From the liner notes: "Guy's friend, drummer Max Roach, was in the studio when this number [Aesop's Fables] was cut. He commented thru the inter-com from the control room, 'Hey, Guy, do you know something... you must be deported back to Africa... you are too wild!...' and to this josh, Guy said, 'Ding-dong! That's where all the nice mess IS!'"
Side A
1. That's How She Walks
2. Hail The Soundz
3. My Anthem
4. Aesop's Fables
Side B
1. The Third Phase - Prelude (An African Drum Symphony)
2. The Third Phase - Main Theme (An African Drum Symphony)
Guy Warren - percussion, flute, piano, vocal, composer, arranger Ollie Shearer - vibes, marimba Richard Davis - bass
A beautiful tribute to the music of Rahsaan Roland Kirk -- one that really gets at all the sensitive soul and spirit that we first came to love in his recordings of the 60s! The quality of the set's no surprise, though, given that some of the key members here include Steve Turre and Hilton Ruiz -- both of whom worked with Kirk back in the day, and who not only recreate his sound wonderfully -- but also do a good of imagining its extension, had Roland not been taken from us too soon in his all-too-short career. Other players include Bill Hardman on trumpet, Junior Cook on tenor, Paul Brown on bass, and Leroy Williams on drums -- and Suzanne Klewan and Timmy Shepherd sing on a few tracks , too. Titles include "Spirits Up Above", "A Handful Of Fives", "Serenade To A Cuckoo", "Theme For The Eulipions", "My Delight", "Bright Moments", and "The Inflated Tear". (Dustygroove)
1. Serenade To A Cuckoo
2. Theme For The Eulipions
3. A Handful Of Fives
4. Spirits Up Above
5. The Inflated Tear
6. My Delight
7. Bright Moments
8. Steppin' Into Beauty
9. E.D.
Tracks 1-8:
Bill Hardman - trumpet Steve Turre - trombone Junior Cook - tenor sax Hilton Ruiz - piano Paul Brown - bass Leroy Williams - drums Suzanne Klewan & Timmy Shepherd - vocals on 2, 4 & 7
Track 9:
Steve Turre - trombone Cedar Walton - piano Buster Williams - bass Billy Higgins - drums
Tracks 1-8 recorded at Lobel Studio, West New York, NJ, January 14 & 15, 1986
Track 9 recorded at Kampo Cultural Center, NY, February 6, 1988
I stumbled upon this album when actually investigating on Tone Janša's sidemen. It turned out that his bassist Ewald Oberleitner also played on this Mark Murphy-album 15 years later, an album I had never heard of and that seemed to be virtually nonexistent... But then I thought a guy who was able to unearth an ultra rare Janša-album might be able to help me with this one, too, so I asked my local contact man and mate Igor and - guess what! - only some days later I got a mail from him with RapidShare-links! So please thank Igor for his generosity when leaving a comment - this blog owes him a lot!
By the way it's a nice album. Mark Murphy was in good shape and occasionally humorous at that evening, and even though his Austrian sidemen may not be all too known outside of their homeland they are more than just faceless background-musicians, notably the great Karlheinz Miklin on sax and flute (check out the fantastic "Vera Cruz" or "Prism").
1. Stolen Moments
2. Parker's Mood
3. Along Came Betty
4. Vera Cruz
5. Bolero De Sata
6. Going To Chicago
7. Charleston Alley
8. I'll Remember Clifford
9. Prism
10. Body & Soul
Mark Murphy - vocal
Karlheinz "Charlie" Miklin - saxes, flute
Claus Raible - piano
Ewald Oberleitner - bass
Heimo Wiederhofer
Recorded live in Zagreb at the BP Club, 1993
Jazzette BP CD 027
David Amram, who has played and composed in several different areas of music, has always had a special love for Latin jazz. This out-of-print LP finds Amram (on French horn, piano, guitar and various flutes and whistles) playing six of his compositions, plus "Take the 'A' Train," with an impressive 14-piece group that features such notables as altoist Paquito D'Rivera, altoist Jerry Dodgion, David "Fathead" Newman on tenor, baritonist Pepper Adams, trumpeter Joe Wilder, trombonist Jimmy Knepper and many percussionists, including Machito and Candido. Frequently explosive and always infectious music. (Scott Yanow/AMG)
I know some of you take a Yanow-review as an anti-recommendation, but even a blind squirrel finds a nut once in a while... Fine album, especially the first track En Memoria de Chano Pozo - nothing but a killer (check the sound clip)!
