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1996: George Coleman - Danger High Voltage |
Hard-bop, Post-bop |
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 Artist: George Coleman Album: Danger High Voltage Quality: FLAC (cue, scans) Size: 536 MB Label: Two and Four (2000) Total time: 68:08 REPOST with new links Danger High Voltage is significant in two respects: It is the first release from the Two and Four Recording Company, and it marks the reformation of the George Coleman Octet, which hadn't recorded since its debut in 1977. The horn section consists of Coleman and special guest Ned Otter on tenor saxes, Jim Rotondi on trumpet, Adam Brenner on alto, and Gary Smulyan on baritone. The rhythm section is anchored by two veterans, pianist Harold Mabern and bassist Ray Drummond, along with drummer George Coleman, Jr. and percussionist Daniel Sadownick. Beginning with Coleman's bouncy arrangement of Stevie Wonder's "Isn't She Lovely," the little big band goes on to feature its various members. Adam Brenner shines on fellow altoist Bobby Watson's hard-bopping "Conservation," while Jim Rotondi is given the floor on the lovely ballad "Portrait of Jennie," again arranged by Coleman. Ned Otter takes center stage on Frank Foster's classic waltz "Simone" and his own 4/4 arrangement of the great standard "Tenderly." In general, Otter's tone is less round and his rhythmic approach a bit less focused than Coleman's. To close the album, the group presents Bill Lee's Latin arrangement of Consuela Lee's "Follow Me" and, finally, Coleman's original "Pretty Blues." Because there are so many other players present, one shouldn't look to this record for a comprehensive survey of Coleman's tenor abilities. However, as an accessible, straight-ahead ensemble jazz outing, Danger High Voltage is about as solid as it gets. ~ David R. Adler, All Music Guide |
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2009: Wicked Jazz Sounds Band - The Biggest Sin |
Music » Jazz » Fusion » Crossover Jazz |
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 Artist: Wicked Jazz Sounds Band Album: The Biggest Sin Year: 2009 Label: United Recordings Nl Genre: Acid Jazz Quality: flac (tracks) Bitrate: lossless Total Time: 52 min 44 sec Total Size: 352.9 mb The philosophy ‘dance with a smile’ is the energetic, colorful, exciting red line through the music preached by no less than eleven great musicians from the Netherlands. Amsterdam based Wicked Jazz Sounds Band is a team of musical all-stars. Their live reputation is growing and growing, an experience you do not want to miss. Jazz is the base, throwing out lifelines to hip hop, funk, soul, samba and even house music, wherever the musical wind takes them. Their motto? Let the music guide your life! |
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1955-1958: Sam ”The Man” Taylor - Jazz for Commuters / Salute to the Saxes |
Soul-Jazz, Funk-Jazz |
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 Artist: Sam ”The Man” Taylor Album: Jazz for Commuters & Salute to the Saxes 2LP/1CD Label: Fresh Sound Records Years: 1955-1958, release: 2008 Quality: MP3@320 kbps Size: 146 mb Total time: 66:47 For my friends! Sam ”The Man” Taylor is a saxophonist as adept at swinging jazz as he is at the blues and R&B for which he is most famous. With his unending drive and energy, he stood out in the bands he was in, including those of Cootie Williams, Cab Calloway and others. During the 50s he spent much of his time playing R&B sessions, but he also performed and recorded often with his own combo and, ten years later, he achieved wide recognition in Japan thanks to his ballads. This CD, however, resents an exultant Taylor, deeply rooted in the most genuine jazz, during a swinging 1958 session with great jazzmen like Charlie Shavers, Georgie Auld, Budd Johnson and Hank Jones. As a bonus, there is an example of his more ”rocking” side, fronting a group that exudes Taylor’s typically soulful essence. ~ Fresh Sound Records |
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2003: Fred Anderson - Back at the Velvet Lounge |
Post-bop, Avantgarde |
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 Artist: Fred Anderson Album: Back at the Velvet Lounge Label: Delmark Records Year: 2002; release: 2003 Format, bitrate: mp3, 320 Size: 154 mb AMG Rating:  "Anderson still has a tenor saxophone sound of Old Testament proportions." - JazzTimes At the time of this 2002 recording, tenor saxophonist Fred Anderson was 74 and had been leading the house band at Chicago's Velvet Lounge for 21 years. There has been no mellowing in his adventurous flights and Anderson, who has a huge tone and sometimes hints at Sonny Rollins and (to a lesser extent) Gene Ammons, always pushes himself. His five lengthy originals are challenging yet loose enough for the musicians to be quite spontaneous. Trumpeter Maurice Brown (52 years Anderson's junior and sounding at times like early Don Cherry) shows lots of potential, the pianoless rhythm section is stimulating and supportive, and guest Harrison Bankhead helps out by playing acoustic guitar on "Job Market Blues" and bass on the first two numbers. "Fougeux" is a straight-ahead blowout, "Olivia" (which features two bassists) starts out as a ballad before getting more heated, "Job Market Blues" is a long jam over a one-chord vamp (rather than being an actual blues), and "Syene" is a mysterious strut with Brown's most rewarding solo of the live set. Saving the best for last, the final number of the CD, "King Fish," has some funky playing by bassist Tatsu Aoki and drummer Chad Taylor that leads to some colorful free bop interplay by the two horns over the walking bass. Although technically "avant-garde," the music on this lively outing should interest straight-ahead jazz fans too, for these Chicago-based musicians are all worthy of greater recognition. ~ Scott Yanow, All Music Guide |
