Didier Lockwood - Open Doors

Styles: Violin Jazz

Year: 2017
File: MP3@320K/s
Time: 76:19
Size: 176,7 MB
Art: Front

( 6:36)  1. Open Doors
( 7:17)  2. Good Morning Lady Sun
(10:00)  3. Quark
( 6:49)  4. The ballad of Pat & Robin
( 9:49)  5. Positive Life
( 6:18)  6. The One Shot Duet
( 4:12)  7. Little Bossa
( 5:13)  8. Mathilde and the Ghost
( 5:33)  9. Blues Fourth
( 6:32) 10. Ballad for Four
( 5:21) 11. Now I Really Got the Blues
( 2:38) 12. Time to Time

Didier Lockwood had a diverse career, ranging from progressive rock to fusion to swing and advanced hard bop. He was a member of French avant-prog outfit Magma in the 1970s, and in the '80s he was considered the next in a line of great French violinists after Stephane Grappelli and Jean-Luc Ponty. Lockwood began studying violin when he was six. Ten years later, he stopped his formal training and joined a rock group. He played in Paris with Aldo Romano and Daniel Humair, among others, and met Grappelli and toured with him. He had a fusion group called Surya and recorded with Tony Williams around the same period of time (1979). Lockwood played in the United States on various occasions and recorded an acoustic album in 1986 with fellow violinists John Blake and Michal Urbaniak. He continued to perform and record, with a large discography as leader or collaborator extending well into the first two decades of the new millennium. Didier Lockwood died in Paris in February 2018 at the age of 62. ~ Scott Yanow https://itunes.apple.com/us/album/open-doors/1300348232

Personnel:  Ensemble [Synth & Strings], Violin, Mandolin, Art Direction, Edited By, Mixed By – Didier Lockwood;  Bass – Daryl Hall;  Drums – André Ceccarelli ;  Ensemble [Synth & Strings] – Alexandre Monfort;  Guest [Vocals, Special Guest] – Patricia Petibon;  Piano – Antonio Faraò

Open Doors

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Chico Freeman - Spoken into Existence

Styles: Saxophone Jazz
Year: 2015
File: MP3@320K/s
Time: 70:37
Size: 162,0 MB
Art: Front

(3:34)  1. Seven Steps to Heaven
(5:43)  2. Free Man
(8:33)  3. India Blue
(5:53)  4. Black Inside
(5:35)  5. Dance of Light for Luani
(4:33)  6. Nia's Quest
(8:15)  7. N'tiana's Dream
(2:51)  8. Lara's Lullaby
(6:28)  9. Erika's Reverie
(9:21) 10. Soft Pedal Blues
(4:59) 11. Niskayuna
(1:23) 12. The Crossing
(3:22) 13. Ballad for Hakima

Jive Music Austria is honored to present the third album in a row of the great Chico Freeman! He’s a legend, but is at the same time not laying back and resting on the laurels of his history. Far from it: He’s always on the move, making new projects with new and interesting musicians and with the newest recording tools and technics as well! For this CD he brought some of the finest musicians together that work and live in Europe; with them he can also tour Europe more easily, without so much time lost on long overseas flights. These guys each are splendid on their instruments and well known with their groups and projects, together they are tight and sound as a unit with Mr. Freeman as the crown jewel on this royal swingin’ and groovin’ group! The repertoire is mainly original pieces of Chico’s and some of the other members of the quartet. The cd is completed with some special versions of great and special standards like “Seven Steps to Heaven” and “Soft Pedal Blues”. The Bandleader is also very proud to present an anthology of songs, each dedicated to, and inspired by his daughters: Erika, Luani, N’tiana, Nia and Lara! These songs are very special and with the others that are composed and played with warm-hearted sensitivity you feel the positive, expressive power of this unique artist! https://store.cdbaby.com/cd/chicofreeman3

Personnel:  Chico Freeman - saxophones, Antonio Faraò - Piano, Heiri Känzig - bass, Michael Baker - drums

Spoken into Existence

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Antonio Faraò - Black Inside

