Buddy Tate - Body & Soul (1975/2018/FLAC-HD)

Buddy Tate was one of the most relaxed, humorous and amenable of musicians, with a personal style that was glowingly reflected in the supple and occasionally gently mocking elegance of his saxophone playing. Like many of the lyrical and romantic jazz performers of his era, Tate could perform miniature miracles with minimal materials. Shuffling a handful of soft, buttery notes and mingling them with a textural repertoire of intimately whispering intonations, was one of the most agreeable experiences in postwar jazz. But Tate could also be an exciting, hard-swinging player too, and his control of the horn in its upper register predated many of the technical advances in saxophone playing that were made by the modernists in hard bop and the avantgarde. 

• Buddy Tate - ts, vo on 3
• Tete Montoliu - p
• Bo Stief - b
• Svend Eric Nørregaard - d
• Finn Ziegler - vln on 2, 4

Recorded at La Fontaine, Copenhagen, September 23, 1975.

01. Stompin' At The Savoy (7:12)

02. Body And Soul (Live) (8:54)

03. Buddy's Blues (7:45)

04. In A Mellow Tone (17:30)

05. I Surrender Dear (3:32)

Sarah Vaughan - A Miracle Happened (Quadromania, 4 CD, 2005/FLAC)

 

CD1

01. If You Could See Me Now

02. Don't Worry 'Bout Me

03. Penthouse Serenade (When We're Alone)

04. Don't Blame Me

05. I Can't Get Started

06. The One I Love Belongs to Somebody Else

07. I'm Gonna Sit Right Down and Write Myself a Letter

08. Black Coffee

09. As You Desire Me

10. Bianca

11. While You Are Gone

12. Just Friends

13. You Taught Me to Love Again

14. Lonely Girl

15. Fool's Paradise

16. You Say You Care

17. You're Mine, You

CD2

01. The Nearness of You

02. I'm Crazy to Love You

03. I Love You

04. Ev'ryday (I Fall in Love)

05. Dedicated to You

06. You're All I Need

07. Don't Be Afraid

08. Our Very Own

09. East of the Sun (West of the Moon)

10. Nice If You Can Get It

11. Can't Get Out of This Mood

12. Mean to Me

13. Come Rain or Come Shine

14. It Might as Well Be Spring

15. Ain't Misbehavin'

16. Goodnight My Love

17. Whippa-Whippa-Woo

CD3

01. Thinking of You

02. Ooh, What 'Cha Doin' to Me

03. Deep Purple

04. Vanity

05. My Reverie

06. After Hours

07. Just a Moment More

08. Pinky

09. A Miracle Happened

10. I Ran All the Way from Home

11. Time to Go

12. Corner to Corner

13. Street of Dreams

14. If Someone Had Told Me

15. Say You'll Wait for Me

16. Mighty Lonesome Feelin'

17. Sinner or Saint

CD4

01. I'll Know

02. These Things I Offer You

03. I Confess

04. A Blues Serenade

05. Can't Get Out of This Mood

06. Shulie a Bop

07. Lover Man

08. They Can't Take That Away from Me

09. Prelude to a Kiss

10. Polka Dots and Moonbeams

11. Body and Soul

12. Make Yourself Comfortable

13. You're Not That Kind

14. September Song

15. He's My Guy

16. April in Paris

17. Lullaby of Birdland

Blue Note Works 4000-4100 series [4051-4060]

 

...The Modern Jazz Series continued into the 1970s with the LPs listed below. Many were issued in both monaural versions (BLP series) and stereo versions (BST 84000 series).  Most of the 4000 series have been reissued by Toshiba-EMI in Japan ("Blue Note Works 4000" series); the catalog numbers are TOCJ-4###



BN.4051- Jackie McLean- 1959- Jackie's Bag {RVG Remaster}
BN.4052- Tina Brooks- 1960- Back to the Tracks
BN.4053- Lou Donaldson- 1958- Light-Foot
BN.4054- Art Blakey & The Jazz Messengers- 1960- Meet You At The Jazz Corner Of The World vol.1
BN.4055- Art Blakey & The Jazz Messengers- 1960- Meet You At The Jazz Corner Of The World vol.2
BN.4056- Freddie Hubbard- 1960- Goin' Up
BN.4057- Stanley Turrentine With The Three Sounds- 1960- Blue Hour. The Complete Sessions
BN.4058- Hank Mobley- 1960- Roll Call {RVG Remaster}
BN.4059- Kenny Drew- 1960- Undercurrent {RVG Remaster}
BN.4060- Donald Byrd- 1960- At the Half Note Cafe vol.1 {RVG Remaster}

Scott Hamilton dicography [1977-2021]

 

Scott Hamilton (born 12 September 1954) is a jazz tenor saxophonist, associated with swing (music) and mainstream jazz.

