Showing posts with label Jazz. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Jazz. Show all posts
Sunday, April 13, 2008
Sunday, March 30, 2008
Fusion Is...
Tracklisting:A1 Tandoori Composed By - Terry Silverlight
A2 Follow Me Composed By - Barry Miles
A3 Country Miles Composed By - Barry Miles
B1 Sunrise Composed By - Vic Juris
B2 Streams Composed By - Jon Burr
B3 Routes Composed By - Barry Miles
Saturday, March 29, 2008
Weldon!...
1974A1Love Your Brother (5:15)
A2Walk That Walk; Talk That Talk (7:50)
A3Love Jones (4:11)
A4I'll Name It Tomorrow (2:50)
B1Cosmic Vortex (Justice Divine) (8:45)
B2Quiet (In Memory Of Duke Ellington) (5:06)
B3Let Yourself Be Free (4:30)
B4Love Your Brother (Sanctified Version) (1:30)
A2Walk That Walk; Talk That Talk (7:50)
A3Love Jones (4:11)
A4I'll Name It Tomorrow (2:50)
B1Cosmic Vortex (Justice Divine) (8:45)
B2Quiet (In Memory Of Duke Ellington) (5:06)
B3Let Yourself Be Free (4:30)
B4Love Your Brother (Sanctified Version) (1:30)
Friday, March 21, 2008
Hard Work
Hard Work John Handy1976
The biggest moment ever for saxophonist John Handy -- an album that crossed over big, thanks to a tremendously funky title cut! Handy first rose to fame back in the 60s -- playing modernist jazz with Charlies Mingus, and opening up on his own in a stretch of great albums that evolved from hardbop, to modal jazz, to some even freer world jazz experiments in the 70s. Here, though, he's back in very soulful territory -- working in a combo that has keyboards and guitar, and plenty of grooves that are somewhere in a space between early 70s CTI/Kudu and similar dates on Cadet or Prestige Records! The style's a great balance of modes -- and although electric, the album's never too smooth -- thanks to relatively small instrumentation on most numbers, and an approach that still lets most of the energy come from the interaction of the core group members. Players include Hotep Cecil Barnard on keyboards, Mike Hoffman on guitar, Chuck Rainey on bass, and James Gadson on drums -- and Handy plays both alto and tenor, and even sings a bit on a few cuts. Titles include the JBs-styled "Hard Work", plus "Afro Wiggle", "Didn't I Tell You", "Love For Brother Jack", "You Don't Know", and "Young Enough To Dream".
Saturday, March 1, 2008
Jimmy Smith - Stay Loose Jimmy Smith Sings Again
I'm Gonna Move to the Outskirts of Town
Stay Loose
If You Ain't Got It
One for Members
Is You Is or Is You Ain't My Baby?
Chain of Fools
Grabbin' Hold
Ripped @ 192 from my personal vinyl collection, got a total of 3 skips on this recording, still very much worth the listen , fantastic funky jazz-soul , enjoy!
Ripped @ 192 from my personal vinyl collection, got a total of 3 skips on this recording, still very much worth the listen , fantastic funky jazz-soul , enjoy!
(also donated by Sister Debbie)
Sunday, February 24, 2008
The Doctor Is In...And Out
6.Technological Homosapien
7.Street Musicians
8.In A Little Spanish Town (Twas On A Night Like This)
7.Street Musicians
8.In A Little Spanish Town (Twas On A Night Like This)
Soulman
(not original cover art)01-King Herbert And The Knights - Amen Feat Jack Harden
02-The Jeff Wayne Space Shuttle -Apes Shuffle
03-George Nardello - Ooga Mooga
04-Ray Bryant - and Alusian Nights
05-Ohio Players - Satans Boogie
06-Senor Soul - Hypnotizer
07-Art Jerry Miller - Soul Waltz
08-Sapodilla Punch - Mild and Bitter
09-Heribert Thusek - Heavy Motion
10-Hymas Ricotti Sulzmann - Penthouse Sweet
11-Dick Walter- Frame Up
12-The Studio Group - Underline_no_4
13-Lee Gagnon - Jalousie
14-Curtis Ceek Band - Jetty
15-Hiroshi Fukumura - White Clouds
16-John Williams - Emperor Nemo
17-The Family Vibes - La Vamp
18-Earth Disciples - Spirit of the Bells
19-Gap Mangione -Free Again
Friday, February 22, 2008
George Benson
1. All Blues ------ ------ 2. Love For Sale ------ ------
3. There Will Never Be Another You ------ ------
4. Blue Bossa ------ ------
5. Oleo ------ ------
6. Li'l Darlin' ------ ------
7. Masquerade Is Over, The ------ ------
8. Witchcraft ------ ------
9. Dahlia's Delight
Wednesday, January 23, 2008
Dorothy Ashby - Afro Harping
1.Soul Vibrations
2.Games
3.Action Life
4.Lonely Girl
5.Life Has Its Trials
6.Afro-Harping
7.Little Sunflower
8.Theme From Valley Of The Dolls
9.Come Live With Me
10.Look Of Love, The
2.Games
3.Action Life
4.Lonely Girl
5.Life Has Its Trials
6.Afro-Harping
7.Little Sunflower
8.Theme From Valley Of The Dolls
9.Come Live With Me
10.Look Of Love, The
Wednesday, December 19, 2007
Duke Ellington & John Coltrane - [1962]
Duke Ellington & John Coltrane 1. In A Sentimental Mood
2. Take The Coltrane
3. Big Nick
4. Stevie
5. My Little Brown Book
6. Angelica
7. Feeling Of Jazz, The
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Personnel: Duke Ellington (piano); John Coltrane (tenor & soprano saxophones); Jimmy Garrison, Aaron Bell (bass); Elvin Jones, Sam Woodyard (drums).
