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2003: Akosh S. Unit-Vetek |
Music » Jazz » Modern Jazz » Avantgarde |
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 Artist: Akosh Szelevenyi & S. Unit Album: Vetek Label: Universal IMS Year: 2003 Format, bitrate: mp3, 256 kbps Time: 54:32 Size: 97.58 MB Great avant-garde-free jazz recording with elements of central & east european folk.
Akosh S. Unit is one of the most recognized bands on the french jazz scene. |
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2003: Otomo Yoshihide's New Jazz Quintet - Tails Out |
Music » Jazz » Modern Jazz » Avantgarde |
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 Artist: Otomo Yoshihide's New Jazz Quintet Album: Tails Out Label: DIW Year: 2003 Format, bitrate: mp3, 320 Size: 116 mb AMG Rating:  Tails Out is another stunning release from Otomo Yoshihide's New Jazz Quintet, and further integrates his love of fiery jazz and the Onkyo scene, which "puts much more importance on sound texture than on musical structure" (according to good folks at www.japanimprov.com). The album starts with a wonderful reading of Charlie Haden's "Song for Che" with great playing from the saxmen, Naruyoshi Kikuchi and Tsugami Kenta, who are almost constantly in an intense dialogue throughout the album. That segues directly into an original called "Reducing Agent" that's a burner with some fierce guitar from Yoshihide. There's a steady rhythm, but the playing is very free. "Solvent Waltz" is at once lurching and spastic yet very melodic, and those who are only familiar with Yoshihide's turntable squalls and blasts of guitar terrorism might be shocked at what an excellent guitar player he truly is. The James Blood Ulmer tune "Moons Shine" has a strong harmolodic flavor, with Yoshihide turning in a great, feedback-drenched solo. "Strawberry Fields Forever" gets a fabulous drunken brass band treatment, with Yoshihide again proving what a fine guitar player he can be, when he wants to. For the last two tracks, the quintet is expanded by Sachiko M's sine waves, and the vibraphone playing of Tamara Kumiko, and the sound shifts a bit. Mingus' "Orange Was the Color of Her Dress, Then Blue Silk" begins with nothing but sine waves before getting into the melody of this beautiful and gentle tune, which then segues into "Tails Out": more than ten minutes of lovely Onkyo-jazz bliss, and the longest cut on the album. Tails Out shares some kinship with Ground Zero's Plays Standards, but is far less berserk. The covers are fun, everything is extremely well played, and this band smokes (especially Kikuchi and Yoshihide), but the wildest inclinations of Ground Zero are reigned in here. Otomo Yoshihide is taking all the lessons he's learned from his myriad projects over the last 15 years and breathing new life into a slightly stale jazz scene. Highly recommended.~ Sean Westergaard, All Music Guide |
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2008:Ken Colyer's Jazzband - Just About As Good As It Gets! |
Music » Jazz » Traditional Jazz |
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 Artist: Ken Colyer's Jazzband Album: Just About As Good As It Gets!(The Original Jazz Recordings 1950-1956) Label: Smith & Co. Sound & Vision Year: 2008 Format, bitrate: Mp3@224 Kbps Time: 2:10:48 Size: 205 MB Probably the best Ken Colyer collections available at the time of issue.
Contains 40 superb tracks from the band from the 1950's period.
Sadly, it is quite hard to find nowadays. |
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2010:Leimgruber / Phillipp / Gerold - Hin |
Music » Jazz » Modern Jazz » Avantgarde |
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 Artist: Urs Leimgruber,Ulrich Phillipp,Nils Gerold Album: Hin Label: Creative Sources Year: 2010 Format, bitrate: Flac Time: 55:20 Size: 235 mb Radio Bremen recording from the 2009 MIBNIGHT JazzFestival in Bremen, Germany, of the trio of saxophonist Urs Leimgruber, bassis Ulrich Phillip and flautist Nils Gerold. The performance, "HIN", is a 55 minute extended improvisation taking the group in an amazing and excursive dialog of great technical and attentive discourse. Beautifully captured, this was clearly a night of inspired performance from three great European players. |
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1982:Odean Pope – Almost Like Me |
Music » Jazz » BeBop » Post-bop |
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 Artist: Odean Pope Album: Almost Like Me Label: Black Albums Year: release: 1982/1991 Format, bitrate: mp3@256kbps Time: 36 min. Size: 55mb AMG rating:  Wonderful creative debut recording, kind of rare to find!!!
