Tiny Grimes With Coleman Hawkins - Blues Groove

Styles: Guitar And Saxophone Jazz
Year: 1958
File: MP3@320K/s
Time: 44:59
Size: 103,2 MB
Art: Front

(17:40)  1. Marchin' Along
( 5:59)  2. A Smooth One
( 6:48)  3. Blues Wail
( 6:43)  4. April In Paris
( 7:47)  5. Soul Station

True to its title, the focus here is the blues, as played by a group with an encyclopedic mastery of the genre and an equally impressive depth in swing styles. Leader Tiny Grimes may be playing a four-string guitar, but his Charlie Christian-influenced sound is big, fluid, and expressive. Teamed with Coleman Hawkins' timeless tenor, Grimes performs with passion, skill, and down-home joy. The impressive lineup also includes pianist Ray Bryant, whose supple technique and easygoing virtuosity fuel the music with relentless drive and eloquent, bluesy solos. Four of the five tracks include Musa Kaleem on flute.

Kaleem, known as Gonga Musa when he worked as a tenor player with Art Blakey in the late '40s, contributes an effective counter to Hawkins' smoky tone. Bassist Earl Wormack and drummer Teagle Fleming Jr. are the well-recorded heartbeat in these blues grooves. The set opens with the leader's 17-minute-plus "Marchin' Along," a mid-tempo blues that affords Grimes, Hawkins, and Bryant each a lengthy stretch of choruses on the tune's basic riff structure. The performances are rounded out by two more good blues from Grimes, Benny Goodman's "A Smooth One" and a memorable version of "April in Paris" that is executed with a light, swinging touch. This music will appeal to fans of Grimes' vintage electric guitar and to those interested in an opportunity to hear Hawkins take an extended foray into the blues. ~ Jim Todd https://www.allmusic.com/album/blues-groove-tiny-grimes-with-coleman-hawkins-mw0000119526

Personnel :  Tiny Grimes – guitar;  Coleman Hawkins – tenor saxophone;  Musa Kaleem – flute;  Ray Bryant – piano;  Earl Womack – double bass;  Teagle Fleming Jr. – drums

Blues Groove

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Earl Hines - An Evening With Earl Hines Disc 1 And Disc 2

Album: An Evening With Earl Hines Disc 1

Styles: Piano Jazz
Year: 1973
File: MP3@320K/s
Time: 74:38
Size: 173,1 MB
Art: Front

(6:46)  1. Perdido
(6:56)  2. Boogie Woogie On The St. Louis Blues
(4:21)  3. I Got It Bad And That Ain't Good
(7:08)  4. All Of Me
(5:25)  5. Things Ain't What They Used To Be
(4:34)  6. Lil Darlin'
(4:36)  7. James Street Blues
(6:19)  8. Prelude To A Kiss / Prisoner Of Love
(4:22)  9. My Ship
(6:07) 10. La Rosita
(4:56) 11. Here's That Rainy Day / Polka Dots And Moonbeams
(5:25) 12. Lester Leaps In
(4:36) 13. Who'
(2:59) 14. Closing

Album: An Evening With Earl Hines Disc 2

Time: 75:46
Size: 175,2 MB

( 6:52)  1. I Ain't Got Nobody
(10:17)  2. Marie
( 5:04)  3. Dinkler Boogie
( 4:27)  4. I Wish You Love
( 5:42)  5. Second Balcony Jump
( 4:11)  6. Shiny Stockings
(10:43)  7. Showboat Medley
( 6:23)  8. Watermelon Man
( 6:17)  9. Time On My Hands
( 8:14) 10. Memories Of You
( 7:33) 11. Street Of Dreams / It's A Pity To Say Goodnight

This double LP is valuable as documentation of Earl Hines and his band on a typical gig in 1973. Marva Josie has a few vocals and Tiny Grimes contributes some guitar solos but the leader/pianist is easily the main star, romping on such tunes as "Perdido," "Boogie Woogie on the St. Louis Blues" and "Lester Leaps In." 

Swinging (if not essential) music. ~ Scott Yanow https://www.allmusic.com/album/an-evening-with-earl-hines-mw0000027404

Personnel: Piano – Earl Hines; Bass – Hank Young; Drums – Bert Dahlander; Guitar – Tiny Grimes; Lead Vocals – Earl Hines.

