His dirty blues repertoire included "Lolly Pop Mama" (1948), "I Like My Baby's Pudding" (1950), "Sittin on It All the Time" (1950), "Keep On Churnin' (Till the Butter Comes)" (1952), and "Wasn't That Good" (1953).
Wynonie Harris - Chronogical Classics 1944-1952 (4 CD/FLAC)
Louis Armstrong & Oscar Peterson – Louis Armstrong Meets Oscar Peterson (1959/2001/FLAC)
By 1957, hard bop was firmly established as the "jazz of now," while pianist Oscar Peterson and his ensemble with bassist Ray Brown and guitarist Herb Ellis were making their own distinctive presence felt as a true working band playing standards in the swing tradition. Louis Armstrong was more recognizable to the general public as a singer instead of the pioneering trumpet player he was. But popularity contests being the trend, Armstrong's newer fans wanted to hear him entertain them, so in retrospect it was probably a good move to feature his vocalizing on these tracks with Peterson's band and guest drummer Louie Bellson sitting in. The standard form of Armstrong singing the lead lines, followed by playing his pithy and witty horn solos based on the secondary melody, provides the basis for the format on this charming but predictable recording. What happens frequently is that Armstrong and Peterson play lovely ad lib vocal/piano duets at the outset of many tunes. They are all songs you likely know, with few upbeat numbers or obscure choices. It is, however, the familiarity of songs like the midtempo "Let's Fall in Love," with Armstrong's gravelly scat singing, and his marvelous ability to riff off of the basic songs, that make these offerings endearing. A classic take of "Blues in the Night" is the showstopper, while choosing "Moon Song" is a good, off-the-beaten-path pick as the trumpeter plays two solo choruses, and he leads out on his horn for once during the slightly bouncy, basic blues "I Was Doing All Right." Some extremely slow tunes crop up on occasion, like "How Long Has This Been Going On?," an atypically downtempo take of "Let's Do It," and "You Go to My Head," featuring Peterson's crystalline piano. There are the dependable swingers "Just One of Those Things," "I Get a Kick Out of You," and "Sweet Lorraine," with Peterson at his accompanying best. There's a ramped-up version of the usually downtrodden "Willow Weep for Me" and a duet between Armstrong and Ellis on the sad two-minute ditty "There's No You." All in all, it's difficult to critique or find any real fault with these sessions, though Peterson is subsumed by the presence of Armstrong, who, as Leonard Feather notes, really needs nobody's help. That this was their only collaboration speaks volumes to how interactive and communal the session really was, aside from the fairly precious music.
- Bass – Ray Brown
- Drums – Louis Bellson
- Guitar – Herb Ellis
- Piano – Oscar Peterson
- Vocals, Trumpet – Louis Armstrong
A1 That Old Feeling
A2 Let's Fall in Love
A3 I'll Never Be the Same
A4 Blues in the Night
A5 How Long Has This Been Going On
A6 I Was Doing All Right
B1 What's New
B2 Moon Song
B3 Just One of Those Things
B4 There's No You
B5 You Got to My Head
B6 Sweet Lorraine
Lou Donaldson Quintet - Wailing With Lou (1957/2014/FLAC)
Wailing With Lou is an appropriate title for this enjoyable set of straight-ahead bop. Whether he's riding the propulsive rhythms of 'Caravan' or settling down into a ballad, Donaldson takes the center stage with his surprisingly full alto tone. He still displays a clear Charlie Parker influence, but he is beginning to break free and develop his own style. In particular, he relies on bluesy runs more than Bird, which give his music a soulful edge. But what makes Wailing With Lou so enjoyable is the hot interplay between Donaldson, trumpeter Donald Byrd, pianist Herman Foster, bassist Peck Morrison and drummer Art Taylor. All five musicians give enthusiastic, infectious performances. There's nothing out of the ordinary here -- just hard-driving bop and sensitive ballads, which are sure to please fans of the style.
