Saturday, March 25, 2017

J.J. Johnson - The Trombone Master

Bitrate: MP3@320K/s
Time: 46:19
Size: 106.0 MB
Styles: Trombone jazz
Year: 1989
Art: Front

[6:34] 1. Misterioso
[3:51] 2. Laura
[5:56] 3. What Is This Thing Called Love
[4:38] 4. My Old Flame
[9:08] 5. Blue Trombone
[4:46] 6. What's New
[4:27] 7. Satin Doll
[4:46] 8. Cry Me A River
[2:08] 9. Goodbye

Bass – Paul Chambers, Sam Jones); Cornet – Nat Adderley; Drums – Albert Heath, Lou Hayes, Max Roach; Piano – Tommy Flanagan, Victor Feldman; Trombone – J.J. Johnson; Vibraphone – Victor Feldman.

This selection of Columbia recordings is from 1958-1960. Mr Johnson was THE trombonist of the time and plays to such a consistently high standard that it would be impossible to pick out highlights in his playing. The first four tracks are from the album `J.J. In Person' and they benefit from the presence of Nat Adderley (cornet) whose exciting solo on the opening number always turns heads. Next two selections are from `Blue Trombone' and the track bearing that name is a 9-minute classic with terrific support from Tommy Flanagan (piano), Paul Chambers (double bass) and Max Roach (drums). The remaining tracks seem less remarkable but still worthwhile. Young listeners who are not familiar with J.J. would find this CD a good introduction. ~Colin Jones

The Trombone Master

Arturo Sandoval, WDR Big Band - Mambo Nights

Bitrate: MP3@320K/s
Time: 67:55
Size: 155.5 MB
Styles: Latin jazz
Year: 2016
Art: Front

[7:46] 1. Sofrito
[5:34] 2. Come Candela
[6:00] 3. Asi Asi
[6:43] 4. Manteca
[5:17] 5. A Mayra
[4:54] 6. Autumn Leaves
[6:19] 7. Mambo 934
[5:17] 8. Oye Como Va
[6:38] 9. Mambo Sandoval
[4:41] 10. Quiero Ir Contigo
[8:41] 11. Mambo Inn

Paul Shigihara (guitar); Heiner Wiberny, Karolina Strassmayer (alto saxophone); Paul Heller, Olivier Peters (tenor saxophone); Jens Neufang (baritone saxophone); Rob Bruynen, John Marshall , Klaus Osterloh, Andy Haderer, Wim Both (trumpet); Bernt Laukamp, Ludwig Nuss, Tim Coffman (trombone); Mattis Cederberg (bass trombone); Frank Chastenier (piano); Mark Walker (drums); Pernell Saturnino (percussion).

Arturo Sandoval & WDR Big Band “Mambo Nights” In the course of a career that goes back about forty years, Arturo Sandoval has worked on innumerable album productions both as soloist and as side man. With “Mambo Nights” Señor Sandoval has delivered an eloquent example of his qualities as a performer. In the opening piece, “Sofrito” by Mongo Santamaria, Sandoval and the WDR Big Band, in cheerful mood, set the scene of their plan to revive the great era of Afro-Cuban jazz on this album. In this timeless classic, Sandoval at first keeps a low profile, almost as if he were just warming up; then the following track, “Come Candela”, also written by Mongo Santamaria, sets off a magnificent firework display of spectacular trumpet sounds. In particular his high-register solo notes leave the listener gasping and gaping in amazement. As a reporter from the Washington Star once wrote after a concert: “Sandoval reaches notes most trumpeters barely even know.”

Mambo Nights

Patti Austin - The Ultimate Collection

Bitrate: MP3@320K/s
Time: 52:55
Size: 121.1 MB
Styles: R&B, Jazz vocals
Year: 1995
Art: Front

[4:15] 1. Hold Me
[4:47] 2. Ability To Swing
[4:56] 3. Givin' In To Love
[3:27] 4. We Fell In Love Anyway
[5:11] 5. The Heat Of Heat
[5:05] 6. Through The Test Of Time
[4:05] 7. You Brought Me Love
[4:31] 8. The Girl Who Used To Be Me
[5:01] 9. Love Is Gonna Getcha
[3:32] 10. Soldier Boy
[4:07] 11. I'll Keep Your Dreams Alive
[3:52] 12. Reach

