Johnny Hammond - Gears (1975)
http://www.link.ge/file/168349/Gears.zip.htmlhttp://rapidshare.com/files/152539598/Gears.zipBy the mid-'70s, the embracing and assimilation of soul and funk elements into the jazz vernacular had come full steam. Artists and producers from both communities were exchanging ideas and sounds that once again challenged jazz purists' definitions of what jazz "should" be. These collaborations were often scoffed at by academics and critics attempting to pigeonhole and quantify jazz into an academic exercise ripe with songbook predictability and sonic parameters. Thankfully, the record-buying public at large had the good sense to politely ignore these people and continue purchasing records with these new sounds, largely concocted by the production team of Larry and Fonce Mizell. This time around, their subject was Johnny "Hammond" Smith who proves to be more than up to the task of playing around and inside the Mizell's string arrangements which foreshadowed the early days of disco. In fact, two of the cuts found on Gears -- "Fantasy" and "Los Conquistadores Chocolates" -- were played extensively at the early Loft parties hosted by legendary DJ David Mancuso, as well as at the club many consider to be the true home of disco, the Paradise Garage in NYC. Gears starts off innocently enough with "Tell Me What To Do," which could have easily found its way on to a Donald Byrd album from this period, but then kicks into full steam with "Los Conquistadores Chocolates," a six-and-a-half-minute tour de force of funk, soul, jazz and disco all rolled into one. Hammond is in fine form throughout with crisp playing; never over improvising, but playing only what's necessary to help the music move along at a brisk pace. This is unquestionably another jewel in a treasure chest already filled with so many for the Mizell production team, and a great performance by Hammond to keep up with his contemporaries who refuse to be held back by conventional wisdom.
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David Axelrod - Songs Of Experience (1969)
Genre: jazz, funk, symphonic rock
1. The Poison Tree
2. A Little Girl Lost
3. London
4. The Sick Rose
5. The School Boy
6. The Human Abstract
7. The Fly
8. A Divine Image
http://rapidshare.com/files/172694421/DavAxel-SongsOfExp.rarBjorn Json Lindh- Ramadan
1. Lastbrygga
2. Daphnia
3. Min Tulpan
4. Tuppa
5. Benitos Hare
6. Ramadan
7. Love March
8. Kullens Fyr
http://rapidshare.com/files/168999332/Bjor...ndh_Ramadan.zipBjörn J:son Lindh is a great funky flautist from Sweden, this LP was released in 1971 on Metronome Records, personnel is Björn J:son Lindh on flute and electric piano, Kenny Håkannson on guitar, Georg Wadenius and Palle Danielsson on bass, Kofi Ayivor on congas, Bobo Stenson on electric piano, Ola Brunkert on drums and Jan Bandel on tablas, plus Mats Hagström on cello.
Archie Shepp - Montreux One (1975)
Tracks:
1. Lush Life (Billy Straihorn) 12:38
2. U-Jamaa (Archie Shepp) 10:22
3. Crucificado (Dave Burrell) 11:43
4. Miss Toni (Charles Majid Greenlee) 11:58
Personnel:
Archie Shepp (Tenor Saxophone)
Charles Majid Greenlee (Trombone)
Dave Burrell (Piano)
Cameron Brown (Double Bass)
Beaver Harris (Drums)
http://www.filefactory.com/file/5787a5/n/Montreux_One_rarThe first of two CDs that resulted from the great tenor Archie Shepp's appearance at the 1975 Montreux Jazz Festival features the important avant-garde player in a quintet with trombonist Charles Greenlee, pianist Dave Burrell, bassist Cameron Brown and drummer Beaver Harris. Shepp, who was nearing the end of his free jazz period (soon he would be exploring hymns and traditional melodies) puts a lot of emotion into "Lush Life" and sounds fine on originals by Burrell and Greenlee in addition to his own "U-jamsa." A worthy effort.
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