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2010: Lou Donaldson Quartet - Forgotten Man |
Music » Jazz » BeBop » Hard-bop |
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 Artist: Lou Donaldson Quartet Album: Forgotten Man Label: Timeless Jazz Legacy /Challenge Records Year: 1981 Release: 2010 Format, bitrate: mp3, 320kb/s Size: 88 MB On "Forgotten Man" alto saxophonist Lou Donaldson improvises, as he does during his concerts, to four sorts of themes: own compositions as the 32-measures counting "Tracy", jazz-standards like the samba "This is Happiness", "low down blues" such as "Wiskey Drinkin' Woman" and at last Charlie Parker-vehicles like "Confirmation", "Melancholy Baby", "Don't Blame Me" and "Exactly Like You". He expresses himself on this record in a typical post-Parkerian style. Striking is his choice of the material to be improvised in the form of attractive and charming "songs" with a melodic line. In his ballads he evokes something of the purity of a Johnny Hodges. As a creative artist he joins an innate liking for the melody to a special sense for the re-creation of the themes into own flesh and blood. In this way he carries on "Bird" Parker's message with almost the same instrumental virtuosity. His sonority stands for a True revelation. His tone possesses this special vibration which made Parker so touching during his golden ages. It leaves a sophisticated, delicate and muffled impression. Moreover, Donaldson is served by a natural and faultless timing. His swing of performance links up with the mainstream jazz and the postbop. Technically he experiences not one difficulty to cast the ideas that are flowing through his mind into a suitable form Since he does not reflect Parker's torture in any way, he appears more classicistical to us. His chorusses seem to be carried by a profound lyricism, the basis of all good music. On top of this he affirms on this album his personal and wordly approach of the blues, which gains in relief thanks to his vocal contribution and his ironical undertone. In this field, we consider him even as one of the greatest saxophonists of the contemporary jazzscene. Indeed, these interpretations show that Lou is no longer a "forgotten man", but has recovered his own strong identily. Together with the prominent Phil Woods and the enthusiastic Richie Cole, he probably cinstitutes the presentday top of altosaxes in the postbop-idiom.~ Juul Anthonissen, Challenge Records International |
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2010: Jef Neve Trio - Imaginary Road |
Music » Jazz » Modern Jazz |
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 Artist: Jef Neve Trio Album: Imaginary Road Label: Emarcy Year: 2010 Format, bitrate: mp3, 320kb/s / Flac Time: 58 min. Size: 122 MB / 304 mb with all covers, autographs, self taken concertpictures Repost with Flac links from peer57 Young pianist/composer Jef Neve has become a prominent figure in his homeland Belgium and his reputation is rapidly spreading to the rest of the world.
The new album of the Jef Neve Trio «Imaginary Road » has been released in September 2010 on Universal Music and international releases the following months. Together with his long time companion Teun Verbruggen on drums, and a new fabulous bassplayer, Ruben Samama, from Dutch origin but currently living in New York. ~ www.jefneve.be |
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2010: Sonny Criss - Mr. Blues Pour Flirter (Jazz in Paris Collector's Edition with bonus tracks) |
Music » Jazz » BeBop » Hard-bop |
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 Artist: Sonny Criss Album: Mr. Blues Pour Flirter (Jazz in Paris Collector's Edition with bonus tracks) Label: Universal Music France Year: 1962 - 1963 Release: 2010 Format, bitrate: mp3, 320kb/s Size: 128 MB AMG rating:  Some of the rarest work ever by Sonny Criss – and a key link between his LA bop sides of the mid 50s, and his Prestige comeback sides of the late 60s! The CD features tracks from a rare album that Criss cut in Paris during the early 60s, while he was living in the city and working with the cream of its jazz players. This all-star set has Criss blowing some wonderfully soulful alto in a combo that includes Georges Arvanitas on organ and piano, Rene Thomas on guitar, Pierre Michelot on bass, and Philippe Combelle on drums. The original album is one of the rarest sides we've ever found ourselves looking for over the years – and it's wonderful to have the material back out again with such great fidelity! It's wonderful to hear Criss blowing with an organ/guitar group – but even the piano tracks are pretty darn great. Titles include "Early & Later (parts 1 & 2)", "St Louis Blues", "Once In a While", "Green Dolphin Street", and "Day Dream". CD then also features 5 more bonus tracks from Blues Pour Flirter No 2 – with Henri Renaud on piano – titles that include "Mighty Low", "Don't Blame Me", "Black Coffee", and "We'll Be Together Again". ~ © 1996-2012, Dusty Groove America, Inc. |
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2011: Charlie Rouse & Julius Watkins - The Complete Jazz Modes Sessions |
Music » Jazz » BeBop » Hard-bop |
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 Artist: Charlie Rouse & Julius Watkins Album: The Complete Jazz Modes Sessions (8 Lps On 3 Cds) Label: Solar Records Year: 1956 - 1959 Release: 2011 Format, bitrate: mp3, 320kb/s Total Time : 230 min Size: 168, 164, 164 MB The complete recordings by The Jazz Modes, an experimental small jazz formation fronted by Charlie Rouse on tenor sax and Julius Watkins on French horn, plus Gildo Mahones on piano.