Patti Austin's honed vocal instrument (she's been singing since she was five) has nailed its share of hits, but not nearly enough for one of urban/soul/pop's better divas. Her clear, compelling soprano never gets tiring, even though she always keeps it in check. You don't get vocal aerobics from Austin á la Chaka Khan or Whitney Houston; you get a smoldering fire that's in a class of its own. Duets with Johnny Mathis, George Benson, and Cleve Francis (the rare African-American country singer) spice this concise 12-song best-of, which is orchestrated by a who who's list of producers, includingThom Bell and Rod Temperton. Revered among the urban jazz set, Patti Austin deserves a bigger piece of the pop pie as well. ~Andrew Hamilton

The Ultimate Collection

Tom Wopat - The Still Of The Night

Bitrate: MP3@320K/s
Time: 48:27
Size: 110.9 MB
Styles: Vocal jazz
Year: 2000
Art: Front

[3:23] 1. Let's Fall In Love
[3:06] 2. Where Is Love
[3:54] 3. Baby It's Cold Outside
[3:27] 4. Anyone Can Whistle
[4:30] 5. Where Or When
[5:13] 6. In The Still Of The Night
[3:41] 7. The Moon's A Harsh Mistress
[5:00] 8. Makin' Whoopee!
[4:25] 9. Ruby
[3:40] 10. I Get Along Without You Very Well
[4:22] 11. If These Walls Could Speak
[3:42] 12. For All We Know

What's good for one Duke is good for another. TV and music trivia buffs no doubt remember when John Schneider launched a music career from his Dukes of Hazzard stardom with a cover of Elvis' "It's Now or Never." Years after Schneider's last country success, middle-aged co-star Wopat gives his pipes a shot on standards like "Where or When," "Makin' Whoopee," and "For All We Know." Wopat has a pleasant enough voice, but with minimal range (he seems to be reaching hard for the high notes) -- yet there is a sincerity and sweetness here too. Rather than compensate for his lack of power with huge arrangements, he and producer Russ Titelman keep the jazzy arrangements simple and intimate, most of the time with a trio and a horn backed by subtle strings. The arrangements and piano solos of Rob Mounsey and Larry Goldings are particularly first-rate. Certainly a lot of TV and film stars have made the transition, and Wopat makes a professional presentation. While it makes for nice listening, his biggest challenge is to get people to erase images of 20-year-old car crashes and take him seriously as a crooner. ~Jonathan Widran

The Still Of The Night

Paul Heller - Good Times

Bitrate: MP3@320K/s
Time: 60:01
Size: 137.4 MB
Styles: Saxophone jazz
Year: 2016
Art: Front

[5:47] 1. Felicidado
[6:06] 2. Wings
[6:10] 3. Drivin'
[8:27] 4. Moon Song
[7:34] 5. Good Times
[5:23] 6. Night Shift
[6:48] 7. Finding You
[5:16] 8. Remembering
[7:29] 9. Daybreak
[0:57] 10. Miniature No. 7

Paul Heller - tenor sax; Peter Tiehus - guitar; Olaf Polziehn - piano; Ingmar Heller - bass; Wolfgang Haffner - drums.

Paul Heller has proved that he can serve up classic and modern across a number of albums. And on the album Good Times, Paul Heller displays a new aspect; Good Times grooves like hell. The 10 original compositions really make you want to dance! Paul Heller is a WDR Big Band saxophonist and the artistic director of his own concert series "Next Level Jazz" in Cologne. A true all-star line-up was invited into the Hansahaus Studio in Bonn for this energetic three and a half hour recording session that bubbles over with exuberant playing. He tailor-made nine compositions for the group as well as a bonus track recorded during an overdub session:

Good Times

Hannah Köpf - Stories Untold

Bitrate: MP3@320K/s
Time: 51:58
Size: 119.0 MB
Styles: Vocal jazz
Year: 2010
Art: Front

[4:18] 1. What Mama Said
[6:34] 2. The Blind Who Can See
[5:01] 3. The Song That The Wind Sings
[5:56] 4. Misty River
[7:03] 5. Footprints In The Snow
[6:54] 6. Love Is..
[4:46] 7. Unconditionally
[4:12] 8. A Story Untold
[3:12] 9. Little Thing
[3:56] 10. Different

