Monday, December 23, 2013

Wednesday, December 18, 2013

Forever Loving Jah

Monty Alexander - Piano
Hassan Shakur - Bass
Herlin Riley - Drums
Othniel Lewis - keys
Wendel Ferraro - l. guitar
Wayne Armond - r. guitar


Christmas Time is Here

Mauro DePasquale - piano
Peter DePasquale - guitar


Tuesday, December 17, 2013

Monday, December 16, 2013

Bill Evans Trio - Solar

Bill Evans - Piano
Scott LaFaro - Bass
Paul Motian - Drums


Scott LaFaro - The Legendary (Full Album)

This collection was also sold as "This is Pat Moran"

Pat Moran - Piano
Scott Lafaro - Bass
John Whited - Drums

TRACKLIST:
01  Making Whoopee (5:32)
02  In Your Own Sweet Way (5:05)
03  Onilisor (4:17)
04  Come Rain Or Come Shine (5:41)
05  Blackeyed Peas (3:33)
06  I Could Have Danced All Night (3:33)
07  Yesterdays (4:34)
08  Blues (4:08)


This Is Pat Moran
This Is Pat Moran

Sunday, December 15, 2013

Saturday, December 14, 2013

Sonny Clark Trio - Softly, As In A Morning Sunrise

Sonny Clark - piano
Paul Chambers - bass
"Philly" Joe Jones - drums



Jean-Luc Ponty - Cosmic Messenger

Jean-Luc Ponty – Five-String Electric Violin, Electric Violin, Organ, Lead Synthesizer, Orchestron, Acoustic Violin
Ralphe Armstrong – Electric Bass, Fretless Electric Bass
Joaquin Lievano – Electric Guitar, Acoustic Guitar
Peter Maunu – Electric Guitar, Acoustic Guitar, Guitar Synthesizer
Casey Scheuerell – Drums, Percussion
Allan Zavod – Electric Piano, Polyphonic Synthesizer, Lead Synthesizer, Grand Piano, Organ
Tracks:
1. Cosmic Messenger
2. The Art Of Happiness
3. Don't Let The World Pass You By
4. I Only Feel Good With You
5. Puppets Dance
6. Fake Paradise
7. Ethereal Mood
8. Egocentric Molecules



Chick Corea - My Spanish Heart (Full Album)

Chick Corea - Piano, Organ, Synthesizer, Percussion, Vocals, Production, Arrangement, Composer
Stanley Clarke - Double bass, Bass Guitar
Steve Gadd - drums
Narada Michael Walden - Drums, Handclaps
Don Alias - Percussion
Jean-Luc Ponty - Violin
Gayle Moran - Vocals

String quartet
Connie Kupka - Violin
Barry Socher - Violin
Carole Mukogawa - Viola
David Speltz - Cello

Brass section
Stuart Blumberg - Trumpet
John Rosenburg - Trumpet
John Thomas - Trumpet
Ron Moss - Trombone



Tracks:
00:00 - Love Castle
4:47 - The Gardens
7:58 - Day Danse
12:09 - My Spanish Heart
13:46 - Night Streets
19:54 - The Hilltop
25:10 - The Sky
29:07 - Wind Danse
34:07 - Armando's Rhumba
39:27 - Prelude to El Bozo
42:01 - El Bozo, Part 1
44:53 - El Bozo, Part 2
46:56 - El Bozo, Part 3
51:59 - Spanish Fantasy, Part 1
58:05 - Spanish Fantasy, Part 2
01:03:19 - Spanish Fantasy, Part 3
01:06:28 - Spanish Fantasy, Part 4
01:11:14 - The Clouds





Blues for Greasy (1950)

Harry 'Sweets' Edison - trumpet
Lester Young - Tenor Sax
Flip Phillips - Tenor Sax
Bill Harris - Trombone
Hank Jones - Piano
Ray Brown - Bass
Buddy Rich - Drums
Ella Fitzgerald - Vocals





