Mark Turner & Baptiste Trotignon - Dusk is a quiet place

Styles: Saxophone And Piano Jazz
Year: 2013
File: MP3@320K/s
Time: 48:50
Size: 112,3 MB
Art: Front

(7:56)  1. Bolero
(8:14)  2. Left Hand of Darkness
(3:26)  3. Only One
(7:57)  4. Von Gott Will ich nicht lassen / Winter Solstice / Herliebster Jesu, Was Hast Du Verlochen
(6:44)  5. Wasteland
(9:13)  6. Sonnet for Stevie
(5:17)  7. O Do Borogodo

After 'Share' and 'Suite...' two Franco-American albums that pianist Baptiste Trotignon released a few years ago, 'Dusk is a quiet place' marks the reunion with New York saxophonist Mark Turner. 

This album was co-directed by two artists who blended their styles to offer dusky and dreamy music, mainly composed of ballads, except for a short final wild samba evoking Sao Paulo nights. ~ Editorial Reviews https://www.amazon.com/Dusk-Quiet-Place-Turner/dp/B00BJ6AKS6

Personnel: Mark Turner (tenor saxophone); Baptiste Trotignon (piano).

Dusk is a quiet place

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Branford Marsalis - Scenes In The City

Styles: Saxophone Jazz

Year: 1984

File: MP3@320K/s

Time: 41:04

Size: 95,5 MB

Art: Front

(6:48)  1. No Backstage Pass

(5:51)  2. Scenes In The City

(8:56)  3. Solstice

(6:50)  4. Waiting For Tain

(7:00)  5. No Sidestepping

(5:36)  6. Parable

Branford Marsalis's debut as a leader is ambitious yet consistently successful. On "Scenes of the City," his narrative is in the same spirit of some of Charles Mingus's recordings of the 1950s. Otherwise the music is in the modern mainstream vein with Marsalis (on tenor and soprano) hinting strongly at Wayne Shorter and John Coltrane, along with a touch of Sonny Rollins. The backup crew includes such notable young lions as pianist Mulgrew Miller and Kenny Kirkland, bassist Charnett Moffett, and drummers Jeff "Tain" Watts and Marvin "Smitty" Smith in addition to bassist Ron Carter. It's an impressive start to a notable career. ~ Scott Yanow http://www.allmusic.com/album/scenes-in-the-city-mw0000188339

Personnel: Branford Marsalis (soprano & tenor saxophones); John Longo (trumpet); Robin Eubanks (trombone); Mulgrew Miller, Kenny Kirkland (piano); Ron Carter, Ray Drummond, Charnett Moffett, Phil Bowler (bass); Marvin Smith, Jeffrey Watts (drums).

Scenes In The City

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Flip Philipp - Duffin'

Styles: Vibraphone Jazz
Year: 2012
File: MP3@320K/s
Time: 50:51
Size: 116,6 MB
Art: Front

(8:26)  1. Ed Thigpen
(7:17)  2. Odd Caravan
(5:35)  3. Green's
(6:43)  4. Vic's Field
(4:53)  5. Wes Licks
(8:11)  6. Monks Idea
(5:06)  7. On the Dogwatch
(4:38)  8. Clinker Some

The Titel of Flip Philipp´s last Album is a hommage to grant green´s long time organ player Brother Jack McDuff. Even tough the Compositions are inspired by him and his workingfield. The tunes come easy,floating and provide a hard swing for the soloist. Exceptional the flexible comping of organist Renato Chicco who supported jerry Bergonzi in his former musical Career. The Mixture of Vibes with Guitar supported by the foamy chords of the Hammond give the tracks a fresh and sunny west coast feeling. One can quickly find out where the roots of the tunes of this work lay.The spacey ballad Monk´s Idea and the odd meter waltz Green´s bear out of the tradition of blue note . In Flip Philipp ATS Records has one of the more rare contemporary phenomena in jazz- a thouroughly skilled vibes player who recognizes the virtues of clarity and spereness as well as the need to keep attuned to the individual,expressive needs and directions of his colleagues. http://www.cdbaby.com/cd/flipphilipp1

Duffin'

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Gil Evans - New Bottle Old Wine

Styles: Piano Jazz
Year: 1958
File: MP3@320K/s
Time: 38:15
Size: 91,7 MB
Art: Front

