Bobby Hutcherson : Live at EJ's

Bobby Hutcherson : Live at EJ's.


Recorded live in Atlanta, Georgia, 8th-10th August 1980.


Bobby Hutcherson : Vibraphone
William Henderson : Piano
Heshima Williams : Bass
Eddie Moore : Bass


More pure class, from Bobby Hutcherson on this tricky to find cd. 


Part 1
Dolphin's Dance, Hancock
In your own sweet way, Brubeck
Highway One, Hutcherson


Part 2
All of you, Porter
Salt Peanuts, Gillespie/Clarke
Body and Soul, Green/Heyman/Sour/Eyton
Little B's Poem, Hutcherson
With a song in my Heart, Rodgers/Hart

David Durrah : Sea of Nurnen

David Durrah.

Reflections in the sea of Nurnen 1975.

Idibib Productions.

This monster track is lifted from the Japanese cd compilation from 1997. Picked it up for peanuts a couple of weeks ago and haven't stopped playing it since. Top, top tune.

Karin Krog

A real favourite of mine, check Steve Swallow's bass outro on Meaning of Love, killer.

Thom Jureks's thoughts:

Recorded for Polydor, six years after her landmark Joy album, this set features Norwegian jazz iconoclast Karin Krog in the electric company of keyboardist Steve Kuhn, drummer percussionist Jon Christensen, and Steve Swallow on one of his early electric bass dates. More song-oriented than her other vanguard dates, We Could Be Flying still showcases the singer in a restless, searching frame of creativity. Obviously influenced by the work Flora Purim had done with Return to Forever and the heyday of jazz-rock fusion, Krog nonetheless puts her indelible stylistic stamp on all the material here. The best tunes here were written by Kuhn, who seems to understand the subtlest nuances in Krog's performing style, as evidenced by "Meaning of Love," with its driven, wispy Latin rhythms and melodic lines that seem to bleed into one another, capturing the softness of Krog's enunciation. The seemingly rocked-up cover of Joni Mitchell's "All I Want" feels out of place here, the band feels stilted into trying to rein themselves into the conventional cut-time signature and fixed spaces where fills are almost unwelcome. While Mitchell's own version is far looser and spacier than this, the band seems to have misunderstood her original intent in this song. The co-write between Carla Bley and Krog on "Sing Me Softly of the Blues," finds the band back on its square, swinging the blues in cool nocturnal fashion with Christensen's swinging cymbal work carries the band underneath the singer's husky contralto. The finest moment here is the funky "Raindrops, Raindrops" written by Kuhn, where his electric piano and double-time bass and drums fall in just behind Krog's shimmering, airy performance. This recording is a fine document of its time, capturing its naivete, sense of adventure, and its willingness to step outside the jazz and vanguard box while never giving in to pop convention.

Recommended.

Jazz-Strands

Here's a killer U-Tube recommendation from that man G.Raf. McCoy Tyner and Azar Lawrence is in there with some heavy percussion recorded live in Warsaw in 1974.

Aces

Black Classical History of Spiritual Jazz 1955-2012

Serious about your Spiritual? Then Black Classical's got all the bases covered with this truly epic 12 hour mass.

Go Here Now ;

http://www.archive.org/details/BlackClassicalSpiritualJazz19552012

Back by popular demand #3

The Bobby Hutcherson Quintet.

Live at Stockholm, Sweden.

Recorded 28th July 1969.

Bobby Hutcherson : Vibes

Harold Land : Sax

Stanley Cowell : Piano

Reggie Johnson : Bass

Joe Chambers : Drums

Another installment of impossibly rare, stunning jazz. 4 tracks including Total Eclipse, Theme from Blow Up, Man on Mercury and The Peace-Maker.

Heaven

The Billy Norine Group

The Billy Norine Group

Norinian Records NR 11754-2.

Recorded and Mixed at Baker Street Studios, Watertown Mass. April 25/26 1980.

