Shirley Horn - Embers And Ashes: Songs Of Lost Love

Bitrate: MP3@320K/s
Time: 73:08
Size: 167.4 MB
Styles: Vocal jazz
Year: 2011
Art: Front

[2:32] 1. Like Someone In Love
[3:21] 2. He Never Mentioned Love
[3:22] 3. Softly As In A Morning Sunrise
[3:03] 4. I Thought About You
[2:19] 5. Mountain Greenery
[3:40] 6. God Bless The Child
[3:34] 7. Blue City
[2:35] 8. Day By Day
[3:22] 9. If I Should Lose You
[3:45] 10. Wild Is The Wind
[2:54] 11. Come Rain Or Come Shine
[2:09] 12. Just In Time
[4:27] 13. Where Are You Going
[2:14] 14. Bag Of Money
[2:34] 15. Come On Home
[7:08] 16. Do It Again
[3:24] 17. The Eagle And Me
[5:44] 18. Taste Of Honey
[4:49] 19. L.A. Breakdown
[6:04] 20. Consequences Of A Drug Addict Role

Shirley Horn (vcl & p), Al Gafa (g), Joe Benjamin, Lewis Packer, Marshall T. Harris (b), Herb Lovelle, Harry Saunders, Bernard Sweetney (d).

Twofer: Tracks #1-12 from the 12" LP "Embers and Ashes" (Stere-O-Craft #16), Recorded in New York City, 1960. Tracks #13-20 from the 12" LP "Where Are You Going" (Perception Records Stereo PLP 31), Recorded in New York City, 1972.

Shirley Horn was an accomplished pianist who happened to sing extremely well – infinitely superior to almost all of the many so-called jazz singers who were much better known than she was. Shirley Horn sang like Shirley Horn and no one else. There are no mannerisms borrowed from other singers, no phony funk or resorting to cliché. Her control of vibrato was enough to make her exceptional, but her approach to a pretty song was a mature one. As one of the most pleasing and most musical singers in the business: she embraced the melody, without strain or fuss and her singing was unpretentious and full of grace.

This CD set presents her first album, Embers and Ashes, a gem that, considering her eminent reputation and a host of admirers including Miles Davis, remained incomprehensibly forgotten after its release in 1960, and another outstanding album she recorded years later under the title Where Are You Going. Both deserve to be reissued for the benefit of all her fans.

Embers And Ashes: Songs Of Lost Love

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Luiz Bonfá - Solo In Rio 1959

Bitrate: MP3@320K/s
Time: 65:47
Size: 150.6 MB
Styles: Samba, Brazilian jazz
Year: 2005
Art: Front

[1:36] 1. Pernambugo
[2:06] 2. Night And Day
[1:23] 3. Shearing
[2:49] 4. Sambolero
[1:43] 5. Calypso Minor
[2:31] 6. Uma Prece
[2:06] 7. Bonfabuloso
[2:34] 8. Luzes Do Rio
[2:29] 9. Bonfa's Song
[3:21] 10. Peridido De Amor
[2:23] 11. Cancao Do Orpheo
[1:59] 12. Amor Sem Adeus
[1:23] 13. Variacoes Em Violao
[2:49] 14. Seringueiro
[1:44] 15. Chopin
[2:46] 16. Bahia
[2:25] 17. Murder
[5:01] 18. A Brazilian In New York
[1:55] 19. Prelude To Adventure In Space
[1:39] 20. Tenderly
[2:14] 21. Blue Madrid
[1:07] 22. Marcha Escocesa
[0:52] 23. Fanfarra (Fanfare)
[1:10] 24. Samba De Orfeu
[1:20] 25. Manhã De Carnaval 2
[1:51] 26. Perdido De Amor 2
[3:06] 27. Sambolero 2
[2:08] 28. Quebra Mar 2
[0:29] 29. Seringueiro Excerpt
[1:59] 30. Seringueiro 2
[2:35] 31. Luzes Do Rio 2

Solo in Rio 1959 stands as a classic in the massive Luiz Bonfa catalog. Originally issued on the Cook label -- named for its owner, famed audio engineer Emory Cook -- it remained a favorite of the guitarist's throughout his lifetime. The Emory Cook Collection is housed and managed by the Smithsonian and as such, Folkways is able to re-release this masterpiece on CD with many added treasures -- there is an additional half-hour of music on the CD. The original featured 17 cuts. The new version contains 32, including an early version of "Samba de Orfeu." While it is true that it is the guitarist and composer's most famous composition and he recorded it many times, this is the only one on solo guitar. This is the first time it appears anywhere. Also included are two versions of the celebrated "Manhã de Carnaval." The second read is a more up-tempo and shorter version that is breathless in its beauty. Other well-known Bonfa compositions that have alternates here are "Perdido de Amor," "Sambolero," "Quebra Maer," and "Luzes do Rio." Another gem is the startling "Prelude to an Adventure in Space," with its hard swinging samba that transmutes into a dirge-like bolero on a dime. Solo in Rio 1959 offers an early hearing of Bonfa as fully developed, in possession of a stunning range of styles and techniques, all of them employable in the service of the song. The deep lyricism and harmonic richness of Bonfa's playing is unlike anything else before or since. Solo in Rio 1959 is a historic release, and one that will hopefully alert an entirely new generation to the work of this master of the guitar. In addition to the beautifully remastered music in this package, there is a fine biographical and musicological essay by Anthony Weller. ~Thom Jurek

