Paul McCandless - Morning Sun: Adventures with Oboe

Styles: Contemporary Jazz
Year: 2017
File: MP3@320K/s
Time: 65:08
Size: 150,2 MB
Art: Front

(3:54) 1. All the Mornings Bring
(2:08) 2. Elves Chasm
(3:51) 3. Bright Angel
(4:16) 4. Whooper Dance
(4:10) 5. On The Steppe Of Central Asia
(5:43) 6. Witchi Tai Too
(5:03) 7. Sunset On The Grand Sand Dunes
(3:44) 8. Um Abraco (A Big Hug)
(4:53) 9. Anabela
(5:23) 10. Sunderland
(2:09) 11. Eagle
(3:45) 12. Common Ground
(2:18) 13. Twilight
(4:20) 14. The Last Train
(2:48) 15. Fantasia In G
(6:33) 16. Morning Sun

Morning Sun: Adventures with Oboe – Paul McCandless with the Paul Winter Consort, A Retrospective is dedicated to McCandless’ fellow oboist, the late Sir George Martin, the famed producer of albums by the Beatles, as well as the Paul Winter Consort’s album, Icarus. In his autobiography, Playback, Martin gave the Consort the accolade of a lifetime, referring to Icarus as “the finest record I have ever made.”

Accompanying the album is a 32-page booklet containing an engaging chronicle by Paul Winter that presents a first-person account of the Paul Winter Consort’s history and the memorable times Winter has shared with Paul McCandless through the years, as well as notes on each track and selected photos.

Notes Paul Winter, “With this anthology, I set out to gather a treasury of Paul McCandless’ masterful playing and found that it also became, quite unintentionally, a retrospective of the Consort the most extensive yet done. Listening through the entire album, I am thrilled with every note.” https://paulwinter.bandcamp.com/album/morning-sun-adventures-with-oboe-2

Morning Sun: Adventures with Oboe

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Steve Tyrell - It's Magic: The Songs Of Sammy Cahn

Bitrate: MP3@320K/s
Time: 46:55
Size: 107.4 MB
Styles: Vocal
Year: 2013
Art: Front

[3:05] 1. Come Fly With Me
[4:38] 2. It's Magic
[3:33] 3. The Tender Trap
[3:40] 4. All The Way
[3:30] 5. Teach Me Tonight
[4:20] 6. The Second Time Around
[3:49] 7. It's Crazy
[4:36] 8. Call Me Irresponsible
[2:16] 9. Ain't That A Kick In The Head
[4:59] 10. I Guess I'll Hang My Tears Out To Dry
[3:07] 11. It's Been A Long, Long Time
[2:09] 12. Saturday Night (Is The Loneliest Night Of The Week)
[3:07] 13. I Fall In Love Too Easily

Sammy Cahn, a prolific lyricist, is being honored by Steve Tyrell in Steve's new CD, "It's Magic." Sammy wrote with such notable composers such as Jule Styne and Jimmy Van Heusen. His contributions to music have been heralded by movie awards and television awards. The "Sammy" annual award was established by the Academy in his honor for outstanding songs and scores. It is long overdue that a CD is finally released honoring this brilliant man, and Steve Tyrell is the person able to perform this task and has done a magnificent job with Amazon distributing this.

The songs in the CD include, "Come Fly With Me," "It's Magic," "The Tender Trap," "All the Way," "Teach Me Tonight," "The Second Time Around," "It's Crazy, "Call Me Irresponsible," "Ain't That A Kick in the Head,' "I Guess I'll Hang My Tears Out to Dry," "It's Been A Long Long Time," "Saturday Night Is the Loneliest Night of the Week," and "I Fall in Love Too Easily." Frank Sinatra and Dean Martin are associated with the works of Cahn, which you will recognize from the above titles. The title song, "It's Magic," associated with Doris Day shows a groovy approach and interpretation by Steve.

