Oliver Nelson - The Argo, Verve And Impulse Big Band Studio Sessions (Disc 4), (Disc 5), (Disc 6)

Album: The Argo, Verve And Impulse Big Band Studio Sessions (Disc 4)
Styles: Saxophone Jazz
Year: 2012
File: MP3@320K/s
Time: 60:28
Size: 140,1 MB
Art: Front

(6:14) 1. Let The Word Go Forth
(2:34) 2. A Genuine Peace
(3:54) 3. The Rights Of All
(3:20) 4. Tolerance
(3:26) 5. The Artists' Rightful Place
(2:12) 6. Jacqueline
(3:37) 7. Day In Dallas
(3:17) 8. John Kennedy Memory Waltz
(2:46) 9. Love Is Just Around The Corner
(2:15) 10. This Is It
(3:09) 11. Memories Of You
(3:48) 12. Pee Wee's Blues
(2:25) 13. The Shadow Of Your Smile
(3:43) 14. Ja-Da
(2:51) 15. A Good Man Is Hard To Find
(2:55) 16. Bopol
(4:16) 17. I'm Coming Virginia
(3:36) 18. Six And Four

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Album: The Argo, Verve And Impulse Big Band Studio Sessions (Disc 5)
Time: 66:40
Size: 154,2 MB

(5:55) 1. Walk On The Wild Side
(3:56) 2. Ol' Man River
(4:25) 3. In A Mellow Tone (Album Version)
(4:13) 4. Step Right Up (Album Version)
(4:46) 5. Hobo Flats
(4:56) 6. Blueberry Hill
(3:31) 7. Walk Right In
(4:24) 8. Trouble In Mind (Album Version)
(6:15) 9. The Preacher (Album Version)
(3:06) 10. Meditation (Album Version)
(4:29) 11. I Can't Stop Loving You
(7:08) 12. Slaughter On Tenth Avenue
(4:29) 13. Who's Afraid Of Virginia Wolff? (Pt. 1)
(5:00) 14. Who's Afraid Of Virginia Wolff? (Pt. 2)

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Album: The Argo, Verve And Impulse Big Band Studio Sessions (Disc 6 )
Time: 76:39
Size: 176,7 MB

(4:08) 1. The Cat The Grandfather
(9:37) 2. Peter's Theme Meal Time
(7:14) 3. Elegy For A Duck
(5:19) 4. Cat In A Tree
(1:13) 5. Capture Of The Wolf
(4:44) 6. Parade Peter Plays Some Blues
(5:27) 7. One Mint Julep
(5:24) 8. Blues And The Abstract Truth
(9:59) 9. Down By The Riverside
(6:45) 10. Night Train
(5:19) 11. 13 (Death March)
(4:08) 12. Milestones
(7:17) 13. 'Round Midnight

Oliver Nelson was one of the more distinctive arrangers to be active in jazz, the studios, and popular music of the '60s. While most Nelson reissues focus on his always-excellent saxophone playing (whether on tenor or alto), this six-CD set, Argo, Verve and Impulse Big Band Studio Sessions, focuses on Oliver Nelson the arranger-composer-bandleader. He does take solos on some of these dates on tenor, alto,and soprano (his only recorded solos on that instrument), but it his writing that takes center stage. Included are his albums Full Nelson, Fantabulous, Jazzhattan Suite (which finds the ensemble called the Jazz Interactions Orchestra), Sound Pieces, and his unusual and reverent tribute set Musical Tribute to JFK: The Kennedy Dream.

In addition, Nelson's writing for Leonard Feather's Encyclopedia of Jazz All Stars is here, plus his contributions (usually just part of each record) for sets by organist Shirley Scott (Roll 'Em), a group co-led by Ray Brown and Milt Jackson, and clarinetist Pee Wee Russell (The Spirit of '67). Topping off this well-conceived box are all of the music for organist Jimmy Smith's Hobo Flats, Peter and the Wolf (a classic jazz version), and Smith's first collaboration with guitarist Wes Montgomery, plus a few numbers from Smith's Bashin', Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf, and Hootchie Coochie Man.