Solo In Rio 1959

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Art Blakey & The Jazz Messengers - Like Someone In Love

Bitrate: MP3@320K/s
Time: 46:39
Size: 106.8 MB
Styles: Hard bop
Year: 1960/1997
Art: Front

[8:00] 1. Like Someone In Love
[9:08] 2. Johnny's Blues
[7:51] 3. Noise In The Attic
[8:03] 4. Sleeping Dancer Sleep On
[5:31] 5. Giantis
[8:03] 6. Sleeping Dancer Sleep On (Alt)

Taken from the same sessions that resulted in A Night in Tunisia, this fine CD features the 1960 version of The Jazz Messengers starring trumpeter Lee Morgan, tenor saxophonist Wayne Shorter and pianist Bobby Timmons. The title cut is the most impressive performance, but this excellent program of high-quality hard bop also allows listeners to hear three obscure Wayne Shorter compositions and Lee Morgan's forgotten "Johnny's Blue." ~Scott Yanow

Like Someone In Love

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Toni Solà & Ignasi Terraza Trio - Night Sounds

Styles: Saxophone Jazz
Year: 2004
File: MP3@320K/s
Time: 54:32
Size: 125,5 MB
Art: Front

(4:37)  1. End Of A Love Affair (Redding)
(5:19)  2. You've Changed
(4:30)  3. Just In Time
(5:38)  4. Quintessence
(4:57)  5. Beautiful Love
(4:57)  6. My Romance
(4:32)  7. Afternoon In Paris (Lewis)
(5:24)  8. Ciao, Ciao (Turrentine)
(3:48)  9. Do Nothing Till You Hear From Me
(4:40) 10. When Sunny Gets Blue
(6:06) 11. Night Sounds Blues

Hard to find Toni Solà recording debut as leader, finally available. Really a collector's item and a must have for Modern Mainstream fans. A job emerged from the collaboration of saxophonist Toni Solà with the trio of Ignasi Terraza. There, Toni’s saxophone, with a warm and sensual sound, will gradually seducing us with his serenity and lyricism.  Accompanied by a magnificent Ignasi Terraza trio who shows, with elegance and authority, a wide range of stylistic resources. We can advise in this record this group’s sweet moment, emphasized by the maturity and training reached after three months of playing the show “Jazz a les fosques” on a daily basis, just before this recording. The repertoire, consisting of little known standards, surprise us nailing the proposal. Night falls, the silence is imposed, the time has come to hear the “night sounds.” http://www.freshsoundrecords.com/night_sounds-cd-5548.html

Featuring: Toni Solà (ts & ss), Ignasi Terraza (p), Manuel Alvarez (b), Oriol Bordas (d)

Night Sounds

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Anthony Brown - Far East Suite

Styles: Jazz, Big Band
Year: 1999
File: MP3@320K/s
Time: 62:23
Size: 143,3 MB
Art: Front

( 6:43)  1. Tourist Point of View
( 3:06)  2. Bluebird of Delhi (Mynah)
( 7:02)  3. Isfahan
( 2:47)  4. Depk
( 1:29)  5. Mount Harissa (Prelude)
( 8:24)  6. Mount Harissa
( 5:51)  7. Blue Pepper (Far East of the Blues)
( 3:43)  8. Agra
( 8:02)  9. Amad
(15:12) 10. Ad Lib on Nippon

