OUVIVER [014] "Eclipse", Freddie Hubbard

OUVIVER [022] Stan Kenton "Abstraction"

OUVIVER [023] Ornette Coleman “Abstraction"

OUVIVER [025] “Solitude” with Ella Fitzgerald

Charles Mingus, Passions Of A Man, 1956-1961 (2)

Passions Of A Man: The Complete Atlantic Recordings (1956-1961). album by Charles Mingus was released Oct 28, 1997 on the Rhino label. Full Title: Passions Of A Man: The Complete Atlantic Recordings (1956-1961). Passions Of A Man: The Complete Atlantic Recordings (1956-1961). CD music is a 6-disc set with 41 songs.
PASSIONS OF A MAN includes every album Mingus made during his first tenure at Atlantic Records. Passions Of A Man: The Complete Atlantic Recordings (1956-1961). songs These recordings include PITHECANTHROPUS ERECTUS, THE CLOWN, BLUES AND ROOTS, MINGUS AT ANTIBES, OH YEAH and TONIGHT AT NOON, a compilation of 1957 and 1961 sessions making its first CD appearance. Passions Of A Man: The Complete Atlantic Recordings (1956-1961). album Of the 6 disc set, the last disc is a 75-minute interview with producer Nesuhi Ertegun. ~Release

Disc 2 [TT 56:21]
The Clown (12:29)
Passions Of A Woman Loved (9:43)
Blue Cee (7:48)
Tonight At Noon (5:58)
Reincarnation Of A Lovebird (8:31)
Haitian Fight Song (11:57)


Personnel
Charles Mingus - bass, Shafi Hadi (Curtis Porter) - tenor sax, Jimmy Knepper - trombone, Wade Legge - piano, Dannie Richmond - drums, Jean 
Shepherd - improvised narration on 'The Clown'

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Charles Mingus, Passions Of A Man, 1956-1961 (1)

Passions Of A Man: The Complete Atlantic Recordings (1956-1961). album by Charles Mingus was released Oct 28, 1997 on the Rhino label. Full Title: Passions Of A Man: The Complete Atlantic Recordings (1956-1961). Passions Of A Man: The Complete Atlantic Recordings (1956-1961). CD music is a 6-disc set with 41 songs.
PASSIONS OF A MAN includes every album Mingus made during his first tenure at Atlantic Records. Passions Of A Man: The Complete Atlantic Recordings (1956-1961). songs These recordings include PITHECANTHROPUS ERECTUS, THE CLOWN, BLUES AND ROOTS, MINGUS AT ANTIBES, OH YEAH and TONIGHT AT NOON, a compilation of 1957 and 1961 sessions making its first CD appearance. Passions Of A Man: The Complete Atlantic Recordings (1956-1961). album Of the 6 disc set, the last disc is a 75-minute interview with producer Nesuhi Ertegun. ~Release


Disc 1 [TT 61:38]
Pithecanthropus Erectus (10:33)
A Foggy Day (7:47) (George Gershwin)
Love Chant (14:56)
Profile Of Jackie (3:07)
Laura (4:52) (David Raskin)
When Your Lover Has Gone (2:27) (Einar Aaron Swan)
Just One Of Those Things (6:06) (Cole Porter)
Blue Greens (11:42) (Teddy Charles)


Disc 1, 1-4:
Charles Mingus - bass. Jackie McLean - alto sax, J.R. Monterose - tenor sax, Mal Waldron - piano, Willie Jones - drums
Disc 1, 5-8:
Teddy Charles - vibes, Hall Overton - piano, Charles Mingus - bass, Ed Shaughnessy - drums

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Barb Jungr, Man in the Long Black Coat, 2011 (is not jazz, but... it's Bob Dylan)

Barb Jungr's first album of Dylan has become a cult classic and this album celebrating Dylan's 70th birthday is likely to become one too.  Jungr's superb interpretations of her musical hero combined with her unique vocal style and arrangements deliver a gorgeous performance on this compilation of Dylan songs. ~Release