(5:22)  1. St Louis Blues
(3:18)  2. King Porter Stomp
(4:37)  3. Willow Tree
(4:32)  4. Struttin' With Some Barbecue
(4:14)  5. Lester Leaps In
(4:06)  6. 'Round About Midnight
(5:14)  7. Manteca!
(6:50)  8. Bird Feathers

Gil Evans' second album as a leader (a World Pacific set that has been reissued by Blue Note) features his reworking of eight jazz classics including "St. Louis Blues," "Lester Leaps In" and "Struttin' with Some Barbecue." Evans' charts utilize three trumpets, three trombones, a french horn, a prominent tuba, one reed player, altoist Cannonball Adderley and a four-piece rhythm section. Most memorable is a classic rendition of "King Porter Stomp" featuring the exuberant altoist Cannonball Adderley, who is the main soloist on most of the selections. Other key voices include Evans' piano, guitarist Chuck Wayne and trumpeter Johnny Coles. This is near-classic music that showed that Gil Evans did not need Miles Davis as a soloist to inspire him to greatness. ~ Scott Yanow http://www.allmusic.com/album/new-bottle-old-wine-mw0000194405

Personnel: Gil Evans (piano, arranger, conductor); Cannonball Adderley (alto saxophone); Johnny Coles, Louis Marcel, Ernie Royal, Clyde Reasinger, Frank Rehak (trumpet); Joe Bennet, Tom Mitchell (trombone); Julius Watkins (French horn); Harvey Phillips, Bill Barber (tuba); Jerry Sanfino (reeds); Chuck Wayne (guitar); Paul Chambers (bass); Art Blakey, Philly Joe Jones (drums).

New Bottle Old Wine

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Duke Ellington - The Popular Duke Ellington

Styles: Piano Jazz
Year: 2002
File: MP3@320K/s
Time: 51:37
Size: 122,4 MB
Art: Front

(4:40)  1. Take The 'A' Train
(2:36)  2. I Got It Bad (And That Ain't Good)
(3:14)  3. Perdido
(5:10)  4. Mood Indigo
(5:12)  5. Black And Tan Fantasy
(3:11)  6. The Twitch
(3:37)  7. Solitude
(1:55)  8. Do Nothin' Till You Hear From Me
(5:36)  9. The Mooche
(3:02) 10. Sophisticated Lady
(3:56) 11. Creole Love Call
(5:27) 12. Caravan
(1:59) 13. Wings And Things
(1:56) 14. Do Nothin' Till You Hear From Me

This CD reissue from 1997 features Duke Ellington and His Orchestra running through 11 of the leader's hits and a lesser-known blues tune, "The Twitch." The 1966 version of his big band still had all of its main stars, including such major voices as trumpeters Cootie Williams and Cat Anderson, trombonists Lawrence Brown and Buster Cooper, altoist Johnny Hodges, Paul Gonsalves on tenor, and clarinista Jimmy Hamilton. 

All are featured on The Popular Duke Ellington. Since the material is all very familiar, and mostly quite concise (nothing over six minutes long, and a version of "Do Nothin' Till You Hear From Me" that is under two minutes), few surprises occur. But Ellington fans will enjoy this well-played effort. ~ Scott Yanow http://www.allmusic.com/album/the-popular-duke-ellington-mw0000529326

Personnel: Duke Ellington (piano); Harry Carney, Russell Procope, Johnny Hodges, Jimmy Hamilton, Paul Gonsalves (reeds); Cootie Williams, William "Cat" Anderson, Mercer Ellington, Herbie Jones (trumpets); Lawrence Brown, Buster Cooper, Chuck Connors (trombone); John Lamb (bass); Sam Woodyard (drums).