The arrangements are well done, crisp, yet mellow, and allow you to follow this cd on a "magical" trip to romance land. Alan Broadbent arranged the majority of the tunes sharing honors with other arrangers, Bob Mann, and Don Sebesky, and Artie Butler. Mann's arrangements bring a soulful feel to the tunes and Broadbent's arrangements border on classical sound and romance (opinion). ~Ellie Kligman

It's Magic: The Songs Of Sammy Cahn

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Willis Jackson & Von Freeman - Lockin' Horns

Bitrate: 320K/s
Time: 47:28
Size: 108.7 MB
Styles: Hard bop, Soul jazz
Year: 2009
Art: Front

[10:08] 1. Pow!
[ 7:10] 2. The Man I Love
[ 6:33] 3. Troubled Times
[ 6:24] 4. Summertime
[ 8:26] 5. The Shadow Of Your Smile
[ 8:45] 6. Willis And Von

This album has a somewhat unlikely matchup. While Willis "Gator" Jackson's roots are in honking and screaming R&B, and he later became a top-notch soul-jazz player, Von Freeman's unusual tone and exploratory style resulted in him being associated with the avant-garde and post-bop. However, this encounter works well. With organist Carl Wilson, guitarist Joe "Boogaloo" Jones and drummer Yusef Ali giving strong support, the two tenors challenge each other, romp on "Pow!" and "Willis and Von," and show off their highly original sounds on individual features. ~Scott Yanow

Lockin' Horns

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Gerry Gibbs - Moving On

Styles: Jazz, Post Bop
Year: 2009
File: MP3@320K/s
Time: 78:03
Size: 180,7 MB
Art: Front

(6:35)  1. Impressions/Giant Steps
(2:51)  2. I Love You Porgy
(4:42)  3. McBooGoo's Delight
(4:58)  4. Memories of Home
(4:00)  5. Sountrack For Routines On The Road
(4:45)  6. Mistakes, Misunderstandings, Moving On and Never Looking Back
(5:51)  7. Festival in Bahia
(4:34)  8. Purple Fingers
(6:16)  9. All Blues
(1:29) 10. Music From The Frustrated Suite, Movement #7
(5:07) 11. You Don't Know What Love Is
(6:03) 12. Use To Be A Cha Cha / Teen Town
(5:09) 13. Five Towns
(7:03) 14. Fields
(7:15) 15. Don't You Worry 'Bout A Thing
(1:18) 16. The Lick

Drummer Gerry Gibbs and his Thrasher Band gives the modern jazz listener so much to absorb and digest, that it sometimes approaches overload. The dense and purposefully convoluted structures they employ are overwhelming to a more simpleminded, mainstream jazz audience. But make no mistake, this is a group comprised of brilliant musicians who are multi-faceted, if not multifarious. Each bandmember plays many instruments at one time or another, the music is expanded far beyond mortal combat, into a realm where listening creates disbelief. It's astonishing to hear this band go through their paces in a studio, so the live concert experience must be even more spectacular. Flanked by the many woodwinds of Justin Vasquez, Rob Hardt, and Eric Hargett, pianist Andy Langham, and bassist Richard Giddens, Gibbs exploits a huge color palette to offer grand re-interpretations of standards, and some original music that is, to put it mildly, out of this world. He also plays trumpet, vibes, and percussion on occasion, and is credited for composing four of the selections. They include the hot bop "Soundtrack for Routines on the Road" in nutty rhythm changes, including cartoonish whimsy and blues refrains in a tribute to longtime friend Ravi Coltrane. Also, the title "Mistakes, Misunderstandings, Moving On, Never Looking Back" (G.T.J.) incorporates a march beat with an accordion that sounds like an eulogy, "Music from the Frustrated Suite, Movement #7" is a funky and soured sound with sax and flute, while "Memories of Home" references a complex, ever-changing rhythmic stance and a soprano sax lead. John Coltrane is never far from Gibbs' thoughts via his full-blown reinterpretation of "Impressions/Giant Steps," fast and serene, witty and wild, while McCoy Tyner's lovely and potent "Festival in Bahia" has the band's heart in the right place via a steady rolling pace, though the melody is a bit imprecisely rendered. 

