Oscar Castro-Neves - All One

Bitrate: MP3@320K/s
Time: 63:07
Size: 144.5 MB
Styles: Bossa Nova, Brazilian jazz
Year: 2006
Art: Front

[4:51] 1. Double Rainbow
[4:49] 2. All One
[4:10] 3. Kurski Funk
[4:47] 4. Morrer De Amore (I Live To Love You)
[5:18] 5. Holding With An Open Hand
[2:46] 6. Não Me Diga Adeus
[4:41] 7. Naima
[4:42] 8. Historia De Un Amor
[4:53] 9. 'round Midnight
[5:23] 10. The Very Thought Of You
[5:05] 11. More Than Yesterday
[2:47] 12. There Will Never Be Another You
[4:36] 13. Prelude Op. 28, No. 20
[4:16] 14. One Bad Habit

Acoustic Bass – Brian Bromberg; Backing Vocals – Isela Sotelo, Kenny O'Brien, Luis Chaparro, Paulina Aguirre; Drums – Alex Acuña, Mike Shapiro; Flute, Clarinet, Saxophone [Soprano, Tenor], Bass Clarinet – Gary Meek; Percussion – Kevin Richard; Piano, Electric Piano [Fender Rhodes], Clavinet – Don Grusin; Violin, Viola – Charlie Bisharat; Vocals, Guitar, Keyboards, Arranged By – Oscar Castro-Neves.

Oscar Castro-Neves has been one of the most important Brazilian musicians on the jazz scene for some time. His skills as a guitarist, vocalist, composer, and arranger are all on display in this release. Starting with a swinging instrumental setting of Antonio Carlos Jobim's "Double Rainbow," which incorporates Charlie Bisharat's Gypsy-like violin, Gary Meek's multiple reeds, and pianist Don Grusin, Castro-Neves signals that this is not going to be a predictable release. His compositions include the funky, strutting "All One" and the infectious "Holding with an Open Hand." The surprising rendition of "'Round Midnight" begins dramatically, then suddenly turns into a lively upbeat bossa nova. Equally compelling are his arrangements of standards like "The Very Thought of You" and "There Will Never Be Another You," both of which feature his warm, friendly vocals. The only disappointment is the inclusion of smooth jazzer Michael Franks' lightweight, monotonous "One Bad Habit" to close an otherwise flawless CD.By Ken Dryden

All One

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Ray Vega & Thomas Marriott - East-West Trumpet Summit

Styles: Trumpet Jazz
Year: 2010
File: MP3@320K/s
Time: 49:53
Size: 136,5 MB
Art: Front

(7:39)  1. It's You or No One
(6:22)  2. Juicy Lucy
(5:27)  3. Pelham Gardens
(6:20)  4. Bishop Island
(6:08)  5. Only of a Season
(4:49)  6. It's A New York Thing
(5:54)  7. Round Midnight / In A Sentimental Mood
(7:12)  8. Big Brother

Working the two coasts of jazz theory together, but using the Northwest as representative of modern West Coast jazz rather than the L.A. area, trumpeters Ray Vega and Thomas Marriott combine their formidable powers for good in a massive set. The two trumpeters have played together over the years, and have become stalwarts of the local scenes in their respective cities (Marriott winning numerous awards and recording numerous exceptional albums in Seattle, Vega in New York). Here, they trade riffs and solos, follow paired melodic lines, and explore both energetic urban forms and more pastoral compositions. The album opens with Sammy Cahn's "It's You or No One," which makes a good first showing of the two styles and also introduces pianist Travis Shook and a hidden propensity to invoke Bud Powell as he courses through a massive solo. Horace Silver's "Juicy Lucy" uses the trumpets in tandem in a relaxed form reminiscent of some of the Dizzy Gillespie/Sonny Stitt sessions.

A couple of compositions from Marriott show off both urban energy (in a musical ode to New York in "Pelham Gardens") and contemplative balladry (in a musical ode to Seattle's Lake Washington in "Bishop Island"). Both provide excellent showcases of the trumpets, and Jeff Johnson's bass solo in "Bishop Island" additionally shows off some excellence. Vega's compositions take the opposite approach, building from a more pensive "Only of a Season" to the nearly hyperactive "It's a New York Thing," showing off some blazing horn techniques along the way. A medley of ballads lets both of the players show off their softer side, and the album finishes on Marriott's tribute to Vega. Musical summits rarely turn out as perfectly as one would hope, given the egos and/or deference of players to one another. This one lets both players respect one another, work together, and show off their own styles all at once. And it's all excellent.By Adam Greenberg
https://www.allmusic.com/album/east-west-trumpet-summit-mw0001991574

Personnel: Ray Vega (trumpet); Thomas Marriott (trumpet); Travis Shook (piano); Matt Jorgensen (drums).

East-West Trumpet Summit

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Joe Lovano, Marilyn Crispell, Carmen Castaldi - Our Daily Bread

Styles: Saxophone Jazz
Year: 2023
File: MP3@320K/s
Time: 40:52
Size: 94,4 MB
Art: Front

(4:36) 1. All Twelve
(8:42) 2. Grace Notes
(3:44) 3. Le petit opportun
(6:34) 4. Our Daily Bread
(2:31) 5. One for Charlie
(4:41) 6. The Power of Three
(5:50) 7. Rhythm Spirit
(4:09) 8. Crystal Ball

