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Recorded with a who s who of fusion titans including trumpeter Eddie Henderson bassist Stanley Clarke and keyboardist Herbie Hancock Dance of Magic channels the lessons drummer Norman Connors learned in the employ of Pharoah Sanders Sam Rivers and Sun Ra marshaling Latin rhythms electronic textures and cosmic mysticism to...
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John Stubblefield was one of the most versatile musicians in jazz an invaluable artist who expanded on the music s potential from within the tradition Stubblefield s tenor and soprano saxophones told the story of four decades of diverse musical experience from local R amp B acts like Jackie Wilson...
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Featuring Nate Morgan on piano Jesse Sharps on reeds Danny Cortez on trumpet Rickey Kelly on vibes Joel Ector on bass and Derek Roberts on drums This music was recorded in Santa Barbara in July of 1987 Since the passing of the great pianist composer bandleader Horace Tapscott the Nimbus...
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This duet date from 1990 demonstrates the deep blues feeling and technical mastery Archie Shepp has on the tenor saxophone Comprised of four standards Things Ain t What They Used to Be Body and Soul Pannonica and Round Midnight this set is one of Shepp s most enjoyable ever The...
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Great Jazz Standards was recorded when Evans was red hot after two successes with Miles Davis Miles Ahead and Porgy And Bess Evans signature brass choir is in place creatively voiced spaciously arranged a supple multi coloured sonically surprising counterpoint to a succession of superb...
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Pharoah Sanders Shukuru is noteworthy as being the album that reunited Sanders with vocalist Leon Thomas who sang on some of Sanders most endearing and powerful compositions among them the legendary The Creator Has a Masterplan Thomas only joins the band on two tracks Mas in Brooklyn Highlife and Sun...
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In late 1957 jazz saxophonist clarinetist composer and iconoclast Jimmy Giuffre broke up the original Jimmy Giuffre 3 with Ralph Pena and Jim Hall In early 1958 for a recording session he formed a new trio without a rhythm section For the album Trav lin Light his new trio included...
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A beautiful dreamlike expression of spiritual jazz recorded at a time when the idiom was completely out of vogue Gary Bias East 101 remains little known even by cult classic standards but its free flowing approach demands attention from listeners who believe this kind of LP ceased to exist somewhere...
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Little Girl Blue released in 1957 was Nina Simone s first recording originally issued on the Bethlehem label Backed by bassist Jimmy Bond and Albert Tootie Heath it showcases her ballad voice as one of mystery and sensuality and showcases her up tempo jazz style with authority and an enigmatic...
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This 1976 album by the late saxophonist Stan Getz is a reunion of sorts with Joao Gilberto the great Brazilian guitarist and singer and the music of Antonio Carlos Jobim or Tom Jobim along with the stylish and nonintrusive arrangements of Oscar Carlos Neves The trio changed the world in...
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Based upon the artistic and commercial success of Louis Armstrong Plays W C Handy George Avakian gathered the All Stars into the studio again for a second session to record tunes by Fats Waller This is also a stunning album the All Stars at the top of their form play...
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Recorded between trumpeter Freddie Hubbard s better known classics Red Clay and First Light Straight Life is actually arguably Hubbard s greatest recording Hubbard joined by an all star group that includes tenor saxophonist Joe Henderson keyboardist Herbie Hancock guitarist George Benson bassist Ron Carter and drummer Jack DeJohnette is...
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Kenny Burrell s guitar artistry is well documented in his years with Oscar Peterson and on his first dates as a leader on the Blue Note label but God Bless The Child his only date for CTI in 1971 is an under heard masterpiece in his catalogue Burrell s band...
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Although he d been a fixture on the East Coast folk circuit for several years Arlo Guthrie did not release his debut album until mid 1967 A majority of the attention directed at Alice s Restaurant focuses on the epic 18 plus minute title track which sprawled over the entire...