Backing Vocals – Filippa Gojo, Tobias Christl; Cello – Jakob Ernst; Double Bass – Jakob Kühnemann; Drums – Silvio Morger; Flute – Anne-Christine Heinrich; French Horn – Carmen Hess; Grand Piano, Electric Piano [Fender Rhodes] – Benjamin Schaefer; Percussion – Lukas Meile; Percussion, Producer – Tim Dudek; Saxophone, Bass Clarinet, Clarinet, Recorder – Holger Werner; Trombone – Klaus Heidenreich; Trumpet, Flugelhorn – Frederik Köster; Viola – Radek Stawarz; Violin – Axel Lindner, Benedikt Hölker; Vocals, Written-By, Arranged By, Producer – Hannah Köpf. Recorded in May 2009 at Fattoria Musica Osnabrück, at Milchmusic Studios Cologne and at Rheinklang Tonstudios Cologne.

The borders between jazz singing and singer/songwriting have often been blurred in the past. However, this borderline has rarely been crossed so energetically and targeted from one side to the other as on this CD. You hear – often in the same song – the influence of Carole King just as much as that of Ella Fitzgerald. And then other style elements are incorporated in passing ranging from Irish folklore all the way to quotes from jazz history. Wonderfully enticing melodies, lyrics full of romanticism and even a saucy wink of the eye: all that embedded in very varied arrangements full of feeling.

This is a completely successful debut, with which Hannah Köpf is going to attract a lot of attention. She deserves it. Following piano lessons at an early age, as a teenager she discovered the songs of Carole King, Joni Mitchell and Joan Baez and then later artists such as Ella Fitzgerald, Maria Schneider and Wayne Shorter. However, she was already studying singing at the conservatory of Amsterdam. Her life has been centered around creating her own world of music since she graduated in 2006. She wants to share this world with other people, which the reason why she can already point to a long list of performances and awards as hardly any other musician of her age can. Her clear, expressive, finely nuanced voice, which still sounds natural, has always cleared the path for her into the heart of her audience.

The band, which has been together since 2007, provides the perfect musical frame for the singer. First, there is the newly crowned "Echo Jazz" prizewinner and exceptional trumpeter Frederik Köster, who also debuted at Jazz thing Next Generation! The same holds for the man on the keyboards, Benjamin Schäfer, who has signed with Enja in the meantime and is one of the most respected pianists. Silvio Morger is a drummer much in demand, who studied under Gene Jackson in New York, among others. Jakob Kühnemann, former bassist of the German Jazz Orchestra, has been playing a long time as well as in other groups with Silvio Morger; the harmony between drums and bass is a factor not to be underestimated in every band! Holger Werner on saxophone and clarinet round out the top-rate band, which is expanded bit by bit with guest musicians for background vocals, percussion, flute or trombone – and even by a string quartet on a few pieces.

Stories Untold

Hal Galper - Now Hear This

Styles: Piano Jazz
Year: 2008
File: MP3@320K/s
Time: 48:30
Size: 112,6 MB
Art: Front

(8:27)  1. Now Hear This
(6:16)  2. Shadow Waltz
(5:36)  3. Red Eye Special
(9:08)  4. First Song in the Day
(5:12)  5. Mr. Fixit
(6:16)  6. Bemsha Swing
(7:32)  7. First Song in the Day [#][*][Take]

Hal Galper has had a long, distinguished career as a jazz pianist, bandleader, composer and educator. While the pianist has made a flurry of recordings over the past few years, record labels are beginning to mine the wealth of material he produced during the '=1970s. Now Hear This was first issued by Enja in 1977 and subsequently reissued in its original form, though this edition sports a redesigned cover and a bonus track. Galper's inspired quartet includes trumpeter Terumasa Hino, bassist Cecil McBee and drummer Tony Williams. The title track, which was recorded by its composer with a different quintet during the same decade, benefits from the stripped-down quartet and a decent piano (something not available for the live Century LP Speak With a Single Voice (1978)and reissued as the Double Time CD Children of the Night).  "Now Hear This" is one of Galper's most infectious works, as the pianist launches into a furious solo, with Hino's contribution followed by Williams' simmering break. The playful "Red Eye Special" suggests a bit of McCoy Tyner's influence, punctuated by Hino's searing trumpet. Galper builds "First Song of the Day" upon a simple repeated riff, intermingling thunderous chords and lightning runs in his solo, while both Hino's and McBee's features are equally full of fire. This expanded reissue includes a previously unreleased alternate take of it, which is a bit shorter but no less intense than the master. In addition to Galper's five originals, he includes a sauntering, sassy interpretation of Thelonious Monk's "Bemsha Swing." This is easily one of Galper's best recordings of the 1970s and very desirable to have in this expanded, brighter sounding 24bit edition. ~ Ken Dryden https://www.allaboutjazz.com/now-hear-this-hal-galper-enja-records-review-by-ken-dryden.php