An Evening With Earl Hines Disc 1 And Disc 2

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Johnny Hodges - Triple Play

Bitrate: MP3@320K/s
Time: 47:47
Size: 109.4 MB
Styles: Saxophone jazz
Year: 1967/2015
Art: Front

[3:38] 1. Take 'em Off, Take 'em Off, Pt. 1
[2:55] 2. Take 'em Off, Take 'em Off, Pt. 2
[3:45] 3. The Nearness Of You
[3:52] 4. Monkey On A Limb
[4:53] 5. A Tiny Bit Of Blues
[3:01] 6. For Jammers Only (A.K.A. Wild Onions)
[2:51] 7. On The Way Up
[3:19] 8. Big Boy Blues
[2:48] 9. The Very Thought Of You
[6:21] 10. Fur Piece
[3:18] 11. Sir John
[2:38] 12. Figurine
[4:20] 13. C-Jam Blues

Baritone Saxophone – Harry Carney; Bass – Aaron Bell, Joe Benjamin, Milt Hinton; Cornet – Ray Nance; Drums – Gus Johnson, Oliver Jackson, Rufus Jones; Guitar – Billy Butler, Les Spann, Tiny Grimes; Leader, Alto Saxophone – Johnny Hodges; Piano – Hank Jones, Jimmy Jones, Nat Pierce; Piano – Jimmy Jones; Tenor Saxophone – Jimmy Hamilton, Paul Gonsalves; Trombone – Benny Powell, Buster Cooper, Lawrence Brown; Trumpet – Cat Anderson, Roy Eldridge; Vibraphone – Bill Berry.

Altoist Johnny Hodges is heard in three different settings on this reissue CD. Such top swing stars as trumpeters Ray Nance, Cat Anderson and Roy Eldridge, trombonists Buster Cooper, Lawrence Brown and Benny Powell, tenors Paul Gonsalves and Jimmy Hamilton, baritonist Harry Carney, pianists Hank Jones and Jimmy Jones (the latter two sometimes together), guitarists Tiny Grimes, Les Spann and Billy Butler, bassists Milt Hinton, Aaron Bell and Joe Benjamin and drummers Gus Johnson, Rufus Jones and Oliver Jackson are heard in nonets with the great altoist. Despite the many changes in personnel, the music is pretty consistent, with basic swinging originals, blues and ballads all heard in equal proportion. As usual, Johnny Hodges ends up as the main star. ~Scott Yanow

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Tiny Grimes - Food For Thought

Bitrate: MP3@320K/s
Time: 65:53
Size: 150.8 MB
Styles: Soul-jazz
Year: 1970/2004
Art: Front

[ 8:41] 1. Morgantini With Mime No. 1
[ 9:33] 2. Morgantini With Mime No. 3
[ 3:32] 3. Food For Thought
[10:13] 4. Connie Hayes Groovy Eyes
[ 8:17] 5. Young Blood's Blues
[ 4:49] 6. Everyday I Have The Blues
[ 6:06] 7. Some Groovy Fours
[ 3:24] 8. Sid's West End Blues
[ 3:50] 9. Lill Darlin'
[ 4:05] 10. Swinging Mama
[ 3:19] 11. Sid's West End Blues (Take 3)

Bass – Hayes Alvis; Drums – Paul Gunther; Guitar – Tiny Grimes; Organ – François Biensan; Piano – Jay McShann; Tenor Saxophone – Georges Kelly.

This CD was recorded during two sessions led by Tiny Grimes in Bordeaux in 1970, Barcelona in 1970 and in Paris in 1974 with the valuable collaboration of pianist Jay McShann, tenor sax player George Kelly and drummer Panama Francis. Digitally remastered.

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Tiny Grimes - Some Groovy Fours

Bitrate: MP3@320K/s
Time: 56:17
Size: 128.8 MB
Styles: Guitar jazz
Year: 1974/2002
Art: Front

[4:48] 1. Tiny's Boogie Woogie
[8:07] 2. Tee-Nine-Sy
[4:24] 3. Swinging Mama
[5:17] 4. I Found A New Baby
[4:54] 5. Lester Leaps In
[4:56] 6. Body And Soul
[5:06] 7. Blues For Hugues
[2:53] 8. He'll Never Sweat
[6:27] 9. Frankie And Johnny Boogie
[9:21] 10. Morgantini With Mime No. 2

Double Bass [Contrabajo] – Roland Lobligeois; Drums [Batería] – Panama Francis; Guitar – Tiny Grimes; Piano – Lloyd Glenn. Grabación efectuada el 13 de mayo de 1974. Una selección del Hot Club de Barcelona.