The Jaco Pastorius medley "Used to Be a Cha Cha/Teen Town" is done straight, loose, and fast just like the composer, with a bass clarinet as the centerpiece, Stevie Wonder's "Don't You Worry 'Bout a Thing" has the distinct flavor of John Coltrane, and "You Don't Know What Love Is" is a tender ballad, the most true-to-original-form song on the date, with pianist Langham and baritone saxophonist Hargett taking the lead. For contrast, "McBoogoo's Delight" is straight out of the N.Y.C. skunk funk, Bill Cosby show vein, with big-time, wah-wah, Texas broad strokes included. Loony interpretations of "I Loves You Porgy" and "All Blues" are the real stunners, the former literally insane in a short, concentrated, ultra-modern form with the arrangement of Vasquez and Hardt's oboe, while the latter is nearly unrecognizable until you listen closely to the diffuse spacing of notes and Hargett's deconstructed, flute-accented arrangement. 

Hardt also contributes "Purple Fingers" as intricate, involved, and indescribable as anything; "Five Towns" mixes Tex Mex waltz or flamenco with a pop feel à la Ry Cooder, and "Fields," penned by Vasquez, is a modern modal piece influenced again by Coltrane. Gibbs dedicates this recording to both the late Alice Coltrane and Dewey Redman, powerful figureheads who have influenced many progressive jazz musicians. Reflected in this truly stunning music, Gerry Gibbs has taken a giant leap forward in presenting new music that may stagger the imagination of some, but for others provides a revelation for a new jazz order that should drop jaws left and right. ~ Michael G.Nastos https://www.allmusic.com/album/moving-on-never-looking-back-mw0000806362

Moving On

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James Moody - Running the Gamut: Legendary Sessions

Styles: Saxophone Jazz
File: MP3@320K/s
Time: 35:07
Size: 80,8 MB
Art: Front

(6:56) 1. Buster's Last Stand
(4:47) 2. Paint the Town Red
(3:47) 3. Emprean Shore
(6:49) 4. Capers
(2:28) 5. If You Grin (You're In)
(6:14) 6. Wayward Plaint
(4:02) 7. Figurine

James Moody was an institution in jazz from the late '40s into the 21st century, whether on tenor, flute, occasional alto, or yodeling his way through his "Moody's Mood for Love." After serving in the Air Force (1943-1946), he joined Dizzy Gillespie's bebop orchestra and began a lifelong friendship with the trumpeter. Moody toured Europe with Gillespie and then stayed overseas for several years, working with Miles Davis, Max Roach, and top European players. His 1949 recording of "I'm in the Mood for Love" became a hit in 1952 under the title of "Moody's Mood for Love" with classic vocalese lyrics written by Eddie Jefferson and a best-selling recording by King Pleasure. After returning to the U.S., Moody formed a septet that lasted for five years, recorded extensively for Prestige and Argo, took up the flute, and then from 1963-1968, was a member of Dizzy Gillespie's quintet.

He worked in Las Vegas show bands during much of the 1970s before returning to jazz, playing occasionally with Gillespie, mostly working as a leader and recording with Lionel Hampton's Golden Men of Jazz. Moody, who alternated between tenor (which he preferred) and alto throughout his career, had an original sound on both horns. He was also one of the best flutists in jazz. Moody recorded as a leader for numerous labels, including Blue Note, Xanadu, Vogue, Prestige, EmArcy, Mercury, Argo, DJM, Milestone, Perception, MPS, Muse, Vanguard, and Novus. He died of complications from pancreatic cancer on December 9, 2010 in San Diego, CA. James Moody was 85 years old.~ Scott Yanow https://www.allmusic.com/artist/james-moody-mn0000786080/biography

Personnel: Tenor Saxophone, Alto Saxophone, Flute – James Moody; Bass – Reggie Workman; Drums – Albert Heath; Piano – Patti Bown; Trumpet – Thad Jones; vocals – Marie Volpe

Running the Gamut: Legendary Sessions

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