1. Man in the Long Black Coat [04:17]
2. The Times They Are a-Changin’ [03:15]
3. It Ain’t Me Babe [04:07]
4. Just Like a Woman [05:33]
5. Like a Rolling Stone [06:08]
6. Trouble in Mind [04:31]
7. Tomorrow Is a Long Time [05:57]
8. High Water (For Charlie Patton) [06:03]
9. Sara [05:06]
10. Ballad of Hollis Brown [04:56]
11. Blind Willie McTell [04:10]
12. With God On Our Side [04:05]
13. I Shall Be Released [05:32]

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Geri Allen, The Life of a Song, 2004

Life of a Song is Geri Allen's first recording under her own name in six long years. She teams with the rhythm section of bassist Dave Holland and drummer Jack DeJohnette, whom she worked with on the late Betty Carter's stellar live date Feed the Fire in 1993. Allen composed eight of the album's 11 cuts, and the covers include Bud Powell's "Dance of the Infidels," Billy Strayhorn's "Lush Life," and Mal Waldron's "Soul Eyes." This last selection is augmented by the participation of Marcus Belgrave on flugelhorn, saxophonist Dwight Andrews, and trombonist Clifton Anderson. The album's title reflects the depth of commitment to the song forms inherent in jazz. ~ Thom Jurek

Personnel
Geri Allen (piano), Dwight Andrews (saxophone), Dave Holland (double bass), Marcus Belgrave (flugelhorn), Clifton Anderson (trombone), Jack DeJohnette (drums)

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Billy Cobham, Spectrum, 1973

Back in 1973, while still in the Mahavishnu Orchestra, Billy Cobham made a really wise business decision. He had some compositions he wanted played. Feeling they would be better appreciated outside of Mahavishnu, Billy gathered Jan Hammer and some other fine players and recorded one of fusion music's classic albums, Spectrum. Cobham's decision led to a very lucrative decade for him as the success of his first release laid the groundwork for several other well-received albums and tours.~ Walter Kolosky

Personnel
Billy Cobham - Drums (1-6) & Drums, Electronics (solos on '#.a'), Tommy Bolin - Guitar (1, 3.b, 4, 6.b), Jan Hammer - Electric piano, Moog synthesizer, Acoustic piano (not on 2.b) (1, 2.b, 3.b, 4, 5.b, 6.b), Lee Sklar - Bass guitar (1, 3.b, 4, 6.b), Joe Farrell - Soprano sax (2.b) & Alto sax (5.b), Jimmy Owens - Flugelhorn (2.b, 5.b) & Trumpet (5.b), John Tropea - Guitar (5.b), Ron Carter - Acoustic bass (2.b, 5.b), Ray Barretto - Congas (2.b, 5.b)

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Niels-Henning Orsted Pedersen, 
"Dancing On The Tables", 1979

Famous for his work as a teenager in Europe playing with veteran American greats, and for his many recordings as a sidemen with the veteran straight-ahead jazz all-stars for the Pablo label (including Oscar Peterson), bassist Niels Pedersen's own projects tend to be more modern than bop-oriented. Dancing on the Tables songs For this set, Pedersen's quartet includes three rather notable sidemen: the then fairly unknown guitarist John Scofield; drummer Billy Hart; and Dave Liebman on tenor, soprano, and alto flute. Dancing on the Tables album The bassist contributed four compositions, which are joined by a Danish folk song. ~ Scott Yanow

Personnel
Dave Liebman - Alto Saxophone, Tenor Saxophone, Flute [Alto]
Niels-Henning Ørsted Pedersen - Bass
Billy Hart - Drums
John Scofield - Guitar

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Geri Allen, "The Gathering", 1998

