Dizzy Gillespie - Dizzy Gillespie Meets Phil Woods Quintet

Styles: Trumpet And Saxophone Jazz
Year: 1986
File: MP3@320K/s
Time: 50:48
Size: 117,9 MB
Art: Front

( 6:24)  1. Oon-ga-wa
( 8:09)  2. Loose Change
( 6:01)  3. Whasdishean
(12:47)  4. Round Midnight
( 8:49)  5. Love For Sale
( 8:37)  6. Terrestris

As the greatest musical heir on alto sax to Charlie Parker, it seemed only natural for Phil Woods to record a date with Dizzy Gillespie. This European studio session features Dizzy as a special guest sitting in with one of Woods' greatest quintets, with pianist Hal Galper and the brilliant trumpeter and flugelhornist Tom Harrell. In fact Dizzy's chops had already slipped somewhat during the decade and Harrell clearly outplays him even though he clearly isn't trying to embarrass the legendary trumpeter. Gillespie is at his best with a muted solo on "'Round Midnight," while Woods, Harrell and Galper are all outstanding throughout the entire CD. ~ Ken Dryden https://www.allmusic.com/album/dizzy-gillespie-meets-the-phil-woods-quintet-mw0000916751

Personnel:  Dizzy Gillespie - trumpet;  Phil Woods - alto saxophone;  Hal Galper - piano;  Steve Gilmore - bass;  Bill Goodwin - drums;  Tom Harrell - trumpet, flugelhorn

Dizzy Gillespie Meets Phil Woods Quintet

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Barb Jungr - Every Grain Of Sand

Styles: Vocal
Year: 2002
File: MP3@320K/s
Time: 63:18
Size: 145,9 MB
Art: Front

(4:06)  1. I'll Be Your Baby Tonight
(3:09)  2. If Not For You
(4:57)  3. Things Have Changed
(3:14)  4. Ring Them Bells
(4:36)  5. Not Dark Yet
(4:37)  6. Don't Think Twice
(3:29)  7. Is Your Love In Vain
(4:10)  8. It's All Over Now, Baby Blue
(3:13)  9. I Want You
(7:40) 10. Sugar Baby
(3:10) 11. Born In Time
(3:58) 12. What Good Am I
(5:33) 13. Tangled Up In Blue
(2:57) 14. Forever Young
(4:22) 15. Every Grain Of Sand

Every Grain of Sand is a breathtaking revelation on several fronts. First, Barb Jungr treats Bob Dylan as one of the great tunesmiths of the American popular tradition. Not merely as rock & roll's preeminent songwriter, the direction from which virtually all others have approached his canon, but as a sophisticated composer the equal of the Gershwins, Irving Berlin, Jerome Kern, or Cole Porter. Jungr dramatically re-reads that canon and she fearlessly reshapes it in the process. To cite the most radical instances, she turns "Things Have Changed" into an Eastern European jig and "Tangled up in Blue" into a jaunty, jazzy western, while "Born in Time" is a marvel full of Baroque voicings. One may quibble and Dylan fanatics, known to be provincial on occasion, certainly will, perhaps vociferously with an arrangement here or a lyrical interpretation or subtle shading there without and here is the magic of the album in the least invalidating the singer's choices. Indeed, part of the sublime beauty of Every Grain of Sand is that it inspires, even challenges, one to make personal revisions and reinterpretations. Ultimately, Jungr is one of the few artists who has managed to not only come out on the other side of this songbook unscathed, but to actually come out having enhanced its gravity, significance, and unvarnished beauty as well as her own. She is not merely singing, but telling stories. She opens up a window of vulnerability and sensuality that had previously sat stoic beneath the surface of these songs and suffuses them with such a delicate, gauzy luminosity that they seem to glow from the inside out. Her singing is soulful and emotionally naked, and the performances are so expressive that you take something new away with each listen. The treasures ("I'll Be Your Baby Tonight," "Ring Them Bells," "Not Dark Yet," "Is Your Love in Vain?," and "What Good Am I?") tucked away here are endlessly rewarding. If you think you've heard Bob Dylan or Barb Jungr before Every Grain of Sand, you are, simply put, mistaken. ~ Stanton Swihart https://www.allmusic.com/album/every-grain-of-sand-mw0000661771

Personnel:  Barb Jungr - vocals, harmonica;  Simon Wallace - piano (tracks 1-3, 5-8, 10-12, 14-15);  Russell Churney - piano (tracks 4, 9, 13);  Mark Lockheart - saxophone;  Kim Burton - accordion;  Sonya Fairburn - violin;  Sonia Oakes Stuart - cello;  Julie Walkington - double bass;  Gary Hammond - percussion

Every Grain Of Sand

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Ornette Coleman - Of Human Feelings

Styles: Saxophone Jazz
Year: 1982
File: MP3@320K/s
Time: 36:25
Size: 83,6 MB
Art: Front

