Art Blakey's Jazz Messengers - A Night in Tunisia

Styles: Jazz, Hard Bop
Year: 1957
File: MP3@320K/s
Time: 74:48
Size: 172,8 MB
Art: Front

(12:55)  1. A Night in Tunisia
( 7:16)  2. Off the Wall
( 9:46)  3. Theory of Art
( 8:12)  4. Couldn't It Be You?
( 6:30)  5. Evans
(12:30)  6. A Night in Tunisia [alt. take]
( 7:21)  7. Off the Wall [alt. take]
(10:14)  8. Theory of Art [alt. take]

All tracks have been digitally remastered. First Editions Series Recorded at RCA Studio 3, New York, New York on April 8, 1957. Originally released on Vik (1115). Includes liner notes by Nat Hentoff and Mark Gardner. Reissue producer: Ben Young. http://www.cduniverse.com/productinfo.asp?pid=2887752&style=music&fulldesc=T

Recording information: RCA Studios, New York, NY (04/08/1957).

Personnel: Art Blakey (drums); Jackie McLean (alto saxophone, percussion); Johnny Griffin (tenor saxophone, percussion); Bill Hardman (trumpet, percussion); Sam Dockery (piano); Spanky De Brest (bass).

A Night in Tunisia

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Steve Grossman - Do It

Styles: Saxophone Jazz
Year: 1991
File: MP3@224K/s
Time: 58:44
Size: 94,3 MB
Art: Front

(5:59)  1. Cherokee
(6:53)  2. Let's Call This
(7:13)  3. I'll Keep Loving You
(6:14)  4. Let's Monk
(9:16)  5. The More I See You
(7:00)  6. Oblivion
(4:38)  7. Dance Of The Infidels
(7:35)  8. Soultrane
(3:54)  9. Chi Chi

Saxophonist Steve Grossman hasn't been a regular on the New York scene for many years but a crash  course sampling of the many sessions he has recorded with the likes of Miles Davis, Elvin Jones, McCoy Tyner, Barry Harris and Michel Petrucciani for starters as well as under his name as a soloist and with his own groups shows how much excellent playing he has under his belt. And soon there will be those sets this Brooklyn born, Long Island bred musician will be doing with the Al Foster Quartet at The Kitano performances that will offer a chance to hear how he sounds live these days. So where's he been all this time? South America (where he picked up his penchant for Latin-influenced music, check out 1977's Brazil with trumpeter Marcio Montarroyos and Stone Alliance, featuring Grossman with bassist Gene Perla and percussionist Don Alias), Europe, Japan, you name it. He has also lived in a lot of places outside the United States, especially in Italy: "I started in Amsterdam and basically kept moving south."

"But what you really want to know is what was it like to be handpicked by Miles? Scary. I was very young, I started recording with him when I was 18. It was pretty scary to play with Miles Davis, and I'm just getting out of high school really. "Some people obviously told him about me and he started showing up at gigs I was doing. Then I got the call and I started making all these things. That was right after Bitches Brew (Columbia, 1969). One day it would be me... One day it would be Wayne Shorter... And then he asked me to go with him. I think it was 1969 or 1970."

Grossman remembers Miles was colorful and not just onstage. "I was playing one Sunday in this club, I don't remember [which] and that's when he came down and he showed me these four bullet holes in his Ferrari when they took his instruments in Bedford-Stuyvesant, because he didn't want Kenny Dorham to open for him... Me and Dave Liebman had a double quartet kind of thing, two tenors, one pianist, two basses and two drummers. Miles asked me to come out and see the Ferrari; he'd had this problem in Brooklyn at some club, they kept all his instruments; it was some kind of Mafia thing. They put four bullet holes in his red Ferrari." "I think there was another time at the Village Gate. It was Miles opposite Monk. There were a lot of people backstage like Woody Shaw, Lee Morgan." Heady times, but this is now. "You have to go forward," says Grossman, adding "I never thought I'd make it to this age. When I was 25 I looked older than I do now."

Born in 1951, he's 57. As this interview was conducted by telephone he lives in Bologna, Italy there are no visual clues. So it's impossible to know if that perception is correct. Have to take his word for it. Over the phone, though, his voice is particularly distinct. It sounds gravelly, much lived-in, like that of a person who is waking up. How his other "voice" that famous tenor expresses itself will have to wait for that gig with Miles alumni Al Foster. But a hint of what's to come perhaps can be gleaned from those many fine recordings (check out Do It (Dreyfus, 1993), with Barry Harris, Reggie Johnson and Art Taylor which Grossman says he especially likes, the Stone Alliance recordings or his 1991 Steve Grossman, In New York album (Dreyfus, 1991) with McCoy Tyner, Avery Sharpe and Art Taylor) and that past of his much storied youth to which it seems natural to seesaw back to from time to time.