Geri Allen, a brilliant jazz pianist since the '80s, wrote all 11 pieces on this moody and atmospheric CD. Although not a major composer, her arrangements, and her use of colors overall, make the music quite haunting. The personnel varies from track to track and includes Allen, trumpeter Wallace Roney, trombonist Robin Eubanks, Dwight Andrews on bass clarinet, flutes and piccolo, guitarist Vernon Reid, Ralphe Armstrong and Buster Williams on basses, drummer Lenny White and percussionist Mino Cinelu. Allen, whose playing on this date sometimes is reminiscent of Herbie Hancock, always records music that grows in interest with each listen. ~ Scott Yanow

Personnel
Geri Allen (piano); Vernon Reid (guitar, acoustic guitar, electric guitar); Dwight Andrews (alto flute, bass flute, piccolo, reeds); Wallace Roney (trumpet, flugelhorn); Robin Eubanks (trombone); Lenny White (drums); Mino Cinelu (percussion)

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Ben Wolfe, "No strangers here", 2007

No Strangers Here album by Ben Wolfe was released May 20, 2008 on the Max Jazz label. Bassist Ben Wolfe's resume as a sideman is extensive, having recorded with Harry Connick, Jr., Wynton Marsalis, Diana Krall, Carl Allen, and many others. No Strangers Here songs But he is also a valuable leader and composer, as heard on his fifth CD. ~ Ken Dryden

Personnel
Ben Wolfe -  bass
Branford Marsalis - soprano saxophone, tenor saxophone
Jeff "Tain" Watts - drums
Cyrus Beroukhim & Jesse Mills - violin
Terell Stafford - trumpet
Victor Goines - bass clarinet
Gregory Hutchinson
Luis Perdomo - piano
Wolfram Koessel - cello
Marcus Strickland & Kenji Bunch - viola

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Marc Copland & John Abercrombie, Speak To Me, 2011

“Speak to Me" is the CD premiere of a duo that has actually been in existence for some time. The recordings with pianist Marc Copland and guitarist John Abercrombie are classic examples of the quiet, calm art of communication practiced at the highest level. The musical meeting of these two contemporary jazz maestros has a wonderfully organic feel. It is comparable to the finest chamber music. The pieces shimmer with multifarious shades and meanings. They are small sound sculptures of artful transience. This is music from two of the most insightful players of jazz. ~ Release

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"This is an album of sensitive touch and softly rippling atmosphere, but its core is durably clear." ~ Nate Chinen, New York Times

Personnel

Marc Copland piano, John Abercrombie guitar

Tracks

Left Behind (Marc Copland & John Abercrombi)

Speak to Me (Marc Copland & John Abercrombie)

Seven (Marc Copland & John Abercrombie)

If I Should Lose You (Ralph Rainger)

Blues Connotation (Ornette Coleman)

So Long (Marc Copland & John Abercrombie)

Falling Again (Marc Copland & John Abercrombie)

Talking Blues (Marc Copland & John Abercrombie)

Witchcraft (Cy Coleman)

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Kenny Wheeler, The Widow In The Window, 1990

Kenneth Vincent John Wheeler, OC (born 14 January 1930, Toronto, Canada) is a Canadian composer and trumpet and flugelhorn player, based in the U.K. since the 1950s. Most of his output is rooted in jazz, but he has also been active in free improvisation and has occasionally contributed to rock music recordings. Wheeler has written over one hundred compositions and is a skilled arranger for small groups and larger ensembles.

He has recorded twenty albums as a leader, and has recorded or performed with Paul Gonsalves, Dave Holland, John Taylor and Norma Winstone (as Azimuth), Anthony Braxton, Lee Konitz, Keith Jarrett, Theo Jörgensmann Quartet, David Sylvian, Bill Bruford, Steve Coleman, Don Thompson, Spiritualized and the Spontaneous Music Ensemble, among others.


