Eddie Henderson Quartet - Echoes

Styles: Trumpet Jazz
Year: 2003
File: MP3@320K/s
Time: 76:00
Size: 175,0 MB
Art: Front

(12:01)  1. On Green Dolphin Street
(12:47)  2. Dubai
(11:20)  3. Oasis
(10:12)  4. Lost
( 9:30)  5. Sand Storm
( 5:57)  6. Tender You
(14:10)  7. Dolphin Dance

Eddie Henderson was one of the few trumpeters who was strongly influenced by Miles Davis' work of his early fusion period. He grew up in San Francisco, studied trumpet at the San Francisco Conservatory of Music, but was trained to be a doctor when he permanently chose music. Henderson worked with John Handy, Tyrone Washington, and Joe Henderson, in addition to his own group. He gained some recognition for his work with the Herbie Hancock Sextet (1970-1973), although his own records (which utilized electronics) tended to be commercial. After Hancock broke up his group, Henderson worked with Art Blakey and Mike Nock, recorded with Charles Earland, and later, in the 1970s, led a rock-oriented group. In the '90s, he returned to playing acoustic hard bop (touring with Billy Harper in 1991) while also working as a psychiatrist.~ Scott Yanow https://www.allmusic.com/artist/eddie-henderson-mn0000169948/biography    

Personnel: Eddie Henderson - trumpet;  Gilles Naturel - double bass;  Laurent De Wilde - piano;  Simon Goubert - drums

Echoes

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Laurent De Wilde - New Monk Trio

Bitrate: MP3@320K/s
Time: 49:36
Size: 113.5 MB
Styles: Contemporary jazz
Year: 2017
Art: Front

[4:25] 1. Misterioso
[4:46] 2. Round Midnight
[4:13] 3. Monk's Mood
[3:19] 4. Thelonious
[4:00] 5. Pannonica
[3:13] 6. Tune For T
[3:37] 7. Monk's Mix
[4:15] 8. Four In One
[5:21] 9. Reflections
[4:34] 10. Coming On The Hudson
[4:48] 11. Locomotive
[2:59] 12. Friday The 13th

Double Bass – Jerome Regard; Drums – Donald Kontomanou; Piano – Laurent De Wilde.

Laurent de Wilde celebrates the centenary of the birth of pianist and composer Thelonious Monk with the album "New Monk Trio". It has been twenty years since Laurent de Wilde published the biography of Thelonious Monk, a reference book followed a few years later by a documentary directed for Arte. Since then, everyone has been waiting for this disco tribute celebrating one of the greatest and most mysterious creators of American music. With a lot of humility, Laurent de Wilde had already taken up some of his master's themes during his musical explorations, from Off Minor and Jackie-ing in acoustics to Shuffle Boil and Epistrophy in electronics. The pianist will have waited for the centennial year of the birth of "Sphere" to appropriate the legacy of Monk on the album New Monk Trio released on October 20 on the label Gazebo.

After having spoken with the pianist Ray Lema on the album Riddles, Laurent de Wilde returns to his ideal formation, the trio, surrounded by two long-time accomplices; bassist Jérôme Regard and drummer Donald Kontomanou. Of course impossible to imitate the mysterious and unique sound of Monk, the trio reinvents, recomposes and rearranges the great themes of the master, Misterioso, 'Round Midnight, Pannonica, Monk's Mood ... Modifications of the original tempo, alterations of forms, bursting harmonies, bringing together several melodies in one piece, only a title of Monk remains untouched here, Reflections. As an ultimate tribute, Laurent de Wilde offers us Tune for T, a superb original composition that he performs in solo piano. (Translated from French.)

New Monk Trio

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Laurent de Wilde - Over The Clouds

Styles: Piano Jazz
Year: 2012
File: MP3@320K/s
Time: 53:55
Size: 123,8 MB
Art: Front

(7:55)  1. Prelude to a Kiss
(7:35)  2. Over the Clouds
(6:42)  3. Fe Fe Naa Efe
(4:57)  4. Le bon médicament
(6:00)  5. Edward K
(6:23)  6. Some Kinda Blues
(4:16)  7. Irafrica
(6:45)  8. New Nuclear Killer
(3:18)  9. Over the Clouds (Radio Edit)

Dividing his time between the United States and France, Laurent de Wilde has found a welcoming audience in both countries. His third solo album, Open Changes, resulted in de Wilde receiving a Django Reinhardt Award for Best French Musician of 1992. In addition to leading his own group, de Wilde has worked as a session player for Reggie Workman, Ralph Moore, Greg Osby, Joshua Redman, Dee Dee Bridgewater, Aldo Romano, André Ceccarelli, Harold Land, and Tom Harrell. His first four albums featured tenor saxophonist Joe Coleman, drummer Jack DeJohnette, and trumpet player Eddie Henderson. His fifth release, Spoon-a-Rhythm, released in 1997, featured St. Thomas-born drummer Dion Parson and former Miles Davis and Weather Report percussionist Bobby Thomas Jr.. Born in Washington, D.C., de Wilde moved to France before his fifth birthday. After studying philosophy at Ecole Normale Superieure in Paris, he returned to the United States to attend Long Island University. 