The Popular Duke Ellington

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Von Freeman - Lester Leaps In

Styles: Saxophone Jazz 
Year: 1992
File: MP3@320K/s
Time: 61:56
Size: 142,0 MB
Art: Front

(12:55)  1. Scrapple from the Apple
( 3:31)  2. All About Ronnie
( 9:55)  3. I Love You
( 9:12)  4. A Nightingale Sang in Berkeley Square
(11:33)  5. The Whippenpoof Song
(14:48)  6. Lester Leaps In

Although Von Freeman's unusual, very recognizable tone has been admired by jazz's avant-garde, the tenorman has always been a hard bopper/post-bopper first and foremost. And that's what makes a Freeman recording jump right out at you -- his tone sounds like it belongs on an AACM recording, but he tackles swift bop chord changes with such enthusiasm that you know bop was his calling. Freeman is in fine form on Lester Leaps In, an unapologetic hard bop date employing pianist Jodie Christian, bassist Eddie de Haas and drummer Wilbur Campbell. The saxman was 69 when this CD was recorded in Paris, and he sounds like he's very much in his prime on hard-swinging, passionate versions of Charlie Parker's "Scrapple from the Apple" and Lester Young's "Lester Leaps In." The album is unlikely to convert those who aren't already sold on Freeman's merits, but the Chicagoan's admirers wound do well to find a copy. ~ Alex Henderson http://www.allmusic.com/album/lester-leaps-in-mw0000665452

Personnel:  Von Freeman (Saxophone); Jodie Christian (Piano); Eddie de Haas (Bass); Wilbur Campbell (Drums).

Lester Leaps In

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Dick Oatts - Two Hearts

Styles: Saxophone Jazz
Year: 2010
File: MP3@320K/s
Time: 55:52
Size: 128,4 MB
Art: Front

(5:39)  1. If I Should Loose You
(5:25)  2. We'll Be Together Again
(6:07)  3. You Don't Know What Love Is
(5:23)  4. Come Sunday
(5:25)  5. Yesterdays
(6:14)  6. My Foolish Heart
(3:41)  7. Darn That Dream
(5:52)  8. Angel Eyes
(5:50)  9. But Beautiful
(6:10) 10. Hello Young Lovers

Dick Oatts is a name well known to seasoned jazz fans, who recognize him for his work as a sideman with the Thad Jones-Mel Lewis Orchestra (and its descendant, the Vanguard Jazz Orchestra), Red Rodney,Bob Brookmeyer, Jerry Bergonzi, Fred Hersch, and others, along with his partnership with pianist Garry Dial. Most of Oatts' recordings as a leader have been for European labels, such as this 2009 session for Steeplechase, his seventh for the Danish company. The focus is on ballads, with Oatts looking to build upon each melody in a creative fashion without losing its essence, something that he does consistently throughout the date. Accompanied by pianist Michael Weiss, either Ugonna Okegwo or David Wong on bass, and drummer Rodney Green, Oatts' renditions of the nine standards plus one well-known Duke Ellington gem, the alto saxophonist gives a virtual master class to young jazz musicians (being a veteran jazz educator as well) on how to construct an intelligent solo built upon a familiar theme without resorting to showboating. The brisk rendition of "You Don't Know What Love Is," the brisk, angular setting of "Yesterdays" and the refreshingly unsentimental take of "Angel Eyes" are among the highlights, but simply put, all of the music is rewarding. ~ Ken Dryden http://www.allmusic.com/album/two-hearts-mw0002013877

Personnel:  Dick Oatts (alto saxophone);  Michael Weiss (piano);  Ugonna Okegwo (bass);  David Wong (bass);  Rodney Green (drums).

Two Hearts

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Jerry Bergonzi - Spotlight on Standards

Styles: Saxophone Jazz
Year: 2016
File: MP3@320K/s
Time: 63:19
Size: 145,6 MB
Art: Front

(8:54)  1. Witchcraft
(7:01)  2. Bi-Solar
(8:24)  3. Blue Cube
(6:33)  4. First Lady
(6:42)  5. Gabriella
(6:02)  6. Dancing in the Dark
(6:17)  7. Out of Nowhere
(6:01)  8. Come Rain or Come Shine
(7:20)  9. Stella by Starlight

There's an old saying that a great jazz musician never plays a song the same way once. That could certainly be said of Jerry Bergonzi. He is an intellectual artist of uncompromising integrity and a bold, original composer. On Jerry's new Savant recording he returns to the organ-tenor trio format after a long hiatus from it. From the opening track, Cy Coleman's “Witchcraft” with its hypnotic organ vamp and “bewitching” chord substitutions Jerry gives to the first 8 bars, you know this isn't going to be your parents' organ-tenor gig. Bergonzi and his discmates, Renato Chicco on organ and Andrea Michelutti on drums, take these standards down new harmonic paths and use them as a launching pad for fertile and impressive improvisation. The playing is always intense and distinctive, fresh and spontaneous. ~ Editorial Reviews https://www.amazon.com/Spotlight-Standards-Jerry-Bergonzi/dp/B01GFZ4BDU

Personnel: Jerry Bergonzi (tenor saxophone); Renato Chicco (organ); Andrea Michelutti (drums).

