Cossi Anatz PALM VENDEMIAIRE LABEL

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The Record Box ...

the creator is so far out - phill musra
the inner cry - opa
between the devil and the blue horizon - hans dulfer
afrasia - les hooper
taj- nat adderley
king kong - full moon ensemble
lester bowie - for fela
maha samana - john mayer
music for nita and bert - banten

bout time I posted something, mix collaboration with greg
one for hector maybe

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Huseyin Ertrunc Trio ~ Musiki

Led by drummer Ertunc, with Michael Cosmic (as, cl, fl, bcl, sop, piccolo, organ, perc.) & Phil Musra (ts, ss, fl, zurna, cl, perc.) Musiki is a document of the free jazz recorded in the mid-70s rec in Cambridge Mass.
Phil Musra also performed on the incredible World's Experience Orchestra - Beginning of a New Birth [below]
Not a figure who’s well-known in the jazz (or even avant-garde) community, though his work in the 1970s with his brother, multi-instrumentalist Michael Cosmic, Turkish-born drummer Huseyin Ertunc, and bassist-composer John Jamyll Jones is the stuff of curiosity and possibly legend. Part of what has made their music – available on a small scattering of privately-pressed LPs – so interesting is that it does not sound like anything else. I recently characterized the trio music (without Jones) as something like a collision between the AACM and Alan Sondheim’s Ritual 770 or another, similar wild-and-woolly artists’ collective. The group was based in Boston at the time and also worked with pianist Gene Ashton (now known as Cooper-Moore) and poet-vocalist Ntozake Shange, among others. Apparently Musra and Cosmic also spent time in Chicago studying with AACM musicians (From Clifford Allen)

Read more on Clifford Allen's excellent blog HERE

Umoja Mixes

Regarding mixes don't miss out on any of these, it just doesn't get any better than this. All from my friend Greg over @ Black Classical , click on the mix titles

Umojity

Kain: Clouds Brother Ah Sound Awareness: Love Piece Diom Futa: Black Snow Piano Choir: Almoravids Jayne Cortez: I am New York City Oneness of Ju-Ju: Introduction Gill Scott Heron: Peace Go with you Brother George Russell: Events [i ii iii iv v vi vii] Earth Wind and Fire: Energy Muriel Winston: Song for Daddy Build an Ark: Key to the Universe - Vocal (7") Diom Futa: Diom Futa Akira Miyazawa: Bull Trout Brother Ah Sound Awareness: Beyond Yourself Heath Brothers: Smilin' Billy Suite Heath Brothers: Maimouna Sarah Webster Fabio: I Would Be for You Rain Cecil McBee: A Feeling Cecil McBee Cecil McBee: Voice of the 7th Angel Shamek Farrah: Umoja Suite Muriel Winston: Childrens Trilogy
That's it children, what does it all mean?

UNITY means Umoja mix Part ii

Tanka II: Art Ensemble of Chicago Les petits Chevaux: Brigitte Fontaine Spacespy: Grachan Moncur III Lifeforce: Kalaparush Maurice Mcintyre Humility in the Lifeforce of the Creator [i]: Joseph Jarman and Don Moye Humility in the Lifeforce of the Creator [ii]: Kalaparush Maurice Mcintyre Had No Beginning, Has No End; Simply Is: Natural Essence Chromo: Sarah Webster Fabio Black Woman: Sonny Sharrock To Turn from Love: Sarah Webster Fabio Nina Giving Mr. Backlash the Blues: Sarah Webster Fabio Dialogue between two messengers of peace: Sarah Webster Fabio And then they Danced: Marion Brown / Gunter Hampel Black Paladins: Joseph Jarman and Don Moye Constipated Monkey: Kain Transfiguration: Brother Ah Ode to the Birds: Kanai Hideo Consciousness: Wendell Harrison Mary had an Abortion: Wendell Harrison Kupenda na Kuhitaji: Oracy Karins Mode: Karin Krog Psalm of an Addict: Ralph Carmichcheal Song of Will: Eddie Gale Look At Teyonda: Eddie Gale Echos: Black Artists Group Suns of Africa Part ii: Sunny Murray Saudia: Larry Young The Brothers: Nancy Dupree Moves: Doug Hammond Alkebu-Lan Land of the Blacks: Jimmy Heath Invocation: Mtume Tropic Suns: Doug Carn

Umoja means UNITY mix

Black Artists Group: Sweet Street Song
Joseph Jarman / Don Moye: Enu-Igwe (Egwu-Yesi Kipaleta)
Henry Franklin: Erics Tune
Umum Quartet: Encounter By
New Life Trio: Empty Streets
Jarman/Moye: Black Paladins Mama Marimba
Sarah Webster Fabio: Soul Aint; Soul is
Milton Marsh: Monism
Joseph Jarman: Sunbound
World Experience Orchestra: Beginning of a new Birth
Sarah Webster Fabio: Black World
Joseph Jarman: As if it were the seasons Sunbound
Ginger Baker: Coda
Doug Hammond: Space II and Space I
Joseph Jarman: Humility In The Light Of The Creator
Kain: Silly Shit
Doug Hammond: Fidalgo Detour
Claude Delcloo: Africanasia Parts i and ii (edits)
Sun ra meet Salah Ragab and the Cairo Jazz Band: Watusi
Last Poets: Two Little Boys
Claude Delcloo: Africanasia Part iii
Sun Ra: Possibility of an Altered Destiny
Ola Butterfly: If We Do Nothing
Shirley Horn: Consequences of a Drug Addict Role
Doris: You’ll Never Come Closer
Art Ensemble of Chicago: Proverbes (ii)
Art Ensemble of Chicago: Theme de YoYo
Eddie Gale: Fulton Street
David Shire Taking of Pelham 1-2-3 Soundtrack: Dolenz gets killed
Jayne Cortez: Lexington_96 Street Stop
Bever Harris and the 360 Degree Experience: Round Trip part ii
Dee Dee Bridgewater Love from the Sun
Eddie Gale The Rain

April Jazz Mix

01) Mr. RC
Mike selesia - Flavor
02) Musication
Fitz Gore - Sound Musication
03) The age of adlolecence
Seven Ages Of Man Self titled
04) De Lunes A Vierne
Frank Quintero - Despues De la Tormenta
05) Eso Guede
Marius Cultier - The Way ...
06) Priscilla
Bobby Hamilton Quintet - Dream Queen
07) While there's time
Tom Harrell - Aurora
08) Glenford Crescent
Charlie Mariano - Reflections
09) Prime Element
Elvin Jones - At this point in Time

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Wara Katsu is at it again, giving us yet another superb album

David Wertman's Sun Ensemble - Wide Eye Culture

1. Forest Dance
2. Camel
3. Flute Song
4. New Earth
5. Sing My Love Song
6. Dance Of The Mid-East Madness
7. Summer Heat

The album I have been after for some time from David Wertman (below) was also kindly posted here buy Arkadin, this version features Weasel Walter doing drum overdubs, the original was from 1981 and the overdubs were recorded in 2005.
Its a pretty good album but would still like the original if anyone can help
EDIT : Pepdrum has just posted the original, link in the comments THANK YOU

David Wertman - Kara Suite

1. Kara
2. Sunshine
3. Sharataar
4. Devotion





Make sure to leave a comment to thank them both
Also do check in the latest "Wants & Contributions" comments where Arkadin has also posted a couple of albums from The Visitors and Wara Katsu has just posted Articulation by Rodney Jones

FRANCISCO MORA CATLETT - WORLD TRADE MUSIC

Review from AMG:
It's been nearly ten years since the release of this CD and twenty since Mora Catlett's first project ("Mora" on AACE.) In the interim the drummer/percussionist has worked with Max Roach's M'Boom, Sun Ra, and his own band Amigo around the Detroit area. For this recording he employs fellow Detroiters as bassist Rodney Whitaker and pianist Craig Taborn as a core trio. The bulk of the material is piano-bass-drums in a jazz context, though the first four selections are based on traditional Yoruban themes. The others are Mora Catlett originals with varying combinations of musicians, and two larger ensemble pieces. Mora himself is a steady drummer, showing occasional oubursts of power, and has a solid background in the Afro-Cuban rhythmic history, which he liberally sprinkles in. On the four Yoruban numbers Taborn shines. His avant Cecil Taylor-like tendencies are restrained, letting the pure beauty of his concept flower. "Iron Master" is a 6/8 melody with latter period repeated figure, "Hunter's Child" turns dramatic with a cha-cha-cha flavor, while "Baba" is a lilting line. The shimmering, prayer song "Vital Force" is quite reminiscent of Yusef Lateef's "Morning" with an Alice Coltrane-esque spirituality wrapped in a patient 4/4 swing, punctuated by a long drum solo. The larger combo recapitulates the piece from "Mora" "Cultural Warrior," an anthem for pianist Kenn Cox, who appears on the track along with tenor saxophonist Vincent Bowens, echoing in a dramatic, deliberate fashion Cox's undeniable spirit and soul. An even bigger group for "El Morro" provides a loping motif for Cox, Bowens, trumpet soloist Marcus Belgrave, bass clarinetist Alex Harding and flutist/trombonist Sherman Mitchell to collectively fete the leader while he directs this caravan step sound sculpture. The remaining pieces are snippets of piano, percussion or non-piano trio workouts, interludes or preludes. A completely free bash "Crossroads" with Mora and percussionist Andrew Daniels, Harding on baritone sax, Nik Pena on trumpet and Cass Richmond on alto sax, abstractly wails. Pena on sea shells and forest whistles, with Mora, concoct jungle sounds for the convincing "The Other Side Of The Mask." This music has a certain improvised content with Afro-Cuban inflections. Rather than latin jazz it is a true new music, borrowing from modern and ancient traditions, and is best heard as a complete work, more orchestral in nature than several suites or series of unrelated songs. "El Morro" really stands out, perhaps as a tribute to its fearless leader. Recommended. ~ Michael G. Nastos, All Music Guide
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Terumasa Hino Quintet - HI-NOLOGY
Recorded at Yamaha Hall Ginza 1969

Re upped for El Goog's Terumasa Hino Discography
Taken from the Denon/Nippon Columbia CD

1. Like Miles
2. Electric Zoo
3. Hi-Nology
4. Dupe

Terumasa Hino
Takeru Muracka
Hromasa Suzuki
Kunmitsu Inaba

Stan Getz ~ Mickey One

Here's a great contribution from my friend Ennioman

A gem from 1965, the soundtrack to an Arthur Penn film starring Warren Beatty, an Americanized French art-film if you will, about a Polish comedian who changes his name to "Mickey One" as he's on the run from the Mob for indebtedness and hanging around with the wrong blonde. The music combines Stan Getz's amazing gift of melodic improvisation with the detailed colorful and eclectic compositions of Eddie Sauter

EDIT: Ennioman has just posted another excellent soundtrack which you can also find in the comments below



Hope you enjoy, please leave a comment and dont forget to thank Ennioman
BTW you can visit his blog HERE

ALBERTO FAVERO - SUITE TRANE (IN MEMORIAM JOHN COLTRANE)

Liner notes:
One only had to listen to the tenor sax solo by John Coltrane in "Round about midnight" (by Thelonius: Miles Davis quintet, cover picture with dark red filter, trumpet, dark glasses, CBS Columbia, Miles, Trane, Red Garland, Paul Chambers and Philly Joe Jones: Help! . . . what a group!) to realize what this man was all about. Alberto Favero

Then Coltrane left this earthy dimension and departed, we can imagine where... we assumed his physical absence, the missing of his presence, I don't know: the news of that tour, of that other new release announced by "Downbeat" that we anxiously waited for... but, at the same time, when he died, we internalised his message of powerful lyricism in an even more profound manner: an unforgettable energy and "coltranean" musical poetry, if I'm allowed the expression.

