Jazz Cafee

Stanley Clarke - Original Album Classics (5 CD, 2007/FLAC)

CD1 - Stanley Clarke (1974)

CD2 - Journey to Love (1975)

CD3 - School Days (1976)

CD4 - Modern Man (1978)

CD5 - Clarke/Duke Project (1981)

By the time of this, Art Pepper's tenth recording as a leader, he was making his individual voice on the alto saxophone leave the cozy confines of his heroes Charlie Parker and Lee Konitz. Joining the Miles Davis rhythm section of pianist Red Garland, bassist Paul Chambers, and drummer Philly Joe Jones made the transformation all that more illuminating. It's a classic east meets west, cool plus hot but never lukewarm combination that provides many bright moments for the quartet during this exceptional date from that great year in music, 1957.

Art Pepper - alto saxophone
Red Garland - piano
Paul Chambers - bass
Philly Joe Jones - drums

01 - You'd Be So Nice To Come Home To 05:26

02 - Red Pepper Blues 03:39

03 - Imagination 05:54

04 - Waltz Me Blues 02:58

05 - Straight Life 04:01

06 - Jazz Me Blues 04:49

07 - Tin Tin Deo 07:44

08 - Star Eyes 05:14

09 - Birks Works 04:19

David Murray - The Complete Remastered Recordings On Black Saint & Soul Note Vol.1 (5 CD, 2011) [FLAC]

The five CDs in this box represent the first David Murray Octet recordings, released between between 1980 and 1991. The original version of the band included Murray on tenor saxophone and bass clarinet, Lawrence "Butch" Morris on cornet, Henry Threadgill on alto saxophone, trombonist George Lewis, trumpeter Olu Dara, drummer Steve McCall, bassist Wilber Morris, and pianist Anthony Davis. This incarnation lasted for the first two albums in the set, Ming (1981) and Home (1982). Lewis and Dara are replaced on 1983's Murray's Steps by Craig Harris on trombone and trumpeter Bobby Bradford. While all of the Murray Octet recordings are worth hearing, it is these first three that are most enduring in scope and execution.

VA - Golden Jazz Box: The Six Best Albums From The Six Best Jazzmen (6 CD, 2015) [FLAC]

Son of the Blues, Jazz is one of the deepest expressions in music. With improvisation as its foundation, the genre includes multiple artists that are embedded in gold letters in the history of popular music. Golden Jazz Box is a celebration of that legacy, presenting the 6 best albums of each one of the genre's biggest icons: Miles Davis, John Coltrane, Chet Baker, Dave Brubeck, Bill Evans and Duke Ellington.

Golden Jazz Box works as a true musical encyclopedia, the definitive collection of these wonderful singers in one six-CD box. Golden Jazz Box is a fantastic album, suitable for any moment and mood and an opportunity to get closer to these timeless artists.

The only soundtrack recorded by Thelonious Monk in 1959 to be released for the first time! Contains performances of classic Monk tunes heard in Roger Vadim's 1960 French film Les Liaisons Dangereuses. Features Monk's 1959 all-star band of Charlie Rouse, Sam Jones & Art Taylor, plus special guest saxophonist Barney Wilen.

Thelonious Monk - piano
Charlie Rouse - tenor saxophone
Barney Wilen - tenor saxophone (1, 2, 8, 11)
Sam Jones - bass
Art Taylor - drums

Rec.: Nola Penthouse Sound Studios, 111 W. 57th St., New York City, NY, July 27, 1959.

01. Rhythm-A-Ning (5:47)

02. Crepuscule With Nellie (5:16)

03. Six In One (4:28)

04. Well, You Needn't (4:57)

05. Pannonica (Solo 1) (2:27)

06. Pannonica (Solo 2) (2:55)

07. Pannonica (Quartet) (6:20)

08. Ba-Lue Bolivar Ba-Lues-Are (6:57)

09. Light Blue (2:47)

10. By And By (We'll Understand It Better By And By) (1:47)

11. Rhythm-A-Ning (Alternate) (5:36)

12. Crepuscule With Nellie (Take 1) (2:29)

13. Pannonica (45 rpm Master) (6:53)

14. Light Blue (45 rpm Master) (4:09)

15. Well, You Needn't (Unedited) (6:47)

16. Light Blue (Making Of) (14:13)

Charlie Parker - Complete Savoy & Dial Sessions [8 CD, 2001/FLAC ]

Recorded between 1944 & 1948. Through the miracle of high-resolution digital transfer and mastering technology, Bird enthusiasts can now get an earful of the shape of Charlie Parker's musical accomplishments for Savoy and Dial in the 1940s. Available as a eight-disc box set, the alto saxophonist is recorded in various configurations as performer and bandleader with such mainstream jazz greats as trumpeters Dizzy Gillespie and Miles Davis, pianists Bud Powell and Erroll Garner, drummer Max Roach, trombonist J.J. Johnson, and bassist Ray Brown, to name but a few.

The Mahavishnu Orchestra with John McLaughlin - The Inner Mounting Flame (1971/2012 remaster/FLAC)

The Inner Mounting Flame is the debut studio album by American jazz-rock fusion band Mahavishnu Orchestra, recorded in August 1971 and released in November of the same year by Columbia Records. After their formation, the group performed several debut gigs before they entered the studio to record their first album featuring all original material written by guitarist John McLaughlin.

