viernes, 29 de octubre de 2010

John Scofield - A Go Go (1997)




01. A Go Go
02. Chank
03. Boozer
04. Southern Pacific
05. Jeep On 35
06. Kubrick
07. Green Tea
08. Hottentot
09. Chicken Dog
10. Deadzy

Músicos.
John Scofield (guitarra)
John Medeski (piano, órgano hammond B3)
Chris Wood (contrabajo)
Billy Martin (batería)

Count Basie Orchestra - April in Paris (1956)




01. April In Paris
02. Corner Pocket
03. Didn't You
04. Sweetie Cakes
05. Magic
06. Shiny Stockings
07. What Am I Here For?
08. Midgets
09. Mambo Inn
10. Dinner With Friends
11. April In Paris (alternate take)
12. Corner Pocket (alternate take)
13. Didn't You? (alternate take)
14. Magic (alternate take 1)
15. Magic (alternate take 2)
16. What Am I Here For? (alternate take)
17. Midgets (alternate take)

Músicos.
Count Basie (piano)
Marshall Royal, Billy Graham (alto saxophone)
Frank Foster, Frank Wess (tenor saxophone)
Charlie Fowlkes (baritone saxophone)
Joe Newman, Thad Jones, Wendell Cully (trumpet)
Henry Coker, Benny Powell, Bill Hughes (trombone)
Freddie Green (guitar)
Ed Jones (bass)
Sonny Payne (drums)

jueves, 28 de octubre de 2010

Sonny Clark - Cool Struttin' (1958)




1. Cool Struttin’
2. Blue Minor
3. Sippin’ at Bells
4. Deep Night
5. Royal Flush
6. Lover

Músicos.
Sonny Clark (piano)
Paul Chambers (bajo)
Philly Joe Jones (batería)
Jackie Mclean (saxo)
Art Farmer (trompeta)

sábado, 23 de octubre de 2010

Cecil Taylor - Unit Structures (1966)



01. Steps
02. Enter, Evening (soft line structure)
03. Enter, Evening (alternate take)
04. Unit Structure/As of a Now/Section
05. Tales (8 Whisps)

Músicos.
Eddie Gale Stevens, Jr. (trumpet)
Jimmy Lyons (alto sax)
Ken McIntyre (alto sax, oboe, bass clarinet)
Cecil Taylor (piano, bells)
Henry Grimes, Alan Silva (bass)
Andrew Cyrille (drums)

jueves, 21 de octubre de 2010

Joe Pass - Virtuoso (1973)




01. Night And Day
02. Stella By Starlight
03. Here's That Rainy Day
04. My Old Flame
05. How High The Moon
06. Cherokee
07. Sweet Lorraine
08. Have You Met Miss Jones?
09. 'Round Midnight
10. All The Things You Are
11. Blues For Alican
12. The Song Is You

Músicos.
Joe Pass (guitarra)

domingo, 17 de octubre de 2010

Cuevana | Alrededor de Medianoche (1986)



Cuevana | Alrededor de Medianoche (1986)

Título original Round Midnight
Reparto Dexter Gordon, François Cluzet, Lonette McKee, Christine Pascal, Herbie Hancock
Director Bertrand Tavernier
Guión Bertrand Tavernier & David Rayfiel
Productora Coproducción Francia-USA; Warner Bros.
Género Drama
Duración 133 min
Año 1986
Sinópsis Una noche de 1959, en París, un debilitado músico de jazz sorprende en el club “Blue Note”con el elocuente sonido que transmite su saxo. Fuera, un parisino demasiado pobre como para tomar un vaso de vino hace esfuerzos por escuchar las notas musicales. Pronto, a ambos les unirá una gran amistad...

sábado, 16 de octubre de 2010

Art Blakey Quintet - A Night at Birdland Vol. 1 (1954)



1. Announcement By Pee Wee Marquette
2. Split Kick
3. Once In A While
4. Quicksilver
5. A Night In Tunisia
6. Mayreh
7. Wee-Dot (alternate take)
8. Blues

Músicos.
Art Blakey (batería)
Lou Donaldson (saxo alto)
Clifford Brown (trompeta)
Horace Silver (piano)
Curly Russell (bajo)

Pat Metheny Group - Offramp (1981)




