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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Branford Marsalis - Crazy People Music

Styles: Saxophone Jazz
Year: 1990
File: MP3@320K/s
Time: 64:38
Size: 148,2 MB
Art: Front

( 8:36)  1. Spartacus
(12:49)  2. The Dark Knight
(10:40)  3. Wolverine
( 6:19)  4. Mr. Steepe
(11:11)  5. Rose Petals
( 9:19)  6. Random Abstract(Diddle-It)
( 5:41)  7. The Ballad Of Chet Kincaid

Branford Marsalis (on tenor and soprano) performs four of his originals, Bob Hurst's "The Dark Knight," Keith Jarrett's obscure "Rose Petals" and "The Ballad of Chet Kincaid" (co-written by Bill Cosby and Quincy Jones) on this outing with his 1990 quartet. It's an impressive group that also includes pianist Kenny Kirkland, bassist Hurst and drummer Jeff "Tain" Watts. "Ballad" would catch on to a general audience, but on the others Marsalis is heard throughout in prime form, sounding more original and pushing himself. ~ Scott Yanow http://www.allmusic.com/album/crazy-people-music-mw0000204117

Personnel: Branford Marsalis (soprano saxophone, tenor saxophone); Kenny Kirkland (piano); Jeff "Tain" Watts (drums).

Crazy People Music

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Lavay Smith & Her Red Hot Skillet Lickers - Everybody's Talkin' 'Bout Miss Thing!

Styles: Vocal, Swing, Big Band 
Year: 2000
File: MP3@320K/s
Time: 68:25
Size: 159,7 MB
Art: Front

(6:12)  1. The Busy Woman's Blues
(3:11)  2. Everybody's Talkin' 'Bout Miss Thing
(4:06)  3. Big Fine Daddy
(5:06)  4. Gee Baby, Ain't I Good To You?
(3:46)  5. Now Or Never
(3:41)  6. I've Got A Feelin'
(3:59)  7. Roll The Boogie
(4:10)  8. Honey Pie
(6:10)  9. I Want A Little Boy
(3:25) 10. Blow Me A Fat Note
(5:06) 11. Voo-It
(3:32) 12. He Beeped When He Should Have Bopped
(4:06) 13. Hootie Blues
(5:15) 14. Do You Know What It Means To Miss New Orleans?
(4:11) 15. Sent For You Yesterday
(2:20) 16. Winter Wonderland

If you like swinging big-band blues, this is a no-lose proposition. The eight-member backup outfit consists of jazz veterans who have played with giants like Ella Fitzgerald, Lionel Hampton, and Duke Ellington; lead singer Smith, a kid by comparison, only sounds as if she lived through the big-band era. Half a dozen of the San Francisco group's sparkling originals fit right in with classics first popularized by the likes of Helen Humes, Dizzy Gillespie, Billie Holiday, and Count Basie. The spirited performances benefit from first-rate musicianship, a sense of humor, and the group's refusal to try to update the genre they call home. As they prove on every one of the 16 tracks, this music works just as well today as it did in the '20s, '30s, '40s, and '50s. ~ Jeff Burger http://www.allmusic.com/album/everybodys-talkin-bout-miss-thing-mw0000528428

Personnel: Lavay Smith (vocals); Jules Broussard (alto saxophone, tenor saxophone); Rev. Ron Stallings (tenor saxophone, baritone saxophone); Herman Riley (tenor saxophone); Allen Smith, Bill Ortiz (trumpet); Dan Armstrong, Marty Wehner (trombone); Chris Seibert, Chris Siebert (piano); Sly Randolph, Mark "Anarchy" Lee, Mark Lee (drums); Michael Spiro (congas); Jesús Diaz (bongos).

Everybody's Talkin' 'Bout Miss Thing!

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Kenny Drew - Kenny Drew Trio

Styles: Piano Jazz
Year: 1956
File: MP3@320K/s
Time: 42:25
Size: 97,3 MB
Art: Front

(4:53)  1. Caravan
(6:04)  2. Come Rain or Come Shine
(5:42)  3. Ruby My Dear
(4:03)  4. Weird-O
(4:39)  5. Taking a Chance on Love
(5:14)  6. When You Wish Upon a Star
(5:25)  7. Blues for Nica
(6:22)  8. It's Only a Paper Moon

Kenny Drew, with the assistance of bassist Paul Chambers (whose bowed solos are always welcome) and drummer Philly Joe Jones, explores six standards and two of his originals. Although Drew would have to move to Europe in the early '60s in order to get the recognition he deserved, it is obvious (in hindsight) from this enjoyable date that he was already a major improviser. ~ Scott Yanow http://www.allmusic.com/album/the-kenny-drew-trio-mw0000188071

Kenny Drew Trio: Keny Drew (piano); Paul Chambers (bass); Philly Joe Jones (drums).

