazz compositions plus a bossa nova. Best are the extended workouts of "Autumn Leaves" and "All Blues." The major bones to pick with this release include its unimaginative packaging and the lack of liner notes, as only seasoned jazz listeners will be able to identify each guitarist in turn. Simultaneously released on LP, CD, cassette, VHS, and 12" laser disc, this release was only available for a relatively short time before being dropped from the Verve catalog. ~ Ken Dryden, All Music Guide |
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2002: Spaceways Inc. - Version Soul |
Music » Jazz » Modern Jazz |
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 Artist: Spaceways Inc. Album: Version Soul Label: Atavistic Records Year: 2001; release: 2002 Format, bitrate: mp3, 320 kbps Size: 154 MB AMG Rating:   Spaceways Incorporated, not to be confused with the entirely different hip-hop/jazz act Spaceways, is a progressive Chicago jazz trio. Spaceways Inc. has thrown a sexy curveball at those who deemed the band a sideways project for saxophonist Ken Vandermark, drummer Hamid Drake, and bassist Nate McBride. Certainly the band's debut, Thirteen Cosmic Standards by Sun Ra & Funkadelic (also on Atavistic), offered this impression, though in all fairness it was a studio reflection of the band's first gigs. Version Soul is perhaps the first true example of Spaceways Inc. as a collective whose love for popular music from the past and present is the basis of an exploration into nuances heretofore unheard. All nine tunes were written either by Vandermark or McBride. Many of them are dedicated to other musicians, such as "Back of a Cab" (Jackie Mittoo), "Reasonable Hour" (Serge Chaloff), "Size Large" (Larry Graham), "Clocked" (Joseph "Zigaboo" Modeliste), and a few others for figures from other expressive worlds such as "Rothko Sideways" (Mark Rothko). What they have in common is the notion of how rhythm and nuance can be transcendent and bring disparate musical elements together. In "Back of a Cab," a series of one-drop reggae rhythms play out against a shimmering, minimal melodic line paced micronomically by McBride's bassline equating the two — it's reggae meets noir jazz meets the blues. On "Size Large," dedicated to Graham Central Station founder Larry Graham, the push and pull of funk, go-go, and New Orleans second line come bubbling up under a slinky, kinky bassline as Vandermark walks the bar between syncopated street funk and deep jazz blowing. On McBride's "Journeyman," a nearly three-minute bass solo slithers around a lithe harmonic figure before inviting the post-bopping blues of Vandermark and Drake into the mix. When they flank him, rhythm becomes the voice of harmony and carries the swinging blues methodology into juju rhythms and back to cut time before pealing off into improvisation. The entire recording is summed up on "Clocked," however, dedicated to the Meters' drummer, Modeliste: the second-line funk of the mentor's band poops and simmer along, building a quiet intensity, accented by Vandermark's minimal melodic phrasing. Once the groove is well established, Drake begins to substitute rhythms, splitting them into fragments of time, from reggae dancehall moves to dub, plodding to Stax/Volt backbeat soul and groove and beyond. McBride creates a space for the of deep, grooving tones. His lines weave the varying tensions while offering Drake a killer series of deepening grooves to jump from. It's startling in its in-the-pocket, slippery shimmy. Version Soul offers modern jazz a new way to go, a new dimension for grooved movement without merely quoting the glories of the past. Awesome.~ Thom Jurek, All Music Guide |
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1971: Jimi Hendrix - Rainbow Bridge |
Music » Blues » Modern electric blues » Blues-Rock |
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 Artist: Jimi Hendrix Album: Rainbow Bridge(LP) Label: Reprise Year: 1968–1970 Release: 1971 Format, bitrate: mp3; 320 kb/s Time: 42:22 Size: 80,5 MB Rainbow Bridge is a posthumous fifth studio album by American guitarist Jimi Hendrix, released in October and November 1971 in the United States and the United Kingdom respectively. It was the second Hendrix studio album released after his death and was engineered, mixed and compiled by Eddie Kramer, John Jansen and Mitch Mitchell. It has never been released on compact disc.
