Skip Martin - The Music From Mickey Spillane's "Mike Hammer"

Styles: Soundtrack
Year: 1959
File: MP3@320K/s
Time: 33:28
Size: 86,7 MB
Art: Front

(2:28)  1. Riff Blues (Theme)
(2:25)  2. Corn Pone Woman
(2:21)  3. Coffee House
(3:41)  4. Bad Guys
(3:22)  5. Black Night
(2:53)  6. Back Home
(2:26)  7. Night Crowd
(3:49)  8. Summer Mood
(1:45)  9. Like Mike
(1:56) 10. Morning After
(3:28) 11. Lenox Avenue Strut
(2:48) 12. Hammer Blow

"Officially titled Music From Mickey Spillane's Mike Hammer, this album was one of the jewels of television's brief flirtation with jazz, in the wake of Peter Gunn. In this case, the arranger/conductor is Skip Martin, and the composers are Dave Kahn and Melvyn Lenard; the players include Ted Nash (alto sax, flute), Cappy Lewis (trumpet), Don Fagerquist (trumpet), Frank Rosolino (trombone), Richie Komuca (tenor sax), Bud Shank (alto), Pete Jolly (piano), Joe Howard (trombone), and Alvin Stoller (drums). The music stands on its own separate from the series, with lots of striking flourishes and solos that normally wouldn't be allowed in soundtrack music (the basic purpose of soundtrack music being to support the action without calling attention to itself). The fact was that the television series was so "hot" visually, amid Darren McGavin's over-the-top portrayal of Hammer, that the composers not only knew they could get away with writing stuff this out in front, but had to in order to fit the action on the screen. The beauty of Pete Candoli's trumpet playing on "Coffee House," Ted Nash's hot flute solo on the same track, Joe Howard's moody, mournful trombone solo on "Black Night," Richie Kamuca's jaunty tenor sax solo on "Back Home," or the overall jauntiness of "Lenox Avenue Strut" all come through amid a wealth of rewarding moments and passages throughout this disc. Originally issued as part of RCA's Living Stereo series, the reissue captures the same vivid, detailed sound textures."~ Bruce Eder http://www.freshsoundrecords.com/skip-martin-albums/1699-the-music-from-mickey-spillane-s-mike-hammer.html

The Music From Mickey Spillane's "Mike Hammer"

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Weather Report - Weather Report

Styles: Jazz Fusion
Year: 1982
File: MP3@320K/s
Time: 42:14
Size: 97,2 MB
Art: Front

( 5:26)  1. Volcano For Hire
( 5:55)  2. Current Affairs
(10:11)  3. N.Y.C.: 41st Parallel / The Dance / Crazy About Jazz
( 5:27)  4. Dara Factor One
( 4:47)  5. When It Was Now
( 5:58)  6. Speechless
( 4:27)  7. Dara Factor Two

For some crafty reason, Weather Report gave its 11th Columbia album the same eponymous title as its first, which no doubt led to massive retail confusion. It is the last WR album for Peter Erskine, Jaco Pastorius, and Robert Thomas, Jr.; Thomas left the band soon afterwards. And with Pastorius receding a bit into the background, the creative balance tilts heavily toward Joe Zawinul, who contributes all but one of the seven compositions. "Volcano for Hire" and "Dara Factors One and Two" are the requisite Zawinul groove-athons, and his deepening awareness of the rapidly improving synthesizer's harmonic and timbral possibilities color such tracks as "Current Affairs" and the three-part "N.Y.C." suite. Though the creativity level seems to be on medium-tank here, the band could still startle the ear with surprising new sounds, a supremely pithy Wayne Shorter statement, or fresh Third World spices. Their ability to swing is never in doubt. ~ Richard S.Ginell http://www.allmusic.com/album/weather-report-1982-mw0000192682

Personnel:  Josef Zawinul – Electric keyboards, piano, Wayne Shorter – Tenor and soprano saxophones,  Jaco Pastorius – Bass guitar, percussion, voice,  Peter Erskine – Drums, drum computer, claves,  Robert Thomas Jr. – Percussion

Weather Report

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China Moses - Nightintales

Styles: Vocal
Year: 2017
File: MP3@320K/s
Time: 46:38
Size: 107,2 MB
Art: Front

(3:36)  1. Running
(4:11)  2. Put It On The Line
(5:27)  3. Disconnected
(3:32)  4. Ticking Boxes
(5:43)  5. Whatever
(2:38)  6. Watch Out
(3:34)  7. Nicotene
(4:33)  8. Lobby Call
(5:15)  9. Hungover
(3:02) 10. Blame Jerry
(5:00) 11. Breaking Point

A new China has arrived. New band, new style and above all, finished the covers, she starts out in composition, China Moses co-wrote all the tracks with her producer Anthony Marshall. And it did him rather well. The eleven tracks, composed in five days, offer a beautiful journey in the universe of the singer. From pure jazz to blues with the little soul side that suits so well the voice of China. "Put It On The Line" could be sung by his mother, Dee Dee Bridgewater. "Watch Out", "Hangover" or "Blame Jerry" are pure jazzy humor, the double bass rolls, the swinging piano, a sorcerer organ receives the reinforcement of a sax, a trumpet. One imagines it already, on stage, with his glass in one hand and his microphone on the other. China Moses reached with this album an undeniable musical maturity. To taste without moderation! ~ Jacques Lerognon http://www.nouvelle-vague.com/china-moses-nightingales/

Nightintales

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