Saturday, 31 December 2016

Charlie Haden - Liberation Music Orchestra: Not in Our Name (2005)



Track Listing: 
Not In Our Name; 
This Is Not America;
 Blue Anthem; 
America The Beautiful (Medley);
 Amazing Grace;
 Goin' Home (from Dvorak's New World Symphony);
 Throughout; Adagio (from Barber's Adagio For Strings).

Personnel: 
Michael Rodriguez, trumpet;
 Seneca Black, trumpet;
 Curtis Fowlkes, trombone;
 Ahnee Sharon Freeman, French horn;
 Joe Daley, tuba;
 Miguel Zenon, alto saxophone;
 Chris Cheek, tenor saxophone;
 Tony Malaby, tenor saxophone;
 Steve Cardenas, electric and acoustic guitars;
 Carla Bley, piano;
 Charlie Haden, bass;
 Matt Wilson, drums.

 Arranged and conducted by Carla Bley.


Thursday, 29 December 2016

Herbie Hancock - Cantaloupe Island (comp.1994)



Personnel

Dexter Gordon 
Grant Green
Herbie Hancock
Billy Higgins
Freddie Hubbard
Hank Mobley
Tony Williams
Ron Carter

Track Listing

1-Cantaloupe Island
2-Watermelon Man
3-Driftin'
4-Blind Man, Blind Man
5-And What If I Don't
6-Maiden Voyage

Wednesday, 28 December 2016

Bill Frisell - Beautiful Dreamers (2010)



Track Listing: 
Love Sick; 
Winslow Homer; 
Beautiful Dreamer (for Karle Seydel); 
A Worthy Endeavor (for Cajori); 
It's Nobody's Fault But My Own; 
Baby Cry; 
Benny's Bugle; 
Tea For Two; No Time To Cry; 
Better Than A Machine (for Vic Chestnut); 
Goin' Out Of My Head; 
Worried Woman; 
Keep On The Sunny Side; 
Sweetie; 
All We Can Do; 
Who Was That Girl?

Personnel: 
Bill Frisell: guitar; 
Eyvind Kang: viola; 
Rudy Royston: drums.


Saturday, 24 December 2016

Sonny Rollins - Volume 1 (1956)



Tracklist

01 - Decision
02 - Bluesnote
03 - How Are Things In Glocca Morra
04 - Plain Jane
05 - Sonnysphere


Personnel:

Sonny Rollins Quintet
Donald Byrd (tp)
Sonny Rollins (ts)
Wynton Kelly (p)
Gene Ramey (b)
Max Roach (d)

Recorded at the Rudy Van Gelder Studio, Hackensack, NJ, December 16, 1956.


Friday, 23 December 2016

Carla Bley - The Lost Chords Find Paolo Fresu (2007)




Carla Bley :The Lost Chords Find Paolo Fresu

Track Listing:

The Banana Quintet:
 One Banana,
Two Banana,
Three Banana,
 Four,
Five Banana,
 One Banana More;
Liver of Life;
 Death of Superman/Dream Sequence #1--Flying; Ad Infinitum.

Personnel: 
Paolo Fresu: trumpet, flugelhorn;
 Andy Sheppard: soprano and tenor saxophones;
 Carla Bley: piano;
 Steve Swallow: bass;
 Billy Drummond: drums.

Thursday, 22 December 2016

Bill Evans - California Here I Come (1967)



Personnel
Bill Evans - piano
Eddie Gómez - bass
Philly Joe Jones - drums

Track listing
1-"California, Here I Come" (Buddy DeSylva, Al Jolson, Joseph Meyer) – 5:32
2-"Polka Dots and Moonbeams" (Jimmy Van Heusen, Johnny Burke) – 3:22
3-"Turn Out the Stars" (Bill Evans) – 5:52
4-"Stella by Starlight" (Ned Washington, Victor Young) – 4:06
5-"You're Gonna Hear From Me" (André Previn, Dory Previn) – 4:57
6-"In a Sentimental Mood" (Duke Ellington, Irving Mills, Manny Kurtz) – 3:53
7-"G Waltz" (Bill Evans) – 4:35
8-"On Green Dolphin Street" (Bronisław Kaper, Ned Washington) – 4:53
9-"Gone With the Wind" (Herb Magidson, Allie Wrubel) – 5:35
10-"If You Could See Me Now" (Tadd Dameron, Carl Sigman) – 3:39
11-"Alfie" (Burt Bacharach, Hal David) – 5:12
12-"Very Early" (Bill Evans) – 4:44
13-"'Round Midnight" (Thelonious Monk, Cootie Williams) - 6:07
14-"Emily" (Johnny Mandel, Johnny Mercer) – 5:18
15-"Wrap Your Troubles in Dreams (And Dream Your Troubles Away)" (Harry Barris, Ted Koehler, Billy Moll) – 6:49


