David Friedman - Weaving Through Motion

Styles: Vibraphone Jazz
Year: 2014
File: MP3@320K/s
Time: 57:39
Size: 132,8 MB
Art: Front

(6:33)  1. Turn Left
(4:45)  2. Two Minds, One Thought
(4:49)  3. 'Round Midnight
(3:18)  4. Confession
(4:21)  5. Ona
(4:12)  6. Almost Blue
(2:28)  7. No (Changes) - With Compliments to the Band 'Yes'
(5:13)  8. Álom
(5:57)  9. Batuna
(3:48) 10. The Guilded Cage
(7:19) 11. The Windmills of Your Mind
(4:50) 12. Waltz for Hannah

An absorbing solo vibraphone session from jazz vet David Friedman, who went twenty years since his last solo outing.  His newest, Weaving Through Motion, is likely to lead to some regret that he doesn’t do the solo thing a bit more often.  Along with a bunch of Friedman originals, there are four covers, including Monk’s “‘Round Midnight” and Michael Legrand’s “The Windmills of Your Mind.”  Just a real intimate, patient set of tunes that gives the listener the sense that they are there in the room as Friedman works through his ideas. Some notable tracks:  “Turn Left” has the dreamy, uneasy stillness of the darkness just before sunrise.  At the other end of the spectrum, “Ona” is all bright eyes and optimism, cheerily rattling of sunny statements.  In like fashion, he takes “Almost Blue” for a spin with a pop music enthusiasm and hammers home the song’s catchy melody with an infectious exuberance.  And though he references a classic-turned-prog-rock band on “No (Changes) With Compliments to the Band ‘Yes’,” the mesmerizing rhythmic attack is more akin to the Krautrock school of ambient music, ala Cluster. https://www.birdistheworm.com/david-friedman-weaving-through-motion/

Personnel:  David Friedman (vibraphone, marimba).

Weaving Through Motion

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Hubert Laws - Morning Star (CTI Records 40th Anniversary Edition)

Styles: Flute Jazz
Year: 1973
File: MP3@320K/s
Time: 35:39
Size: 81,9 MB
Art: Front

(7:55)  1. Morning Star
(4:51)  2. Let Her Go
(4:34)  3. Where Is The Love
(4:59)  4. No More
(7:18)  5. Amazing Grace
(6:01)  6. What Do You Think Of This World Now?

Morning Star - Hubert Laws: Recorded in late 1972 between Hubert Laws’ well-known CTI classic The Rite of Spring and the 1973 CTI performance recording Carnegie Hall, Morning Star may be one of the least known of flautist Hubert Laws’ recordings and among his very best. It’s hard to imagine a more perfect setting for the flautist, surrounded as he is by Bob James (electric piano), Ron Carter (bass), Billy Cobham (drums) and Don Sebesky’s sumptuously employed arrangements for horns and strings. Laws alternates between several flutes (flute, alto flute, bass flute, piccolo and an uncredited electric flute) and shares solo duties with Bob James, who is simply magnificent here. Sebesky’s suberbly lovely work here ranks among some of the very best he ever did for CTI. Laws covers a typical program of third-stream jazz (Rodgers Grant’s title track), spirituals (“Amazing Grace”), pop covers (Roberta Flack & Donny Hathaway’s hit “Where Is The Love,” co-written by this album’s percussionist, Ralph MacDonald) and interesting originals (“Let Her Go,” “No More” and “What Do You Think of This World Now?”). Surprisingly, Morning Star has never been issued on CD before, making this particular release substantially significant due to its very first appearance of availability in nearly four decades. Plus, it makes for excellent listening as well.

Personnel:  Flute, Alto Flute, Piccolo Flute – Hubert Laws; Bass – Ron Carter; Bassoon – Jack Knitzer; Cello – Charles McCracken, George Koutzen, Lucien Schmit; Drums – Billy Cobham; Electric Piano – Bob James;Flute, Alto Flute, Clarinet – Phil Bodner; Flute, Alto Flute, Piccolo Flute, English Horn – Romeo Penque; French Horn – Jim Buffington; Guitar – John Tropea; Harp – Gloria Agostini; Percussion – David Friedman, Ralph MacDonald; Trombone – Garnett Brown; Trumpet, Flugelhorn – Alan Rubin, Marvin Stamm; Vibraphone – David Friedman; Violin – David Nadien, Elliot Rosoff, Emanuel Green, Gene Orloff, Harry Cykman, Harry Lookofsky, Irving Spice, Max Ellen, Paul Gershman; Vocals – Eloise Laws, Lani Groves, Tasha Thomas

Morning Star (CTI Records 40th Anniversary Edition)

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David Friedman Generations Trio - Thursday

Bitrate: MP3@320K/s
Time: 54:51
Size: 125.6 MB
Styles: Vibraphone jazz
Year: 2018
Art: Front

[4:33] 1. Bistro
[4:59] 2. Deer Fall
[7:39] 3. Recycling
[6:35] 4. Thursday Lines
[8:35] 5. Thursday Session
[8:40] 6. Turn Left
[2:33] 7. In Hop
[2:01] 8. Small Talk
[3:37] 9. Gliding
[5:34] 10. Sogni D'oro

Bass – Oliver Potratz; Drums – Tilo Weber; Vibraphone [Vibes], Producer – David Friedman. Recorded at Scoring Stage Babelsberg in September 2014.

Living jazz legend David Friedman is one of the most influential vibraphonists in the history of the instrument. "Thursday" is not only the first release of Friedman's brand new Generations Trio, but also the very first release of his new label "Malletmuse Records". The Generations Trio provides a musical example of intuitive communication and intense interaction, resulting in an audible process of music-making, which speaks directly to the listening audience.

These three generations, with shooting star Tilo Weber on drums, in demand sideman Oliver Potratz on bass, and retired Jazz Professor David Friedman on vibes, develop an amazingly orchestral band sound, which is fresh and hip, while firmly rooted in the deep tradition of Jazz.

Thursday mc
Thursday zippy

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