Side A
1. En Memoria De Chano Pozo
2. New York Charanga
3. Andes Breeze
4. Take The A Train
Side B
1. Blue Bomba (Bomba Azul)
2. Brazilian Memories
3. Celebration
4. Song Of The Rain Forest
5. An Interview With David Amram
David Amram - french horn, piano, acoustic guitar, penny whistles, ocharinas, Andean flutes & percussion Paquito d'Rivera - alto sax, percussion & flute on "New York Charanga" Jerry Dodgion - alto & soprano sax David "Fathead" Newman - tenor sax George Barrow - tenor sax Pepper Adams - baritone sax Joe Wilder - trumpet Jimmy Knepper - trombone Victor Venegas - bass Machito - claves Machito Jr. (Mario Grillo) - guiro & percussion Candido - bongos & congas Myra Casales - congas Steve Berrios - timbales, drums & percussion Duduca Fonseca - Brazilian percussion
Recorded & Mixed at the Hit Factory, January 1982
1983. Elektra/Asylum
Ok, let's complete my little Palcoscenico-blog with the first of nine albums released on this obscure label, a worthy completion in my opinion, an energetic album linking post-bop with more avantgarde structures yet quite accessible and melodious. Except for some short freer parts Terzo Mondo is mostly characterized by a steady, driving pulse. Especially like the fiery final seven, eight minutes - check out the soundclip below!
Sergio Fanni - trumpet Danilo Terenzi - trombone Gaetano Liguori - piano Roberto Del Piano - electric bass Pasquale Liguori - drums
Side A
1. Peppina (7:07)
2. Geronimo Boogie (5:02)
3. Suite Per Il Terzo Mondo, Part 1 (11:11)
Side B
1. Suite Per Il Terzo Mondo, Part 2 (24:18)
Listen to an excerpt:
All compositions by Gaetano Liguori
Recorded live at CIAK, Milano, Italy; November 2, 1979
Palcoscenico PAL 15001. 1980
MP3 @320k or FLAC (I know, I know, everyone's busy buying Christmas presents at the moment, no time for commenting, however I'm a grateful person...)
For a period of time between the mid-'70s and early '80s, Toshiko Akiyoshi was taking her big band (co-founded with husband Lew Tabackin) into the studio with some regularity, consistently producing outstanding recordings. This long-unavailable LP, released by the Japanese label Insights, consists of four extended original works, beginning with the exotic, multi-faceted "Sumi-e." "Hangin' Loose" is a far more lighthearted piece, which she introduces with a jaunty piano solo backed by the rhythm section. The cryptically titled "A-10-205932" is a great showcase for Tabackin's underrated prowess as a flutist. The orchestra also includes trumpeter Bobby Shew, trombonist Bill Reichenbach, and alto saxophonist Gary Foster, though all of the musicians excel in their playing of Akiyoshi's demanding charts. This somewhat hard-to-find album is well worth acquiring. (Ken Dryden/AMG)
Toshiko Akiyoshi - piano Lew Tabackin - tenor sax, flute Steven Huffstetter, Bobby Shew, Larry Ford, Mike Price - trumpet Randy Aldcroft, Bill Reichenbach, Rick Culver - trombone Phil Teele - bass trombone Gary Foster, Dick Spencer - alto sax Tom Peterson - tenor sax Bill Byrne - baritone sax John Heard - bass Peter Donald - drums Kisaku Katada - percussion
Recorded February 2 & 3, 1979, Iruma City Auditorium, Saitama, Japan
RCA PL 37537 (Digital Recording)
I downloaded the following albums a while ago from Soulseek and I've never contributed them to Ish's Muse blog as I took it for granted someone else had done it before me. On the occasion of Bacoso posting Pike'sLet The Minstrels Play On some days ago I called on the Nine Sisters again and to my surprise found no links for On A Gentle Note (1977) and Moon Bird (1983). As I also couldn't find them in the blogosphere it seemed like a good idea to me to make them available again, not least because they are pretty hard to get and worth hearing, especially On A Gentle Note.