"I was trying to see what Coltrane was doing in the '60s. I still am. To me, he covered it. He was a very big influence on me. You know, since I was 15, 16. Even earlier, when I was 10, 11. I started with Charlie Parker when I was about eight. I started to play alto saxophone then. I had an older brother [now deceased] and we started listening at about the same time. I guess it was through him and an uncle I had who got me my first records. I became a Bird freak." So the trajectory of his musical life was set early. He played a little baseball with kids he grew up with, but music took over. "I used to play with guys much older than me. And now, I'm the oldest." He laughs. Things "turn around."

Speaking of younger musicians, one thing he'll do while here in New York is hear some of the local talent; perhaps he'll find people he'll want to play with down the road. A priority is visiting family, his 86 year old father, his younger brother and his niece. He's been back and forth for recordings but the last time he did a live gig in New York was "probably in the early or mid '90s." So catch him now. ~ Laurel Gross  http://www.allaboutjazz.com/steve-grossman-steve-grossman-by-laurel-gross.php

Do It

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Arnett Cobb - Jumpin' At The Woodside

Bitrate: 320K/s
Time: 68:08
Size: 156.0 MB
Styles: Saxophone jazz
Year: 1974/2002
Art: Front

[5:43] 1. Jumpin' At The Woodside
[6:46] 2. I Don't Stand A Ghost Of A Chance
[7:05] 3. Blues For The Hot Club De France
[6:54] 4. I Want A Little Girl
[7:10] 5. Jumpin' In France
[6:11] 6. Salty Mama Blues
[9:01] 7. On The Sunny Side Of The Street
[7:25] 8. Take The A Train
[6:49] 9. I Don't Stand A Ghost Of A Chance 2
[4:12] 10. Swingin Mama
[0:48] 11. Drum Solo

A stomping Texas tenor player in the tradition of Illinois Jacquet, Arnett Cobb's accessible playing was between swing and early rhythm & blues. After playing in Texas with Chester Boone (1934-1936) and Milt Larkin (1936-1942), Cobb emerged in the big leagues by succeeding Illinois Jacquet with Lionel Hampton's Orchestra (1942-1947). His version of "Flying Home No. 2" became a hit, and he was a very popular soloist with Hampton. After leaving the band, Cobb formed his own group, but his initial success was interrupted in 1948, when he had to undergo an operation on his spine. After recovering, he resumed touring. But a major car accident in 1956 crushed Cobb's legs and he was reduced to using crutches for the rest of his life. However, by 1959, he returned to active playing and recording. Cobb spent most of the 1960s leading bands back in Texas, but starting in 1973, he toured and recorded more extensively, including a tenor summit with Jimmy Heath and Joe Henderson in Europe as late as 1988. Arnett Cobb made many fine records through the years for such labels as Apollo, Columbia/Okeh, Prestige (many of the latter are available on the OJC series), Black & Blue, Progressive, Muse, and Bee Hive. ~ Scott Yanow

As the sixties drew to a close, Jean-Marie Monestier and Jean-Pierre Tahmazian discovered the whereabouts of the last living classical jazz musicians. They decided to bring them to France, out of the anonymity into which forgetfulness had plunged them. With the applause of the concert audience still ringing in their ears, these musicians then recorded some of their most beautiful music for Black & Blue. Jean-Michel Proust and Jean-Marc Fritz who were aware of their historical value, listened to these treasures. The result was “The Definitive Black & Blue Sessions”.

Recorded May 21, 1974 in Paris, France. Digitally Remastered.

Arnett Cobb (ts), Lloyd Glenn (p), Tiny Grimes (g, vcl), Roland Lobligeois (b), Panama Francis (d).

Jumpin' At The Woodside

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Various Artists - The Bossa Nova Exciting Jazz Samba Rhythms Vol.1, Vol.2, Vol.3, Vol.4, Vol.5, Vol.6

Album: The Bossa Nova Exciting Jazz Samba Rhythms-Vol.1

Styles: Bossa
Size: 147,2 MB
Time: 64:19
File: MP3 @ 320K/s
Released: 2001
Art: Front

