Jimmy Smith - 1990 Fourmost Return
01 Sonnymoon for Two (Rollins) - 5:36
02 Mood Indigo (Bigard/Ellington/Mills) - 6:15
03 Ain't She Sweet (Ager/Yellin) - 3:31
04 Back at the Chicken Shack (Smith) - 6:36
05 Organ Grinder's Swing (Hudson/Mills/Parish) - 5:06
06 Laura [#] (Mercer/Raksin/Raskin) - 10:48
07 Blues for Stanley (Smith) - 10:25
Jimmy Smith (vocals, organ)
Stanley Turrentine (tenor saxophone)
Kenny Burrell (guitar)
Grady Tate (drums)
Recorded live at Fat Tuesday's, New York, on November 16 & 17, 1990
http://bin.ge/file/34645/Jimmy-Smith---199...-part1.rar.htmlhttp://mydisk.ge/download.php?id=54FF878334An informal, occasionally rambling conversation between longtime colleagues, Fourmost Return consists of seven previously unreleased tracks from a 1990 live performance at Fat Tuesday’s in New York City. With an emphasis on blues material, the record is a no frills blowing session, a format ideally suited to the individual talents of organist and leader Jimmy Smith, tenor saxophonist Stanley Turrentine, guitarist Kenny Burrell, and the drums and cymbals of Grady Tate.
The quartet’s performance of Sonny Rollins’ “Sonnymoon For Two” sets the tone for the entire disc. Smith and Turrentine play the head in unison and Burrell takes the first solo. Riding Smith’s bass line and chords as well as interacting with Tate’s crisp snare drum accents, the guitarist begins with brief, almost casual lines, and gradually becomes both more fluid and dense, displaying an uncharacteristic sharpness of tone. Tate is even more assertive during Turrentine’s turn, anticipating his every move, and raising the rhythmic stakes with nicely timed cymbal crashes. Turrentine responds to all this stimulation with his best work of the set, efficiently melding a bebop-oriented approach and blues licks into a seamless whole. Smith dashes through his first chorus then pauses, letting a phrase or two sink in before impatiently moving on, constantly recasting similar elements while maintaining a kinetic groove.
Smith’s raspy, half-spoken vocal on “Ain’t She Sweet” leaves a lot to be desired in terms of technique, but the moment his solo begins none of this matters. His penchant for trafficking in extremes in the midst of building a coherent statement is gloriously in evidence. Abrupt shifts in dynamics; a sustained rush of notes followed by deck-clearing, keening chords; the hurly-burly of his lines temporarily converted into more relaxed interludes—all of these things frequently give one the feeling that Smith’s about to run aground; however, despite the implication of disorder he always lands on his feet.
Tate’s meticulous shuffle animates one of Smith’s signature compositions, “Back At The Chicken Shack.” The drummer’s trenchant fills enhance Burrell’s cogent blues playing, and also play a role in another agreeable solo by Turrentine. At first Smith responds to a strong backbeat by playing sixteenth note runs that both fly over and allude to it; then, his simpler phrasing incorporates Tate’s bedrock rhythm before again shifting to fleet passages and funky, chordal-framed interludes.
David A. Orthmann
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Ray Charles & Milt Jackson - 1957-58 Soul Brothers + Soul Meeting
CD1
01 How Long Blues (Carr) 9:15
02 Cosmic Ray (Charles) 5:23
03 The Genius After Hours [*] (Charles) 5:22
04 Charlesville [*] (Charles) 4:53
05 Bags of Blues (Jackson) 8:49
06 'Deed I Do (Hirsch, Rose) 5:51
07 Blue Funk (Charles) 8:09
CD2
01 Soul Brothers (Jackson) 9:34
02 Bags' Guitar Blues (Jackson) 6:23
03 Soul Meeting (Jackson) 6:03
04 Hallelujah, I Love Her So (Charles) 5:27
05 Blue Genius (Charles) 6:38
06 X-Ray Blues (Charles) 7:01
07 Love on My Mind (Charles) 3:45
Ray Charles (alto saxophone, acoustic & electric pianos)
Milt Jackson (piano, vibraphone)
Skeeter Best, Kenny Burrell (guitar)
Billy Mitchell (tenor saxophone)
Oscar Pettiford, Percy Heath (bass)
Connie Kay, Art Taylor (drums)
Recorded in New York on September 12, 1957 & April 10, 1958
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These records are "cool" in the classic sense of the word: they swing, groove, whisper and discuss with the sophisticated yet down-home relaxation of a late-night session. While Milt Jackson's work with the Modern Jazz Quartet represents a kind of bebop perfection, the truism about the MJQ has always been that it's Jackson the irrepressible soloist and blues spirit that provides the ballast to John Lewis' more cerebral explorations of form and composition.
At the same time, Ray Charles' reputation as the definitive gospel-inspired R&B shouter and bandleader overshadows the facts of his jazz background and impressive musicianship. This is a guy, after all, who early in his career wanted to sound as much like Nat Cole as possible--and did, for a time, as both a singer and a pianist. So while these giants meet on the common turf of the blues on these two records, they bring a sharp jazz sensibility to the numerous and varied twelve-bar grooves here. Charles' stompin' bebop lines on the bonus track "Charlesville" are only one of the many revelations of this session.
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Billy Strayhorn - A Proper Introduction to Billy Strayhorn: Passion Flower
Billy Strayhorn (piano)Duke Ellington (piano)
Nat King Cole (piano, vocals)Charlie Rouse (tenor sax)
Ben Webster (tenor sax)Cootie Williams (trumpet)
Cat Anderson (trumpet)
Betty Roche (vocals)
Paul Gonsalves (tenor sax)
Wardell Gray (tenor sax)
Oscar Pettiford (bass)Others
1. (I Want) Something To Live For
2. Grievin'
3. Day Dream
4. After All
5. Clementine
6. Passion Flower
7. Raincheck
8. Chelsea Bridge
9. Kissing Bug
10. Midriff
11. A Flower Is A Lovesome Thing
12. Flippant Flurry
13. Progressive Gavotte
14. Lotus Blossom
15. Lush Life
16. Snibor
17. The Eight Veil
18. Brown Betty
19. Johnny Come Lately
20. Take the "A" Train
21. Satin Doll
http://mydisk.ge/download.php?id=01464E409Dhttp://bin.ge/file/34650/Billy-Strayhorn--...-part2.rar.htmlAn extravagantly gifted composer, arranger and pianist -- some considered him a genius -- Billy Strayhorn toiled throughout most of his maturity in the gaudy shadow of his employer, collaborator and friend, Duke Ellington. Only in the last decade has Strayhorn's profile been lifted to a level approaching that of Ellington, where diligent searching of the Strayhorn archives (mainly by David Hajdu, author of the excellent Strayhorn bio Lush Life) revealed that Strayhorn's contribution to the Ellington legacy was far more extensive and complex than once thought.
Still, among musicians and jazz fans, Strayhorn is renowned for acknowledged classics like "Lotus Blossom," "Lush Life," "Rain Check," "A Flower Is a Lovesome Thing" and "Mid-Riff." While tailored for the Ellington idiom, Strayhorn's pieces often have their own bittersweet flavor, and his larger works have coherent, classically influenced designs quite apart from those of Ellington. A 1940-41 dispute with ASCAP that kept Ellington's compositions off the radio gave Strayhorn his big chance to contribute several tunes to the Ellington bandbook, among them "After All," "Chelsea Bridge," "Johnny Come Lately" and "Passion Flower."
This retrospective of the career of jazz pianist Billy Strayhorn features 21 remastered tracks and a booklet with rare photos, session information, and liner notes.
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