Personnel: Hal Galper: piano; Terumasa Hino: trumpet, flugelhorn; Cecil McBee: bass; Tony Williams: drums.

Now Hear This

Toni Harper - Vocal & Jazz Essentials

Styles: Vocal Jazz
Year: 2011
File: MP3@320K/s
Time: 65:01
Size: 150,7 MB
Art: Front

(5:36)  1. Love For Sale
(3:30)  2. Can't We Be Friends?
(2:54)  3. Singin' In The Rain
(2:13)  4. Taking A Chance On Love
(3:05)  5. A Foggy Day
(2:46)  6. I Telephoned, I Telegraphed
(3:25)  7. Just a-Sittin' And a-Rockin'
(2:47)  8. Love Is A Wonderful Thing
(2:55)  9. Play Me The Blues
(2:34) 10. Bewitched (Bothered And Bewildered)
(2:39) 11. I Could Write A Book
(4:22) 12. Bewitched
(1:43) 13. Them There Eyes
(2:45) 14. We've Got To Live, Got To Grow
(2:24) 15. Gone With The Wind
(2:41) 16. You Took Advantage Of Me
(2:38) 17. You Don't Know What Love Is
(2:57) 18. Petals On The Pond
(3:27) 19. Little Girl Blue
(3:01) 20. My Memory Book
(4:26) 21. Like Someone In Love

Toni Harper's childhood was made of the magic any aspiring adult artist would kill for: a platinum record, a performance at Carnegie Hall, evenings spent sharing a stage with such performers as Cab Calloway, and invitations to appear on television with Frank Sinatra, Perry Como, Milton Berle, and Ed Sullivan. And all of the magic unfolded before she'd turned 12 years old. The jazz vocalist, who now goes by the name Toni Dunlap, got her big break in 1945 when she went up against a couple hundred other kids at an audition held by choreographer Nick Castle. Harper, who had been a dance student of Maceo Anderson, passed muster as far as her dancing, but when she sang "Waitin' for the Train to Come In," she had the audition sewn up on the spot. Castle cast her in his production of Christmas Follies, which was staged at Los Angeles' Wilshire Ebell Theatre. Harper drew enthusiastic reviews and went on to earn a platinum record when she was eight years old with "Candy Store Blues." Harper paired with Herb Jeffries for "You're Too Tall 'n' I'm Too Small," the number for which she later paired live with Calloway at Los Angeles' Million Dollar Theatre. Television beckoned the young singer and she was a guest on numerous programs, among them Sullivan's weekly variety show. When she wasn't appearing on television, she was singing at numerous New York hot spots that included the Apollo, the Strand, and the Paramount. At the age of 11, Harper topped it all off by singing at Carnegie Hall. Like many child stars, Harper's career slowed down as she began to mature. As a teenager, she was too old for the childhood image that had given her a great start, but too young to effectively take on a more adult image. She attended high school in Los Angeles, involving herself in such extracurricular activities as drama, choir, and the glee club. 

She continued to take professional singing jobs during the school's summer break. Having completed high school in the mid-'50s, and still hampered by her youth, she sang for the teenaged record-buying public. For a young woman of her age, "One Hamburger to Go" was more acceptable in the public eye than any of the more sophisticated songs that she would record in later years, such as "Love for Sale." The vocalist got her chance to sing the more adult songs when she recorded for Verve. In addition to "Love for Sale," Harper recorded such songs as "I Could Write a Book" and "Bewitched, Bothered, and Bewildered." Backing Harper on her self-titled first recording for Verve were pianist Oscar Peterson, drummer Alvin Stoller, guitarist Herb Ellis, and bassist Ray Brown. The vocalist later signed with RCA Victor, recording for the label for about four years and ending in 1963. Harper quit the business in 1966 after devoting more than 20 years to her singing career. ~ Linda Seida https://itunes.apple.com/cy/artist/toni-harper/id27522237#fullText