With slight personnel variations, this group recorded a total of five albums, most of which are now very hard to find. All of these LPs are included here in their entirety and in chronological order.
A member of big bands, among them those of Billy Eckstine, Dizzy Gillespie, and Duke Ellington, Charlie Rouse is best remembered for his more than ten years as a member of the Thelonious Monk Quartet. One of the first and probably the best jazz French horn player, Julius Watkins recorded with numerous jazz greats, including John Coltrane, Freddie Hubbard, Charles Mingus, Miles Davis and Gil Evans, Phil Woods, Clark Terry, Quincy Jones, Johnny Griffin, Randy Weston, and the Jazz Composer's Orchestra.
As a bonus, we have included three further complete albums, all of which were originally issued as 10” LPs. Oscar Pettiford’s Oscar Rides Again is the only other existing album, outside of the Jazz Modes body of work, to feature both Rouse and Watkins in the front line. The two volumes by the Julius Watkins Sextet, on the other hand, present Watkins in the company of other celebrated tenor saxophonists: Frank Foster and Hank Mobley.
Albums included : ‘Jazzville '56, Vol.1’; ‘Les Jazz Modes’ (1956): and ‘Mood in Scarlet’ (1956) - all originally on Dawn; ‘The Most Happy Fella’ (1957) and ‘The Jazz Modes’ (1959) - both originally on Atlantic; ‘Oscar Rides Again’ (1954) - originally on Bethlehem; ‘New Faces, New Sounds’ (1954), and ‘Julius Watkins Sextet Volume Two’ (1955) - both originally on Blue Note.~ Solar Records |
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2011: Courtney Pine - Europa |
Music » Jazz » Modern Jazz |
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 Artist: Courtney Pine Album: Europa Label: Destin-E Records Year: 2011 Format, bitrate: mp3, 320kb/s Size: 157 MB Saxophonist Courtney Pine has been making award-winning music for over 24 years and with his latest album ‘Europa’ he ventures further into the Roots of European music. This new work is the first recording to feature him playing the bass clarinet exclusively.
The album uses the medium of jazz to ask questions such as how, why and who created the continent that we call Europe, constructing a musical collage that takes you on a journey from Scandinavia across the region, touching bases with the British Isles, France, Spain, Italy and Russia, down to the Mediterranean Sea and more, to produce an inspirational and unique sound reflecting the continent's evolution. This new studio recording incorporates influences as far ranging as Gregorian chant, Scandinavian, Celtic, Spanish, Hungarian, Mediterranean melodies and rhythms and more, that show the scope, width and growth of the continent.