Coltrane is dead, long live Coltrane.

We were very young in 1967 when it happened, but, since age has no bearing, his death moved us so deeply that, personally, I decided to render, in the best possible way, this tribute "in memoriam" to Coltrane; and all through those winter nights of '68, following the decision to "create" a posthumous homage in his memory, I composed and orchestrated in the utmost solitude. Obviously, this was not a definitive solitude but rather a feeling shared by musicians and followers, since the work (I called it Suite Trane) was first performed in August of '68 in the "Teatro del Globo" in Buenos Aires. It was performed with a truly "all star" orchestra, (an impressive assembly of talent shown on the credits) soloists and ensembles, who also, without any doubt, felt the need to pay homage to one of the most paradigmatic creators of the day....

I still hold my warmest feelings towards those great musicians from my country, for the faith and trust they bestowed upon my project and my person, given that, ultimately, I was personally responsible for the musical conception, orchestration and direction; in spite of my obvious youth these amazing musicians, many of them well established already and others about to be, collaborated and helped with all their support and talent in a completely selfless fashion.

Sometime later, a timely loan from the National Endowment for the Arts arrived, and the work firmly established itself in the recording world: it was taped in late '69 and the first edition was released by Trova (1970) in Argentina by Rodolfo Radoszinsky. Afterwards came the release in Uruguay (Ediciones Tacuabé / Ayuí / 1971) done by composer Coriún Aharonián who edited their catalog in the neighboring country, and finally the US edition: (Catalyst Records / Springboard International / 1977) which earned important awards as the most important work of the year (Fernando Alvarado, Diario La Prensa, Buenos Aires / 1968) and "Best International Jazz Work" (Monthly Jazz Magazine, London / UK, 1969).

What could have been the Mexican release in 1975 was sadly not to be. The master tape never arrived at its destination. It was destroyed in the still-to-be-explained plane crash that killed David (Doodie) Graiver (the banker and carrier of the master tape from Buenos Aires) somewhere in our continental geography. Another one of the losses the kind of which we got used to during the 70's.

And finally the moment has now arrived. After having received multiple suggestions in this respect and after having corroborated that the work still lingers in the minds of those who had heard it, we are finally re-releasing the album. This new edition by Whatmusic in London, UK, has been arranged through Fernando Gelbard (again), more than 30 years after the original release by Trova, with digital updating and re-mastered for CD (a must) naturally.

Since it is the first important work of my youth, and my very first recording production, it is almost obvious that this is also the first re-edition in my career as a musician. This is something that touches me deeply and for which I am thankful, again, to all the people that joined me in this effort, in its various stages of completion; but most pointedly to Coltrane and his/our Love Supreme. He knew how to inspire my spirit in such a way that I couldn't help but feel the dire and inescapable need to write and compose the work. It was like something born when the silent and profound voice that awakens from the absolute, sometime in 1967, so suggested it.

Also, and thanks to the generosity of this new digital technology medium, we have included three bonus tracks, that were part of a recording session done in the same period that Suite Trane was being written, maybe during early '68. We have added them with the intention that jazz lovers can "taste" somehow the interactive climate that prevailed at the Jam Sessions (we called them "pizzas") of the late 60's that were, definitely, the communication and experimentation grounds where we shared all our ideas and musical experiences. Where else?

The recording session was completely accidental and informal. In fact we had been invited that day to test a recording studio "Estudios Ion", of Buenos Aires, which had recently being acquired by our common friend Fernando Gelbard, who coincidentally engineered this session, almost a family affair. None of us suspected that this would be the same studio where, months later, we would record Suite Trane.

In this session we find Lapouble and González, as in the Suite; here I play the baritone sax (I can't recall why Gustavo Bergalli didn't arrive on time to the recording, since in those days we used to play together in a quartet without piano, like in Gerry Mulligan's quartets), and on the piano, so as its absence wouldn't be noticed, we secured the wonderful collaboration of "uncle" Santiago Giaccobe.

The bonus tracks are: (1) an original work by Baby López Fürst: "Hombre Amaestrado", (Domesticated Man) - he's probably blushing up in Heaven as he always did when someone paid him homage. (2) The Rodgers & Hammerstein standard "It might as well be spring" and (3) a blues that we improvised upon a tune that flowed spontaneously when I proposed it and that we called, with the connivance of my friend and columnist Lalo Panceira, "Blues de la calle 51" (51st St. Blues).

The name was in memory of the place where the jazz musicians in La Plata city used to meet up during the 50's and 60's: the block of 51st street between 7th and 8th. It had four well known joints crowded into a stretch little more than 40 feet long: "El Parlamento", "El Capitol", "El Tirol Shop" and "El Galeón". The musicians were inspired by our patriarch and teacher - Mingo Martino, undisputed dean of the "Grupo Contemporáneo de Jazz" (Contemporary Jazz Group of La Plata), and impassioned by the unequaled wit and certified journalism of Talero Pellegrini: radio-man, humorist and jazzman. Isa!! Yahoo!

Alberto Favero, Madrid, January 2005

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Alberto Favero was born in La Plata, Argentina, in 1944, at a musicians home. His father, Fermín Valentín Favero, a well known music teacher, founded the first music academy specialising in popular music forms and instruments in Argentina, which grew eventually to 17 branches countrywide and reached hundreds of pupils. His mother was also a singer and music instructor. They were his first teachers.

In 1961, at seventeen, he received the "New Figure Prize", awarded by the "Centre for Specialised Studies in Jazz" of Buenos Aires, directed by Walter Thiers.

In 1963 he graduated with a "Special Bachelors Degree in Music" from the Superior School of Fine Arts of the National University of La Plata.

In 1968 he obtained a degree as Piano Professor and in 1973 as Composition Professor, both from the Department of Arts and Audio-visual Media from the National University of La Plata.

His teachers, among others, were Luis Gianneo, Wilhem Graetzer, Alicia Terzián, Carlos Berardi, Nidia Berardi de Aragón, Ljerko Spiller, Earnest Epstein, Valdo Sciamarella, Enrique Gerardi, Edgar Willems and Marguerite Croptier.

Suite Trane

suite in 5 movements for jazz orchestra and soloists (in memoriam John Coltrane) (1968)
composed, arranged and conducted by Alberto Favero

1 1st Movement (Opening) (Alberto Favero) 7:49
2 2nd Movement (Quintet) (Alberto Favero) 6:46
3 3rd Movement (Soprano) (Alberto Favero) 6:47
4 4th Movement (Requiem) (Alberto Favero) 7:39
5 5th Movement (Finale) (Alberto Favero) 6:14

Bonus tracks

6 Hombre Amaestrado (Domesticated Man) (Baby López Fürst) 5:43
7 It might as well be spring (Rodgers- Hammerstein) 8:52
8 Blues de la calle 51 (51st Street Blues) (Alberto Favero) 4:35
(track 7 does not appear on the LP)

recorded in Estudios Ion SA Buenos Aires in December 1969.
Sponsored by the "Fondo Nacional de las Artes"
Recording technicians: Osvaldo Acedo y Juan Carlos Manojas.
Master mixed at Estudios Audión Buenos Aires
Mixing technician: Nelo Villagra
Re-mixed and digital processing: Tim Barron (USA) y Pablo López Ruiz (AR)
Produced by Alberto Favero.

Bonus tracks recorded in Estudios Ion SA Buenos Aires in April 1968
recording technician: Fernando Gelbard.
Processing and digital re-mixing: Micky Hearne y Pablo López Ruiz (Buenos Aires, Argentina)

Orchestra for Suite Trane
trumpets: José Granata, Tomás Lepere (in the 1st, 3rd and 5th movements), Rubén Barbieri (in the 4th movement), Emilio Martino, Roberto Fats Fernández, Gustavo Bergalli (soloist/ also in flüegelhorn)
horns: Domingo Garrefa (soloist), Armando Izzi
trombones: Abel La Rosa, Jorge Ramírez, Christian Kellens (soloist)
tuba: Jorge Rodríguez
saxes: Luis Chachi Ferreira (soloist alto sax), Santiago Bo (alto sax), Horacio Chivo Borraro (soloist tenor sax), Oscar Tissera (tenor sax), Mariano Grisiglione (baritone sax),
Bernardo Baraj (soloist soprano sax)
bass: Jorge González (soloist), Raúl Curi
piano: Alberto Favero (soloist)
drums: Pocho Lapouble, Mingo Martino
percussion: Ernesto Ringer

