Roy Brooks & the Artistic Truth - Black Survival

Styles: Jazz, Post Bop
Year: 1973
File: MP3@320K/s
Time: 29:13
Size: 67,1 MB
Art: Front

( 5:04)  1. Black Survival
( 4:09)  2. Black Survival - Here and Now
( 7:30)  3. Sahel
(10:15)  4. Relief
( 2:15)  5. Black Survival - Prologue

"Roy Brooks and the Artistic Truth's Black Survival album is a true holy-grail for deep and spritual jazz collectors around the world. Black Survival is reissued here, digitally remastered and cased in bespoke original artwork exact reproduction on hardboard Japanese-style box case CD. This album was originally independently released to raise funds to combat the ongoing drought in the Sahel region of Africa (an area covering parts of Senegal, Mali, Burkina Faso, Nigeria, Chad, Darfur, Sudan and Ethiopia). In his long and distinguished career, the legendary Detroit-born drummer Brooks played with everyone from Yusef Lateef, Pharoah Sanders, Max Roach, Charles Mingus. From 1959-64 he was in the Horace Silver Quintet performing on classic Blue Note albums such as Song For My Father. During his lifetime Brooks released precious few solo albums. His debut, Beat, was released in 1963 on Motown's then new off-shoot jazz label Jazz Workshop. His connection with his hometown label dated back to his time working with The Four Tops. In 1972, Brooks formed the Artistic Truth. Black Survival, the Sahel Concert at the Town Hall was originally released on the small independent Im-Hotep Records in Harlem in 1974 (which also released Brook's earlier Ethnic Expressions). After many years on the New York jazz scene, Brooks returned to Detroit in 1975, where he continued to perform with the Artistic Truth as well as forming the collective Musicians United to Save Indigenous Culture (MUSIC) along with Strata founder Kenny Cox and members of the Tribe collective, Wendell Harrison and Harold McKinney."

Personnel:  Bass – Reggie Workman;  Congas – Lawrence Williams;  Drums – Roy Brooks;  Oboe – John Stubberfield;  Piano – Joe Bonner;  Saxophone – Sonny Fortune;  Trumpet – Cecil Bridgewater;  Vocals – Dee Dee Bridgewater, JorDora Marshall

Black Survival

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Azar Lawrence - Bridge Into The New Age

Styles: Saxophone Jazz
Year: 1974
File: MP3@320K/s
Time: 37:45
Size: 86,8 MB
Art:

( 6:46)  1. Bridge Into The New Age
( 4:07)  2. Fatisha
( 8:03)  3. Warriors Of Peace
( 8:40)  4. Forces Of Nature
(10:07)  5. The Beautiful And Omnipresent Love

An absolute masterwork from Azar Lawrence (tenor sax) recorded during a fertile period for adventurous jazz, Bridge Into The New Age is an expansive, forward-leaning, spiritual-tinged outlier in the Prestige Records catalog for its ambitious embrace of a large lineup, including heavyweights Julian Priester (tb), Woody Shaw (trumpet), Ray Straughter and Hadley Caliman (flute), Arthur Blythe (alto sax), Joe Bonner (piano), Clint Houston and John Heard (bass), Billy Hart (drums), Leon 'Ndugu' Chancler, Mtume, Guillerme Franco, and Kenneth Nash (percussion), Woody Murray (vibraphone), and the inimitable Jean Carn (vocals). Sonically the sound is close to a recording from the Black Jazz label richly textured, conversational, and powerfully intimate, with knotty unison lines bending and twisting around Carn's supple yet strident delivery, especially on the title track. Elsewhere, the group stretches out and explores the ethereal, free-flowing world of 'The Beautiful and Omnipresent Love,' and propels itself mightily through the modal-funk burner, 'Forces of Nature.' Long out of print, this landmark statement by saxophonist Azar Lawrence recorded in 1974 at Fantasy Studios, Berkeley, CA, proudly displays its ancestral roots as a forbearer of the current jazz revival as embodied by Kamasi Washington and the West Coast Get Down.