Wednesday, 21 December 2016

Ron Carter - Blues Fram (1973)



Personnel
Ron Carter - bass, arranger, conductor
Hubert Laws - flute (tracks 1, 5 & 6)
Richard Tee - electric piano, piano (tracks 1, 4 & 5)
Bob James - piano (tracks 2, 3 & 6)
Gene Bertoncini (track 5), Sam Brown (track 3) - guitar
Billy Cobham - drums
Ralph MacDonald - percussion (tracks 1 & 4-6)

Track listing
All compositions by Ron Carter except as indicated

"Blues Farm" - 7:59
"A Small Ballad" - 5:38
"Django" (John Lewis) - 5:30
"A Hymn for Him" - 8:11
"Two-Beat Johnson" - 2:49
"R2, M1" - 6:08
Recorded at Van Gelder Studio in Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey on January 10, 1973


Tuesday, 20 December 2016

Michael Brecker - Time is of the Essence (1999)




Personnel
Michael Brecker (tenor saxophone); 
Larry Goldings (organ); 
Pat Metheny (guitar); 
Elvin Jones (drums); 
Jeff "Tain" Watts (drums); 
Bill Stewart (drums).


Track Listing
Arc of the Pendulum (08:59) 
Sound Off (06:04) 
Half Past Late (07:54) 
Timeline (06:05) 
The Morning of This Night (07:42) 
Renaissance Man (08:36) 
Dr. Slate (07:40) 
As I Am (06:49) 
Outrance (10:08)
    


Monday, 19 December 2016

Mingus at Antibes (1960)



Personnel
Charles Mingus – bass, piano (on tracks 1 and 6)
Ted Curson – trumpet
Eric Dolphy – alto saxophone, bass clarinet (on track 3)
Booker Ervin – tenor saxophone (except on track 3)
Dannie Richmond – drums
Bud Powell – piano (on track 4)


Track listing
All compositions by Charles Mingus except where noted.

"Wednesday Night Prayer Meeting" – 11:54 
"Prayer For Passive Resistance" – 8:06 
"What Love?" – 13:34 
"I'll Remember April" (Gene de Paul) – 13:39 
"Folk Forms I" – 11:08 
"Better Git Hit In Your Soul" – 11:00


Friday, 16 December 2016

Corea, Clarke & White - Forever 2011



Corea, Clarke & White - Forever 2011

Personnel: 
Chick Corea: piano (CD1, CD2#3-7, CD2#10), keyboards (CD2#1-2, CD2#8-9); 
Stanley Clarke: acoustic bass (CD1, CD2#1, CD2#4-7, CD2#10), electric bass (CD2#2, CD2#8-9); Lenny White: drums (CD1, CD2#1-3, CDF2#5-10);
 Bill Connors: guitar (CD2#2, CD2#7-9);
 Jean-Luc Ponty: violin (CD2#4-5, CD2#7-9); 
Chaka Khan: vocals (CD2#6-7).

Track Listing: 
CD1: On Green Dolphin Street; 
Waltz for Debby; 
Bud Powell; 
La Canción de Sofia; 
Windows;
 Hackensack; 
No Mystery;
 Señor Mouse. 

CD2:
 Captain Marvel;
 Señor Mouse; 
Crescent; 
Armando's Rhumba;
 Renaissance; 
High Wire--The Aerialist; 
I Loves You Porgy; 
After the Cosmic Rain;
 Space Circus; 
500 Miles High.

Herbie Hancock - The Piano (1978)



Herbie Hancock - The Piano (1978)

Personnel
Herbie Hancock – acoustic piano


Track listing

"My Funny Valentine" (Richard Rodgers, Lorenz Hart) - 7:42
"On Green Dolphin Street" (Bronisław Kaper, Ned Washington) - 3:20
"Some Day My Prince Will Come" (Frank Churchill, Larry Morey) - 4:36
"Harvest Time" (Hancock) - 4:48
"Sonrisa" (Hancock) - 3:44
"Manhattan Island" (Hancock) - 3:56
"Blue Otani" (Hancock) - 3:25
Bonus tracks o
"My Funny Valentine" (Alternate) - 6:07
"On Green Dolphin Street" (Alternate) - 4:04
"Someday My Prince Will Come" (Alternate) - 5:18
"Harvest Time" (Alternate) - 5:10


