Showing posts with label Jack Walrath. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Jack Walrath. Show all posts

Friday, July 12, 2024

Jack Walrath - Forsooth!

Styles: Trumpet Jazz 
Year: 2011
File: MP3@320K/s
Time: 63:26
Size: 145,7 MB
Art: Front

(6:07)  1. A Fog Sets In Vienna
(4:41)  2. Pavlov's Cat
(8:14)  3. Espionage
(4:50)  4. Slighly After Midnight
(6:08)  5. The Resurrection Machine
(6:54)  6. Holy Smoke
(9:10)  7. High Plains Riffer
(2:58)  8. Yet, A Tear Tells Its Tale
(9:39)  9. Mescalito's Birthday
(4:41) 10. I Los My Mind in San Bernadino

An often exciting, thoughtful trumpeter and good arranger, Jack Walrath has steadily gained attention and exposure through his contributions to outstanding sessions. Walrath began playing trumpet at nine, and studied at Berklee in the mid- and late '60s while working with other students and backing up R&B vocalists. He moved to the West Coast in 1969, and co-led the bands Change with Gary Peacock, and Revival with Glenn Ferris. Walrath also toured a year with Ray Charles. Walrath relocated to New York in the early 70s, and worked with Latin bands before playing with Charles Mingus from 1974 to 1979, an association that gave him a certain amount of recognition. Walrath contributed some arrangements and orchestrations to Mingus' final recordings. In the 1980s and '90s, he led his own bands, toured Europe with Dannie Richmond and the British group Spirit Level, worked with Charlie Persip's Superband and Richard Abrams, and helped keep the music of Charles Mingus alive by playing with Mingus Dynasty. Jack Walrath has recorded as a leader for Gatemouth, Stash, SteepleChase, Red, Muse, Spotlite, Blue Note, and Mapleshade; he is still improving with age. https://itunes.apple.com/br/artist/jack-walrath/id36602597#fullText

Personnel:  Jack Walrath: tp;  Abraham Burton: ts;  George Burton: p;  Boris Kozlov: b;  Donald Edwards: ds

Forsooth!

Thursday, July 11, 2024

Jack Walrath - Portraits in Ivory and Brass

Styles: Trumpet Jazz
Year: 1992
File: MP3@320K/s
Time: 68:44
Size: 157,7 MB
Art: Front

( 4:59)  1. Bess, You Is My Woman
( 4:55)  2. Epitaph For Seikolos
(10:14)  3. Shadows
( 9:43)  4. Kirsten
( 9:50)  5. Monk's Feet
(11:42)  6. Road to Sophia
( 9:30)  7. Blues in F
( 7:47)  8. Green Eyes

An often exciting, thoughtful trumpeter and good arranger, Jack Walrath has steadily gained attention and exposure through his contributions to outstanding sessions. Walrath began playing trumpet at nine, and studied at Berklee in the mid- and late '60s while working with other students and backing up R&B vocalists. He moved to the West Coast in 1969, and co-led the bands Change with Gary Peacock, and Revival with Glenn Ferris. Walrath also toured a year with Ray Charles. Walrath relocated to New York in the early 70s, and worked with Latin bands before playing with Charles Mingus from 1974 to 1979, an association that gave him a certain amount of recognition. Walrath contributed some arrangements and orchestrations to Mingus' final recordings. In the 1980s and '90s, he led his own bands, toured Europe with Dannie Richmond and the British group Spirit Level, worked with Charlie Persip's Superband and Richard Abrams, and helped keep the music of Charles Mingus alive by playing with Mingus Dynasty. Jack Walrath has recorded as a leader for Gatemouth, Stash, SteepleChase, Red, Muse, Spotlite, Blue Note, and Mapleshade; he is still improving with age.By Ron Wynn https://itunes.apple.com/us/artist/jack-walrath/id36602597#fullText

Personnel: Jack Walrath (trumpet); Larry Willis (piano).