special treat to my friends here with open mind.
this guy is an amazing tenor player, very energetic and his rhythm section is great with a bit of fusionish feel :-) L5 Odean Pope (b. October 24, 1938, Ninety Six, South Carolina) is an American jazz tenor saxophonist.
Pope was raised in Philadelphia, where he learned from Ray Bryant while young. Early in his career, at Philadelphia’s Uptown Theater, Pope played behind a number of noted rhythm and blues artists including James Brown, Marvin Gaye and Stevie Wonder.
He played briefly in the 1960s with Jimmy McGriff, and late in the 1960s he began working with Max Roach, including on tours of Europe in 1967-68. He was a member of Philadelphia group Catalyst in the early and mid-1970s, and assembled the Saxophone Choir, which consists of nine saxophones and a rhythm section (piano, bass and drums), in 1977. He became a regular member of Roach's quartet in 1979 and has recorded extensively with him, in addition to numerous releases as a leader.
Pope was quoted in 2001 as saying, “Every time I pick that horn up there's always something that I discover I can do differently if I really seek. If you were on planet Earth for, like, 2 billion years, I feel as though there's always something new that you can find to do. There's no end.” ~ wikipedia.org |
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1991:Sergey Kuryokhin - Some Combinations Of Fingers And Passion |
Music » Jazz » Modern Jazz » Avantgarde |
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 Artist: Sergey Kuryokhin Album: Some Combinations Of Fingers And Passion Label: LEO Year: 1991 Format: FLAC Size: 240 MB AMG Rating: This solo session of Sergey Kuryokhin, a spectacularly talented Russian pianist who died prematurely in 1996, finds the brilliant avant performer at peak performance. Classically trained, Kuryokhin absorbed a carefully honed aesthetic and an evidently encyclopedic knowledge of the jazz and classical traditions. At once symphonic and majestic, the pianist can suddenly shift to introspective, lighter moods, or clusters of repeated figures. Since his approach is derived primarily from the great Russian tradition of classical piano literature, his improvisations are sui generis. While he only rarely swings, his work nevertheless has the feel of cohesive creativity. Of the four pieces recorded here, the variation on Dave Brubeck's "Blue Rondo" is the most jazz-tinged, but even that is played so densely and powerfully that Kuryokhin makes it his own. The lengthy "A combination of passion and feelings" is a tour de force, romantic, elegant, and totally original. ~ Steve Loewy, All Music Guide |
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1991-1994: Rein de Graaff/Barry Harris/Gary Foster - Nostalgia |
Music » Jazz » Mainstream |
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 Artists: Rein de Graaff with Barry Harris, Gary Foster Album: Nostalgia Label: Timeless Records Years: 1991-1994, release:1995 Quality: mp3 @320 Time: 01:02:53 Size: 145 mb Today (friday 29, October) i went to a concert of Rein de Graaff, together with the 78 year old saxplayer Gary Foster. Afterwards i bought some cd's, ripped them and post it here... Rein de Graaff is a man of contrasts. He is one of Europe's foremost jazz musicians, but he describes himself as "a jazz fan who happens to play the piano." He turned down many offers to go on tour with American stars like Sonny Stitt and Archie Shepp because he has not much time to travel; he is a businessman on weekdays who gigs only in the weekends.
