Buddy DeFranco - Wholly Cats: The Complete 'Plays Benny Goodman And Artie Shaw' Sessions, Vol. One

Styles: Clarinet Jazz
Year: 2007
File: MP3@320K/s
Time: 71:53
Size: 164,6 MB
Art: Front

( 5:55)  1. Benny's Bugle
( 6:39)  2. A Smooth One
( 4:37)  3. Air Mail Special
( 5:23)  4. More Than You Know
(11:49)  5. Wholly Cats
( 2:28)  6. Goodbye
( 4:45)  7. Seven Come Eleven
( 3:55)  8. My Blue Heaven
( 4:45)  9. Stardust
( 4:48) 10. Cross Your Heart
( 5:09) 11. Frenesi
( 3:31) 12. Medley: Dancing In The Dark / Moonglow / Time On My Hands
( 3:31) 13. Indian Love Call
( 4:31) 14. Summit Ridge Drive

5 complete LPs presented on 2 companion volumes! Featuring Carl Perkins, Jimmy Rowles, Barney Kessel and Don Fagerquist! Benny Goodman and Artie Shaw were among the most famous and beloved figures in swing music both as clarinet soloists and orchestra conductors. Th ey were still very active musically in 1957, when Buddy De Franco decided to record a series of sessions paying homage to them. Thirty-five performances were recorded (including four medleys containing three songs each) in four extended sessions made on four consecutive days and with two different groups (guitarist Barney Kessel, however, is present on most of the tracks). 

The first two sessions included trumpeter Don Fagerquist, tenor saxophonist Georgie Auld and pianist Carl Perkins. The second group includes trumpeter Ray Linn and another modern jazz pianist: Jimmy Rowles. These two companion volumes include the complete LPs FOR THE FIRST TIME EVER ON CD!: "I Hear Benny Goodman & Artie Shaw", "Buddy De Franco plays Benny Goodman", "Buddy De Franco plays Artie Shaw", "Wholly Cats" and "Closed Session". https://www.freshsoundrecords.com/buddy-defranco-albums/4708-wholly-cats.html

Personnel:  Buddy DeFranco (cl), Don Fagerquist (tp), Georgie Auld (ts), Victor Feldman (vib), Carl Perkins (p), Barney Kessel (g), Leroy Vinnegar (b), Stan Levey (d)

Wholly Cats

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Kirk Knuffke - Lamplighter

Styles: Cornet Jazz
Year: 2014
File: MP3@320K/s
Time: 54:28
Size: 125,4 MB
Art: Front

(3:56)  1. Rise
(4:49)  2. Brightness
(4:41)  3. Lamplighter
(5:14)  4. Odds
(5:46)  5. As Always Am
(5:45)  6. Madeleine
(4:35)  7. Glows
(3:43)  8. Smash
(5:06)  9. Blanks
(4:52) 10. How Much Money Does It Really Take
(5:55) 11. Tomorrow And Later

"Although Knuffke topped Downbeats 2015 Rising Star poll, this will almost certainly be the last time hell be described as new talent. Since arriving in New York over a decade ago the 35-year-old cornettist has recorded with such luminaries as Butch Morris, Mark Helias and Mary Halvorson, not to mention one of the citys most happening groups, Allison Millers Boom Tic Boom. With over a dozen pending releases and more than twice that number already under his belt, 2015 looks set to be his breakthrough year. At once rooted in tradition and subversively skewed, the somewhat unusual instrumentation of Lamplighter makes a striking and immediate first impression. Neither Wollesen nor Goodwin play with a full kit, their orchestra of small instruments bringing a tremendous unpredictability and richness to Knuffkes elastic grooves. Rise opens with a simple pulse from Wollesens bass drum, quickly lurching into swing-time as Goodwins snare and cymbals animate the leaders expressionistic half-valve glisses. Takeishis rather boxy acoustic bass guitar takes some getting used to, but when the ears adjust his note placements are often little short of sublime (nowhere more so than on the splendidly languid title track). Blanks summons the dancing spirit of Knuffkes one-time mentor Ornette Coleman, whist Tomorrow And Later rides an almost martial beat redolent of Henry Threadgills off-kilter funk. The sheer joy of Knuffkes solo on Odds is utterly infectious, but its dangerously turbulent undertow is a reminder of a broad musical catholicism. All in all this is a wonderfully individual set, and if youre searching for sounds of surprise youll find them right here." ~ Fred Grand -Jazz Journal (October, 2015) https://www.freshsoundrecords.com/kirk-knuffke-albums/6299-lamplighter.html

Personnel:  Kirk Knuffke (cnt), Stomu Takeishi (b), Kenny Wollesen (perc), Bill Goodwin (d, perc)

Lamplighter

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Jimmy Heath Big Band - Turn Up The Heath

Styles: Saxophone Jazz
Year: 2006
File: MP3@320K/s
Time: 73:52
Size: 170,3 MB
Art: Front

