The Peddlers - How Cool Is Cool Disc 1, Disc 2

Album: How Cool Is Cool Disc 1

Styles: Jazz-Pop
Year: 2002
File: MP3@320K/s
Time: 63:39
Size: 146,7 MB
Art: Front

(2:18) 1. Time After Time
(3:41) 2. Girl Talk - From the Motion Picture "Harlow"
(2:34) 3. Who Can I Turn To (When Nobody Needs Me)? - From "The Roar Of THe Greasepaint"
(2:37) 4. Stormy Weather
(3:26) 5. Smile
(3:24) 6. Empty Club Blues
(2:28) 7. You're The Reason I'm Living
(3:43) 8. It Ain't No Big Thing
(3:02) 9. Sneakin' Up On You
(3:30) 10. Pentathalon - Instrumental
(2:01) 11. What Now My Love
(6:06) 12. Lover
(2:27) 13. Say No More
(2:36) 14. Irresistable You (2:43) 15. Murrays Mood - Instrumental
(1:42) 16. Nine Miles High
(2:15) 17. Comin' Home Baby
(3:38) 18. On a Clear Day You Can See Forever
(3:12) 19. Basin Street Blues
(2:40) 20. Nobody Likes Me
(3:23) 21. I'm A Boy In Love

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Album: How Cool Is Cool Disc 2

Time: 76:42
Size: 176,6 MB

( 4:01) 1. People - From The Musical Production "Funny Girl"
( 2:53) 2. In The Still Of the Night
( 2:49) 3. Ebb Tide
( 2:34) 4. Just A Pretty Song
( 2:38) 5. Lost Continent
( 4:34) 6. Prime Of My Life
( 3:21) 7. Some Of This Some Of That
( 2:44) 8. Handle With Care
( 2:04) 9. Horses Collar
( 4:11) 10. Where Have All The Flowers Gone
( 3:16) 11. Little Red Rooster
( 2:23) 12. Southern Women
( 3:07) 13. By The Time I Get To Phoenix
( 6:33) 14. Girlie P. S. I Love You
( 2:22) 15. Day In Day Out
( 2:26) 16. City Living
(10:41) 17. Lockshen Pudding - Instrumental
( 4:04) 18. Birth
( 3:05) 19. That's Life
( 3:55) 20. Steel Mill
( 2:50) 21. Wasting My Time

Two CD 42 track set featuring their complete CBS recordings. Once derided as three blokes in matching shirts playing easy listening interpretations of pop hits, they now have a certain retro cool for what keyboardist/ vocalist Roy Phillips describes as 'a sort of pop-art-jazz' and can be seen as an influence on acts as diverse as Air & Lemon Jelly. This double CD compilation gathers the group's three late-60s albums they cut for CBS (Freewheelers, Three in a Cell and Birthday) as well as singles and rare recordings. Unbelievably tight, The Peddlers could swing with the best of them and their rich organ and funky rhythms recall both Ramsay Lewis & Booker T & the MG's. Although The Peddlers did not split up until 1976, the group (and their fans) consider these recordings the finest recordings Peddlers available and listening to them is a pleasure. Imaginative interpretations of 'Little Red Rooster' and 'Stormy Weather' alongside brooding originals make this a definitive set of a seriously underrated '60s act who truly embody the pop-art-jazz thing like no other. Sony Jazz. 2002. ~ Editorial Reviews https://www.amazon.com/How-Cool-Peddlers/dp/B00006L403

How Cool Is Cool Disc 1, Disc 2

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Tommy Flanagan, John Coltrane, Kenny Burrell - The Cats

Styles: Jazz, Post Bop
Year: 1983
File: MP3@320K/s
Time: 42:21
Size: 97,5 MB
Art: Front

( 7:24) 1. Minor Mishap
( 5:55) 2. How Long Has This Been Going On?
( 7:55) 3. Eclypso
( 9:07) 4. Solacium
(11:58) 5. Tommy's Tune

The Cats are John Coltrane, Kenny Burrell, Tommy Flanagan, and Idrees Sulieman, heavyweights that clearly mark this as a Prestige All-Stars blowing session. However, this 1957 recording is actually a showcase for Flanagan, a rising star in his first major role. None of the tunes are all that challenging, following basic blues formulas that befit the nature of the session, which was probably quickly organized and recorded. But as you might expect this gives the players plenty of opportunities to wail.Coltrane demonstrates that he would soon be exploring more harmonically advanced territories than the others, tearing through rapid-fire solos with no trouble whatsoever. Burrell takes a more laid-back approach, stringing together bluesy licks in a relaxed fashion. If there's a weak link here, it's Sulieman, who despite a few nice solos seems tentative in spots and a little directionless in others.
But fortunately this is Flanagan's session, a gifted sideman who provides the right support to make sure that everyone stays on course. Along with the sextet tunes, a trio recording of "How Long Has This Been Going On?" proves that Flanagan was capable of handling the spotlight on his own. The slow, graceful rendering of the standard proves that the pianists had plenty of originality and taste and is the only track on the album that stands out. The Cats isn't the best recording by any of these musicians, who recorded in various combinations elsewhere (the later Kenny Burrell with John Coltrane , which also features Flanagan, is an essential purchase), but nevertheless The Cats is a solid album with plenty of tasty playing.~ David Rickert https://www.allaboutjazz.com/the-cats-john-coltrane-prestige-records-review-by-david-rickert.php

Personnel: Tommy Flanagan - piano; John Coltrane - tenor sax; Idrees Sulieman - trumpet; Kenny Burrell - guitar; Doug Watkins - bass; Louis Hayes - drums.