He will explain to you at length that he considers himself a jazz musician rather than a pianist: "I don't play the piano like a pianist does. I comp like a drummer and play single-note lines like a horn player." However, he has recorded some of the most fluent, swinging and beautiful piano solos I've ever heard in the Low Countries.
The most astonishing aspect of Rein's artistry is his understanding of the bebop language. He is almost entirely self-taught as a pianist and has been living most of his life in a small town in the north of the Netherlands. But when he visited New York for the first time as a young man, he felt at home right away. At a jamsession in Harlem, a big fat mamma from this black neighbourhood hugged him warmly, with tears in her eyes. "You sound like a black man!", she shouted. This was obviously the highest praise that could possibly be bestowed on Rein.
Although it may sound weird, it is perhaps his jazz fan status that makes him sound so consistently inspired and professional. He makes music because he loves to do it and for no other reason. Music is for him, to quote Zoot Sims, "serious fun". He always plays with at least a hundred per cent dedication.
On this record, you hear what Rein does: playing bebop piano. While listening to the duo-tracks with Rein's favourite pianist, bebop master Barry Harris, you will notice how much they sound alike. Their solos are characterized by clarity: each phrase is a small melody with a beginning, a middle and an end.
Rein plays the first seven choruses in Au Privave, Barry the next five. Then they alternate eight choruses, followed by 'fours' until the last theme. In the next tune, you hear
Rein play Nostalgia and Barry Casbah, two tunes based on the chords of Out of Nowhere. Barry plays two choruses, Rein the next two. Then they take half a chorus each, they alternate 'eights' for one chorus, followed by a chorus of 'fours'.
Another passion of Rein's is the musical world of Lennie Tristano, the legendary pianist, composer and guru of the cool school who died in 1978 at the age of 59. In four tracks, he plays with two alto saxophonists who know a thing or two about Tristano's concept: Gary Foster from LA (right channel) and Marco Kegel, a 22-year-old from Holland. Their collective improvisations will remind you of Warne Marsh and Lee Komtz, Tristano's great saxophone team.
As usual, the themes are complicated lines, based on standards. Tristano used to say: "That's our link to the people." Ablution is All the Things You Are, Lennie's Pennies is Pennies from Heaven (in a minor key, for a change), Dreamstepper is You Stepped out of a Dream and Subconcious-Lee is What Is this Thing Called Love. The rhythm section is once again Koos Serierse (bass) and Eric Ineke (drums). They have been working with Rein for almost twenty years.
In the first five tracks, Rein is featured soloist with the Metropole Orchestra. The arrangements, written by Dolf de Vries (Alone Together, Rob Pronk (How High the Moon, I Cover the Waterfront), Henk Meutgeert (Afternoon in Paris) and Lex Jasper (Cherokee), are just right for this combination: relaxed and inspiring. They give the rhythm section room to swing, allow the horns and strings to phrase as one man, and Rein to improvise freely at great length.