Wednesday, 14 December 2016

John Coltrane - Coltrane's Sound (1964)



John Coltrane - Coltrane's Sound (1964)

Personnel

John Coltrane — tenor saxophone on all except "Central Park West" soprano saxophone on "Central Park West" and "26-2";
McCoy Tyner — piano
Steve Davis — bass
Elvin Jones — drums

Track Listing

1. "The Night Has a Thousand Eyes"  
2. "Central Park West"  
3. "Liberia"  
4. "Body and Soul"  
5. "Equinox"  
6. "Satellite"  
7. "26-2"  
8. "Body and Soul" (alternate take)



Sunday, 11 December 2016

Keith Jarrett Trio - Bye Bye Blackbird (1993)



Keith Jarrett Trio - Bye Bye Blackbird (1993)

Personnel
Keith Jarrett piano
Gary Peacock bass
Jack DeJohnette drums

Track listing
"Bye Bye Blackbird" (Ray Henderson) - 11:13
"You Won't Forget Me" (Kermit Goell/Fred Spielman) - 10:46
"Butch and Butch" (Oliver Nelson) - 6:37
"Summer Night" (Al Dubin, Harry Warren) - 6:42
"For Miles" (Jarrett/Peacock/DeJohnette) - 18:43
"Straight No Chaser" (Thelonious Monk) - 6:46
"I Thought About You" (Jimmy Van Heusen/Johnny Mercer) - 4:02
"Blackbird, Bye Bye" (Jarrett/Peacock/DeJohnette) - 3:02


Saturday, 10 December 2016

Clarke-Corea-Henderson-Hubbard-White - The Griffith Park Collection (1982)



Clarke-Corea-Henderson-Hubbard-White - The Griffith Park Collection (1982)

Personnel

Chick Corea (Piano)
 Freddie Hubbard (Flughelhorn; Trumpet)
 Joe Henderson (Tenor Saxophone)
 Lenny White (Drums)
 Stanley Clarke (Electric Bass)




Tracks
1 - L's Bop
2 - Why Wait
3 - October Ballad
4 - Happy Times
5 - Remember
6 - Guernica


Friday, 9 December 2016

Gene Ammons - Boss Tenor (1960)



Gene Ammons - Boss Tenor
(Prestige/Fantasy,CD-297-2, 1987)

track list:
1. Hittin' the Jug
2. Close Your Eyes
3. My Romance
4. Canadian Sunset
5. Blue Ammons
6. Confirmation
7. Savoy

Personnel:
Gene Ammons (ts) 
Tommy Flanagan (p) 
Doug Watkins (b) 
Art Taylor (d) 
Ray Barretto (cga)

Recorded at the Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey on June 16, 1960.
Digital remastering: Kirk Felton, 1987
First issue: Prestige PRLP 7180 (1960)


Stan Getz - Captain Marvel (1972)



Stan Getz - Captain Marvel (1972)

Personnel
Stan Getz – tenor saxophone
Chick Corea – electric piano
Stanley Clarke – bass
Airto Moreira – percussion
Tony Williams – drums


Track listing
All compositions by Chick Corea except as noted.

"La Fiesta" – 8:21
"Five Hundred Miles High" – 8:09
"Captain Marvel" - 5:06
"Times Lie" – 9:46
"Lush Life" (Billy Strayhorn) – 2:26
"Day Waves" – 9:39
"Crystal Silence" - 7:48
"Captain Marvel" - 5:19
"Five Hundred Miles High" - 9:29


Friday, 2 September 2016

Billie Holiday - Billie's Blues




Billie Holiday - Billie's Blues

Track Listing

1. Announcement By Leonard Feather
  2. Blue Moon
  3. All of Me
  4. My Man
  5. Them Their Eyes
  6. I Cried for You
  7. What a Little Moonlight Can Do
  8. I Cover the Waterfront
  9. Billie's Blues
  10. Lover Come Back to Me
  11. Blue Turning Grey Over You
  12. Be Fair With Me Baby
  13. Rocky Mountain Blues
  14. Detour Ahead
  15. Trav'Lin'light

Wednesday, 24 August 2016

Bill Evans Trio - At Shelly's Manne-Hole 1963



Bill Evans Trio - At Shelly's Manne-Hole

Personnel: Bill Evans: piano;
 Chuck Israels: bass; 
Larry Bunker: drums.

Track Listing: 
Isn't It Romantic; 
The Boy Next Door; 
Wonder Why; 
Swedish Pastry; 
Our Love Is Here To Stay; 
'Round Midnight;
 Stella By Starlight; 
Blues in F/Five; 
All The Things You Are.

