Herbie Hancock - Sextant
Artist: Herbie Hancock
Album: Sextant
Year: 1973
Label: Columbia/Legacy (1998)
Total time: 39:02
Personnel:
Herbie Hancock (Electric Piano, Clavinet, Piano and Melotron)
Bennie Maupin (Soprano Saxophone, Bass Clarinet and Piccolo)
Eddie Henderson (Trumpet and Flugelhorn)
Julian Priester (Trombones and Cowbell)
Buster Williams (Bass Guitar and Double Bass)
Billy Hart (Drums)
Patrick Gleeson (Synthesizer)
Buck Clarke (Congas and Bongos)
Tracks:
1. Rain Dance 9:16
2. Hidden Shadows 10:11
3. Hornets 19:35
All compositions - by Herbie Hancock
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http://lix.in/-3780d5When Herbie Hancock left Warner Bros. in 1971 after releasing three musically sound but critically and commercially underappreciated albums -- The Crossing, Mwandishi, and Fat Albert's Groove -- he was struggling. At odds with a jazz establishment that longed for his return to his Blue Note sound and a fierce consciousness struggle with free music and the full-on embrace of electricity since his tenure with Miles Davis, Hancock was clearly looking for a voice. Before diving into the commercial waters that would become Headhunters in 1973, Hancock and his tough group (including Billy Hart, Julian Priester, Dr. Eddie Henderson, Bennie Maupin, and Buster Williams) cut this gem for their new label, Columbia. Like its Warner predecessors, the album features a kind of post-modal, free impressionism while gracing the edges of funk. The three long tracks are exploratory investigations into the nature of how mode and interval can be boiled down into a minimal stew and then extrapolated upon for soloing and "riffing." In fact, in many cases, the interval becomes the riff, as is evidenced by "Rain Dance." The piece that revealed the true funk direction, however, was "Hidden Shadows," with its choppy basslines and heavy percussion -- aided by the inclusion of Dr. Patrick Gleeson and Buck Clarke. Dave Rubinson's production brought Hancock's piano more into line with the rhythm section, allowing for a unified front in the more abstract sections of these tunes. The true masterpiece on the album, though, is "Hornets," an eclectic, electric ride through both the dark modal ambience of Miles' In a Silent Way and post-Coltrane harmonic aesthetics. The groove is in place, but it gets turned inside out by Priester and Maupin on more than one occasion and Hancock just bleats with the synth in sections. Over 19 minutes in length, it can be brutally intense, but is more often than not stunningly beautiful. It provides a glimpse into the music that became Headhunters, but doesn't fully explain it, making this disc, like its Warner predecessors, true and welcome mysteries in Hancock's long career.
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Benny Carter - Montreux '77
Artist: Benny Carter
Album: Montreux '77
Year: 1977 (Recorded live at Montreux Jazz Festival)
Label: Pablo (Fantasy, 1989, 24bit remastered)
Total time: 45:58
Personnel:
Benny Carter (Alto Saxophone and Trumpet)
Ray Bryant (Piano)
Niels Henning Oersted-Pedersen (Double Bass)
Jimmie Smith (Drums)
Tracks:
1. Three Little Words (Bert Kalmar/Harry Ruby) 5:45
2. In A Mellow Tone (Duke Ellington/Milt Gabler) 8:34
3. Wave (Antonio Carlos Jobim) 6:20
4. Undecided (Sydney Robin/Charlie Shavers) 5:42
5. Body And Soul (Frank Eyton/Johnny Green/Edward Heyman/Robert Sour) 7:03
6. On Green Dolphin Street (Bronislaw Kaper/Ned Washington) 6:28
7. Here's That Rainy Day (Johnny Burke/James Van Heusen) 6:02
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http://lix.in/-367997For this concert at the 1977 Montreux Jazz Festival, Benny Carter was in his musical prime, a condition he has thus far stayed at for over 65 years. Joined by the Ray Bryant Trio, the altoist romps through seven standards and plays some tasteful trumpet on "Body and Soul," proving once again that he is really is ageless; Carter was nearly 70 years old at the time.
JAZZ DOWNLOAD Vol. 13, jazz festival 2009 
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