Portraits in Ivory and Brass

Thursday, May 30, 2024

Jack Walrath - Heavy Mirth

Styles: Trumpet Jazz
Year: 2010
File: MP3@320K/s
Time: 67:39
Size: 155,2 MB
Art: Front

(6:12)  1. Bassballs
(8:36)  2. Dark Star
(9:57)  3. It Must Be A Holiday, So Why Do I Have The Blues
(5:14)  4. Cloak And Dagger
(7:36)  5. Anthropoid Epiphany
(8:45) 6. A Long, Slow, Agonizing Descent Into The Depths Of Dispair
(8:17)  7. Road Kill
(6:02)  8. Drifting
(6:56)  9. Blood

Jack Walrath has long been heralded by astute writers who recognize his willingness to experiment in his writing and playing. This 2008 session pairs the veteran trumpeter (who served with Charles Mingus, Ornette Coleman, and as a member of Mingus Dynasty) with tenor saxophonist Abraham Burton, pianist Orrin Evans, Mingus Big Band bassist Boris Kozlov, and the in-demand drummer Jonathan Blake, interpreting nine stimulating originals by the leader. The rapid-fire, insistent theme of "Bassballs" proves immediately infectious.

A spirited Latin undercurrent adds a twist to "Cloak and Dagger," with Walrath's powerful solo as its centerpiece. The jaunty "Anthropod Epiphany" has a humorous flavor, while the breezy "Roadkill" showcases Kozlov's fleet solo and Burton's full-bodied tenor. The loopy "Blood" sounds like something that Charles Mingus might have written. The bluesy "A Long, Slow, Agonizing Descent into the Depth of Despair" features Evans' delicious gospel-inflected piano, with a fine improvised vocal and a bit of playful scatting by TC III. Highly recommended. ~ Ken Dryden https://www.allmusic.com/album/heavy-mirth-mw0001983516

Personnel: Jack Walrath (trumpet); Abraham Burton (tenor saxophone); Orrin Evans (piano); Jonathan Blake (drums)

Heavy Mirth

Tuesday, May 28, 2024

Jack Walrath - Unsafe At Any Speed

Bitrate: MP3@320K/s
Time: 72:40
Size: 166.3 MB
Styles: Trumpet jazz
Year: 2015
Art: Front

[ 8:53] 1. Happiness Really Is A Warm Puppy!
[ 8:46] 2. Religion
[ 8:06] 3. End The Beguine
[ 8:17] 4. Beauty Is A Dangerous Thing
[ 8:56] 5. Why Not
[ 7:05] 6. Bobby Timmons
[ 6:30] 7. Unsafe At Any Speed
[10:04] 8. What Would I Do Without Her
[ 5:58] 9. They Say His Head Might Have Been Fat, But His Heart Was Even Fatter

'Unsafe at Any Speed' is trumpeter Jack Walrath's sixth album as a leader for SteepleChase and every track is an original composition by the leader. In a stellar career dating back to the mid-60s Walrath's talents have been utilised by everyone from Charles Mingus, Ray Charles, Miles Davis and Quincy Jones to Elvis Costello and Motown records.

Jack Walrath shares his inner thoughts on music and society in his liner notes for 'Unsafe at Any Speed', which makes an interesting read in addition to yet another intriguing recording.

Unsafe At Any Speed

Tuesday, October 10, 2023

Frank Lowe Quintet - Soul Folks

Styles: Saxophone, Free Jazz
Year: 1998
File: MP3@320K/s
Time: 65:19
Size: 150,8 MB
Art: Front

(8:24) 1. Tubby's Night Out
(7:42) 2. Eddie's Dream
(5:27) 3. Nothin' But Love
(8:37) 4. Ms. Bertha's Arrival
(3:40) 5. Inappropriate Choices
(6:32) 6. Mirror Minded Rose
(6:35) 7. Soul Folks
(5:30) 8. Grand Valse
(6:36) 9. Addiction Ain't Fiction
(6:12) 10. A Bill For Evans

Warehouse find of the last copies of this long unavailable 2001 release Soul Folks is a live date from 1998, a celebration of Frank Lowe's lyrical side. The group explodes with raw beauty and emotion. There is a sweet soul that enraptures you upon listening as the music swings hard.
https://www.forcedexposure.com/Catalog/lowe-quintet-frank-soul-folks-cd/NOMORE.010CD.html

Featuring Frank Lowe (saxophone), Bertha Hope (piano), Jack Walrath (trumpet), Steve Neil (bass) and Ralph Peterson (drums).