Scott "The Unavoidable" Yanow:
After 1966, vibraphonist Dave Pike was primarily heard on European labels until he made his first album for Muse in 1975. His second effort for the label teams Pike with a variety of top L.A. players: Tom Ranier on electric piano (he plays alto on "Scrapple from the Apple"), guitarist Ron Eschete, bassist Luther Hughes, drummer Ted Hawke, and the obscure Rudolph Johnson on tenor. There are some unaccompanied solos (Eschete on "Everytime We Say Goodbye," Ranier's keyboard on "Gigi," and Pike on "Visions of Spain") and a fair amount of variety in the rhythms (ranging from straight-ahead to Latin and rock), making this a generally unpredictable (if now hard to find) LP.
Side A
1. Lazy Afternoon
2. Gigi
3. Regards From Freddie Horowitz
Side B
1. Secret Mystery Of Hensch
2. Everytime We Say Goodbye
3. Scrapple From The Apple
4. Visions Of Spain
Dave Pike - vibes
Rudolph Johnson - tenor sax Tom Ranier - electric piano & alto sax Ron Eschete - guitar Luther Hughes - bass Ted Hawke - drums & percussion
Recorded November & December 1977 at United Audio Studio, Santa Ana, California
Muse MR 5168
Another one of the post-Europe Dave Pike recordings, with a sound that's a bit straighter than usual, but still with his usual great take on jazzy vibes playing. The title track's a nice breezy groover, and the LP also includes two more originals, one with a Latiny feel called "Set the Stage", the other with the usual Pike goofiness, called "Jumpy the Snail". (Dustygroove)
Side A
1. Moon Bird
2. Love For Sale
3. Jumpy The Snail
Side B
1. Set The Stage
2. Dream
3. Anthropology
Dave Pike - vibes Ron Eschete - guitar Tom Ranier - piano Luther Hughes - bass Ted Hawke - drums & percussion Buck Clark - percussion
Having posted his album Cloudy (Palcoscenico) in July Claudio Fasoli is no stranger to this blog anymore, therefore no introduction is needed. Some of you may also know the title track from the fine Tempo Jazz series still available on Flageolette's blog. Just have a look at the guys playing on this album: Claudio Fasoli, Giorgio Azzolini, Bruno Biriaco and Franco D'Andrea - simply said the créme de la crème of modern Italian jazz on an album for Carosello's legendary Jazz from Italy series. By the way hardworking jazzfromitaly has just started a new label blog featuring that series, not to forget his main blog and his Horo-blog - check them out!
Side A
1. Days Off
2. Pseudonimo
3. Dolores
Side B
1. Eskimo Fakiro
2. Childish Eyes
3. Sunless Dream
Claudio Fasoli - tenor & soprano sax Giorgio Azzolini - bass Bruno Biriaco - drums Franco D'Andrea - piano
Recorded at CAP Studio, June 9 - 10, 1977
Carosello/Jazz From Italy CLE 21036
My download stats tell me that Clifford Jordan's Inward Fire has been the most downloaded album so far surprisingly followed by Paul Horn's Monday, Monday - obviously there's some need for easier sounds...Well, here you go! Here's That Rainy Day is another album from Horn's - in my opinion - completely underrated RCA period, one of those albums receiving 2 stars only from the sometimes ignorant AMG-staff which then again is almost a recommendation...