Kenny Drew Trio

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Jackie Wilson - The Soul Years 1965-1975

Styles: Vocal, Soul
Year: 1999
File: MP3@320K/s
Time: 48:33
Size: 113,2 MB
Art: Front

(2:23)  1. Whispers (Gettin' Louder)
(2:53)  2. The Fairest Of Them All
(2:25)  3. My Heart Is Calling
(3:00)  4. Who Am I?
(2:46)  5. You Brought About A Change In
(2:45)  6. Since You Showed Me How To Be
(2:58)  7. (Your Love Keeps Lifting Me) H
(2:55)  8. I Get The Sweetest Feeling
(2:53)  9. The Who Who Song
(3:44) 10. What A Lovely Way
(2:55) 11. (I Can Feel These) Vibrations
(2:22) 12. Try It Again
(3:18) 13. Because Of You
(2:43) 14. You Got Me Walking
(2:49) 15. (We Got To Find) The Fountain
(2:36) 16. (My Love Is) Growin' Tall
(2:57) 17. Nobody But You

After ruling the pop and R&B charts in the late '50s and early '60s, Jackie Wilson revived his somewhat dormant career with slick, immaculately sung Chicago-soul productions such as "Whispers (Gettin' Louder)" (1966), "(Your Love Keeps Lifting Me) Higher and Higher" (1967), and "I Get the Sweetest Feeling" (1968). The Soul Years offers these high points along with a stack of entertaining, if slight, tracks covering the period from "Whispers" to the end of Wilson's career in 1975. While not everything here ranks with his greatest work, the disc provides a revealing look at this master vocalist's final decade of recording. ~ Rickey Wright  https://www.amazon.com/Soul-Years-Jackie-Wilson/dp/B00000DI1D

The Soul Years  1965-1975

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Joe Chambers - Horace To Max

Styles: Jazz, Straight-ahead/Mainstream 
Year: 2009
File: MP3@320K/s
Time: 49:52
Size: 114,5 MB
Art: Front

(5:31)  1. Asiatic Raes
(8:08)  2. Ecaroh
(4:07)  3. Man From South Africa
(7:23)  4. Mendacity
(7:19)  5. Portia
(4:57)  6. Water Babies
(5:03)  7. Lonesome Lover
(3:42)  8. Evidence
(3:38)  9. Afreeka

In this follow up to the critically-acclaimed The Outlaw (Savant 2006) recording, Joe Chambers tips his hat to colleagues Horace Silver and Max Roach with Horace To Max, paying tribute to mentor Roach and recognizing Silver as one of the most important composers of the post-bop era of jazz. A highly-regarded session drummer of the '60s appearing on many of Blue Note's greatest jazz recordings, Chambers builds on the foundation of The Outlaw where he was featured prominently on mallet instruments as well as the drums performing here on the vibes and marimba. While featuring standards from Kenny Dorham, Wayne Shorter, Marcus Miller and Thelonious Monk the repertoire includes three charts from Roach and one from Silver covering the the theme of the album. Though technically not truly a "drummers" disc by being overly percussive in nature Chambers delivers his fair share of drum solos and includes Steve Berrios on percussion as part of the personnel. It is Berrios who introduces the opening "Asiatic Raes" on the congas accompanied by the drummer in what is in fact a dicey percussion-driven number. Exhibiting considerable chops on the vibes, Chambers crafts a warm and sensitive rendition of Silver's gorgeous "Ecaroh" featuring tenor saxophonist Eric Alexander and Xavier Davis on piano.

Vocalist Nicole Guiland appears on a couple of pieces beginning with "Mendacity," a tune associated with both Roach and Abbey Lincoln and then again on "Lonesome Lover" featuring a sparkling overdubbed performance on the vibes. Saxophonist Alexander is especially expressive on "Man From South Africa" and demonstrates why he is considered one of the finest reed man in the business with his take of Wayne Shorter's "Water Babies." Pianist Davis sets up Chamber's strong stick work on Monk's classic "Evidence" in a brisk but brief treatment of the standard and ends the album in percussive manner using Berrios on the drums and congas. The finale "Afreeka" enjoys another marked performance on the vibes with more overdubbed work on the marimba as a lasting reminder of this artist's versatility as a musician. 

