Dizzy Reece & Ted Curson - Blowin' Away

Styles: Trumpet Jazz
Year: 1999
File: MP3@320K/s
Time: 39:40
Size: 95,0 MB
Art: Front

(6:23) 1. Stella By Starlight
(6:27) 2. All The Things You Are
(5:37) 3. Bass Conclave
(5:02) 4. Moose the Mooche
(7:04) 5. Marjo
(9:04) 6. Walkin'

Trumpeters Dizzy Reece and Ted Curson team up with a top-notch trio (pianist Claude Williamson, bassist Sam Jones and drummer Roy Haynes) on three of the six numbers on this bebop-oriented LP, originally recorded for Interplay and then soon reissued by Discovery.

In addition to those pieces ("Walkin'" and a basic original apiece by each trumpeter), Reece is showcased on "Stella By Starlight," Curson gets the spotlight on "All the Things You Are," and the rhythm section romps on "Moose the Mooche." It is a pity that Reece and Curson do not get to tangle on all of the numbers, but they do shoot off some fireworks (most notably on "Walkin'"); the playing by all of the veterans is up to par. By Scott Yanow https://www.allmusic.com/album/blowin-away-mw0000910495

Personnel: Dizzy Reece - trumpet (tracks 1, 3, 5 & 6); Ted Curson - trumpet, flugelhorn (tracks 2, 3, 5 & 6); Claude Williamson - piano; Sam Jones - bass; Roy Haynes - drums

Blowin' Away

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Toshiko Akiyoshi & Lew Tabackin Big Band - Kogun

Styles: Piano And Saxophone
Year: 1974
File: MP3@320K/s
Time: 41:19
Size: 95,1 MB
Art: Front

( 9:13) 1. Elegy
(10:21) 2. Memory
( 6:48) 3. Kogun
( 5:48) 4. American Ballad
( 9:08) 5. Henpecked Old Man

As a writer known for her incorporation of traditional Japanese music into idiomatic big band writing, it is only on the title track of this 1974 recording that this propensity is exhibited. The rest of the album is dedicated to more traditional big band approaches, but, in the hands of Toshiko Akiyoshi, "traditional" techniques always manage to sound fresh. Few of the many twists and turns on display in the five songs off of Kogun fail either to surprise or to work. Although straight-ahead cookers such as "Elegy" (which features a wicked piano solo by the leader) succeed marvelously, it is when Akiyoshi turns to more unconventional writing techniques, such as the spoken word fragments that are interspersed throughout the extraordinary "Memory" or the endlessly shifting form and mood of "Kogun," that her muse is most clearly on display.

This is big band as orchestra, and it is evocative in a way that most other big band records simply are not. Although Akiyoshi's contributions are impossible to downplay, the reason for this record's sublimity must also rest in the orchestra itself, co-led by tenor (and hubby) Lew Tabackin. From trumpeter Bobby Shew to alto saxophonist Dick Spencer, the winds are uniformly excellent, and the rhythm section of Gene Cherico and Peter Donald cook without being heavy-handed. Kogun easily displays why Akiyoshi is such a treasure. It's a record that is simultaneously driving, romantic, and experimental, seductive in its implications and undeniable in its swing. A difficult combination, to be sure, but one for which Akiyoshi clearly has the winning formula.
By Daniel Gioffre https://www.allmusic.com/album/kogun-mw0000351554

Personnel: Toshiko Akiyoshi – piano; Lew Tabackin – tenor saxophone; Tom Peterson – tenor saxophone; Dick Spencer – alto saxophone; Gary Foster – alto saxophone; Bill Perkins – baritone saxophone; Bobby Shew – trumpet; John Madrid – trumpet; Don Rader – trumpet; Mike Price – trumpet; Charles Loper – trombone; Jim Sawyer – trombone; Britt Woodman – trombone; Phil Teele – bass trombone; Gene Cherico – bass; Peter Donald – drums; Scott Ellsworth – voice (on "Memory")

Kogun

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Yannick Robert - Soul Cages Trio

Styles: Guitar
Year: 2017
File: MP3@320K/s
Time: 52:12
Size: 120,3 MB
Art: Front

(6:57) 1. A Thousand Years
(5:13) 2. Be Still My Beating Heart
(4:54) 3. Englishman In New York
(7:01) 4. Walking On The Moon
(6:13) 5. Children's Crusade
(4:25) 6. We'll Be Together
(4:21) 7. Fields Of Gold
(4:31) 8. We Work The Black Seam
(4:47) 9. Message In A Bottle
(3:45) 10. La Belle Dame Sans Regrets

Born: October 3, 1960. Guitarist, with a very unique finger playing technic, French Ibanez guitar schools teaching director, Nancy’Music Academy International permanent member, Yannick Robert is very active on the french and international jazz and fusion scene since years. He is endorsed by Ibanez since 1992, who built for him a Fretless signature model, he takes part to the Fretless Guitar Masters and Village of the Unfretted recordings. He is also endorsed by Savarez strings.

He recently took part on the cine-concert of the original movie soundtrack The Artist with the Strasbourg symphonic orchestra and the composer Ludovic Bource. He produced more than twenty methods and teaching Dvds, and has released about twenty albums among which La Danse du Chat (2011) and Echec et Malt (2013), recorded at Peter Gabriel’s Real World Studios with the Blues & Beyond Quartet, with world known bass player Dominique Dipiazza, harmonicist Sébastien Charlier et drummer Yoann Schmidt, with whom he has toured in the whole world.

He recently released with his Soul Cages Trio (2017) an album dedicated to jazz arrangements of Sting’s compositions, and also Baïkal (2017) in duet with Belgian bass-player Benoit Vanderstraeten, and ?nally with the Millenium trio (2018) with Franck Agulhon (drums) et de Benoit Vanderstraeten (basse).

In September 2019 has been released AGORA quartet’s ?rst album recorded with Franck Agulhon, Diégo Imbert (cb) and Sébastien Charlier. Yannick Robert is guitar referent at the MAI, and collection director at MAI BOOKS, LEMOINE and HAL LEONARD editions. He has also recorded a lot of teaching modules for the music teaching website imusic-shool.com https://www.allaboutjazz.com/musicians/yannick-robert

Personnel: Yannick Robert: Electric Fretless Guitar; Gilles Coquard: Electric Bass; Cedric Affre: Drums

Soul Cages Trio

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