1. Barcarole
2. Are You Going With Me?
3. Au Lait
4. Eighteen
5. Offramp
6. James
7. The Bat Part II

Músicos.
Pat Metheny (guitarra eléctrica, synclavier, bajo, sintetizador)
Steve Rodby (bajo)
Dan Gottlieb (batería, snare)
Lyle Mays (organo, sintetizador, piano, auto arpa, arpa, synclavier)
Naná Vasconcelos (percusión, batería, voz, coros, berimbau)

The Gil Evans Orchestra - Out of the Cool (1960)




1. La Nevada
2. Where Flamingoes Fly
3. Bilbao Song
4. Stratusphunk
5. Sunken Treasure
6. Sister Sadie

Músicos.
Johnny Coles, Phil Sunkel (trompeta)
Keg Johnson, Jimmy Knepper (trombón)
Tony Studd (trombón bajo)
Bill Barber (tuba)
Bob Tricarico (fagot, flauta, piccolo)
Ray Beckenstein, Eddie Caine (saxo alto, flauta, piccolo)
Budd Johnson (saxo tenor, saxo soprano)
Ray Crawford (guitarra)
Gil Evans (piano, arreglos, conducción)
Ron Carter (contrabajo)
Charlie Persip, Elvin Jones (batería, percusión)

viernes, 15 de octubre de 2010

Django Reinhardt - Quintette du Hot Club de France (1940)




1. Dinah
2. Oh, Lady Be Good
3. I Saw Stars
4. I'm Confessin' That I Love You
5. I've Had My Moments
6. Djangology
7. St. Louis Blues
8. Limehouse Blues
9. I Got Rhythm
10. I've Found A New Baby
11. After You've Gone
12. Nagasaki
13. Swing Guitars
14. Charleston
15. You're Driving Me Crazy
16. Runnin' Wild
17. Improvisation (Solo)
18. Minor Swing
19. Honeysuckle Rose
20. Sweet Georgia Brown
21. Night & Day
22. Daphne
23. Them There Eyes
24. I'll See You In My Dreams (Trio)
25. Nuages (The Bluest Kind Of Blue)

Músicos.
Django Reinhardt, Joseph Reinhardt, Louis Gaste (guitarra)
Stéphane Grappelli, Eddie South, Michel Wartlop (violin)
Lucien Simoens, Louis Vola, Dick Fullbright (contrabajo)
Benny Carter (saxo alto)
Coleman Hawkins (saxo tenor)
Bill Beason (batería)

jueves, 14 de octubre de 2010

Ben Webster - Soulville (1958)




01. Soulville
02. Late Date
03. Time on My Hands
04. Lover Come Back to Me
05. Where Are You
06. Makin' Whoopee
07. Ill Wind
08. Who (bonus track)
09. Boogie-Woogie (bonus track)
10. Roses of Picardy (bonus track)

Músicos.
Herb Ellis (guitar)
Oscar Peterson (piano)
Ben Webster (piano, sax tenor)
Stan Levy (drums)

lunes, 11 de octubre de 2010

Albert Ayler Trio - Spiritual Unity (1964)




1. Ghosts: First Variation
2. The Wizard
3. Spirits
4. Ghosts: Second Variation

Músicos.
Albert Ayler (tenor saxophone)
Gary Peacock (double bass)
Sunny Murray (drums)

Miles Davis - Sketches Of Spain (1960)




01. Concierto De Aranjuez
02. Will o´the Wisp
03. The Pan Piper
04. Saeta
05. Solea

Músicos.
Miles Davis (trumpet, flugelhorn)
Gil Evans (arranger, conductor)
Taft Jordan, Johnny Coles, Louis Mucci, Ernie Royal, Bernie Glow (trumpet)
Dick Hixon, Frank Rehak (trombone)
Joe Singer, Tony Miranda, Jimmy Buffington, John Barrows (french horn)
James McAllister, Bill Barber (tuba)
Harold Feldman (flute, clarinet, bass clarinet, oboe)
Eddie Caine, Al Block (flute)
Danny Bank (alto flute, bass clarinet)
Romeo Penque (oboe)
Jack Knitzer (bassoon)
Janet Putman (harp)
Paul Chambers (bass)
Jimmy Cobb (drums)
Elvin Jones, Jose Mangual (percussion)

domingo, 10 de octubre de 2010

Jaco Pastorius - Jaco Pastorius (1976)