(7:02)  1. Big P
(7:16)  2. Heritage Hum
(9:23)  3. Gemini
(4:52)  4. Like A Son
(8:59)  5. I'm Glad There's You
(8:06)  6. One For Juan
(6:29)  7. Project S
(6:42)  8. Sources Says
(8:47)  9. No End
(6:12) 10. Basic Birks

Back in the early '90s I asked tenor saxophonist Jimmy Heath if he planned a followup to his Grammy-nominated album, Little Man Big Band (Verve, 1992). As I recall, he smiled politely but didn't really answer the question. Now he has and with an exclamation point. Describing how his latest superb album, Turn Up the Heath, came about, Jimmy writes, "The Jazz Masters award [from NEA and IAJE] in 2003 made it possible. As to why: "...there were so many orchestrations I wanted to document. There are also special people he wanted to praise and remember, and it is entirely appropriate that Heath should begin with "Big P, a brisk and warmhearted salute to his late brother, bassist Percy Heath. "Gemini was written for Heath's daughter, Roslyn; "Basic Birks for Dizzy Gillespie; "Like a Son for alto saxophonist Antonio Hart; "Heritage Hum for "my people, and the snappy samba "One for Juan for that ubiquitous purveyor of Colombian coffee, Juan Valdez. Completing the program are Heath's "Project S and "Sources Say," and his arrangements of Kenny Dorham's "No End and the standard "I'm Glad There Is You (the last an exquisite showpiece for Heath's fluent, evocative tenor and Jeb Patton's lucid piano). Heath's tenor is also heard on "Heritage Hum, "Gemini, "One for Juan, "Project S and "Basic Birks, his soprano on "No End. As for his colleagues, Heath says he met many of them "while playing with the Dizzy Gillespie Alumni All-Star Band, a reasonable assertion, as each one is an all-star, whether soloing or hunkering down as a member of the ensemble. The rhythm section, comprised of Patton, bassist Peter Washington and drummer Lewis Nash, is as solid and perceptive as they come, and Washington does Percy's memory proud on "Big P. The remarkable cavalcade of commendable improvisers includes Patton; Washington; Hart; trumpeters Greg Gisbert, Sean Jones, Terell Stafford and Michael Philip Mossman; trombonists Benny Powell, Slide Hampton, Steve Davis, Jason Jackson and John Mosca; alto Mark Gross; tenors Charles Davis, Bobby LaVell and Andres Boiarsky; baritones Jay Branford and Gary Smulyan; and flutist Lew Tabackin, a standout on "Gemini. Heath's charts are delightful, fairly bursting with energy and good humor, and if I have my personal favorites, I'm sure you will too. Even fourteen years onward, this is one sequel that was well worth the wait. Turn Up the Heath, crank up the volume, relax and enjoy.
 

Personnel: (Tracks 1,2,4-7) Jimmy Heath: leader, tenor sax; Frank Greene, Nick Marchione, Michael Philip Mossman, Terell Stafford: trumpet; Mark Gross: alto sax, flute; Antonio Hart: alto, soprano sax, flute; Bobby LaVell, Charles Davis: tenor sax; Jay Branford: baritone sax; John Mosca, Slide Hampton, Benny Powell: trombone; Douglas Purviance: bass trombone; Jeb Patton: piano; Peter Washington: bass; Lewis Nash: drums. (3,8-10) Jimmy Heath: leader, tenor sax; Greene, Mossman, Greg Gisbert, Sean Jones: trumpet; Gross: alto sax, flute; Hart: alto, soprano sax, flute; LaVell, Andres Boiarsky: tenor sax; Gary Smulyan: baritone sax; Mosca, Steve Davis, Jason Jackson: trombone; Purviance: bass trombone; Patton: piano; Washington: bass; Nash: drums. Guest artists: Lew Tabackin: flute (3); Joe Gonzales: congas (2)

Turn Up The Heath

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Esko Linnavalli Sextet - Day Is Over

Styles: Piano Jazz
Year: 1975
File: MP3@320K/s
Time: 35:48
Size: 82,7 MB
Art: Front

(7:04)  1. 458 R.T.
(2:26)  2. Day Is Over
(3:54)  3. New Day
(5:34)  4. Playtime
(5:43)  5. Tanja
(2:56)  6. Summer Tune
(4:02)  7. Muggleton Air
(4:05)  8. Clear Dream

Day is Over, an album often credited to Esko Linnavalli Quintet but without any mention of performing group on the cover, was born during a series of Finnish Jazz Music Workshop events, led by Heikki Sarmanto and Esko Linnavalli, out which the New Music Orchestra UMO was born.A UMO-anticipating 14-headed workshop band gathered to rehearse at the rock club Tavastia in 1974. Out of that group emerged a quintet, who took a trip to Stockholm to record Day Is Over. The album appeared on Scandia Records in 1975 and has since become one of the most valuable jazz rarities of the seventies in Finland. The Svart edition is the first time this remarkable album is available after its very brief original run.
 

Personnel:  Esko Linnavalli: electric piano;  Eero Koivistoinen: saxophone;  Allan Botschinsky: trumpet;  Niels-Henning Örsted-Pedersen: double bass;  Esko Rosnell: drums

Day Is Over

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