Joe Lovano's 3rd album Trio Tapestry finds the group extending its spacious and lyrical approach with deep listening and intense focus. Marilyn Crispell is the optimal pianist for this music, orchestrating it as it unfolds with a sensibility attuned to both contemporary chamber music and post-Coltrane improvising. Drummer Carmen Castaldi, a Lovano associate since teenage years, embellishes the music with his own poetic touch on cymbals and, like Joe, draws blossoming resonances from gongs.By Editorial Reviews
https://www.amazon.com/Lovano-Marilyn-Crispell-Carmen-Castaldi/dp/B0BXT2NYPW

Personnel: Drums, Gong, Temple Bells – Carmen Castaldi; Piano – Marilyn Crispell; Tenor Saxophone, Tárogató [Tarogato], Gong [Gongs] – Joe Lovano

Our Daily Bread

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Caterina Valente, Catherine Michel - Girltalk

Styles: Vocal
Year: 2021
File: MP3@320K/s
Time: 53:03
Size: 121,7 MB
Art: Front

(4:05) 1. Chiquilin De Bachin
(3:01) 2. Martina (Les Enfants Qui Pleurent)
(3:35) 3. And So It Goes
(5:00) 4. Gigi
(3:20) 5. Prelude No. 3
(4:27) 6. With a Song in My Heart
(4:40) 7. Andantino (Sonata in C Minor) / The Most Beautiful Sea
(3:53) 8. The Way We Were
(3:47) 9. All of a Sudden My Heart Sings
(2:44) 10. Tout Ça (Count Every Star)
(3:34) 11. Eu Não Existe
(5:22) 12. Bolero
(2:42) 13. Papa N'as Pas Voulu
(2:46) 14. Quién Será

This isn't a jazz album and even though it was released by a top jazz label and Nagel-Heyer doesn't claim that it is. Remember Caterina Valente who more than 45 years ago swept America with such pop hits as "I Love Paris" and one of the most exciting vocal versions of "Maleguena" ever. In the year 2000, she joined a major classical harpist Catherine Michel for a program of Latin and European songs, American standards and classical music.

Fluent in 12 languages, she recites, rather than sings, in English, Italian and French a dramatic "Sonata in C Minor (The Most Beautiful Sea) " with some of the loveliest harp playing on the CD. But not is all serious and somber. Once more in French, there's the cute, perky "Papa N'as Pas Voulu" which seques into a swinging blues. To show that she has lost little of her power and none of her phrasing and still keeps the pitch, Valente does "With a Song in My Heart" A Capella, singing a duet with herself.

Each line of lyrics is followed by the same line done scat. Very effective. On some tracks, Valente's voice becomes another instrument complimenting Michel's harp with her wordless vocalizing, sometimes dubbed in as background vocals. This technique culminates in an exciting interpretation of Maurice Ravel's "Bolero", as the tension builds from the familiar soft beginning culminating at the end in a crescendo of voice and harp that become one at the end of this classical gem.

As stated at the outset, not jazz at all. But for those who appreciate performances by consummate artists, this album will be one of the best you purchase all year. Recommended. By Dave Nathan
https://www.allaboutjazz.com/girltalk-caterina-valente-review-by-dave-nathan

Personnel: Caterina Valente - Vocals/Guitar/Percussion; Catherine Michel - Harp

Girltalk

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Sergio Mendes - Pure Bossa Nova

Styles: Bossa Nova
Year: 2006
File: MP3@320K/s
Time: 44:05
Size: 101,0 MB
Art: Front

(2:24) 1. Ela é Carioca
(3:10) 2. Só Tinha de Ser Com Você
(3:08) 3. Sò danço samba
(4:07) 4. Corcovado
(3:45) 5. Batida Diferente [Album Version]
(2:21) 6. Nanà
(3:24) 7. Inútil Paisagem
(2:53) 8. O Amor Em Paz
(2:10) 9. Tristeza De Nos Dois
(2:19) 10. Noa... Noa...
(3:17) 11. Consolaçao
(3:18) 12. Desafinado
(2:23) 13. Outra Vez
(5:19) 14. O Morro Não Tem Vez

Yet another compilation to add to the many that already exist, Pure Bossa Nova is a collection of some of pianist, arranger, and composer Sergio Mendes' greatest hits from the mid-'60s, when he was most popular.

Culled from work with his trio, his eponymous group, and full band Bossa Rio, label Planet Rhythm includes 14 songs from Mendes' extensive catalog on the album and manages to, thankfully, leave out what is practically an easy listening anthem, "The Girl from Ipanema." Some arrangements are more inspired by jazz ("Ela é Carioca," "O Amor Em Paz," "Batida Diferente") and others by samba ("Tristeza de Nós Dios," "Só Danço Samba"), but all are pure Mendes and, well, as the title of the album states, pure bossa nova.

And while Mendes is generally classified as light or easy jazz, the songs aren't campy or saccharine like many other things in those categories. It may not be difficult music, but that doesn't mean it's not complex. The drums are always moving, there's a lot of improvisation, and plenty of great musicianship. For already stalwart fans of Mendes, this record doesn't bring anything new to a collection, but for those who want to explore one of the great composers and performers of the genre, Pure Bossa Nova is a perfect place to start. By Marisa Brown
https://www.allmusic.com/album/release/pure-bossa-nova-mr0001437483

Pure Bossa Nova

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Various Artists - Groove Jazz: Jazz Vibes That Make You Shake Your Hips and Dance

Styles: Jazz Funk
Year: 2023
File: MP3@320K/s
Time: 131:41
Size: 303,4 MB
Art: Front

