Dexter Gordon Quartet - Manhattan Symphonie

Bitrate: 320K/s
Time: 69:58
Size: 160.2 MB
Styles: Bop, Saxophone jazz
Year: 1978/2005
Art: Front

[ 8:56] 1. As Time Goes By
[ 8:22] 2. Moment's Notice
[ 7:26] 3. Tanya
[ 6:15] 4. I Told You So
[12:52] 5. Body And Soul
[ 6:39] 6. Ltd
[ 8:42] 7. Ruby, My Dear
[10:43] 8. Secret Love

Manhattan Symphonie was recorded just two days after Dexter Gordon's legendary gigs at the Village Vanguard with his working band of pianist George Cables, bassist Rufus Reid, and drummer Eddie Gladden. Produced by Michael, this set captures the true mastery of Gordon at his melodic peak. Some of the fire of the earlier bebop years has mellowed but, as evidenced by the opening ballad "As Time Goes By," none of his ability to reimagine melody, his trademark phrasing, and his sheer ability to transfer emotion is missing. Cables provides a solid foil for Gordon just as he did for Art Pepper. His large chord voicings are simultaneously insistent and utterly subtle, shading the harmony with enough depth to give Gordon room to really dig into them and blow. Other standouts here include a fine read of "Body and Soul," "LTD," and the beautiful "Tanya." The 2005 Legacy CD reissue includes a previously unreleased version of "Secret Love," and a read of Thelonious Monk's "Ruby My Dear," from the Great Encounters album. Pete Hammill's fine original notes are reproduced here, and there is a short, moving essay by Cables. The sound is warm, full, and utterly true. ~Thom Jurek

Manhattan Symphonie

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Hannibal And The Sunrise Orchestra (Marvin `Hannibal` Peterson) - Hannibal

Styles: Jazz, Post Bop
Year: 1975
File: MP3@320K/s
Time: 38:25
Size: 88,3 MB
Art: Front

( 2:36) 1. The Rabbit
( 7:35) 2. Revelation
( 7:53) 3. Misty
( 6:34) 4. The Voyage
(13:46) 5. Soul Brother

An exciting, serpentine solo maker in the mold of Don Cherry Peterson has chops but leaves precision to the wind in favor of spontaneous eruptions of melody. Peterson has a more well-rounded technique than Cherry, however, and plays with greater force. Unlike many contemporary free jazz players, Peterson is adept at older styles; he's played under such adventurous yet tradition-bound bandleaders as Rahsaan Roland Kirk, Gil Evans, and Elvin Jones, and with such dyed-in-the-wool avant-gardists as Roswell Rudd, Ken McIntyre, and Deidre Murray.

As a youth, Peterson learned drums and cornet. He attended North Texas State University from 1967-1969 before moving to New York in 1970. That year, he toured the East Coast with Kirk; the next, he joined Evans' orchestra, with which he would continue to play into the '80s. In the early '70s he performed and recorded with a variety of big-name leaders, including Pharoah Sanders, Roy Haynes, and the aforementioned Jones. He also led and played trumpet and koto with the Sunrise Orchestra, a group that included the cellist Murray. Tenor saxophonist George Adams was a frequent collaborator. Peterson has led recording sessions infrequently; his first album was called Children of the Fire, for the defunct Sunrise label (1974). He recorded subsequently for Enja, MPS, and Inner City.

Though as a performer he's kept something of a low profile over the years, Peterson now known simply as Hannibal emerged in the mid-'90s having composed the monumental African Portraits, an orchestral piece that incorporated a jazz quartet, the Chicago Symphony Orchestra (conducted by the eminent composer/conductor Daniel Barenboim), the Morgan State University Choir, the Kennedy-King College Community Chorus, the Doris Ward Workshop Chorale, four operatic singers, various traditional African musicians, and a handful of African-American vocalists. The meticulously composed (and critically hailed) piece differed greatly form the small jazz ensemble contexts with which he had made his professional name. A recorded version was issued by the Teldec label.~ Chris Kelsey https://www.allmusic.com/artist/marvin-hannibal-peterson-mn0000374683/biography