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1959-1960: Dinah Shore and Andre Previn - Dinah Sings, Previn Plays |
Music » Jazz » Vocal Jazz |
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 Artists: Dinah Shore and Andre Previn Album: Dinah Sings, Previn Plays Label: Capitol Years: 1959/1960 Quality: MP3@256 kbps Size: 88,0 mb Total time: 48:53 REPOST by request While maintaining her status as a television star, Dinah Shore made a series of classy albums for Capitol Records between 1959 and 1962. On this, the fourth of her five LPs for the label, she again teamed with André Previn, who had arranged and conducted her earlier album, Somebody Loves Me. This time, Previn took to the piano, joined only by an occasional rhythm section for another set of ballads (or, as the sleeve note put it, "songs in a mid-night mood"). They included standards by the Gershwins, Rodgers & Hart and others, and Shore handled them with more than her usual warmth; she smoldered. The result was a concept album that ranks with some of Frank Sinatra's. Maybe sales were negligible because the Shore of this album was hard to reconcile with the grinning hostess on TV, but it probably had more to do with the overexposure TV gives any regular performer, causing the public to look for her on the small screen rather than on the record shelves. In any case, that made this album a lost gem. ~ William Ruhlmann, All Music Guide |
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1960: Rita Reys and Pim Jacobs Trio - Marriage In Modern Jazz |
Music » Jazz » Vocal Jazz |
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 Artist: Rita Reys and Pim Jacobs Trio Album: Marriage In Modern Jazz Year: 1960, release: 2006 Label: Philips Quality: mp3; 320kbs Total Time: 35:58 Total Size: 82mb Hip vocal tracks from Dutch singer Rita Reyes – recorded with backing by the Pim Jacobs Trio, a lively combo that features piano, bass, and guitar! The format is simple, but compelling – and the record's a great chance to hear Rita at her best, singing in a style that made her one of the best European female jazz singers of her day – right up there next to Monica Zetterlund, Karin Krog, and a rare few others. Titles include "Summertime", "I've Got The World On A String", "Too Close For Comfort", "But Not For Me", "Thou Swell", "Like Someone In Love", and "No Moon At All". © 1996-2010, Dusty Groove America, Inc. |
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2006: Larry Carlton with Special Guest Robben Ford - Live in Tokyo |
Contemporary Jazz, Crossover Jazz |
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 Artists: Larry Carlton and Robben Ford Album: Live in Tokyo Label: 353 Records Year: 2006; release: Mar 26, 2007 Format, bitrate: mp3 @320 kbps Size: 131 mb The history of jazz includes unlikely but successful collaborations as well as examples of people who should have gotten along but didn't. Miles Davis' economy, restraint and understatement were quite a contrast to John Coltrane's lengthy, stream of consciousness solos, and yet, they made great jazz together. Stan Getz and Chet Baker had a lot in common musically and should have collaborated time and time again; however, they couldn't stand one another. And then there are musicians who know they have a lot of musical common ground and act on that knowledge, which is what guitarist Larry Carlton and singer/guitarist Robben Ford do on this live disc (which was recorded in Tokyo, Japan in September 2006). The fact that Carlton and Ford (who knew each other from Tom Scott's L.A. Express back in the mid-'70s) have a lot of common ground does not mean that their guitar playing is identical; Carlton is essentially a jazzman who has been greatly influenced by rock, soul, funk, and blues, while Ford is essentially a bluesman who has been greatly influenced by jazz, rock, soul, and funk. Neither are purists -- Carlton isn't a jazz purist any more than Ford is a blues purist -- and the fact they have eclectic tastes as well as similar tastes makes them logical allies musically. Live in Tokyo cannot be neatly lumped into any one category; jazz, blues, rock, and funk are all part of the musical equation, and Carlton and Ford clearly enjoy a strong rapport on memorable performances such as Carlton's "Burnable" and Ford's "That Road." Ford doesn't do a lot of singing on this 64-minute CD; in fact, "Talk to Your Daughter" is the only vocal offering on a mostly instrumental disc. Live in Tokyo is a rewarding example of what can happen when two musicians who have much in common musically get together. ~ Alex Henderson, All Music Guide |
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