Pat Martino & Gil Goldstein - We Are Together Again

Styles: Guitar And Piano Jazz
Year: 2013
File: MP3@320K/s
Time: 57:55
Size: 133,0 MB
Art: Front

(7:13) 1. Body and Soul
(7:02) 2. Before You Ask
(5:31) 3. Footprints
(4:46) 4. In a Sentimental Mood
(4:28) 5. City Lights
(7:40) 6. Round Midnight
(6:21) 7. Pompy
(5:12) 8. Portrait
(9:38) 9. Peace

An all-time favorite of guitar players and Martino fans, We’ll Be Together Again has finally been reissued on CD by Joel Dorn’s 32 Jazz, which last year obtained the entire catalog of Muse Records. An intimate duet with pianist Gil Goldstein from a 1976 Muse session, it highlights the guitarist at the peak of his interpretive powers just a few years before the life-threatening aneurism and follow-up brain surgery that would sideline him through the ’80s.

In the context of mostly ballads and backed only by the sparse, sustained chords of Golstein’s atmospheric Fender Rhodes electric piano, Martino speaks eloquently and gracefully, plumbing the depths of emotion in a song’s lyric while occasionally leaping into double-time flurries of those signature breathtaking lines that he spins with such ease.~ By Bill Milkowskihttps://jazztimes.com/archives/pat-martino-well-be-together-again/

Personnel: Guitar – Pat Martino; Piano, Electric Piano – Gil Goldstein

We Are Together Again

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Matthew Shipp - I've Been To Many Places

Size: 137,6 MB
Time: 58:44
File: MP3 @ 320K/s
Released: 2014
Styles: Jazz: Piano, Modern Jazz
Art: Front

01. I've Been To Many Places (5:21)
02. Summertime (4:32)
03. Brain Stem Grammer (3:58)
04. Pre Formal (1:57)
05. Web Play (3:31)
06. Tenderly (2:56)
07. Life Cycle (4:23)
08. Brain Shatter (3:48)
09. Symbolic Access (3:51)
10. Waltz (2:00)
11. Reflex (3:15)
12. Naima (4:18)
13. Where Is The Love (1:26)
14. Light Years (3:13)
15. Where Is The Love (Reprise) (2:28)
16. Blue Astral Bodies (3:37)
17. Cosmic Wave (4:03)

But is it Jazz? That question gets lobbed at pianist Matthew Shipp's music all the time. Perhaps, "propelled" or "launched" are better terms. His approach to music, whether working with saxophonists David S. Ware and Ivo Perelman or with DJs, is to play authentic music, that which is a bona fide representation of his nature, or better yet his soul. This solo offering, I've Been To Many Places delves deep into that spirit and does (depending on where you stand) nothing, or everything to resolve the question, "is it jazz?"

Shipp is (has been) a lightning rod for neocon reaction to his music. Maybe it's their defining jazz music by a certain set a parameters that actually limits the creativity. Same criticisms were once tossed at Thelonious Monk, Cecil Taylor, and Keith Jarrett. Shipp's music is original, intriguing, and always outré. He reveals his genetic code with original music and covers of John Coltrane's "Naima" and George Gershwin's "Summertime," plus the pop tunes "Where Is The Love" (from the 1970s) and "Tenderly" (1946). Heard here, the pianist reconfigures sound like writer Colson Whitehead reimagines the zombie apocalypse.

In a solitary setting, Shipp lays out the architectonics of his music and the standards are a guide. "Summertime" opens with the familiar, before flowering into a thunderous open- ended expedition. Same for "Naima," which is reimagined as Béla Bartók might have. Shipp lays these out as guides so that when he conjures his original pieces like "Symbolic Access" and "Reflex," the language doesn't change, just the listener's familiarity with the composition. He plays "Waltz" like Bill Evans' "Waltz For Debby" as comfort food for the ears, a familiar road that also leads into his personal forest. The careful mix of recognizable with the original can draw the new listener in, like his soulful take on Roberta Flack's hit "Where Is The Love." But it's the unique pieces that bring everything into perspective. The pianist's piano language is pioneering, unconventional, and well, isn't that a working definition of jazz? ~Mark Corroto

I've Been To Many Places

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Ted Heath - Fever!