In addition to the playing of Jimmy Smith (who was really at his peak during this period), Wes Montgomery, Shirley Scott, and Pee Wee Russell, the most memorable soloists are altoist Phil Woods, cornetist Nat Adderley (on the Feather date), and flugelhornist Clark Terry plus Nelson himself. There is plenty of classic material here (such as the Smith/Montgomery blues jamming on "Down by the Riverside") which, even when the big-band writing is secondary, serves as a superior tribute to the underrated Oliver Nelson. By Scott Yanow

https://www.allmusic.com/album/the-argo-verve-and-impulse-big-band-studio-sessions-mw0000407387

The Argo, Verve And Impulse Big Band Studio Sessions(Disc 4),(Disc 5), (Disc 6 )

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Ed Cherry - First Take

Bitrate: MP3@320K/s
Time: 66:45
Size: 152.8 MB
Styles: Guitar jazz
Year: 2015
Art: Front

[7:51] 1. Jean-Pauline
[9:18] 2. Little Sunflower
[5:46] 3. Lorenzo's Wings
[6:54] 4. Third Stone From The Sun
[6:09] 5. Serious
[6:10] 6. In A Sentimental Mood
[8:49] 7. Inner Circle
[8:20] 8. Rachel's Step
[7:24] 9. Blues Interrogation

Born in New Haven,Connecticut, Ed moved to New York in 1978 to play guitar with Dizzy Gillespie from 1978 to 1992 performing in Gillespie's quartet, big band and with The United Nation Orchestra which recorded the Grammy Award-winning Live at Royal Festival Hall (Enja). Gillespie died in 1993, and Cherry released his first recording as a leader, 'First Take' (Groovin' High). That same year, Ed recorded with Paquito D'Riveras' small group which recorded "Havana Cafe" (Chesky Records). Ed also worked with composer/saxophonist Henry Threadgill for two years and recorded three cds with Henry's 'Very Very Circus' group.

In 1995, Cherry released his second project as a solo artist, entitled A Second Look (Groovin' High Records). During that same period Ed worked with Hammond organist John Patton recording three critically acclaimed cds with Patton's quartet-'Blue Planet Man','Minor Swing' and 'This ones for Jah'(DIW). From 1997 to 1998, Cherry worked in Roy Hargrove's “Crisol” Latin jazz band, which performed in Havana, Cuba. During this same period, he also worked w/baritone saxophonist, Hamiett Bluiett, recording Bluiett's cd 'With Eyes Wide Open' on Justin-Time records.In 2001, Cherry toured Europe for the first time with his own group. He also released his cd, 'The Spirit Speaks' on the Canadian Justin Time Records label, inspired by the great jazz organist Jimmy Smith with whom he had also recently worked.Ed was asked to perform at the 'Vodaphone Madarao Jazz festival'in 2002 in Madarao Japan with his quartet featuring trumpeter Jon Faddis.

More recently , Ed toured with the great Hammond organist Dr. Lonnie Smith, recording one critically acclaimed cd, 'In The Beginning' on Pilgrimage Records in 2012. Currently Ed has a brand new second recording released on Posi-Tone Records. ('It's All Good' his first release in 2012 for Posi-Tone stayed in the JazzWeek charts for 3 months) his second recording for the label is titled "Soul Tree" ( release date February 19 2016 ) featuring Kyle Koehler on Hammond B3 organ and drummer Anwar Marshall. As of this pre release date, it's already gathering rave reviews. Ed continues to work nationally and internationally ; concerts, workshops, jazz clubs.