With the exception of a Sonet album from 1977, this was guitarist Tiny Grimes' last recording as a leader. Grimes is surprisingly still in peak form and is well showcased in a quartet with pianist Lloyd Glenn, bassist Roland Lobligeois and drummer Panama Francis. Although there are some blues, as usual, Grimes also gets to stretch out "Lester Leaps In" and "I Found a New Baby," which show how strong a swing-based improviser he could be. This music was last available in the U.S. on a Classic Jazz LP, although it has been reissued on CD in France. ~Scott Yanow

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Kenny Burrell - Guitar Soul

Styles: Guitar Jazz
Year: 1965
File: MP3@320K/s
Time: 34:29
Size: 80,2 MB
Art: Front

( 3:03)  1. Billie's Bounce
( 7:05)  2. Prelude To A Kiss
( 4:13)  3. It Don't Mean A Thing
( 3:50)  4. It's Alvin Again
(10:53)  5. Lost Weekend
( 5:23)  6. Dood I Did

One of the leading exponents of straight-ahead jazz guitar, Kenny Burrell is a highly influential artist whose understated and melodic style, grounded in bebop and blues, made him in an in-demand sideman from the mid-'50s onward and a standard by which many jazz guitarists gauge themselves to this day. Born in Detroit in 1931, Burrell grew up in a musical family in which his mother played piano and sang in the Second Baptist Church choir, while his father favored the banjo and ukulele. Burrell began playing guitar at age 12 and quickly fell under the influence of such artists as Charlie Christian, Django Reinhardt, Oscar Moore, T-Bone Walker, and Muddy Waters. Surrounded by the vibrant jazz and blues scene of Detroit, Burrell began to play gigs around town and counted among his friends and bandmates pianist Tommy Flanagan, saxophonists Pepper Adams and Yusef Lateef, drummer Elvin Jones, and others. In 1951, Burrell made his recording debut on a combo session that featured trumpeter Dizzy Gillespie as well as saxophonist John Coltrane, vibraphonist Milt Jackson, and bassist Percy Heath. Although his talent ranked among the best of the professional jazz players at the time, Burrell continued to study privately with renowned classical guitarist Joe Fava, and enrolled in the music program at Wayne State University. Upon graduating in 1955 with a B.A. in music composition and theory, Burrell was hired for a six-month stint touring with pianist Oscar Peterson's trio. Then, in 1956, Burrell and Flanagan moved to New York City and immediately became two of the most sought-after sidemen in town, performing in gigs with such luminaries as singers Tony Bennett and Lena Horne, playing in Broadway pit orchestras, and recording with an array of legendary musicians including Coltrane, trumpeter Kenny Dorham, organist Jimmy Smith, vocalist Billie Holiday, and many others. Burrell made his recorded debut as a leader on the 1956 Blue Note session Introducing Kenny Burrell technically his second session for the label, but the first to see release. From the late '50s onward, Burrell continued to record by himself and with others, and has appeared on countless albums over the years including such notable albums as 1957's The Cats featuring Coltrane, 1963's Midnight Blue featuring saxophonist Stanley Turrentine, 1965's Guitar Forms with arrangements by Gil Evans, and 1968's Blues -- The Common Ground.

Beginning in 1971, Burrell started leading various college seminars including the first regular course to be held in the United States on the music of composer, pianist, and bandleader Duke Ellington. He continued performing, recording, and teaching throughout the '80s and '90s, releasing several albums including 1989's Guiding Spirit, 1991's Sunup to Sundown, 1994's Collaboration with pianist LaMont Johnson, 1995's Primal Blue, and 1998's church music-inspired Love Is the Answer. In 2001, Burrell released the relaxed quartet date A Lucky So and So on Concord and followed it up in 2003 with Blue Muse. He celebrated turning 75 years old in 2006 by recording a live date, released a year later as 75th Birthday Bash Live! In 2010, Burrell released the live album Be Yourself: Live at Dizzy's Club Coca-Cola, recorded at Lincoln Center's smaller club-like venue, followed two years later by Special Requests (And Other Favorites): Live at Catalina's. In 2015, Burrell released The Road to Love, recorded live at Catalina's Jazz Club in Hollywood. Another Catalina's live date, Unlimited 1, appeared in 2016 and featured Burrell backed by the Los Angeles Jazz Orchestra. Besides continuing to perform, Burrell is the founder and director of the Jazz Studies Program at UCLA, as well as president emeritus of the Jazz Heritage Foundation. ~ Matt Collar http://www.allmusic.com/artist/kenny-burrell-mn0000068780/biography