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It s incredible to witness this resurgence of Strata East s recordings over the last few years an appreciation for the label s groundbreaking approach to music making backed by a phenomenal catalogue continues to attract listeners both new as well as its devoted faithful once again giving rise to...
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180 gram gatefold double LP Remastering by Ray Staff at Air Mastering Lyndhurst Hall London Fifth part of the Strata East Dolphy Series Glass Bead Games is arguably the crown jewel of the Strata East movement an amorphous genre that treads an unusual path between post bop 1970s avant garde...
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An incredible session from the legendary Tribe Records scene an equal effort from leader Doug Hammond and keyboardist David Durrah who contributes some ground breaking Fender Rhodes and moog work to the set Hammond handles drums plus a bit of vocals and synthesizer on the session working alongside Durrah in...
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Jim Hall s Concierto was arguably the greatest LP in the history of CTI and possibly a masterpiece With two legendary players in the frontline trumpeter Chet Baker and Paul Desmond Hall interprets standards and engaging originals A master of melody who never wastes notes the centerpiece for this release...
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Stanley Turrentine the jazz tenor saxophone player was also known to some as Mr T or The Sugar Man The jazz musician was greatly influenced at a young age by family and others having been invited to sit in with Illinois Jacquet at the tender age of 12 Turrentine s...
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Daddy Plays the Horn is a 1955 jazz album by saxophonist Dexter Gordon originally released on Bethlehem Records There s a clear focus on getting Gordon back in the spotlight on this record as the basic set up for each song is to feature his solos heavily The structures and...
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An amazing session of spiritual soul jazz and one of the rarest albums on Strata East Shamek Farrah s soulful alto is matched with the free spiritual piano of Sonelius Smith for a totally memorable session that virtually defines the essence of the Strata East...
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Adele Sebastian was an Afro American jazz flutist and singer active from the early 70s when she was still a teenager until her untimely death at the age of 27 in 1983 from a kidney failure In fact she had been depending on monthly dialysis to stay alive for years...
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Having sponsored Ornette Coleman at the School of Jazz near Lennox MA pianist and composer John Lewis helped launch the controversial career of one of the last great innovators in jazz Lewis support of the ragtag Texas native was somewhat unique in jazz circles at the time and even surprising...
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When this set was recorded in 1964 pianist Randy Weston had no luck interesting any label to release the music so he came out with it independently on his tiny Bakton company amp then in 1972 Atlantic released the performances It is surprising that no company in the mid 1960s...
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Champion Jack Dupree was a New Orleans bred boogie woogie piano player But boogie woogie piano music has little or no collector value The same cannot be said for Dupree Lps which have always fetched healthy good prices in record bin and on ebay While you can t give away...
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During the sixties there was the British Blues boom containing many blues bands one of the fineat being Peter Green s Fleetwood Mac In January of 1969 Fleetwood Mac were at Chess Studios Chicago Jamming with the likes of Willie Dixson S P Leary Honeyboy Edwards J T Brown and...
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Another absolute gem from Alan Bates s Candid label this must be probably Otis Spann s finest piece of work on wax He may not have been the blues but he was sure close to being the blues pianist Spann provided wonderful imaginative tasty piano solos and better than average...
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One of the great soprano saxophonists of all time ranking up there with Sidney Bechet and John Coltrane Steve Lacy s career was fascinating to watch develop He originally doubled on clarinet and soprano dropping the former by the mid 50s inspired by Bechet and played Dixieland in New York...
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Lightnin Hopkins was one of the most over recorded artists in the blues genre The recordings here were made at a pivotal moment in his career In 1960 at 48 years old he was no longer a star in the black community but was becoming a folk legend His deeply...
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For the most part this is a 1961 session wherein the blues raconteur and pianist Memphis Slim runs through a good chunk of his repertoire the songs that came to mind that afternoon As such it s relaxed entertainment rather than a fixed recording for a larger audience Which is...
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Booker Little was the first trumpet soloist to emerge in jazz after the death of Clifford Brown to have his own sound His tragically brief life he died at age 23 later in 1961 cut short what would have certainly been a major career This is supremely soulful modern jazz...