First Take

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Eric Reed Trio - Blue Monk

Styles: Piano Jazz
Year: 2017
File: MP3@320K/s
Time: 57:44
Size: 132,7 MB
Art: Front

(9:23)  1. Blue Monk
(4:30)  2. Am I Blue?
(4:34)  3. Blue Daniel
(4:54)  4. Blue Rose
(5:33)  5. Born to Be Blue
(7:20)  6. Black and Blue
(4:28)  7. Very Near Blue
(3:35)  8. Wild Man Blues
(4:57)  9. Blue and Green
(3:35) 10. Blue Chopsticks
(4:51) 11. Light Blue

Pianist Eric Reed is one of a large number of talented musicians who emerged from Wynton Marsalis' bands to pursue a rewarding solo career in his own right. Born in Philadelphia in 1970, Reed's first exposure to music came through his father, a minister and local gospel singer; he began playing piano at age two and soon discovered jazz, quickly developing into a musical prodigy. He entered music school at age seven, and resisted classical training in favor of jazz, inspired early on by Dave Brubeck, Ramsey Lewis, Art Blakey, and Horace Silver. Four years later, he moved with his family to Los Angeles, where he digested enough jazz history that he was able to begin playing around the city's jazz scene as a teenager, both as a leader and a sideman for the likes of Gerald Wilson, Teddy Edwards, John Clayton, and Clora Bryant. He first met Wynton Marsalis at age 17, and toured briefly with the trumpeter the following year (his first and only at Cal State-Northridge). In 1989, Reed officially joined Marsalis' band as the replacement for Marcus Roberts; the following year, he issued his debut album as a leader, A Soldier's Hymn, on Candid, with backing by his regular trio of bassist Dwayne Burno and drummer Gregory Hutchinson. In 1991 and 1992, Reed worked with Freddie Hubbard and Joe Henderson as a sideman, returning to Marsalis' group by the end of 1992. He cut a pair of well-received albums for MoJazz, It's All Right to Swing and The Swing and I, in 1993 and 1994, and in 1995 embarked on his first tour as leader of his own group. Two more dates for Impulse!, 1996's Musicale and 1997's Pure Imagination, found his style maturing and his critical and commercial success growing; he also spent 1996-1998 playing with the Lincoln Center Jazz Orchestra. 1999's Manhattan Melodies, his first outing for Verve, was a colorful and sophisticated tribute to New York City; that year, he also undertook the most prominent of several film-scoring projects, the Eddie Murphy/Martin Lawrence comedy Life. Reed also continued to record with Marsalis up into the new millennium. 2001 brought the acclaimed Happiness on Nagel-Heyer, and the next year saw two releases, the well-received From My Heart and a duet album with frequent cohort Wycliffe Gordon on trombone, We. He recorded and played frequently during subsequent years, including a second volume with Gordon (We, Vol. 2) and several sessions for Savant. In 2009, Reed released the gospel-inspired Stand! and returned the following year with Plenty Swing, Plenty Soul, a duet album with Cyrus Chestnut. Beginning with 2011's The Dancing Monk, Reed embarked on an ongoing recording project of Thelonious Monk's music; a theme he revisited on 2012's Baddest Monk and 2014's The Adventurous Monk. ~ Steve Huey https://www.allmusic.com/artist/eric-reed-mn0000799352/biography

Personnel:  Eric Reed – piano; Ron Carter – bass; Car Allen – drums

Blue Monk

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Gunhild Carling Big Band - Magic Swing!

Styles: Vocal, Swing
Year: 2007
File: MP3@320K/s
Time: 44:51
Size: 104,6 MB
Art: Front

(3:25) 1. Seventh Blues
(2:22) 2. Magic Swing
(4:11) 3. Memories
(2:54) 4. Jungle Log
(5:08) 5. Hindustan
(2:41) 6. After You've Gone
(2:45) 7. Diggeridoo
(3:15) 8. You Are My World
(3:15) 9. Some Day
(3:44) 10. Obelisk
(3:02) 11. Perdido
(1:56) 12. Chinatown
(2:54) 13. Ko Ko
(3:13) 14. Over the Rainbow

If Tommy Dorsey and Madonna had a baby, that child might very well grow up to be Gunhild Carling.