Soul Folks

Tuesday, November 12, 2019

Jack Walrath - In Montana

Styles: Trumpet Jazz
Year: 1995
File: MP3@320K/s
Time: 65:15
Size: 150,8 MB
Art: Front

(4:49)  1. Lodgelian Mode
(3:26)  2. Ron's Blues
(8:07)  3. A Wolf Gang of Arabia
(3:47)  4. What a Thing
(4:58)  5. Where Have I Been
(3:40)  6. Grey and Blue
(5:37)  7. Blues in the Guts
(2:21)  8. Montana
(9:51)  9. Remembrance
(5:02) 10. Seper B
(5:00) 11. A Nod or a Wink
(6:09) 12. At Home in Rome
(2:23) 13. Reverend Red

Trumpeter Jack Walrath went back to Montana in January of 1980 to accomplish three things: visit his parents, burn down his old high school, and do a recording with a local quartet called interestingly enough Montana. Walrath never got around to torching his alma mater, but he did develop a working relationship with four talented musicians who were just as dedicated to stretching the envelope as he was. The result was In Montana, just re-released by Labor Records. Montana wasn't your average "flyover country pickup group. Chuck Florence had played saxophone with organist Jack MacDuff, as well as the Detroit Symphony, while drummer Jim Honaker had done time at New England Conservatory with tenor saxophonist Ricky Ford, Walrath's partner-in-crime in Charles Mingus' band. Pianist Bob Nell and Kelly Roberty on bass didn't possess the national credits their cohorts had, but the writing and playing they contributed to In Montana show they learned their lessons well, even this far off the beaten path. In fact, this band was pretty formidable without Walrath, as "Remembrance demonstrates. Recorded live two months after the In Montana session, Florence's composition swirls and roars like an angry winged lion; Florence threatens to break glass with the notes he squeezes out of his tenor sax, and Nell anchors the piece with passionate piano reminiscent of Herbie Hancock. So by itself, Montana acquits itself well. 

When Walrath steps into the mix though, the combination is positively explosive. "Lodgelian Mode sails headlong into post-bop swing, with Walrath and Florence harmonizing on the head like they've been working together for years. Walrath's trumpet is frenetic and aggressive, as is Florence's tenor solo. The piece never stops swinging, but there is just enough chaos and dissonance in the arrangement to tell you this is not a mainstream piece. Walrath brought a lot of Mingus with him to this date, and Montana is definitely down with the program. The Nell tune "Ron's Blues acts as a natural follow-up, with unexpected time changes and arrangements played over a swinging framework; Florence releases his inner Trane on a piercing in-the-clear soprano solo that turns into a boisterous duet with Walrath. On "Seper B the harmonies are almost shocking, as Nells links up with Walrath and Florence to create a powerful one-two-three punch. "A Wolf Gang of Arabia has Florence going Eastern on soprano while the rest of the band plays weirder and weirder percussion breaks. Walrath's plaintive "Where Have I Been is the polar opposite of "Wolf Gang, though the band does heat up as Walrath's solo shifts shape. In Montana would be a terrific disc without the back story. However, remember when this was recorded: the musical gold standard was Weather Report, Miles Davis was inching towards an electric comeback, and Wynton Marsalis was just another Jazz Messenger. We embrace the music of In Montana now, but in 1980, these tunes were coming from a time that was headed for the collective memory hole. Fortunately, performer and songwriter Peter Allen was correct Everything old is new again. ~ J Hunter https://www.allaboutjazz.com/in-montana-jack-walrath-labor-records-review-by-j-hunter.php

Personnel: Jack Walrath: trumpet, flugelhorn; Chuck Florence: tenor sax, soprano sax; Bob Nell: piano; Kelly Roberty: bass; Jim Honaker: drums.