Spotlight on Standards

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Joe Locke - Moment To Moment: The Music of Henry Mancini

Styles: Vibraphone Jazz
Year: 1994
File: MP3@320K/s
Time: 57:00
Size: 131,6 MB
Art: Front

(7:33)  1. Slow Hot Wind
(6:48)  2. Moon River
(6:49)  3. Moment To Moment
(3:40)  4. Whistling Away The Dark
(6:28)  5. Charad
(7:32)  6. Loss Of Love
(6:33)  7. The Days Of Wine & Roses
(5:45)  8. Two For The Road
(5:48)  9. Dreamsville

Vibraphonist Joe Locke offers a fresh look at works by Henry Mancini on this release, as he leads a powerhouse quartet that includes pianist Billy Childs, bassist Eddie Gomez, and drummer Gene Jackson. His dramatic and spacious treatment of one of Mancini's most beloved works, "Moon River," gives the oft-recorded song a very new sound, while another frequently played number, "Days of Wine and Roses," begins with a dreamy introduction before progressing into a head-shaking hard bop arrangement. "Charade" is another well-loved movie theme that gets a thorough revamping; in Billy Childs' chart the piano alternates between a swirling line that contrasts with the leader as he plays its theme with a straight-ahead bop segment. But the group is not content just to stick to Mancini's best-known songs; "Loss of Love" is a straight-ahead ballad nailed on the first take, while "Whistling Away the Dark" showcases Eddie Gomez's lovely arco bass. When one combines great compositions and inventive, talented musicians such as the member of the Joe Locke Quartet, the results have to be highly recommended. ~ Ken Dryden http://www.allmusic.com/album/moment-to-moment-the-music-of-henry-mancini-mw0000178289

Personnel: Joe Locke (vibraphone); Billy Childs (piano); Eddie Gomez (bass); Gene Jackson (drums).

Moment To Moment: The Music of Henry Mancini

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Jacky Terrasson & Cassandra Wilson - Rendezvous

Styles: Vocal And Piano Jazz
Year: 1997
File: MP3@320K/s
Time: 49:01
Size: 112,8 MB
Art: Front

(5:47)  1. Old Devil Moon
(5:45)  2. Chan's Song
(4:47)  3. Tennessee Waltz
(5:06)  4. Little Boy Lost
(2:38)  5. Autumn Leaves
(4:59)  6. It Might As Well Be Spring
(3:25)  7. My Ship
(3:02)  8. I Remember You
(4:47)  9. Tea For Two
(5:29) 10. If Ever I Would Leave You
(3:09) 11. Chicago 1987

For this notable set, pianist Jacky Terrasson teams up with the smoky, chance-taking vocalist Cassandra Wilson, either Lonnie Plaxico or Kenny Davis on bass and percussionist Mino Cinelu. The music is quite impressionistic and atmospheric. Terrasson and Wilson stick to standards, but their renditions of such songs as "Old Devil Moon," "My Ship," "Tea for Two" and even "Tennessee Waltz" are quite haunting and floating, slightly disturbing and occasionally sensuous. Terrasson, who takes "Autumn Leaves" and "Chicago 1987" (the one non-standard) as solo pieces, was on his way to forming his own style, while Wilson had certainly found her niche. An intriguing matchup. ~ Scott Yanow http://www.allmusic.com/album/rendezvous-mw0000595600

Personnel: Jacky Terrasson (acoustic & electric pianos); Cassandra Wilson (vocals); Lonnie Plaxico, Kenny Davis (bass); Mino Cinelu (percussion).

