Sunday, April 23, 2017

The Eddie Higgins Trio - Again

Bitrate: MP3@320K/s
Time: 60:40
Size: 138.9 MB
Styles: Mainstream jazz, Piano jazz
Year: 1999
Art: Front

[3:16] 1. Again
[4:57] 2. How Insensitive
[7:49] 3. Kyoto Blues
[6:30] 4. My Foolish Heat
[4:08] 5. Yellow Days
[5:59] 6. My Romance
[3:53] 7. I'll Never Be The Same
[6:46] 8. Walk Alone
[2:45] 9. Now Please Don't You Cry, Beautiful Edith
[7:58] 10. Polka Dots And Moonbeams
[6:37] 11. Will You Still Be Mine

Bass – Ray Drummond; Drums – Ben Riley; Piano – Eddie Higgins.

A solid bop-based pianist, Eddie Higgins has never become a major name, but he has been well-respected by his fellow musicians for decades. After growing up in New England, he moved to Chicago, where he played in all types of situations before settling in to a long stint as the leader of the house trio at the London House (1957-1969). Higgins moved back to Massachusetts in 1970 and went on to freelance, often accompanying his wife, vocalist Meredith D'Ambrosio, and appearing at jazz parties and festivals. Eddie Higgins has led sessions of his own for Replica (1958), Vee-Jay (1960), Atlantic, and Sunnyside; back in 1960, he recorded as a sideman for Vee-Jay with Lee Morgan and Wayne Shorter.

Again

Tom Kubis - Takin' The Downtown Walk

Bitrate: MP3@320K/s
Time: 84:56
Size: 194.4 MB
Styles: Modern creative jazz
Year: 2017
Art: Front

[8:14] 1. Birds Of A Feather Together
[4:35] 2. Etude
[5:27] 3. Forest Rains
[4:33] 4. Grimey Yet Slimey Blues
[3:27] 5. Help! I'm Running Out Of Titles
[4:07] 6. I Fell In Love With You Again Last Night
[5:39] 7. I Just Got Hit With The Blues
[3:40] 8. In A Manner Of Speaking
[4:52] 9. Man! That's Some Random Blues
[6:42] 10. Not Always The Rain
[7:18] 11. Piecing It Together
[4:18] 12. The Coffee Cart Song
[5:14] 13. Takin' The Downtown Walk
[5:08] 14. Tending The Flocks
[6:03] 15. Waltz Lite
[5:29] 16. Which Way Did The Rain Go?

This is music I composed and played written for the Jazz Sextet. All the tunes have a wide variation of color and rhythmic qualities based on all my years of musical influences. Most are complex harmonies and some are more groove oriented. This album displays a wide variety of styles and interesting beats with improvisation as the main vehicle. ~Tom

Takin' The Downtown Walk