Moanin' - Oscar Peterson

Oscar Peterson - piano
Lee Morgan - trumpet
Ed Thigpen - drums
Ray Brown - bass


Stanley Clarke - It's What She Didn't Say

Stanley Clark - all basses 

Stanley Clarke - School Days (Full Album)

1. School Days
2. Quiet Afternoon
3. The Dancer
4. Desert Song
5. Hot Fun
6. Life Is Just A Game


Stanley Clarke – electric bass guitar, acoustic bass, piccolo bass guitar, acoustic piano, vocals, 
John McLaughlin – acoustic guitar on "Desert Song"
Icarus Johnson – electric and acoustic guitars on "Life Is Just a Game"
David Sancious – keyboards, Minimoog synthesizer, organ on tracks 1-3, electric guitar on track 5
George Duke – keyboards on "Life Is Just a Game"
Milt Holland – percussion, congas, triangle on "The Dancer" and "Desert Song"
Steve Gadd – drums on "Quiet Afternoon" and "Hot Fun"
Billy Cobham – drums, Moog 1500 on "Life Is Just a Game"
Gerry Brown – drums, handbells on "School Days" and "The Dancer"
Raymond Gomez – electric guitar on "School Days", "The Dancer", "Hot Fun"



Donald Byrd Black Byrd ( Full Album )

Donald Byrd - trumpet, flugelhorn, electric trumpet, vocals 
Allen Curtis Barnes - flute, oboe, saxophone 
Roger Glenn - saxophone, flute 
Fonce Mizell - trumpet, vocals 
Larry Mizell - vocals 
Kevin Toney - piano 
Freddie Perren - piano, synthesizer, vocals 
Dean Parks, David T. Walker, Barney Perry - guitar 
Joe Sample - piano, electric piano 
Chuck Rainey, Wilton Felder, Joe Hill - bass 
Harvey Mason, Sr, Keith Killgo - drums 
Bobbye Hall Porter, Perk Jacobs, Stephanie Spruill - percussion

Track Listings:
01 Flight Time 00:00
02 Black Byrd 08:31
03 Love's So Far Away 15:52
04 Mr Thomas 21:56
05 Sky high 27:00
06 Slop Jar Blues 32:59
07 Where Are We Going? 38:40


Return to Forever: Romantic Warrior - Full Album

Chick Corea – keys
Stanley Clarke – bass
Lenny White – drums   
Al DiMeola – guitar


Tracklist:
1. Medieval Overture 0:00
2. Sorceress 5:15
3. Romantic Warrior 12:50
4. Majestic Dance 23:43
5. The Magician 28:46
6. Duel Of The Jester And The Tyrant 34:15



Joe Zawinul Syndicate

Joe Zawinul - keys
Linley Marthe - bass
Manolo Badrena - percussion
Nathaniel Townsley - drums
Sabine Kabongo - vocals
Amit Chatterjee - guitar




Weather Report - Birdland

Joe, Zawinul - keys
Jaco Pastorius -  bass
Wayne Shorter - sax
Alex Acuña -  percussion
Manolo Badrena - tambourine



Sonny Clark - Cool Struttin' (Full Album)

Sonny Clark – piano
Jackie McLean – alto saxophone
Art Farmer – trumpet
Paul Chambers – bass
Philly Joe Jones – drums




Thursday, December 12, 2013

Charles Mingus - Tensions

Charles Mingus – bass
John Handy – alto sax
Jackie McLean – alto sax
Booker Ervin – tenor sax
Pepper Adams – baritone sax
Jimmy Knepper – trombone
Willie Dennis – trombone
Dannie Richmond – drums
Horace Parlan – piano



Monday, December 2, 2013

Jackie McLean - Jacknife

Tracks 1-5
Jackie McLean - alto saxophone
Charles Tolliver (#1, 3, 4) - trumpet
Lee Morgan (#2, 3, 5) - trumpet
Larry Willis - piano
Larry Ridley - bass
Jack DeJohnette - drums