Vocal & Jazz Essentials

Mickey Tucker Quartet - Blues In Five Dimensions

Styles: Piano Jazz
Year: 1989
File: MP3@256K/s
Time: 64:04
Size: 117,4 MB
Art: Front

( 8:36)  1. Nica's Dream
( 7:29)  2. Grand Ma, Petite Ma
( 7:57)  3. A Nice Clean Machine for Pedro
(10:41)  4. Synapse II
( 5:59)  5. Jam 'N' Boogie
( 9:08)  6. Blues in 5 Dimensions
(14:10)  7. Bushman

As a child in North Carolina and Pennsylvania, Mickey was drawn to the family's piano before beginning schooling, and his fascination and determination never wavered. Blessed with a succession of excellent teachers who recognized and encouraged his latent abilities, Mickey made steady progress on the classical repertoire through his school years, so much so that in his late teens he was performing important concerts and had pupils of his own. Faced with an uncertain future in the classical music world of the period, Mickey chose to develop the long-suppressed rhythmic sense he possessed and moved into the entertainment sphere. Some years of experience included gospel, rock and jazz and embraced stints with Damita Jo, comedian Timmie Rogers, Little Anthony & the Imperials, followed by work with rhythm 'n' blues artists which led to his learning the Hammond B3 organ, a skill that brought him a three-year gig with saxophonist James Moody, sharing the stage with vocalese innovator Eddie Jefferson. Mickey continued working with “EJ” until the latter's untimely death in 1979, as well as working with Thad Jones/Mel Lewis, Rahsaan Roland Kirk, Frank Foster, Eric Kloss, Sonny Fortune and Willis Jackson.

In the early part of the 70's Mickey recorded an album for Blue Note entitled The New Heritage Ketboard Quartet. Mickey and Sir Roland Hanna played piano, harpsichord and clavinet, with Richard Davis on bass and Eddie Gladden on drums and percussion. Downbeat Magazine review summed up by saying - “Tucker and Hanna are both masters, of technique, but especially of conception of their instruments”. During this period Mickey also recorded his first album for the Xanadu label - Triplicity - and Downbeat had the following comments: “Tucker's dazzling harmonic sensibility is impressively united with an idiomatic eclecticism embracing everything from ragtime to Cecil Taylorish flurries.” Of Mickey's organ rendition of Giant Steps, Downbeat commented, “Tucker demonstrates his kaleidoscopic musical persona and a set of new directions for the electric organ...” By 1976 Mickey was touring with Art Blakey's Jazz Messengers, working at home with Frank Foster's Loud Minority and Living Color groups, leading his own groups that included Junior Cook, Bill Hardman, Marcus Belgrave, Slide Hampton and Eddie Gladden, and recording as both leader and sideman. Of the Muse album, “The Crawl”, the Chicago Tribune remarked, “Tucker writes and plays with more inventiveness and subtlety than one would think possible..”

Mickey recorded a second album for Muse Mister Mysterious as well as recording two albums for the Denon label Theme for a Woogie-Boogie and Sweet Lotus Lips. The latter two titles are still available on one CD under the name Sweet Lotus Lips. The late 70's and early 80's saw Mickey working, recording and touring extensively with artists such as Charlie Rouse, Archie Shepp, Billie Harper, Sonny Stitt, “Philly” Joe Jones, Ted Dunbar, Stanley Turrentine, John Stubblefield and Reggie Workman, to name just a few. In 1982 the Benny Golson/Art Farmer Jazztet Reunion was formed with Mickey in the piano chair. After a 1983 performance at Ronnie Scott's, the London Times review said that, “...Tucker is an entirely exceptional musician.” He continued with the Jazztet until migrating to Australia at the end of 1989. Just prior to leaving the USA Mickey recorded the first of his three Steeplechase CD's Blues In Five Dimensions. This was later followed by Hang In There and the piano solo CD Gettin' There. 