Another incredible private press album, and a first for the world wide web. The much overlooked Billy Norine producing an amazingly percussive adventure with;

Billy Norine; Drums

Steve Olenick; Synthesizer

John Shapiro; Vibes

John Laine; Piano

Mark Carlsen; Bass

Ray Frisby; Percussion

"Billy Norine was one of my brightest pupils, whose remarkable drumming skills and compositional sense are the result of intentsive study and dedication"

George Russell

Check it out

Rick Lawn

Rick Lawn's POWER OF TEN

EARTH TONES

A recommendation of the highest order. A classy new release from the man behind the ultra rare "Compass Rises" private press on schoolhouse records, Ohio. These guys should be supported and heard. Drop by Rick's place and find out more ...

Info:

http://ricklawn.com/power-of-10

Essential gears!

Woody Shaw (live!) at last

Woody Shaw live.

Recorded in 1977

with;

Carter Jefferson, Larry Willis, Stafford James, Victor Lewis.

2 of my all-time favourite Woody Shaw tunes, fully extended and live. Love Dance and Why which is taken from the Muse lp, The Rise of Atlantis by Carter Jefferson.

Dig the super long artwork!

Happiness is ..Takin' care of Natural Business ... DIG?!

The Al Tanner Quintet ; Featuring William "Smiley" Winters.

Super rare gears provided by G.Raf. Watch out over the coming weeks, cause there's plenty more where this came from. We need some thanks in the comments btw ...

Introduction

Baltanica

The Magi

Kuba!

Poor me

Bronson's Blues

Lobby Lizards

Rolon's Groove

Blackclassical

SOUNDS RING LIKE AN ECHO IN THE WOODS.

Blackclassicals been beavering away again, collating another cosmic spiritual-jazz suite. Improve your life and expand your mind here ...

http://www.mixcloud.com/Blackclassical/sound-rings-like-an-echo-in-the-woods/?utm_source=redirect&utm_medium=shorturl&utm_campaign=cloudcast

The Howard Hanger Trio

The Howard Hanger Trio.

Through a Glass Darkly. PMH Records.

Recorded at Lefevre Sound Studios, Atlanta. January 1970.

Howard Hanger; Piano

Paul Reeve; Drums

Mike Givens; String Bass

Shel Hall; Electric bass on Lay, Lady, Lay.

A very interesting, if difficult to pigeon hole 2nd album from this Trio. Think P.E Hewitt, with a touch of Gerry Olds and a dash of Ahmad Jamal and you could be getting close, maybe. There's a Dylan cover, some originals and my favourite What Wonderous Love, an adaptation of an american folk hymn. The whole album moves in many different directions, from straight trio jazz, to abstract electronica samples. Takes a few listens, but is worth every minute.

Ritmo Caliente

Ritmo Caliente.

Coco Lagos y sus Orates. 1970 MaG.

Volumen 2. LPN 2338.

A break from the norm, with some bangin' bossa boogaloo business. Infectious latin tunes from Peruvian Coco. There all killer, but for me, La Rumba Empezo is a stormer.

Check it out

Doug Riley

Doug Riley : Dreams.

PMR-007, 1976.

Doug Riley; Accoustic and electric pianos.

Michael Stuart; Tenor and soprano saxophones.

Don Thompson; Accoustic bass.

Claude Ranger; Drums.

Yet another beautiful album from the PM vaults :-

"Riley was born in Toronto April 12, 1945 and started studying classical piano at age 3. By 1958, he came under the influence of Hungarian classical pianist Paul de Marky, who had been Oscar Paterson's teacher. Studies saw Riley at the University of Toronto where he graduated with a Bachelor of Music. He has written 3 ballets for the National Ballet of Canada, arranged an album for Ray Charles, scored 6 feature fi Ims, and played piano and arranged for Dianne Brooks, Gordon Lightfoot, Moe Koffman, Sonny Greenwich and Dr. Music. Musically, Riley is moody, poetic, humourous, multi-colored, religious, defiant and most of all rich. He is a thorough investigator of the musical language whether in a romantic or Post-Coltrane bag."

Of the young Canadians presented by Perla, none is more impressive than keyboardist Doug Riley.

His improvisations are emotionally moving, structurally complex and technically sophisticated. Riley’s format for the group balances taut ensembles and open-ended improvisations.

In sum, the success of their voyage through the perilous waters of extended spontaneous composition is one more indication of the depth of their musicianship.
Chuck Berg, Down Beat

Kenny Rankin

Kenny Rankin : Like a Seed.