1. Joki Freund Sextett - Killer Joe (5:30)
2. Klaus Göbel Group - Wrappin' It Up (5:53)
3. Reuben Hoch - The Guys Back Home (5:08)
4. United Colors Of Jazz - Get Up! (5:25)
5. Charlie Mariano - Gregor Josephs Quartet - Stachel (4:39)
6. Peter Linhart Group - Hip Hop Otamus (6:17)
7. Super Trio - Brotherhood of Man (4:26)
8. Charly Antolini - Soon (5:03)
9. Archie Shepp - Down Home In New York (7:49)
10. Christoph Spendel Group - Downtown (4:34)
11. Thea Florea Quartett - Colourful Noon (6:49)
12. Max Clouth Clan - Surrender to What Is (3:26)
13. Axel Fischbacher Quartett - Kalsoum (4:48)
14. Maurice Magnoni L'Etat des Sons - The Beat of a Different World (5:13)
15. Emil Mangelsdorff Quartet - Fried Bananas (4:37)
16. J-Sound - Odd Job (5:41)
17. Threeo - Tribal Dance (5:53)
18. West End Avenue 4 - City Jazz (5:31)
19. Klaus Göbel Group - We Need Peace, We Need Love (5:13)
20. Stötter's Nevertheless - Sommerloch (0:52)
21. Ivan Habernal Quartet - The View (6:02)
22. Jutta Hipp Quintet - Don't Worry About Me (3:19)
23. Archie Shepp - Groovin' High (8:09)
24. Karl Ratzer - Sageways (6:45)
25. The Danish-German Slide Combination - Liberty City (4:25)

Terri Lyne Carrington - TLC & Friends

Styles: Straight-Ahead Jazz, Post Bop
Year: 1981/2023
File: MP3@320K/s
Time: 37:36
Size: 86,7 MB
Art: Front

(6:21) 1. What is This Thing Called Love
(5:31) 2. La Bonita
(5:49) 3. Seven Steps to Heaven
(7:17) 4. St. Thomas
(6:59) 5. Just the Way You Are
(5:37) 6. Sonnymoon For Two

Four-time Grammy-winner, NEA Jazz Master, composer, activist, and educator Terri Lyne Carrington’s remarkable debut album, recorded in October 1981 when she was just 16 years old, provides a rare glimpse into the early talents of this extraordinary multi-faceted artist.

Carrington’s very first session, TLC & Friends features an epic and enviable lineup of collaborators, including Kenny Barron on piano, George Coleman on saxophone, and Buster Williams on bass. Her father Sonny Carrington also contributes saxophone to the Sonny Rollins classic “Sonnymoon for Two.”

The album masterfully showcases Carrington's artistry as a drummer and composer, highlighted by the standout original track "La Bonita, a refreshing interpretation of Billy Joel's beloved composition, "Just The Way You Are,” alongside scorching renditions of standards like "Seven Steps To Heaven," and “What Is This Thing Called Love.

The Candid release features original liner notes by Terri Lyne and Sonny Carrington, and a new essay by Dianne Reeves. Though this album captures Carrington at the outset of an auspicious recording career, at the age of 16, she was nearly a veteran. Hailing from a family of musicians - in addition to her father, Carrington’s grandfather and fellow drummer Matt Carrington, performed with Chu Berry and Fats Waller Carrington first shared the stage with Rahsaan Roland Kirk at age five.

By ten she became the youngest musician in Boston ever to receive a union card, and was impressing audiences with Clark Terry and his All-Stars. At age eleven, Carrington was awarded a full scholarship to Berklee College of Music in Boston, when the school’s founders Lawrence and Alma Berk, heard her sit in with the great Oscar Peterson at the suggestion of Ella Fitzgerald (today Carrington teaches at the school and is the founder of the Berklee Institute of Jazz and Gender Justice).

Carrington would go on to perform with dozens of other legends including B.B. King, Dizzy Gillespie, Illinois Jacquet, Nat Adderley, Jon Hendricks, and many more before she was old enough to drive, and drum masters Art Blakey, Roy Haynes, Max Roach, Buddy Rich and Elvin Jones invited her to sit in with their bands.https://candidrecords.com/products/copy-of-new-standards-vol-1

Personnel: Drums, Arranged By, Design [Cover] – Terri Lyne Carrington; Bass – Buster Williams; Piano – Kenny Barron; Tenor Saxophone – George Coleman

TLC & Friends

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Michele Calgaro - Progressions

Styles: Guitar Jazz
Year: 2011
File: MP3@320K/s
Time: 49:23
Size: 113,2 MB
Art: Front

(0:40) 1. Natural Bop Killers
(5:45) 2. Basso Fondo
(5:44) 3. Progression
(7:36) 4. Il Valore Delle Differenze
(7:39) 5. In Pursuit Of The 27th Man
(2:35) 6. Intro Monadi
(8:02) 7. Monadi
(6:59) 8. Mari Land
(4:20) 9. Love Is This Thing Called "What?"

Appreciated teacher he has directed the Thelonious music school in Vicenza since 1991 Michele Calgaro is here in his second round as sole leader, four years after «Round about Monk», also published by our label. In truth, some time before he had shared the authorship of another album with Canadian saxophonist Robert Bonisolo, "The Edge", recorded in quartet with the addition of some songs by Paolo Fresu.

Bonisolo, with whom Calgaro has been playing regularly for almost twenty years, is also present in this «Progressions», an album enriched by the presence of a prestigious guest, Alex Sipiagin, a Russian trumpeter who has moved permanently to the United States since 1992 , soon becoming one of the absolute protagonists of the New York jazz scene.