Rein sounds as if he has been working with these experienced studio musicians for a hundred years. Listen to him playing bebop piano. He is brilliant. ~ Jeroen de Valk, TheJazzLoft |
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1999: Terry Blaine: Too Hot For Words |
Music » Jazz » Vocal Jazz |
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 Artist: Terry Blaine Album: Too Hot For Words Label: Jukebox Jazz Year: 1999 Format, bitrate:MP3-320 Time:58:20 Size: 135 MB AMG Rating:  With this album of 16 "blasts from the past," Terry Blaine solidifies her position as one of the leading contemporary practitioners of the traditional/swing vocal style. The subtitle for this album is "Great Ladies of Swing," a tribute to those song birds of the past who enthralled the public and, in doing so, set the standards for singers of this musical genre who were to follow. The technique Terry Blaine and Mark Shane use in presenting this tribute is as fascinating as the tribute itself. On most of the cuts, Blaine refines a technique she used in her earlier album, Whose Honey Are You?, by over-dubbing her voice to create background singers. Here she manages to sound as if she is accompanied by the Boswell Sisters, giving each of them a separate and distinct voice. The result is some very interesting vocal combinations, which is Blaine and Shane's objective. On "Looking at You," Cole Porter's under-recorded gem, it's as if Lee Wiley has the Boswell Sisters backing her. An unlikely combination is Mae West backed by these harmonious siblings on "I'm No Angel." On "My Very Good Friend the Milkman," made famous by the inimitable Fats Waller, Shane does Waller's piano while Blaine and her "background singers" do a jivy version of this perky tune. While most of the cuts are indeed "hot," there are some slowly turned-out ballads. Alan Vache's clarinet noodles behind Blaine's poignant delivery of "You Go to My Head" before he takes a patented soft, Benny Goodman-like solo. Blaine's interpretation and style on this tune recalls Bea Wain's with the Larry Clinton Orchestra. Another slow-tempo tune, "It's Easy to Remember," showcases Russell George's arco bass. Many other singers of the past are recalled on this entertaining album, among them Mildred Bailey, Peggy Lee, Ethel Waters, and, of course Ella Fitzgerald on the kick-off song "A-Tisket A-Tasket." Blaine does not imitate the voices of these singers of the past; rather, she sings in a similar style. She has garnered an extraordinary and likeminded set of musicians to work with her on this album. The Texas tailgate trombone of Joel Helleny and Ed Polcer's cornet go a long way in recreating the swing aura of the 1920s-1940s. Mark Shane's piano, however, is the glue which holds the set together. He sets exactly the right mood and pace, promoting Blaine's delivery and phrasing. That these two are musical soulmates is apparent.
Too Hot for Words serves as a reminder of how enduring the works of the great stylists of the past (and some from the relatively recent past) are, and of the very rich vocal legacy they left behind. In the hands of talented professionals, the reminder is a very entertaining one indeed. ~ Dave Nathan, All Music Guide |
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1967: Duke Pearson - The Right Touch |
Music » Jazz » BeBop » Hard-bop |
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 Artist: Duke Pearson Album: The Right Touch Label: Blue Note Year: 1967, release: 1994 Format, bitrate: FLAC (cue, log, scans) Size: 271 MB Time: 43:00 AMG Rating:  REPOST with new links Duke Pearson rises to the challenge of writing for an all-star octet (with trumpeter Freddie Hubbard, trombonist Garnett Brown, altoist James Spaulding, Jerry Dodgion on alto and flute, Stanley Turrentine on tenor, bassist Gene Taylor, drummer Grady Tate, and the leader/pianist), contributing colorful frameworks and consistently challenging compositions. The set is full of diverse melodies (the CD reissue has a previously unissued take of "Los Malos Hombres") played by a variety of distinctive soloists; many of these songs deserve to be revived. This is one of the finest recordings of Duke Pearson's career. ~ Scott Yanow, All Music Guide |
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The Real Group - Varför får man inte bara vara som man är? |
Music » Jazz » BeBop » Vocalese |