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Freddie Hubbard was one of the most prolific jazz trumpeters in the business He played a hot and sassy horn When he was teamed up with George Benson Jack DeJohnette and Ron Carter just to name a few on this one of many Creed Taylor produced collaborations he most deservedly...
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Flugelhornist Art Farmer and guitarist Jim Hall had had a regular group for a time in the mid 60s but except for one occasion had not played together since until this 1978 LP This is an unusual effort for CTI in that it is a quintet set without added horns...
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Electric blues guitarist Melvin Taylor had been sporadically recording solo albums for 20 years when Dirty Pool arrived and was somehow just beginning to find fame Already a hit in Europe it had taken a steady run of performing in Chicago s famed blues clubs to slowly earn Taylor a...
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This is the first of two superb albums recorded by Bill Evans and guitarist Jim Hall and it was recorded over two sessions in April and May 1962 Arrangements simply for piano and guitar are rare in Jazz and it is even more seldom that the results are truly inspiring...
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Recorded in 1963 The Sheriff features the Modern Jazz Quartet in fine swinging form The program is not as sharply focused as on some of the earlier Atlantic releases but it is compelling nonetheless There are four originals by pianist John Lewis including the fleeting bluesy title cut and the...
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From its opening bars with Bill Salter s bass and Rahsaan s flute passionately playing Bill Withers Ain t No Sunshine you know this isn t an ordinary Kirk album were any of them As the string section electric piano percussion and Cornel Dupree s guitar slip in the back...
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With such a tight group as the MJQ is is impossible to single out individual musicians which probably accounts for their long lived success This is a strong recording from the Modern Jazz Quartet with inventive versions of John Lewis Vendome Ray Brown s Pyramid Jim Hall s Romaine and...
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Leadbelly s last recording sessions for a commercial record label held in the early fall of 1944 yielded a dazzling 12 songs embracing virtuoso guitar blues Grasshoppers In My Pillow pounding piano driven scatting The Eagle Rocks with Leadbelly himself at the ivories a talent for which he wasn t...
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Black Brown amp Beige is Duke Ellington s musical representation of the African American experience in the United States It is arguably The Maestro s greatest work The triumph of telling so important a story so well through music alone makes Duke Ellington s Black Brown amp Beige a masterpiece...
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Mingus Dynasty like its predecessor and Columbia companion Mingus Ah Um was recorded in 1959 a watershed year for the insuperable eruptive bassist composer Charles Mingus Leading what amounted to a repertory company comprising some of New York s best and most creative improvisers Mingus musically challenged two ensembles a...
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Criss Cross Thelonious Monk s second album for Columbia Records features some of the finest work that Monk ever did in the studio with his 60s trio and quartet Whether revisiting pop standards or reinventing Monk s own classic compositions Monk and Charlie Rouse tenor sax John Ore bass and...
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The arrangements by Tommy Newsom for strings brass and woodwinds may be a bit sweet and the 12 performances may be overly concise often under three minutes but the resulting music is strangely pleasing Acoustic guitarist Charlie Byrd always had a strong affinity for Brazilian jazz and he sticks exclusively...
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This is a reissue of a now out of print album from live trio date by the legendary LA based pianist composer and multi bandleader Horace...
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Where have you gone Charles Tolliver There was such promise in the concept of Music Inc and in Strata East but evidently the music world s attention was elsewhere and this tremendous live set was probably heard by only a few hundred sets of ears On the back of the...
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Owning both this disc and Live at Slugs Volume 1 is essential for hardcore Jazz fans Part two of the Slugs date is just as impressive and again features three originals all penned by the group Here we get a better example of Tolliver s...
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The best of pianist Horace Tapscott s recordings for the tiny Nimbus label is this 1981 LP which features him in a sextet with trumpeter Reggie Bullen altoist Gary Bias tenor saxophonist Sabir Matteen bassist Roberto Miranda and drummer Everett Brown Jr The group stretches...
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