Woody Mann, Charley Krachy - Conversations

Bitrate: MP3@320K/s
Time: 45:02
Size: 103.1 MB
Styles: Blues-jazz
Year: 2017
Art: Front

[3:09] 1. It's You Or No One
[3:44] 2. Night Shadows
[3:05] 3. Pound Cake
[6:38] 4. Subconscious-Lee
[4:01] 5. Kary's Trance
[5:47] 6. She's Funny
[4:23] 7. Blues Bounce
[4:38] 8. 317 E. 32nd St
[5:03] 9. You'd Be So Nice To Come To
[4:30] 10. A Night In Tbilisi

Charley: I can't remember where or when I met Woody. Seems like I've always known him. Sometime around the late 90’s Woody had a gig at the Cupping Room, way downtown. He asked me to play one night; it was an ideal kind of gig. We just sat in a corner midway between the bar and the dining room and let the duo happen. Playing with Woody is an adventure! We never know where the music is going to go until the moment it happens. The same tune can be a fiery expression of high energy or a tender expression of deep feeling, but always in the moment and each instrument supporting and challenging the other. I’m honored to be playing with Woody, a truly “World Class” Musician. I dedicate this music to Connie Crothers, my friend, my teacher.

Woody: It's really a thrill to be in a musical conversation with Charley. It's a rare privilege to be play with such a great artist who just let's to music go where it does. Trust guides the conversation and we discover what we have to say in the moment. Wow. Maybe our jazz mentors Lennie Tristano and Connie Crothers gave us a shared sensibility and some common musical roots to jump off from. Lennie used to say "Jazz is not a style, it's a feeling". And in the end it's about communication - with each other - and hopefully with you.

Conversations

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Woody Mann, Bob Brozman - Get Together

Bitrate: MP3@320K/s
Time: 43:02
Size: 98.5 MB
Styles: Acoustic guitar, Folk-blues
Year: 2011
Art: Front

[2:20] 1. Heading Uptown
[3:50] 2. Cat Burglar
[5:32] 3. The Abyss
[4:02] 4. Through The Alley
[2:56] 5. It Happened In Monterey
[2:21] 6. Struttin' In Times Square
[2:37] 7. Danca Do Gato
[2:50] 8. An American Suite (Tampa Slow Grind)
[3:32] 9. An American Suite Where The Southern Cross The Dog
[3:51] 10. An American Dream-Bentonia Dreams
[1:35] 11. An American Dream-Relocating To Chicago
[2:09] 12. An American Dream (Death Don't Have No Mercy)
[2:13] 13. An American Dream (Minglewood Memories)
[2:23] 14. An American Dream-Moonlight Kisses Over Brooklyn
[0:43] 15. Hidden Track

Bob Brozman and Woody Mann collaborate on a rich, bluesy album - available only in Europe and online! Call it world music with Mississippi roots, or new age with grit, this album has the percussive drive of 1920s bluesman Charley Patton, the haunting strains of a Gary Davis spiritual, a hint of Portuguese fado, oldtime boogie, swing, gypsy waltz, and exuberant jazz. What a feast!

This album was recorded on a rare analog two-inch EIGHT-track (24 tracks are standard) machine, enabling huge dynamic range and richness, since each guitar has a full one-inch width of tape. The instruments were chosen carefully, and the sonic qualities are very rich. Musically, GET TOGETHER is the collaboration of two independent masters of their art, who had nothing to prove at all, thus opening the door to really tasteful musical exchanges. Bob and Woody, who grew up near each other in New York, but never met until the 1990s, were both heavily influenced by pre-war delta Blues, ragtime and jazz, and went on to explore other related and more distant forms of music. This album is a blend of all of those influences, combined with a relaxed mastery of tone and groove. A variety of great vintage and new acoustic instruments were used in the recording, contributing to many of the deep and interesting moods and grooves on the disc.

In 1998, Bob and Woody, having each taught at guitars camps in the past, brainstormed together and came up with the ideas for their own program: International Guitar Seminars. The idea was to have a concentrated musical week of learning and sharing music in a university setting, with master-level teachers, with limited class sizes, and have it all run by musicians for musicians. There have been sessions in New York and California annually since 1999, which have created a wonderful community of supportive musical friends. One of the great things about IGS is the non-competitive atmosphere which encourages and enhances the pleasures of jamming with other players.

Get Together

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