Friday, 19 August 2016

Chris Potter - The Sirens 2013



Chris Potter - The Sirens 2013

Personnel
Chris Potter: soprano and tenor saxophones, bass clarinet; 
Craig Taborn: piano; 
David Virelles: prepared piano, celeste, harmonium; 
Larry Granadier: double bass; 
Eric Harland: drums.

Track Listing: 
Wine Dark Sea; 
Wayfinder; Dawn (With Her Rosy Fingers); 
The Sirens; 
Penelope; 
Kalypso; 
Nausikaa; 
Stranger at the Gate; 
The Shades.

Thursday, 18 August 2016

Escalandrum - Piazzolla plays Piazzolla 2011



Personnel

Daniel “Pipi” Piazzolla (drums)
Nicolás Guerschberg (piano)
Mariano Sívori (Bass)
Damián Fogiel (tenor saxophone)
Martín Pantyrer (Baritone saxophone  and bass Clarinet) 
Gustavo Musso (alto and soprano saxophone)


Track Listing

Lunfardo
Buenos Aires Hora Cero 
Vayamos al Diablo 
Oblivion 
Tanguedia 1
Fuga 9
Escualo 
Romance del Diablo 
Adiós Nonino
Libertango


Wednesday, 17 August 2016

Gato Barbieri - El Pampero 1971




Personnel
Gato Barbieri (Tenor Saxophone)
Lonnie Liston Smith (piano)
Chuck Rainey (electric bass)
Bernard Purdie (drums)
Sonny Morgan (conga)
Nana Vasconcelos (percussion)

Track Listing
1. El Pampero (Gato Barbieri)
2. Mi Buenos Aires Querido (Carlos Gardel - Alfredo Lepera)
3. Brasil (Aldo Cabral - Benedicto Lacerda)
4. El Arriero (Atahualpa Yupanqui)
5. El Gato (Oliver Nelson)

Tuesday, 16 August 2016

Dexter Gordon - Dexter Calling 1961



Personnel
Dexter Gordon - tenor saxophone
Kenny Drew - piano
Paul Chambers - bass
Philly Joe Jones - drums


Track listing
All compositions by Dexter Gordon except as indicated

"Soul Sister" - 7:45
"Modal Mood" (Kenny Drew) - 5:23
"I Want More" - 5:20
"The End of a Love Affair" (Edward Redding) - 6:53
"Clear the Dex" (Drew) - 4:54
"Ernie's Tune" - 4:16
"Smile" (Charlie Chaplin) - 3:23
"Landslide" - 5:15 Bonus track on CD reissue

Monday, 15 August 2016

Bill Evans Trio - In Buenos Aires Vol.3 (More from the 1973 and 1979 Concerts)




BILL EVANS TRIO

In Buenos Aires Vol 3

More from the 1973 and 1979 Concerts


Personnel

Bill Evans (Piano)

*Eddie Gomez (Bass)
* Marty Morell (Drums

**Marc Johnson (Bass)
**Joe La Barbera (Drums)

Track Listing

1 - Esta Tarde Vi Llover *
2 - Beautiful Love *
3 - Waltz For Debbie *
4 - My Foolish Heart*
5 - Someday My Prince Will Come **
6 - If You Could See Me Now **
7 - Nardis **



Friday, 12 August 2016

Bill Evans Trio - Live in Buenos Aires Vol.2 - 1979



Bill Evans Trio - Live in Buenos Aires Vol.2 - The 1979 Concert 

Personnel

Bill Evans (Piano)
Marc Johnson (Bass)
Joe La Barbera (Drums)

Track Listing

1-Stella By Starlight
2-Gary's Theme
3-Theme from "MASH"
4-We will Meet Again
5-Letter to Evan
6-My Romance
7-Noelle's Theme
8-I Loves you Porgy
9-Up With the Lark
10-Minha

Thursday, 11 August 2016

Adrian Iaies & Roxana Amed - Cinemateca Finlandesa 2010



Adrian Iaies & Roxana Amed - Cinemateca Finlandesa  2010

Personnel

Adrian Iaies (Piano)

Roxana Amed (Voice)

Track Listing

01. La Arenosa   
02. Cuando Tu no estas   
03. Pannonica   
04. Balderrama   
05. Foto de Helsinski 2    
06. Rasguña las Piedras   
07. When Sunny gets Blue    
08. Pannonica, otra pequeña mariposa   
09. Zamba del Laurel   
10. Foto de Helsinski I    
11. Ask Me Now (How I wish)   
12. Foto de Helsinski 4    
13. Zamba de Lozano    
14. Viernes 3 AM    

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