In Montana

Friday, December 15, 2017

Jack Walrath - Out Of The Tradition

Styles: Trumpet Jazz
Year: 1990
File: MP3@320K/s
Time: 58:46
Size: 135,2 MB
Art: Front

(9:22)  1. Clear Out Of This World
(7:11)  2. So Long Eric
(6:46)  3. Stardust
(7:12)  4. Wake Up And Wash It Off!
(7:11)  5. Come Sunday
(7:43)  6. Brother, Can You Spare A Dime?
(7:24)  7. Cabin In The Sky
(5:57)  8. I'm Getting Sentimental Over You

Jack Walrath’s talents have been utilized by Charles Mingus, Ray Charles, Muhal Richard Abrams, Ricky Ford, Sam Rivers, Joe Morello, Mike Clark, Charli Persip, Miles Davis, Quincey Jones, Ray Anderson, Craig Harris, Pete LaRoca, Mike Longo, Elvis Costello, Motown, Larry Willis, George Gruntz, Paul Jeffrey, Gunther Schuller, Hal Galper, the Monk Tentet, Bobby Watson, et al. He has appeared in films, TV and Radio both as a sideman and leader since 1965. He has released 22 record albums as a leader. In addition he has appeared on countless albums with others (Mingus-14, Abrams-3,and others such as Persip, Davis, Lou Rawls, Richie Cole, Ricky Ford, the Jazz Tribe, Joe Lovano, the WDR Big Band, Jamaaladeen Tacuma and Gruntz to name a few). He has written liner notes and articles for DOWNBEAT and the MUSIC REVIEW and for 1 and 1/2 years was a columnist for the INTERNATIONAL MUSICIAN AND RECORDING WORLD. He has been the subject of feature articles in virtually every major jazz trade magazine including. JAZZIZ, DOWNBEAT, MUSIC REVIEW, JAZZTIMES, CADENCE, MUSIC PAPER, HOTHOUSE, JAZZ EMPORIUM, JAZZ FORUM, et al. He has had reviews and appeared in many of the major newspapers around the world. In addition he has biographies and reviews in many books and record guides.

He has written compositions and arrangements for Mingus, Red Rodney, Ira Sullivan, Cecil Brooks III, the Brooklyn Symphony Orchestra, WDR, NDR, UMO Orchestra, Catania City Jazz Orchestra, Charli Persip Superband, Upper Austrian Jazz Orchestra, et al. He has also appeared as a featured artist with most of the above. He was the featured artist with the radio broadcast of the 50th anniversary of the NDR. He has written soundtrack music for “Homicide: Life On The Street” and the Bill Cosby NBC Mystery Movie.In addition to leading his own jazz groups, THE JACK WALRATH GROUP, WHOLLY TRINITY, HARD CORPS, THE MASTERS OF SUSPENSE, and a quintet (which, along with master drummer Mike Clark and master bassist Paul Jackson experimented with rhythms that were to be explored further when Jackson and Clark joined Herbie Hancock’s Headhunters), he was also leader of the MINGUS DYNASTY and THE CHARLES MINGUS BIG BAND. In addition, he has conducted the aforementioned European orchestras and conducted the Mingus work “Epitaph” with the TUCSON JAZZ SOCIETY. In later years he has been touring with the Masters of Suspense, Ray Anderson, Larry Willis, George Gruntz and Sam Rivers. In addition he has been doing special projects around Europe and the US.

