Donald Byrd - Timeless

Styles: Trumpet Jazz
Year: 2002
File: MP3@320K/s
Time: 42:32
Size: 97,7 MB
Art: Front

(4:31)  1. Long Green
(7:49)  2. Star Eyes
(7:39)  3. Someone to Watch over Me
(7:36)  4. Honeylike
(7:43)  5. Orpheus
(7:11)  6. Winterset

Timeless Donald Byrd combines most of the trumpeter's 1955 Savoy session Byrd's Word and two tracks from alto saxophonist John Jenkins' 1957 Savoy release Jazz Eyes. 

Both albums are solid examples of mid-'50s mainstream jazz and represent both artists well. Given that these albums go in and out of print, the Timeless compilations are welcome additions to the artists' catalogs, though diehards will still want to seek out the original albums. ~ Matt Collar https://www.allmusic.com/album/timeless-donald-byrd-mw0000661040

Personnel:  Trumpet – Donald Byrd; Alto Saxophone – John Jenkins;  Bass – Doug Watkins, Paul Chambers; Drums – Art Taylor, Kenny Clarke; Piano – Hank Jones, Tommy Flanagan; Tenor Saxophone – Frank Foster; Trombone – Curtis Fuller

Timeless

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Nat Adderley - You, Baby

Styles: Cornet Jazz
Year: 1968
File: MP3@320K/s
Time: 36:09
Size: 92,7 MB
Art: Front

(2:47)  1. You, Baby
(3:21)  2. By The Time I Get To Phoenix
(4:57)  3. Electric Eel
(2:23)  4. Early Chanson
(4:00)  5. Denise
(3:45)  6. Early Minor
(4:29)  7. My Son
(4:21)  8. New Orleans
(3:31)  9. Hang On In
(2:34) 10. Halftime

As Cannonball Adderley moved with the times in the late '60s, so did brother Nat on his own. While Adderley generally buys into Creed Taylor's A&M mixture of top-flight jazz talent, pop tunes and originals, and orchestrations packaged in bite-sized tracks, this album has its own pleasingly veiled yet soulful sound quite apart from its neighbors in the A&M/CTI series. Give credit to Adderley's successful use of a Varitone electronic attachment on his cornet, giving the horn an "electric blue" sound which he handles with marvelous rhythmic dexterity. Add Joe Zawinul's lively, funky electric piano from Cannonball's quintet, as well as the brooding, genuinely classically-inspired orchestrations of Bill Fischer that only use violas, cellos and flutes. While not always technically perfect, Adderley's solos have soul and substance; his brief, catchy bop licks on "Halftime" are some of the best he ever played and on Zawinul's "Early Minor," he evokes a sense of loneliness that Miles would have admired. A lovely, intensely musical album, well worth seeking out. ~ Richard S.Ginell https://www.allmusic.com/album/you-baby-mw0000903606

Personnel:  Cornet – Nat Adderley ; Bass – Ron Carter; Cello – Alan Shulman, Charles McCracken, George Ricci;  Flute – George Marge, Harvey Estrin, Jerome Richardson, Joe Soldo, Romeo Penque;  Piano – Joe Zawinul;  Viola – Al Brown, Bernard Zaslav, Selwart Clarke

You, Baby

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Roy Ayers - Fever

Styles: Piano, Clarinet, Jazz Funk
Year: 1979
File: MP3@320K/s
Time: 40:38
Size: 93,7 MB
Art: Front

(5:52)  1. Love Will Bring Us Back Together
(4:42)  2. Simple And Sweet
(4:08)  3. Take Me Out To The Ball Game
(5:00)  4. I Wanna Feel It (I Wanna Dance)
(5:44)  5. Fever
(4:33)  6. Is It Too Late To Try?
(5:34)  7. If You Love Me
(5:01)  8. Leo

A great little album by Roy Ayers one that features none of his hits, which means lots of fresh material and which has great examples of both sides of Roy's talents at the time! The dancefloor side of Roy kicks in with "Love Will Bring Us Back Together", an extremely catchy groover that's very much in the mode of "Running Away", with plenty of choppy funky riffs, and a good soul base at the core. Even better, though, is the mellow spacey side of Roy  which shows up wonderfully in the cuts "Is It Too Late To Try" and "If You Love Me" two overlooked gems that float along in a perfect blend of jazz and modern soul, with great breathy vocals and vibes, very much in the spirit of stuff on the You Send Me album. Other cuts include "I Wanna Feel It", "Leo", "Take Me Out To The Ball Game", and "Simple & Sweet" all nice too!  © 1996-2019, Dusty Groove, Inc. https://www.dustygroove.com/item/1648/Roy-Ayers:Fever