1. Donna Lee
2. Come On, Come Over
3. Continuum
4. Kuru/Speak Like A Child
5. Portrait Of Tracy
6. Opus Pocus
7. Okonkole Y Trompa
8. Used to Be A Cha-Cha
9. Forgotten Love

Músicos.
Jaco Pastorius (bass)
Sam Moore, Dave Prater (vocals)
Wayne Shorter (soprano saxophone)
David Sanborn (alto saxophone)
Michael Brecker (tenor saxophone)
Howard Johnson (baritone saxophone)
Randy Brecker (trumpet)
Peter Graves (bass trombone)
Peter Gordon (french horn)
Hubert Laws (piccolo)
Max Pollikoff, Arnold Black (violin)
Julian Barber, Al Brown (viola)
Kermit Moore, Beverly Lauridsen (cello)
Herbie Hancock (piano, fender rhodes piano, keyboards)
Alex Darqui (fender rhodes piano)
Homer Mensch (acoustic bass)
Narada Michael Walden, Lenny White, Bobby Economou (drums)
Othello Molineaux, Leroy Williams (steel drums)
Don Alias (bongos, congas, bells, percussion)

Jimmy Smith - The Sermon (1958)




1. The Sermon
2. J.O.S
3. Flamingo

Músicos.
Jimmy Smith (órgano)
Lee Morgan (trompeta)
Curtis Fuller (trombon)
Lou Donaldson (saxo alto)
Tina Brooks (saxo tenor)
Eddie McFadden, Kenny Burrell (guitarra)
Donald Bailey, Art Blakey (bateria)

jueves, 7 de octubre de 2010

Lester Young - With the Oscar Peterson Trio (1952)




01. Ad Lib Blues
02. I Can't Get Started
03. Just You, Just Me
04. Almost Like Being In Love
05. Tea For Two
06. There Will Never Be Another You
07. (Back Home Again In) Indiana
08. On The Sunny Side Of The Street
09. Stardust
10. I'm Confessin' (That I Love You)
11. I Can't Give You Anything But Love
12. These Foolish Things
13. It Takes Two To Tango
14. I Can't Get Started (false start)

Músicos.
Lester Young (tenor saxophone)
Oscar Peterson (piano)
Barney Kessel (guitar)
Ray Brown (bass)
J.C. Heard (drums)

miércoles, 6 de octubre de 2010

Erroll Garner - Concert by the Sea (1955)




01. I'll Remember April
02.Teach Me Tonight
03. Mambo Carmel
04. Autumn Leaves
05. Its All Right With Me
06. Red Top
07. April In Paris
08. They Cant Take That Away From Me
09. How Could You Do A Thing Like That To Me
10. Where Or When
11. Erroll's Theme

Músicos.
Erroll Garner (piano)
Denzil Best (drums)
Eddie Calhoun (bass)

Larry Young - Unity (1965)




1. Zoltan
2. Monk´s Dream
3. If
4. The Moontrane
5. Softly as in the Morning Sunrise
6. Beyond all Limits

Músicos.
Larry Young (órgano)
Woody Shaw (trompeta)
Joe Henderson (saxo tenor)
Elvin Jones (batería)

martes, 5 de octubre de 2010

Edición conmemorativa del 40 aniversario de “Bitches brew” de Miles Davis.





Sony publicó el 31 de agosto una edición conmemorativa del 40 aniversario del álbum de Miles Davis “Bitches brew”, publicado originalmente en 1969 en un doble LP. El álbum estará disponible en dos versiones: la “Bitches brew: Legacy edition” contiene dos CDs que incluye los dos LPs originales, con las mezclas originales en 8 pistas, y varios extras, más un DVD con un concierto inédito que el Miles Davis Quintet dio en Copenhague en noviembre de 1969. La “Bitches brew: 40th Anniversary collector’s edition” añade a la versión anterior un CD con un concierto inédito del septeto de Davis en Tanglewood en 1970, un cuadernillo de 48 páginas y un doble LP réplica de la edición original.