Personnel: Hannibal Marvin Peterson - trumpet, koto, vocals; Michael Cochrane - piano; Diedre Murray - cello; Stafford James - bass; Thabo Michael Carvin - drums, percussion, vocals, whistle, timpani; Chris Hart - bells, percussion

Hannibal

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Deacon John's Jump Blues Featuring Henry Butler - Deacon John's Jump Blues (Music From The Film)

Bitrate: 320K/s
Time: 38:11
Size: 87.4 MB
Styles: New Orleans jazz, Guitar jazz
Year: 2003
Art: Front

[3:52] 1. Jumpin' In The Morning
[3:33] 2. Nobody Knows You When You're Down And Out
[2:37] 3. I Didn't Want To Do It
[2:35] 4. Jesus Is On The Main Line
[2:26] 5. Someday
[4:06] 6. Hook, Line And Sinker Go On Fool
[3:18] 7. Losing Battle
[4:38] 8. Let The Good Times Roll Feel So Good
[3:35] 9. Piece Of My Heart
[1:45] 10. Tipitina
[2:43] 11. Going Back To New Orleans
[2:59] 12. Nobody Knows You (Reprise)

Deacon John's Jump Blues features New Orleans legends Dr. John, Allen Toussaint, Wardell Quezergue and The Zion Harmonizers backed by a 20-piece orchestra of sizzling musicians along with up-and-coming stars Teedy Boutte', Henry Butler, Amadee Castenell, Davell Crawford and Herlin Riley. Starring Deacon John Moore, a professional musician in the Big Easy for more than 40 years, the project is a tribute to the musical giants who have made New Orleans music so recognizable and influential around the world.

Having played guitar on virtually every New Orleans session of note during the sixties, local Big Easy legend Deacon John is a natural to pay homage to artists, writers and producers such as Cosimo Matassa, Dave Bartholomew, Fats Domino, Earl King and Professor Longhair. Deacon played on many New Orleans classics--Irma Thomas' "Ruler of My Heart," Ernie K-Doe's "Mother-In-Law," Lee Dorsey's "Working in the Coal Mine," Aaron Neville's "Tell It Like It Is" and Chris Kenner's "Land of 1,000 Dances" among others.

Using contemporary recording techniques combined with vintage gear and microphones in the studio and cutting edge high tech equipment for the concert, the producers have captured the spirit and the sound of New Orleans music. Deacon John's Jump Blues has been called "the most important New Orleans CD released so far in the new millennium," and the live concert DVD filmed in HDTV at the historic Orpheum Theater in New Orleans "the most electricfying document of that city's music yet."

"A big plus of life in the Big Easy, especially if you are a musician or a fan of music, is the presence of music everywhere," says producer Cyril Vetter. "This studio CD, concert DVD, DVD-A and the forthcoming documentary feature film represent our attempt to craft a preservation document of music as a ubiquitous fact of life in New Orleans."

Deacon John's Jump Blues (Music From The Film)

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Various - Antonio Carlos Jobim & Friends (3 Parts)

Brazilian songwriter and vocalist Antonio Carlos Jobim (1927–1994) was one of the creators of the subtle, whispery, jazz-influenced popular song style known as bossa nova. He has been widely acclaimed as one of Brazil's greatest and most innovative musicians of the twentieth century.

Jobim's place in the annals of popular music was secured by a single hit song, "The Girl from Ipanema" (1964), which he co-wrote with lyricist Vinícius de Moraes. His creative contributions to jazz, however, went much deeper; many of his songs became jazz standards, and, in the words of Richard S. Ginell of the All Music Guide , "Every other set" performed in jazz clubs "seems to contain at least one bossa nova." Jobim was sometimes called the George Gershwin of Brazil, not so much because of any musical or lyric similarity Jobim's songs tended to have oblique, often poetic lyrics quite unlike the clever romantic rhymes of George Gershwin's brother Ira but because his music became the bedrock for the work of jazz musicians for decades after its creation.

