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1964: Ella Fitzgerald - Ella At Juan-Les Pins |
Music » Jazz » Vocal Jazz |
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 Artist: Ella Fitzgerald Album: Ella at Juan-Les-Pins Year: 1964, release: 2002 Label: Umvd Quality: Mp3; 320 kb/s Bitrate: 320 kbps Total Size: 336 Mb AMG Rating  One of the forgotten live LPs from the career of vocal jazz's most impressive live artist, Ella at Juan-Les-Pins found Ella Fitzgerald at the Fifth Festival Mondial du Jazz Antibes, Juan-les-Pins, France, in July 1964, working with a great group: trumpeter Roy Eldridge, pianist Tommy Flanagan, bassist Bill Yancey, and drummer Gus Johnson. The group doesn't get as much space as they deserve, but with Fitzgerald a commanding presence, it's hardly ever felt. And she does give the appreciative crowd the show they're looking for; whereas most vocalists have treated songs like "Them There Eyes" and "Perdido" as features for their playful side, Fitzgerald simply rips them apart with twisting, turning wordplay, breakneck tempos the band can hardly keep up with, and scats no listener can digest the first or second time through. She wrings all the selfish joi de vivre from "The Lady Is a Tramp" (addressing herself), then, with barely a pause, moves into a carefully paced "Summertime." Two recent crossovers, Barbra Streisand's "People" and the Beatles' "Can't Buy Me Love," serve as pleasant stopgap items between the real show, and Fitzgerald reprises her legend-making rendition of "Mack the Knife" from Ella in Berlin, describing the entire sorted Brecht-to-Darin-to-Armstrong history of the song while never losing her sense of swing. Throughout, she never fails to energize or charm her audience. ~ John Bush, All Music Guide |
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1986: Mal Waldron - Update |
Hard-bop, Post-bop |
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 Artist: Mal Waldron Album: Update Label: Soul Note Year: 1986, release: 1987 Quality: MP3 320 Kbps Size: 135,39 Mb Total Time: 55:75 AMG Rating This solo set by pianist Mal Waldron serves as a perfect introduction to his unique style during the more recent part of his career. Waldron performs four standards (including "Night In Tunisia" and "I Should Care") which show off his roots, but most significant are his lengthy "Free For C.T." and "Variations On A Theme By Cecil Taylor." It is always very interesting to hear musicians who started out in straightforward hard bop stretching themselves and playing quite freely. This recording rewards repeated listenings. ~ Scott Yanow, All Music Guide |
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2002: Philip Bailey - Soul on Jazz |
Vocal Jazz, Soul-Jazz |
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 Artist: Philip Bailey Album: Soul on Jazz Label: Heads Up Records Year: 2002 Format, bitrate: mp3@320kb/s Time: 50:57 Size: 116.9MB Vocalist Philip Bailey's high-flying falsetto made Earth, Wind & Fire an immortal supergroup. On this CD, he's backed by a streamlined combo featuring saxophonist Bob Belden, keyboardists Scott Kinsey and Myron McKinley, and remixer DJ Smash. Nine of the 11 tracks are updated classic jazz, pop, and R&B/fusion-tinged tunes, from Nat "King" Cole's "Nature Boy" to Freddie Hubbard's "On the Red Clay." Thelonious Monk's "Ruby My Dear" is revived as a quiet-storm ballad, "Dear Ruby." "My Indiscretions," Bailey's take on the funky, futuristic Weather Report jam, "Indiscretions," features catchy lyrics by the singer's son, Sir Bailey. Chick Corea's "Sometime Ago" is turned into a club-friendly dance number, while Herbie Hancock's "Tell Me a Bedtime Story" is retouched with Afro-Latin tinges. The church-inspired EW&F hit, "Keep Your Head to the Sky," is rendered with hip-hop-styled rim shots. Philip Bailey's vocalisms show that Soul on Jazz does mix. ~ Eugene Holley Jr. |
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2007: Archie Shepp - Phat Jam In Milano |
Music » Jazz » Modern Jazz |
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 Artist: Archie Shepp Album: Phat Jam In Milano Label: Dawn of Freedom Year: 2007; release : 2009 Format, bitrate: MP3, CBR 320 Time: 61:00 Size: 132 Mb Rating AMG:  It had been quite some time in between releases for Archie Shepp, and this 2009 issue adds to his reputation as a musician who has always been known for mixing progressive modern jazz with spoken word. This live performance in Milano, Italy, at the Teatro Manzoni during the Festival Apertivo teams Shepp with a formidable band alongside fellow creative alto saxophonist Oliver Lake, drummer Hamid Drake, solid improvising bassist Joe Fonda, and rapper/poet Napoleon Maddox. The mutual respect between all of these artists is clear and present, as the group weaves in the outspoken music of the saxophonists with bold invention and pointed statements about current society and politics via Napoleon's wordplay. It's an engaging set of music that comes expected from the participants, but is consistently surprising in its depth and substance about recent events. If you remember Shepp's great story of "Mama Rose" from years past, "Revolution" will strike a similar chord as he talks about his grandma; slavery; a time with no instruments aside from bodies; and a trip from Philadelphia to San Francisco to Baghdad, looking for the sun amidst war. Maddox is quite the lithe linguist, speaking about "doing what you got to do" on the funky rap "Dig," and railing against the foibles of the George W. Bush administration's "illegal business controlling America" during the lengthy "Ill Biz." Lake and Shepp together push the harmonic envelope like few other sax tandems on the modal Latin jazz piece "Casket," while a third saxophonist, Cochemea Gastelum, joins in on occasion. For most listeners, a highly modified version of Led Zeppelin's "Kashmir" will seem an odd inclusion, but the band pulls it off. The original plodding drum beat of John Bonham is replaced by a much faster funky rhythm as the horns chip and bark while the frantic, manic rapping of Maddox refers to letting life pass by too fast, enjoying the natural and spiritual, and saying "I live because I was once dead." As these players have certainly expressed their share of freedom through music, so they do once again with an upbeat fervor, timely themes, and the animated Maddox raising the level of this hybrid art form to new contemporary heights. In many ways, it's a triumphant return for the unflappable and ever evolving Archie Shepp. ~Michael G. Nastos, AMG |
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1962: Eric Dolphy Quintet Featuring Herbie Hancock - Complete Recordings |
Jazz, Post-bop, Progressive Jazz, Freejazz, Avantgarde |
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 Artist: Eric Dolphy Album: Complete Recordings Featuring Herbie Hancock Label: Lone Hill Jazz Year: 1962, Release 2004 Format: mp3@320 kb/s Size: 107MB w/scans Time: 46:34 Recorded live at the "Gaslight Inn", New York City, October 7, 1962. "This rare session marks the sole recording of the collaboration between two of the most innovative composers and musicians in jazz. A valuable release of great historical importance." ~ Tom Sandleberg, Downbeat |
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