Recorded at The Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey on September 26, 1962.
DUKE ELLINGTON & JOHN COLTRANE begins with a remarkable performance of "In A Sentimental Mood." Ellington's chattering, bell-like accompaniment sets off Coltrane's fulsome, rhapsodic interpretaion in sharp relief. For Johnny Hodges--one of Duke's main men, and an early employer of Coltrane--"In A Sentimental Mood" was a showpiece. The Rabbit practically owned the tune, and yet Hodges considered Coltrane's to be the finest version of the song he'd ever heard.
Which indicates how deeply rooted in the jazz and blues tradition Coltrane always was. DUKE ELLINGTON & JOHN COLTRANE represented an opportunity for Trane to step back and reflect upon the elemental lyricism and swing that were at the heart of even his most adventurous flights--and to silence those nay-sayers who were carping about how his band with Eric Dolphy was "anti-jazz."
"Take The Coltrane" offers up one of Duke's great vamp tunes, and illustrates just how well the master knew how to accomodate Coltrane and play to his strengths, gently prodding him into fresh melodic directions. with its insistent bluesy hosannas and tart, off-center harmonies, "Take The Coltrane" is an improviser's delight, as the pianist offers elegant harmonic contrasts to Trane's backwoods preacher. "Big Nick" is Trane's tip of the hat to tenor man and raconteur Nick Nicholas, a tipsying, elusive little melody with a hint of Sidney Bechet (and Hodges) that allows the saxophonist to range up and down his soprano.
The remainder of the repetoire is from the Ellington/Strayhorn songbook, beginning with Duke's infectious minor blues, "Stevie." Ellington treats his keyboard as a mini-orchestra, and Coltrane rides Sam Woodyard's backbeat into the sun. Strayhorn's "My Little Brown Book" opens with a bell-like fantasia between piano and Elvin Jones' cymbals, as Coltrane demonstrates a variety of refined ballad inflections. "Angelica" offers an infectuous Afro-Cuban dialogue between Ellington and Woodyard, and an earnest, fervent Coltrane who doesn't rise to the tune's humor the way a Sonny Rollins would, but when Aaron Bell seats that 4/4 in the bass...look out. "The Feeling Of Jazz" is just that, closing things out with a classic blues that shuffles happily between swing and a hard rock.
Notes
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Personnel: Duke Ellington (piano); John Coltrane (tenor & soprano saxophones); Jimmy Garrison, Aaron Bell (bass); Elvin Jones, Sam Woodyard (drums).
Recorded at The Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey on September 26, 1962.
DUKE ELLINGTON & JOHN COLTRANE begins with a remarkable performance of "In A Sentimental Mood." Ellington's chattering, bell-like accompaniment sets off Coltrane's fulsome, rhapsodic interpretaion in sharp relief. For Johnny Hodges--one of Duke's main men, and an early employer of Coltrane--"In A Sentimental Mood" was a showpiece. The Rabbit practically owned the tune, and yet Hodges considered Coltrane's to be the finest version of the song he'd ever heard.
Which indicates how deeply rooted in the jazz and blues tradition Coltrane always was. DUKE ELLINGTON & JOHN COLTRANE represented an opportunity for Trane to step back and reflect upon the elemental lyricism and swing that were at the heart of even his most adventurous flights--and to silence those nay-sayers who were carping about how his band with Eric Dolphy was "anti-jazz."
"Take The Coltrane" offers up one of Duke's great vamp tunes, and illustrates just how well the master knew how to accomodate Coltrane and play to his strengths, gently prodding him into fresh melodic directions. with its insistent bluesy hosannas and tart, off-center harmonies, "Take The Coltrane" is an improviser's delight, as the pianist offers elegant harmonic contrasts to Trane's backwoods preacher. "Big Nick" is Trane's tip of the hat to tenor man and raconteur Nick Nicholas, a tipsying, elusive little melody with a hint of Sidney Bechet (and Hodges) that allows the saxophonist to range up and down his soprano.
The remainder of the repetoire is from the Ellington/Strayhorn songbook, beginning with Duke's infectious minor blues, "Stevie." Ellington treats his keyboard as a mini-orchestra, and Coltrane rides Sam Woodyard's backbeat into the sun. Strayhorn's "My Little Brown Book" opens with a bell-like fantasia between piano and Elvin Jones' cymbals, as Coltrane demonstrates a variety of refined ballad inflections. "Angelica" offers an infectuous Afro-Cuban dialogue between Ellington and Woodyard, and an earnest, fervent Coltrane who doesn't rise to the tune's humor the way a Sonny Rollins would, but when Aaron Bell seats that 4/4 in the bass...look out. "The Feeling Of Jazz" is just that, closing things out with a classic blues that shuffles happily between swing and a hard rock.
Saturday, December 8, 2007
The Nineteenth Whole - Smilin' (1972)
1. You Caught Me Smilin' Again 2. Slippin' Into Darkness
3. Monkey Hips'n'Rice
4. Lookin' Through The Windows
5. Dark Clouds Rising
Jazz / Soul / Funk
Jazz / Soul / Funk
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