John McLaughlin – guitar
Rick Laird – bass
Billy Cobham – drums, percussion
Jan Hammer – keyboards, organ
Jerry Goodman – violin

01. Meeting Of The Spirits (6:52)

02. Dawn (5:10)

03. The Noonward Race (6:28)

04. A Lotus On Irish Streams (5:40)

05. Vital Transformation (6:16)

06. The Dance Of Maya (7:17)

07. You Know, You Know (5:07)

08. Awakening (3:30)

09. The Noonward Race (Live) (15:23)

Lennie Tristano - Intuition (4 CD, 2003/FLAC)

Blind since childhood, pianist Lennie Tristano nevertheless went on to create a whole school of jazz composition and playing. His playing was spare and his harmonies inspired by contemporary classical music, forming an antidote to the bebop styles prevalent at the time. This 4CD set is a comprehensive collection of his early work and includes performances from musicians such as Lee Konitz and Warne Marsh as well as Lennie's solo and trio work.

Lennie Tristano (piano); Billy Bauer (guitar); John LaPorta, Buddy DeFranco (clarinet); Lee Konitz, Charlie Parker (alto saxophone); Emmett Carls, Warne Marsh, Charlie Ventura (tenor saxophone); Ernie Caceres (baritone saxophone); Dizzy Gillespie, Fats Navarro, Miles Davis, Shorty Rogers (trumpet); Earl Swope, J. Alan Johnson , Kai Winding (trombone); Denzil Best, Don Lamond, Harold Granowsky, Al Levitt, Jeff Morton, Roy Haynes, Shelly Manne (drums).

Getz/Gilberto is an album by American saxophonist Stan Getz and Brazilian guitarist João Gilberto, featuring pianist and composer Antônio Carlos Jobim (Tom Jobim), who also composed many of the tracks. It was released in March 1964 by Verve Records. The album features the vocals of Astrud Gilberto on two tracks, "Garota de Ipanema" ("The Girl from Ipanema") and "Corcovado". The artwork was done by artist Olga Albizu. Getz/Gilberto is a jazz and bossa nova album and includes tracks such as "Desafinado", "Corcovado", and "Garota de Ipanema". The last received a Grammy Award for Record of the Year and started Astrud Gilberto's career. "Doralice" and "Para Machucar Meu Coração" strengthened Gilberto's and Jobim's respect for the tradition of pre-bossa nova samba.

Stan Getz - tenor saxophone
João Gilberto - guitar, vocals
Antonio Carlos Jobim - piano
Sebastião Neto - bass
Milton Banana - drums
Astrud Gilberto - vocals (in "The Girl from Ipanema", "Corcovado", "The Girl from Ipanema )

Stereo Version

01. The Girl From Ipanema (feat. Antonio Carlos Jobim & Astrud Gilberto) (5:20)

02. Doralice (feat. Antonio Carlos Jobim) (2:46)

03. Para Machuchar Meu Coracao (feat. Antonio Carlos Jobim) (5:07)

04. Desafinado (feat. Antonio Carlos Jobim) (4:08)

05. Corcovado (Quiet Nights Of Quiet Stars) (feat. Astrud Gilberto & Antonio Carlos Jobim) (4:17)

06. Só Danço Samba (feat. Antonio Carlos Jobim) (3:40)

07. O Grande Amor (feat. Antonio Carlos Jobim) (5:27)

08. Vivo Sonhando (feat. Antonio Carlos Jobim) (2:57)

Mono Version

09. The Girl From Ipanema - Mono Version (feat. Antonio Carlos Jobim & Astrud Gilberto) (5:13)

10. Doralice - Mono Version (feat. Antonio Carlos Jobim) (2:46)

11. Para Machuchar Meu Coracao - Mono Version (feat. Antonio Carlos Jobim) (5:06)

12. Desafinado - Mono Version (feat. Antonio Carlos Jobim) (4:10)

13. Corcovado (Quiet Nights Of Quiet Stars) - Mono Version (feat. Astrud Gilberto & Antonio Carlos Jobim) (4:15)

14. Só Danço Samba - Mono Version (feat. Antonio Carlos Jobim) (3:24)

15. O Grande Amor - Mono Version (feat. Antonio Carlos Jobim) (5:27)

16. Vivo Sonhando - Mono Version (feat. Antonio Carlos Jobim) (2:57)

Mono Singles (bonus tracks)

17. The Girl From Ipanema - Single Version (feat. Astrud Gilberto & Antonio Carlos Jobim) (2:48)

18. Corcovado (Quiet Nights Of Quiet Stars) - Single Version (feat. Astrud Gilberto & Antonio Carlos Jobim) (2:20)

Charles Lloyd - Manhattan Stories (2 CD, 2014/FLAC-HD)

Manhattan Stories is a trip back in time, a journey to a long gone and long-missed era. It's a window into the great Charles Lloyd's art at a period of transition. The shows presented on this beautifully packaged two-disc set—one recorded at the infamous Slugs' Saloon in the summer of 1965, the other recorded at Judson Hall in September of the same year—took place shortly after Lloyd left the employ of Julian "Cannonball" Adderley and before he became a cross-over sensation and hero to hippies, moving a million units of Forest Flower: Charles Lloyd At Monterey (Atlantic, 1966).

Charles Lloyd, tenor saxophone, flute
Gábor Szabó, guitar
Ron Carter, bass
Pete La Roca, drums

CD 1 (Live at Judson Hall, NYC, September 3, 1965)

01. Sweet Georgia Bright (17:49)

02. How Can I Tell You (11:56)

03. Lady Gabor (13:50)

CD 2 (Live at Slugs' Saloon, NYC, 1965)

01. Slugs' Blues (12:57)

02. Lady Gabor (13:50)

03. Dream Weaver (15:30)