Paul Horn - The Jazz Years

Styles: Flute And Saxophone Jazz
Year: 2004
File: MP3@320K/s
Time: 79:31
Size: 183,7 MB
Art: Front

( 3:01)  1. Benny's Buns
(11:52)  2. Mirage for Miles
( 3:42)  3. Fun Time
( 3:22)  4. Love and Hate
( 4:07)  5. Moer or Less
(12:04)  6. Abstraction
( 4:02)  7. Caesar and Cleopatra Theme
( 5:18)  8. My Funny Valentine
( 4:38)  9. Count Your Change
( 4:06) 10. Short Politicain
( 2:48) 11. Lazy Afternoon
( 3:57) 12. Antony and Cleopatra Theme
( 3:26) 13. Just Because We're Kids
( 4:51) 14. Cleopatra's Palace Music
( 3:40) 15. Without a Song
( 4:29) 16. Yazz Per Favore

When one evaluates Paul Horn's career, it is as if he were two people, pre- and post-1967. In his early days, Horn was an excellent cool-toned altoist and flutist, while later he became a new age flutist whose music is often best used as background music for meditation. Horn started on piano when he was four and switched to alto at the age of 12. After a stint with the Sauter-Finegan Orchestra on tenor, Horn was Buddy Collette's replacement with the popular Chico Hamilton Quintet (1956-1958), playing alto, flute, and clarinet. He became a studio musician in Los Angeles, but also found time during 1957-1966 to record cool jazz albums for Dot (later reissued on Impulse), World Pacific, Hi Fi Jazz, Columbia, and RCA, and he participated in a memorable live session with Cal Tjader in 1959. In addition, in 1964, Horn recorded one of the first Jazz Masses, utilizing an orchestra arranged by Lalo Schifrin. In 1967, the second part of Paul Horn's career began; he studied transcendental meditation in India and became a teacher. The following year, he recorded unaccompanied flute solos at the Taj Mahal (where he enjoyed interacting with the echoes), and went on to record in the Great Pyramid, tour China (1979) and the Soviet Union, record using the sounds of killer whales as "accompaniment," and found his own label Golden Flute. ~ Scott Yanow https://itunes.apple.com/us/album/the-jazz-years-selected-pieces-1961-1963/49491612

Personnel: Flute, Flute [Bass Flute], Khene – Paul Horn;  Flute, Flute [Alto Flute], Alto Saxophone – Paul Horn;   Bass – Chuck Israels, Jimmy Bond, Vic Gaskin;  Drums – Colin Bailey, Milt Turner; Piano – Paul Moer, Victor Feldmans: 4, 7, 12, 14); Vibraphone [Vibes] – Emil Richards

The Jazz Years - Selected Pieces 1961~1963

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George Russell - Stratusphunk

Styles: Piano Jazz
Year: 1995
File: MP3@320K/s
Time: 43:24
Size: 99,6 MB
Art: Front

(6:08)  1. Stratusphunk
(8:25)  2. New Donna
(6:16)  3. Bent Eagle
(8:25)  4. Kentucky Oysters
(7:13)  5. Lambskins
(6:55)  6. Things New

Stratusphunk is an album by George Russell originally released on Riverside in 1960. The album contains performances by Russell with Al Kiger, David Baker, Dave Young, Chuck Israels and Joe Hunt. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stratusphunk

Personnel:  George Russell: piano, arranger, conductor; Al Kiger: trumpet; David Baker: trombone; Dave Young: tenor saxophone; Chuck Israels: bass; Joe Hunt: drums

Stratusphunk

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Chuck Israels Jazz Orchestra - Concerto Peligroso

Size: 169,2 MB
Time: 72:59
File: MP3 @ 320K/s
Released: 2017
Styles: Jazz
Art: Front

01. Margot's Mood (7:16)
02. Two Degrees East, Three Degrees West (8:06)
03. Fractal Shadows (5:50)
04. Concerto Peligroso (4:45)
05. Delicate Balance (7:28)
06. All The Pretty Horses (5:53)
07. The Sound of Sonny (6:45)
08. Dark Tapestry (4:42)
09. Frankie and Johnny (7:03)
10. Swingin' For The Fences (7:09)
11. Monk's Dream (7:55)

Chuck Israels Jazz Orchestra with guest soloist Dan Faehnle head into Crossroads Studios to record a new album for Dot Time Records called "Concerto Peligroso". Chuck's exquisite and sensitive compositions, including the spectacular mini-concerto for piano "Concerto Peligrosso", will make up the majority of the tracks on the new record. Other highlights will include his arrangement of a beautiful American folk song "All the Pretty Horses", and a tribute to Sonny Rollins called "Sound of Sonny" based on the saxophone colossus' solo on the tune "Toot, Toot, Tootsie, Goodbye".