Album: Antonio Carlos Jobim & Friends (Part 1)

Bitrate: MP3@320K/s

Time: 58:22

Size: 133.6 MB

Styles: Bossa Nova, Brazilian jazz

Year: 2015

[2:40] 1. Antônio Carlos Jobim - The Girl From Ipanema

[2:28] 2. Sergio Mendes & Brasil '66 - Agua De Beber

[5:15] 3. Dizzy Gillespie - One Note Samba

[3:36] 4. João Gilberto - Só Danço Samba

[4:17] 5. Antônio Carlos Jobim - Corcovado

[2:48] 6. Astrud Gilberto - How Insensitive

[4:13] 7. Stan Getz - Chega De Saudade (No More Blues)

[3:31] 8. Elis Regina - Águas De Março

[2:15] 9. Sergio Mendes & Brasil '66 - Wave

[2:27] 10. Caetano Veloso - Meditação

[4:55] 11. Gal Costa - A Felicidade

[4:26] 12. Antônio Carlos Jobim - Captain Bacardi

[2:40] 13. Astrud Gilberto - Dindi

[4:41] 14. Stan Getz - O Grande Amor

[3:09] 15. Elis Regina - Inútil Paisagem

[2:40] 16. Walter Wanderley - Song Of The Jet

[2:13] 17. Ella Fitzgerald - Desafinado

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Album: Antonio Carlos Jobim & Friends (Part 2)

Bitrate: MP3@320K/s

Time: 66:35

Size: 152.4 MB

Styles: Bossa Nova, Brazilian jazz

Year: 2015

[4:44] 1. Wes Montgomery - O Morro Nao Tem Vez

[2:10] 2. Astrud Gilberto - Amor Em Paz

[3:50] 3. Antônio Carlos Jobim - Brasil Nativo

[5:03] 4. Antônio Carlos Jobim - Para Machuchar Meu Coracao

[6:21] 5. Herbie Hancock - Ela E Carioca

[3:09] 6. Elis Regina - Retrato Em Branco E Preto

[5:48] 7. Ella Fitzgerald - Jazz Samba

[2:45] 8. Astrud Gilberto - Felicidade

[2:51] 9. João Gilberto - Vivo Sohando

[5:27] 10. Joe Henderson - Dreamer

[2:06] 11. Sergio Mendes & Brasil '66 - Triste

[2:32] 12. Astrud Gilberto - Eu E Voco

[2:39] 13. Elis Regina - Bonita

[5:18] 14. Joe Henderson - Portrait In Black And White

[4:34] 15. João Gilberto - Este Seu Olhar

[1:44] 16. Elis Regina - O Que Tinha De Ser

[5:26] 17. Antônio Carlos Jobim - Ana Luiza

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Album: Antonio Carlos Jobim & Friends (Part 3)

Bitrate: MP3@320K/s

Time: 64:12

Size: 147.0 MB

Styles: Bossa Nova, Brazilian jazz

Year: 2015

Art: Front

[6:36] 1. Joe Henderson - Boto

[3:29] 2. Antônio Carlos Jobim - Luiza

[3:59] 3. Antônio Carlos Jobim - Remember

[5:03] 4. Gal Costa - Se Todos Fossem Iguais A Voce

[3:18] 5. Antônio Carlos Jobim - Chansong

[8:46] 6. Lee Ritenour - Stone Flower

[2:19] 7. Antônio Carlos Jobim - Mojave

[6:39] 8. Stan Getz - Once Again (Outra Vez)

[3:09] 9. Elis Regina - Chovendo Na Roseira

[2:07] 10. Nelson Riddle - Por Toda Minha Vida

[2:27] 11. Astrud Gilberto - She's A Carioca

[2:17] 12. Astrud Gilberto - Water To Drink

[3:44] 13. Antônio Carlos Jobim - Looks Like December

[3:16] 14. Antônio Carlos Jobim - Nuvens Douradas (Golden Clouds)

[3:11] 15. Joe Henderson - Happy Madness

[3:44] 16. Antônio Carlos Jobim - Anos Dourados

Antonio Carlos Jobim & Friends (Part 1)(Part 2)(Part 3) 

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