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JAZZ BAND DE FREE - EGO

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Review nicked from cdbaby

Buenos Aires, May 7th, 1972. A group of eight musicians (six Argentineans and two Uruguayans) gather at Estudios Ion, where so much good music has been put onto tape. What they create may be described as somewhat in between Ornette Coleman's and Miles Davis' ways of dealing with musical 'freedom'. Argentina was then going through hard times and a lot more hardships lay ahead.
To jazz musicians, though, time was also ripe for dreams of success: after all Lalo Schifrin and Gato Barbieri were making it on the international jazz scene. Not that they took themselves for geniuses, they simply thought local jazz needed some shock treatment and trying their hand at some avant-garde music would hurt no one. Furthermore, they ranked among the best jazz players in Argentina.
The two bassists in the group, Jorge López Ruiz and Jorge González, for instance, had both played with Gato Barbieri. López Ruiz had been the bassist of a legendary quintet led by Lalo Schifrin in 1956, whose saxophone player was Gato. González had been the bassist of Gato's regular rhythm section of the 1960s. Pocho Lapouble, the drummer, besides playing with the cream of Argentina's jazzmen, had been the percussionist of an (unrecorded) Astor Piazzolla sextet from 1968-1969 - the pianist and the guitarist in that group were jazz musicians too. Norberto Minichillo, percussionist in this record, but also an all-round drummer, was also playing avant-garde tango with a quintet that had Dino Saluzzi on bandonéon. Keyboardist Santiago Giacobbe had played many times with Gato Barbieri and was later to be the organist in Astor Piazzolla's 'Electric Group' of the mid-1970s. Fernando Gelbard, a well known jazzman, who had played with Gato and Chivo Borraro ('El Nuevo Sonido de Chivo Borraro', WMLP/CD-0027), appears here on Fender piano and flute. A bit younger than Giacobbe, Gelbard was at the time of this record asserting himself as a very capable musician and also a pioneer in the field of synthesizers, which were really newcomers to jazz in the early 1970s and a rarity in Argentina ('Didi', WMLP/CD-0020). Héctor Starc, the guitarist, was a young and inventive rock player. Eduardo 'Pestaña' Giovinazzo on trumpet and Jaime Prats on alto had moved from Montevideo, Uruguay, to Buenos Aires and they sure belonged in this group of high-calibre jazz musicians. Just listen to Giovinazzo's showcase 'Shhh... Bea Duerme'.
The four pieces in this album were composed by Pocho Lapouble, who was the driving force behind the project. One side of the original LP is taken by 'Ego, luego existen' ('Ego, therefore they exist') where everyone gets a chance to solo, 'Ego' is a long excursion which deserves some particular attention. The tune is quite Ornettish, the more so because it is stated by trumpet and alto in unison. Gelbard plays the first solo on Fender piano very much in one of the epochal trends: aggressively rooted in rhythm, searching, never relenting, then going into a dialogue with bassist López Ruiz, who takes over. Then we are lead into Starc's guitar solo, itself evolving in a discussion with López Ruiz's bass before letting Ruiz solo anew and sort of fade into a new Gelbard Fender piano solo. López Ruiz soloes once again, followed by Giacobbe's organ. An alto solo by Prats, relayed by Lapouble's drums, speaks with Minichillo's percussion, a conversation almost interrupted by Giacobbe's two handed solo: one of his hands plays the organ while the other one plays a Bluthner piano; then it's Giovinazzo's turn on trumpet. Throughout this piece the shifting and contrasting tempos and moods sound at one and the same time tightly controlled, yet spontaneous. The 6/8 tempo of the final part is a kind of 'tumbao' reminiscent of a related afro-argentinean folk rhythm, the 'chacarera'.
'Tema de Fatiga', stated in unison by the trumpet and the flute, is made up of successive solos by Giacobbe, Gelbard on flute and Starc. There you have gentle Giacobbe clearly showing his bop and hard bop roots, contrasting with Gelbard's Dolphy-oriented but open-minded flute solo. Gelbard's 'Dolphy-ness' is quite unusual for him, but reveals his avant-garde leanings at the time of this record. Starc follows with his rock-oriented free jazz rooted in the blues.
'Ambientex' is in two parts. The first one, titled 'Tema para Contraflaco', is a pun on contrabass - string bass - that could be translated into English as 'Theme for Contraskinny', López Ruiz's nickname being 'Flaco' (Skinny). The second part, 'Canción de Cuny', is given to solos by Prats, Gelbard and Giovinazzo. Let me now tell you how much I enjoyed listening to this album from the early 1970s. I wonder why we have been so forgetful of these - and other Argentinean jazz recorded testimonies - beauties sleeping in the vaults.
Most Argentine jazz musicians of the 1960s and 1970s were part of a middle class bourgeoisie that did not react against the 'establishment' and seemed to feel comfortable playing traditional jazz, swing or bebop. Their entrance into avant-garde and musical experimentation was a big risk within their conservative social environment. But they were right, for their music was accepted by jazz audiences and some of the incredible musical works of this avant-garde gang were fortunately recorded and more fortunately re-released in the 21st century by whatmusic.com.

JORGE LOPEZ RUIZ 5 - DE PREPO

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Review swiped from cdbaby:
In May 1972, Jorge López Ruiz, Fernando Gelbard and 'Pocho' Lapouble had been part of an ensemble gathered around a project of Lapouble's and released under the name of 'Ego' by Jazz Band de Free (WMLP/CD-0080). The music in that record may be described as a 'fusion' of Ornette Coleman's and Miles Davis' electric propositions on what 'free' jazz might be, as seen from Buenos Aires by musicians deeply rooted in bop and hard bop. Four recording sessions in October 1972 brought the three musicians together again on a project of López Ruiz's and based on a more meditative but full-of-energy approach, stemming from Davis and his alumni, Weather Report. One of the tunes in 'De Prepo' is titled 'Mirosbass', an homage to Miroslav Vitous, bassist with the first Weather Report. A pun on his name, 'Mirosbass' is ethereal, but not wholly so; the Jorge López Ruiz 5 have almost no rock flavour, the bop roots of all concerned show clearly, and they have found their own very melodic way of dealing with freedom. So here we are confronted with a musical daydream, sweet and energetically propulsive in equal measure, if I may say so. Let me be contradictory perhaps, but the music in this album strikes me very much in the aforementioned way. Allow yourself to be rocked into a daydream-like haze and be open to the music as it is: highly enjoyable. Times were pretty hard in Argentina by 1972, and would get dangerously tougher still; the jazz musicians involved in this record reflected this, wanting the music to sound risky and pushy. Yet thirty years later the music is perceived as quite soothing. This view changes nothing as to the quality of their effort named 'De Prepo' ('Forcing Your Hand'), it only shows they found original ways to overcome hardships, fears and frustrations; for as John Keats very charmingly said: 'A thing of beauty is a joy forever'. Escapism? No, definitely not. Rather art in a very effective way.
Take a look at three of the titles: 'Homenaje a la Muerte' ('Homage to Death'), 'Puntos de Partida' ('Points of Departure') and 'Todo Fluye' ('Everything Flows'). Don't they show real philosophical, albeit metaphysical, preoccupations associated with the music? Then 'Homenaje a la Muerte' ('Homage To Death') is followed by the very much alive 'Mirosbass', as 'Todo Fluye' ('Everything Flows') precedes the tender 'Oda Para Mi Niña' ('Ode For My Little Girl'); the final title is 'Más De Prepo Que Nunca' ('Forcing Your Hand More Than Ever'), a way of saying 'we're more alive than ever before and this is our way of forcing your hand, actually not even forcing your ear: our music speaks for itself'. Don't forget they are in Argentina, it is late 1972 and circumstances in Argentina are forcing them to become aggressively pushy. But they just want you to listen to a thing of beauty that is a joy forever. 'Homenaje...' sounds possibly too restrained today, retrospectively juxtaposed against the terrible wave of violence Argentina was to live through until the fall of the military dictatorship in 1983, but in its own quiet way it expresses the deep respect and concern the group had for life. A feeling that would become inexorably mired in personal insecurity and deep trouble under the rule of men who never spoke literally, but acted out: 'Long live death!'
They knew very well they belonged to the cream of jazzmen in their country and time has confirmed their view. Only then, the local scene was extremely conservative, with a majority of musicians, critics and media people dead against avant-garde jazz. Traditional and mainstream jazz seemed to be what most attracted the public; more modern jazz had only a moderate appeal. So the fact that some of the better-known modern jazzmen were ready for the challenge of free and avant-garde jazz, was almost intolerable to the rest of the musicians and the opinion makers. Then the listeners had their say and they responded positively to the challenging music this avant-garde minority was producing, much to the astonishment of everyone involved. This middle-class group of musicians, reacting in their own artistic way to the many challenges of the epoch, opened new ground for music development in Argentina. And their very gentleness in so doing might imply also that the anger and aggressiveness in much north american and european music of the late 1960s and early 1970s was apparently excessive.
Who are they? Jorge López Ruiz, a highly respected arranger, composer and bassist (on this album also playing electric bass, cello and piano), had played with a legendary quintet led by Lalo Schifrin in 1956-1957; the featured saxophonist was Gato Barbieri. López Ruiz had also been Schifrin's big band bassist along with Gato. López Ruiz always played with the best in argentinean jazz. For this particular project he was surrounded by musicians of the same level: Hugo Pierre, here on soprano and clarinet, but a superb alto and tenor saxophonist too. Somewhat younger are Fernando Gelbard on Fender piano and flute, and drummer-percussionist Carlos 'Pocho' Lapouble. Gelbard was a pianist very much involved with the flute or perhaps vice versa; and also a pioneer in electronics applied to jazz, for electronic instruments were new to the jazz scene in the early 1970s and a rarity in Argentina. He had also played with Gato Barbieri and another great tenor from Argentina, Chivo Borraro. Long before that, as a teenager pianist at the time of Schifrin's quintet of 1956, Gelbard had played once for Lalo who gave him some advice: 'Kid, you sound too much like Brubeck, you should listen to Horace Silver'. Which he did - witness two other whatmusic.com reissues: 'Didi' (WMLP/CD-0020) and 'El Nuevo Sonido Del Chivo Borraro' (WMLP/CD-0027). Lapouble has always been someone as full of talent as of ebullience, so it didn't take long for him to be counted among the best argentinean jazzists. A bit younger, percussionist Miguel 'Chino' Rossi does a very creative job here.
'De Prepo' is an extremely convincing testimony of high musicality, purpose and dynamism. Be a witness to a musical experience that points to the then-unknown, based on a sound knowledge of jazz roots. It is perhaps due to Buenos Aires' special jazz scene: not many great jazz names from the States or Europe used to visit, musicians had to rely on records, travel, hearsay and personal enthusiasm. Enthusiasm is probably what it boils down to. And the joy of creating beauty under duress: the tragic circumstances of Argentina's history transmuted into musical creativeness.