He has received composition grants from the National Endowment For The Arts, the Aaron Copland Composition Grant and from the Mary Flagler Cary Trust. He has received performance grants from the NEA and Quad City Arts. He has had compositions/arrangements commissioned for virtually every instrumental combination from symphony orchestra to solo piano. He has written an instruction book that has been published by Advance Music. He has conducted seminars in Italy, Spain, Portugal, Japan, Israel, Finland, the LaGuardia High School and the US. In addition, he has conducted Master Classes and Clinics in many US states and countries at Conservatories all over the world. In New York City he conducted Master classes and/or adult education classes at the Manhattan School of Music, NYU and the New School for Social Research. He has conducted classes from ages 3 to adult and Post-Graduate education through the Quad City Arts, LaGuardia High School of the Performing Arts, and the Myrna Loy Arts Center.

In recent years he has toured/recorded with the Jazz Tribe, George Gruntz, the Mingus Big Band, Mingus Epitaph and the Masters of Suspense. He has repeated many of the aforementioned teaching experiences in addition to conducting seminars in Portugal, Spain and Italy. He has most recently worked through the Litchfield Jazz Camp and the New School (NY). He has continued his recording career as both sideman and leader. His recent records have been some collaborations and co-leaderships with the UAJO, Ze’ Eduardo (Portugal), Bill Moring, Lindsay Horner, the Mingus Big Band; to mention a few. He has another recent album “Invasion of the Booty Shakers” which was released on Savant Records. In January 2008, he led/toured Italy with a quintet stressing “The Spirit of Mingus” which was very, very positively received. He has another upcoming release on Steeplechase Records, called, “Heavy Mirth” "Ballroom" was recently released on SteepleChase. He has been on the faculty twice for the Litchfield Jazz Camp and done seminars in Italy for the New School. In 2009, he was a featured performer/instructor at Siena Jazz in Tuscany. He is currently writing a book of his experiences with Mingus and others and about influential recordings and the “music business.” His Blue Note album, "Master of Suspense" was nominated for a Grammy. Jack Walrath started playing the trumpet at the age of 9 in 1955 while living in Edgar, Montana, a bustling metropolis with the population of 100 (It has since become virtually a ghost town!). He developed a healthy perception of music from lack of negative peer pressure which so often happens in cities. In, 1964 after graduating from Joliet, MT. Highschool, he attended the Berklee College of Music graduating in 1968 with a composition diploma. The diploma program was chosen over that of the degree in order to have classes only of music, therefore actually learning more about music than if he went for a degree! Also he considers his 40 years of major professional experience as the best education of all! http://www.jackwalrath.net/bio/

Personnel:  Jack Walrath – trumpet;  Larry Coryell – guitar;  Benny Green – piano;  Anthony Cox – bass;  Ronnie Burrage – drums

Out Of The Tradition

Wednesday, December 28, 2016

Jack Walrath - Master Of Suspense

Styles: Trumpet Jazz
Year: 1987
File: MP3@320K/s
Time: 48:23
Size: 111,9 MB
Art: Front

(4:05)  1. Meat!
(5:19)  2. Children
(5:58)  3. No Mystery
(4:50)  4. A Study In Porcine
(3:52)  5. I'm Sending You A Big Bouquet Of Roses
(3:09)  6. The Lord's Calypso
(9:06)  7. I'm So Lonemsome I Could Cry
(5:27)  8. Monk On The Moon
(6:34)  9. A Hymn For The Discontented

The biggest news of this CD by trumpeter Jack Walrath is that Willie Nelson sings and plays guitar on two numbers: "I'm Sending You a Big Bouquet of Roses" and "I'm So Lonesome I Could Cry." The other selections feature Walrath (who composed all but the two Nelson features) with a larger group than normal; a septet that includes altoist Kenny Garrett, tenor saxophonist Carter Jefferson, trombonist Steve Turre, pianist James Williams, bassist Anthony Cox and drummer Ronnie Burrage. As usual Walrath's music stretches the boundaries of hard bop without tossing away its roots. Among the more memorable titles are "Meat," "The Lord's Calypso" and "Monk on the Moon." ~ Scott Yanow http://www.allmusic.com/album/master-of-suspense-mw0000193705