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 Artist: The Real Group Album: Varför får man inte bara vara som man är? Year: 1994 Label: Gazzel Records Format, bitrate: mp3; 160kbps Size :57 MB Genre :acappella Again, we are behind in our Swedish lessons and must rely on our ears and hearts to enjoy this 1994 release. Do you realize that it's been ten years since the Real Group got together! It seems like only yesterday. Their horizons are continually expanding. That title track is rock 'n roll or my name isn't This Reviewer. Hey who slipped in the piano on that one track? That sounds suspiciously like Maurice Chevalier. Familiar to our ears are "Dancing Queen." The total scat and bass rendition of "The Flight Of The Foo-Birds" is extra special! "Boogie-Woogie Tango" in Swedish? Yes, right here! ~ Singers.com |
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1959: Cannonball Adderley/John Coltrane - Quintet in Chicago 2LP/1CD |
Music » Jazz » BeBop » Hard-bop |
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 Artists: Cannonball Adderley/ John Coltrane Album: Cannonball Adderley Quintet in Chicago/ Cannonball Takes Charge Label: Poll Winners Records Year: 1959, release: 2010 Quality: MP3320 kbps Size: 154 mb Total time: 71:46 Down Beat  Album Digitally remastered two-fer from the Jazz great containing two complete albums on one CD. This release contains the classic album Cannonball Adderley Quintet In Chicago in its entirety. The LP showcases Cannonball and John Coltrane sharing the frontline at a time when both saxophonists were members of the Miles Davis Sextet. As a bonus, Cannonball's next album Cannonball Takes Charge, presenting nearly the same personnel minus Coltrane. ~ Poll Winners. 2010. |
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2009: Ben Goldberg - Go Home |
Music » Jazz » Modern Jazz |
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 Artist: Ben Goldberg Album: Go Home Label: Bag Productions Records Year: 2009 Format, bitrate: mp3, 320 Time: 72:19 Size: 158 mb AMG Rating: "Eclectic and loose, but with grooves that will make believers out of even the most improv-averse, Go Home is the perfect combination of music for the head, the heart...and the feet." - John Kelman, All About Jazz Ben Goldberg emerges larger than life as a premier progressive jazz clarinetist, wise beyond his years, and savvy in making original music with a sensual nature. Alongside brass player Ron Miles and guitarist Charlie Hunter, Goldberg has a band that can slink around melodies and suggest more than they are playing from a deep, emotional level. Scott Amendola's sparse, loose, and implicative drumming adds further to their concept, with the music showing ethnic underpinnings not far removed from Goldberg's work with Tin Hat. Recorded in the studio, the tuneful "TGO" infuses tango with New Orleans flavors, with "Heads & Tails" and "Inevitable" upping the mystery quotient exponentially. Included are four live tracks at the Throckmorton Theatre in Mill Valley, CA, with Hunter's resonant and pronounced guitar taking the up bulk of space during "Root & Branch," while a more bluesy stance from the seven-string electric guitarist comes out in processed sounds for "Isosceles," less so on the deliberate, light funk of "Papermaker." Miles continues to develop unique voicings on the cornet or G-trumpet, while Goldberg's facile, lithe, attractive clarinet never wavers from track to track as one of the more substantive representatives in new jazz-influenced music, and they sound incredible together every step of the way. Go Home is a recording to be sought and savored, a memorable musical experience for both creative music listeners and the modern mainstream alike.~ Michael G. Nastos, All Music Guide |
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2005: Maria Schneider Jazz Orchestra - Days of Wine and Roses (Live at the Jazz Standard) |
Music » Jazz » Mainstream |
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 Artist: Maria Schneider Jazz Orchestra Album: Days of Wine and Roses (Live at the Jazz Standard 2000) Label: ArtistShare Year: 2000, release:2005 Format,Bit Rate: Mp3 320 Kbps Time: 64:23 Size: 113 Mb AMG rating: Repost with a new link from mr. Gibson L5 Maria Schneider won the Grammy award in 2004 for her Concert in the Garden recording and has chosen to follow that accomplishment with the reissue of her long-awaited, hard-to-find recording released in 2001 titled Days of Wine and Roses. The CD was recording "live" at the Jazz Standard in New York City in 2000, and was originally packaged with a bottle of Riesling wine which bore Schneider's name. This CD-only reissue