Of all the compositions Duke Ellington rolled out during his 1960s tenure on the U.S. State Department international touring circuit, Far East Suite was clearly the jewel in 1966 and has remained so since. The Ellington orchestra's famed recording of the work is cited as the best of his '60s material. And perhaps he could have imagined the suite as it appears in the thriving context of percussionist Anthony Brown's Asian American Orchestra. Brown spirits the work away, keeping central parts extra-Ellingtonian, with flourishes from different band sections running headlong across each other, especially on "Ad Lib on Nippon." Brown's band is incredibly resourceful, making a dozen players frequently sound like a much fuller orchestra. Jon Jang plays a double-take-worthy rendition of the original's piano parts, sprucing them with big keyboard blasts here and there but otherwise remaining largely faithful to the score. The horn soloists step out from the tight arrangements in stunning fashion, especially Hafez Modirzadeh's tenor solo on "Mount Harissa" and Melecio Magdaluyo's growling baritone on "Agra." The band interpolates several traditional Asian melodic additions into the Ellingtonian foundation, adding Chinese wind instruments beautifully to "Blue Pepper" and enlivening the overall piece with elements that make it in many ways even more compelling than the original. Brown has been nominated for a 1999 Grammy Award for this work, recognition of a flawless nod to and updating of an Ellington classic. It's one of the most thoughtful and creative tributes to the Duke on record. ~ Andrew Bartlett – Editorial Reviews  http://www.amazon.com/Far-East-Suite-Duke-Ellington/dp/B00004DTMB

Asian American Jazz Orchestra: Anthony Brown (leader, drums, gong); Hafez Modirzadeh (alto & tenor saxophones, Persian flute, alto clarinet, double-reed instruments, frame drum); Jim Norton (alto & baritone saxophones, piccolo, clarinet, bassoon); Francis Wong (tenor saxophone, flute, clarinet); Melecio Magdaluyo (alto & baritone saxophones); Louis Fasman, John Worley (trumpet, flugelhorn); Qi Chao Liu (reed trumpet, bamboo flute, Chinese mouth organ); Wayne Wallace, Dave Martell (trombone); Mark Izu (Chinese mouth organ, bass); Jon Jang (piano).

Far East Suite

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Wayne Escoffery - Live at Smalls

Styles: Saxophone Jazz
Year: 2015
File: MP3@320K/s
Time: 60:29
Size: 138,7 MB
Art: Front

(13:36)  1. Concentric Drift
(14:26)  2. So Tender
(11:13)  3. A Cottage For Sale
(13:04)  4. Sweet And Lovely
( 8:08)  5. Snibor

"Young Lions" is a term that jazz journalists have been using to describe the long list of straight-ahead, acoustic-oriented jazz improvisers who were born in the '60s, '70s, and '80s, and London native Wayne Escoffery is among the many Young Lions who started building his catalog in the early 2000s. Escoffery, who plays post-bop and hard bop, is a tenor saxophonist with a big, full tone; his influences on the tenor have included, among others, John Coltrane, Wayne Shorter, Dexter Gordon, Joe Henderson, and Sonny Rollins. Escoffery plays the soprano sax as a second instrument, and his most obvious inspirations on the soprano include Coltrane and Shorter. But whether he is on the tenor or the soprano, Escoffery has maintained a decidedly straight-ahead perspective that is quite faithful to the spirit of the Young Lion movement. Although he is originally from Great Britain, he has spent most of his life in the northeastern part of the United States. Born in London on February 23, 1975, Escoffery was only 11 when he left the U.K. with his mother and moved to New Haven, CT in 1986. 

That year, he joined the New Haven Trinity Boys Choir, and it was also in 1986 that he began studying the tenor sax with saxophonist/clarinetist Malcolm Dickinson. Escoffery left the New Haven Trinity Boys Choir when he was 16, and playing jazz saxophone not singing became his primary focus. Escoffery was still in his teens when he met the famous alto saxophonist Jackie McLean, who Escoffery has described as a mentor and a major inspiration in his life; Escoffery studied with McLean (who died in 2006) extensively at the Hartt School, a performing arts school in West Hartford. After that, he attended the New England Conservatory in Boston and graduated from that institution with a Masters in 1999 before moving to New York City the following year at the age of 25. Escoffery's visibility in the jazz world continued to increase; in the 2000s, his long list of activities ranged from being a member of trumpeter Tom Harrell's quintet to playing with the Charles Mingus ghost band to touring with veteran drummer Ben Riley's Monk Legacy Septet (a Thelonious Monk tribute band). Escoffery also backed his share of jazz vocalists in the 2000s, including Laverne Butler, Mary Stallings, Carolyn Leonhart, Cynthia Scott and Nancie Banks. Escoffery's first album as a leader, Times Change, was recorded for the German Nagel-Hayer label in early 2001; a second Nagel-Heyer studio date, Intuition, was recorded in 2003. Escoffery's first live album, Veneration, was recorded in 2006 for the Savant label and was followed by a studio session for Savant, Hopes and Dreams, in 2007. ~ Alex Henderson  https://itunes.apple.com/us/artist/wayne-escoffery/id44804239#fullText

Personnel: Wayne Escoffery (tenor saxophone); Dave Kikoski (piano); Ralph Peterson (drums).

Live at Smalls

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