Styles: Piano Jazz
Year: 1998
File: MP3@320K/s
Time: 54:30
Size: 125,0 MB
Art: Front

(2:09)  1. Memories
(6:03)  2. Black Inside
(9:36)  3. Latin Dance
(6:09)  4. Just In Time
(5:42)  5. Basel
(6:14)  6. Sweet
(4:42)  7. Brother Kenny
(4:20)  8. Chaotic Romance
(5:45)  9. Dumb Show
(3:45) 10. My One And Only Love

Italian-born pianist Antonio Faraò's debut as a leader, 1999's Black Inside, is a fine post-bop piano trio record in the manner of Bill Evans' classic sides with Scott LaFaro and Paul Motian. Bassist Ira Coleman and drummer Jeff "Tain" Watts are solid accompanists whose occasional solos never overstay their welcome (Coleman's solo interlude in the lengthy "Latin Dance" is marvelously restrained, and a wonderful counterpoint to Faraò's impressive extended solo, which echoes the cerebral coolness of Paul Bley as well as the melodic invention of Dave Brubeck), but this is Faraò's record all the way. Opening with the unfortunately brief solo piano miniature "Memories," the ten original tunes are impressively varied, from the fusion-ish melodicism of "Basel" to the atmospheric languor of "Dumb Show." Faraò is doing little that's genuinely new or inventive, but neither is he content to merely ape his influences or, even worse, shoot for crossover blandness, making Black Inside (what's up with that title?) one of the more satisfying mainstream jazz debuts of its era. ~ Stewart Mason  http://www.allmusic.com/album/black-inside-mw0000242507

Personnel: Antonio Farao (piano); Ira Coleman (bass); Jeff "Tain" Watts (drums).

Black Inside

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Antonio Faraò - Next Stories

Bitrate: MP3@320K/s
Time: 49:16
Size: 112.8 MB
Styles: Piano jazz
Year: 2002
Art: Front

[5:10] 1. I'm Waiting
[9:39] 2. Theme For Bond [dedicated To My Wonderful Dog]
[4:29] 3. Creole
[4:03] 4. Sweet
[7:28] 5. Next Stories
[4:40] 6. I Could Have Done More
[4:01] 7. What Is This Thing Called Love
[6:38] 8. Few Days
[3:04] 9. Sabrina And Joseph

Extraordinary Italian pianist Antonio Faraó was born in Rome in 1965. He attended the Giuseppe Verdi Conservatory in Milan in the '80s, where he refined his musical gifts. Faraó began cultivating his profound love of jazz at clubs when he was only in his teens. Even then, those around him didn't miss the natural talent for piano the young man had been blessed with. Faraó started touring at an early age, playing festivals like Lugano, Merano, Lyon, Umbria Jazz, Palermo, and many others. In 1987, at only 22, he won the New Talent Prize at the X1 Music Review. Four years later, he was voted Pianist of the Year, winning the Four Roses Prize. In 1998, he was invited to enter into the international competition for the Concours Martial Solal. Faraó came away as the winner. In 1999, he saw the release of his debut album, Black Inside, on the Enja Records label. Bassist Ira Coleman and drummer Jeff "Tain" Watts accompanied Faraó's piano work. With post-bop tracks like "Latin Dance," "Sweet," and "My One and Only Love," the album combined a Mediterranean touch with the African-American jazz styling that Faraó became known for. A sophomore effort titled Thorn followed in early 2001. As Faraó's reputation grew he was able to attract several jazz heavy-hitters to the studio, resulting in albums with saxophonist Bob Berg (2002's Far Out), bassist Miroslav Vitous (2005's Takes on Pasolini), and drummer Andre Ceccarelli (2008's Woman's Perfume and 2011s Domi). He then paired with saxophonist Joe Lovano, bassist Ira Coleman, and drummer Jack DeJohnette for 2014's Evan. In 2015, Faraó made his Verve label debut with Boundaries, which featured several of his longtime Italian collaborators including saxophonist/drummer Mauro Negri and bassist Martin Gjakonovski.

Next Stories

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