boasts the raw essence of the orchestra's "live" performance and is comprised of original compositions and five jazz standards including Henry Mancini's"Days of Wine and Roses." The song features great solos by Tim Ries on soprano sax and Rich Perry on tenor sax. "Somewhere Over the Rainbow" is a great vehicle for altoist Charles Pillow, while "That Old Black Magic" leaves you spellbound as a result of Rick Margitza's enchanting tenor saxophone solo. All of Schneider's arrangements are brilliant and provide excellent blowing vehicles for every section of the orchestra. Most notable are the excellent brass and reed solos on "Bird Count," a song named in honor of Charlie Parker and Count Basie. The set swings, sways, and seduces. Highly recommended ~ Paula Edelstein, All Music Guide |
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1981: Count Basie - Kansas City 6 |
Swing, Basie Count |
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 Artist: Count Basie Album: Kansas City 6 Label: OJC (20bit Remastered) Year: 1981 Quality: MP3@320 Kbps Size: 88 MB (+ covers) Total time: 38:22 REPOST with a new link from Mr.Gibson L5 This is one of many small-group jam sessions organized by Norman Granz to feature pianist Count Basie. This time around the proceedings (utilizing a sextet) have plenty of solo space for trumpeter Willie Cook, altoist Eddie "Cleanhead" Vinson (who also takes a vocal) and guitairist Joe Pass. As usual, when Basie had his way, the emphasis is on the blues and the music always swings. ~ Scott Yanow, All Music Guide |
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1949: Cole Porter - Kiss Me, Kate (1949 Broadway Cast Recording) |
Music » Classical music » Pop classics |
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 Artists: VA Album: Kiss Me, Kate Label: Columbia Year: 1949 Genre: Musical, Soundtrack Format, bitrate: MP3, 160 kbps (LP-rip) Time: 43:34 Size: 50.49 mb AMG Rating: British budget reissue label Prism Leisure takes advantage of European copyright law, which releases recordings more than 50 years old into the public domain, to put out its own version of the original Broadway cast album of Kiss Me, Kate, originally issued on Columbia Records in early 1949 and still claimed by Sony for the U.S. (Notwithstanding this legality, the Prism Leisure set was easily available from American mail-order companies upon release, listing for only about $8.00) Sonically and in terms of annotations, this album is no competition to the still-in-print Columbia version; the sound is not bad, but clearly does not come from original sources, and Tony Watts' brief liner notes are rudimentary. What may interest musical theater buffs, however, are the bonus tracks, eight songs from the show recorded by members of the original London cast in 1951. Julie Wilson and Patricia Morison reprise their performances in the Broadway show, and Bill Johnson makes a good, if not equal substitute for Broadway's Alfred Drake. Since these recordings previously only turned up on British 78s, then collected on the long-out-of-print U.K. LP Cole Porter in London (World Records SHB-26), they are a welcome addition, especially at the budget price, and American Porter fans may want to snap up this album just for them. Otherwise, the Columbia disc is far superior, as it should be with its much higher price. ~ William Ruhlmann, All Music Guide |
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1974: Dusko Gojkovic - Slavic Mood |
Music » Jazz » BeBop » Hard-bop |
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 Artist: Dusko Goykovic Album: Slavic Mood Label: Sony/BMG Year: 1974, release: 2006 Quality: MP3 CBR 192 Size: 62 MB REPOST with a new link from Mr. pora51 An excellent bop-based soloist who has recorded rewarding sets for Enja, Dusko Goykovich played in Yugoslavia and Germany before visiting the U.S. for the first time with Marshall Brown's International Youth Band (playing at the 1958 Newport Jazz Festival). Goykovich attended Berklee (1961-1963) and played with the orchestras of Maynard Ferguson (1963-1964) and Woody Herman (1964-1966) before deciding to return to Germany, leading a group with Sal Nistico (1966). He was with the Kenny Clarke-Francy Boland Big Band (1968-73) and had a 12-piece band with Slide Hampton (1974-1975). Miles Davis is his main influence, but Dusko Goykovich (who has been quite active during the '80s and '90s in Europe) has his own extroverted style. ~ Scott Yanow, Rovi |