1972

In the words of Dustygroove;

Indescribably beautiful work from Kenny Rankin – a jazzy blend of vocals and folk – delivered with a warm and soulful tone that's unlike anyone else! The whole thing's great – really very much its own spirit, and kind of a bright light after a host of doom and gloom late 60s folk-based singers in popular music. Of course, Kenny's still got something of a righteous feel, and lets his politics sneak out from time to time – but his overall sound is wonderfully redemptive, without being cloying in kind of a James Taylor sort of way. The instrumentation is great too – with just the right use of acoustic guitar in warm chromatic tones, plus nice touches on flute and saxes from Jim Horn, and gently groovy backings that never dampen Kenny's light. Titles include "Sometimes", "Peaceful", "Stringman", "You Are My Woman", "I Was Born", and "Yesterday's Lies".

Jackson State University : In Concert *1989

Jackson State University

Jazz Ensemble No.1.

MCC-659.

Recorded 19th April 1989 at the F.D Hall Music Center, Recital Hall, Jackson Uni, Mississippi.

Musical Director ; Dr. Russell Thomas Jr.

2 storming big band covers of Milestones and Naima. Lumark Gulley (drums) must surely have graduated with honours following his contribution to Milestones. Watch for goosebumps ... Fierce.

Blue Mitchell

Blue Mitchell.

Mainstream MRL 315

Here's an ace from Blue, ably assisted by some class support. Watch out for the 2 tracks penned by Walter Bishop from Black Jazz fame. Soul Village is a honey, but it's Mi Hermano (My brother) that kills it everytime.

Art Farmer : Homecoming 1971

Art Farmer Septet : Homecoming.
Recorded in New York, Summer 1971. Lonehill jazz.

Just can't stop hitting this baby at the moment. There's some killer, toe tappin', finger snappin', rug cuttin' joints on here. Picked it initially up for the stellar line-up which includes, Jimmy Heath, Cedar Walton, Sam Jones, Warren Smith, Billy Higgins and Mtume !!! Not only that, there's a couple of bonus tracks tacked on the end which were recorded live at Heidelberger Jazztage, Germany in 1972. This line-up includes Horst Muhbradt, Niels-Henning Orsted Pedersen and Tony Inzalaco.

Some words;

First time on CD for the 1971 album by Jazz great Art Farmer featuring two additional bonus tracks recorded live the following year. A homecoming for Art Farmer is beyond the surface implications of the album title. It is veritably a happy musical homecoming for the ears of the Jazz world at large. Incidentally, the title selection promptly invites one to celebrate, revel and swing with the album. This album brings out his growing awareness and developmental capabilities. Jimmy Heath and Cedar Walton are musicians he has worked with regularly during his trips back to the States. The strong smooth mixture of emotion, logical order, and the sound of surprise clothe the program with heat, excitement and variety As a bonus to this splendid album, which appears here on CD for the first time ever, we have added two rare Farmer items, which also make their CD debuts on this edition. Both were recorded on June 4, 1972, during the Heidelberger Jazztage Festival in Heidelberg, Germany and find Farmer playing with Danish bassist Niels-Henning Orsted Pedersen. Seven tracks. Lone Hill Jazz. 2006.

Enjoy

Joni Mitchell : Hits

Joni Mitchell : Hits

Something a little different, but still with some "plenty good" tunes on here. Picked this up after Four Hero (who were sitting in on Gilles Peterson's show) dropped the track Help Me (Joe Sample, Tom Scott). Steven Stills plays some top bass on Carey. I've clipped a couple of later recorded tracks from the full compilation, and you ain't missing nothing there. Great stuff.

Urge for Going ; 1967

Chelsea Morning ; 1969

Big Yellow Taxi ; 1970

Woodstock ; 1970

The Circle Game ; 1970

Carey ; 1971

California ; 1971

Help Me ; 1974

River ; 1971

GERALDO PINO and the heart beats

Geraldo Pino and the Heart beats.

SNDWLP006.

The excellent Soundways re-issue of this all killer - no filler afrobeat monster.

Side One

Heavy, Heavy, Heavy

Let them Talk

African's must Unite

Side Two

Shake Hands

Power to the People

Let's have a Party