Takehiro Honda ~ Earthian Air

1. Flyer's Land
2. Earthian Air
3. Ra-Mu
4. Dark And Mellow
5. Sea Road
6. Sun Shower
7. Cool Eyes

TAKEHIRO HONDA-p
YOSHIO SUZUKI-b
MOTOHIKO HINO-ds

SHINTARO QUINTET
(Shintaro Nakamura with Shunzo Ohno)
EVOLUTION
Ultra Vybe, 1984

Shintaro Nakamura (bass)
Shunzo Ohno (trumpet)
Robert Kenmotsu (tenor saxophone)
Jeff Jenkins (piano)
Fukushi Tainaka (drums)

All you old jazz bloggers will remember El Swami Hermitus, well the good news is he's back HERE So go grab some music and say hello !!

THE MAYOR AND THE PEOPLE ~ CARL B. STOKES
A BLACK SUITE FOR STRING QUARTET & JAZZ ORCHESTRA BY OLIVER NELSON

In 1967 Carl B. Stokes was the first elected black mayor of an American city, Cleveland, Ohio. The first side of this album features a highly political press conference that touches on issues of the time, The Black Panthers, genocide and racism.
On the second side is a beautiful seven-movement suite of poetry and spirituals featuring narration again from Carl B. Stokes
This album is not unlike another of my personal favorites from Oliver Nelson, The Kennedy Dream


Side A
The mayor and The people press coference

Side B
A Black Suite for String Quartet and Jazz Orchestra (Oliver Nelson)

a. Take This Hammer
b. Precious Lord
c. Sit Down
d. Mother To Son (Langston Hughes)
e. I Too Sing America (Langston Hughes)
f. I Dream A World (Langston Hughes)
g. Paint It Black (Gil Scott Heron)

Charlie Mariano ~ Reflections 1974

Re upped as a request for Quique

1. Glenford Crescent
2. Naima
3. Brother Muthaiah
4. Spanish Dance No 2
5. Blue In Green
6. Thiruvarankulam
7. Chile
8. Ramblin

Charlie Mariano
Eero Koivistoinen
Olli Ahvelahti
Pekka Sarmanto
Reino Laine
Sabu Martinez

JOHN HANDY
Recorded Live At Monterey Jazz Festival

Live At Monterey:
1. If We Only Knew 27:29
2. Spanish Lady 19:31

Recorded September 18, 1965

John Handy - Alto saxophone
Michael White - Violin
Jerry Hahn - Guitar
Don Thompson - Bass
Terry Clarke - Drums

Track 3. Tears Of Ole Miss (Anatomy Of A Riot) 31:09

John Handy - Alto Sax
Pat Martino - Guitar
Bobby Hutcherson - Vibes
Albert Stinson - Bass
Doug Sides - Drums

Recorded At Village Gate, NY, June 28, 1967

Staffan Abeleen Quintets - Sweet Alva (1974)

This one wins hands down for the naffest cover going but don't judge a book ...
The first track was featured on the excellent Crippled Dick Hot Wax comp, Between Or Beyond The Northern Lights, Rare Fusion from Scandinavia 1967-1978

Bass - Björn Alke
Drums - Frederic Norén
Piano - Staffan Abeleen
Saxophone [Soprano] - Tommy Koverhult
Trumpet, Synthesizer [Moog] - Bertil Löfgren


01 - Mr. Minor (Bertil Lövgren)
02 - Sweet Alva (Staffan Abeleen)
03 - Bröllop Ett (Lars Färnlöf)
04 - Snabba Samban (Bertil Lövgren)
05 - Approximativ Moral (Staffan Abeleen)
06 - Turnelivets Vedermödor (Bertil Lövgren)

Sun Ra & His Cosmo Drama Arkestra
Live From Soundscape
DIW 388 (CD, 1994)


Disc 1 (DIW-388):
Astro Black [Sun Ra] (11:52)
When There Is No Sun [Sun Ra] (4:04)
Living in the Space Age [Sun Ra] (2:02)
Keep Your Sunny Side Up [Sun Ra] (2:52)
D.27 [aka: Discipline 27] [Sun Ra] (12:36)
Watusi [Sun Ra, André Pitts, Terri Vanne Sherrill] (12:22)
Space Is the Place [Sun Ra] (7:56)
We Travel the Spaceways [Sun Ra] (7:33)
On Jupiter, the Skies Are Always Blue [Sun Ra] (6:39)

Sun Ra & His Cosmo Drama Arkestra: Walter Miller-tp; Micahel Ray-tp, voc; Vincent Chancey-frn; Charles Stephens-tb; Marshall Allen-as ; Sun Ra-p, kyb; Skeeter McFarland-eg; Damon Choice-vbs; Richard Williams-b; Luqman Ali-d; Atakatune-perc; June Tyson-voc, dance. Recorded in concert at Soundscape, NYC, 11 November 1979. [Personnel from liner notes, with adjustments by Moudry.]

Disc 2 (DIW-388B):
The Possibility of Altered Destiny lecture by Sun Ra (72:39)

Sun Ra-lecture. Recorded at Soundscape, NYC, Saturday, 10 November 1979.

320 kps

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Eero Koivistoinen Kvintetti & Sekstetti - Odysseus 1969

A1 Odysseus (8:01)

A2 For Fun (6:04)

A3 Traneology (5:57)

B1 Sleeping (8:09)

B2 So Nice (7:34)

B3 Country Jive (5:26)

Saxophone - Eero Koivistoinen

Flute, Saxophone [Tenor] - Juhani Aaltonen

Drums - Reino Laine

Piano - Pentti Hietanen

Bass - Pekka Sarmanto

Trumpet - Bertil Lövgren

Post by Katonah

This one not to be missed , title track is an absolute killer

"Curved-Air breathes fresh air"

Fans of Actuel's Rainbow Over Curved Air blog will be delighted to see that he has revived the site for people wanting access to the archives

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HERE

JAMES BLOOD ULMER - Revealing
Recorded 1977, NYC
Released on In + Out Records, 1990

Vinyl RIP 320

JAMES BLOOD ULMER - GUITAR
CECIL MCBEE - BASS
DOUG HAMMOND - DRUMS
GEORGE ADAMS - TENOR SAX

1. Revealing - 8:15
2. Raw Groove - 8:49
3. Overtime 9:01
4. Love Nest 10:05

Don Menza - First Flight

Catalyst, 1977

Don Menza - Tenor and Soprano saxophones

Frank Rolsolino - Trombone

Alan Broadbent - piano, Fender Rhodes, string synth

Tom Azarello - Bass

Nick Ceroli - Drums

Paulinho Da Costa - Percussion

Claudio Slon - Percussion

Mayo Tiana - Trombone on "Samba De Rollins"

Frank Strazzeri - Piano on "Ballad Of The Matador"

Brother Ah World Music Ensemble ~ Celebration
Music of four continents in a Afro Jazz setting

EGYPT (Brother Ah)
WADE IN THE WATER (American Spiritual, arranged by Brother Ah)
AFRICAN CHANT (Mandinka Tribe, Senegal)
ROKUDAN NO SHIRABE (17th Century Japanese)
MOUNT FUJIMARO (Brother Ah)
GLOBAL FUSION RAP (Brother Ah and R. Hamlett)
DJEMBE JAM (Impromtu)
CELEBRATION (Brother Ah)

Brother Ah - flute, African winds, percussion
Orcuato Zamora - Spanish guitar
Yoko Okamoto - Koto
Tiba - bass, shekere
Evin Campbell - marimba, percussion
Mani - vocals, percussion
Plus eighteen other instrumentalists and vocalists

Meet Brother Ah :
Born in North Carolina in 1934 and raised in the south Bronx, Brother Ah was playing jazz trumpet in local clubs with legendary alto saxophonist Jimmy Lyons by the time he was fifteen. He went on to study classical French horn at the Manhattan School of Music and then at the Vienna State Academy. Returning fromAustria in 1958, he played with the Metropolitan Opera Orchestra, the Radio City Music Hall Orchestra, and numerous Broadway theater orchestras. At the same time, he became one of the most sought after jazz French horn players in New York, performing and recording throughout the sixties and early seventies with major artists such as Gil Evans, Thelonious Monk, Miles Davis, McCoy Tyner, Freddie Hubbard, Sun Ra, Dizzy Gillespie, Eric Dolphy, John Lewis, and Max Roach.
In the late sixties, Brother Ah's interest in non-Western music intensified, starting with studies of Indian and Japanese music. Moving to Dartmouth College in 1970 gave him even more opprotunity to hear and play with non-Western musicians. Brother Ah spent 1972 in Ghana, a year of spiritual and musical transformation. Soon after returning to the United States in early 1973, he concieved a music that fused Third World traditions with jazz and European elements. He almost immediately started composing and performing this new music with his New York group, The Sounds of Awareness. Within another year the group recorded an album, Move Ever Onward , almost certainly the pioneering recording of what is now know as world (or multi-cultural) music.
In 1974, Brother Ah took another teaching position at Brown University and then, in 1982, moved to the Levine School Of Music in Washington D.C. Over this entire period he created, performed and refined the continuing stream of compositions that form the repertoire of the World Music Ensemble. In addition to leading the Ensemble, Brother Ah is currently teaching at primary and university levels, lecturing at The Smithsonian Institution and doing a weekly radio show on global music and jazz.