- Lou Donaldson, alto saxophone
- Donald Byrd, trumpet
- Herman Foster, piano
- Peck Morrison, bass
- Art Taylor, drums
Recorded January 27, 1957 Van Gelder Studio, Hackensack
Produced by Alfred Lion
Engineered by Rudy Van Gelder
Digitally remastered
01. L.D. Blues (5:20)
02. Caravan (5:57)
03. Old Folks (6:20)
04. That Good Old Feeling (6:50)
05. Move It (5:53)
06. There Is No Greater Love (6:53)
John Handy - Mosaic Select 35 (3 CD, 2009/FLAC)
John Handy is one of the unsung greats of modern jazz -- as saxophonist, composer/arranger and group leader -- especially for the series of four albums he recorded for Columbia between 1965 and 1968. This Mosaic Select is devoted to the three albums he made for the label that featured violin in the instrumentation -- Recorded Live At The Monterey Jazz Festival , The 2nd John Handy Album and Projections, plus a live Carnegie Hall performance.
Handy's playing, on alto sax in particular, is a wonder with a beautiful "legit" sound, perfect intonation and articulation, and an extraordinary control of the upper register which he uses quite often in building excitement and intensity in his solos. He utilizes all of these extraordinary attributes in frequent lengthy and compelling acappella solos. His unending flow of fresh ideas seemingly devoid of licks is another striking characteristic of his work.
The group heard here on all of discs 1 and 2 is unique in jazz history. The instrumentation of alto saxophone, violin, guitar, bass and drums has rarely, if ever, been used, and certainly not to this extent. Combining the nature of this instrumentation with the styles of the five players (Handy, Michael White, Jerry Hahn, Don Thompson and Terry Clarke) helps to create an open, expansive musical palette. This enables a musical range from Coltranesque long trance-like modal pieces, to tauter more direct and edgier rock-oriented pieces.
Clark Terry discography [1955-2004]
Clark Terry (December
14, 1920 – February 21, 2015) was an American swing and bop trumpeter, a
pioneer of the flugelhorn in jazz, educator, NEA Jazz Masters inductee,
and recipient of the 2010 Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award. Only three
other trumpet players in history have ever received the Grammy Lifetime
Achievement Award: Louis Armstrong (Clark's old mentor), Miles Davis
(whom Clark mentored), Dizzy Gillespie (who often described Clark as the
greatest jazz trumpet player on earth) and Benny Carter. Clark Terry
was one of the most prolific jazz musicians in history, having appeared
on 905 known recording sessions, which makes him the most recorded
trumpet player of all time. In comparison, Louis Armstrong performed on
620 sessions, Harry "Sweets" Edison on 563, and Dizzy Gillespie on 501.He has played with Charlie Barnet (1947), Count Basie (1948–1951), Duke Ellington (1951–1959) and Quincy Jones (1960), and has recorded regularly both as a leader and sideman. Terry's career in jazz spanned more than seventy years and he is among the most recorded of jazz musicians.