He emerged in the 1970s and at the time he was considered to be one of the few musicians of real talent who carried the tradition of the classic jazz tenor saxophone in the style of Ben Webster, Coleman Hawkins as well as Zoot Sims and Don Byas forward. He began playing in various rhythm & blues outfits in Providence (Rhode Island), but subsequently shifted to jazz and the tenor saxophone. In 1976 he moved to New York City at, in part the recommendation of Roy Eldridge. He there joined Benny Goodman for a period of time and in 1977 recorded his debut album for Concord Records, with whom he would have a long recording career in his own name and as one of their Concord Jazz All Stars. He also worked as a backing musician for singer Rosemary Clooney and others.

In the early 1980s he had formed his own quintet and toured all over the world. By then free from his drinking habit, in 1982 he had matured sufficiently to be able to break away from the spell of mainly Ben Webster and Zoot Sims, whom he had been criticized of imitating. From this point on both his playing and his tone were very much his own.

Living in New York City, he toured all around the world during the 1980s, playing Japan and all over Europe. He was in particular a recurrent visitor to the UK, Sweden and the Grande Parade du Jazz, held in Nice, France. By the early 1990s he was ready for a next step and by 1994 when he released Organic Duke, he had developed a quite singular style: a large, well-rounded but still focused tone and improvising, ostensibly still based on the swing idiom (especially Ellington), but incorporating more modern elements. During this period, he relocated to London, and formed his current quartet, featuring British musicians John Pearce (p), Dave Green (b) and Steve Brown (dr), with whom he recorded East of the Sun in 1993. (East of the Sun features Brian Lemon on piano, not John Pearce.) He is currently active touring all over Europe.

Artie Shaw — The Indispensable Artie Shaw (1938-1945) (6 CD, 1995/FLAC)

 

Artie Shaw (born Avraham Ben-Yitzhak Arshawsky, May 23, 1910, New York City, New York, USA - died December 30, 2004, Thousand Oaks, California, USA) was an American clarinetist and bandleader.

His first public appearance leading his own band was in his native New York City on the 24th of May, 1936 and he became one of the biggest names in jazz and popular music during the late 1930's and 1940's swing heyday. He last toured as a performing clarinetist with a big band in 1950, and made his last live / public performing appearances with a small group in 1954. Shaw made his last records of new material (on which he was merely conducting and not playing) in 1955. He spent much of the second half of his life devoted to writing and other pursuits, although he returned to the recording studios in 1968 to conduct an album of some of his biggest instrumental hits (from 1938-39) with a band that was filled by other notable veteran sidemen of the Swing Era, some of whom had worked for him three decades earlier and were at the time still working professional musicians in their prime. In 1983 he surprised the music world once again by assembling a 16-piece touring big band under the direction of clarinetist Dick Johnson and Shaw appeared with it through 1986-87, at which time he turned the band over to Johnson once and for all. The anti-nostalgic Shaw explicitly stated that he wanted this last band to focus on jazz and lesser known later works from 1944-45 and especially 1949, as well as new material written for the band, much of which was never recorded. He was married eight times including to Lana Turner (1940) and Ava Gardner (1945-46). 

 

Duke Pearson - Mosaic Select 8 [3 CD, 2003/FLAC]

 

The Mosaic Select series continues -- having released eight impressive volumes n the calendar year 2003 -- this being the last, it's a provocative set in that it compiles five Duke Pearson albums from 1968-1970, all of them centered around his "exotic period: The Phantom, Merry Ole Sole, How Insensitive, It Could Only Happen With You, and I Don't Care Who Knows It. In addition, it places all of those recording sessions in their proper chronological order and includes two completely unreleased tracks.

