Mark Turner - The Music of Mercedes Rossy

Styles: Saxophone Jazz
Year: 1998
File: MP3@320K/s
Time: 70:56
Size: 162,7 MB
Art: Front

( 8:06)  1. Some Like to Love More Than Once
( 8:25)  2. Amidst a Yesteday's Presence
( 6:01)  3. Lost Ocean
( 7:16)  4. The Other Side of Time
( 8:10)  5. 1991
( 8:34)  6. Water Stones
( 2:46)  7. 6 d'Octubre
(10:02)  8. Gone But Not Forgotten
(11:31)  9. The Newcomer

Mark Turner is a post-bop tenor saxophonist most influenced by John Coltrane, but also notably Warne Marsh. Born November 10, 1965 in Ohio, Turner was raised in California and initially studied visual arts at Long Beach State, but decided instead to pursue music and transferred to Berklee. Turner moved to New York and worked with James Moody, Jimmy Smith, the TanaReid Quintet, Ryan Kisor, Jonny King, Leon Parker, and Joshua Redman. He recorded his first album as a leader, Yam Yam, in 1994; the follow-up, a self-titled effort, did not appear until 1998. 

In This World appeared later that same year, and in early 2000, he resurfaced with The Ballad Session. Cafe Oscurra appeared a year later. In 2004, the saxophonist teamed with bassist Larry Grenadier and drummer Jeff Ballard for the trio album Fly. Starting with 2012's All Our Reasons, Turner began a recording relationship with the storied European label ECM that resulted in several more albums, including 2012's Year of the Snake and 2014's piano-less quartet recording, Lathe of Heaven. ~ Steve Huey https://itunes.apple.com/us/artist/mark-turner/id723957#fullText

Personnel: Chris Cheek (tenor, soprano saxophone); Mark Turner (tenor saxophone); George Colligan (piano); Jordi Rossy (drums).

The Music of Mercedes Rossy

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Debbie Gifford & John Trzcinski - One Day at a Time

Styles: Vocal, Piano
Year: 2009
File: MP3@320K/s
Time: 47:46
Size: 113,1 MB
Art: Front

(3:29)  1. Let It Go
(5:35)  2. Searching
(4:06)  3. Little Girl Waltz
(6:56)  4. Journey
(4:35)  5. One Day at a Time
(4:26)  6. Noche Del Amore
(4:45)  7. Meili
(4:12)  8. If
(5:58)  9. When I Look into Your Eyes
(3:40) 10. Urban Groove

Today's new jazz standards in the making. All original tunes with beautiful lyrical melodies and unforgetable lyrics.

"This new songwriting team of Gifford & Trzcinski are waking up the jazz world with their fresh approach to composition and performance. Watch these rising stars as they sky-rocket in the world of jazz. Their music is said to be today's new jazz standards in the making. 10 original tracks of various jazz styles including: ballads, latin, swing, and funk." "The CD showcases Gifford's classy , velvety vocals and Trzcinski's extraordinary piano skills. Gifford delivers a bravura performance on "If", which calls on her pop and musical-theater background to create a dramatic arc from the pensive opening to the dramatic conclusion." http://www.cdbaby.com/cd/dgiffordjtrzcinski

One Day at a Time

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Eddie Henderson - Flight Of Mind

Styles: Trumpet Jazz
Year: 1991
File: MP3@320K/s
Time: 60:51
Size: 141,8 MB
Art: Front

(6:34)  1. Flight Of Mind
(9:19)  2. Goodbye
(7:09)  3. Eduard
(4:25)  4. Un Bel Di Vedremo
(8:29)  5. Lament For Booker
(8:52)  6. Torre-Adore
(9:10)  7. Portrait Of Jenny
(6:51)  8. L + M

Eddie Henderson was one of the few trumpeters who was strongly influenced by Miles Davis' work of his early fusion period. He grew up in San Francisco, studied trumpet at the San Francisco Conservatory of Music, but was trained to be a doctor when he permanently chose music. Henderson worked with John Handy, Tyrone Washington, and Joe Henderson, in addition to his own group. He gained some recognition for his work with the Herbie Hancock Sextet (1970-1973), although his own records (which utilized electronics) tended to be commercial. After Hancock broke up his group, Henderson worked with Art Blakey and Mike Nock, recorded with Charles Earland, and later, in the 1970s, led a rock-oriented group. In the '90s, he returned to playing acoustic hard bop (touring with Billy Harper in 1991) while also working as a psychiatrist. ~ Scott Yanow https://itunes.apple.com/bw/artist/eddie-henderson/id1102634#fullText

Personnel: Eddie Henderson (trumpet); Larry Willis (piano); Ed Howard (bass); Victor Lewis (drums).