DELUXE BOX SET
PRODUCT #: 88697702742


Deluxe Box Contents
Disc 1
1. Pharaoh’s Dance 20:04
2. Bitches Brew 26:58
3. Spanish Key 17:31
4. John McLaughlin 4:22
Total Time – 69:08

Disc 2
1. Miles Runs The Voodoo Down 14:01
2. Sanctuary 10:57
3. Spanish Key (alternate take) 10:20
4. John McLaughlin (alternate take) 6:39
5. Miles Runs The Voodoo Down (single) 2:49
6. Spanish Key (single) 2:49
7. Great Expectations (single) 2:41
8. Little Blue Frog (single) 2:36
Total Time – 53:11

Disc 3
1. Bill Graham introduction (Tanglewood) 0:12
2. Directions (Tanglewood) 9:31
3. Bitches Brew (Tanglewood) 9:15
4. The Mask (Tanglewood) 3:55
5. It’s About That Time (Tanglewood) 7:30
6. Sanctuary (Tanglewood) 1:35
7. Spanish Key/The Theme (Tanglewood) 6:32
8. Miles Runs The Voodoo Down/The Theme (Tanglewood) 4:39
9. Bill Graham outro (Tanglewood) 0:22
Total Time – 67:48

DVD
Copenhagen concert of 11/4/69

1. Directions 6:57
2. Miles Runs The Voodoo Down 8:58
3. Bitches Brew 15:35
4. Agitation 10:25
5. I Fall In Love Too Easily 3:40
Sanctuary 3:28
6. It’s About That Time 18:55
7. The Theme 0:35
Total Time 69:00

180-gram reissue or original double LP

Record One – Side A:
1. Pharaoh’s Dance 20:05

Record One – Side B:
1. Bitches Brew 26:58

Record Two – Side A:
1. Spanish Key 17:32
2. John McLaughlin 4:22

Record Two – Side B:
1. Miles Runs The Voodoo Down 14:01
2. Sanctuary 10:56

Soulive – Rubber Soulive (2010)




01 – Drive My Car
02 – Taxman
03 – In My Life
04 – Eleanor Rigby
05 – I Want You (She’s So Heavy)
06 – Come Together
07 – Something
08 – Revolution
09 – Help!
10 – Day Tripper
11 – While My Guitar Gently Weeps

Músicos.
Neal Evans
Alan Evans
Eric Krasno
Toussaint Liberator

lunes, 4 de octubre de 2010

Grant Green - Idle Moments (1963)




1. Idle Moments
2. Jean De Fleur
3. Jean De Fleur (alternate take)
4. Django
5. Django (alternate take)
6. Nomad

Músicos.
Grant Green (guitar)
Joe Henderson (tenor saxophone)
Bobby Hutcherson (vibraphone)
Duke Pearson (piano)
Bob Cranshaw (bass)
Al Harewood (drums)

domingo, 3 de octubre de 2010

Coleman Hawkins - Body & Soul (1956)




01. Meet Doctor Foo
02. Fine Dinner
03. She's Funny That Way
04. Body and Soul
05. When Day Is Done
06. The Sheik of Araby
07. My Blue Heaven
08. Bouncing With Bean
09. Say It Isn't So
10. Spotlite
11. April in Paris
12. How Strange
13. Half Step Down, Please
14. Angel Face
15. There Will Never Be Another You
16. The Bean Stalks Again
17. Body and Soul
18. I Love Paris
19. Under Paris Skies

Músicos.
Coleman Hawkins (tenor saxophone)
Barry Galbraith (guitar)
Osie Johnson (drums)
Romeo Penque (reeds)

The Mahavishnu Orchestra - The Inner Mounting Flame (1971)




1. Meeting of the Spirits
2. Dawn
3. Noonward Race
4. A Lotus on Irish Streams
5. Vital Transformation
6. The Dance of Maya
7. You Know, You Know
8. Awakening

Músicos.
John McLaughlin (guitar)
Jerry Goodman (violin)
Jan Hammer (piano)
Rick Laird (bass)
Billy Cobham (drums)

viernes, 1 de octubre de 2010

Art Pepper - Meets the Rhythm Section (1957)




1. You'd Be So Nice To Come Home To
2. Red Pepper Blues
3. Imagination
4. Waltz Me Blues
5. Straight Life
6. Jazz Me Blues
7. Tin Tin Deo
8. Star Eyes
9. Birk's Works

Músicos.
Art Pepper (alto Saxophone)
Red Garland (piano)
Paul Chambers (bass)
Philly Joe Jones (drums)