Earl Hines, Jonah Jones - Back on the Street

Styles: Piano And Trumpet Jazz
Year: 1972
File: MP3@320K/s
Time: 60:03
Size: 138,7 MB
Art: Front

(5:04) 1. I'm in the Market for You
(4:59) 2. Back on the Street
(3:11) 3. You Can Depend on Me
(7:28) 4. A Very Slow Blues
(5:30) 5. Rose Room
(6:25) 6. Sleepy Time Gal
(8:22) 7. Pennies from Heaven
(5:42) 8. Somebody Else Is Taking My Place
(8:05) 9. Bill Bailey, Won't You Please Come Home
(5:11) 10. Wailing With Jonah

By the time trumpeter Jonah Jones teamed up with pianist Earl Hines and tenor-saxophonist Buddy Tate for this straightforward sextet date, Jones had been a star with his quartet for 15 years. On what would be one of Jones's last recording sessions from his prime, this Chiaroscuro reissue CD has a bit of slickness associated with the trumpeter's more commercial dates but also some very good jazz playing. Three previously unrelesed numbers have been added to the original seven-song program and the music falls between Dixieland and swing with an emphasis on familiar standards. A fine effort. ~Scott Yanow https://www.allmusic.com/album/back-on-the-street-mw0000074124

Personnel: Trumpet – Jonah Jones; Piano – Earl Hines; Bass – John Brown; Clarinet, Tenor Saxophone – Buddy Tate; Drums – Cozy Cole; Guitar – Jerome Darr

Back on the Street

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Jack McDuff - Legends of Acid Jazz

Styles: Jazz,Funk,Soul
Year: 1964
File: MP3@320K/s
Time: 69:40
Size: 159,7 MB
Art: Front

( 4:53) 1. Scufflin'
( 3:16) 2. Au Privave
( 3:49) 3. Hallelujah Time
( 6:59) 4. Misconstrued
( 8:18) 5. Lew's Piece
( 6:57) 6. Opus de Funk
(10:26) 7. Our Miss Brooks
( 5:13) 8. East Of The Sun
( 8:33) 9. I Got A Woman
( 4:02) 10. Hey Lawdy Mama
( 3:44) 11. From The Bottom Up
( 3:26) 12. Lexington Avenue Line

While these 12 selections were originally released on six different albums between 1965 and 1969, all of them were cut during July 1964: nine at a New York studio session, and three (embellished by Benny Golson big-band arrangements) live at Stockholm. Thus it makes for a thematically coherent compilation, every track featuring a young George Benson on guitar and Joe Dukes on drums; Red Holloway plays tenor sax on all but two songs. It's top-drawer soul-jazz, recommended to those who might find some of McDuff's other releases too homogenous, as his B-3 travels through diverse moods here: the uptempo blues of "Scufflin'," the slow-burning funk of "Our Miss Brooks," R&B/soul in the cover of "I Got a Woman." The closing "Lexington Avenue Line" is the oddest track, though quite a good one, sounding like a movie soundtrack theme with its dramatic strings.~ Richie Unterberger https://www.allmusic.com/album/the-legends-of-acid-jazz-mw0000025212

Personnel: Organ – Jack McDuff; Drums – Joe Dukes; Guitar – George Benson; Tenor Saxophone – Red Holloway

Legends of Acid Jazz

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Clifford Jordan - Cliff Jordan

Styles: Saxophone Jazz
Year: 1958
File: MP3@320K/s
Time: 40:20
Size: 93,4 MB
Art: Front

(11:41) 1. Not Guilty
( 8:14) 2. St. John
( 9:35) 3. Blue Shoes
( 6:56) 4. Beyond the Blue Horizon
( 3:53) 5. Ju-Ba

Cliff Jordan is an album by American jazz saxophonist Clifford Jordan featuring performances recorded in 1957 and released on the Blue Note label.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cliff_Jordan_(album)

Personnel: Cliff Jordan - tenor saxophone; Lee Morgan - trumpet; Curtis Fuller - trombone; John Jenkins - alto saxophone; Ray Bryant - piano; Paul Chambers - bass; Art Taylor – drums

Cliff Jordan

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Mark Murphy & Benny Green - Dim The Lights

Styles: Vocal And Piano Jazz
Year: 2004
File: MP3@320K/s
Time: 68:29
Size: 156,9 MB
Art: Front

(4:44)  1. Your Red Wagon
(4:39)  2. Rules Of The Road
(7:53)  3. Street Of Dreams
(3:26)  4. Beautiful Love
(3:48)  5. Softly As In A Morning Sunrise
(4:26)  6. A Quiet Place
(5:09)  7. See You Later
(6:53)  8. Two Lonely People
(5:48)  9. It Amazes Me
(3:13) 10. North Sea Night
(5:02) 11. Time All Gone
(6:19) 12. I Never Know When To Say When
(6:16) 13. Ravel Concerto / How Insensitive / Corcovado
(0:45) 14. The Man On The Other Side

"You live and you learn the rules of the road." So go Carolyn Leigh’s lyrics to Cy Coleman’s classic song. His experience gives Mark Murphy, 67, the insight to perform a romantic album his way with each song’s meaning clearly at the forefront. Make no mistake about it, this highly recommended album – a combination of slow ballads and up-tempo romps brings out the goosebumps and leaves lingering thoughts that last for days. But Murphy also injects his fresh manner of scat-singing a tune alongside those tender moments. Long known as "a hipster’s hipster," the singer was first "discovered" by Sammy Davis, Jr. in 1953 at a jam session in Syracuse, New York - Murphy’s hometown - when the veteran singer invited the 21-year-old bopster to join him on stage. Since then Mark Murphy has never been what you’d call predictable. His dozens of recordings borrow from the beat poetry of Jack Kerouac, the soulful vocalese of Eddie Jefferson, the pretty ballads of Nat King Cole, and more. A loping blues highlighting Benny Green’s strengths starts the session with an uplifting mood. It goes directly downhill from there into the stark realities of romance, requiring a box of tissue, a soft pillow, and a quiet moment. The title track, "Dim the Lights," sets the mood correctly with Murphy’s lyrics about looking back at memories of what could have been. Bill Evans’ "Two Lonely People" offers deep dramatic insight, while Hein Van De Geyn’s "North Sea Night" paints a picture of lasting desire, and Peggy Lee’s lyrics from "I’m In Love Again" remind us that we’ve seen all that before and look forward to better days. 

They’re sad songs with a lot to think about. A trilogy of "Beautiful Love," "Lullaby of the Leaves" and "Softly as in a Morning Sunrise" is performed by multi-tracking the three tunes on top of each other, blending them proportionately with lyrics and scat singing. The trilogy adds a light touch to the album and serves to represent the mixed feelings we sometimes get from relationships. As the session nears the end, "Corcovado" bounces a little to brighten up the day with Gene Lees’ lyrics about being happy together again. Murphy and Green stir the emotions and provide an opportunity to just sit back and let yourself go. ~ Jim Santella  http://www.allaboutjazz.com/dim-the-lights-mark-murphy-millennium-recordings-review-by-jim-santella.php#.U_aYi2MfLP8

Personnel: Mark Murphy- vocals; Benny Green- piano.