These are all still available; as is a limited number of copies of his second two-piano recording (directly from Tucker by contacting mstucker@iprimus.com.au). The title of this is 176 Keys - Piano Thunder from Down Under, which received rave reviews in Australia, as well as being in the Jazz Rhythms Magazine Top Ten. In 1991 Mickey was involved in a freak accident while teaching at an Arts College in Melbourne, Australia. The base of his spine was seriously damaged, and eventually it became imperative that surgery be performed. The surgery was successful but, unfortunately, Mickey was left with a condition called Reflex Sympathetic Dystrophy in his right foot and leg that precludes his being able to play the piano for more than minutes at any one time. Nevertheless, Mickey's interest in the music has never waned, as can be heard on “Now and Then”, an independently produced CD of mostly live performances, taped over almost a 30-year peiod and now digitally cleaned up to make for some very interesting listening. https://musicians.allaboutjazz.com/mickeytucker

Personnel:  Piano – Mickey Tucker;  Bass – Rufus Reid;  Drums – David Jones;  Guitar – Ted Dunbar

Blues In Five Dimensions

The Midland Youth Jazz Orchestra - Twist Of The Wrist

Styles: Jazz, Big Band
Year: 2005
File: MP3@320K/s
Time: 58:11
Size: 134,6 MB
Art: Front

(4:49)  1. You Took Advantage Of Me
(5:13)  2. Black And Tan Fantasy
(3:54)  3. Don't Get Around Much Anymore
(4:56)  4. Always And Forever
(4:17)  5. My Man Bill
(3:52)  6. Stardust
(8:03)  7. Take The ''A'' Train
(4:54)  8. Bye Bye Barnet
(5:10)  9. Latin Schizophrenia
(4:33) 10. Central Park West
(8:26) 11. Twist Of The Wrist

The Midland Youth Jazz Orchestra is now widely acclaimed as one of the U.K’s top big bands. Its reputation has been founded on a consistently high quality of performance over two decades. In addition, audiences find they are infected by the enjoyment which band members bring to performances, and the excitement which the band generates. These qualities have helped bring the band success in the BBC National Big Band Competition, initially during the eighties winning the Youth Section, but latterly being successful in the senior Competition. In fact the band has been unbeaten in the BBC competition since the mid-eighties, although, because of it success, it is now barred for two years from entering, following a win! MYJO has also been a winner in the Dutch National Big Band Competition, beating adult bands from The Netherlands, Germany and Belgium. MYJO has toured extensively, performing at the world famous Montreux Jazz Festival in Switzerland, visiting the USSR and appearing on national TV and performing in Moscow and Odessa. It has also performed in the USA including Disneyworld as well as across Europe.MYJO has twice received awards from the IAJE for Outstanding Services to Jazz Education in Miami, Florida and Toronto, Canada. The band shared the stage with some of the great names of Jazz including the Yellowjackets and Oscar Peterson.Among the other famous venues in which the band has performed are Ronnie Scott’s Club in London, the Royal Albert Hall, the Royal Festival Hall, the Barbican, The Stables Wavendon with founder John Dankworth, and Symphony Hall in Birmingham. The band has appeared on both BBCTV and ITV and on many local and national radio stations.

MYJO has featured in concert with many famous names from the musical world, including Benny Carter, John Dankworth, Bobby Shew, Arturo Sandoval, Bob Florence, Stan Tracey, Jools Holland, and TV chat show host, Michael Parkinson. Many players from MYJO have entered the music profession, and some are becoming well known in their own right. Among these is the now internationally famous trombonist, Mark Nightingale. Several former members of MYJO play regularly for top bands like the BBC Radio Big Band, SLO, Robbie Williams Big Band.  The repertoire of the orchestra is intentionally very broad, and covers virtually the whole period of big band music. In this way Music Director, John Ruddick hopes to make students aware of their musical background. However, at the same time he attempts to develop a more contemporary emphasis to the band’s performance, and seeks a balance between good ensemble playing and exciting soloists, believing that each is essential for a band’s ultimate success. Using its ‘Swing’ library, MYJO also performs at prestigious functions all over the UK, and also plays at many festivals, and conferences. MYJO has returned to its home at the Midlands Arts Centre after it has undergone a multi-million pound refurbishment. Young players rise by audition from MYJO 3 and MYJO TOO!, as places become available. MYJO is a unique organisation by setting challenging standards for young musicians, and developing particular reading skills necessary for this music as well as the foundation skills required for professional music making. http://www.myjo.co.uk/about-myjo/

Twist Of The Wrist