Mark Colby - Yesterday's Gardenias

Styles: Saxophone Jazz
Year: 2011
File: MP3@320K/s
Time: 61:30
Size: 141,4 MB
Art: Front

(6:17) 1. Isfahan
(5:54) 2. Ugly Beauty
(5:17) 3. Estate
(5:52) 4. Three and One
(8:57) 5. Mellow Minor
(6:13) 6. The Summary
(7:29) 7. Angel Eyes
(5:22) 8. Yesterday's Gardenias
(6:05) 9. Touch of Her Lips and Part
(4:00) 10. Just In Time

Mark has performed with Gerry Mulligan, Jaco Pastorius, Frank Sinatra, Maynard Ferguson, Bob James, Charlie Haden and Mose Allison. He is a first call studio musician, and has played on over 2,000 commercials in the competitive Chicago market. He has been a jazz faculty member at DePaul University since 1983, as well as Elmhurst College. Currently, he is performing as a guest soloist and clinician/ adjudicator at high schools and colleges throughout the United States representing the Selmer Company. https://musicians.allaboutjazz.com/markcolby

I've been listenting to Mark Colby for twenty years, and I've seen him grow into a master of the saxophone and master of the music he plays.” ~Stan Getz

“Mark was a great asset to our event, providing incisive comments and excellent clinic work. He has an uncanny ability to lock in with both youngsters and adults.” ~Dr. John Harding, Director of Jazz Studies University of North Carolina

“A brilliant saxophone soloist in the virtuoso range.” ~John Wilson, The New York Times

Yesterday's Gardenias

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Aldo Romano - Reborn

Styles: Jazz, Post Bop
Year: 2020
File: MP3@320K/s
Time: 48:40
Size: 112,4 MB
Art: Front

(3:48) 1. Annobon
(2:32) 2. Sud-ouest jump
(3:55) 3. Petionville
(3:39) 4. Twenty Small Cigars
(3:58) 5. Il piacere
(5:12) 6. Dreams and Waters
(4:51) 7. Dear Old Stockholm
(9:38) 8. Positano
(2:53) 9. Spring Tide
(8:10) 10. Darn That Dream

Although born in Italy, Aldo Romano moved to France with his family at a young age. He was already playing guitar and drums professionally in Paris in the '50s when he heard Donald Byrd's group with drummer Arthur Taylor. Since then, he has dedicated himself to the drums and contemporary jazz. In Paris jazz clubs like le Chat Qui Pêche and the Caméléon, Romano has accompanied visiting Americans like Jackie McLean, Bud Powell, Lucky Thompson, J.J. Johnson, and Woody Shaw while also exploring free music with Don Cherry and Gato Barbieri, Frank Wright and Bobby Few, Michel Portal, François Tusques, Jean-Louis Chautemps, and Steve Lacy. Romano's boundless curiosity for any living music brought him in contact with electric jazz in the '70s, playing at the Riverbop with longtime associate/bassist Jean-François Jenny-Clark, in addition to François Jeanneau, Henri Texier, Charlie Mariano, and Philip Catherine. In 1978, he released his first album as a leader with Claude Barthélémy (Il Piacere, OWL), followed by 1980's Night Diary with Didier Lockwood and Jasper Van't Hof, and 1983's Alma Latina with Philip Catherine. In 1980, Romano brought pianist Michel Petrucciani to the world's attention, introducing him to the producer of Owl Records. His Italian roots were lovingly remembered with the foundation of his Italian Quartet with Paolo Fresu, Franco D'Andrea, and Furio Di Castri. The quartet recorded To Be Ornette to Be and Water Dreams (Owl) and Non Dimenticar, a collection of Italian songs (Verve). Palatino named for the Rome-Paris night train also includes Fresu, with Glen Ferris on trombone. Intervista (Verve, 2001) with bassist Palle Danielsson, saxophonist Stefano di Battista, and Brazilian guitarist Nelson Veras is a magnificently played overview of his musical career, with Ornette Coleman-ish tunes, Latin-American compositions, and operatic arias; a bonus CD contains a charming interview.~ Francesco Martinelli https://www.allmusic.com/artist/aldo-romano-mn0000684164/biography

Personnel: Aldo Romano (ds); Geraldine Laurent (as); Glenn Ferris (tb); Henri Texier (b); Enrico Rava (tp; Baptiste Trotignon (p); Darryl Hall (b); Michel Benita (b); Yoann Loustalot (tp); Mauro Negri (cl); Jasper van’t Hof (p)

Reborn

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