An unquestioned talent who should not be defined by his mastery of the drums alone, Chambers cements his legacy as one of the most influential musicians of our time with a remarkable multi-instrumental performance on Horace To Max. Using a mainstream approach to an all around contemporary jazz sound, Joe Chambers manages to speak with different voices all saying the same thing: this is superb jazz the kind of music no doubt, Horace Silver and Max Roach would definitely be part of. ~ Edward Blanco https://www.allaboutjazz.com/horace-to-max-joe-chambers-savant-records-review-by-edward-blanco.php

Personnel: Joe Chambers: drums, vibes, marimba; Eric Alexander: tenor saxophone; Xavier Davis: piano; Dwayne Burno: bass; Steve Berrios: percussion, drums; Helen Sung: piano (7); Richie Goode: bass (7); Nicole Guiland: vocals (4, 7).

Horace To Max

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Lauren Henderson - Lauren Henderson

Styles: Vocal Jazz, Latin Jazz

Year: 2011

File: MP3@320K/s

Time: 42:47

Size: 98,4 MB

Art: Front

(3:44)  1. Dindi

(2:52)  2. Skylark

(5:57)  3. More Than You Know

(4:07)  4. Veinte Años

(2:57)  5. I Should Care

(3:12)  6. Do I Love You?

(4:05)  7. Só Tinha De Ser Com Você

(6:13)  8. I Got It Bad (And That Ain't Good)

(3:26)  9. Born to Be Blue

(2:51) 10. Monicas Vals (Waltz For Debby)

(3:19) 11. Taking a Chance On Love

This album is an eclectic mix of jazz and Latin jazz standards. The quartet explores smooth and seductive ballads and bossa novas, as well as swinging and funk influenced tunes. Swedish, Portuguese and Spanish are just a few of the languages featured on the album besides English. Lauren Henderson’s debut album features Sullivan Fortner on piano, Ben Leifer on bass and Jesse Simpson on the drums. They recorded this album at Flux Studios in the Lower East Side of Manhattan in the Summer of 2011. All contemporaries, the four young musicians met on the New York Jazz scene after college and became fast friends. https://www.cdbaby.com/cd/laurenhenderson

Lauren Henderson

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Eddie Henderson Quintet - Manhattan in Blue

Styles: Trumpet Jazz

Year: 1994

File: MP3@320K/s

Time: 63:15

Size: 145,2 MB

Art: Front

(6:57)  1. Surrey with the Fringe on Top

(7:05)  2. I Remember Clifford

(5:58)  3. Jinrikisya

(9:27)  4. Oliloqui Valley

(5:54)  5. When You Wish Upon a Star

(9:14)  6. Phantoms

(5:13)  7. On Green Dolphin Street

(7:32)  8. If One Could Only See

(5:52)  9. Little B's Poem

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 http://www.allmusic.com/artist/eddie-henderson-mn0000169948/biography

Personnel:  Eddie Henderson - trumpet, flugelhorn;  Kevin Hays – piano;  Joe Locke – vibraphone;  Ed Howard – bass;  Lewis Nash – drums;  Grover Washington Jr. - soprano saxophone

Manhattan in Blue

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Jackie Gleason - Lonesome Echo

Styles: Easy Listening
Year: 1955
File: MP3@320K/s
Time: 58:50
Size: 137,1 MB
Art: Front

(3:02)  1. I'm Always Chasing Rainbows
(2:53)  2. Dancing On The Ceiling
(3:25)  3. Darling, Je Vous Aime Beaucoup
(3:45)  4. Speak Low
(2:38)  5. Someday I'll Find You
(2:42)  6. Remember
(3:15)  7. Come Rain Or Come Shine
(3:21)  8. A Garden In The Rain
(3:18)  9. Mad About The Boy
(3:15) 10. The Thrill Is Gone
(3:05) 11. I Wished On The Moon
(3:07) 12. I Still Get A Thrill
(3:20) 13. Deep Purple
(2:58) 14. There Must Be A Way
(3:00) 15. I Don't Know Why (I Just Do)
(3:34) 16. How Deep Is The Ocean?
(2:59) 17. After My Laughter Came Tears
(2:16) 18. Can This Be Love?
(2:48) 19. Down Among The Sheltering Palms

Gleason's 1955 chart-topper Lonesome Echo features more lush interpretations of standards such as "I'm Always Chasing Rainbows," "The Thrill Is Gone," "Deep Purple," and "How Deep Is the Ocean." The album also features striking cover artwork by surrealist master Salvador Dali; Collector's Choice's 2000 reissue also includes three bonus tracks, "After My Laughter Came Tears," "Can This Be Love," and "Down Among the Sheltering Palms." ~ Heather Phares http://www.allmusic.com/album/lonesome-echo-mw0000116396

Lonesome Echo

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