Showing posts with label Lighthouse All Stars. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Lighthouse All Stars. Show all posts

Thursday, August 29, 2019

Lighthouse All Stars - The Lighthouse All Stars Plus Ten: Jazz Rolls Royce

Styles: West Coast Jazz
Year: 2015
File: MP3@320K/s
Time: 44:53
Size: 103,8 MB
Art: Front

(8:33)  1. Strike up the Band
(4:36)  2. Prelude to the Queen
(7:38)  3. The Clown's Dance
(5:39)  4. Coop Salutes the "Co-Op"
(8:47)  5. Bruinville, My Bruinville
(9:38)  6. Mambo Del Quado

“Jazz Rolls Royce” features classic West Coast big band jazz from the stars that were the house band at The Lighthouse, the famed Los Angeles jazz venue that served as a breeding ground for jazz greats in the late 1950’s. 

Featured West Coast jazz luminaries include Howard Rumsey (bass); Bob Cooper (tenor saxophone); Frank Rosolino (trombone); Stu Williamson (trumpet); Victor Feldman (piano, vibraphone), Stan Levy (drums); Pete Candoli (trumpet); Al Porcino (trumpet); Ed Leddy (trumpet); George Worth (trumpet); Milt Bernhart (trombone); Red Callender (tuba); Hoyt Bohannon (trombone); Marshall Cram (bass trombone) and Larry Bunker (tympani, vibraphone). Originally released in 1958, this rare audiophile recording has been newly remastered. ~ Editorial Reviews https://www.amazon.com/Jazz-Rolls-Royce-Digitally-Remastered/dp/B00PLYTI62

The Lighthouse All Stars Plus Ten: Jazz Rolls Royce

Friday, April 6, 2018

Lighthouse All Stars - Eight Brothers

Bitrate: MP3@320K/s
Time: 69:54
Size: 160.0 MB
Styles: West Coast jazz
Year: 2002
Art: Front

[5:05] 1. Back To The Basie-Ics
[7:56] 2. Yesterday, Today And Forever
[5:24] 3. Unfinished Dream
[6:55] 4. Magic Man
[7:34] 5. Eight Brothers
[4:40] 6. Stray Horns
[6:49] 7. Like It Is
[6:11] 8. Battle Hymn Of The Republic
[4:35] 9. The Essence Of Tenderness
[6:33] 10. Double Trouble
[8:05] 11. No Additives, No Preservatives

Alto Saxophone – Bud Shank; Baritone Saxophone, Tenor Saxophone, Soprano Saxophone – Bill Perkins; Bass – Monty Budwig; Drums – Larance Marable; Piano – Pete Jolly; Tenor Saxophone – Bob Cooper; Trumpet – Conte Candoli; Trumpet, Flugelhorn – Shorty Rogers. Recorded at Entourage Studios, North Hollywood, California 13/14th January 1992.

The title track of this album refers to the members of the Light House All Stars, men who have come through the jazz wars in Los Angeles to emerge at the peak of their abilities. This, one of two great Candid sets, features some of the true giants of West Coast Jazz. Compositions and arrangements by Shorty Rogers and Bud Shank, Conte Candoli, Bob Cooper et al are featured prominently. The Lighthouse was truly a coast jazz beacon, especially during the 1950s. It was one of those special places where the elements were right for creative magic and the memories and the music of the Lighthouse All Stars still hold generations enthralled.

Eight Brothers