Herb Ellis - The Early Years (4 CD, 2020/FLAC)

 

This four CD collection however represents the first phase of Herb Ellis's solo career when he acted as leader or co-leader through an era which is generally considered the great man's glory years. Featuring eight stunning and extraordinary albums released originally between the mid-1950s and mid 1960s, this compilation provides both a perfect starting point for newcomers and a welcome reminder of Herb Ellis's musical prowess and creative flow for everyone else. 

 

 

Woody Herman — Mosaic Select 31 (3 CD, 2008/FLAC)

 

Woody Herman’s tremendous success in the mid ’40s was one the last bright moments during the tail end of the Swing Era. At a time when the big bands were being decisively challenged by a growing trend towards small groups, the burning excitement and new sounds of the Woody Herman band stemmed the tide, at least for a moment. Playing the brilliant arrangements of the 22-year-old Ralph Burns, Woody Herman and his Thundering Herds made music that is as electrifying today as it was six decades ago. 

 

 

Blue Note Works 4000-4100 series [4001-4014]

 

...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.4001- Sonny Rollins- 1957- Newk's Time {RVG Remaster}
BN.4002- Jimmy Smith- 1958- House Party {RVG Remaster}
BN.4003- Art Blakey & The Jazz Messengers- 1958- Moanin' {RVG Remaster}
BN.4004- Art Blakey- 1958- Holiday for Skins, Vol.1
BN.4005- Art Blakey- 1958- Holiday for Skins, Vol.2
BN.4006- Dizzy Reece- 1958- Blues In Trinity
BN.4007- Donald Byrd- 1958- Off to the Races {RVG Remaster}
BN.4008- Horace Silver- 1959- Finger Poppin' {RVG Remaster}
BN.4009- Bud Powell- 1958- The Scene Changes. The Amazing Bud Powell (Vol. 5) {RVG Remaster}
BN.4010- Bennie Green- 1959- Walkin' & Talkin'
BN.4011- Jimmy Smith- 1958- The Sermon! {RVG Remaster}
BN.4012- Lou Donaldson with The Three Sounds- 1959- LD+3
BN.4013- Jackie McLean- 1959- New Soil
BN.4014- The Three Sounds- 1959- Bottoms Up!

Louis Armstrong - Original Album Classics (5 CD, 2010/FLAC)

 

Louis Armstrong Plays W.C. Handy (1954)

Satch Plays Fats (1955)

Ambassador Satch (1955)

The Great Chicago Concert (1956) CD 1

The Great Chicago Concert (1956) CD 2

 

 

Dave Douglas - The Complete Remastered Recordings on Black Saint & Soul Note (6 CD, 2012/FLAC)

The 2013 box set The Complete Remastered Recordings on Black Saint & Soul Note includes three of trumpeter Dave Douglas' albums with his String Group, as well as three albums by other artists on which he was featured. Included is 1993's Parallel Worlds, 1996's Five, and 1999's Convergence, as well as Rova's 1995 album John Coltrane's Ascension, bassist John Lindberg's 1998 release Bounce, and bassist Mark Dresser's 1994 album Force Green. With over six hours of music, this anthology compiles much of the genre-crossing, exploratory modern creative jazz that brought Douglas to the attention of the greater jazz community. With beautifully remastered sound, this Black Saint and Soul Note collection is a must-have for Douglas fans who have yet to discover this period of the prolific artist's career.

 

 

Wynton Marsalis - Live at the Village Vanguard (7 CD, 1999)

 

This stupendous seven-CD collection from the all-world trumpeter, composer, and bandleader Wynton Marsalis chronicles the amazing evolution of his underrated live septets at the legendary Village Vanguard from 1990 to 1994. Sequenced to simulate a week-long gig, the set melds together three different incarnations of Marsalis's ensemble: the gifted New Orleans-born drummer Herlin Riley, the ebullient Wessel Anderson on sopranino and alto saxes, and the fluent trombonist Wycliffe Gordon are the constants. The mercurial Marcus Roberts and the fleet-fingered Eric Reed alternate on piano, while Ben Wolfe and Reginald Veal lock it down on the bass. These selections showcase the astounding "school" of musicians that followed Marsalis's first superband with his brother, Branford Marsalis, the late Kenny Kirkland, and Jeff "Tain" Watts. 

 

 

Billy Bang's Survival Ensemble - Black Man’s Blues / New York Collage (2 CD, 2011/FLAC)

 This release contains never earlier released Survival Ensemble session from 29th May, 1977 recorded at A Day of Solidarity with Soweto in New York City.