Pachora - Unn (Knitting Factory 230) 1998

Chris Speed - Clarinet
Brad Shepik - Tambura, Electreic Saz, Banjar, Tres
Skuli Sverrisson - bass, bajo sexto
Jim Back - snare and bass drum, dumbek, percussion

1. Unn (3:38)
2. PItta (4:42)
3. Dratch (3:20)
4. Invocation (7:00)
5. Kaponata (4:13)
6. Riff (6:51)
7. My Life Is A Nostalgia (5:36)
8. Trakitarsna (8:13)
9. Laz (2:19)
10. Idorna (5:05)
11. Previzaniko Syrto (6:07)
12. UAE (6:21)
13. Didou (:59)

Well the good news is that this comes from BBS who is now out of hospital and returns by not only bringing us all a little world jazz with a spiritual bent, but also becomes a full time member at El Reza
Swift recovery my friend and welcome

Roy Brooks ~ Beat

1. Homestretch
2. If You Could See Me Now
3. Passin' the Buck
4. Soulin'
5. Soulsphere
6. My Secret Passion

Recorded for Berry Gordy's short-lived Workshop Jazz imprint, Roy Brooks' first album finds him working with Horace Silver Quintet colleagues Blue Mitchell, Junior Cook, and Eugene Taylor alongside Detroit contemporaries George Bohannon and Hugh Lawson

Book of Moses Part II ~ Narration by Charlton Heston

Finally we get the second part of Greg's extraordinary conceptual mix, part I can be found HERE

The tracklist can be found in the comments however a couple of the featured tracks come from these albums, if anyone has either, would be greatly appreciated





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Kamau Daa'ood ~ Leimert Park

Kamau Daa'ood, storyteller, singer & poet fronted Horace Tapscotts' Pan Afrikan People's Arkestra, he also performed with Build An Ark and appeared on albums from Dwight Trible and Derf Reklaw

Another great post from Greg and while on the subject of contributions do check in the "Wants & Contributions" comments as E-mile and Corvimax have posted some great albums in there recently

1. Liemert Park
2. Tears
3. Her
4. Deep River in Her Voice
5. Balm of Gilead
6. Sunbathing in My Tears
7. The Men
8. Liberator of the Spirit
9. World Music
10. Ancestral Echoes
11. Army of Healers
12. Art Blakey's Drumsticks

Billy Higgins - vocals, guitar, drums
Karen Briggs - violin
Munyungo Jackson - percussion
Willie Jones III - drums
Roberto Miranda - bass
Phil Vieux - tenor saxophones, bass clarinet
Carmen Bradford
Kamau Daaood - spoken vocals
Dwight Trible - vocals
Nate Morgan

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Brother Ah ~ Move Ever Onward

Move Ever Onward finds Brother Ah and family embracing the song form and extending his afrophonic take on world music, funky kozmic groove, black psychedelia and soul music that is at once urgent and meditative. Originally released in 1975 privately on Brother Ah's own Divine Records label, Move Ever Onward feature his 25 piece sound awareness ensemble on an exotic array of instruments (sitar, tabla, koto, pan flute, Shahuhachi, African percussions, kora, etc.) improvising and backing some of the choicest transcendental, funky vocal cuts you're ever likely to hear.

If you enjoyed Move Ever Onward, make sure to listen to THIS



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Teruo Nakamura - Unicorn




Ryo Kawasaki - Mirror of my mind

Many thanks to wara katsu you can now find more j-jazz within the comments

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Kiyoshi Sugimoto ~ Babylonia Wind

This album is one from the "Japanese Rare Groove Series". If anyone has Sugimoto's other release "Country Dream" it woud be greatly appreciated. You can catch some more of Sugimoto's guitar playing with Terumasa Hino HERE, he also features on many albums by Hino Terumasa


1. Babylonia Wind
2. MRS Darius
3. Rosetta Stone
4. Colsabard Hill
5. Hieroglyph

# Cabinboy has just posted another couple from this series which can be found in the comments, please make sure to thank him

Takeshi Inomata & His Sound Limited - Sound OF Sound L.T.D. 1970



Takeshi Inomata & His Sound Limited L.T.D. - Drum Method



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HOT ISLANDS ~ Fumio Karashima
Rec Tokyo 1978

Fumio Karashima(Pf),Miroslav Vitous(B)
George Ohtsuka(Ds),Mabumi Yamaguchi(Sax)

1.By Road(Fumio Karashima)
2.Hot Islands(Fumio Karashima)
3.Chardin Squere(G.Ohtsuka&F.Karashima)
4.American Tango(Miroslav Vitous)
5.Breeze(Mabumi Yamaguchi)
6.Merry-Go-Round(Mabumi Yamaguchi)

Fumio Karashima Discography

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Blue Monk Rec 1991 Munich Germany

1 Blue Monk (3:12)
2 Ask Me Now (4:55)
3 Presto V.H. (5:03)
4 Body & Soul (7:07)
5 Ellingtonia (3:04)
6 Bright Mississippi (6:51)
7 Ba-Lue Bolivar Ba-Lues (7:36)
8 Mr. Jelly Roll (3:44)
9 Kaiso (6:32)
10 Ballad For The Blackman (11:29)

David Murray - ts, b-cl
Aki Takase - piano

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Check out Lalibela from The Pyramids posted by Heiku HERE




And thanks to El Goog's directions you may be interested in grabbing
The Pyramids third album, Birth Speed Merging from HERE

Oracy ~ The Positive Force with the Ade Olatunji
Pamoja Records 1977

From the liner notes
"This album seems to cover every aspect of our lives as Afrikan people, Love, the struggle for land, a tribute to a fallen warrior, and all in a joyous manner. Forceful and high spirited this is feel good music but its also do good music. Do yourself some good and listen"

Jenbu Gonvi Bass
Jay Jones Sax & Flute
Dave McMurray Sax
Darryl Pierce Drums
Matthew Rhodes Piano
Seyoum Percussion
Frank Garcia Vocal
The Malaika Wachunga Vocals
Debra Channel Vocal
Ade Olatunji Spoken Word

If I remember this album was posted some years back on Church #9 blog but its one that definitly deserves fresh listening so here is a new recording posted very kindly by Greg

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Mabumi Yamaguchi ~ Mabumi 1981 PAP-25004

１．THALIA (Mabumi Yamaguchi)
２．MERRY-GO-ROUND (Mabumi Yamaguchi)
３．ILLUSION (Mabumi Yamaguchi)
４．CLEARWAYS （Tony Williams）
５．VOICES OF THE NIGHT (Mabumi Yamaguchi)
６．WIZARD (Mabumi Yamaguchi)

MABUMI YAMAGUCHI（Tenor,Soprano Sax）
KENNY KIRKLAND（Piano,Fender Rhordes,Prophet-5,Mini Moog）
MIROSLAV VITOUS（Bass,Electric-bass）
TONY WILLIAMS（Drums）

Posted by Cabinboy Many Thanks

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Within the comments Greg has also left another of one his concept mixes, this one based around Charlton Heston narrating the five books of Moses so make sure to check it out. Take it from me its quite something to behold




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Another conribution that is far to good to be left within the comments, these both from Greg , many thanks

The first album here, King of Kings was released in Ohio in 1974. The Pyramids included Idris Ackamoor, Margo Ackamoor, Hekaptah, Donald Robinson and Kwame Kimathi Asante all playing instruments like talking drum, Bailophone, one-stringed goge, calypso box, conga drums, Ugandan harp, Hagstrom bass and more.
The second, a white label promo ??? includes another couple of killer tracks, The land of Eternal Song Suite and The River Ganges
Anyway this is some of the finest afro american spiritual jazz ever produced so I hope you enjoy as much as I have

Some of the tracks found on these albums can also be found on the incredible double cd release, Music Of Idris Ackamoor 1971 to 2004
Dusty Groove info Here





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David Murray & GWO-KA Masters

Post by E-mile

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Reza Mix Number II

1 Brother Ah Hanifah
2 East New York Ensemble Sun Flower
3 Mike Selesia Flavor
4 Babs Roberts Pro Forma
5 Hancock/G Tate Sanctification
6 Enzo Scoppa A Free Way of Life
7 Dadisi Komolafe Hassans Walk
8 Edith Hill Celestial Infinity
9 London Experimental Jazz Qt Time is of the Essence
10 Hal Singer Jef Gilson Le Grand Bidou

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Tracks taken from the albums below

BERT MYRICK - LIVE 'N WELL
Strata April 4, 1965

Sevenths
Scorpio's Child
Paramour
The Latin Bit

Ronnie Fields, George Bohanon, Kenny Cox, and Will Austin

Posted by that man Katonah again, taken from the vinyl 320

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George Arvanitas David Murray- Tea for Two



Kahil El'Zabar & David Murray - One World Family

Another two superb posts from E-mile , many thanks

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From Greg who gave us the Rise Vision Comin album comes an eclectic mix based around a reccurring theme,
Mingus' Scenes In The City

1. Peter Thomas Sound Orchestra
Stars And Rockets Chariots of the Gods OST
2. The London Jazz Four Things We Said Today
Take a new look at the Beatles
3. Charles Mingus Scenes In The City [PART ONE]
A Modern Jazz Symposium Of Music And Poetry
4. Michel LeGrande Southern Roots
Le Jazz Grande
5. Scenes In The City [PART TWO]
6. Jayne Cortez How Long Has Trane Been Gone
Celebrations And Solitudes
7. The Descendants of Mike and Phoebe
Coltrane A Spirit Speaks
8. Scenes In The City [PART THREE]
9. Jayne Cortez Homicide
Celebrations And Solitudes
10. Buddy Rich Channel One Suite [EDIT]
Ripped from DVD
11. Music Inc. Ruthie's Heart
And Big Band
12. Scenes In The City [PART FOUR]
13. The Piano Choir Effi Handscapes
14. Fred Kaz Ameer
Eastern Exposure
15. Music Inc. On the Nile
And Big Band
16. Max Roach's Freedom Now Suite
Freedom Day We Insist!
17. Scenes In The City [PART FIVE]

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Cabinboy has left another top contribution in the "Wants & Contributions" Do make sure to thank him

An essential bit of piano jazz from MPS -- and one of the rarest sides on their Saba label from the 60s! German keyboardist Dieter Reith plays with a cracklin' trio that includes Peter Witte on bass, and powerhouse Charly Antolini on drums. The tracks are a mix of originals and jazz standards, and they're all played with a light lively approach, and the trademark piano jazz groove that's made some of these MPS albums favorites on the international groove scene. Some of the best tracks are Deiter's "Happy Afternoon" and "How About A Blues", which both have a nice breezy groove to them, but the record also has nice versions of "Green Dolphin Street", "Wives & Lovers", and "Days Of Wine And Roses" from Dusty Groove

Haki Madhubuti and the Afrikan Liberation Art Ensemble

A mix of classic spiritual jazz with female vocals and some very politically focused poetry. This album from 1976 comes courtesy of Greg, thank you.