The recording features a powerful multi-cultural cast that reflect their own European stories. Internationally renowned bassist Alec Dankworth, drummer Mark Mondesir and pianist Zoe Rahman are joined by special guests clarinetist Shabaka Hutchings, mandolinist Cameron Pierre, electric violinist Omar Puente and drummer Robert Fordjour, amongst others.~ Liner Notes |
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2009: The Best of Johnny Griffin |
Music » Jazz » BeBop » Hard-bop |
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 Artist: Johnny Griffin Album: The Best of Johnny Griffin Label: Riverside Records Year: 1958 - 1978 Release: 2009 Format, bitrate: mp3, 320kb/s Size: 138 MB Nick Phillips compiled this chronologically arranged nine-track overview of the career of "The Little Giant," Johnny Griffin, as a leader and as a sideman for the Riverside, Jazzland, Prestige, and Galaxy catalogs. The recording dates mainly range from 1958-1962, though the final track, a lovely version of "Autumn Leaves," comes from a 1978 session. There is only one original on the set, the wonderful "63rd Street Theme" from the album The Little Giant, in 1959. Other albums represented here are Way Out!, The Little Giant, Johnny Griffin Sextet, Tough Tenors, and The Tenor Scene with Eddie "Lockjaw" Davis, Thelonious Monk's Thelonious in Action, the great Big Soul Band session from 1960, Wes Montgomery's Full House, and Return of the Griffin from 1978. The highlights of the set include the big band's version of "Wade in the Water," the blazing version of "Cherokee," and the reading of Lester Young's "Tickle Toe." Other highlights -- though non-musical ones -- are the insightful and engaging -- as well as authoritative -- liner notes by author and critic Ashley Khan. ~ Thom Jurek, All Music Guide |
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2010: Coleman Hawkins and His Confreres + The High and Mighty Hawk (2 Lps On 1 Cd) |
Music » Jazz » Mainstream |
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 Artist: Coleman Hawkins Album: Coleman Hawkins and His Confreres / The High and Mighty Hawk (2 Lps On 1 Cd) Label: Fresh Sound Records Year: 1958 Release: 2010 Format, bitrate: mp3, 320kb/s Time: 76 min Size: 163 MB To define the particular sounds you will find here, some people coined the term mainstream—yet some simply call it jazz. The performers on these sessions need only imply to convey what they mean. Everyone involved seems to have known it.
Coleman Hawkins blows with eloquence, guts, self-confidence, and stomping emotionalism. Roy Eldridge is, as usual, excitable and bubbling over with the kind of exuberance that only trumpeters can manage as they manipulate lip and valve. Buck Clayton’s imagination gives a distinct shape to each one of his solos; he executes them with taste and sense of relevance. Hank Jones is flexible and fluent, ever the complete musician, and a nearly perfect complement here to the lyricism and rhythmic strength of Hawk and the two trumpeters.
The rhythm section blends together in fine rapport. This is a healthy example of uncluttered, uncomplexed, and unneurotic jazz blowing by as worthy a company of musicians as could be desired.
Note: You will notice that the "Confreres" original cover features two photographs, one of the Oscar Peterson Trio, and one of Ben Webster, the reason being the following: this album included the tune 'Maria' in addition to tracks #1-4 on this CD. 'Maria' was, in fact, a leftover recording from the October 16, 1957 session featuring Hawkins and Webster known as "Encounters," and thus it has not been included in our release.~ Fresh Sound Records |
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2011: Tiny Grimes - Blues Groove 1958-1959 (3 Lps On 2 Cds) |
Music » Jazz » Mainstream |
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 Artist: Tiny Grimes Album: Blues Groove 1958-1959 (3 Lps On 2 Cds) Label: Fresh Sound Records Year: 1958-1959 Release: 2011 Format, bitrate: mp3, 320kb/s Time: 145 min Size: 163 & 144 MB Legendary guitarist Tiny Grimes made his big comeback to the jazz/blues recording field in 1958 with these three albums he made for the Prestige/Swingville series. Jazzwise, he had stayed away from the studios for a long time, playing rock ‘n’ roll in Midwestern nightclubs.
In these fine sessions, the beat and blues-drenched, dirty sound of Tiny’s guitar is escorted by a group of outstanding jazzmen including pianist Ray Bryant, tenors Coleman Hawkins and Eddie “Lockjaw” Davis, reedman Jerome Richardson, trombonist J.C. Higginbotham, bassist Wendell Marshall, and drummer Osie Johnson. Where most—if not all—guitarists were using six-string models, Tiny continued to use a four-string box. “There’s nothing I can’t do with the four except maybe in playing rhythm. A lot of the cats today are only using four of their six strings anyway.”
