Wycliffe Gordon - Boss Bones

Styles: Trombone Jazz
Year: 2009
File: MP3@320K/s
Time: 62:28
Size: 144,2 MB
Art: Front

(6:01) 1. Spop
(5:36) 2. The Nick Of Time
(8:39) 3. Recorda-me
(8:37) 4. Another Slow One
(6:12) 5. Stardust
(8:08) 6. Wheatleigh Hall
(6:48) 7. Here's That Rainy Day
(7:32) 8. Nica's Dream
(4:52) 9. Anthropology

Jazz trombonist Wycliffe Gordon has established himself as a major soloist, mostly because of his fine work with the Lincoln Center Jazz Orchestra. Gordon’s approach draws upon the sounds of jazz’s New Orleans origins (vocalized growls, smears, etc.) along with the advances of bebop and beyond.

Bones Tones is an unusual album in that it features another trombonist in its “horn section,” namely Andre Hayward, also a member of the Lincoln Center band. Whereas some jazz albums try to impress with the listener with capital-S seriousness, BONES is a swinging, joy-filled frolic through classic jazz standards (by Parker, Gillespie, and Horace Silver) and a few bracing Gordon originals. By Mark Keresman https://www.allmusic.com/album/boss-bones-mw0000785115

Personnel: Wycliffe Gordon (Trombone), Andre Hayward (Trombone) Mike LeDonne (Piano), John Webber (Bass), Kenny Washington (Drums)

Boss Bones

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Joscho Stephan Trio Meets Matthias Strucken - Travels

Styles: Guitar Jazz, Gypsy Swing
Year: 2023
File: MP3@320K/s
Time: 50:31
Size: 116,3 MB
Art: Front

(4:43) 1. Morning Dance
(5:03) 2. Misty
(5:01) 3. Travels
(3:36) 4. Indiana
(3:27) 5. Blue Bossa
(3:43) 6. Swing Valse
(4:19) 7. Day by Day
(5:28) 8. Those who wait
(4:18) 9. Bossarona
(3:23) 10. Fresh Rolls
(4:28) 11. Roger´s Samba
(2:58) 12. Gorgeous

His roots lie in Gipsy Swing music, the style pioneered in the 1930s by the legendary jazz guitarist Django Reinhardt. Joscho Stephan has not merely absorbed this music, but also interprets it on the highest level and is actively engaged in extending its boundaries. Despite his youth, after four highly acclaimed CDs and a DVD he has played his way into the illustrous circle of the finest Gipsy Swing musicians in the world.

Great jazz musicians such as Paquito de Rivera, James Carter, Charlie Mariano or Grady Tate enthusiastically praised the talented newcomer after performing together.He has toured Australia with top guitarists Martin Taylor and Tommy Emmanuel and has performed with his own bands (trio to quintett) on numerous important European festivals (among others in Slovenia, Italy, France, Poland and the UK).

His concert appearances in New York’s Lincoln Center or the American country capital Nashville were equally well-received, as were his perfomances in the New Yorker jazz shrine Birdland.

Across the board, the press only has good things to say about Joscho Stephan. His debut “Swinging Strings” was named CD of the month by American magazine Guitar Player. In the words of the highly regarded Acoustic Guitar Magazine, he is the guarantor for the future of Gipsy jazz guitar.
https://www.joscho-stephan.de/en/about-joscho/

Travels

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Bob Wilber and Tuxedo Big Band - Fletcher Henderson's Unrecorded

Styles: Jazz, Big Band
Year: 2007
File: MP3@320K/s
Time: 63:01
Size: 146,6 MB
Art: Front

(3:01)  1. Rose Of The Rio Grande
(4:05)  2. Blue And Broken Hearted
(3:19)  3. Song Of The Wanderer
(3:19)  4. Out Of Nowhere
(3:36)  5. Humoreque
(4:02)  6. Poor Butterfly
(3:03)  7. Rosalie
(4:00)  8. All My Life
(3:02)  9. Thou Swell
(4:39) 10. She'S Funny That Way
(4:36) 11. Sunday
(4:18) 12. Sweet Lorraine
(3:38) 13. S'Posin'
(3:57) 14. Sugar
(3:30) 15. Sweet And Slow
(3:23) 16. Milenberg Joys
(3:26) 17. Bojangles Of Harlem

"A lot of good records come out every year, but very few of them could be called an event. This one can. An unearthed treasure trove of arrangements written by Fletcher Henderson for Benny Goodman but never previously recorded now brought to life by Bob Wilber and the swinging Tuxedo Big Band from Toulouse, France filled with first-rate soloists well, that's not the sort of thing that happens every day." 