I've now posted their second and only other album, Medasi from 1983
link can be found in the comments below


More info HERE




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That man E-mile giving us all yet another couple of fantastic albums
Do make sure to thank him

David Murray & Milford Graves: Real Deal 1992





The links for David Murray - Ballads for Bass Clarinet
can be found in the "Wants & Contributions" comments

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More from Michel Sardaby here

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Another two of the original albums from Jazzman Records Spiritual Jazz comp
The first you can find in the Wants & Contributions here, yet another incredible post from Cabinboy

For the second just get over to Bacoso's, I'm sure I dont have to tell you where that is

I have to firstly apologize for my mistake yesterday as I posted the incorrect cover for the album above which was so kindly contributed by E-mile

Link in the comments HERE Enjoy

Mike Nock Magic Mansions

Lyn Williamson – vocals
Charlie Mariano – soprano saxophone, flutes
Mike Nock – piano, keyboards
Ron McClure – guitar, bass
Al Foster – drums
Nacho Mena – percussion

The Calling
Mambucaba
Enchanted Garden
Hybris
Magic Mansions
Twisit
Everglad
I Don't Know Yet

Recorded May 3+4, 1977 in New York City

Link in the comments HERE

Lloyd McNeill : Tanner Suite Asha Two 1969
Monaural only limited edition of 1,000 recorded
for Smithsonian exhibit of painter Henry Ossawa Tanner
All compositions & jacket art by Lloyd G. McNeill

Lloyd McNeill, flute
Marshall Hawkins, bass

Black Expatriate
Tanner Blue
Daniel in the Lion's Den
The Banjo Lesson

This one is so hard to find it doesn't even show on Popsike
This now completes the Lloyd McNeill discography
HOLY GRAIL !!!!!

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Well it truly has become the El Reza Collectiv
Cabinboy has very kindly given us all another jewell
Don't forget to thank him

Well you don't need me anymore, Miloramona has just contributed one of the most amazing, and hard to find spiritual jazz albums ....THANK YOU
You all know where to look, make sure to voice your appreciation



And thats not all he contributed ...
Orange ~ In The Midst Of Chaos info HERE

Also looking for a couple of these, original albums from
The Spiritual Jazz comp

Ndikho Xaba & the Natives - Self Titled
Hard Luck Soul - Ohio Penitentiary 511 Jazz Ensemble

Check in the Wants & Links Comments for

James Tatum Trio - Contemporary Jazz Mass
An awesome contribution from Tobias Funke !!
Many Many THANKS

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From my most wanted album ... Oriental Jazz
LLOYD MILLER here playing extracts from Gol e Gandom which you can find on the excellent new Jazzman comp "Spiritual Jazz" or a couple of live versions on
"Oriental Jazz ~ Sophisticated Blends of the Best of East and West"
(which you can find in the comments)









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Keep checking in the "Wants & Links" comments.
Drhotte has just posted another from the wanted list THANKS

John Taylor ~ Pause and Think Again

John Taylor ..Piano
Kenny Wheeler..Trumpet
Chris Pyne..Trombone
Stan Sulzman..Alto Sax
ChrisLaurence..Bass
Tony Levin..Drums
John Surman..Soprano Sax
Norma Winstone..Voice

1.Pause
2.White Magic
3.And Think gain
4.Awakening/Eye To Eye
5.Interlude/Soft Winds

Horace Tapscott ~ The Call

That man Katonah is at it again giving us another killer of an album from Mr Tapscott, here conducting the Pan Afrikan Peoples Arkestra featuring Adele Sebastian on flute, Louis Spears on bass, Herbert Callies on alto, Jesse Sharps on reeds, and Kafi Larry Roberts on flute and soprano


The Call
Quagmire at Five A.M
Nakatini Suite
Peyote Song No.III

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Bob Freedman ~ Journeys of Odysseus 1972
Cobblestone Records CST 9009

A Jazz Suite for Chamber Orchestra
Produced by Gary McFarland

If you enjoyed Gary McFarland's "America The Beautiful" this album was originally based around similar lines. Personaly I find it more like Oliver Nelson's Kennedy Dream album however I'm a sucker for spoken word used as a concept within jazz music.
More classic jazz on the Cobblestone Record Label



"At the begining of each section you will hear a brief spoken quotation from Homer setting the tone for each episode. What each individual will experience or hear into the music depends totally on his own imagination and his sensitivity" Bob Freedman

Prologue (Dawn)
Sea Voyage
The Eaters of The Lotus
Polyphemus
Erebos
Construction of The Raft
The Song of the Sirens
The Besting of The Suitors
Epilogue

Gene Orloff
Hubert Laws
Phil Bodner
Ron Carter
Richard Davis
David Carey

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The Visitors ~ Neptune 1971
Cobblestone Records CST 9010

Nice bit of spiritual jazz on the excellent Cobblestone label

Neptune
Naima
Reflections on New York City
China
Pisces
Pats Tune

Earl Grubbs
Carl Grubbs
John Hicks
Robin Kenyatta
Sherman Ferguson
Ron Burton

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Swboy is on the mix again ...

Oceanus Jazz Mix

01 Diego Urcola - Tango Azul
02 Return to Ipanema - Pra Dizer Adeus
03 Hermeto - Aquela Coisa
04 Dom Um Romao - Adeus Maria Fulo
05 Sahib Shihab - Sconsolato
06 Donald Brown - Overtaken by a Moment
07 Charles Fambrough - Beautiful Love
08 Sonny Fortune - Mind Games
09 Tom Sales - Binusa
10 Andy Narell - The Strayaway Child
11 Manasses de Sousa - Oceanus
12 Chico Pinheiro e Anthony Wilson - Cuba
13 Didier Malherbe & Loy Erlich- Hadouk -Vol de Nuit

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Make sure to check in the "Wants & Links" and in fact all the comments where you can find some great contributions including these that have been on my own want list.
Many thanks to cabinboy ... fantastic

BTW sorry changing internet provider so bit erratic with replies till Friday

Jeremy Steig ~ Lend Me Your Ears 1978

Guest post from Didier THANKS
I couldn't just leave this one within the comments, Mr Steig in absolutely flying form playing some very unusual flutes including an Armstrong Bassflute, Armstrong Altoflute, Mutron 3, Mutron Biphase and a Mutron Octave Divider no less !!

Side One:
Testimonium
The rite of the Lynx
Ria
Side Two:
Steam Shovel
Electric Nipple
Lend me your Ears

Jeremy Steig
Eddie Gomez
Joe Chambers



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Make sure to to check in the comments for several more Jeremy Steig albums including this one which I've never seen before,
Jeremy & the Satyrs from 1968, many thanks to Randy

John Klemmer - And We Were Lovers

After listening to those Soulful Strings albums over at Rock Savage's place to keep the mood thought I'd follow with follow with a bit of Monsieur Klemmer avec strings also on the Cadet label ... easy !

Look To The Sky
And We Were Lovers
Little Dream World
What The World Needs Now
A Song for Us
Chi Cha
Christophers Clock
Touch Of The Moment
Dreams

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Lloyd McNeill: Treasures 1976

Another fine album in the continuing Lloyd McNeill series


Lloyd McNeill, flute
Dom Salvador, piano
Cecil McBee, bass
Brian Brake Portinho, drums
Ray Armando, percussion

01 - Griot
02 - As a Matter of Fact
03 - Salvation Army
04 - You Don't Know What Love Is



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CONTEMPORARY JAZZ QUINTET ~ LOCATION (1973)

Some spacey, spiritual jazz on Strata Record Label

A1. BANG! (7:10) CJQ
A2. Tao (11:15)Kenn Cox
B1. Noh Word (2:00) Charles Moore
B2. Nguzo Saba (Struggle) (8:00)
B3. Inner Beckoning (13:19) Dan Spencer

Kenn Cox - Electric Piano, Piano
Ron Brooks - Electric bass, amplified upright bass
Ron English - Guitar
Charles Eubanks - Electric piano
Leon Henderson - soprano and tenor saxophones
Phil Mendelson - Balanced SOund Processor
Charles Moore - Flugelhorn, trumpet, percussion
Bud Spangler - drums, percussion
Dan SPencer - Drums - percussion

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We Three: Stanley Cowell, Buster Williams, Freddie Waits

1. Deceptacon
2. Winter Reflections
3. Enya
4. Sienna: Welcome My Darlin
5. Sendai Sendoff
6. Air Dancing
7. My Little Sharif
8. Christina
9. Winter Reflections

Personnel: Stanley Cowell (piano) Buster Williams (bass)
Freddie Waits (drums)
Producers: Stanley Cowell, Buster Williams, Freddie Waits.
Recorded at Big Box 109 Studio, Tokyo, Japan on December 5, 1987.


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CHARLES DAVIS INGIA! 1974 STRATA EAST 7425

Another tremendous album coming from that man Katonah again ...Thanks
Somebody persuade him to start a blog !!

The gems of mims
Little miss jump up
Linda
Ingia

Credits: Bass - David Williams
Drums - Louis Hayes
Guitar - Louis Davis
Piano, Electric Piano - Ronnie Mathews
Saxophone [Alto], Flute - Gerald Hayes
Saxophone [Baritone], Producer - Charles Davis
Trumpet, Flugelhorn - Andrew "Tex" Allen

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Masabumi Kikuchi Sextet ~ Matrix 1977
Catalyst CAT 7916

Back with another bit of J-Jazz (nekko phrase) this one courtesy of
Blue Burning Soul

A1. Matrix 4:55
(Corea)
A2. Little Aby 6:49
(Kikuchi)
A3. On Green Dolphin Street 8:42
(Ned Washington-Bornislau Kaper)
B1. If I Said The Sky Was Falling 5:57
(Sadao Watanabe)
B2. In Fourth Way 5:48
(Kikuchi)
B3. Black Orpheus 7:29
(Luis Bonfa)

Masabumi Kikuchi - Piano
Hideyuki Kikuchi - Alto Saxophone
Akio Nishimura - Tenor Saxophone
Tetsuo Fushimi - Trumpet
Hironori Takiya - Bass
Takahiro Suzuki - Drums


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You can find these classic Srata East albums, the first in the "Wants & Links" and the latter in the comments to Makuma's Morning Inspiration Mix (scroll down the page)
Make sure to thank them both

Also The Fouth Way's The Sun & The Moon Have Come Together compliments of sawanotsuru can now be found in the "Wants" or from edison007 in the Fourth Way post comments below (scroll down)some fantastic readers thanks