Featuring 180-gram vinyl pressed at Quality Record Pressings (QRP) from lacquers cut by Kevin Gray at Cohearent Audio from the original master tapes and housed in a one-pocket old-school style tip-on jacket, this is the first-ever vinyl reissue of Azar Lawrence's masterful statement, Bridge Into The New Age. An essential addition to any jazz collection, this landmark recording proudly displays its ancestral roots as a forbearer of the current jazz revival as embodied by Kamasi Washington and the West Coast Get Down. A transcendent and powerful statement. ~ Editorial Reviews https://www.amazon.com/Bridge-Into-New-Age-LP/dp/B075MNTM62

Personnel:  Azar Lawrence – soprano saxophone, tenor saxophone;  Woody Shaw – trumpet (tracks 1 & 5);  Julian Priester – trombone (track 4);  Black Arthur – alto saxophone (tracks 3 & 4);  Hadley Caliman – flute (track 4);  Ray Straughter – wood flute (track 5);  Joe Bonner – piano (tracks 2-4);  Woody Murray – vibraphone (tracks 1 & 5);  John Heard (tracks 3 & 4), Clint Houston (tracks 1 & 5) – bass;  Billy Hart (tracks 1 & 5), Ndugu (tracks 3 & 4) – drums;  Mtume – congas, percussion (tracks 3 & 4);  Guilherme Franco (tracks 1 & 5), Kenneth Nash (tracks 2 & 5) – percussion;  Jean Carn – vocals (tracks 1 & 5)

Bridge Into The New Age

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Joe Bonner Quartet - The Lost Melody

Styles: Piano Jazz
Year: 1987
File: MP3@224K/s
Time: 53:21
Size: 86,9 MB
Art: Front

(7:14)  1. You And The Night And The Music
(9:11)  2. Easy Living
(7:57)  3. Vibeke
(4:57)  4. Have You Met Miss Jones?
(7:22)  5. The Lost Melody
(7:25)  6. The Song Is You
(9:12)  7. Manuella

A fine pianist who was originally heavily influenced by McCoy Tyner, Joe Bonner is an excellent interpreter of modal-based music and advanced hard bop. He studied music at Virginia State College and early on played with Roy Haynes (1970-1971), Freddie Hubbard (1971-1972), Pharoah Sanders (1972-1974), and Billy Harper (late '70s). Bonner, who recorded as a leader for Muse, Theresa, and most prominently Steeplechase, has been based in Colorado since the 1980s and remains a talented improviser. ~ Scott Yanow http://www.allmusic.com/artist/joe-bonner-mn0000785721/biography

Personnel: Joe Bonner (piano); Bob Rockwell (soprano & tenor saxophones); Jesper Lundgaard (bass); Jukkis Uotila (drums).

The Lost Melody

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Salim Washington & RBA Feat. Joe Bonner - Love in Exile

Styles: Saxophone And Flute Jazz
Year: 1997
File: MP3@320K/s
Time: 73:44
Size: 169,2 MB
Art: Front

( 9:17)  1. Love in Exile
( 8:04)  2. Blossom
( 6:05)  3. To Know Yahweh
( 9:08)  4. A Time for Living
( 7:39)  5. Ask Me Now
( 6:27)  6. Blessing from Oshun
( 3:15)  7. Whispered Fade
( 5:44)  8. Sound Pronounced
(10:29)  9. Where Did You Go?
( 7:30) 10. Chaos in America

If a person had to choose only one adjective to describe Love In Exile, it would be "lush." "Exuberant," "inspired" and "optimistic" also apply, but the lush nature of Salim Washington's melodies and arrangements is the thing that stands out the most about Love In Exile, the tenor saxman/flutist's first album as a leader. Calling this CD lush isn't to say that it doesn't have a lot of bite; in fact, Washington's nine-piece band, the Roxbury Blues Aestethic (so named because it was based in Boston's Roxbury section) swings quite hard on originals by the leader and pianist Joe Bonner. Like Duke Ellington's bands, Washington and the RBA prove that one can be lush and gritty at the same time. The thoughtful material, however, isn't Ellingtonian, but rather favors a 1960s-like post-bop outlook that recalls John Coltrane as well as Pharoah Sanders, George Adams and Rahsaan Roland Kirk. When Love In Exile was recorded in 1997, the RBA's main gig was at Connolly's Stardust Lounge, a small neighborhood bar in Roxbury, and not many jazz fans outside of Boston had heard of the band. This fine CD demonstrated that Washington's nonet was quite deserving of national exposure. ~ Alex Henderson http://www.allmusic.com/album/love-in-exile-mw0000034965