Ms. Carling, who will play the Key West Theater on Feb. 19, is known as Sweden’s Queen of Swing. She has made an international name for herself by performing jazz, swing and Big Band versions of contemporary songs such as Madonna’s “Material Girl,” Rick Astley’s “Never Gonna Give You Up” and Pharrell Williams’ “Happy,” to name a few. She attributes this sound to Postmodern Jukebox, a rotating musical collective founded by arranger and pianist Scott Bradlee. PMJ is known for reworking popular modern music into various musical genres, especially swing and jazz.

“People have been calling me the Queen of Swing for a long while,” Ms. Carling said by phone. “That and the Jazz Queen of Sweden. It started years ago and I’m happy to say it stuck.”

She’s a musical prodigy to be sure, proficient on the trombone, bagpipes, trumpet, recorder and stringed instruments such as the banjo, ukulele and harp often showcasing all of her skills in a single song while occasionally breaking into a tap dance or singing. And all with no formal training.

“I haven’t ever been to a music teacher,” Ms. Carling said. “That’s because I come from a family that plays music. I grew up outside of Malmö in the south of Sweden. Our house was always so full of variety circus, acting, dance, vaudeville and novelty. I just picked up instruments from when I was very young and played them. I started with the drums, then the recorder, trombone and trumpet. Then I started tap dancing and after that harmonica and bagpipe. Later, I began composing music.”

She said her greatest influences come from early jazz, particularly the New Orleans period, and the works of Louis Armstrong, Freddy Keppard, Jelly Roll Morton, Bix Beiderbecke and Billy Holliday. Her favorite instrument, however, is the trombone and she can play it in the style of all the jazz greats Tommy Dorsey, Jack Teagarden, Glenn Miller, Trummy Young, you name it.

“The trombone is very jazzy,” Ms. Carling said. “It’s very smooth and beautiful and lyrical, but it’s also very rough and bouncy. You can create so many really cool sounds with the trombone.”

She said her dream was always to come to America and tour the whole country, which she did, settling in San Francisco in 2019 with her husband and two children all of whom are also excellent musicians and frequently perform with her.

“I always perform with a band, depending on where I’m playing,” Ms. Carling said. “Sometimes it’s a combo, sometimes a full orchestra. When I come to Key West on Feb. 19, I’ll have my jazz band clarinet, trumpet, trombone and piano.”

Selected songs that night, she said, will include “Dream a Little Dream of Me,” “Bourbon Street Parade,” “Tiger Rag” and a mix of blues, jazz and swing from the Great American Songbook along with some original material of her own, possibly from her 2021 album, “Good Evening Cats.”

“And my family will perform with me that night,” Ms. Carling said. “My daughter plays trombone, saxophone, sings and dances. My son plays drums and my husband plays banjo and guitar.”

She added the best way to describe one of her concerts is it’s like attending a high-spirited party out of “The Great Gatsby,” with some New Orleans Mardi Gras thrown in for good measure.

“It will be something unexpected and unique, with great fun and a lot of energy,” Ms. Carling said. “You’ll hear some beautiful melodies and have a really enjoyable time. Plus, I have some of my own tricks. I play three trumpets at once, as well as bagpipes and about ten other instruments.”By Steven J.Smith
https://keywest.floridaweekly.com/articles/38967/

Magic Swing!

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Mike Westbrook - After Abbey Road: Celebrating the 50th Anniversary of The Beatles' Classic (Live)

Styles: Contemporary Jazz
Year: 2019
File: MP3@320K/s
Time: 93:59
Size: 216,8 MB
Art: Front

( 5:28) 1. Come Together
( 8:05) 2. Something
( 3:34) 3. Maxwell's Silver Hammer
( 4:47) 4. Oh! Darling
( 3:55) 5. Octopus's Garden
( 9:39) 6. I Want You (She's So Heavy)
(15:41) 7. Here Comes the Sun
(13:26) 8. Because
( 6:52) 9. You Never Give Me Your Money
( 2:43) 10. Sun King
( 2:04) 11. Mean Mister Mustard
( 1:42) 12. Polythene Pam
( 2:36) 13. She Came in Through the Bathroom Window
( 3:49) 14. Golden Slumbers
( 2:37) 15. Carry That Weight
( 1:34) 16. The End
( 5:23) 17. She Loves You