Tracks 6-10
Jackie McLean - alto saxophone
Larry Willis - piano
Don Moore - bass
Jack DeJohnette - drums

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Lee Morgan - The Sidewinder (Full Album)

Lee Morgan – trumpet
Joe Henderson – tenor saxophone
Barry Harris – piano
Bob Cranshaw – double bass
Billy Higgins – drums



Spain - Takumi Matsumura

Takumi Matsumura - flute


Tuesday, November 26, 2013

Chet Baker - It's Always You

Chet Baker – vocals, trumpet
Kenny Drew – piano
George Morrow – bass
Philly Joe Jones – drums



Friday, November 22, 2013

The Great Jam Session 1958: Cozy Cole - Coleman Hawkins - Roy Eldridge

Roy Eldridge - trumpet
Johnny Guarnieri - piano
Carol Stevens - vocals
Joseph Barry Galbraith - guitar
Milton Hilton - bass
Cozy Cole - drums
Coleman Hawkins - sax


Thursday, November 21, 2013

Herbie Hancock Live from Chelsea College London 1979

Herbie Hancock - keys
Paul Jackson - bass
Alphonse Mouzon-drums
Bennie Maupin - sax
Ray Obiedo - guitar,
Bill Summers- percussion
Webster Lewis Jr. - keys



Tuesday, November 5, 2013

Lee Morgan - You Go To My Head

Lee Morgan - trumpet
Wayne Shorter - tenor saxophone
Harold Mabern - piano
Bob Cranshaw - bass
Billy Higgins - drums




Saturday, November 2, 2013

Chavela Vargas - La llorona

Vocals - Chavela Vargas

La Llorona ("The Weeping Woman") is a widespread legend in North and South America.

Although several variations exist, the basic story tells of a beautiful woman by the name of Maria who drowns her children in order to be with the man that she loved. The man would not have her, which devastated her. She would not take no for an answer, so she drowned herself in a river in Mexico City. Challenged at the gates of heaven as to the whereabouts of her children, she is not permitted to enter the afterlife until she has found them. Maria is forced to wander the Earth for all eternity, searching in vain for her drowned offspring, with her constant weeping giving her the name "La Llorona." She is trapped in between the living world and the spirit world.

In some versions of this tale and legend, La Llorona will kidnap wandering children who resemble her missing children, or children who disobey their parents. People who claim to have seen her say she appears at night or in the late evenings from rivers or lakes in Mexico. Some believe that those who hear the wails of La Llorona are marked for death, similar to the Gaelic banshee legend. She is said to cry, "Ay, mis hijos!" which translates to, "Oh, my children!"

Typically, the legend serves as a cautionary tale on several levels. Parents will warn their children that bad behavior will cause La Llorona to abduct them,and that being outside after dark will result in her visitation. The tale also warns young women not to be enticed by status, wealth, material goods, or by men who make declarations of love or lavish promises.






Lyric Translation:

They all call me the black, Weeper 

Black but affectionate. 
They all call me the black, weeper 
Black but affectionate. 
I am like the green pepper, weeper 
Spicy but tasty. 
I am like the green pepper, weeper 
Spicy but tasty. 

Oh of me, Weeper, weeper, 

Weeper, take me to the river 
Cover me with your shawl, weeper 
Because I'm dying of cold (freezing) 

If because I love you you love, Weeper 
You want me to love you more 
If I've already given you life, Weeper 
What else do you want? 
You want more?