Ross Firestone, Author of the award winning Swing, Swing, Swing: The Life and Times of Benny Goodman. ~ Editorial Reviews https://www.amazon.com/Fletcher-Hendersons-Unrecorded-Arrangements-Goodman/dp/B00004SVHS

***** 5 stars - John McDonough, Down Beat, December 2000

2000 Critics' Choice - Sally Ann Worsfold, Jazz Journal International, February 2001

Best of 2001 - Music Broadcasting Society of New South Wales, Australia
 

 Thank you Yara!

Fletcher Henderson's Unrecorded

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Kevin Mahogany & Tony Lakatos - The Coltrane Hartman Fantasy Vol. 1

Size: 107,9 MB

Time: 46:54

File: MP3 @ 320K/s

Released: 2010

Styles: Jazz

Art: Front

01. Any Place I Hang My Hat Is Home (6:26)

02. Interlude (5:59)

03. Come Rain Or Come Shine (7:52)

04. I Want To Talk About You (6:37)

05. If I'm Lucky (6:12)

06. How High The Moon - Satellite (5:41)

07. My Little Brown Book (8:03)

On "The Coltrane Hartman Fantasy" baritone vocalist Kevin Mahogany and tenor saxophonist Tony Lakatos let the spirit of the jazz ballad classic come alive, that John Coltrane and Johnny Hartman recorded in 1962. Mahogany and Lakatos bring a cosmos of compositions to life, which probably would have been recorded if Coltrane and Hartman would have continued with another album . On tracks like "Come Rain Or Come Shine", "If I'm Lucky" or "My Little Brown Book" Mahogany and Lakatos are communicating in a way, which is nothing less than timeless and beautiful. They are supported by Cologne based pianist Thomas Rückert and bassist Henning Gailing and top-drummer Martijn Vink from Amsterdam.

The Coltrane Hartman Fantasy Vol.1

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Dave Stryker - Prime

Styles: Guitar Jazz
Year: 2023
File: MP3@320K/s
Time: 57:57
Size: 134,5 MB
Art: Front

(6:24) 1. Prime
(6:37) 2. Lockdown
(8:14) 3. Captain Jack
(5:20) 4. Hope
(5:25) 5. As We Were
(5:16) 6. Mac
(5:41) 7. I Should Care
(6:36) 8. Deep
(8:21) 9. Dude's Lounge

Guitarist Dave Stryker, a ubiquitous presence on the New York scene (and elsewhere) for more than three decades as a leader or sideman, is also a prolific recording artist with more than 35 albums under his belt (and many more than that as member of various ensembles) in formats ranging from big band to trio. On Prime, he opts for the smaller arrangement, employing his long-time working group (Jared Gold, organ; McClenty Hunter, drums) to perform eight of Stryker's engaging compositions and one standard, the melancholy "I Should Care."

From the opening measures of the album's fast-moving title song, Stryker shows that, at age 65, he is as sharp and nimble- fingered as ever, skipping handily through the lightning-swift changes and setting the stage for vigorous statements by Gold and Hunter. Having made his point, Stryker turns next to the blues, proving on the enchanting "Lockdown" that he is no less comfortable at a more unhurried tempo, as he does again on the shuffling "Captain Jack," which follows.

"Hope" is an unhurried charmer with an earnest Latin beat, "As We Were" an ambrosial ballad on which Gold and Stryker are at their rhapsodic best with McClenty lending sure-handed support on brushes. "Mac," set in a handsome walking groove, leads to the melodious "I Should Care," which is without a doubt one of the session's several highlights, as is the buoyantly rhythmic "Deep," which follows. Stryker saves another surprise for last, as "Dude's Lounge" opens as a seductive ballad before assuming a funkier but no less engaging persona.

As organ trios go, Stryker's is first-class, thanks to his special talents and those of Gold and McClenty. Prime is far more than background music to be played while the mind is otherwise engaged. It is serious jazz, ably performed by three masters of the genre, and deserves to be considered on those terms.By Jack Bowers https://www.allaboutjazz.com/prime-dave-stryker-strikezone-records

Personnel: Dave Stryker: guitar; Jared Gold: organ, Hammond B3; McClenty Hunter, Jr.: drums.

Prime

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