This is blues guitar with a fine, rousing sound and the kind of beat that colored the early rock ‘n’ roll bands, assembled, for the first time ever on CD, as the complete 1958-1959 Tiny Grimes sessions. Enjoy.~ Fresh Sound Records |
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2011: Phil Woods and Bill Mays - Woods & Mays |
Music » Jazz » Mainstream |
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 Artist: Phil Woods and Bill Mays Album: Woods & Mays Label: Palmetto Records Year: 2011 Format, bitrate: mp3, 320kb/s Time: 56 min Size: 121 MB AMG Rating:  Long one of the dominate alto saxophonists in jazz, Phil Woods meets his regular pianist Bill Mays for this intimate duo session recorded in September 2010. Both musicians have a vast repertoire and a gift for inventive improvising. They explore several songs by top-notch songwriters, including a loping, lyrical treatment of Jimmy Van Heusen's "All This and Heaven Too," a breezy, playful setting of Irving Berlin's "The Thing for You Would Be Me," and an overlooked Richard Rodgers gem, "Do I Love You?," which was featured in a Cinderella television special in the late '50s, featuring a bubbly Woods solo that is well complemented by Mays' elegant piano. Woods unveils two new originals for musicians who had passed away prior to the record date: "Blues for Lopes," a spunky bop vehicle that honors Joe Lopes, an old friend and mentor, along with "Hank Jones," a gorgeous ballad that salutes the brilliant pianist whose career spanned seven decades. This enjoyable duo date adds another important chapter to the already vast discography of Phil Woods.~ Ken Dryden, All Music Guide |
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2011: James Carter - Caribbean Rhapsody - Concerto for Saxophones and Orchestra |
Music » Jazz » Modern Jazz |
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 Artist: James Carter Album: Caribbean Rhapsody - Concerto for Saxophones and Orchestra Label: Emarcy Year: 2011 Format, bitrate: mp3, 320kb/s Time: 45 min Size: 95 MB AMG rating: Somewhat of a departure from the post-bop jazz he is known for, saxophonist James Carter's 2011 release Caribbean Rhapsody features several orchestral collaborations with classical composer Roberto Sierra. Featuring the newly minted title piece, the album also includes the composition "Concerto for Saxophone and Orchestra," which originally premiered in Detroit in 2002. Produced by Michael Cuscuna, the album also includes a guest appearance by Carter's cousin Regina Carter on violin as well as cellist Akua Davis, whose string quintet is featured on "Caribbean Rhapsody." As the centerpiece of the album, "Caribbean Rhapsody" is conceptualized around Sierra's life growing up in Puerto Rico and the various styles of music he encountered, from bolero to Latin jazz and salsa. Elsewhere, Carter leads the ensemble through the frenetic, angular, and somewhat noir-ish leadoff track, "Ritmico"; gets several ruminative and lyrical saxophone interludes; and then dives headlong through the cinematic boogie-woogie-inflected piece "Playful -- Fast (With Swing)." A bold, adventurous performer with a titanic facility on the saxophone, Carter is perfectly suited for performing with large ensembles, and the orchestrations here are gorgeously rendered landscapes for Carter to play against. In fact, composer Sierra purposely left certain cadenzas and other areas of the scores on Caribbean Rhapsody open for Carter to improvise, and the results are nothing short of thrilling.~ Matt Collar, All Music Guide |
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1960: Earl Hines Quartet - Earl's Pearls |
Classic Jazz, Stride |
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 Artist: Earl Hines Quartet Album: Earl's Pearls Label: American Jazz Classics Year: 1960 Release: 2011 Format, bitrate: mp3, 320kb/s Time: 62 min Size: 134 MB AMG rating: For The First Time On CD Earl "Fatha" Hines is in typically great form on this 1960 release with guitarist Calvin Newborn (brother of pianist Phineas Newborn, Jr.), bassist Carl Pruitt, and drummer William English. The music is very familiar to most of the pianist's fans, although the inclusion of a guitarist on "Saint Louis Blues Boogie Woogie" (better known under the more familiar title "Boogie Woogie on the St. Louis Blues") and its relative brevity (instead of the typically three-plus minute right-hand tremolo that Hines often favored in later years) make it sound rather fresh compared to the pianist's many other recordings of it. Hines' treatment of "Tea for Two" begins as a lively waltz until it breaks loose into daredevil swing. His friendly vocal is a highlight of "I Can't Believe That You're in Love With Me." He also includes a rousing take of one of his best-known compositions, "Rosetta," as well as singing his easygoing "You Can Depend on Me." This long unavailable LP will be fairly difficult to find. ~ Ken Dryden, All Music Guide |