Wednesday, October 23, 2013

Monday, October 7, 2013

Idle Moments - Grant Green (Full Album)

Grant Green - guitar
Joe Henderson - tenor saxophone
Duke Pearson - piano
Bobby Hutcherson - vibraphone
Bob Cranshaw - double bass
Al Harewood - drums



Tracks:  
"Idle Moments" (Pearson) – 14:56
"Jean De Fleur" (Green) – 6:49
"Django" (John Lewis) – 8:44
"Nomad" (Pearson) – 12:16

Bonus tracks on CD reissue:
"Jean De Fleur" [Alternate Take] - 8:09
"Django" [Alternate Take] - 13:12





Tuesday, June 4, 2013

Night Streets - Chick Corea

Chick Corea - Piano, Organ, Synthesizer, Percussion, Vocals, Production, Arrangement, Composer
Stanley Clarke - Double bass, Bass Guitar
Steve Gadd - drums
Narada Michael Walden - Drums, Handclaps
Don Alias - Percussion
Jean-Luc Ponty - Violin
Gayle Moran - Vocals

String quartet
Connie Kupka - Violin
Barry Socher - Violin
Carole Mukogawa - Viola
David Speltz - Cello

Brass section
Stuart Blumberg - Trumpet
John Rosenburg - Trumpet
John Thomas - Trumpet
Ron Moss - Trombone 


Monday, April 29, 2013

Then I Close My Eyes - David Gilmour - Remember That Night

David Gilmour - Guitar
Richard Wright - Keys
Dick Parry - Sax
Phil Manzanera - Guitar
Guy Pratt - Bass
Jon Carin - Guitar
Steve DiStanislao - Drummer
David Crosby - Guitar
Graham Nash - Guitar
Robert Wyat - Cornet



Tuesday, March 5, 2013

Thursday, February 14, 2013

Gerry Mulligan & Chet Baker Margarine Carnegie Hall Concert

Chet Baker - trumpet
Bob James - piano
Ron Carter - bass
Harvey Mason - drums




Chet Baker - Moonlight Becomes You

Album Personnel:
Chet Baker - trumpet
Herb Geller - alto saxophone, tenor saxophone);
Jack Montrose - tenor saxophone
Bob Gordon - baritone saxophone
Russ Freeman - piano
Joe Mondragon - double bass
Shelly Manne - drums



Bebo Valdes & Diego El Cigala - Obsesion

Diego El Cigala - vocal
Javier Colina - bass
Israel Porrina " Pirana" - cajon
El Nino Josele - guitar



Veinte años - Bebo Valdés & Diego El Cigala

Bebo Valdés - piano
Diego El Cigala - vocals

Javier Colina - bass
Israel Porrina " Pirana" - cajon
El Nino Josele - guitar



Chet Baker-Isn't It Romantic-1964

Chet Baker - trumpet 
Jacques Pelzer - flute 
Rene Urtreger - piano 
Luigi Trussardi - bass 
Franco Manzecchi - drums


Chet Baker-Isn't It Romantic-1964 by redhotjazz

Thursday, January 17, 2013

Chuck Mangione - Feels So Good (Selections)

Chuck Mangione - flugelhorn, electric piano
Chris Vadala - soprano, alto, and baritone saxes; piccolo, flute, and alto flute
Grant Geissman - electric, acoustic, 12-string, and classical guitars
Charles Meeks - bass
James Bradley, Jr. - drums, congas, timbales







Arturo Sandoval - "There Will Never Be Another You"

Arturo Sandoval - Trumpet
Mahesh Balasooyria - Piano
Zane Musa - Sax
John Belzaguy - Bass
Johnny Friday - Drums


Chucho Valdés- Bolero

Chucho Valdés - piano
Francisco Rubio Pampin - bass
Piñeda Roque - drums
Roberto Vizcaino Guillót - congas


Wednesday, January 9, 2013

Curtis Stigers & The Forest Rangers - John The Revelator

This is not jazz, but it's equally bad ass:



Sookie Sookie - Grant Green

Grant Green - guitar
Claude Bartee - tenor saxophone
Willie Bivens - vibes
Neal Creque (tracks 2 & 5), Ronnie Foster (tracks 1, 4 & 6-8) - organ
Idris Muhammad - drums
Joseph Armstrong - congas