Personnel
Kenny Wheeler (trumpet, flugelhorn); John Taylor (piano); John Abercrombie (guitar); Dave Holland (acoustic bass); Peter Erskine (drums)

Tracks

Aspire

Ma Belle Hélène

The Widow In The Window

Ana

Hotel Le Hot

Now, And Now Again

All compositions by Kenny Wheeler

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Charlie Haden, "Not In Our Name", 2005

With a cover that directly references bassist Charlie Haden's first recording under his own name, 1969's LIBERATION MUSIC ORCHESTRA, this 2005 album features an updated version of the LMO ensemble. As on the earlier disc, the spirit here is one of peaceful protest; while the former outing was in reaction to the Vietnam War, this record takes the George W. Bush administration to task, especially regarding the war in Iraq. Pianist Carla Bley is the only returning member of the original LMO. As before, she proves to be a triple threat with her dexterous playing, intuitive conducting, and inventive arrangements. ~ Release


Arranger: Carla Bley. Personnel: Charlie Haden (bass instrument); Michael Rodriguez , Michael Rodriguez (trumpet); Steve Cardenas (guitar); Miguel Zenón (alto saxophone); Chris Cheek, Tony Malaby (tenor saxophone); Seneca Black (trumpet); Ahnee Sharon Freeman (French horn); Curtis Fowlkes (trombone); Joe Daley Trio (tuba); Carla Bley (piano); Matt Wilson (drums).

Tracks
1 Not In Our Name (Haden) 6:21
2 This Is Not America (Bowie, Mays, Metheny) 6:39
3 Blue Anthem (Bley) 7:49
4 America the Beautiful (Medley) (Bates, Ward) 16:54
5 Amazing Grace (Newton, Traditional) 7:12
6 Goin' Home (from Dvorak's New World Sym.) 7:49
7 Throughout (Frisell) 8:55
8 Adagio (from Barber's Adagio For Strings) 7:20

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TRIBUTE TO PAUL MOTIAN (1931 - 2011) 15

This is the last album of a series of 15, giving a beautiful view of the career of oneof the greatest jazz drummers

2011 Paul Motian - The Windmills Of Your Mind
“This is drums giant Paul Motian's 80th birthday album – though for a legend who helped reinvent ensemble improv with visionaries such as Bill Evans and Keith Jarrett, it might sound like a pipe-and-slippers decision to hook it on such over-exercised tunes as the title, Tennessee Waltz and Let's Face the Music and Dance.
“But Motian enlists Bill Frisell on guitar and Thomas Morgan on bass to turn the usual glides and smooches of these songs into a lurching, spontaneously contrapuntal undertow, in which the rhythm lies as much in what's not being played as what is.
“But over that, Motian has cannily placed the limpid, quietly evocative voice of Charlie Haden's vocalist daughter Petra – an artist more usually associated with alt-rock and a capella work.
“Haden imaginatively inhabits these songs, delivering a definitively unvarnished version of the title track over Motian's snuffling brushwork and Morgan's huge bass sound, and unfolding tenderly revealing accounts of Easy Living and I Loves You Porgy. But hearing this inimitably eccentric instrumental trio chime, boom and lurch through Let's Face the Music and Dance is perhaps the real piece de resistance.” ~John Fordham, Guardian UK  4 stars
Personnel
Paul Motian: drums; Bill Frisell: electric guitar; Petra Haden: vocals; Thomas Morgan: bass.
Track listing
1. Introduction (1) [Paul Motian]
2. Tennessee Waltz [Pee Wee King, Redd Stewart]
3. The Windmills Of Your Mind [Michel Legrand, Alan Bergman, Marilyn Bergman]
4. Let’s Face The Music And Dance [Irving Berlin]
5. Lover Man [Jimmy Davis, Roger Ramirez, James Sherman]
6. It’s Been A Long, Long Time [Jule Styne, Sammy Cahn]
7. Little Foot [Paul Motian]
8. Easy Living [Ralph Rainger, Leo Robin]
9. I’ve Got A Crush On You [George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin]
10. Backup [Paul Motian]
11. I Loves You Porgy [George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin]
12. Trieste [Paul Motian]
13. If I Could Be With You [James Johnson, Henry Creamer]
14. Wednesday’s Gone [Paul Motian]
15. I Remember You [Victor Schertzinger, Johnny Mercer]
16. Introduction (2) [Paul Motian ]
Recorded at Sear Sound, New York City, USA, September 2010. Paul Motian died two months later.
So Many Musicians Inspired by Paul Motian: http://www.nytimes.com/2011/12/04/arts/music/jazz-records-inspired-by-paul-motian.html
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Elomar - Na Quadrada Das Águas Perdidas