1. Roberto Menescal - Inflüencia Do Jazz (2:28)
2. Odell Brown & The Organizers - Mas Que Nada (7:12)
3. Os Cincos-Pados - Berimbau (2:52)
4. Jongo Trio - Águas De Março (Waters of March) (4:07)
5. Quarteto Em Cy Com Tamba Trio - Água De Beber (Water to Drink) (2:40)
6. Pedrinho Mattar Trio - Samba Pro Pedrinho (2:40)
7. Charlie Byrd & Woody Herman - Bamba Samba (Bossa Nova) (3:07)
8. Breno Sauer Quinteto - A Felicidade (2:14)
9. Nelson Riddle & Orchestra - Lamento (3:03)
10. Zimbo Trio - To Live Happily (Pra Viver Feliz) (2:39)
11. Os Catedraticos - Os Grilos (Crickets Sing for Anamaria) (2:21)
12. Lalo Schifrin & Orchestra - Samba De Uma Nota Só (3:45)
13. Geraldo Trio - Chora Tua Tristeza (2:58)
14. Bossa Jazz Trio - Canto De Ossanha (2:36)
15. Os Cobras - Cheiro De Saudade (2:52)
16. The Continentals - String of Pearls (2:21)
17. João Meirelles & His Bossa Kings - Batucada (2:27)
18. Chris Montez - The Face I Love (2:02)
19. Martin Denny - Exotique Bossa Nova (4:16)
20. Quartette Tres Bien - Boss Tres Bien (5:30)

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Album: The Bossa Nova Exciting Jazz Samba Rhythms, Volume 2

Styles: Bossa Nova
Size: 133,5 MB
Time: 57:42
File: MP3 @ 320K/s
Released: 2000
Art: Front

1. Tamba Trio - Mas que nada (Better Than Nothing) (2:33)
2. Edu Lobo - Upa, neguinho (Up, Little Black Child) (2:19)
3. Pery Ribeiro feat. Walter Wanderley & Seu Conjunto - O barquinho (Little Boat) (2:54)
4. Coral De Ouro Preto - Samba de uma nota só (2:06)
5. Bobby Mackay - Bossa Nova (I Say) (1:52)
6. Jorge Ben Jor - Tim Dom Dom (2:20)
7. Toots Thielemans & Elis Regina - Wave (3:08)
8. Elis Regina - O meninho das laranjas (The Orange Selling Boy) (2:16)
9. Ella Fitzgerald - So danço samba (5:49)
10. Sarah Vaughan - The Boy From Ipanema (2:28)
11. João Gilberto feat. Antonio Carlos Jobim & Orchestra - Desafinado (Off Key / Slightly Out of Tune) (1:57)
12. Os Farroupilhas - Samba International (1:56)
13. Marcos Valle - Os grilos (Crickets Sing for Anamaria) (2:06)
14. Walter Wanderley - Telefone (2:15)
15. Ed Lincoln - The Blues Walk (3:59)
16. Pedrinho Mattar Trio - Opato (1:52)
17. Joao Roberto Kelly & Luiz Reis - Leilao / Brotinho Bossa Nova (2:31)
18. Sambalanço Trio - Samblues (2:16)
19. Edison Machado - Menino travesso (2:45)
20. Paul Winter feat. Luiz Bonfá, Roberto Menescal & Luiz Eça - Reza (3:19)
21. Antonio Carlos Jobim & Eumir Deodato - Corteguay (2:24)
22. Sérgio Mendes - Oba - La - La (2:27)

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Album: The Bossa Nova Exciting Jazz Samba Rhythms Vol.3

Styles: Bossa Nova
Size: 138,6 MB
Time: 60:32
File: MP3 @ 320K/s
Released: 2000
Art: Front

1. Sergio Mendes & Wanda De Sah feat. Bud Shank - Samba De Verao (So Nice) (2:11)
2. Edu Lobo feat. Tamba Trio - Boranda (2:30)
3. Elza Soares - Mas Que Nada (Better Than Nothing) (2:24)
4. Wilson Simonal - Mestico (1:57)
5. Quarteto 004 & A. C. Jobim - Vou Te Contar (2:44)
6. Silvio Cezar & Meirelles - Samba Do Carioca (1:56)
7. Astrud Gilberto - Take Me To Rwanda (2:27)
8. Wanda De Sah - So Danco Samba (Jazz 'N' Samba) (2:11)
9. Lennie Dale & O Sambalanco Trio - O Pato (1:54)
10. Baden Powell - Blues A Volonte (8:52)
11. Caterina Valente feat.Edmundo Ros & His Orchestra - Canto De Ossanha (2:54)
12. Jon Hendricks - Jive Samba (2:19)
13. Quarteto Em Cy & Frejat (Live) - Chega De Saudade (4:00)
14. Lalo Schifrin - The Man From T. H. R. U. S. H. (2:54)
15. Bill Perkins - Baia (3:33)
16. Os Cobras - E Bom Assim (2:46)
17. Jack Wilson feat. Roy Ayers - Days Of Wine And Roses (3:32)
18. Som Tres - Amazonas (2:25)
19. Zimbo Trio (Live) - Nana (6:52)