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1945-1946: Vido Musso & Stan Getz & Kai Winding - Loaded |
Music » Jazz » Swing |
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 Artist: Vido Musso & Stan Getz & Kai Winding Album: Loaded Label: Savoy Jazz Year: 1945-1946 Format, bitrate: mp3, 320 Kb/s Time: 36:14 Size: 84,4 MB AMG rating:  ~ Scott Yanow, AMG |
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1975: Jim Hall - Live! |
Cool, Post-bop |
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 Artist: Jim Hall Album: Live! Label: Verve Year: 1975 Format: MP3 320 kbps Size: 95 MB Time: 41:10 AMG rating:  A work of understated brilliance from guitarist Jim Hall – and one of our favorite records by him! The setting is simple – Hall plays live with a trio, on a set of familiar standards – but the results are remarkable, as both Hall and the rhythm section manage to bring a hell of a lot of swing and imagination into such a tiny space! Hall's always had a rhythmic approach to his work, but here, playing with drummer Terry Clarke and bassist Don Thompson, he really opens into a great groove – stretching things past his usual standard, and bringing a lot more soul into the set than you might expect. The tunes are ones you'll recognize – "Angel Eyes", "Round Midnight", and "The Way You Look Tonight" – but the real charm is what Hall and the trio do with them! © 1996-2010, Dusty Groove America, Inc. |
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2007:Portico Quartet - Knee-Deep In The North Sea |
Music » Jazz » Fusion » Contemporary Jazz |
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 Artist: Portico Quartet Album: Knee-Deep In The North Sea Label: The Vortex Year: 2007 Format: FLAC Size: 256 MB
Portico's USP is the inclusion of two hangs in the line-up. Two whats? Invented in the late 1990s by a pair of Swiss-based world music enthusiasts, the hang is a tuned percussion instrument which is a cross between gongs, gamelan and various other drums and bells. It can play up to nine notes tuned around a central deep tone. It looks like an elaborate Chinese cooking implement and sounds like a refined Trinidadian steel drum.
The musicians are young—aged between 20 and 22—and not long out of college, and Portico was originally conceived as a busking group. Their regular pitch was inside London's National Theatre and South Bank Arts Centre complex, a good place to win influential friends if you've got something unusual to offer.
The music, all of it original, is a cross between jazz and modern classical. It's mellifluous, exuberant and jaunty, full of catchy tunes and strong hooks. It's mostly through-written, with relatively little space given to solos (most of these by saxophonist Jack Wyllie), but it swings and has an informal, otherwise indefinable, jazz attitude.
The overall effect is light and feel-good, but it isn't bland. Wyllie from time-to-time essays convincingly, if briefly, into Albert Ayler-esque harmonics and multiphonics; there's a wide dynamic range (most of the tunes are mini-suites, each containing vividly contrasting sections); and the rhythms are sharp. And the hang is tuneful and fun.
The closest comparison, though it isn't an exact one, is perhaps with the late Penguin Cafe Orchestra. The crucial difference is that multi-instrumentalist Simon Jeffes wrote for a wider range of instruments than Portico's saxophone, bass, drums and hangs. Whether Portico would be able to sustain interest over a second album without broadening their line-up is a moot point. Meanwhile, there's plenty to enjoy in Knee Deep In The North Sea. ~ Chris May allaboutjazz.com |
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1982: Art Pepper & George Cables - Tete A Tete |
Cool, West Coast Jazz |
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 Artists: Art Pepper & George Cables Album: Tete A Tete Label: Galaxy/OJC Year: 1982, release: 1995 Quality: mp3 @320 Size: 80.1 mb Total time: 39:46 AMG rating Altoist Art Pepper's final recordings resulted in two albums' worth of duets with pianist George Cables; the music was reissued in expanded form on Pepper's 16-CD Galaxy box set. Highlights of these relaxed but passionate encounters include "Over the Rainbow," "Body and Soul," "The Way You Look Tonight," and "You Go to My Head." Pepper never did decline on record, and although he died in June 1982 (just a month after the last of these duets), he is prime form throughout the emotional performances. ~ Scott Yanow, All Music Guide |
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