Rendezvous

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Rufus With Chaka Khan - The Very Best Of

Styles: Vocal, Funk, Soul
Year: 1982
File: MP3@320K/s
Time: 43:08
Size: 99,2 MB
Art: Front

(4:30)  1. Do You Love What You Feel
(4:40)  2. Tell Me Something Good
(4:00)  3. Dance With Me
(4:09)  4. Hollywood
(5:42)  5. Stay
(4:31)  6. Once You Get Started
(4:45)  7. You Got The Love
(4:21)  8. At Midnight (My Love Will Lift You Up)
(3:06)  9. Please Pardon Me (You Remind Me Of A Friend)
(3:20) 10. Sweet Thing

The Very Best of Rufus with Chaka Khan is a greatest hits album by funk band Rufus and singer Chaka Khan, originally released on the MCA Records label in 1982. The collection comprises ten of the group's biggest hits on the ABC/MCA labels, including "You Got the Love", "Sweet Thing", "At Midnight (My Love Will Lift You Up)", "Do You Love What You Feel", "Tell Me Something Good", "Stay", "Hollywood" and "Dance Wit Me". The Very Best of... was released in late 1982, prior to the recording of the band's two final albums, both for the Warner Bros. Records label, and does consequently not include their hits "Ain't Nobody" and "One Million Kisses", both from the 1983 double-set Stompin' at the Savoy - Live. However, it doesn't contain any material from their 1973 self-titled debut album or their recent album at the time, 1981's Camouflage. It also doesn't contain any material from the Khan-less albums Numbers (1979) and Party 'Til You're Broke (1981). The ten track Very Best of Rufus featuring Chaka Khan was re-released on CD by MCA/Geffen Records in the mid 1990s in both the US and Europe and is to date the only career retrospective available with the band. Rufus and Chaka Khan's ABC/MCA back catalogue (1973–1982) is as of 2003 distributed by the Universal Music Group.In a contemporary review, Billboard said The Very Best Of revisits the group's "spine-tingling brand of soul-gone-funk", which remains potent because of Khan's singing. Village Voice critic Robert Christgau said the compilation contained Khan's "great Rufus songs". Stephen Thomas Erlewine gave it four-and-a-half out of five stars in his review for AllMusic, and Dave Thompson gave the record an eight out of 10 in his 2001 book Funk. "All the hits and no misses", he wrote. "A great comp". https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Very_Best_of_Rufus_with_Chaka_Khan

Personnel: Tony Maiden (vocals, guitar, percussion, background vocals); Ron Stockert (vocals, keyboards, background vocals); Chaka Khan (vocals, background vocals); Bobby Ray Watson, Bobby Watson (vocals); Al Ciner (acoustic guitar, electric guitar, background vocals); Kevin Murphy (piano, Clarinet, organ, keyboards, synthesizer, ARP synthesizer, background vocals); David "Hawk" Wolinski (keyboards, background vocals); Moon Calhoun, André Fischer (drums, percussion, background vocals); John "J.R." Robinson , John "4 Daddman" Robinson (drums, percussion); Dennis Belfield (background vocals).

The Very Best Of

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Martial Solal - Solitude

Styles: Piano Jazz
Year: 2005
File: MP3@320K/s
Time: 48:03
Size: 110,3 MB
Art: Front

(4:51)  1. Darn That Dream
(6:29)  2. Caravan
(3:53)  3. Our Love Is Here to Stay
(4:07)  4. Chi Va Piano...
(6:20)  5. Medium
(5:53)  6. Bluesine
(5:06)  7. On a Clear Day
(5:51)  8. In My Solitude
(5:28)  9. Darn That Dream (alternate take)

Recorded at two sessions in late April 2005 and released by CAM Jazz exactly two years later, Solitude is a gratifying reminder that at the age of 77, Algerian pianist Martial Solal was still a formidably creative improviser. The album, which begins and ends with complementary bookend versions of "Darn That Dream," is sprinkled with standards by Ellington and Gershwin and a '60s pop tune, as well as three Solal originals. One of these is titled with an abbreviation of an old Italian saying which translates as: "He who goes softly, goes safely. He who goes safely goes far." Solal's next recordings, made when he was 80 years old, would be Longitude, a trio album with François and Louis Moutin, and the highly acclaimed Live at the Village Vanguard. As for Solitude, the album will endure as a welcome return to the terrain visited years earlier on his album En Solo. ~ arwulf arwulf  http://www.allmusic.com/album/solitude-mw0001517605