The quintet from Calgaro, completed by another of its tried and tested partners, the precious drummer Mauro Beggio, instead sees Michele's brother, Lorenzo, and the American Marc Abrams split in the role of double bass player who, like and even more than Bonisolo, can now be considered Italian in all respects. Unlike the previous recording, entirely dedicated to Thelonious Monk, here Michele Calgaro also tests himself as a composer, demonstrating that he has now acquired a decidedly personal style, which knows how to be poetic and reflective (in the sweet ballad Monadi, signed by Lorenzo , as well as in Mari Land, which starts with the trio alone and then sees the addition of Bonisolo's sax and Sipiagin's flugelhorn), but when necessary also rightly stringent and aggressive (in the modal Progression and in the pressing gait of Love is this thing called “What?”).

It is no coincidence that the only standard present on the album arranged in a very original way is a piece by the "master" Horace Silver, the compelling and too little performed In pursuit of the 27th man. But Calgaro's quintet can also be convincing in the two compositions in medium tempo, which are moreover articulated and complex, such as the hypnotic melody of Basso Fondo and the suspended scale of Il Valore delle Difference, capable of paying due tribute to Wayne Shorter without this lose in originality. credits released April 24, 2021 Translate by Google

Personnel: Alex Sipiagin (trumpet, flugelhorn), Robert Bonisolo (tenor sax), Michele Calgaro (guitars), Lorenzo Calgaro (double bass on 1–2–6–7–9), Marc Abrams (double bass on 3–4–5–8), Mauro Beggio (drums).

Progressions

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Andre Ceccarelli, Jean-Michel Pilc, Thomas Bramerie - Twenty

Size: 126,9 MB
Time: 55:05
File: MP3 @ 320K/s
Released: 2014
Styles: Jazz: Piano Jazz
Art: Front

01. All Blues (6:06)
02. Cry Baby Cry (6:15)
03. On Green Dolphin Street (5:20)
04. Twenty (4:42)
05. Opus #3 (5:08)
06. Ne Me Quitte Pas (4:33)
07. Old Devil Moon (6:40)
08. Things Are (3:17)
09. Straight No Chaser (3:18)
10. L'auvergnat (4:34)
11. Solar (5:07)

A piano trio that forensically examines some quite familiar modern jazz standards (‘All Blues’, ‘On Green Dolphin Street’, ‘Straight No Chaser’, ‘Solar,’ etc) placing them alongside a sprinkling of originals and a Francophone perennial Jacques Brel's ‘Ne Me Quitte Pas’ recorded in an Antibes studio in August last year. Very simply presented with just basic artwork the music does the talking and does so conversationally perhaps though a little too relentlessly in the more detailed passages. Pianist Pilc, one of the big latterday piano stars of French jazz now a citizen of the US, digs down very deeply here to the innards of what makes a trio tick followed faithfully by the tonally commanding bassist Bramerie and drummer Ceccarelli terrier-like in the chase.The trio achieve great heights even transforming something as dog-eared as ‘Old Devil Moon’ into something fresh and inviting. A virtuoso display that moves beyond technique in its best moments.

Twenty

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Bill Evans - Coffee and Cigarettes

Styles: Piano Jazz
Year: 2023
File: MP3@320K/s
Time: 78:17
Size: 180,0 MB
Art: Front

(5:00) 1. Some Other Time
(3:40) 2. Lucky to Be Me
(7:36) 3. Night and Day
(4:54) 4. What Is There to Say
(7:36) 5. Detour Ahead
(6:42) 6. Peace Piece
(4:41) 7. I Wish I Knew
(3:28) 8. Haunted Heart
(5:55) 9. Sweet and Lovely
(4:58) 10. My Foolish Heart
(7:12) 11. My Romance
(3:34) 12. Tenderly
(7:00) 13. Waltz for Debby
(5:54) 14. Young and Foolish

" I remember finding that somehow I had reached a new level of expression in my playing. It had come almost automatically, and I was very anxious about it, afraid I might lose it", Evans said.

One of the new pieces was Leonard Bernstein's "Some Other Time". Evans started to play an introduction using an ostinato figure. However the pianist spontaneously started to improvise over that harmonic frame, creating the recording that would be named "Peace Piece“.

According to Evans: "What happened was that I started to play the introduction, and it started to get so much of its own feeling and identity that I just figured, well, I'll keep going."

"Bill had this quiet fire that I loved on piano. The way he approached it, the sound he got was like crystal notes or sparkling water cascading down from some clear waterfall. I had to change the way the band sounded again for Bill's style by playing different tunes, softer ones at first.“~ Miles Davis

Personnel: Bill Evans - piano; Sam Jones - bass; Philly Joe Jones - drums; Paul Motian- drums

Coffee and Cigarettes

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Andrea Beneventano - The Driver

Styles: Piano Jazz
Year: 2010
File: MP3@320K/s
Time: 47:30
Size: 109,8 MB
Art: Front

(6:02)  1. Cool River
(4:29)  2. Midget Steps
(5:27)  3. The Driver
(5:08)  4. When Sunny Gets Blue
(5:19)  5. Passing Seasons
(6:35)  6. If I Should Lose You
(3:56)  7. I Got Your Rhythm
(3:53)  8. Donna quee
(6:38)  9. My Gospel

The Driver is the new work as a leader of the pianist Andrea Beneventano  after Trinacria in 2003, which on this occasion completes his trio with the excellent Francesco Puglisi on double bass and Nicola Angelucci on drums.

Therefore, a classical formation that knows how to offer in the nine proposed tracks all signed by the leader except for a couple of standards a jazz vision that does not differ much from the guidelines of the mainstream (in the broadest sense of the term), even if in the way of proposing himself as a Sicilian pianist, various reasons of interest can be traced, which make listening to the entire work pleasant and worthy of attention. Starting from the way in which it expresses a complete and versatility melodic vision to an extreme formal beauty in "Passing Seasons," to the more introspective and shadowy passage of the opener "Cool River," to the fragmented visions of "The Driver," a nervous passage and snappy, in which Puglisi and Angelucci produce themselves in a remarkable accompanying work.