1955 - Clark Terry (1997)
1955 - Swahili
1957 - Clark Terry Quintet - Serenade to a Bus Set (1992)
1957 - Clark Terry, Paul Gonsalves - Daylight Express (1998)
1957 - Duke With A Difference
1958 - Clark Terry with Thelonious Monk - In Orbit
1959 - It's What's Happenin'
1959 - Top and Bottom Brass
1960 - Color Changes
1960 - Flutin' & Fluglin'
1960 - Supreme Jazz by Clark Terry
1961 - Cecil Payne & Clark Terry - Cool Blues
1963 - Coleman Hawkins & Clark Terry - Back In Bean's Bag (1998)
1964 - The Happy Horns Of Clark Terry
1965 - Wes Montgomery & Clark Terry - Straight, No Chaser (1992)
1965-67 - The Happy Horns of Clark Terry & It's What's Happenin' (2011)
1966 - Clark Terry & Chico O'Farrill - Spanish Rice
1966 - Clark Terry, Bob Brookmeyer - Gingerbread Men
1968 - Shirley Scott, Clark Terry - Soul Duo
1976 - Clark Terry's Big B-A-D Band - Live At Buddy's Place (1992)
1976 - Wham - Live At The Jazzhouse
1978 - Clark After Dark
1978 - Clark Terry & Chris Woods - Swiss Radio Days Jazz Series Lucerne 1978, vol.8 (1997)
1980 - Clark Terry Five-Memorie`s of Duke - Joe Pass, Ray Brown, Jack Wilson, Frank Severino
1981 - Yes, The Blues
1986 - Clark Terry & Red Mitchell - To Duke and Basie
1988 - Clark Terry & Red Mitchell - Jive At Five
1989 - Portraits
1990 - The Second Set - Live At Village Gate
1991 - Clark Terry & Bob Brookmeyer - The Power Of Positive Swinging
1991 - Live at the Village Gate
1992 - Clark Terry, Freddie Hubbard, Dizzy Gillespie Plus Oscar Peterson - The Alternate Blues
1993 - Clark Terry and George Robert - The Good Things In Life
1993 - What A Wonderful World For Louis & Duke
1994 - Metropole Orchestra
1994 - Remember The Time, Clark Terry 75th Anniversary
1995 - Clark Terry & Frank Wess - Big Band Basie
1996 - Express
1997 - Carol Sloane and Clark Terry - The Songs of Ella & Louise Sang
1999 - Dave Glasser, Clark Terry, Barry Harris Project - Uh! Oh!
2000 - One On One
2001 - Herr Ober - Live at Birdland Neuburg
2002 - Clark Terry & Max Roach - Friendship
2004 - Chilled & Remixed
2004 - Clark Terry with Jeff Lindberg & Chicago Jazz Orchestra - Porgy & Bess
VA - True Soul - Deep Sounds From The Left Of Stax Vol. 1 & 2 (2 CD, 2011/FLAC)
Now-Again Records presents the release of True Soul: Deep Sounds from the Left of Stax , collection of rare and unreleased funk and soul music from the fabled Arkansas indie. Over twelve years in the making, this anthology will be presented over the course of two volumes and one four LP box set.
True Soul: Deep Sounds from the Left of Stax Vol. 1
01. Thomas East - Slipping Around (45 Version) [03:00]
02. Albert Smith - Come Together [03:37]
03. John Craig - Doing My Own Thing [03:50]
04. York Wilborn's Psychedelic Six - Wheezin' [02:48]
05. Ren Smith - Smog (Full Version) [04:35]
06. Thomas East - Sister Funk (Original Full Version) [05:19]
07. York Wilborn's Psychedelic Six - Funky Football [04:08]
08. York Wilborn's Psychedelic Six - Psychedelic Hot Pants (Full Version) [04:13]
09. Classic Funk - Hard Times [03:10]
10. The Right Track - I Gotta Move With The Groove [03:43]
11. Thomas East - Funky Music [04:19]
12. The Conspiracy - The Real Thing [03:16]
13. The Leaders - (It's A) Rat Race (Instrumental) [04:11]
14. Thomas East - Follow The Rainbow (Alternate Mix) [03:28]
True Soul: Deep Sounds from the Left of Stax Vol. 2
01. Albert Smith - The Thrill Is Gone [04:15]
02. Thomas East - Just A Trip [02:07]
03. Larry Davis - Down Home Funk (Full Version) [05:12]
04. Thomas East - Sister Funk (Instrumental) [02:50]
05. Classic Funk - The Funk's Gonna Fly [03:22]
06. York Wilborn's Psychedelic Six - Thank You [03:48]
07. The Conspiracy - Conspiracy [03:45]
08. The Right Track - Maybe Yes, Maybe No [02:45]