Styles:  Big Band, Swing 
Year: 1965
File: MP3@320K/s
Time: 36:41
Size: 84,4 MB
Art: Front

(3:30)  1. Fever
(2:26)  2. More
(4:18)  3. Hello, Dolly!
(2:29)  4. Theme from 'A Summer Place'
(2:49)  5. Never on Sunday (Jamais le Dimanche)
(3:02)  6. Wives and Lovers
(2:34)  7. Mack the Knife
(2:22)  8. Moon River
(3:31)  9. Misty
(2:46) 10. The Girl from Ipanema
(3:31) 11. People
(3:16) 12. Fly Me to the Moon

Bert Ambrose and Nat Gonella notwithstanding, arguably the finest band to come out of England was led byTed Heath. He was almost as well known in the United States as he was in the United Kingdom. He started coming to the US in 1956 as he and Stan Kenton arranged an exchange to satisfy union requirements of both countries. The band's popularity was sustained and enhanced through personal appearances and their many recordings beginning in 1944 and running through to 1977 when the band was under the leadership of Don Lusher. Although heavily influenced by Kenton, Heath managed to avoid his excesses, while at the same time his arrangements were bright and upbeat as the band featured blaring brass work. Heath made two basic types of albums tribute albums, such as the one for Glenn Miller, and those he called "my music," which were distinctively his own. This CD was in the latter category and comes toward the end of his involvement in the band while suffering heart problems in the late 1960's. He was always able to attract top flight musicians and this group was no exception. Long time Heath trumpet player Bert Ezard, sax players Ronnie Chamberlain and Bob Efford (who was to work with Benny Goodman and Marty Paich), and drummer Kenny Clare. Most of the tunes on this album were favored by vocalists, such as "Fever" by Peggy Lee, "Mack the Knife" by Louis Armstrong and Bobby Darin, and even "Moon River," Andy Williams's big hit. But these singers would have a hard time keeping up with fast tempos of the band. Excellent playing, tight arrangement, and sound dynamics, this album is part of the large portfolio of big band music that is Heath's legacy. ~ Dave Nathan http://www.allmusic.com/album/fever-mw0000190181

Fever!

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Stockholm Swing All Stars - Stockholm Swing All Stars Dance ! !

Styles: Swing
File: MP3@320K/s
Time: 62:08
Size: 144,5 MB
Art: Front

(2:56) 1. Moten Swing
(3:58) 2. Don’t Get Around Much Anymore
(2:41) 3. Shirley Steps Out
(4:41) 4. Wings and Things
(3:28) 5. Dans på distans
(2:30) 6. I Owe You Buster
(3:33) 7. Mr. Sven
(3:35) 8. Sideways
(2:31) 9. The Sky Fell Down
(2:54) 10. Such Sweet Thunder
(3:48) 11. I Can't Give You Anything but Love
(2:33) 12. Knock Out
(3:02) 13. A Pound Of Blues
(3:23) 14. Way Back Blues
(3:51) 15. Segue In C
(6:08) 16. The Preacher
(3:14) 17. After Hours
(3:13) 18. Night Train

The idea was to form a band featuring the top jazz and swing players in Stockholm. The four horn players in the front line play an important role in the band. With cleverly written arrangements, mostly by Klas Lindquist and Fredrik Lindborg, the band can play softly like a small group and seconds later explode in a big band fortissimo. The rhythm section gives the band a bouncing ground for the solos and ensembles.

The members of the Stockholm Swing All Stars are considered among the best in their field in Sweden. The band plays swing and jazz music suitable both for concerts and for dancing. They often play at lindy hop and other dance events as well as in concert halls. Scandinavia, and sell out the Stockholm Concert Hall and the Gothenburg Concert Hall regularly. https://www.stockholmswingallstars.com/about/

Personnel: Karl Olandersson – trumpet and vocals; Klas Lindquist –reeds ; Fredrik Lindborg – reeds ; Dicken Hedrenius – trombone; Daniel Tilling – piano; Göran Lind – double Bass; Mattias Puttonen – drums

Stockholm Swing All Stars Dance!

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