This is a weird record, to say the least. Pianist Mike Westbrook and his English avant-garde octet remade the Beatles' entire Abbey Road record with unusual interpretations of each of the titles. The instrumental segments work best (Peter Whyman and Alan Wakeman are fine on reeds) but the overly pompous vocals of Phil Minton and Kate Westbrook, which lack the Beatles' humor, largely sink this strange outing. An interesting idea but the results are uncomfortable and not too appealing. by Scott Yanow
https://www.allmusic.com/album/off-abbey-road-mw0000315499

Personnel: Kate Westbrook, John Winfield (voices); Peter Whyman, Alan Wakeman (saxophones); Brian Godding (guitar) Andy Grappy (tuba) Peter Fairclough (drums); Mike Westbrook (piano)

After Abbey Road: Celebrating the 50th Anniversary of The Beatles' Classic (Live)

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Ali Ryerson - Portraits in Silver

Styles: Flute Jazz
Year: 1995
File: MP3@320K/s
Time: 58:36
Size: 135,6 MB
Art: Front

(6:02) 1. Windows
(5:19) 2. Beatrice
(6:00) 3. Ausência
(4:16) 4. Shadowlight
(4:51) 5. Beautiful Love
(6:53) 6. Zingaro
(5:55) 7. Very Early
(6:53) 8. Jardin de la Paresse
(6:40) 9. Lament
(5:41) 10. The Summer Knows

A pleasant recording from this fine flutist, Portraits in Silver finds Ms. Ryerson playing several pieces which have had other flute interpretations. Her classically trained tone is clear and shimmering. With a sympathetic supporting cast, she mines new gold from the material, creating warm, beautiful, relaxing music. By Jim Newsom
https://www.allmusic.com/album/release/portraits-in-silver-mr0001444483

Personnel: Ali Ryerson, flute, alto flute; Kenny Werner, piano; Dennis Irwin, bass; Danny Gottlieb, drums, percussion

Portraits in Silver

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Oliver Nelson - Meet Oliver Nelson / Main Stem

Bitrate: MP3@320K/s

Time: 72:25

Size: 165.8 MB

Styles: Saxophone jazz

Year: 2012

Art: Front

[7:02] 1. Jams And Jellies

[6:51] 2. Passion Flower

[3:44] 3. Don't Stand Up

[5:30] 4. Ostinato

[6:52] 5. What's New

[6:34] 6. Booze Blues Baby

[6:50] 7. Main Stem

[5:50] 8. J & B

[4:33] 9. Ho!

[6:11] 10. Latino

[5:18] 11. Tipsy

[7:03] 12. Tangerine

Kenny Dorham, Joe Newman (tp), Oliver Nelson (ts), Ray Bryant, Hank Jones (p), Wendell Marshall, George Duvivier (b), Charlie Persip, Art Taylor (d).

”Meet Oliver Nelson” marked the leader recording debut of a considerable talent in tenor saxophonist Oliver Nelson (1932-1975). He was to win even greater acclaim later as a composer and arranger, but at 27 he was already a vastly experienced performer and a notably imaginative soloist, affectingly sensitive on ballads like Passion Flower and What’s New, with a voluminous sound, full and fiery, on more driving material.

For his debut he had simpatico company in trumpeter Kenny Dorham, so lyrical on Booze Baby Blues, and a shrewdly chosen rhythm section in pianist Ray Bryant, bassist Wendell Marshall and drummer Art Taylor. It was a noteworthy beginning.

Recorded almost two years later, “Main Stem” was much more like a typical Prestige blowing session of the time, heavily dependant on the wit and invention of the participants. Fortunately, Nelson again chose his colleagues well. Trumpeter Joe Newman is particularly good and pianist Hank Jones is his usual lucidly impeccable self in a swinging rhythm section with bassist George Duvivier and drummer Charlie Persip, while the leader, on both alto and tenor, produces an abundance of melodic, well-constructed solos over a satisfying session.