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2011: Coleman Hawkins / Zoot Sims / Phil Woods - Saxes Inc. / Trombone Scene |
Music » Jazz » Mainstream |
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 Artist: Coleman Hawkins / Zoot Sims / Phil Woods Album: Saxes Inc. / Trombone Scene (2 LPs on 1 CD) Label: Phoenix Jazz Year: 1956-1959 Release: 2011 Format, bitrate: mp3, 320kb/s Time: 70 min Size: 155 MB AMG rating: Two different albums are reissued in full on this CD, both of which manage to be historical curiosities and quite musical. The first 11 selections were originally issued as with the same title of Saxes Inc., featuring Bob Prince's arrangements for ten to thirteen saxophonists and a rhythm section. Most notable among the soloists are Coleman Hawkins (who is featured on two numbers), Phil Woods, Herb Geller, Al Cohn and Zoot Sims, although all of the saxophonists have opportunities to be heard in brief statements. It does seem unfortunate that all of the selections clock in at under five minutes and all but two are briefer than four. The second half of this CD was originally titled Trombone Scene and it is slightly less ambitious, featuring just five trombonists with a rhythm section. There is a bit more time for individual personalities to emerge with Jimmy Cleveland (who is just on three numbers), Urbie Green, Eddie Bert and Jimmy Knepper being the biggest names. On both projects, the music is boppish, very much in the modern mainstream of the mid-'50s, and worth hearing. ~ Scott Yanow, All Music Guide |
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2011: Quatuor Ebene - Fiction |
Music » Jazz |
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 Artist: Quatuor Ebene Album: Fiction Label: Virgin Year: 2011 Format, bitrate: mp3, 320kb/s Time: 79 min Size: 169 MB Described by the New York Times as “a string quartet that can easily morph into a jazz band” the Ebène Quartet -- Ensemble of the Year at the Midem Awards 2010 – presents a programme of 16 pop and jazz tracks, with guest appearances from a quartet of female stars: soprano Natalie Dessay, jazz singer Stacey Kent, film icon Fanny Ardant and Spanish pop star Luz Casal.
“In everything we have been willing to do musically –- during all that time spent practising Haydn, Beethoven or Bartók –- there has always been a concealed dream of improvising and creating a new approach to playing string quartet,” confess the members of the multi-award-winning Ebène Quartet. This album brings that dream out into the open.
The Ebène’s first Virgin Classics CD, quartets by Debussy, Ravel and Fauré, was Gramophone's 2009 Record of the Year, also winning Germany’s Echo Klassik Award 2009, Belgium’s Prix Caecilia 2009 and a French Victoire de la Musique 2010, but this new collection, Fiction, sees them setting their special stamp on numbers from the pop and jazz repertoire. ... |
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2011: Lee Konitz - Very Cool / Tranquillity (2 Lps On 1 Cd) |
Music » Jazz » BeBop » Cool |
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 Artist: Lee Konitz Album: Very Cool / Tranquillity (2 Lps On 1 Cd) Label: Phoenix Jazz Year: 1957 Release: 2011 Format, bitrate: mp3, 320kb/s Time: 76 min Size: 159 MB AMG rating: Lee Konitz was, by 1957, firmly established as an individualist capable of forging his path away from the alleged West Coast Cool School. So the reissued titles included on this single CD -- Very Cool and Tranquility -- could be deceiving. Flying away from peers Paul Desmond and Art Pepper, Konitz on his trusty alto sax braved the waters of third stream and early creative improvising, which would hold him in good stead for the remainder of his career. Those inferences are clearly imbued on this reissue. The two bands heard here are quite distinct, as the witty and mostly wonderful Very Cool sessions feature underappreciated trumpeter Don Ferrara in a quintet with Konitz, doing standards, the Konitz composition "Kary's Trance," and two of Ferrara's tunes. On the Tranquility sides, the trumpet and piano leave, replaced by guitarist Billy Bauer, another unsung jazz giant. Heavyweights Henry Grimes on bass and drummer Dave Bailey prove one of the best units Konitz ever fronted. They do more standards, a single original by Bauer or Konitz, and one from their collective mentor, Lennie Tristano. This CD is a marvelous time capsule revealing much about Konitz, this pivot point time period, and the late-50s state of modern, progressive mainstream hard to post-bop jazz.~ Michael G. Nastos, All Music Guide |