09. The Leaders - (It's A) Rat Race [04:18]
10. The Conspiracy - I Believe (Our Love Has Gone Away) [04:36]
11. John Craig - I Don't Want To Do It [02:56]
12. John Craig - Doing My Own Thing (Interlude) [01:07]
13. The Right Track - You For Me and Me For You [06:14]
14. Portrait - Springtime Smile [05:18]
15. Portrait - Love You For Now On [05:09]
16. Le'Chance - Get Down [05:06]
17. Le'Chance - Gigolo [07:01]
18. Soul Mind and Body - I Took Your Love (To Be True) (Full Version) [03:37]
Blue Note Works 4000-4100 series [4141-4150]
BN.4141- Jimmy Smith- 1963- Rockin' the Boat {RVG Remaster}
BN.4142- Blue Mitchell- 1963- Step Lightly
BN.4143- John Patton- 1963- Blue John
BN.4144- Johnny Coles- 1963- Little Johnny C
BN.4145- Don Wilkerson- 1963- Shoutin'
BN.4146- Dexter Gordon- 1963- Our Man In Paris {RVG Remaster}
BN.4147- Herbie Hancock- 1963- Inventions and Dimensions {RVG Remaster}
BN.4148- George Braith- 1963- Two Souls in One
BN.4149- Hank Mobley- 1963- No Room for Squares {RVG Remaster}
BN.4150- Stanley Turrentine- 1963- A Chip Off The Old Block {RVG Remaster}
Wayne Shorter - JuJu (1965/FLAC)
JuJu is the fifth album by American jazz saxophonist Wayne Shorter. It was released in July 1965 by Blue Note Records. It features a rhythm section of pianist McCoy Tyner, bassist Reggie Workman and drummer Elvin Jones, all of whom had worked extensively with Shorter’s fellow tenor saxophonist John Coltrane.
- Wayne Shorter – tenor saxophone
- McCoy Tyner – piano
- Reggie Workman – bass
- Elvin Jones – drums
Side One
- "JuJu" – 8:30
- "Deluge" – 6:49
- "House of Jade" – 6:49
Side Two
- "Mahjong" – 7:39
- "Yes or No" – 6:34
- "Twelve More Bars to Go" – 5:26
John Di Martino's Romantic Jazz Trio - The Beatles In Jazz 2 (2017/FLAC)
- John Di Martino - piano
- Boris Kozlov - bass
- Alvin Atkinson - drums
01. For No One
02. Mother Nature’s Son
03. Something
04. You Never Give Me Your Money
05. If I Fell
06. She’s Leaving Home
07. Till There Was You
08. Hey Jude
09. I’ll Follow The Sun
10. Girl
11. You’ve Got To Hide Your Love Away
12. Oh! Darling
13. Why Don’t We Do It In The Road
14. Imagine
Johnny Dodds - Chronogical Classics 1926-1940 (4 CD/FLAC)
Johnny Dodds (April 12, 1892 – August 8, 1940) was an American
New Orleans based jazz clarinetist and alto saxophonist, best known for
his recordings under his own name and with bands such as those of Joe
"King" Oliver, Jelly Roll Morton, Lovie Austin and Louis Armstrong.
Dodds (pronounced "dots") was also the older brother of drummer Warren
"Baby" Dodds. The pair worked together in the New Orleans Bootblacks in
1926.Born in Waveland, Mississippi, United States, he moved to New Orleans in his youth, and studied clarinet with Lorenzo Tio. He played with the bands of Frankie Duson, Kid Ory, and Joe "King" Oliver. Dodds went to Chicago and played with Oliver's Creole Jazz Band, with which he first recorded in 1923. Dodds also worked frequently with his good friend Natty Dominique during this period, a professional relationship that would last a lifetime. After the breakup of Oliver's band in 1924, Dodds replaced Alcide Nunez as the house clarinetist and bandleader of Kelly's Stables. He recorded with numerous small groups in Chicago, most notably Louis Armstrong's Hot 5 and Hot 7, and Jelly Roll Morton's Red Hot Peppers.
Noted for his professionalism and virtuosity as a musician, and his heartfelt, heavily blues-laden style, Dodds was an important influence on later clarinetists, notably Benny Goodman.
Dodds did not record for most of the 1930s, affected by ill health. He died of a heart attack in Chicago, in August 1940.
In 1987, Dodds was inducted into the Down Beat Jazz Hall of Fame.
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