Johnny Griffin - Take My Hand

Styles: Saxophone Jazz
Year: 1988
File: MP3@320K/s
Time: 65:01
Size: 149,6 MB
Art: Front

(10:47) 1. Isfahan
( 9:39) 2. Take My Hand
( 6:30) 3. All Through The Night
( 5:16) 4. Coming On The Hudson
(11:06) 5. Woe Is Me
( 7:33) 6. Hush-A-Bye
( 6:05) 7. Out Of This World
( 8:01) 8. If I Should Lose You

One of the more obscure recordings in Johnny Griffin's discography, this studio session from some time during the 1980s features the tenor saxophonist with a solid rhythm section consisting of pianist Michael Weiss, bassist Dennis Irwin, and the in-demand drummer Kenny Washington. At times, one gets the idea that Griffin has slowed down his playing style a bit, though blistering originals like "Take My Hand" quickly shake that notion. The lush, extended treatment of Billy Strayhorn's "Isfahan" (oddly credited to Griffin on the back insert) contrasts with the percolating take of Thelonious Monk's quirky and infrequently performed "Coming on the Hudson." Griffin's bluesy "Woe Is Me" is the perfect number for late, lonely nights, suggesting the last remaining patron in a bar about to close. Another bizarre packaging mistake switches the titles to "If I Should Lose You" and "Out of This World," the former a spirited hard bop arrangement, the latter ending the CD with a light Latin flavor.~Ken Dryden https://www.allmusic.com/album/take-my-hand-mw0000593067

Personnel: Tenor Saxophone – Johnny Griffin; Bass – Dennis Irwin; Drums – Kenny Washington; Piano – Michael Weil

Take My Hand

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Peter Ecklund - Blue Suitcase

Styles: Trumpet Jazz
Year: 2010
File: MP3@320K/s
Time: 41:52
Size: 97,0 MB
Art: Front

(3:29)  1. Old Madeira Waltz
(3:18)  2. Watching the World Go By
(4:26)  3. San
(4:01)  4. Dinah
(4:53)  5. Tail Fins
(3:35)  6. Foxtrot
(3:44)  7. This Can't Be Love
(3:44)  8. Lazy Ragtime
(3:40)  9. Love Sawng
(3:13) 10. Texas Shuffle
(3:43) 11. Waltz for a Song

Peter Ecklund is a conjurer, a creator of musical moods that span time, place and idioms. In this collection of jazz/pop eclectica, a combination of Ecklund originals and reinterpreted/rearranged standards, he evokes eras and emotions with a startling clairvoyance: you never heard it before, you never heard it THAT way before, but it feels exactly right. https://store.cdbaby.com/cd/pecklund

Personnel:  Peter Ecklund – trumpet, flugelhorn, ukulele; Matt Munisteri – guitar, vocals; Mike Weatherly – bass, vocals

Blue Suitcase

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Stéphane Grappelli, Django Reinhardt - Kings of Gypsy Swing

Styles: Swing
Year: 2008
File: MP3@320K/s
Time: 73:27
Size: 170,2 MB
Art: Front

(2:36) 1. The Continental
(3:07) 2. After You've Gone
(2:22) 3. Some of These Days
(3:47) 4. Nuages, Daphne
(3:18) 5. Viper's Dream
(2:22) 6. Mystery Pacific
(3:28) 7. Body & Soul
(3:17) 8. Oh, Lady Be Good
(2:36) 9. I Never Knew
(3:03) 10. I Found a New Baby
(2:30) 11. Tiger Rag
(3:16) 12. Minor Swing
(3:01) 13. Crazy Rhythm
(2:49) 14. Smoke Rings
(2:31) 15. Tiger Rag
(3:06) 16. After You've Gone
(3:14) 17. Georgia On My Mind
(2:45) 18. Honeysuckle Rose
(3:16) 19. Oh, Lady Be Good
(2:42) 20. St. Louis Blues
(2:14) 21. I Got Rhythm
(3:00) 22. Sweet Georgia Brown
(3:17) 23. Out of Nowhere
(2:46) 24. Limehouse Blues
(2:52) 25. Djangology

Jean Reinhardt (23 January 1910 – 16 May 1953), known by his Romani nickname Django (French: [d?ã?go ??jna?t] or [d??~go ?en??t]), was a Belgian-born Romani-French jazz guitarist and composer. He has been hailed as one of the first major jazz talents to emerge in Europe and as one of its most significant exponents. With violinist Stéphane Grappelli, Reinhardt formed the Paris-based Quintette du Hot Club de France in 1934. The group was among the first to play jazz that featured the guitar as a lead instrument. Reinhardt recorded in France with many visiting American musicians, including Coleman Hawkins and Benny Carter, and briefly toured the United States with Duke Ellington's orchestra in 1946. He died suddenly of a stroke in 1953 at the age of 43. Reinhardt's most popular compositions have become standards within gypsy jazz, including "Minor Swing" "Daphne", "Belleville", "Djangology", "Swing '42", and "Nuages". Jazz guitarist Frank Vignola claims that nearly every major popular-music guitarist in the world has been influenced by Reinhardt. Over the last few decades, annual Django festivals have been held throughout Europe and the U.S., and a biography has been written about his life. In February 2017, the Berlin International Film Festival held the world premiere of the French film Django.More...... https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Django_Reinhardt

Stéphane Grappelli (French pronunciation: [stefan g?ap?li]; 26 January 1908 – 1 December 1997, born Stefano Grappelli) was a French-Italian jazz violinist. He is best known as a founder for the Quintette du Hot Club de France with guitarist Django Reinhardt in 1934. It was one of the first all-string jazz bands. He has been called "the grandfather of jazz violinists" and continued playing concerts around the world well into his eighties For the first three decades of his career, he was billed using a gallicised spelling of his last name, Grappelly, reverting to Grappelli in 1969. The latter, Italian spelling is now used almost universally when referring to the violinist, including reissues of his early work.More.... https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/St%C3%A9phane_Grappelli

Kings of Gypsy Swing

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Houston Person - Live in Paris

Styles: Saxophone Jazz
File: MP3@320K/s
Time: 58:53
Size: 135,7 MB
Art: Front

(9:10) 1. Sweet Sucker
(8:43) 2. Only Trust Your Heart
(7:08) 3. Easy Walker
(8:06) 4. The Way We Were
(5:33) 5. Lester Leaps In
(7:39) 6. Since I Fell For You
(9:01) 7. Sunny
(3:29) 8. Jean-Jaures Shuffle

Houston Person recording live in Paris, but in a setting that has the tenor legend going right back to his 60s material as he's playing here in an organ combo, with Ben Paterson on the Hammond B3, Peter Bernstein on guitar, and the great Willie Jones III on drums! The whole thing crackles with a great sort of energy – maybe more of a small club sort of vibe, as you might have caught Houston doing in Philly or New Jersey back in the day with tunes that open up with an easygoing groove that's perfect for his skills on tenor nice and long on just about every number, with titles that include "Easy Walker", "Sweet Sucker", "Lester Leaps In", "Sunny", "Jean Jaures Shuffle", "Only Trust Your Heart", and "The Way We Were". © 1996-2021, Dusty Groove, Inc. https://www.dustygroove.com/item/993253

Personnel: Houston Person, tenor saxophone; Ben Paterson, Hammond B-3 organ; Peter Bernstein, guitar; Willie Jones III, drums.

Live in Paris

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