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2011: Dustin O'Halloran - Lumiere |
Music » Classical music |
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 Artist: Dustin O'Halloran Album: Lumiere Label: Fat Cat Records Year: 2011 Format, bitrate: mp3, 320kb/s Time: 43 min Size: 91 MB AMG rating:  Starting with the quiet chimes and swirls of synth texture and drone of "A Great Divide," Dustin O'Halloran on Lumiere creates a world of contemplative, post-classical elegance. In a time when musicians from These New Puritans to Peter Broderick and Sylvain Chauveau thrive, little wonder that O'Halloran has found his own context. O'Halloran's piano-only pieces have all the direct beauty one could want, with such compositions as "Opus 44" embracing the solitary approach with gentle passion. The selections with further arrangements, as with the opening song, show O'Halloran's work in a more distinct light, bringing out a ghostly, melancholic glow. "Opus 43," seemingly straightforward in its piano/quartet arrangement, emphasizes careful use of space while also permitting a little rush of playful energy at one point. "We Move Lightly," with its simple but effective solitary violin in the second half of the song, further contrasts with the full string section performance of "Quartet N. 2," eschewing the then constant piano work on the album entirely. Perhaps "Fragile N. 4," its appropriate name denoting the soft blend of piano, strings, and what could almost be a music box melody at one point, is the album's high point, a quietly sweeping number that feels like it could end one of the sweetest movies ever made. ~ Ned Raggett, All Music Guide |
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2011: Sonny Stitt Quartet - The Sonny Side Of Stitt Feat. Jimmy Jones |
Music » Jazz » BeBop » Hard-bop |
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 Artist: Sonny Stitt Quartet Album: The Sonny Side Of Stitt Feat. Jimmy Jones (4 Lps On 2 Cds) Label: Fresh Sound Records Year: 1959-1960 Release: 2011 Format, bitrate: mp3, 320kb/s Time: 144 min Size: 163 & 163 MB Sonny Stitt arrived on the New York City scene as an unmistakably Parker-inspired alto man. For over ten years, though, he earned a second identification as a driving and well-equipped tenor soloist who had other influences in his make-up, most notably Lester Young. And from the late Fifties until the early Sixties, while recording several quartet albums, Stitt was blowing as much alto and tenor as ever.
He would wander into a recording studio with a pickup rhythm section and just play, as he did on these four consecutive albums with pianist Jimmy Jones. Because he was a through-going professional, a nimble improviser, and because he played with amazing consistency, they convey the fine feeling of easy rapport between Stitt and his rhythm section.
He sails through a handful of standards and a few blues tunes with polished, swinging authority and an unparalleled, incendiary, gutsy drive. He had a simple credo. “Don’t play too fast, and don’t play too long. Play three choruses—if you can’t make it in three, man, you can’t make it at all.”
His credo is stamped all over these magnificent sessions.~ Fresh Sound Records |
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2011: Coleman Hawkins & Eddie "Lockjaw" Davis - Night Hawk + Very Saxy |
Music » Jazz » Mainstream |
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 Artist: Coleman Hawkins & Eddie "Lockjaw" Davis Album: Night Hawk + Very Saxy (2 LPs on 1 CD) Label: Essential Jazz Classics Year: 1959-1960 Release: 2011 Format, bitrate: mp3, 320kb/s Time: 79 min Size: 170 MB This release presents two outstanding studio albums made by Coleman Hawkins in 1959-60 in their entirety. Both Night Hawk (Prestige/Swingville 2016) and Very Saxy (Prestige 7167) pair Hawk with fellow tenor saxophonist Eddie ”Lockjaw” Davis. Apart from these two albums, Hawkins and Davis would never record together again.