Meet Oliver Nelson/Main Stem  

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Tom Harrell - Oak Tree

Styles: Trumpet Jazz
Year: 2022
File: MP3@320K/s
Time: 56:50
Size: 130,8 MB
Art: Front

(4:59) 1. Evoorg
(5:06) 2. Fivin'
(3:34) 3. Oak Tree
(3:48) 4. Tribute
(5:21) 5. Zatoichi
(5:05) 6. Sun Up
(4:29) 7. Improv
(5:22) 8. Shadows
(5:24) 9. Archaeopteryx
(7:01) 10. Robot Etude
(6:35) 11. Love Tide

Would it be overpraising Tom Harrell to describe his long recording career as practically peerless? Album after album, sometimes year after year, the Midwest-bred trumpet and flugelhorn virtuoso leading quartets, quintets, and sometimes even chamber orchestras has continued to release surprising new music. At 76, he’s still unearthing fresh sounds while digging deep into the jazz tradition, simultaneously referencing the brass players and bandleaders who preceded him and pointing to something new.

Oak Tree is yet another keeper. Joined by longtime bandmates Ugonna Okegwo on bass and Adam Cruz on drums, plus Venezuelan-born pianist Luis Perdomo, a relatively recent addition to his lineups, Harrell again offers a set of appealing, sometimes quirky originals. For opening track “Evoorg” (spell it backwards), he provides a master lesson in solo construction: Deploying a reassuringly warm trumpet tone, he alternates between melodic passages and waterfalling sprays of long phrases. He sometimes incorporates repetition, playing a string of similar phrases, each one configured slightly differently.

Harrell subtly nods to various influences. “Fivin’” has the leader mostly hitting the same note, playing the start-stop melody as the rhythm section shifts chords around him; it hints at Monk’s “Think of One,” combined with some ’70s electric-jazz flavors courtesy of Perdomo’s work on Rhodes. Tadd Dameron-style bop helps define “Improv,” with its deeply swinging groove fueling some of the album’s most inspired solos. “Archaeopteryx,” from its title to its high-flying improvisations, points to Charlie Parker.

The album ventures into varied stylistic terrain too. The aptly titled “Sun Up,” by rights the jazz anthem of the summer, is shaded in tropical colors, particularly reggae-tinted rhythms, and Okegwo sneaks in a sly quote of “Take Five.” And “Zatoichi,” named for the blind swordsman of Japanese pop culture, touches on free-jazz terrain. Like nearly everything else here, it slays. By Philip Booth
https://jazztimes.com/reviews/albums/tom-harrell-oak-tree/

Personnel: Tom Harrell: trumpet & flugelhorn; Luis Perdomo: piano & Fender Rhodes; Ugonna Okegwo: bass; Adam Cruz: drums

Oak Tree

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Oliver Nelson - The Argo, Verve And Impulse Big Band Studio Sessions (Discs 1, 2 & 3 of 6-Disc Set)

Oliver Nelson was one of the more distinctive arrangers to be active in jazz, the studios, and popular music of the '60s. While most Nelson reissues focus on his always-excellent saxophone playing (whether on tenor or alto), this six-CD set, Argo, Verve and Impulse Big Band Studio Sessions, focuses on Oliver Nelson the arranger-composer-bandleader. He does take solos on some of these dates on tenor, alto,and soprano (his only recorded solos on that instrument), but it his writing that takes center stage. Included are his albums Full Nelson, Fantabulous, Jazzhattan Suite (which finds the ensemble called the Jazz Interactions Orchestra), Sound Pieces, and his unusual and reverent tribute set Musical Tribute to JFK: The Kennedy Dream. In addition, Nelson's writing for Leonard Feather's Encyclopedia of Jazz All Stars is here, plus his contributions (usually just part of each record) for sets by organist Shirley Scott (Roll 'Em), a group co-led by Ray Brown and Milt Jackson, and clarinetist Pee Wee Russell (The Spirit of '67). Topping off this well-conceived box are all of the music for organist Jimmy Smith's Hobo Flats, Peter and the Wolf (a classic jazz version), and Smith's first collaboration with guitarist Wes Montgomery, plus a few numbers from Smith's Bashin', Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf, and Hootchie Coochie Man. In addition to the playing of Jimmy Smith (who was really at his peak during this period), Wes Montgomery, Shirley Scott, and Pee Wee Russell, the most memorable soloists are altoist Phil Woods, cornetist Nat Adderley (on the Feather date), and flugelhornist Clark Terry plus Nelson himself. There is plenty of classic material here (such as the Smith/Montgomery blues jamming on "Down by the Riverside") which, even when the big-band writing is secondary, serves as a superior tribute to the underrated Oliver Nelson. ~Scott Yanow