While there, he met and befriended pianist Joey Calderazzo. Settling in New York, de Wilde was mentored by such influential pianists as Jim McNeely, Kirk Lightsey, and Mulgrew Miller. A member of Eddie Henderson's band in 1986, he recorded his debut solo album, Off the Boat, the following year. He followed with the impressive solo albums Odd and Blue in 1989 and Colors of Manhattan in 1990. Signing with Sony Jazz France in 1994, he released his fourth album, The Back Burner, in 1995. De Wilde authored a biography of influential jazz pianist Thelonious Monk in 1996, which received a Charles DeLaunay Prize for Best Book on Jazz.~Craig Harris http://www.allmusic.com/artist/laurent-de-wilde-mn0000785373/biography

Personnel:  Laurent de Wilde, piano;  Ira Coleman, bass;  Clarence Penn, drums

Over The Clouds

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Laurent De Wilde, Eddie Henderson, Ira Coleman - Colors Of Manhattan

Bitrate: MP3@320K/s
Time: 55:41
Size: 127.5 MB
Styles: Post bop
Year: 1999/2011
Art: Front

[6:57] 1. Everytime We Say Goodbye
[5:02] 2. Olde Devil Moon
[7:35] 3. Goodbye
[5:22] 4. El Gaucho
[8:54] 5. Fleurette Africaine
[7:44] 6. Armaggedon
[7:29] 7. For All We Now
[6:34] 8. You've Changed

EDDIE HENDERSON, trumpet, flugelhorn; LAURENT DE WILDE, piano; IRA COLEMAN, bass; LEWIS NASH, drums.

Came across this wonderful cd recently by legendary jazz trumpeter Eddie Henderson and haven't had it out of my player since. Recorded & released in 1990 on the French IDA label, it's a gorgeous quartet date featuring Dr.Henderson (he's a psychiatrist as well) on trumpet and flugelhorn, French pianist Laurent De Wilde (a new name for me) on acoustic piano, Ira Coleman on bass, and the great Lewis Nash on drums. There are eight selections on the release, including standards by Cole Porter ("Everytime We Say Goodbye"), Gordon Jenkins ("Goodbye"), Burton Lane ("Old Devil Moon"), Carl Fisher ("You've Changed"), J. Fred Coots ("For All We Know"), Duke Ellington ("Fleurette Africaine") and two pieces by saxophonist/composer Wayne Shorter ("El Gaucho" and "Armageddon"). The instinctive interplay between the four musicians produces a marvelous, dreamy atmosphere upon which the tunes float with an easy laid-back quality that is stimulating, as well. De Wilde and Henderson have an obvious affinity with each other on the recording and it's no coincidence, as he was Eddie's pianist for years before this session took place at "Le Studio" in New York City. In 1987, they had recorded a quintet album together on IDA called "Off The Boat". Henderson's trumpet and flugelhorn playing on "Colors of Manhattan" is effortless, sublime, and remarkable throughout. His muted horn on the great standard "Goodbye" is poignant and heartfelt, supported with De Wilde's gentle, sensitive piano backing. Duke Ellington's classic "Fleurette Africaine" -("African Flower")- was also performed on his landmark 1963 "Money Jungle" album and was suggested for this session by producer Philippe Vincent. Once again, Henderson is great on flugelhorn and the rhythm section of Coleman and Nash are strong and effective in invoking the original African feel of the piece. The two Wayne Shorter tunes, "El Gaucho" and "Armageddon", were both previously recorded on two of Shorter's 1960's Blue Note albums ("El Gaucho" on 1966's "Adam's Apple" lp and "Armageddon" from 1964's "Night Dreamer"). The quartet's performances with these two pieces are sophisticated, relaxed, and exquisite. "Armageddon", in particular, features extended, gravitating, well-developed solo's that display most clearly WHY this recording is so stellar. I have been a huge fan of Eddie Henderson's playing since his 70's cosmic fusion and funk work with not only Herbie Hancock's "Mwandishi" band but also his own solo albums from that era right up to his more acoustic jazz releases in recent years. Based onthe fine performances and production on "Colors of Manhattan", I will get the other IDA release Henderson madewith pianist Laurent De Wilde, "Off The Boat", along with the live 2003 quartet date with Henderson & De Wildeon the French Marge label called "Echoes". The superb arranging on "Colors of Manhattan" was by De Wilde andbass player Ira Coleman. It was beautifully recorded, as well. Elegant and highly recommended. ~James K. Stewart

Colors Of Manhattan

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