sábado, 15 de enero de 2011

Grachan Moncur III - Evolution (1963)




01.Air Raid
02.Evolution
03.The Coaster
04.Monk in Wonderland

Músicos.
Grachan Moncur III: trombone
Lee Morgan: trumpet
Jackie McLean: alto saxophone
Bobby Hutcherson: vibraphone
Bob Cranshaw: bass
Tony Williams: drums

jueves, 13 de enero de 2011

Ornette Coleman - Something Else!!!! (1958)




01. Invisible
02. Blessing, The
03. Jayne
04. Chippie
05. Disguise, The
06. Angel Voice
07. Alpha
08. When Will the Blues Leave?
09. Sphinx, The

Músicos.
Ornette Coleman (alto saxophone)
Don Cherry (trumpet)
Walter Norris (piano)
Don Payne (bass)
Billy Higgins (drums)

Ornette Coleman - The Art Of The Improvisers (1959-61)




01. The Circle With A Hole In The Middle
02. Just For You
03. The Fifth Of Beethoven
04. The Alchemy Of Scott La Faro
05. Moon Inhabitants
06. The Legend Of Bebop
07. Harlem's Manhattan
08. Music Always
09. Brings Goodness

Músicos.
Ornette Coleman (Alt & Tenor Sax)
Don Cherry (Cornet, Trumpet, Pocket Trumpet)
Charlie Haden, Jimmy Garrisson, Scott La Faro (Bass)
Ed Blackwell, Billy Higgins (Drums)

Ornette Coleman - Sound Grammar (2006)




01. Jordan
02. Sleep Talking
03. Turnaround
04. Matador
05. Waiting For You
06. Call to Duty
07. Once Only
08. Song X

Músicos.
Ornette Coleman (violin, alto saxophone, trumpet)
Greg Cohen, Tony Falanga (double bass)
Denardo Coleman (drums)

Art Farmer & Donald Byrd - Two Trumpets (1956)



1. The Third
2. Contour
3. When Your Lover Has Gone
4. Dig Art Farmer
5. ‘Round Midnight

Músicos.
Art Farmer - trumpet
Donald Byrd - trumpet
Jackie McLean - sax
Barry Harris - piano
Doug Watkins - bass
Art Taylor - drums

miércoles, 12 de enero de 2011

Eric Dolphy - Complete Prestige Recordings 1960 - 1961 (1995)




DISC 1:

1. G.W.
2. On Green Dolphin Street
3. Les
4. 245
5. Glad to Be Unhappy
6. Miss Toni
7. April Fool
8. G.W. - (alternate take 1)
9. 245 - (alternate take 1)
10. Screamin' the Blues
11. March On, March On

DISC 2:
1. Drive, The
2. Meetin', The
3. Three Seconds
4. Alto-Itis
5. Lautir
6. Curtsy
7. Geo's Tune
8. They All Laughed
9. Head Shakin'
10. Dianna
11. Out There

DISC 3:
1. Serene
2. Baron, The
3. Eclipse
4. 17 West
5. Sketch of Melba
6. Feather
7. Caribe
8. Blues in 6/8
9. First Bass Line
10. Mambo Ricci
11. Spring Is Here
12. Sunday Go Meetin'
13. Trane Whistle
14. Whole Nelson

DISC 4:
1. You Are Too Beautiful
2. Stolen Moment, The
3. Walk Away
4. Jaws
5. Mrs. Parker of K.C. (Bird's Mother)
6. Ode to Charlie Parker
7. Far Cry
8. Miss Ann
9. Left Alone
10. Tenderly
11. It's Magic
12. Serene
13. Images

DISC 5:
1. Six and Four
2. Mama Lou
3. Ralph's New Blues
4. Straight Ahead
5. III-44
6. Rally
7. Bass Duet
8. Softly, As in a Morning Sunrise
9. Where?
10. Yes, Indeed
11. Saucer Eyes
12. Status Seeking

DISC 6:
1. Duquility
2. Thirteen
3. We Diddit
4. Warm Canto
5. Warp and Woof
6. Fire Waltz
7. Like Someone in Love - (live)
8. God Bless the Child - (live)
9. Aggression - (live)

DISC 7:
1. Fire Waltz - (live)
2. Bee Vamp - (live)
3. Prophet, The - (live)
4. Booker's Waltz - (live)
5. Status Seeking - (live)

DISC 8:
1. Number Eight (Potsa Lotsa) - (live)
2. Bee Vamp - (alternate take, live)
3. Don't Blame Me
4. When Lights Are Low
5. Don't Blame Me - (alternate take)
6. Les
7. Way You Look Tonight, The

DISC 9:
1. Woody 'N You
2. Laura
3. Glad to Be Unhappy
4. God Bless the Child
5. In the Blues - (takes 1-3)
6. Hi-Fly
7. Oleo

Músicos.
Eric Dolphy alto & tenor saxophones, flute, clarinet, B-flat & bass clarinets
Oliver Nelson alto & tenor saxophones, clarinet
Eddie "Lockjaw" Davis, Booker Ervine tenor saxophone
Freddie Hubbard, Richard Williams, Clark Terry, Bobby Bryant, Booker Little (trumpet
Jimmy Cleveland trombone
Ron Carter cello, bass
Jaki Byard, Richard Wyands, Walter Bishop Jr, Gene Casey, Mal Waldren, Bent Axen (piano
George Tucker, George Duvivier, Sam Jones, Bill Ellington, Wendall Marshall, Joe Benjamin, Richard Davis, Erik Moseholm, Chuck Israels bass
Manny Ramos drums, timbales
Roy Haynes, Arthur Taylor, Charlie Persip, Ed Blackwell, Jorn Elniff drums
Juan Amalbert congas.