 

Art Taylor - Taylor's Wailers (1957/2012/FLAC)

Five of the six selections on this CD reissue feature drummer Art Taylor in an all-star sextet of mostly young players comprised of trumpeter Donald Byrd, altoist Jackie McLean, Charlie Rouse on tenor, pianist Ray Bryant, and bassist Wendell Marshall. Among the highpoints of the 1957 hard bop date are the original version of Bryant's popular "Cubano Chant" and strong renditions of two Thelonious Monk tunes ("Off Minor" and "Well, You Needn't") cut just prior to the pianist/composer's discovery by the jazz public. Bryant is the most mature of the soloists, but the three horn players were already starting to develop their own highly individual sounds. The remaining track (a version of Jimmy Heath's "C.T.A.") is played by the quartet of Taylor, tenor saxophonist John Coltrane, pianist Red Garland, and bassist Paul Chambers and is a leftover (although a good one) from another session.

• Art Taylor - drums
• Donald Byrd (#1,3-6) - trumpet
• Jackie McLean (#1,3-6) - alto saxophone
• Charlie Rouse (#1,3-6), John Coltrane (#2) - tenor saxophone
• Ray Bryant (#1,3-6), Red Garland (#2) - piano
• Wendell Marshall (#1,3-6), Paul Chambers (#2) - bass

Recorded at the Van Gelder Studios, Hackensack, NJ on February 25 (#1,3-6) and March 22 (#2), 1957.

01. Batland (Sears) - 9:53

02. C.T.A. (Heath) - 4:44

03. Exhibit A (Sears) - 6:15

04. Cubano Chant (Bryant) - 6:36

05. Off Minor (Monk) - 5:38

06. Well, You Needn't (Monk) - 8:01 

Larry Carlton - The Warner Albums (2020/FLAC)

 

A hugely successful guitarist and composer, Larry Carlton emerged from the Los Angeles studio scene of the late '60s, eventually becoming a popular contemporary jazz artist in his own right. Noted for his lithe technique, sweet-toned, blues-inflected sound, and distinctive use of volume pedals, Carlton first came to prominence as a member of crossover jazz and R&B outfit the Crusaders. From there, he developed into an in-demand session player, recording on up to 500 albums a year and appearing on over 100 gold albums. His studio credits from the '70s and early '80s include work with musicians and groups like Steely Dan, Joni Mitchell, Michael Jackson, Sammy Davis, Jr., Herb Alpert, Quincy Jones, Bobby Bland, Dolly Parton, Linda Ronstadt, and literally dozens of others. Although he recorded a number of LPs under his own name as early as 1968, he didn't land a major-label contract until 1978, when he signed with Warner Bros. and began a long stretch of releasing his own albums. Along the way he also expanded into film and television work, and picked up his first of four Grammy Awards for his work on the Hill Street Blues theme. With over 30 of his own albums and a regular touring schedule, Carlton remains a well-respected, highly sought-after performer.

A native of Torrance, California, Carlton began taking guitar lessons when he was six. His first professional gig was at a supper club in 1962. After hearing Joe Pass on the radio, he was inspired to play jazz and blues. Wes Montgomery and Barney Kessel became important influences soon after he discovered the jazz guitar stylings of Pass. B.B. King and other blues guitarists had an impact on Carlton's style as well. He honed his guitar-playing skills in the clubs and studios of greater Los Angeles while he attended a local junior college and Long Beach State College for a year until the Vietnam War ended. Carlton toured with the Fifth Dimension in 1968 and began doing studio sessions in 1970. His early session work included studio dates with pop musicians like Vikki Carr, Andy Williams, and the Partridge Family.

Carlton delivered his self-titled debut for Warner Bros. in 1978, shortly after he was recognized for his groundbreaking guitar playing on Steely Dan's Royal Scam album. (Carlton contributed the memorable guitar solo on "Kid Charlemagne.'')

He released four more albums for Warner Bros., Strikes Twice (1980), Sleepwalk (1981), Eight Times Up (1982), and the Grammy-nominated Friends (1983), before parting ways with the label. Also during this period, he branched out into writing for TV and films, composing music for Against All Odds, Who's the Boss, and the theme for Hill Street Blues. The latter won a Grammy Award in 1981 for Best Pop Instrumental Performance.