Solitude

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Joe Chambers - Phantom of the City

Styles: Jazz, Straight-ahead/Mainstream
Year: 1991
File: MP3@320K/s
Time: 59:01
Size: 135,4 MB
Art: Front

( 6:23)  1. Phantom of the City
( 6:27)  2. Fun
( 8:11)  3. For Miles
(10:38)  4. Nuevo Mundo
( 8:45)  5. El Gaucho
( 8:18)  6. You've Changed
(10:15)  7. In and Out

Drummer Joe Chambers works with an intriguing lineup on this 1991 quintet set. Young lion trumpeter Phillip Harper teams with journeyman Bob Berg, who holds his own with the lyrical, energetic Harper. Chambers never hurries or crowds the soloists, and he interacts easily and fully with pianist George Cables and bassist Santi Debriano. ~ Ron Wynn http://www.allmusic.com/album/phantom-of-the-city-mw0000095319

Personnel: Joe Chambers (drums); Bob Berg (tenor saxophone); Philip Harper (trumpet); George Cables (piano); Santi Debriano (bass guitar).

Phantom of the City

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Blue Mitchell - Collision In Black

Styles: Trumpet Jazz, Hard Bop, Jazz-Funk 
Year: 1969
File: MP3@320K/s
Time: 37:16
Size: 87,4 MB
Art: Front

(3:03)  1. Collision In Black
(3:27)  2. Deeper In Black
(3:17)  3. Jo Ju Ja
(2:56)  4. Blue On Black
(2:59)  5. Swahilli Suite
(3:39)  6. Monkin' Around
(3:26)  7. Keep Your Nose Clean
(2:45)  8. I Ain't Jivin'
(3:27)  9. Digging In The Dirt
(2:57) 10. Who Dun It
(2:26) 11. Kick It
(2:49) 12. Keep Your Soul

Owner of a direct, lightly swinging, somewhat plain-wrapped tone that fit right in with the Blue Note label's hard bop ethos of the 1960s, Blue Mitchell tends to be overlooked today perhaps because he never really stood out vividly from the crowd, despite his undeniable talent. After learning the trumpet in high school  where he got his nickname he started touring in the early '50s with the R&B bands of Paul Williams, Earl Bostic, and Chuck Willis before returning to Miami and jazz. There, he attracted the attention of Cannonball Adderley, with whom he recorded for Riverside in 1958. That year, he joined the Horace Silver Quintet, with whom he played and recorded until the band's breakup in March 1964, polishing his hard bop skills. During his Silver days, Mitchell worked with tenor Junior Cook, bassist Gene Taylor, drummer Roy Brooks, and various pianists as a separate unit and continued recording as a leader for Riverside. When Silver disbanded, Mitchell's spinoff quintet carried on with Al Foster replacing Brooks and a young future star named Chick Corea in the piano chair. This group, with several personnel changes, continued until 1969, recording a string of albums for Blue Note. Probably aware that opportunities for playing straight-ahead jazz were dwindling, Mitchell became a prolific pop and soul session man in the late '60s, and he toured with Ray Charles from 1969 to 1971 and blues/rock guitarist John Mayall in 1971-1973. Having settled in Los Angeles, he also played big-band dates with Louie Bellson, Bill Holman, and Bill Berry; made a number of funk and pop/jazz LPs in the late '70s; served as principal soloist for Tony Bennett and Lena Horne; and kept his hand in hard bop by playing with Harold Land in a quintet. He continued to freelance in this multifaceted fashion until his premature death from cancer at age 49. ~ Richard S.Ginell  http://www.allmusic.com/artist/blue-mitchell-mn0000761064/biography

Personnel:  Blue Mitchell – trumpet;  Monk Higgins - tenor saxophone, piano, organ, arrangement;  Jim Horn, Ernie Watts – flute;  Anthony Ortega - tenor saxophone;  Dick "Slyde" Hyde, Jack Redmond – trombone;  Al Vescovo – guitar;  Miles Grayson - piano, percussion;  Dee Ervin - organ, percussion;  Bob West - electric bass;  Paul Humphrey – drums;  John Cyr – percussion.