Albert Ayler - Holy Ghost: Rare and Unissued Recordings 1962-70 (2004)




DISC 1: HOLY GHOST:
1. Sonnymoon For Two
2. Summertime
3. On Green Dolphin Street
4. Spoken Intro
5. Four
6. Untitled (Saints)
7. Saints
8. Ghost

DISC 2: HOLY GHOST:
1. Wizard, The
2. Children
3. Spirits (Theme)
4. Spoken Intro
5. Spirits
6. Vibrations
7. Untitled
8. Mothers
9. Children
10. Spirits
11. Untitled

DISC 3: HOLY GHOST:
1. Spoken Intro
2. Spirits Rejoice
3. D.C.
4. Untitled
5. Our Prayer
6. Spoken Intro
7. Untitled
8. Ghosts
9. Spirits Rejoice
10. Prophet/Ghosts/Spiritual Bells
11. Our Prayer

DISC 4: HOLY GHOST:
1. Untitled/Truth Is Marching In
2. Spirits
3. Zion Hill
4. Spirits
5. Spiritual Bells
6. Untitled

DISC 5: HOLY GHOST:
1. Spoken Intro
2. Ghosts/Bells
3. Truth Is Marching In
4. Omega
5. Our Prayer
6. Spoken Intro
7. Truth Is Marching In
8. Bells
9. Spirits Rejoice
10. Free Spiritual Musics Part IV

DISC 6: HOLY GHOST:
1. Truth Is Marching in/Omega
2. Japan/Universal Indians
3. Our Prayer
4. Love Cry/Truth Is Marching in/Our Prayer
5. Venus/Upper and Lower Egypt
6. Untitled Blues
7. Untitled Sermon
8. Thank God For Women
9. New Ghosts - (demo fragments)

DISC 7: HOLY GHOST:

1. Prophet John
2. Judge Ye Not
3. Mothers/Children
4. Untitled
5. Untitled
6. Untitled

DISC 8: HOLY GHOST:
1. Interview With Birger Jorgensen: Travel and Plans
2. Holbaek
3. (The) New Blues
4. Christmastime Stateside
5. (A) Great Change
6. Traveling and Coltrane
7. Drummers and Sunny Murray
8. (A) Job to Do
9. Interview With Daniel Caux: Birth, Family, First Music
10. Academy, The Road, School
11. Young Professional and Army
12. Sweden
13. New York
14. 1964
15. Frustration, Sources
16. 1966 Tour and Coltrane
17. Impulse and Mary Maria
18. (The) Artist's Life
19. Question: LeRoi Jones
20. Question: "For John Coltrane"
21. Question: Socio-Political Connections
22. Instrumentation, Engineering
23. Choosing the Players

DISC 9: HOLY GHOST:
1. Interview With Kiyoshi Koyama: Current Activity
2. Antibes
3. Japan/Coltrane's Funeral
4. Clubs
5. Ahead of My Time
6. Home Lives: Brooklyn and Cleveland
7. Impulse, Pt 1: Hippies
8. "Space Music"
9. Don
10. "Thank God For Women"
11. Blues & Rhythm
12. Copying My Records
13. Impulse Pt. 2, New Grass
14. Tone and "Vibration"
15. Rollins, Coleman and Coltrane
16. Maeght Group
17. Serenity of Life
18. Childhood Memories, Pt. 1
19. (Blairman Enters)
20. Early Professional Career
21. Childhood Memories, Pt. 2
22. Don's Music
23. "I Love America" And Youth
24. Mary and Golf
25. Early Relationships and Mary Maria
26. Japan Work and Warm Weather
27. Play Solo
28. Naming Tunes
29. Charles Ives
30. Influences
31. Practicing
32. (The) Healing Force
33. Diet and America
34. Defining "Improvisation"
35. Sonny Rollins, Reactions and Miles Davis
36. Newport '67
37. Keeping to Oneself (Mary Maria Joins)
38. Don & Mocqui Cherry Inverview With Daniel Caux

DISC 10:
Bonus Disc w/Ayler as member of U.S. Army Band!

martes, 11 de enero de 2011

Airto Moreira - Fingers (1973)




1. Fingers - 4:33
2. Romance Of Death - 5:35
3. Merry-Go-Round - 2:45
4. Wind Chant - 5:51
5. Paraná - 6:04
6. San Francisco River - 4:11
7. Tombo In 7/4 - 6:23

Músicos.
* Airto Moreira - percussion
* Flora Purim - percussion, vocals
* Hugo Fattoruso - keyboards, harmonica
* Jorge Fattoruso - drums
* Ringo Thielmann - electric bass
* David Amaro - guitar

sábado, 1 de enero de 2011

Eric Dolphy - The Illinois Concert (1963)




1.Softly As In A Morning Sunrise (O. Hammerstein-S. Romberg) 20:17
2.Something Sweet, Something Tender (Eric Dolphy) 1:28
3.God Bless The Child (B. Holiday-A. Herzog, Jr.) 8:45
4.South Street Exit (Eric Dolphy) 7:30
5.Iron Man (Eric Dolphy) 10:57
6.Red Planet (Eric Dolphy) 12:26
7.G.W. (Eric Dolphy) 7:40

Músicos.
Eric Dolphy, flute, bass clarinet, alto saxophone
Herbie Hancock, piano
Eddie Khan, bass
J.C.Moses, drums