 

Jess Stacy - Chronogical Classics 1935-1956 (3 CD, 1994-2007/FLAC)

 One of the Swing Era’s piano greats who isn’t as well known today as those named above was Jess Stacy. Stacy was born in Missouri in 1904 and grew up in Cape Girardeau on the Mississippi River. At 14, Stacy was captivated by the music played on riverboats arriving from New Orleans and eventually played with Bix Beiderbecke in the 1920s and other artists and bands in the 1930s. He joined Benny Goodman in the mid-1930s, playing with the band at the famed Palomar Ballroom concert in 1935 and at Carnegie Hall in 1938. Stacy, who was influenced by Hines and Wilson, left Goodman in the early 1940s, rejoined in ’42 before leaving for Tommy Dorsey. He moved to Los Angeles in the ’50s but left the music business after being heckled by a drunk in a small club. For a time, he was married to singer Lee Wiley.

 

Jackie McLean discography [1957-1993]

 Jackie McLean (May 17, 1931 – March 31, 2006) has long had his own sound, played slightly sharp and with great intensity; he is recognizable within two notes. McLean was one of the few bop-oriented players of the early ’50s who explored free jazz in the ’60s, widening his emotional range and drawing from the new music qualities that fit his musical personality.

The son of guitarist John McLean (who played guitar with Tiny Bradshaw), Jackie started on alto when he was 15. As a teenager he was friends with such neighbors as Bud Powell, Thelonious Monk, and Sonny Rollins. He made his recording debut with Miles Davis in 1951 and the rest of the decade could be considered his apprenticeship. McLean worked with George Wallington, Charles Mingus, and Art Blakey’s Jazz Messengers (1956-1958). He also participated on a string of jam session-flavored records for Prestige and New Jazz which, due to the abysmal pay and his developing style, he later disowned. Actually they are not bad but pale in comparison to McLean’s classic series of 21 Blue Note albums (1959-1967). On sessions such as One Step Beyond and Destination Out, McLean really stretches and challenges himself; this music is quite original and intense yet logical. McLean also appeared as a sideman on some sessions for Blue Note (most notably with Tina Brooks, acted in the stage play The Connection (1959-1961), and led his own groups on a regular basis. By 1968, however, he was moving into the jazz education field and other than some SteepleChase records from 1972-1974 (including two meetings with his early idol Dexter Gordon) and an outing for RCA (1978-1979), McLean was less active as a player during the ’70s. However in the ’80s Jackie McLean returned to a more active playing schedule (sometimes with his son René McLean on tenor), recording for Triloka, Antilles, and most recently (with a renewed relationship) with Blue Note — without losing the intensity and passion of his earlier days.

Jackie McLean-(1957)- Lights Out

Jackie McLean-(1958)- McLean's Scene

Jackie McLean-(1959)- New Soil

Jackie McLean-(1959)- Swing, Swang, Swingin'

Jackie McLean-(1960)- Capuchin Swing

Jackie McLean-(1960)- Jackie's Bag

Jackie McLean-(1960)- Makin' The Changes

Jackie McLean-(1961)- A Fickle Sonance

Jackie McLean-(1961)- Bluesnik

Jackie McLean-(1962)- 4, 5 & 6

Jackie McLean-(1962)- Let Freedom Ring

Jackie McLean-(1963)- Destination Out

Jackie McLean-(1963)- One Step Beyond

Jackie McLean-(1967)- New And Old Gospel

Jackie McLean-(1968)- 'Bout Soul

Jackie McLean-(1970)- Demon's Dance (rec in 1967)

Jackie McLean-(1972)- Live at Montmartre

Jackie McLean-(1973)- A Ghetto Lullaby

Jackie McLean-(1979)- Tippin' The Scales (rec in 1962)

Jackie McLean-(1980)- Vertigo (rec in 59 & 63)

Jackie McLean-(1986)- A Long Drink Of The Blues (rec in 1957)

Jackie McLean-(1989)- Plays Fat Jazz (live 1957)

Jackie McLean-(1993)- The Complete Blue Note 1964-66 Jackie McLean Sessions

Jackie McLean-(1993)- The Jackie Mac Attack Live (rec in 1991)