Collision In Black

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Eddie Henderson - Think On Me

Styles: Trumpet Jazz
Year: 1989
File: MP3@224K/s
Time: 68:52
Size: 111,9 MB
Art: Front

(10:19)  1. Restless Dreams
( 8:18)  2. Come Sunday
( 6:28)  3. Ceora
( 6:01)  4. Bilal
( 8:04)  5. Think On Me
( 7:52)  6. Everytime We Say Goodbye
( 8:09)  7. Revelation
(13:38)  8. Seven Beauties

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://itunes.apple.com/us/artist/eddie-henderson/id1102634#fullText

Personnel: Eddie Henderson (trumpet, flugelhorn); Kenny Barron (piano); Joe Locke (vibraphone); Billy Hart (drums).

Think On Me

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Mark Turner - The Music of Mercedes Rossy

Styles: Saxophone Jazz
Year: 1998
File: MP3@320K/s
Time: 70:56
Size: 162,7 MB
Art: Front

( 8:06)  1. Some Like to Love More Than Once
( 8:25)  2. Amidst a Yesteday's Presence
( 6:01)  3. Lost Ocean
( 7:16)  4. The Other Side of Time
( 8:10)  5. 1991
( 8:34)  6. Water Stones
( 2:46)  7. 6 d'Octubre
(10:02)  8. Gone But Not Forgotten
(11:31)  9. The Newcomer

Mark Turner is a post-bop tenor saxophonist most influenced by John Coltrane, but also notably Warne Marsh. Born November 10, 1965 in Ohio, Turner was raised in California and initially studied visual arts at Long Beach State, but decided instead to pursue music and transferred to Berklee. Turner moved to New York and worked with James Moody, Jimmy Smith, the TanaReid Quintet, Ryan Kisor, Jonny King, Leon Parker, and Joshua Redman. He recorded his first album as a leader, Yam Yam, in 1994; the follow-up, a self-titled effort, did not appear until 1998. 

In This World appeared later that same year, and in early 2000, he resurfaced with The Ballad Session. Cafe Oscurra appeared a year later. In 2004, the saxophonist teamed with bassist Larry Grenadier and drummer Jeff Ballard for the trio album Fly. Starting with 2012's All Our Reasons, Turner began a recording relationship with the storied European label ECM that resulted in several more albums, including 2012's Year of the Snake and 2014's piano-less quartet recording, Lathe of Heaven. ~ Steve Huey https://itunes.apple.com/us/artist/mark-turner/id723957#fullText

Personnel: Chris Cheek (tenor, soprano saxophone); Mark Turner (tenor saxophone); George Colligan (piano); Jordi Rossy (drums).

The Music of Mercedes Rossy

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Debbie Gifford & John Trzcinski - One Day at a Time

Styles: Vocal, Piano
Year: 2009
File: MP3@320K/s
Time: 47:46
Size: 113,1 MB
Art: Front

(3:29)  1. Let It Go
(5:35)  2. Searching
(4:06)  3. Little Girl Waltz
(6:56)  4. Journey
(4:35)  5. One Day at a Time
(4:26)  6. Noche Del Amore
(4:45)  7. Meili
(4:12)  8. If
(5:58)  9. When I Look into Your Eyes
(3:40) 10. Urban Groove

Today's new jazz standards in the making. All original tunes with beautiful lyrical melodies and unforgetable lyrics.

"This new songwriting team of Gifford & Trzcinski are waking up the jazz world with their fresh approach to composition and performance. Watch these rising stars as they sky-rocket in the world of jazz. Their music is said to be today's new jazz standards in the making. 10 original tracks of various jazz styles including: ballads, latin, swing, and funk." "The CD showcases Gifford's classy , velvety vocals and Trzcinski's extraordinary piano skills. Gifford delivers a bravura performance on "If", which calls on her pop and musical-theater background to create a dramatic arc from the pensive opening to the dramatic conclusion." http://www.cdbaby.com/cd/dgiffordjtrzcinski

One Day at a Time

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Eddie Henderson - Flight Of Mind

Styles: Trumpet Jazz
Year: 1991
File: MP3@320K/s
Time: 60:51
Size: 141,8 MB
Art: Front

(6:34)  1. Flight Of Mind
(9:19)  2. Goodbye
(7:09)  3. Eduard
(4:25)  4. Un Bel Di Vedremo
(8:29)  5. Lament For Booker
(8:52)  6. Torre-Adore
(9:10)  7. Portrait Of Jenny
(6:51)  8. L + M

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://itunes.apple.com/bw/artist/eddie-henderson/id1102634#fullText

Personnel: Eddie Henderson (trumpet); Larry Willis (piano); Ed Howard (bass); Victor Lewis (drums).