Beneventano intertwines different stylistic roots that range from the "I Got Your Rhythm" bop to the "My Gospel" contemplations, so that his work also characterized by an excellent interplay knows no moments of yielding neither from the formal point of view nor under the expressive profile. Translate By Google
By AAJ Italy Staff https://www.allaboutjazz.com/the-driver-nicola-angelucci-alfamusic-review-by-aaji-staff.php

Personnel: Andrea Beneventano: pianoforte; Francesco Puglisi: contrabbasso; Nicola Angelucci: batteria.

The Driver

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Modern Jazz Quartet - The Montreux Years

Styles: Jazz, Bop, Cool
Year: 2023
File: MP3@320K/s
Time: 76:33
Size: 177,7 MB
Art: Front

( 5:13) 1. Ko-Ko
(15:56) 2. A Day in Dubrovnik
( 4:51) 3. Django
( 7:52) 4. Blues in A Minor
( 4:12) 5. Bags' Groove
( 4:18) 6. The Golden Striker
( 8:27) 7. One Never Knows
( 8:38) 8. Le Cannet
( 5:16) 9. Nature Boy
( 6:53) 10. Rockin' in Rhythm
( 4:50) 11. True Blues

A showcase of some of The Modern Jazz Quartet’s most iconic Montreux Jazz Festival live performances, recorded between 1985 and 1993!

The audio has Expertly restored and remastered in superlative HD audio; The Montreux Years is released on superior audiophile heavy weight vinyl, MQA quality CD and in HD digital. The release includes brand new liner notes and rare photos from his Montreux shows.

The Montreux Years is released as part of a brand new Montreux Jazz Festival and BMG collection series “The Montreux Years”. The collections will uncover legendary performances by the world’s most iconic artists alongside rare and never-before-released recordings from the festival’s rich 57-year history, remastered in superlative audio. Each collection will be accompanied by exclusive liner notes and previously unseen photography.
https://www.amazon.ca/Modern-Jazz-Quartet-Montreux-Years/dp/B0C4Q8YFPJ

Personnel: John Lewis - piano, Milt Jackson - vibraphone, Percy Heath - double bass, Connie Kay - drums

Modern Jazz Quartet: The Montreux Years

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Orrin Evans - The Red Door

Styles: Piano Jazz
Year: 2023
File: MP3@320K/s
Time: 62:21
Size: 144,2 MB
Art: Front

(4:04) 1. Red Door
(7:11) 2. Weezy
(7:35) 3. Phoebe's Stroll
(9:15) 4. The Good Life
(4:36) 5. Big Small
(3:58) 6. Dexter's Tune
(4:12) 7. Amazing Grace
(5:15) 8. Feed the Fire
(4:25) 9. All the Things You Are
(2:43) 10. Smoke Rings
(5:22) 11. They Won't Go When I Go
(3:39) 12. I Have the Feeling I've Been Here Before

A most generous craftsman, composer and bandleader, pianist Orrin Evans never fails to bring out the best of whoever he chooses to create with. The Red Door is gratefully, and gracefully, no exception to that rule.

Whatever musical setting Evans chooses to practice his sinewy, r'n'b inflected post-bop insideman, big band, trio, quartet, duo, whatever a sweet animation propels his music and buoys the players gathered around him. In this case the two core units feature bass legend Buster Williams, drummer Gene Jackson, the late Wallace Roney on trumpet and fellow Philadelphian, tenor legend Larry McKenna. The other quintet features trumpeter Nicholas Payton, saxophonist/flutist Gary Thomas, bassist Robert Hurst and drummer Marvin "Smitty" Smith.

Just as it was a standout track on his second recording with the The Bad Plus, 2019's canny and expressive Activate Infinity (Edition Records), the lead-off title track carousels into consciousness with a brassy, staccato effervescence and witticism courtesy of Payton and Thomas, that Hurst, Evans and Smith quickly wrest control from, deconstruct, then return sprightly to the dance. As Immanuel Wilkins' saxophone did throughout Evan's previous highlight reel, 2021's The Magic of Now (Smoke Sessions Records) Thomas' flute becomes the voice of the circuitous and bluesy "Weezy."

But it may well be "Phoebe's Stroll" that we remember The Red Door for in the years ahead. A jaunty, trio workout of everything that makes Evans tick his quotable, neo-pop melodicism, his patient way with time, his keen, articulate framing and sense of communal dance all in one seven plus minute slice of perfection. It's a grand gesture and sure to be a setlist perennial.

Geri Allen's antic "Feed the Fire" gets the full-on quintet treatment as Thomas and Payton play cat and mouse around Smith and Hurst's elusive current and Evans' pronounced freneticism. Ditto "Smoke Rings." With Buster Williams providing the smooth, second set of the night groove, McKenna, uncurls an entrancing, deep blue solo that defines "The Good Life." Ever a shaman of the collective, Evans brings onboard Jazzmeia Horn who, as has become custom, delivers a slyly impassioned reading of Bill McHenry's feminine forward lyric for Evans' "Big Small," which originally appeared sans lyrics on Flip the Script (Posi-Tone Records, 2012)

A substantive tribute to those whom Evans claims has gotten him to the pinnacle he inhabits right now and to those who will help him carry it forward, (including Sy Smith and Alita Moses, The Red Door is a masterful high point in a career that continues to climb. By Mike Jurkovic
https://www.allaboutjazz.com/the-red-door-orrin-evans-smoke-sessions-records__14893

Personnel: Orrin Evans: piano; Robert Hurst: bass; Marvin "Smitty" Smith: drums; Gary Thomas: saxophone; Nicholas Payton: trumpet.