Album: The Argo, Verve And Impulse Big Band Studio Sessions (Disc 1)

Bitrate: MP3@320K/s

Time: 74:46

Size: 171.2 MB

Styles: Saxophone jazz

Year: 2012

[2:45] 1. Full Nelson

[1:51] 2. Skokiaan

[4:08] 3. Miss Fine

[3:04] 4. Majorca

[4:52] 5. Cool

[3:29] 6. Back Woods

[3:53] 7. Lila's Theme

[2:33] 8. Ballad For Benny

[2:48] 9. Hoe Down

[2:54] 10. Paris Blues

[3:48] 11. What Kind Of Fool Am I

[4:28] 12. You Love But Once

[4:09] 13. Teenie's Blues

[5:27] 14. Daylie's Double

[3:44] 15. A Bientot

[3:21] 16. Three Plus One

[5:25] 17. Hobo Flats

[3:57] 18. Daylie's Double

[4:04] 19. Teenie's Blues

[3:58] 20. Laz-Ie Kate

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Album: The Argo, Verve And Impulse Big Band Studio Sessions (Disc 2)

Bitrate: MP3@320K/s

Time: 65:43

Size: 150.4 MB

Styles: Saxophone jazz

Year: 2012

[6:08] 1. St. Louis Blues

[6:25] 2. I Remember Bird

[2:31] 3. Ricardo's Dilemma

[3:11] 4. Patterns For Orchestra

[6:28] 5. The Sidewalks Of New York

[2:26] 6. Greensleeves

[3:20] 7. John Brown's Blues

[3:04] 8. Twelve Tone Blues

[4:42] 9. A Typical Day In New York

[4:10] 10. The East Side The West Side

[6:36] 11. 125th And Seventh Avenue

[3:07] 12. Penthouse Dawn

[5:23] 13. One For Duke

[8:06] 14. Complex City

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Album: The Argo, Verve And Impulse Big Band Studio Sessions (Disc 3)

Bitrate: MP3@320K/s

Time: 53:29

Size: 122.5 MB

Styles: Saxophone jazz

Year: 2012

[4:05] 1. Roll 'em

[3:43] 2. For Dancers Only

[2:49] 3. Sophisticated Swing

[3:52] 4. Sometimes I'm Happy

[5:30] 5. Lined With A Groove

[4:49] 6. Lazy Theme

[5:12] 7. Now Hear My Meaning

[6:01] 8. In A Crowd

[9:41] 9. Sound Piece For Jazz Orchestra

[2:46] 10. Flute Salad

[4:56] 11. The Lady From Girl Talk

The Argo, Verve And Impulse Big Band Studio Sessions (Disc 1, 2, 3) 

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Sonny Stitt - Jazz At The Hi-Hat (Volume One)

Styles: Saxophone Jazz
Year: 1954
File: MP3@320K/s
Time: 59:35
Size: 141,1 MB
Art: Front

( 3:45)  1. Blue And Sentimental
( 7:20)  2. Thou Swell
( 4:30)  3. Every Tub
( 7:06)  4. Pennies From Heaven
( 3:52)  5. Sweet Georgia Brown
( 2:36)  6. I'm In The Mood For Love
(11:22)  7. Tri-Horn Blues
( 4:42)  8. If I Should Lose You
( 5:09)  9. Indiana
( 2:51) 10. Wigwam
( 3:19) 11. My Melancholy Baby
( 2:58) 12. Flyin' Home