Flight Of Mind

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Lee Konitz, Ted Brown - Dig-it

Styles: Saxophone Jazz
Year: 1999
File: MP3@320K/s
Time: 72:47
Size: 166,7 MB
Art: Front

( 8:31)  1. Smog Eyes
( 8:05)  2. Dig-it
( 7:11)  3. 317E. 32nd Street
( 7:15)  4. Dream Stepper
( 4:37)  5. Down The Drain
( 9:41)  6. Hi Beck
( 9:07)  7. Feather Bed
( 6:46)  8. Kary's Trance
(11:30)  9. Subconcious Lee

Lee Konitz and Ted Brown have lived many lives since they played together as students and sidemen of pianist Lennie Tristano more than fifty years ago. Konitz started with Claude Thornhill’s Orchestra before working with Gil Evans and Miles Davis’ Birth of the Cool Nonet. His familiar alto saxophone was featured in what many say was the first recorded free improvisational music. While working in somewhat obscurity, Konitz has managed to record hundreds of records on mostly minor labels. Ted Brown did one better, dropping out of jazz to find a day gig. Both men have made a return to jazz, Brown at the encouragement of his students and Konitz on several critically acclaimed releases notably Alone Together with Charlie Haden and Brad Mehldau. This reunion in a pianoless quartet is all about their mentor, Lennie Tristano. His music (their music) of the 1940/50’s paralleled bebop, but in a complex multi-layered way. Tristano was said to have instructed the two to play “...deliberately uninflected, in a neutral tone, concentrating instead on the solo.” 

This style, reflected on this release, is anything but unemotional. Konitz and Brown’s cool tones create a delicate internal tension that is and was a bridge between Charlie Parker and Ornette Coleman. Can we have more? ~ Mark Corroto https://www.allaboutjazz.com/dig-it-lee-konitz-steeplechase-records-review-by-mark-corroto.php
 

Personnel: Lee Konitz – Saxophone;  Ted Brown – Saxophone;  Rufus Reid – Bass;  Joe Chambers - Drums; Albert Dailey – Piano.

Dig-it

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Bob Baldwin - All In A Days Work

Styles: Jazz Soul, Smooth Jazz
Year: 2005
File: MP3@320K/s
Time: 63:42
Size: 146,5 MB
Art: Front

(6:12)  1. A New York Minute
(4:57)  2. All In A Day's Work
(5:51)  3. Day-O
(5:40)  4. Third Time's The Charm
(6:31)  5. Quirky
(6:38)  6. Can You Feel It?
(5:53)  7. Steamy
(4:54)  8. Sunrise
(1:46)  9. Quality Time
(0:52) 10. Steamy (Interlude)
(5:21) 11. The Very Last Night In Rio
(7:44) 12. Don't Get It Twisted
(1:19) 13. Can You Feel It? (Interlude)

Bob Baldwin's follow-up disc of ""Brazil Chill"" is an album that was recorded in Rio De Janeiro and New York City. Features Dave Mann, Café Da Silva, Barry Danielian, Tonni Smith and featuring Zoiea on Vocals. A must-have for the Baldwin collection. This disc was to be a sequel to ""Brazil Chill"", however the label at the time filed bankruptcy (A440 Records), so Baldwin completed disc on his own. ~ Editorial  Reviews https://www.amazon.com/ALL-DAYS-WORK-BOB-BALDWIN/dp/B005RYF5W2

Personnel: Bob Baldwin (vocals, strings, piano, keyboards, bass instrument, percussion, drum programming); Tonni Smith, Zoiea (vocals); Phil Hamilton (guitars); Ragan Whiteside (flute); Dave Mann (saxophone); Barry Danielian (trumpet); Ronald Jenkins (bass instrument); Dennis Johnson (drums, drum programming); Buddy Williams (drums); Armando Marçal, Cafe De Silva (percussion).

All In A Days Work

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