Personnel:  Roy Ayers – lead vocals (tracks: 1-7), backing vocals (track 2), electric piano (tracks: 1, 5, 6, 8), clavinet (tracks: 1, 5, 6), handclaps (track 1), cowbell (track 2), ARP String Synthesizer (track 4), vibraphone (tracks: 6-8), ARP Omni (track 8), producer; Carla Vaughn – lead vocals (tracks: 2, 3, 6), backing vocals (tracks: 1, 5), co-producer; Wayne Garfield – lead vocals (track 4); Kathleen Jackson – lead vocals (track 4); Ethel Beatty – backing vocals (track 2); Jim Gilstrap – backing vocals (track 5); Philip Woo – ARP String Synthesizer & Oberheim piano (track 2); Harold Land – electric piano (tracks: 4, 7), piano (track 7);  Chuck Anthony – guitar (tracks: 1, 4, 5, 8); George Baker – guitar (tracks: 2, 3); Gregory David Moore – guitar (track 7);  William Henry Allen – bass (tracks: 1, 3, 6), handclaps (track 1);  Kerry Turman – bass (tracks: 2, 4, 5, 7); Neil Jason – bass (track 8); Bernard Lee "Pretty" Purdie – drums (tracks: 1-4, 8); Gene Dunlap – drums (tracks: 5, 7);
Howard Terrance King – drums (track 6); Chano O'Ferral – percussion (track 2), congas (tracks: 5, 7);  James Richard "Dick" Griffin – trombone (track 2); Justo Almario – tenor saxophone (tracks: 3, 4, 7, 8); John Clifford Mosley, Jr. – trumpet (track 4); Sinclair Acey – trumpet (track 7)

Fever

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Steven Bernstein - Brass Bang!

Styles: Trumpet Jazz
Year: 2015
File: MP3@320K/s
Time: 62:04
Size: 143,7 MB
Art: Front

(0:47)  1. Italian at La Glance
(5:11)  2. Black and Tan Fantasy
(8:35)  3. As Tears Go By
(2:32)  4. Dissonanze Cognitive
(3:06)  5. Beng!
(2:23) 6. La Rejouissance (Music for the Royal Fireworks)
(4:34)  7. No Potho Reposare
(7:14)  8. Zero
(0:55)  9. Bing!
(3:10) 10. Surgentem Cum Victoria
(4:44) 11. Shorty
(0:40) 12. Wienerschnitzel
(2:44) 13. Manic Depression
(1:02) 14. Bung!
(6:20) 15. Rockin' in Rhythm
(1:08) 16. Bong!
(2:37) 17. Fuga
(4:14) 18. Guarda Che Luna

At the beginning there is the voice of Steve Bernstein that on a background of fanfare rattles off a sequence of phrases in Italian maccheronico, as a tourist do it yourself, then bursts Duke Ellington , his "Black and Tan Fantasy" has orchestral fullness, colors vivid and surprising delicacy. Even the Rolling Stones? So it would seem because the unmistakable melody of "As Tears Go By" is revealed only after almost six minutes of mysterious, sidereal sounds, references from space or from the depths of the sea that suddenly come together and become recognizable. But the surprises do not end there because we find a Handel almost "mariachi," Palestrina austere but moving, the Jimi Hendrixof "Manic Depression" in a phantasmagoric version, a classic of Italian music like "Guarda che luna" - brought to success by Fred Buscaglione - philologically witty and dreamy. And also original compositions that condense personal visions and aesthetics in just a few minutes but also work as a glue to such a differentiated material. Only four eclectic musicians, transversal and accustomed to contaminations like the protagonists of Brass Bang! they could set up a project of this kind avoiding the risk of pastiche in bad taste. And from a brass quartet it certainly could not miss the memory of a great African-American musician like Lester Bowie , honored with "Zero," a song with a captivating melodic and rhythmic structure that enhances the tubus of Marcus Rojas , a real nerve of the supergroup. ~ Vicenzo Roggero https://www.allaboutjazz.com/brass-bang-steven-bernstein-tuk-music-review-by-vincenzo-roggero.php

Personnel: Steven Bernstein: trumpet, coulisse trumpet; effects; flugelhorn, voice; Paolo Fresu: trumpet, flugelhorn, cornet, pocket trumpet, effects; Gianluca Petrella: trombone; Marcus Rojas: tuba, vocals, percussion.

Brass Bang!

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