The pairing of Rainbow Bridge with The Cry of Love comprises the bulk of the most complete tracks that Hendrix was intending to release on his next (double) LP, First Rays of the New Rising Sun. All songs on the album were written by Hendrix, except the cover of "The Star-Spangled Banner", and recorded throughout 1969 and 1970, with the exception of "Look Over Yonder", which was recorded in 1968. "Hear My Train A Comin'" was recorded live at the Berkeley Community Theatre on May 30, 1970 (1st show). The album was the second to be produced by Kramer and Mitchell, with the help of Jansen, and was again fairly well received, reaching #15 and #16 in the U.S. and the UK respectively. "Dolly Dagger" b/w "Star Spangled Banner" was released as a single in the U.S., but only reached #74. Four songs from Rainbow Bridge are featured on the 1997 compilation First Rays of the New Rising Sun. Two songs are featured on another 1997 compilation South Saturn Delta. The (studio) version of "The Star Spangled Banner" can be found in the 2000 box set The Jimi Hendrix Experience (Box set). Though misconstrued to be a live album of the famed concert uptop the Haleakala Crater; it is, indeed, the original soundtrack to the film as all tracks appear in various scenes. The Berkeley performance of "Hear My Train A Comin'" doesn't appear in the film's soundtrack as it was performed in the Haleakala concert sequence. All other songs are new material from studio sessions. For details of recordings of the live concerts, see Rainbow Bridge Concert. |
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1963: Wes Montgomery - Guitar On The Go |
Music » Jazz » BeBop » Hard-bop |
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 Artist: Wes Montgomery Album: Guitar On The Go Label: OJC/Riverside Records Years: 1959-1963 Format, bitrate: mp3 320 kbs Time: 42:24 Size: 97,19 Mb The final Riverside release of Wes Montgomery material (before the important label went completely bankrupt) was similar to his debut four years earlier: a trio with organist Melvin Rhyne and an obscure drummer (this time George Brown). The CD reissue even includes one leftover track from the earliest session ("Missile Blues") along with newer jams and a pair of "bonus tracks" — an alternate take of "The Way You Look Tonight" and a brief "Unidentified Solo Guitar" piece. In general, the music swings hard (particularly the two versions of "The Way You Look Tonight"), and is a worthy if not essential addition to Wes Montgomery's discography. He would have a few straight-ahead dates for Verve, but this release was really the end of an era. ~ Scott Yanow, All Music Guide |
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1958: Woody Herman - Blowin' Up A Storm! |
Swing, Mainstream |
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 Artist: Woody Herman Album: Blowin' Up A Storm! Label: Sunset Year: 1958, release: 1968 Quality: MP3@320 kbps (LP-rip) Size: 72,7 mb (sharebee) Total time: 34:19 Some of the music on these Woody Herman big band sessions from 1958 is exciting, and such soloists as valve trombonist Bob Brookmeyer, tenor Al Cohn, trumpeter Danny Stiles, guitarist Charlie Byrd and even Tito Puente on timbales are heard from. Unfortunately, this LP reissue of recordings formerly on Everest has echoey sound that can be distracting and...attempts to make the music sound like stereo. Still, the music on the reissue may hold some appeal for listeners who don't mind the sound-quality flaws. ~ Scott Yanow, All Music Guide |
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1969: Jimmy Smith - I'm Gon' Git Myself Together |
Music » Jazz » BeBop » Hard-bop |
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 Artist: Jimmy Smith Album: I'm Gon' Git Myself Together Label: Verve Year: 1969, release 1973 Genre: Hard Bop, Soul Jazz Format, bitrate: mp3/320 kbps Time: 41:12 Size: 90 MB Funky stuff from Jimmy Smith - a killer late 60s album cut in collaboration with Johnny Pate, who's very much at the height of his blackploitation power here! The backings are full, but in ways that are quite different than other Smith albums on Verve - such as the sides done with Oliver Nelson - and Pate's groove here is plenty schooled in soul, yet also leaves lots of room for Smith's organ lines as the main solo vehicle. And as an added bonus, Jimmy also sings on the record - in a rough, raspy style that might not work on a straighter jazz set, but which really sounds great here - almost making the music come across like some of those funky Quincy Jones soundtrack numbers with vocals. Titles include "I Know What I Want", "Uh Ruh", "Dirty Roosta Booga", "Spill The Wine", "I'm Gon Git Myself Together", and "Need Mo". |
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1937: Duke Ellington and His Orchestra - 1937 Vol. 1 |
Swing, Mainstream |
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 Artist: Duke Ellington and His Orchestra Album: 1937 Vol. 1 (The Chronological Classics, 675) Label: Classics Year: 1937; release: 1994 Genre: Jazz/Swing/Big Band Format, bitrate: 320 kb/s mp3 Time: 1:05:50 Size: 149 Mb (with covers) AMG Rating In addition to seven selections by the Duke Ellington Orchestra, this interesting CD has a number released by Ivie Anderson's name ("The Old Plantation") and small-group dates full of Ellington stars but led by Cootie Williams, Barney Bigard, and Johnny Hodges, plus four numbers by the Gotham Stompers (which mixes together Ellington and Chick Webb sidemen). No matter who is leading the particular group, Ellington is very much under control, often using the more spontaneous combo settings as a way of trying out new tunes. Among the more memorable selections are "Blue Reverie," "Whispering Tiger" (which is really "Tiger Rag"), "Caravan," and "Azure." ~ Scott Yanow, All Music Guide |
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