I'd like to quote Al Schmitt's liner notes partially as they are quite accurate:
"In this album, the mood is sentimental. It alludes to memories, to loneliness, to love, to regret and to all the torchy times that were sad, wistful or reflective. It is a mood I have long wanted to present in an album, but it took an artist like Paul Horn to make the idea a reality in sound. [..] In this album, Paul is backed by his quintet, augmented by two harps and a chorus. The voices are used differently than they have been in the past. They sing only the most important line in each song. The rest of the time the chorus becomes an instrumental section, with Paul's horn taking over as the lyricist. Wether telling the story on clarinet, bass flute or alto flute, Paul's message is a bittersweet sound, so sensuous, so touching, that it is impossible to hear it without being moved to a new level of mood... a mood that haunts you on 'That Rainy Day'"
Dustygroove agrees: "A sweet and mellow set from flutist Paul Horn -- with a sad, sleepy, and wonderfully late nite feel! Ralph Carmichael arranged and conducted the set -- and most of the tracks feature the Ralph Carmichael Singers in the background, singing in a really moody style that adds a nice edge to the tunes. The record's the kind we might have passed up years ago, thinking it a snoozer -- but we love it's dark tension, and really appreciate some of the additional instrumental touches, like vibes by Lynn Blessing, piano by Mike Lang, and bass by Bill Plummer."
Maybe interesting for some of you, Gang Starr's Memory Of contains a sample from Here's That Rainy Day (title track):
Side A
1. Who Can I Turn To (When Nobody Needs Me)?
2. Here's That Rainy Day
3. How Sensitive (Insensatez)
4. The Shadow Of Your Smile (Love Theme From "The Sandpiper")
5. In The Wee Small Hours Of The Morning
Side B
1. Girl Talk
2. Moment To Moment
3. Ecstasy
4. Laura
5. On A Clear Day (You Can See Forever)
Paul Horn - clarinet on A4, B5; flute on A2, A3, B1, B3; bass flute on A5; alto flute on A1, B2, B4
Bill Plummer - bass
Lynn Blessing - vibes
Bill Goodwin - drums
Mike Lang - piano
Ralph Carmichael - arranger, conductor & choral director The Ralph Carmichael Singers - chorus plus 2 harps, uncredited
Recorded Nov 4, 1965 - Nov 8, 1965, released 1966
RCA Victor/Dynagroove LSP-3519
Lovely little album, made for daydreaming on a cold, grey and wet November day - grab it here:
While the first side of Devil Blues features the ending tracks of Frankfurt Workshop '78: Tenor Saxes the second one completes the Afrian Moods-session recorded October 6, 1984 with two preceding tracks - Circle had a strange publishing policy to say the least...
In the late 1970s and beyond, Shepp's career went between various old territories and various new ones. He continued to explore African music, while also recording blues, ballads, spirituals and tributes to more traditional jazz figures like Charlie Parker and Sidney Bechet, while at other times displaying his penchant for honking R&B and soulful blues. (Wikipedia)
No big surprise the stomping title track is a showcase for Shepp's more bluesy side, it also gives the other players opportunity for some sweeping solos - quite entertaining. If one didn't know that side 2 was recorded in 1984 one might assume this session to be the one from 1978. Especially the fiery U-majaa recalls the progressive Shepp from past times - my personal fav thanks also to Don Mumford's great drumming. Listen to a short excerpt:
Side A
1. Devil Blues (18:55)
2. Confirmation (2:31)
Archie Shepp - tenor sax George Adams - tenor sax, vocal Heinz Sauer - tenor sax Rainer Brüninghaus - piano Palle Danielsson - bass Alex Riel - drums
Recorded 24/9/1978, Frankfurt
Side B
1. Mama Rose (6:07)
2. U-majaa (17:08)
Archie Shepp - tenor & soprano sax, vocal Siggi Kessler - piano Peter Bockius - bass Don Mumford - drums
Recorded 6/10/1984, Leverkusen
Circle Records RK 7884/33
Devil Blues was kindly contributed by reader Thomas so when you leave a comment don't forget to thank him - keeps us in business as Ish says!
Just trying to post some rare, out-of-print, if not fine at least interesting (mainly jazz) records not yet available in blogland... I do not intend to ruin artists, their inheritors or even the music industry, so if one of the albums posted here is still available or available again mail me and I'll be a good boy and remove it!