Personnel:  Salim Washington - tenor sax, flute;  Kuumba Frank Lacy - trumpet, trombone;  Kurtis Rivers - alto sax;  Waldron Ricks - trumpet;  Melanie Dyer - viola;  Henry Cook - baritone sax, flute, alto flute;  Joe Bonner - piano;  Artie Moore - bass;  Bobby Ward - drums;  Guests:  Brian McCree - bass (#6);  John Kordaleski - piano (#8);  Fred Woodard - guitar (#2).

Love in Exile

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Joe Bonner & Johnny Dyani - Two & One Disc 1 And Disc 2

Album: Two & One Disc 1

Styles:  Piano Jazz
Year: 1997
File: MP3@320K/s
Time: 52:17
Size: 120,2 MB
Art: Front + Back

(8:33)  1. Suburban Fantasies
(6:52)  2. The Walk Street
(8:10)  3. Copenhagen Revisted
(5:07)  4. Blues For Nick
(8:24)  5. Soap Opera
(6:21)  6. We Will Be Together
(8:46)  7. The Year Of The Child

Two & One Disc 1

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Album: Two & One Disc 2

Time: 46:10

Size: 106,3 MB

(3:57)  1. A Tale Of Two Cities

(4:37)  2. Devotion

(4:51)  3. Gone With The Wind

(4:13)  4. Flat-Top

(5:25)  5. Song For Cathy

(5:22)  6. Come Sunday

(5:38)  7. Epistrophy

(6:26)  8. Getting You Off My Mind

(5:37)  9. Wild Is The Wind

A fine pianist who was originally heavily influenced by McCoy Tyner, Joe Bonner is an excellent interpreter of modal-based music and advanced hard bop. He studied music at Virginia State College and early on played with Roy Haynes (1970-1971), Freddie Hubbard (1971-1972), Pharoah Sanders (1972-1974), and Billy Harper (late '70s). Bonner, who recorded as a leader for Muse, Theresa, and most prominently Steeplechase, has been based in Colorado since the 1980s and remains a talented improviser. ~ Scott Yanow http://www.allmusic.com/artist/joe-bonner-mn0000785721/biography

Personnel:  Bass – Johnny Dyani (tracks: Disc 1);  Piano – Joe Bonner

Two & One Disc 2

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Joe Bonner - New Life

Styles: Piano Jazz
Year: 1988
File: MP3@224K/s
Time: 78:40
Size: 126,2 MB
Art: Front

(6:45)  1. If I Should Lose You
(5:19)  2. A Child Is Born
(6:30)  3. I Only Have Eyes For You
(8:09)  4. New Life
(5:16)  5. Batcha Feelin'
(6:24)  6. Serenata
(7:05)  7. It Could Happen To You
(4:46)  8. Watch What Happens
(9:16)  9. As Time Goes By
(7:42) 10. Sonatina
(4:01) 11. Barbados
(7:20) 12. East Bay Serenade

A fine pianist who was originally heavily influenced by McCoy Tyner, Joe Bonner is an excellent interpreter of modal-based music and advanced hard bop. He studied music at Virginia State College and early on played with Roy Haynes (1970-1971), Freddie Hubbard (1971-1972), Pharoah Sanders (1972-1974), and Billy Harper (late '70s). Bonner, who recorded as a leader for Muse, Theresa, and most prominently Steeplechase, has been based in Colorado since the 1980s and remains a talented improviser. ~ Scott Yanow https://itunes.apple.com/us/artist/joe-bonner/id41729433#fullText
                                     
Personnel:  Joe Bonner (piano);  Hugo Rasmussen (bass);  Aage Tanggaard (drums)

New Life

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