Sonny Stitt is in excellent form on At the Hi-Hat. Recorded live at a Boston club, Stitt uses a local rhythm section (pianist Dean Earl, bassist Bernie Griggs, and drummer Marquis Foster) as he jams on a variety of standards. Stitt mostly switches between alto and tenor, but on "Tri-Horn Blues," he takes solos not only on both of those saxes, but also on his rarely heard baritone. Overall, this LP gives you a good all-around sampling of early Sonny Stitt. ~ Scott Yanow http://www.allmusic.com/album/at-the-hi-hat-mw0000093336

Personnel:  Alto Saxophone, Tenor Saxophone, Baritone Saxophone – Sonny Stitt;  Bass – Bernie Griggs;  Drums – Marquis Foster;  Piano – Dean Earl

Jazz At The Hi-Hat (Volume One)

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Gene Segal - Spiral

Styles: Guitar Jazz
Year: 2017
File: MP3@320K/s
Time: 59:31
Size: 137,2 MB
Art: Front

(6:14)  1. Spiral
(5:39)  2. Creeper
(7:50)  3. Two Sides to Every Story
(5:46)  4. Us
(6:14)  5. Dharma
(6:11)  6. Hidden Place
(5:52)  7. Sunken Treasure
(4:41)  8. Into Night
(4:27)  9. Blues Out
(6:33) 10. Soulstice

Guitarist/composer Gene Segal is rapidly becoming a stalwart regular player of SteepleChase Lookout with this his 3rd album, for which Gene assembles an organ trio. With his unpredictable, open, unconventional style still intact Segal applies a mini paradigm shift to straighter jazz and reveals a new dimension.

Personnel:  Gene Segal guitar;  Brian Charette Hammond B3 organ; Bruce Cox drums

Spiral

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Barry Harris, Muhal Richard Abrams - Interpretations of Monk

Album: Interpretations of Monk Disc 1
Styles: Piano Jazz
Year: 1981
File: MP3@320K/s
Time: 50:22
Size: 115,6 MB
Art: Front

( 0:41) 1. Announcement by Verna Gillis
( 6:39) 2. Introduction by Nat Hentoff
( 3:39) 3. Crepuscule with Nellie
( 8:25) 4. I Mean You
( 8:02) 5. Ask Me Now
( 3:41) 6. Gallop's Gallop
( 7:32) 7. Blue Monk
(10:16) 8. Four in One
( 1:23) 9. Poetry by Amiri Baraka

Three and a half months before Thelonious Monk died, two memorable tribute concerts took place at Columbia University. The lineup of musicians was perfect: soprano saxophonist Steve Lacy (long an expert on Monk's music), Thelonious' longtime tenor saxophonist Charlie Rouse, trombonist Roswell Rudd, trumpeter Don Cherry, bassist Richard Davis, either Ben Riley or Ed Blackwell on drums, and four different pianists. This legendary event was fortunately recorded, and the afternoon concert has been released in full on this 1997 double-CD set. Pianist Muhal Richard Abrams is on the first CD, while Barry Harris takes his place on the second half. Both of the pianists have a brief solo piece as a feature; Lacy takes "Gallop's Gallop" unaccompanied, and the full group jams on 11 of Monk's more difficult pieces. The unique opportunity to hear this combination of musicians and the many inspired moments make the double CD a highly recommended acquisition for anyone interested in the music of Thelonious Monk.~Scott Yanow https://www.allmusic.com/album/interpretations-of-monk-vol-1-mw0000035894

Personnel: Piano – Barry Harris , Muhal Richard Abrams; Bass – Richard Davis ; Drums – Ben Riley, Ed Blackwell ; Soprano Saxophone – Steve Lacy; Tenor Saxophone – ; Trombone – Roswell Rudd; Trumpet – Don Cherry

Interpretations of Monk Disc.1

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