JAZZ INTERACTIONS ORCHESTRA Jazzhattan Suite 1968

Composed & arranged by Oliver Nelson

1. A Typical Day in New York
2. The East Side / The West Side
3. 125th & 7th Ave
4. A Penthouse Dawn
5. One For Duke
6. Complex City

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Stanley Cowell - Musa: Ancestral Streams 1973

Piano, Electric Piano, Kalimba [African Thumb Piano] - Stanley Cowell
Producer - Stanley Cowell , Viki McLaughlin


01 Abscretions (5:10)
02 Equipoise (3:44)
03 Prayer For Peace (7:07)
04 Emil Danenberg (2:45)
05 Maimoun (6:30)
06 Travelin' Man (2:56)
07 Departure No. 1 (5:25)
08 Departure No. 2 (2:15)
09 Sweet Song (3:05)



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Hugh Masekela - Introducing Hedzoleh Soundz

Blue Thumb #BTS62 July 1973


01 Languta
02 Kaa Ye Oya
03 Adade
04 Yei Baa Gbe Wolo
05 Patience
06 When
07 Nye Tamo Ame
08 Rekpete

Stanley Kwesi Todd (bass guitar, vocals);
Nat "Leepuma" Hammond (flute, Ewe congas, vocals);
Richard Neesai "Jagger" Botchway (guitar);
Acheampong Welbeck (Afro-trap kit: American bass drum/Hihat, with 4
mounted gankogui bells, and a mounted gourd hit with sticks!);
James Kwaku Morton (Ewe congas, vocals);
Issac “Okyerema” Asante (Akan atumpan, percussion, vocals)
Samuel Nortey (percussion, vocals
Hugh Masekela (highly echoey trumpet, vocals)

Some reading matter

"The 1973 album “Introducing Hedzoleh Soundz,” by Ghana’s Hedzoleh Soundz with South African trumpetist, Hugh Masekela is simply stunning- arguably the greatest African-Jazz fusion album of all time, and certainly Masekela’s most outstanding release. The musicianship & creativity on these precious cuts are matchless. All but 2 of 8 tunes are written by Hedzoleh (one is by Masekela in HS style, one is traditional)- and therein lies the album’s brilliance. So don’t be fooled by the title, this is Hedzoleh’s album with guest Masekela. Hedzoleh (“freedom”) Soundz was formed in Accra, Ghana in the late 1960’s. Leader Stanley Todd assembled a monster ensemble of musicians from the Ghana Arts Council, intending to form a new Afro-Rock group that would be more traditional & African in sound, and hopefully surpass Osibisa in popularity (alas it was not to be). Their original songs were based upon
traditional Akan & Ewe music, and employed dark, organic sounding African-made drums instead of modern western congas/drum-kit. One of their greatest hits was a Liberian sea shanty/Palm Wine song (Rekpete).
Hedzoleh’s rise to power was bolstered by local music mogul, Faisal Helwani, a producer, promoter, & club-owner, who brought Fela to Ghana. Helwani recognized Hedzoleh’s importance & potential, making them the house band for his famous “Napoleon” club. He also produced the LP “Introducing Hedzoleh Soundz,” recording in Lagos. Hedzoleh won the Art Council “Dance Band” award in 1974.

Interestingly, Hugh Masekela was introduced to Hedzoleh by none other than Fela Kuti. Masekela worked with a primordial version of Hedzoleh as early as 1967 as evidenced by his powerful (but more jazz-heavy) performance at the Monterey Pop festival with Hedzoleh members: Botchway (guitar), Todd (bass), Hammond (modern congas/flute), Morton (congas), Asante (on modern drum-kit!), and “Big Black” on congas"
Written by David McDavitt

Hadley Caliman ~ Iapetus Mainstream 342 1972

Luis Gasca (trumpet), Hadley Caliman (tenor sax) (fl)
Todd Cochram (piano), James Leary (bass)
Woody Theus (drum), Victor Pantoja (cga)
Hungria Garcia (timb)

Caliman recorded four albums as a composer and bandleader:
Hadley Caliman (1971), Iapetus (1972), Projecting (1975) and Celebration (1977). Prior to these recordings, much of Caliman's studio work consisted of side projects with other musicians. The first two albums are on vinyl only. The other albums were re-released on compact disc in 2003 by Catalyst Records

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Cover shots courtesy of Jazz Nekko

Hadley Caliman Mainstream 318 1971

Caliman injected his spatial sax and flute into sessions for Julian Priester's Love, Love, Bayete's Worlds Around The Sun and Shades of Joy's Music of El Topo (much played by Gilles Peterson) as well as playing sets with the likes of Azar Lawrence and Luis Gasca. This is his first recording on Mainstream , pretty much straight modal bop ... more Caliman coming if wanted

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Sabu Martinez - Afro Temple

A re-post for Hevisto

Martin Cohen Loves Latin Percussion
Meapestaculo
Wounded Knee
Afro Temple
All Camels Hump
Hotel Alyssa-Sousse, Tunisia
Para Ti, Tito Rodriquez
My Son Johnny and Me
My Christina

Reissued vinyl rip @ 256vbr
Cover shot is also from the reissued vinyl

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Licorice Pizza Blog has served up for our delictation a couple of comps you shouldn't miss ... some straight, some funky with a little touch of euro lounge jazz thrown in for good measure

SPECIAL THANKS TO LP


01 - Blues For A Playmate - Frank Wess
02 - Le Ore Che Contano - Piero Umiliani
03 - Dem Tambourines - Don Wilkerson
04 - Easter Afternoon - Ady Zehnpfennig
05 - Papa's Got A Brand New Bag - Jimmy Smith
06 - Funky Walk - Blue Mitchell
07 - Blues Walk - Lou Donaldson
08 - Whatever Lola Wants - Baby Face Willette
09 - Blackjack - Donald Byrd
10 - Caravan - Dr. John
11 - It's Your Thing - Lou Donaldson
12 - Sophisticated Wheels - Gabor Szabo

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01 - We Blue It - Ramsey Lewis
02 - Smiling Faces Sometimes - Bobbi Humphrey
03 - Spiffy Diffy - John Patton
04 - Hangin' Out (With You) - Bobby Hutcherson
05 - Dreaming Of Duke - Piero Umiliani
06 - Soul Message - Richard Groove Holmes
07 - Splanky - Jimmy Mcgriff
08 - A Babilonia De David - Che
09 - Cantaloupe Woman - Grant Green
10 - Solar Flares - Sven Libaek
11- Heavy Soul - Ike Quebec
12 - Reza - Cal Tjader
13 - And Satisfy - Stanley Turrentine
14 - Driftin' - Herbie Hancock
15 - Parking Lot Blues - Milt Jackson

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The Fourth Way

Their first album on Capitol from 1969
Jazz, Funk, Soul, Free its got it all
Everything a fusion album should be




Everymans your Brother
Clouds
Sparky
Bucklehuggin
Openings
Gemini Trajectory
Dance of the mechanial Men
The Sybil

Mike Nock (p)
Mike White (vln)
Ron McClure (b)
Eddie Marshall (dr)

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Basso from The Growing Bin has kindly contributed an eclectic mix for our enjoyment

"Nothing"


1. Ann Burton - All or nothing at all (4:11)
2. Bora Rokovic - Soft hands had the rain (4:58)
3. Bossa Nova Combo - Suliman (2:58)
4. Duke Ellington - Tang (4:41)
5. Mose Allison - Wild man on the loose (2:25)
6. Ingfried Hoffmann - Au clair de la lune
7. JoAnne Tardy - The Dragon
8. Art Farmer & ORF BigBand - Soulslides
9. Francis Coppieters Selection - Mobile
10. Heavy Metal Sextet - Prosze natychmiast przestac padac
11. Albert Mangelsdorff Quintet - Es sungen drei Engel
12. Orchester Addy Flor - Twilight Mood
13. Oleg Kutsenko Jazzgroup - Kaleidoscope, Suite

PW = reza

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Another great jazz mix, this one a contribution from Katonah

Homage to Roy Scheider 1932 - 2008

Charlie Rouse Meci Bon Dieu
Buddy Terry Baba Hengates
The New York Bass Violin Choir Coltrane
Marathon Man OST
Mahmoud Ahmed Etu Gèla
Bobby Hutcherson Prime Thought
Wilson Simonal Nana (Coisa No. 5)
Forest Flower Richard Davis
Moon Dance Steve Grossman
Stanley Cowell Brilliant circles
Five Four and Three Lee Konitz
Horace Tapscott Flight 17
Muriel Winston A Fresh view Point
Al Grey and Isauro Hernandez Manteca
Bill Evans First Movement
Alice and John Coltrane, The Sun

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Swboy's Brasil Mix

01 Guinga - Por Trás de Brás de Pina
02 Quarteto Novo - Canta Maria
03 Chico Pinheiro e Anthony Wilson - Easter Monday
04 Guinga - Inventando Moda
05 Airto Moreira- The Tunnel
06 Yamandu Costa - Boneco de Palha
07 João Bosco - Nação
08 Sergio Mendez - Iemanja
09 Quarteto Novo - Vim de Santana
10 Gilson Macedo - Mensagem do Infinito
11 No Em Pingo D'Agua - Manu
12 Raphael Rabello - Lamentos do Morro
13 Bau - Luanda
14 Boca Livre - Ponta de Areia
15 Neneu Liberalquino Trio - Ponteio
16 Nonato Luiz - Um Outrol Baiao
17 Bau - Morena

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Soul of the Righteous

Well this mix comes from Ish of ile oxumare blog ...MANY THANKS
I don't have to say anymore you just know this is gonna be good

1. Doug Carn, Dwell Like A Ghost w Jean Carn
(from Spirit of the New Land on Black Jazz)
2. Haki R. Madhubuti And Nation, Children feat Kehembe
(From Medasi)
3 Albert "Toudie" Heath, Kamili feat Mtume and Herbie Hancock
(from Kawaida)
4. Wendell Harrison ,What We Need feat Jeamel Lee
(From A Message from the Tribe)
5. Norman Connors, Dreams feat Eddie Henderson (from Slewfoot)
6. Fertile Ground, Broken Branches
(feat Navasha Daya, from Spiritual War)
7. Neal Creque, In The Middle Of It All feat Ann Williams
(from The Hands of Time)
8. Sonny Rollins, Sais feat Mtume (from Horn Culture)
9. Lon Moshe & Southern Freedom Arkestra,
Love Is Where The Spirit Lies feat Eke-ete Jackie Lewis
(from Love Is Where The Spirit Lies)
10. The Ensemble Al-Salaam, Peace
(from The Sojourner on Strata-East)