Another unusual post here at the blog, but I find Elomar's work at the top of the cream. Its melodic lines are mindblogging, his harmonic cadences are constructed in a an almost baroque fashion with much joy, incredibly creative, just plain beautiful. One of the last safe guards of our cultural heritage. You don't need to understand what he is saying to get touched by it. Do not miss.


Vocals and classical guitar: Elomar
Flute: Elena Rodrigues
Classical guitar and Charango: Dércio Marques
Vocals: Dércio Marques, Xangai e Carlos Pita


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Beethoven - Last Piano Sonatas with Friedrich Gulda

I had to post this here, because I want you to listen to the jazz inside Beethoven's last sonatas, specially in his last of the last. Comment if I'm wrong.

I must have heard all of Beethoven's piano sonatas (and yet have not found no match for Gulda's interpretation) at least 100 times, and I can say that it's all there. All of the sentiment in music, the power, the joy, the laugh, the suffering, the pause, the voices... it's all there. I think that if an alien came to earth and asked me: "show me what have you people created in terms of music", I would present Beethoven's piano sonatas. "Mr Alien, there are a lot of other good things, very fine things, but if you take this home you will be satisfied. All of our music is here, the rest is lesser."


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(I strongly recommend you to get all of his piano sonatas, easily found on the internet. And take my word, there is no match for Gulda, don't even bother getting another one.)

Greg Osby & Andrew Hill - The Invisible Hand

& Jim Hall & Scott Colley! (plus Terri Lyne Carrington and Gary Thomas). !




This album gives me shivers. See it for yourself... 




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TRIBUTE TO PAUL MOTIAN (1931 - 2011) 14

This album is the fourteenth in a series of 15, giving a beautiful view of the career of one of the greatest jazz drummers

2011 Lee Konitz - Live at Birdland (with Brad Mehldau, Charlie Haden & Paul Motion)

"A quartet of master musicians and a programme of jazz classics. “Live at Birdland” presents the finest moments from two inspired nights at New York’s legendary club, as Konitz, Mehldau, Haden and Motian play “Lover Man”, “Lullaby Of Birdland”, “Solar”, “I Fall In Love Too Easily”, “You Stepped Out Of A Dream” and “Oleo” with freedom, tenderness, and a love of melody that only jazz’s greatest improvisers can propose." Release
"The older guys sound great, if ultra laid-back, wending their way dreamily through six standards..." Down Beat
"These masters couldn't be better suited philosophically....Mehldau shares the group's reverence for standards and the notion that 'free' can be soft, slow, smart, subtle and sophisticated." JazzTimes
"The quartet's set consists of six jazz standards, all beautifully rendered, benefitting from almost 300 years-worth of musical experience." Mojo, 4 stars out of 5

Personnel
Lee Konitz: alto saxphone; Brad Mehldau: piano; Charlie Haden: double-bass; Paul Motian: drums

Track listing
1 Lover Man - Jimmy Davis, Jimmy Sherman, Roger Ramirez 12:05
2 Lullaby Of Birdland - George Shearing - 10:16
3 Solar - Miles Davis 11:39
4 I Fall In Love Too Easily - Jule Styne, Sammy Cahn* 10:17
5 You Stepped Out Of A Dream - Gus Kahn, Nacio Herb Brown 11:49
6 Oleo - Sonny Rollins

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