Flight Of Mind

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Lee Konitz, Ted Brown - Dig-it

Styles: Saxophone Jazz
Year: 1999
File: MP3@320K/s
Time: 72:47
Size: 166,7 MB
Art: Front

( 8:31)  1. Smog Eyes
( 8:05)  2. Dig-it
( 7:11)  3. 317E. 32nd Street
( 7:15)  4. Dream Stepper
( 4:37)  5. Down The Drain
( 9:41)  6. Hi Beck
( 9:07)  7. Feather Bed
( 6:46)  8. Kary's Trance
(11:30)  9. Subconcious Lee

Lee Konitz and Ted Brown have lived many lives since they played together as students and sidemen of pianist Lennie Tristano more than fifty years ago. Konitz started with Claude Thornhill’s Orchestra before working with Gil Evans and Miles Davis’ Birth of the Cool Nonet. His familiar alto saxophone was featured in what many say was the first recorded free improvisational music. While working in somewhat obscurity, Konitz has managed to record hundreds of records on mostly minor labels. Ted Brown did one better, dropping out of jazz to find a day gig. Both men have made a return to jazz, Brown at the encouragement of his students and Konitz on several critically acclaimed releases notably Alone Together with Charlie Haden and Brad Mehldau. This reunion in a pianoless quartet is all about their mentor, Lennie Tristano. His music (their music) of the 1940/50’s paralleled bebop, but in a complex multi-layered way. Tristano was said to have instructed the two to play “...deliberately uninflected, in a neutral tone, concentrating instead on the solo.” 

This style, reflected on this release, is anything but unemotional. Konitz and Brown’s cool tones create a delicate internal tension that is and was a bridge between Charlie Parker and Ornette Coleman. Can we have more? ~ Mark Corroto https://www.allaboutjazz.com/dig-it-lee-konitz-steeplechase-records-review-by-mark-corroto.php
 

Personnel: Lee Konitz – Saxophone;  Ted Brown – Saxophone;  Rufus Reid – Bass;  Joe Chambers - Drums; Albert Dailey – Piano.

Dig-it

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Bob Baldwin - All In A Days Work

Styles: Jazz Soul, Smooth Jazz
Year: 2005
File: MP3@320K/s
Time: 63:42
Size: 146,5 MB
Art: Front

(6:12)  1. A New York Minute
(4:57)  2. All In A Day's Work
(5:51)  3. Day-O
(5:40)  4. Third Time's The Charm
(6:31)  5. Quirky
(6:38)  6. Can You Feel It?
(5:53)  7. Steamy
(4:54)  8. Sunrise
(1:46)  9. Quality Time
(0:52) 10. Steamy (Interlude)
(5:21) 11. The Very Last Night In Rio
(7:44) 12. Don't Get It Twisted
(1:19) 13. Can You Feel It? (Interlude)

Bob Baldwin's follow-up disc of ""Brazil Chill"" is an album that was recorded in Rio De Janeiro and New York City. Features Dave Mann, Café Da Silva, Barry Danielian, Tonni Smith and featuring Zoiea on Vocals. A must-have for the Baldwin collection. This disc was to be a sequel to ""Brazil Chill"", however the label at the time filed bankruptcy (A440 Records), so Baldwin completed disc on his own. ~ Editorial  Reviews https://www.amazon.com/ALL-DAYS-WORK-BOB-BALDWIN/dp/B005RYF5W2

Personnel: Bob Baldwin (vocals, strings, piano, keyboards, bass instrument, percussion, drum programming); Tonni Smith, Zoiea (vocals); Phil Hamilton (guitars); Ragan Whiteside (flute); Dave Mann (saxophone); Barry Danielian (trumpet); Ronald Jenkins (bass instrument); Dennis Johnson (drums, drum programming); Buddy Williams (drums); Armando Marçal, Cafe De Silva (percussion).

All In A Days Work

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