Barry Harris - Listen to Barry Harris ... Solo Piano

Styles: Piano Jazz
Year: 1960
File: MP3@320K/s
Time: 39:16
Size: 90,3 MB
Art: Front

(4:14)  1. The Londonderry Air
(3:17)  2. Mutattra
(3:47)  3. Louise
(4:05)  4. Body and Soul
(3:54)  5. Ascension
(4:55)  6. Anachronism
(4:58)  7. I Didn't Know What Time It Was
(3:46)  8. Teenie
(4:06)  9. Sphere
(2:09) 10. Dancing in the Dark

Second-generation bop pianist Barry Harris puts the spotlight on the songs in this 1960 solo excursion. Split between standards and originals, the set hears the 31-year-old pianist evoking Art Tatum, Bud Powell, Thelonious Monk, and occasional hints of Fats Waller in performances that defy easy classification as bop, swing, or mainstream. Essentially, it's Harris working within the songs, opening up new pathways in and around the melodic and harmonic structures. The opening track, "Londonderry Air" (aka "Danny Boy"), provides a clue to Harris' method. He plays the song straight, but subtly brings out the simple, fresh, and elegant possibilities in the traditional folk melody. 

The same creative process is worked out on the other tracks, which allude to Harris' key influences, but also make clear his own contributionan appealingly updated, modernistic approach to the jazz piano tradition. Among the standards, "Body and Soul" is given a thoughtful, illuminating reading. "I Didn't Know What Time It Was" is handled with a natural, sophisticated ease. The centerpieces are the originals "Ascension" and "Anachronism." The former, the most boppish track on the CD, has a long shifting melody that lets Harris tastefully demonstrate the depth of his technical and improvisational skills. "Anachronism" is a blues, pure and simple, a timeless statement drawn from the tradition and from Harris' unique ability to keep the tradition vital and progressive. ~ Jim Todd https://www.allmusic.com/album/listen-to-barry-harris-mw0000046433

Personnel:  Barry Harris - piano

Listen to Barry Harris ... Solo Piano

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Don Braden - The Voice of the Saxophone

Styles: Flute And Saxophone Jazz
Year: 1997
File: MP3@320K/s
Time: 65:25
Size: 150,2 MB
Art: Front

(7:41)  1. Soul Station
(5:43)  2. Speak No Evil
(6:36)  3. Winelight
(6:43)  4. After the Rain
(6:24)  5. The Dust Kicker
(6:36)  6. Monk's Hat
(6:24)  7. Cozy
(6:40)  8. The Face I Love
(6:36)  9. Point of Many Returns
(5:59) 10. The Voice of the Saxophone

Don Braden's The Voice of the Saxophone is, for the most part, impressive. His quartet arrangements of "After the Rain" and the title track should turn heads. His big-toned tenor sax carries the octet in covers of hard bop gems like "Soul Station" and "Speak No Evil." He's also making headway as a composer, especially on "Cozy," which features both him and Vincent Herring on flutes. Less successful is the pseudo-Monk TV theme from The Cosby Show, which is called "Monk's Hat." ~ Ken Dryden https://www.allmusic.com/album/the-voice-of-the-saxophone-mw0000025404

Personnel: Don Braden (flute, tenor saxophone); Vincent Herring (flute, alto saxophone); Hamiet Bluiett (clarinet, contrabass clarinet, baritone saxophone); Randy Brecker (trumpet, flugelhorn); Frank Lacy (trombone); Darrell Grant (piano); Dwayne Burno (acoustic bass); Cecil Brooks III (drums).

The Voice of the Saxophone

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Kyle Eastwood - Paris Blue

Styles: Jazz, Post Bop
Year: 2004
File: MP3@320K/s
Time: 55:31
Size: 127,4 MB
Art: Front

(3:38)  1. Big Noise (From Winnetka)
(5:56)  2. Marrakech
(5:48)  3. Muse
(6:43)  4. Le Point Royal
(6:26)  5. Solferino
(5:33)  6. Cosmo
(8:15)  7. Paris Blue
(7:17)  8. Big Noise Remix
(5:51)  9. Marrakech Remix

At last! A recording firmly planted in the jazz tradition of Charles Mingus, but updated and as fresh as this morning's brew. Bassist Kyle Eastwood has brought together a collection of (mostly) original compositions and mixed them with programmed or hip-hop rhythms underneath a mainstream horn section to create an accessible yet challenging listen. On the original "Marrakech," Michael Stevens' keyboards and programming create an exotic Middle Eastern flavor that melds perfectly with the serpentine soprano sax and mourning duduk. "Solferino" creates a mood of haunting moonlight sonatas, featuring the dark and forboding tenor saxophone of Doug Webb. A Freddie Hubbard-like Jim Rotondi spits out bullets over a CTI-era keyboard backdrop on "Cosmo." Eastwood even digs up the Swing Era classic "Big Noise" with whistles and all, grooving it with a heavy beat that is a perfect counterbalance to the bop solos by Webb and trumpeter Lee Thornberg. Paris Blue has something for everyone: creativity, deep grooves and excellent lead solos. Something new is rising from Eastwood. ~ George Harris https://www.allaboutjazz.com/paris-blue-kyle-eastwood-rendezvous-review-by-george-harris.php

Personnel: Kyle Eastwood: bass; Vinnie Colaiuta, Kendall Kay: drums; Jim Rotondi, Lee Thornberg: trumpet; Michael Stevens: keyboards; Alan Pasqua, John Beasley: piano.

Paris Blue

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Silje Nergaard - For You a Thousand Times

Styles: Vocal
Year: 2017
File: MP3@320K/s
Time: 63:17
Size: 146,7 MB
Art: Front

(4:23)  1. It's Gonna Rain
(5:08)  2. For You a Thousand Times
(4:49)  3. Breathe
(5:50)  4. Cocco Bello
(3:25)  5. Amy
(4:19)  6. Sleepwalking
(4:32)  7. Run Run Run
(5:25)  8. Hush Little Bird
(3:39)  9. Jaded Childhood Dreams
(4:53) 10. Winter Moon
(4:06) 11. Cocco Bello (Radio Edit)
(3:50) 12. Breathe (Radio Edit)
(4:46) 13. For You a Thousand Times (Radio Edit)
(4:04) 14. It's Gonna Rain (Radio Edit)

Every song on the album "For You A Thousand Times" is a musical story in which the Norwegian jazz singer and songwriter Silje Nergaard makes past encounters and personal experiences with rousing melodies in a subtly arranged sound panorama. "I have seen pictures of how families from North and South Korea have met again after decades of separation. Everyone cried with joy and were filled with happiness. This is the song "For You a Thousand Times", "recalls Nergaard. One of the most intimate memories is her "Hush Little Bird," a sleepy figure for her little Ethiopian adoptive son Jonah, who sneaks in his native language before falling asleep. "For You A Thousand Times" is full of such stories: About invisible connections, longing and love. It is Nergaard's most personal album and a musical tale full of hope. Nergaard is accompanied by Andreas Ulvo (keyboard), Audun Erlien (bass), Sidiki Camara (percussion), Wetle Holte (drums and percussion), Mathias Eick (Trompetet), Håkon Aase (violin) and Håkon Korn. Translate by Google  https://www.amazon.de/You-Thousand-Times-Silje-Nergaard/dp/B07487316S

For You a Thousand Times

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