Additional Instrumentation: Nicholas Payton: trumpet (1, 2, 5, 10); Gary Thomas: tenor sax (1, 5, 10) flute (2); Robert Hurst: bass (1-3, 5-8, 10, 12); Marvin “Smitty” Smith: drums (1-3, 5-8, 10, 12); Wallace Roney: trumpet (9); Larry McKenna: tenor sax (4); Buster Williams: bass (4, 9); Jazzmela Horn: vocal (5); Sy Smith: vocal (7); Alita Moses: vocal (11).

The Red Door

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Andrea Beneventano Trio - Trinacria

Styles: Piano Jazz
Year: 2003
File: MP3@320K/s
Time: 45:15
Size: 107,1 MB
Art: Front

(5:32) 1. I Remember You
(4:41) 2. Lua Branca
(5:20) 3. He Was Great
(7:06) 4. Trinacria
(4:27) 5. Lines For RG
(4:35) 6. Soul Eyes
(2:50) 7. Traversi's Blues
(5:53) 8. Aniram
(1:59) 9. My One And Only Love
(2:48) 10. Gippo's Groove

Andrea Beneventano is a pianist who has collaborations of absolute importance behind him: Sal Nistico, Steve Grossman , Jon Faddis, Red Rodney, Gary Bartz, Donald Harrison, Rick Margitza, Steve Turre, Massimo Urbani, Paolo Fresu, Flavio Boltro, Eddy Palermo, Franco Cerri, Benny Golson, Buster Williams, Ed Thigpen, Arthur Blythe, Nathan Davis, Chico Freeman ... and the list goes on.

One evening I was at Gregory's in Rome known for its jam sessions. There the atmosphere is always very engaging as it recalls that of American clubs and the musicians who alternate recall certain moments by often playing tributes to great artists. That evening Andrea Beneventano was on the pianoand I was struck by his absolute readiness to play continuously on any piece that was started, from Bud Powell to Monk, to Parker, to Ellington to any other composer and all, "obviously", without the aid of any "paper" support. .. Rimasi struck by its ability improvisative always well structured, a soft phrasing, with a great sense of timing , block chords inserted at the right time, targeted opening immediately grasped by the rhythmic base.

In this CD I have pleasantly found many of the characteristics felt that evening. In addition there are valuable non-trivial compositions, extremely pleasant ranging from latin, to bop, to blues to waltz. by Mal Waldron. The pianism of Beneventano owes a lot to the great pianists among whom, perhaps, Bud Powell stands out, but the richness of his phrasing ranges beyond stylistic elements providing the whole CD with an absolutely enjoyable listening level with truly remarkable ideas such as Aniram , beautiful composition, Lua Branca with a Brazilian flavor, Traversi's Blues with a beautiful solo of Iodice on drums, the impeccable performance of I Remeber You or the engaging Lines for RG (unpredictable and intelligent change of tempo of the ending). O ttimo the support Ciancaglini and Iodice , certainly among the best in the Italian jazz scene, which also carves out the space for some very brilliant solos.~Marco LosavioTranslate By Google http://www.jazzitalia.net/recensioni/trinacria.asp#.Ya0WN1BJaUk

Trinacria

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Bob Rockwell, Ben Sidran, Billy Peterson, Leo Sidran - Bob's Ben: A Salute to Ben Webster

Styles: Jazz, Post Bop
Year: 2005
File: MP3@320K/s
Time: 62:37
Size: 144,6 MB
Art: Front

(4:26) 1. Prelude For Ben
(7:01) 2. Bye Bye Blackbird
(4:27) 3. Time On My Hands
(4:59) 4. Old Folks
(7:17) 5. This Can't Be Love
(4:52) 6. That's All
(3:40) 7. Sunday
(4:44) 8. Time After Time
(3:58) 9. Danny Boy
(4:26) 10. La Rosita
(4:07) 11. Tenderly
(5:13) 12. Bounce Blues
(3:21) 13. In The Wee Small Hours

Ben Webster was one of several giants of the tenor saxophone, though his contributions sometimes have not been as greatly appreciated as those of Coleman Hawkins and Lester Young. Bob Rockwell, an American expatriate who had been living and working in Copenhagen for a couple of decades, was honored with a stipend from the Ben Webster Foundation in the city to make a tribute recording in honor of the late saxophonist. Rockwell is well accompanied by pianist Ben Sidran, bassist Billy Peterson, and drummer Leo Sidran (the pianist's son).

Prior to the session, the leader sought out as many of Webster's original charts as he could find, and he decided to stick with Webster's choice of keys and tempi, also utilizing the same chord substitutions. But this is no mere carbon copy of Ben Webster's recordings. Though Rockwell has a big tone, he is not as breathy and manages to convey his own sound in spite of taking inspiration from Webster's arrangements. He does a beautiful job with the ballads, displaying a lyrical touch that the honoree would have enjoyed, especially in "Danny Boy" and "Old Folks," while overdubbing a harmony line in "La Rosita." All in all, a fine effort. By Ken Dryden
https://www.allmusic.com/album/bobs-ben-a-salute-to-ben-webster-mw0001434524

Personnel: Tenor Saxophone – Bob Rockwell; Piano – Ben Sidran; Bass – Billy Peterson; Drums – Leo Sidran

Bob's Ben: A Salute to Ben Webster

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Clifford Jordan - Drink Plenty Water