Personnel:  Kenny Burrell – Guitar;  Barry Galbraith – Guitar;  Leonard Gaskin – Bass;  Bobby Donaldson – Drums;  Bill Jennings – Guitar;  Jack McDuff – Organ;  Wendell Marshall – Bass;  Tiny Grimes – Guitar;  Eddie "Lockjaw" Davis - Tenor Sax;  J.C. Higginbotham – Trombone;  Ray Bryant – Piano;  Osie Johnson - Drums

Guitar Soul

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Rahsaan Roland Kirk - Boogie Woogie String Along For Real

Bitrate: MP3@320K/s

Time: 44:42

Size: 102.3 MB

Styles: Hard bop

Year: 1977/2006

Art: Front

[8:52] 1. Boogie Woogie String Along For Real

[1:47] 2. I Loves You, Porgy

[7:17] 3. Make Me A Pallet On The Floor

[5:05] 4. Hey Babehips

[6:14] 5. In A Mellow Tone

[1:38] 6. Summertime

[7:11] 7. Dorthaan's Walk

[6:34] 8. The Watergate Blues

The final album Rahsaan Roland Kirk ever recorded remains one of his finest. Post-stroke, Kirk struggled with his conception of the music he was trying to make. Boogie-Woogie String Along for Real is the payoff. The title track features strings playing distended harmonics over his blowing and the backing of a guttersnipe rhythm section and a full-blown horn section -- including a very young trombonist named Steve Turre -- behind him. From here, Kirk works veritable magic with the material of the age, swimming deeply in the blues that Gershwin didn't know he had in "I Loves You Porgy," getting an aging Tiny Grimes to wail his guitar-playing ass off on "Make Me a Pallet on Your Floor," and then flowing elegantly on Ellington's "In a Mellow Tone" and Gershwin's "Summertime." It's almost too much to bear as the emotions come falling from the horn and the rhythm section tries to keep them balanced, but the heartbreak and joy are everywhere. When Kirk closes the disc with his own stomping hard-swing R&B of "Dorthaan's Walk" (dedicated to his wife) and takes it out with Percy Heath's "Watergate Blues," he closes the circle. With Hilton Ruiz playing a deep-grooved Latin funk against Kirk's harmonica and alto, Heath playing cello, and Turre opening up a huge space of feeling behind the front line as Sonny Brown and Phil Bowler keep it all in check on drums and bass respectively, Kirk sums it all up in his alto solo.

There is so much sadness, betrayal, pain, and resolve in his lines that the rules of Western music no longer apply. The all-inclusive vision Kirk has of a music embraces all emotions and attitudes and leaves no one outside the door. This is Kirk's Black Classical Music, and it is fully realized on this final track and album. ~Thom Jurek

Boogie Woogie String Along For Real 

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Bill Jennings - Stompin' With Bill

Styles: Guitar Jazz,  R&B
Year: 1950
File: MP3@320K/s
Time: 41:00
Size: 94,8 MB
Art: Front

(2:43)  1. Stompin' With Bill
(3:04)  2. Lonesome Traveller
(2:47)  3. You Came A Long Way From St. Louis
(2:51)  4. Alexandria, Va. - Previously Unreleased Take
(2:43)  5. Stompin' With Bill (Alt)
(3:11)  6. St. Louis Blues
(2:48)  7. Frankie & Johnny Boogie
(2:30)  8. Real Choice Blues
(2:28)  9. I Let A Song Go Out of My Heart
(2:24) 10. Temptation
(2:40) 11. Flat Foot Floojie
(2:21) 12. Roll On
(3:29) 13. Bittersweet
(1:22) 14. Ray's Blues (Take 1)
(3:35) 15. Ray's Blues (Take 2)

These five titles (circa mid-'50s) by guitarist Jennings originally came from the Gotham label. The disc also has five Ray Bryant Trio, two Tiny Grimes (g), one Billy Davis, and one Gay Crosse from the same period and the same source. The quality varies but all the music is rare, and there are interesting moments in much of it. ~ Bob Porter  http://www.allmusic.com/album/stompin-with-bill-mw0000262689

Stompin' With Bill

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Various - Tiny Grimes & Friends

Bitrate: 320K/s
Time: 40:08
Size: 91.9 MB
Styles: R&B, Jazz-blues
Year: 1990
Art: Front