Chuck Israels is a composer/arranger/bassist who has worked with Billie Holiday, Benny Goodman, Coleman Hawkins, Stan Getz, Herbie Hancock, J.J. Johnson, John Coltrane, and many others. He is best known for his work with the Bill Evans Trio from 1961 through 1966 and for his pioneering accomplishments in Jazz Repertory as Director of the National Jazz Ensemble from 1973 to 1981.

Among Chuck's many recordings as a bassist, some outstanding ones include: Coltrane Time, with John Coltrane; My Point of View, with Herbie Hancock; Getz au Go-Go, with Stan Getz; and many recordings with the Bill Evans Trio, including The Town Hall Concert; The Second Trio; Trio '65; Live at the Trident; Time Remembered; and Live at Shelley's Manne Hole.

Recently retired from directing the jazz studies program at Western Washington University, Chuck has moved to Portland, OR to work in its vibrant jazz community and participate in his favorite Northwest city’s cultural life.

Concerto Peligroso

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Bill Evans Trio - How My Heart Sings (Remastered)

Bitrate: MP3@320K/s

Time: 59:13

Size: 135.6 MB

Styles: Piano jazz

Year: 1964/1989

Art: Front

[4:56] 1. How My Heart Sings

[4:56] 2. I Should Care

[6:56] 3. In Your Own Sweet Way (Take 1)

[4:54] 4. Walking Up

[5:58] 5. Summertime

[6:22] 6. 34 Skidoo

[4:11] 7. Ev'rything I Love

[4:24] 8. Show-Type Tune

[5:52] 9. In Your Own Sweet Way (Take 2, Alternate)

[6:23] 10. 34 Skidoo (Take 9, Alternate)

[4:16] 11. Ev'rything I Love (Take 2, Alternate)

Bass – Chuck Israels; Drums – Paul Motian; Piano, Liner Notes – Bill Evans.

This enjoyable album is from the first recording session by Bill Evans’s “second trio” of 1962, with Chuck Israels taking over as bassist after the death of Scott La Faro. The session produced two albums, the all-ballad ‘Moonbeams’ and this one, which mainly features medium to up-tempo numbers. Nevertheless, as Evans said in his original liner notes, the trio aimed to produce a “singing” approach to all the material it played. So along with the lively, skipping rhythms on such tracks as “Summertime” and “In Your Own Sweet Way” and the more driving swing on the Evans originals, “Walking Up” and “34 Skidoo”, there’s a lot of tuneful improvising throughout. The combination of this “singing” approach with the trio’s rhythmic vitality is especially obvious on the title track, an attractively lyrical jazz waltz, on the affectionate parody, “Show Type Tune” (another Evans original), on “I Should Care” and on one of the less well known Cole Porter tunes, “Everything I Love”. The latter is one of my favourites for the way Evans in his playing of the tune manages to convey the lyrical feeling of a slow ballad at a moderately swinging tempo.

Even at this early stage in his residence with the trio, Chuck Israels was proving a highly compatible partner, creating well-constructed lines both in “duet” with the pianist and in his solos. Paul Motian’s drumming is mainly relaxed and at times almost self-effacing but always blending closely with Evans and Israels. Evans also pointed out in his liner notes how easy it would be to underrate Motian’s contribution until one tried to imagine what the music would be like without it. Despite the obvious differences of mood and tempo between this and the companion album, ‘Moonbeams’, it has similar virtues of subtlety and thoughtful interplay within the trio. ~MikeG

How My Heart Sings  

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Chuck Israels - Garden Of Delights

Size: 127,6 MB
Time: 55:02
File: MP3 @ 320K/s
Released: 2016
Styles: Jazz
Art: Front

01. The Skipping Tune (6:21)
02. Garden Of Delights (6:31)
03. Mingus (6:29)
04. Speed Bumps (4:07)
05. Natural Beauty (4:45)
06. Bluesman's Holiday (5:07)
07. Warming Trend (5:20)
08. Double Clutching (4:16)
09. Chaconne A Son Gout (5:54)
10. Discretion Advised (6:08)

Best known for his work with the Bill Evans Trio from 1961 through 1966, he is also recognized for his pioneering accomplishments in the Jazz Repertory as Director of the National Jazz Ensemble from 1973 to 1981.

Chuck’s first release with Dot Time Records is entitled “Garden of Delights”, and will be released on April 15, 2016. In addition during the next year, Dot Time Records will also release selected archival recordings of the National Jazz Ensemble. The first release in this series is expected in early 2016.

