Terrell Stafford - This Side Of Strayhorn

Bitrate: 320K/s
Time: 69:13
Size: 158.5 MB
Styles: Trumpet jazz
Year: 2011
Art: Front

[7:53] 1. Raincheck
[8:54] 2. Smada
[7:17] 3. My Little Brown Book
[7:39] 4. Lush Life
[8:38] 5. Multicolored Blue
[7:07] 6. U.M.M.G. (Upper Manhattan Medical Group)
[8:14] 7. Lana Turner
[7:03] 8. Day Dream
[6:25] 9. Johnny Come Lately

Trumpeter Terell Stafford's 2011 effort This Side of Strayhorn features the hornman performing a series of classic and lesser-known compositions from Duke Ellington's longtime collaborator Billy Strayhorn. Born out of his week-long participation the "Celebrating Billy Strayhorn" fest in Dayton, OH, the album is an urbane and well-crafted affair that finds Stafford wringing much joy improvisationally and otherwise out of these superb compositions. Joining Stafford here are such similarly adept players as saxophonist Tim Warfield, pianist Bruce Barth, bassist Peter Washington, and drummer Dana Hall. To these ends, tracks like "Smada" showcase Stafford's longstanding love of trumpeter Lee Morgan's bluesy and propulsive style, while "Little Brown Book" is a warm, cup-muted number. Elsewhere, the burnished slow-burn blues "Multicolored Blue" and the laid-back and sultry midtempo ballad "Lana Turner" are easily some of the best small group interpretations of Strayhorn you could ever find. ~ Matt Collar

Recording information: Systems Two Recording Studio, Brooklyn, NY (05/17/2010-05/18/2010).

Terell Stafford (trumpet, flugelhorn); Tim Warfield (soprano saxophone, tenor saxophone); Bruce Barth (piano); Dana Hall (drums).

This Side Of Strayhorn

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Mulgrew Miller - Wingspan

Styles: Piano Jazz
Year: 1987
File: MP3@320K/s
Time: 54:18
Size: 124,5 MB
Art: Front

(5:38)  1. Wingspan
(6:48)  2. One's Own Room
(6:08)  3. The Eleventh Hour - Early Take
(5:25)  4. I Remember You
(7:55)  5. Soul-Leo
(7:32)  6. You're That Dream
(7:15)  7. Sonhos Do Brasil (Dreams Of Brazil)
(7:33)  8. The Eleventh Hour - Later Take

A beautiful set from Mulgrew Miller one of his greatest albums as a leader, and exemplary of the kind of underground jazz that was still bubbling strong in the 80s! The set features Miller's quintet with Kenny Garrett on alto and flute, Steve Nelson on vibes, Charnett Moffett on bass, and Tony Reedus on drums led by Miller in a range of expressive styles carried off with effortless ease. There's some really nice numbers on here with a gentle and soulful groove mixing vibes, piano, and alto in wonderful shades of colors and tone. Titles include "Sonhos Do Brasil", "Wingspan", "One's Own Room", "The Eleventh Hour", and "Soul Leo".  © 1996-2019, Dusty Groove Inc.https://www.dustygroove.com/item/476436/Mulgrew-Miller:Wingspan

Personnel:  Mulgrew Miller – piano; Charnett Moffett – bass; Tony Reedus – drums; Rudy Bird – percussion (tracks: 2 5 7); Kenny Garrett – saxophone, flute; Steve Nelson – vibraphone

Wingspan

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Anders Mogensen - Brazilian Moods

Styles: Latin Jazz
Year: 2022
File: MP3@320K/s
Time: 38:23
Size: 88,7 MB
Art: Front

(4:13) 1. That's The Way It Is
(6:32) 2. Pele
(5:15) 3. Estate
(4:46) 4. Pulpo
(5:18) 5. Pacific
(6:45) 6. You And Me
(5:31) 7. Winther

For more than two decades, drummer Anders Mogensen has been one of the most sought after musicians on the Danish as well as the International Jazz scene. He has been a member of ground-breaking bands such as When Granny Sleeps, Jakob Anderskov Trio, Doky Brothers, Kasper Tranberg Yakuza Zhuffle, Lovedale and Copenhagen Art Ensemble. He has toured and recorded with Jazz Greats such as: Bob Berg, David Liebman, Steve Swallow, Marc Johnson, Brecker Brothers, Gary Thomas, Django Bates, Tim Hagans, Cuong Vu, Lew Soloff and Ray Anderson.

Anders holds a position as Associated Professor and head of the Jazzdepartment at Carl Nielsen Academy of Music, Odense. And he has done clinics and workshops throughout Europe, USA, Japan and Brazil.https://www.andersmogensen.dk/

Brazilian Moods

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Dave Liebman - Trust and Honesty

Styles: Saxophone and Flute Jazz
Year: 2022
File: MP3@320K/s
Time: 46:10
Size: 106,2 MB
Art: Front

(4:38) 1. Designs
(5:08) 2. Lover Man
(4:24) 3. Time Remembered (Bonus Track)
(5:32) 4. Come Rain Or Come Shine
(4:43) 5. Stella By Starlight
(1:07) 6. Blind Pig (Bonus Track)
(6:04) 7. Moon And Sand
(2:32) 8. Blue In Green
(5:16) 9. Bye Bye Blackbird
(6:40) 10. Zingaro

Dave Liebman's Trust And Honesty is the third release in Newvelle Records' limited edition audiophile-vinyl autumn 2022 Renewal Collection. It follows Elan Mehler's There Is A Dance and Michael Blake's Combobulate, both previously reviewed on these pages.

Liebman's album is an unassuming little gem. It takes a master musician to take a selection of familiar ballads, give them simple, straightforward readings with an average duration of around four minutes, and come up with something so lovely and compelling. Liebman, more than ably assisted by Ben Monder on guitar and John Hébert on bass, does all of that.

Liebman has essayed a similar venture before, on Classic Ballads (Candid, 1991), in a trio completed by guitarist Vic Juris and bassist Steve Gilmore. On that album, he played soprano saxophone throughout. On Trust And Honesty, he plays soprano on the first seven tracks and flute on the eighth, the closer, Antonio Carlos Jobim's "Zingaro." Monder, heard on electric guitar on the earlier tracks, also switches instruments here, to 12-string acoustic, bringing an understated bossa nova-ish vibe.

Some of the material inevitably brings to mind Liebman's early and mid 1970s employer Miles Davis: Davis and Bill Evans' "Blue In Green," Victor Young's "Stella By Starlight" and Ray Henderson's "Bye Bye Blackbird." Other tunes evoke different, multiple associations: Jimmy Davis, Ram Ramirez and James Sherman's "Lover Man," Harold Arlen's "Come Rain Or Come Shine" and Alec Wilder's "Moon And Sand."

Monder and Hébert drop out for "Blue And Green" but Liebman does not monopolise the album. It is an ensemble affair, all three musicians solo, and on "Stella By Starlight" (also covered on the aforementioned Classic Ballads) he does not enter until over three minutes into the track.By Chris May
https://www.allaboutjazz.com/truth-and-honesty-dave-liebman-newvelle-records

Personnel: Dave Liebman: saxophone,soprano,flute; Ben Monder: guitar; John Hébert: bass.

Trust and Honesty

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