Styles: Saxophone Jazz
Year: 2023
File: MP3@320K/s
Time: 35:41
Size: 82,0 MB
Art: Front

(3:55) 1. The Highest Mountain
(3:08) 2. The Witch Doctor's Chant (Ee-Bah-Lickey-Doo)
(3:08) 3. Drink Plenty Water and Walk Slow
(3:13) 4. I've Got A Feeling For You
(3:09) 5. My Papa's Coming Home
(9:32) 6. Talking Blues
(9:33) 7. Talking Blues (Instrumental)

This long-lost 1974 recording from the late Chicago tenor sax master is finally available. Originally recorded for the Strata-East label, Drink Plenty Water is Clifford's only primarily vocal recording release, with inventive arrangements courtesy of bassist Bill Lee. Joining Jordan are Dick Griffin on trombone, Bill Hardman on trumpet, Charlie Rouse on bass clarinet, Strata East co-founder Stanley Cowell on piano, Billy Higgins on drums, Bernard Fennell on cello, and Lee and Sam Jones on bass.

Her late husband's passion project, Sandy Jordan spearheaded the effort to release Drink Plenty Water. Jordan’s daughter, Donna Jordan Harris sings lead vocals on several tracks, backed by remaining members of the ensemble. The vocal arrangements bring an unexpected new take to the compositions “Witch Doctor’s Chant (Ee-Bah-Lickey-Doo)” and “I’ve Got a Feeling for You” that first appeared on Clifford Jordan’s 1968 album Soul Fountain. The vocal arrangement for “The Highest Mountain” on Drink Plenty Water makes it the most unique treatment of one of his finest compositions.

Additional tracks include “My Papa’s Coming Home,” a rhythm changes vamp with what trombonist Griffin describes as a “stunning” solo from the leader, and “Drink Plenty Water and Walk Slow,” a short track featuring Fennell and Jordan under a spoken word story from actor David Smyrl. Other highlights of the 35-minute-long recording are the two tracks titled “Talking Blues” a spoken-word story from Smyrl about a hustler living the fast life, followed by the instrumental track that reveals great interplay between Jordan, Hardman, Fennell and Griffin.
https://shop.mapleshadestore.com/Clifford-Jordan-his-Friends-Drink-Plenty-Water-CD_p_1498.html

Personnel: Clifford Jordan (ts,composer), Bill Hardman (tp), Dick Griffin (tb), Charlie Rouse (b-cl), Stanley Cowell (p), Bernard Fennell (cello), Bill Lee (b,arr), Sam Jones (b), Billy Higgins (d), Donna Jordan Harris and David Smyrl (vcl) and Kathy O'Boyle, Denise Williams and Muriel Winston (backing-vcl).

Drink Plenty Water

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Pharoah Sanders - Live at Fabrik Hamburg 1980

Styles: Saxophone Jazz
Year: 2023
File: MP3@320K/s
Time: 70:20
Size: 161,4 MB
Art: Front

(18:04) 1. You Gotta Have Freedom
(12:57) 2. It's Easy To Remember
(20:20) 3. Dr Pitt
( 8:35) 4. The Creator Has A Masterplan
(10:22) 5. Greetings To Idris

Stunning live work from the great Pharoah Sanders a set that's right up there with his best for the Teresa label in the 80s, but which also has some of the bite of his later Impulse material too!

Tracks are long and modal that groove that always seems to unlock the most soulful, mystical currents in Sanders' tenor and the group is superb, with this beautiful work on bass from the young Curtis Lundy, plus John Hicks on piano and Idris Muhammad on drums the latter of whom is in that looser mode he reopened in the 80s, and very different than his 70s funk years.

Tracks are all nice and long and titles include "Dr Pitt", "Greetings To Idris", "You Gotta Have Freedom", "It's Easy To Remember", and "The Creator Has A Masterplan". © 1996-2023, Dusty Groove, Inc.https://www.dustygroove.com/item/134602/Pharoah-Sanders:Pharoah-Sanders-Live-At-Fabrik-Hamburg-1980

Personnel: Pharoah Sanders (ts), John Hicks (p), Curtis Lundy (b), and Idris Muhammad (d)

Live at Fabrik Hamburg 1980

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Chris Standring - Wonderful World

Styles: Guitar Jazz, Jazz Funk
Year: 2021
File: MP3@320K/s
Time: 51:05
Size: 117,9 MB
Art: Front

(4:54) 1. How Insensitive
(5:50) 2. Night & Day
(4:49) 3. Autumn in New York
(4:44) 4. Estate
(4:47) 5. What a Wonderful World
(3:54) 6. Green Dolphin Street
(4:16) 7. Alfie
(4:40) 8. Falling in Love with Love
(4:56) 9. Sunrise
(3:40) 10. Maxine
(4:30) 11. My Foolish Heart

Wonderful World, the fourteenth album as leader by British guitarist Chris Standring, was no doubt recorded with the best of intentions. And make no mistake, the music is warm and lovely, furnishing an opulent showcase for Standring's mellow guitar. Aside from that, however, there's not a whole lot to say. Standring's "orchestra" consists of a nineteen-member string section, while Geoff Gascoyne's syrupy arrangements call to mind popular string-laden sessions from the 1950s and '60s, "easy listening" albums for "late-night lovers" designed by Percy Faith, Jackie Gleason, Bobby Hackett and others, except this time there's a guitar leading the way instead of a trumpet, oboe or English horn. It's a step removed from Mantovani or the 101 Strings orchestra.