[2:39] 1. The Cats & The Fiddle - Movin' Out Today
[2:22] 2. The Dixieaires - Things Got Tough Again
[2:32] 3. The Dixieaires - Long Lean And Lanky
[2:51] 4. The Dixieaires - Keep Me With You
[2:37] 5. Haji Baba - I'm In Love With You Baby (Previously Unreleased)
[3:25] 6. The Cats & The Fiddle - Do You Really Love Me
[3:22] 7. The Cats & The Fiddle - Start Talking Baby (Previously Unreleased)
[2:58] 8. The Cats & The Fiddle - Start Talking Baby (Take 2)
[2:52] 9. The Cats & The Fiddle - I'll Never Ley You Go (Previously Unreleased)
[2:54] 10. Johnny Davis - I'm A Wine Drinker
[2:29] 11. Johnny Davis - I Love To Make Love To You (Previously Unreleased)
[2:32] 12. J.B. Summers - I Want A Present For Christmas
[3:27] 13. Lionel Robinson - I Can't Go On Without Your Love
[3:02] 14. The Cats & The Fiddle - Call Of The Wild (Previously Unreleased)

An interesting collection of early Tiny, working with Cats & The Fiddle on five of the 14 collected tracks on this hodgepodge compilation. The rest of it is Grimes backing everyone from gospel group the Dixieaires to R&B singers Johnny Davis, Lionel Robinson, J.B. Summers and George Grant (recorded here for Gotham Records under the pseudonym of Haji Baba), along with an unissued and much wilder take of his own "Call of the Wild." Not the place to start a Tiny Grimes collection, but a nice one to add to the collection along the way. ~Cub Koda

Tiny Grimes & Friends

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Tiny Grimes With Roy Eldridge - One is Never too Young to Swing

Styles: Guitar And Trumpet Jazz
Year: 1977
File: MP3@320K/s
Time: 33:52
Size: 77,8 MB
Art: Front

(3:55)  1. Romance Without Finance
(3:13)  2. West End Phil
(2:33)  3. Tain't What You Do
(4:25)  4. Food For Thought
(3:14)  5. One Is Never Too Old To Swing
(3:54)  6. In A Swinging Mood
(8:37)  7. The Downtown Sound
(3:57)  8. Frantic

Tiny Grimes (1916 – 1989) began his musical career playing drums and piano. In 1938 he took up the guitar choosing the unusual electric 4-string tenor guitar. In 1940 he joined the Cats And A Fiddle as guitarist and singer. In 1943 he joined the Art Tatum Trio as guitarist and made a number of recordings with Tatum. The early Tatum Trio recordings made for the Asch and Comet recording labels are some of the more interesting early examples of Tiny Grimes’ guitar work. Tiny Grimes is the inventor of "rock and roll". Listen to "Tiny's Boogie" (MP3), recorded at WOR studios on August 14, 1946, possibly the very first "rock and roll" recording.After leaving Tatum, Grimes recorded with his own groups in New York and he recorded with a long list of leading musicians; Ike Quebec, Cozy Cole, Leonard Feather and Buck Clayton, among others. He was also selected to record with the famous Metronome All Star Band and appears on the recording Look Out, on which he shared the guitar duties with Billy Bauer. During this time he made four recordings with Charlie Parker that are considered excellent examples of early bebop jazz; Tiny’s Tempo, Red Cross, Romance Without Finance, and I’ll Always Love You. Tiny Grimes continued to lead his own groups into the later 1970’s and he recorded with Coleman Hawkins, Illinois Jacquet and Roy Eldridge. 

Our first contact to Tiny Grimes was as we bought his record with Roy Eldridge "One Is Never Too Old To Swing". This 1977 album was re-released as CD in 1990 and had found its way to the "Super Bargain box" from where it floated to Sini's hand in 1992. The price was 5 FIM, around 1 USD. The music was just great and it became soon our most cherished disc, and we just managed to order through Amazon four other recordings by Tiny Grimes. The CDs are mainly remasterings mainly from the 40s and contain some new, previously unreleased titles and takes. Over hilarous are the "Rocking Highlanders" as the band is dressed in scottish style witk kilts and all as you can see. This was in the late 40s and early 50s, so it was not totally risk free. But the joke was understood as there seems not to be any writing about any problems. http://www.sinijari.fi/linkit/tiny/mytiny.htm

Personnel:  Tiny Grimes – guitar; Roy Eldridge – trumpet; Frank Wess - tenor sax; Lloyd Glenn – piano; Percy Heath – bass; Eddie Locke - drums

One is Never too Young to Swing

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