Violinist Billy Bang made his recording debut as a leader with the Survival Ensemble, the first working band he ever led, on New York Collage in 1979. Bang, saxophonists Bilal Abdur Rahman and Henry Warner, bassist William Parker, and percussionists Rashid Bakr and Khuwana John Fuller played incendiary free jazz more clearly indebted to the New York avant-garde of the preceding decade than any album Bang would record again. The music’s urgency and passion arose from the exhilaration of artistic self-discovery shared by everyone in the group, and the intensity of their need to express their feelings. The albums really are a loft era classic. Proudly flaunting its New York roots, it insists that music based on the innovations of Coltrane, Ayler, Taylor, could grow in new directions, absorb new influences, and engage contemporary political realities.

• Billy Bang – violin, poetry, bells, shaker, percussion
• Bilal Abdur Rahman – tenor and soprano saxes, bull horn, percussion
• Henry Warner – alto sax, bells, shaker, percussion
• William Parker – bass
• Khuwana Fuller – congas
• Rashid Bakr – drums 

CD1 Black Man’s Blues 1977 (01:12:35)

1 Spoken Introduction 1:07

2 Albert Ayler/Know Your Enemy 19:27

3 Ganges/Enchantment/Tapestry 30:47

4 Black Man Blues 18:27

CD2 New York Collage 1978 (00:44:36)

1 Nobody Hear The Music The Same Way (Dedicated To John Coltrane) 12:17

2 For Josie Part II 10:28

3 Illustration 8:22

4 Subhanallah 14:35 

Jack DeJohnette discography [1968-2017]

 

Jack DeJohnette (born 9 August 1942) is an American jazz drummer, pianist, and composer. An important figure of the fusion era of jazz, DeJohnette is one of the most influential jazz drummers of the 20th century, due to extensive work as leader and sideman for musicians like Miles Davis, Joe Henderson, Freddie Hubbard, Keith Jarrett, Sonny Rollins, and John Scofield.

 

 

John Coltrane - The Prestige Recordings (16 CD, 1991/FLAC)

 

The 16 CDs in this compendium represent nearly everything that John Coltrane recorded for the Prestige label during a 32-month period between May 7, 1956, and December 26, 1958. What's missing are Coltrane's contributions to the mid-'50s Miles Davis band, which are on the equally exhaustive and highly recommended Davis Chronicle box set released in 1990. 

Otherwise, listeners are treated to the sessions that produced the seminal long-players Coltrane, Cattin' with Coltrane and Quinichette, Traneing In, Soultrane, Lush Life, Settin' the Pace, Standard Coltrane, Stardust, The Believer, Black Pearls, Bahia, and The Last Trane -- all of which highlight the artist as either a leader or co-leader. Not included in that list are an additional 19 albums that boast Coltrane's involvement as a support musician. The music is presented primarily in a chronological fashion -- commencing with a pair of May 1956 outings with pianist Elmo Hope and tenor saxophonist Sonny Rollins. Wrapping things up are five tunes cut the day after Christmas of 1958 alongside trumpeter Freddie Hubbard. Coltrane's legend is ingrained in the grooves of such indispensable entries as "How Deep Is the Ocean?" flanked by tenor saxophonists Zoot Sims, Hank Mobley, and Al Cohn -- as originally heard on Tenor Conclave. There is also the Tadd Dameron-commanded "Soultrane" and the definitive "The Way You Look Tonight," during one of the many Mal Waldron confabs, plus "Undecided," sporting Red Garland at the helm. And who could forget the Great American Songbook selections "Lush Life," "Come Rain or Come Shine," "Lover," "Russian Lullaby," "Why Was I Born?," "Lover Come Back to Me," "Stardust," and "Time After Time"? 

 

 

Larry Coryell, Badi Assad, John Abercrombie - Three Guitars (2005/FLAC)

 What happens when you combine three guitar masters—each with a lifetime of impressive musical experiences, and have them play together for the first time in the wonderful acoustic setting of New York's St. Peter's Church? You have the ideal set of ingredients for an eclectic and original masterpiece. With our signature high-resolution recording process, Chesky Records captured with amazing sonic clarity this historic combination of three original styles and creative personalities to bring you one unforgettable experience...

• Larry Coryell - Grimes Acoustic Guitar
• Badi Assad - Fisher Nylon String Classical Guitar, Vocals, Mouth And Body Percussion, Kalimba, Copper Flute
• John Abercrombie - Gruen Acoustic Guitar

 

01. Seu Jorge E Dona Ica (6:00)

02. New Lute - Prelude (1:34)

03. Niew Lute - Interlude (3:14)

04. Soundtrack (4:17)

05. After The Rain (4:56)

06. Descending Grace (5:28)

07. Metamorphosis (4:03)

08. No Flight Tonight (4:24)

09. Ralph's Piano Waltz (5:09)

10. Suspended Circles (5:25)

11. Exercise In Fourths (2:33)

12. Autumn Breeze (3:30)

13. Timeless (7:04)