Besides the strings, Standring is supported on various tracks by bassists Gascoyne, Chuck Berghofer or Darek Oles and drummers Peter Erskine, Harvey Mason or David Karasony, but their primary task is to keep time while the orchestra plays and Standring solos. Berghofer does have one brief solo, on Cole Porter's "Night and Day." Elsewhere, it's basically all Standring all the time, save for a brief guest appearance by flugelhornist Randy Brecker on Standring's slow-breaking "Sunrise." Of the album's eleven tunes, only one "On Green Dolphin Street" pushes forward more rapidly than a ballad.

The others from Jobim's "How Insensitive" to the standards "Autumn in New York," "Falling in Love with Love" and "My Foolish Heart" to "Estate," Burt Bacharach/Hal David's theme from "Alfie" and Donald Fagen's "Maxine" assume the same hushed and reposeful stance, calmly awaiting the entrance of Standring's genteel and melodious manifestos. The atmosphere is so even-tempered that the drummers could have left their sticks at home, as brushes alone even "On Green Dolphin Street" are more than adequate. There is one vocal, by Kathrin Shorr on the title song. As noted, the music is charming, and Standring is a splendid guitarist, but Wonderful World is best suited for those who are happiest living on a diet comprised solely of tender ballads and love songs. By Jack Bowers
https://www.allaboutjazz.com/wonderful-world-chris-standring-ultimate-vibe

Personnel: Chris Standring: guitar; Geoff Gascoyne: bass; Randy Brecker: trumpet; Peter Erskine: drums; Harvey Mason: drums; David Karasony: drums; Chuck Berghofer: bass, acoustic; Darek Oles: bass; Kathrin Shorr: voice / vocals

Wonderful World

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Dizzy Gillespie, The Double Six Of Paris - Dizzy Gillespie & The Double Six Of Paris

Styles: Trumpet Jazz,Vocal, Bop
Year: 1963
File: MP3@320K/s
Time: 39:02
Size: 91,1 MB
Art: Front

(3:45)  1. Emanon
(2:46)  2. Anthropology
(4:16)  3. Tin Tin Deo
(3:28)  4. One Bass Hit
(3:31)  5. Two Bass Hit
(2:28)  6. Groovin' High
(3:05)  7. Oo-Shoo-Be-Doo-Be
(3:02)  8. Hot House
(3:36)  9. Con Alma
(3:10) 10. Blue 'N' Boogie
(3:08) 11. The Champ
(2:44) 12. Ow

This odd but successful pairing finds the Double Six of Paris singing vocalese in French to a dozen bebop classics associated with Dizzy Gillespie. Gillespie, with pianist Bud Powell and a rhythm section, take solos that uplift this date; two songs feature his quintet (with James Moody on alto). Not for all tastes, but this is a unique and colorful addition to Gillespie's discography.By Scott Yanow
https://www.allmusic.com/album/dizzy-gillespie-the-double-six-of-paris-mw0000649530

Personnel: Trumpet – Dizzy Gillespie; Bass – Chris White , Pierre Michelot; Drums – Kenny Clark, Rudy Collins;  Ensemble – The Double Six Of Paris; Piano – Bud Powell, Kenny Barron; Tenor Saxophone – James Moody;  Vocals – Christiane Legrand, Claudine Barge, Eddy Louis, Jean-Claude Briodin, Mimi Perrin, Robert Smart, Ward Swingle

Dizzy Gillespie & The Double Six Of Paris

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Dara Tucker - All Right Now

Styles: Vocal Jazz

Year: 2009

File: MP3@320K/s

Time: 44:25

Size: 102,4 MB

Art: Front

(4:30)  1. Come Rain or Come Shine

(3:20)  2. What Is This Thing Called Love

(4:14)  3. That's All

(3:46)  4. Route 66

(3:03)  5. There Will Never Be Another You

(0:27)  6. Don't Let Me Be Lonely Tonight

(5:26)  7. Lush Life

(2:43)  8. Someday My Prince Will Come

(2:40)  9. Avalon

(3:45) 10. Time After Time

(3:11) 11. On the Street Where You Live

(3:50) 12. Don't Get Around Much Anymore

(0:35) 13. P.S. I Love You

(2:48) 14. Just a Closer Walk With Thee

Dara Tucker was born into a musical family. The product of a music minister father, and a songstress mother, she began singing in her Tulsa, Oklahoma church at age 5. By age 8 she was playing simple melodies on the piano and soon began accompanying her brothers and sisters at performances. Throughout her college years, Tucker continued to hone her skills as a vocalist and musician. After obtaining a degree in International Business and German studies, she worked for a time in the corporate language-training field, eventually relocating to Interlaken, Switzerland to study German. It was there that Tucker began to write the first of her very personal songs. “I found something within myself that I didn’t realize was there music’s ability to ensure my spiritual and emotional survival. No one can ever take that away from me,” says Tucker.

Since moving to Nashville, TN to pursue music fulltime, Tucker has begun to establish herself as a strong presence in Nashville’s burgeoning jazz scene. Displaying a love for standards and swing that belies her years, Tucker’s reverence for the Great American Songbook can be felt in her sensitive delivery of these timeless songs. She performs regularly at Sambuca Restaurant in Nashville, Tennessee and has also been featured at F. Scott’s Restaurant and Jazz Bar in the Green Hills district of Nashville, in addition to The Basement, Bosco’s and The 12th South Taproom along with Nashville’s long-standing Jefferson Street Jazz and Blues Festival. Additionally, Dara has been featured in live performances on WPLN’s (National Public Radio-Nashville affiliate) “Live From Studio C” as well as at the Oklahoma Jazz Hall of Fame and Snug Harbor Jazz Club in New Orleans. http://www.cdbaby.com/cd/daratucker

All Right Now

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