Recently retired from directing the jazz studies program at Western Washington University, Chuck moved to Portland, Oregon to work in its vibrant jazz community and participate in his favorite Northwest city’s cultural life.

During his distinguished career Chuck has built a strong discography both as a leader and sideman including; “Coltrane Time”, with John Coltrane; “My Point of View”, with Herbie Hancock; “Getz au Go-Go”, with Stan Getz; and many recordings with the Bill Evans Trio, including “The Town Hall Concert”; “The Second Trio”; “Trio ’65; Live at the Trident”; “Time Remembered”; and “Live at Shelley’s Manne Hole.”

The Chuck Israels Orchestra was founded in 2011 to showcase some of the best jazz instrumentalists and vocalists in the Northwest playing finely crafted and demanding arrangements of the most exciting and durable music we know. The band has played at such international events as the Detroit Jazz Festival. Their debut CD, “Second Wind,” received a 4 ½ star review from DownBeat.

Garden Of Delights

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Hampton Hawes - Here and Now

Styles: Piano Jazz

Year: 1965

File: MP3@320K/s

Time: 39:25

Size: 90,4 MB

Art: Front

(7:01)  1. Fly Me to the Moon

(4:44)  2. What Kind of Fool Am I?

(4:08)  3. The Girl from Ipanema

(3:39)  4. Rhonda

(5:29)  5. Dear Heart

(5:07)  6. People

(4:29)  7. Chim Chim Cher-ee

(4:43)  8. The Days of Wine and Roses

For this interesting but not essential CD reissue, pianist Hampton Hawes, along with bassist Chuck Israels and drummer Donald Bailey, tries his best to uplift then-current songs (plus his original "Rhonda") including "Fly Me to the Moon," "What Kind of Fool Am I," "Chim Chim Cheree," and even "People." In general, the treatments are somewhat straight-ahead ("The Girl from Ipanema" is taken as swing rather than bossa nova), and Hawes' solos transform some of the tunes a bit. ~ Scott Yanow  http://www.allmusic.com/album/here-and-now-mw0000674696

Hampton Hawes Trio: Hampton Hawes (piano); Chuck Israels (bass); Donald Bailey (drums).

Here and Now

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Chuck Israels - Second Wind: A Tribute To The Music Of Bill Evans

Size: 131,9 MB
Time: 56:51
File: MP3 @ 320K/s
Released: 2013
Styles: Jazz: Orchestral Jazz
Art: Front

01. Show-Type Tune (Feat. David Evans) (5:34)
02. Detour Ahead (Feat. John Nastos) (6:07)
03. Five (Feat. Chris Brown) (6:07)
04. Spring Is Here (Feat. Dan Gaynor) (5:18)
05. Waltz For Debby (Feat. Jessica Israels) (5:35)
06. Margot's Mood (Feat. John Moak) (5:25)
07. Some Other Time (Feat. Margot Hanson) (5:10)
08. Minor Tributary (5:58)
09. Who Can I Turn To (Feat. Robert Crowell) (6:18)
10. Israel (Feat. Paul Mazzio) (5:14)

Passion and humor, excitement and romantic tenderness, energy and relaxation, forward moving propulsion and thoughtful contemplation, dramatic variations in dynamics, organized ensembles and spontaneous solo passages….these are the elements we seek to provide in balanced proportion and organized form in order to communicate effectively in the language of jazz.

This band has been formed in order to maintain and build on the tradition of the best American music - a tradition exemplified by the masterpieces of Armstrong, Ellington, Charlie Parker, Miles Davis, The Modern Jazz Quartet, Gil Evans and Bill Evans, among others. Bill Evans has made the most profound impression on Chuck Israels' musical life. The principles that make Bill’s music function as it does are expanded and amplified into a repertoire for this orchestra.

Chuck Israels is a composer/arranger/bassist who has worked with Billie Holiday, Benny Goodman, Coleman Hawkins, Stan Getz, Herbie Hancock, J.J. Johnson, John Coltrane, Bud Powell and many others. He is best known for his work with the Bill Evans Trio from 1961 through 1966 and for his pioneering accomplishments in Jazz Repertory as Director of the National Jazz Ensemble from 1973 to 1981.

Among Chuck's many recordings as a bassist, some outstanding ones include: Coltrane Time, with John Coltrane; My Point of View, with Herbie Hancock; Getz au Go-Go, with Stan Getz; and many recordings with the Bill Evans Trio, including The Town Hall Concert; The Second Trio; Trio '65; Live at the Trident; Time Remembered; and Live at Shelley's Manne Hole.

Second Wind

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