Personnel:  Alto Saxophone – Kenny Garrett;  Bass – Anthony Cox;  Drums – Ronnie Burrage;  Guitar, Vocals – Willie Nelson ;  Piano – James Williams ;  Tenor Saxophone – Carter Jefferson;  Trombone – Steve Turre;  Trumpet, Flugelhorn – Jack Walrath

Master Of Suspense

Tuesday, December 20, 2016

Jack Walrath - To Hellas And Back

Styles: Trumpet Jazz
Year: 2013
File: MP3@256K/s
Time: 69:52
Size: 128,2 MB
Art: Front

(7:20)  1. Leaving Santorini Blues
(6:30)  2. Bees
(7:43)  3. O' Mangas
(6:05)  4. Tsiknopempti
(5:52)  5. Grace
(7:47)  6. Blues For The Blind
(6:13)  7. Panopticon
(7:55)  8. Enter … Boris
(8:58)  9. Via Ia
(5:24) 10. Norris Junction

An often exciting, thoughtful trumpeter and good arranger, Jack Walrath has steadily gained attention and exposure through his contributions to outstanding sessions. Walrath began playing trumpet at nine, and studied at Berklee in the mid- and late '60s while working with other students and backing up R&B vocalists. He moved to the West Coast in 1969, and co-led the bands Change with Gary Peacock, and Revival with Glenn Ferris. Walrath also toured a year with Ray Charles. Walrath relocated to New York in the early 70s, and worked with Latin bands before playing with Charles Mingus from 1974 to 1979, an association that gave him a certain amount of recognition. Walrath contributed some arrangements and orchestrations to Mingus' final recordings. In the 1980s and '90s, he led his own bands, toured Europe with Dannie Richmond and the British group Spirit Level, worked with Charlie Persip's Superband and Richard Abrams, and helped keep the music of Charles Mingus alive by playing with Mingus Dynasty. Jack Walrath has recorded as a leader for Gatemouth, Stash, SteepleChase, Red, Muse, Spotlite, Blue Note, and Mapleshade; he is still improving with age. ~ Ron Wynn https://itunes.apple.com/us/artist/jack-walrath/id36602597#fullText

Personnel:  Jack Walrath – trumpet;  Abraham Burton - tenor sax;  George Burton – piano;  Boris Kozlov – bass;  Donald Edwards - drums

To Hellas And Back

Monday, December 19, 2016

John Hicks, Elise Wood, Walter Booker, Jack Walrath - Single Petal of a Rose

Styles: Jazz, Post-Bop
Year: 1994
File: MP3@320K/s
Time: 65:28
Size: 150,0 MB
Art: Front

(5:26)  1. Sometime Ago
(8:45)  2. Infant Eyes
(4:16)  3. Yes or No
(3:51)  4. Ballad of Black Man
(4:34)  5. Ghosts of Yesterday
(5:59)  6. Portraits
(5:33)  7. Topaz
(7:06)  8. A Child Is Born
(4:57)  9. Single Petal of a Rose
(9:31) 10. Embraceable You
(5:25) 11. Virgo

The flute has always seemed an odd instrument for jazz. There is something so subtle and predictable about its tone that I never feel the player has enough room to really improvise. On this recording the fine pianist John Hicks teams up with flutist Elise Wood for a variety of ballads that provide a mellow and romantic, candle-lit dinner kind of sound. The title track, composed by Duke Ellington, is played with simplicity and elegance by the duo. Bassist Walter Booker helps out on a number of tracks and provides a steady foundation for the two to encircle. On the tender David Murray composition, "Ballad of a Black Man," trumpeter Jack Walrath joins Hicks-Woods and the three improvise together as coequal voices. Walrath also joins in with a muted trumpet on the final track "Virgo." Hicks is at his best on Gershwin’s "Embraceable You" and I kept wanting to hear more of him alone throughout the CD.~ Mark Craemer http://www.jellyroll.com/05/johnhicks.html

Personnel: John Hicks (piano); Elise Wood (flute); Jack Walrath (trumpet); Walter Booker (bass).

Single Petal of a Rose