Night Hawk is a quintet album, showcasing both saxophonists with the support of a strong rhythm section. Very Saxy brings four great tenor saxophonists together.~ Essential Jazz Classics |
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2011: Ruby Braff - The Complete Bethlehem Recordings |
Music » Jazz » Mainstream |
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 Artist: Ruby Braff Album: The Complete Bethlehem Recordings(Limited Edition/Collector's Item)(5 Lps on 2 CD) Label: Solar Records Year: 1954 - 1955 Release: 12/09/2011 Format, bitrate: mp3, 320kb/s Time: 146 min Size: 151 & 154 MB to my friend mr. lex! Digitally remastered two CD set containing all of Ruby Braff's recordings for the Bethlehem label for the first time ever on a single set. While the original EP and LP editions had incomplete sessions or combined tunes from different dates, the music is presented here with the complete sessions in chronological order. A version of 'You Can Depend on Me' and an entire quintet session fronted by Braff and Bud Freeman appear here for the first time ever on CD. The album 'The Ruby Braff Special' Vanguard VRS8504, from the same period, has been added as a bonus in its entirety. Includes 16 page booklet with complete liner notes, rare photos and memorabilia. ~ Solar Records |
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2005: Sheila Jordan + Cameron Brown - Celebration: Live at the Triad |
Music » Jazz » Vocal Jazz |
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 Artist: Sheila Jordan + Cameron Brown Album: Celebration: Live at the Triad Label: High Note Year: 2005 Format, bitrate: mp3, 320kb/s Size: 153 MB Jordan celebrated her 76th birthday last November by recording a performance at New York's upper West Side club, The Triad. Accompanied solely by Cameron Brown's solid bass lines, Jordan successfully swoops and flits around the melodies of a diverse collection of material, starting off with Oscar Brown Jr.'s "Humdrum Blues and an up-tempo version of Ellington's "Mood Indigo . In addition to Abbey Lincoln and Mal Waldron's "Straight Ahead , rendered moodily as befits the lyrics, Jordan put together three different medleys. The first, a blues medley for Miles Davis, consists of "Blue Skies , "All Blues and "Freddie the Freeloader , the latter sung in vocalese as well as scat. The Fred Astaire/Ginger Rogers medley is comprised of the swinging and familiar "Let's Face the Music and Dance , "Cheek to Cheek , "I Won't Dance , "I Could Have Danced All Night and "Pick Yourself Up . And the last medley, titled "Fats Meets Bird and including "Honeysuckle Rose , "Ain't Misbehavin' and "Scrapple From The Apple , is handled lightly with alternating vocal and bass solos. As a special guest, singer Jay Clayton joined the two on stage for a rendition of Gillespie's "Birk's Works , scatted by both singers who solo and playfully sing together. The memorable evening closed with two Jordan originals: "Sheila's Blues and "The Crossing . Jordan's small and quirky voice covers a lot of ground and she and Brown read each other like a book, working hand in hand with a sense of humor and joy.~ Marcia Hillman, All About Jazz |
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2008: Jed Levy - Evans Explorations |
Hard-bop, Post-bop |
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 Artist: Jed Levy Album: Evans Explorations Label: SteepleChase Records Year: 2008 Format, bitrate: mp3, 320kb/s Time: 68 min Size: 146 MB AMG rating: Jed Levy is a veteran of the Manhattan jazz scene, having recorded with the late Jaki Byard's Apollo Stompers, Don Friedman, and Peter Leitch, in addition to leading his own sessions, most of which have been issued by the Danish label Steeplechase. On this 2007 studio date, the lyrical tenor saxophonist explores ten songs written or recorded by the late pianist Bill Evans, recruiting former Evans drummer Eliot Zigmund and bassist François Moutin. Levy is very conscious of the use of space and the interaction of Evans' trios, though by omitting a piano, the saxophonist gives himself a lot more freedom. Right out of the gate, he kicks off with a very breezy take of the usually Impressionistic "Blue in Green," sailing over his pulsing rhythm section. Levy takes a bit more of a traditional approach to the perky waltz "Very Early," showcasing both sidemen with Zigmund's crisp brushwork keeping things light. The trio navigates Evans' challenging "Twelve Tone Tune" with ease, while the deliberate setting of "RE: Person I Knew" features the group's most intimate playing of the date. Levy switches to flute for two pieces, including the haunting ballad "Time Remembered" (in which he also overdubs tenor) and the intricate "Interplay," both of which are masterful. Highly recommended! ~ Ken Dryden, All Music Guide |
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