(3:34)  1. Sleep Talk
(4:24)  2. Jump Street
(4:20)  3. Him and Her
(6:11)  4. Air Ship
(3:58)  5. What is the Name of That Song?
(4:58)  6. Job Mob
(2:54)  7. Love Words
(6:03)  8. Times Square

When one thinks of Ornette Coleman's innovative Prime Time Band, it is of crowded ensembles played by the altoist/leader, two guitars, two electric bassists, and two drummers. Actually, Jamaaladeen Tacuma, who plays enough for two musicians, is the only bassist on this date, but guitarists Charlie Ellerbee and Bern Nix, along with drummers Denardo Coleman and Calvin Weston, keep the ensembles quite exciting. None of the eight Coleman originals (which includes a tune titled "What Is the Name of That Song?") would catch on, but in this context they serve as a fine platform for Coleman's distinctive horn and often witty and free (but oddly melodic) style. ~ Scott Yanow https://www.allmusic.com/album/of-human-feelings-mw0000902383

Personnel:  Denardo Coleman – drums;  Ornette Coleman – alto saxophone, production;  Charlie Ellerbee – guitar;  Bern Nix – guitar;  Jamaaladeen Tacuma – bass guitar;  Calvin Weston – drums.

Of Human Feelings

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Will Davis Trio - Have Mood Will Call...

Styles: Piano Jazz
Year: 1959
File: MP3@320K/s
Time: 33:11
Size: 77,3 MB
Art: Front

(4:17)  1. Will Call
(4:07)  2. Sock Cha-Cha
(2:47)  3. Bye & Bye
(3:14)  4. St. George's Groove
(2:59)  5. Everybody's Cha-Cha
(2:42)  6. Moon Child
(2:59)  7. Mad About the Boy
(3:04)  8. Old Devil Moon
(4:15)  9. 50-21
(2:41) 10. Softly as in a Morning Sunrise

Pianist Will Davis was eventually obscured in the shuffle of similar-sounding jazzmen, in name as well as in style. His single album as a leader came out in 1959, a trio session entitled Have Mood, Will Call on the Sue label, a firm whose name sounds more like brash legal advice than a record company. This album, combined with Davis' work on the bebop scene since the '40s, earned him a spot in Leonard Feather's Encyclopedia of Jazz in the '60s. But by a few decades later, even jazz buffs probably thought Will Davis was an encyclopedia entry on organist Wild Bill Davis issing a handful of letters. Davis was raised in Chicago; his father was a clarinetist. The young man studied music initially with a private teacher in Virginia, then entered the Detroit Conservatory. He began gigging with bandleaders such as Snookum Russell and Paul Bascomb, becoming associated with new jazz directions through performances and recordings with trumpeter Howard McGhee. During the second half of the '40s, Davis was part of a scene of Detroit jazz players including important vibraphonist Milt Jackson, brilliant tenor saxophonist Wardell Gray, and perilously choppy saxophonist Sonny Stitt. Davis' own trio backed out-of-town stars such as Lester Young, Charlie Parker, and Miles Davis, the latter no family relation. While some of his associates were known for dazzling complexity, pianist Davis apparently never missed a chance to insert a funky touch. ~ Eugene Chadbourne https://www.allmusic.com/artist/will-davis-mn0000684410

Personnel:  Will Davis, piano;  William Austin, bass;  Oliver Jackson, drums

Have Mood Will Call...

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The Count Basie Orchestra - All About That Basie

Styles: Jazz, Big Band, Swing
Year: 2018
File: MP3@320K/s
Time: 48:11
Size: 110,9 MB
Art: Front

(4:40)  1. Everyday I Have The Blues
(4:26)  2. Can't Hide Love
(3:38)  3. My Cherie Amour
(3:24)  4. Don't Worry ‘Bout Me
(4:25)  5. Tequila
(4:53)  6. Hallelujah
(3:53)  7. April In Paris
(3:08)  8. Honeysuckle Rose
(4:35)  9. Hello
(4:56) 10. Sent For You Yesterday
(6:08) 11. From One To Another

The Legendary Count Basie Orchestra celebrates their 80th anniversary as the premiere big band in jazz with a collection of classic material a twist on a few modern hits (Adele, Leonard Cohen, Stevie Wonder, and others). Special guests include: Stevie Wonder, Carmen Bradford, Kurt Elling, Take 6, Jamie Davis, Jon Faddis, Wycliffe Gordon, Joey DeFrancesco, Eric Reed, Rickey Woodard, and Gregg Field. ~ Editorial Reviews https://www.amazon.com/About-That-Basie-Count-Orchestra/dp/B07FDVCMHP

Featuring Take 6, Kurt Eling, Carmen Bradford, Jon Faddis, Wycliffe Gordon, Jamie Davis, Joey Defrancesco and Stevie Wonder…

All About That Basie

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