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Makuma's - Morning Inspiration Mix

"Jazz for a lazy sunny Sunday"

1.Welcome - Doug Carn (Infant Eyes)
2.River Run - Build an Ark (Dawn)
3.Blue Nile - Alice Coltrane (Ptah, The El Daoud)
4.Universal Four - Timo Lassy (The Soul & Jazz Of Timo Lassy)
5.Let It Go (4 Hero Piano Acoustic Mix) - Shaun Escoffery Feat. Jason Rebello (Electro Jazz Crooners Vol. 1)
6.Too Little, Too Late - The Descendants of Mike and Phoebe
(A Spirit Speaks)
7.Freedom Jazz Dance - Harold Mckinny
(Voices And Rhythms Of The Creative Profile)
8.King Abdissa - Teddy Rok Seven (Universal Four)
9.The Tenth Pyramid - Michael White (Spirit Dance)
10.Elle - Christian Prommer's Drumlesson (Drum Lesson Vol 1)
11.The Conference -Nitin Sawhney (Beyond Skin)
12.Tradewinds - Calvin Keys (Proceed With Caution)
13.When Ancestors Speak - Build an Ark (Dawn)
14.A Spirit Speaks -The Descendants of Mike and Phoebe
(A Spirit Speaks)
15.For Pia - Urszula Dudziak (Newborn Light)
16.Old Mother Nature Calls - Horace Silver (Total Response)
17.Brazilian Waltz - Marco Di Marco (My London Friends)
18.Nola - Jose James (The Dreamer)
19.Healing Song - Build an Ark (Dawn)
20.Herdsman - Improvokation (Star Mountain Sessions)
21.Earth Dancer - Max Grunhard Quintet (Vortex)
22.Samba Do Brilho - Guilherme Vergueiro (Naturalmente)
23.On The Red Clay - Mark Murphy (Mark Murphy Sings)
24.Peace - Doug Carn (Infant Eyes)
25.Reflexao - Amado Maita (Amado Maita)
26.Soft Spirit- Henry Franklin (The Skipper at Home)
27.Reza - Quarteto em Cy (Quarteto em Cy)

Make sure to leave a comment its so appreciated

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Philip Cohran ~ The Malcolm X Memorial

1. Malcolm Little
2. Detroit Red
3. Malcolm X
4. El Hajj Malik el Shabazz

A live performance recorded on February 25, 1968 at the Afro-Arts Theater, a cultural center in Chicago operated by Cohran from 1967-1970. This concert was a tribute to the late Malcolm X in the form of a suite of 4 tracks, each capturing a period of his life.
Posted after listening to another from Cohran which you can grab HERE
And dont forget to thank him

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Rock Savage selects for El Reza

Make sure you check out his blog ~ link in the sidebar, and dont be misled by that "rock" word ...lots of Cal, Palmieri, Lalo and more to be found
And btw when you get to track 14 just turn it up real loud ...killer

1. The Man From THRUSH – Lalo Schifrin
2. Armando’s Quajira – Cal Tjader
3. Making Love After Hours – Roland Kirk
4. He’s Coming – Roy Ayers
5. Do Nothing Til You Hear From Me – Duke Ellington Orchestra
6. The Other Side Of Town – Julian Joseph
7. Well You Needn’t – Miles Davis
8. The Killer – Lalo Schifrin
9. A Tear To A Smile – Roy Ayers
10. Ummh – Bobby Hutcherson
11. Sun King – Danny Gatton
12. Bra Ntemi’s Kwela – African Jazz Pioneers
13. Here Comes The Whistleman – Roland Kirk
14. Shoshana – Cal Tjader
15. Gemini – Cannonball Adderley Sextet
16. Louie Louie –Mongo Santamaria
17. Hook N Sling – Frank Motley and the Hitchikers
18. Dirt – Penguin CafÈ Orchestra
19. Way Back Fifties – The Drive
20. Ramblin’ – Jazz Jamaica
21. Greeny – John Mayall and His Blues Breakers
22. Oye China – Radio Traifa
23. Cheek To Cheek – Ella Fitzgerald
24. Jeep Jockey Jump – Glenn Miller
25. Amapola Part II – Ennio Morricone

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Lloyd McNell ~ Elegia

Samba for the Animals
Behind the Wind
Asha II
Suite for Elizabeth
Striped Pants
Memory Cycle

Another classy mix ... a contribution from Pepper67 THANKS
Dance, Eternal Spirits. Dance !

1.Billy Harper Quintet - Dance, Eternal Spirits. Dance !
2.Kalaparusha Maurice McIntyre - Jays
3.Awakening, The - Mode For D.D
4.Hugh Masekela - A Night In Tunisia
5.Erykah Badu - Didn't Cha Know
6.George Benson - My Latin Brother
7.Bobby Hutcherson - NTU
8.Jimmy Ponder - The Creator Has A Master Plan
9.Build An Ark - You've Gotta Have Freedom
10.Curtis Fuller - Black Bath
11.The Jazz Corps ( Featuring Roland Kirk ) - Chalan Pago
12.Carter Jefferson - The Rise Of Atlantis
13.Ernest Ranglin - King Tubby Meets The Rockers

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Straight from The Mighty Bacoso .... All Killer No Filler Mix

DAVID AMRAM -LOS PAPINES(FLYING FISH)
CARLOS FRANZETTI-GAUJIRA WITHOUT WORDS(SONORAMA)
EMILIANO SALVADOR-SON IN 7/4 (AREITO)
SOUTHAMELODIC - PRIME ELEMENT(KINDRED SPIRITS)
NOBUO HARA SHARPS & FLATS-SOHRAN BUSHI (TRIO)
PASSPORT-SAMBUKADA (ATCO)
IRAKERE-ANUNG ANUNGA (COLUMBIA)
GUSTAV BROM - DANCE FOR TWO (SABA)
CHAQUITO - SPECIAL PROJECT(MFP)
ZENZILE - PEACE OF GROUND (BAYSTATE)
HENRY BUTLER-MUSIC CAME (IMPULSE)

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Clifford Jordan ~ Night of the Mark VII 1975

1. John Coltrane
2. Highest Mountain
3. Blue Monk
4. Midnight Waltz
5. One for Amos

Incl Cedar Walton, Sam Jones & Billy Higgins

Harold Vick 1974 ~ DON'T LOOK BACK
Another killer from the Strata East Label

01 Don't Look Back
02 Melody for Bu
03 Senor zamora
04 Stop and Cop
05 Lucille
06 Prayer

Harold Vick- tenor sax, C flute, soprano sax, bass clarinet
Joe Bonner - piano, tuba
Kiane Zawadi - euphonium
George Davis - alto flute, guitar
Virgil Jones - flugelhorn
Sam Jones - bass
Billy Hart - drums
Jimmy Hopps - Percussion

Continuing with the comps here's the final 70's jazz mix from Swboy

70's Jazz Mix 3

01 Bobby Hutcherson - So far So Good
02 Woody Shaw - Theme for Maxine
03 Carlos Garnett - Chana
04 Gary Bartz - Air and Fire
05 Norman Connors - Morning Change
06 Randy Weston - Night in Medina
07 Kenny Barron (with Sonny Fortune) - Innocence
08 Heath Brothers - Maimoun
09 Carlos Garnett - Dance of the Virgins

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Leroy Jenkins - For Players Only

Part One 15:45
Part Two 20:35

Anthony Braxton Clarinet Becky Friend Flute Bill Davis Tuba Charles Bobo Shaw Percussion, Drums Charles Brackeen Sax (Soprano)Dave Holland Bass Dewey Redman Clarinet, Horn, Banshee Diedre Murray Cello James Emery Guitar Jerome Cooper Percussion, Piano, Drums

Sonny Fortune - Serengeti Minstrel

1. Bacchanal [Barron]
2. Afro-Americans [Fortune]
3. There's Nothing Smart About Being Stupid [Fortune]
4. Not All Dreams Are Real [Fortune]
5. Never Again Is Such a Long Time [Fortune]
6. Serengeti Minstrel [Arnold]

Sonny Fortune Kenny Barron
Gary King Jack DeJohnette
Sammy Figueroa Rafael Cruz
Horacee Arnold Woody Shaw

OK here's a couple of 70's jazz compilations courtesy of Swboy
Cover prints also by Swboy
Make sure if you enjoy them to thank him by leaving a comment




70s Jazz Mix 1

01 - Sonny Fortune - Sunshower
02 - Billy Hart - Layla Joy
03 - John Betsch - Ode to Ethiopia
04 - John Betsch - Open Pastures
05 - John Betsch - Ode to an Untitled lady
06 - Stanley Cowell - Equipoise
07 - Henry Franklin - Spring Song
08 - Dave Leibman - Lookout Farm - Pablo's Story
09 - Charles Tolliver - On the Nile

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70s Jazz Mix 2

01 - Bayete - It Ain't
02 - Bobby Paunetto - Osiris
03 - Jimmy Heath - No End
04 - Timeless Allstars - World Peace
05 - Nathan Davis - 6th Sense In The 11th House
06 - Azar Lawrence - Fatisha
07 - Sonny Fortune - Revelation
08 - Dom Salvador - Maria

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Reza Mix Numero Uno ~ The 'Fro

01 Brother Ah - Sekou
02 The East New York Ensemble - Bent-el-Jerusalem
03 Roland Haynes - Second Wave
04 Okeyerama Asante- Drum Message
05 Jothan Collins - Winds of Change
06 Hugo Heredia - Pedro Y Antonia
07 Babs Robert - Pol-Action (ice cream '70)
08 Luther Thomas & Human Arts Ensemble - Una New York
09 Idris Ackamoor - Ya A Ya A 1973


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75min play time

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Gonna start posting odd bits again, well until I receive anymore nasty comments.... maybe some comps for a change
I do them for friends so figure that some of you jazzheads may enjoy also
Was wondering if any jazz bloggers or readers fancied contributing your own mix, full credit given

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Blog closed down due to nasty comments, its meant to be enjoyable ...