SONNY ROLLINS - COMPLETE CAPITOL SAVOY AND BLUE NOTE
Capitolizing
[2:44]2.5 Mb
Professor BOP
[2:29]2.3 Mb
Audobon (Audobahn)
[2:50]2.6 Mb
Don't Blame Me
[2:50]2.6 Mb
Goof Square
[2:27]2.3 Mb
Bee Jay
[2:30]2.3 Mb
St. Louis Blues
[2:39]2.4 Mb
Real Crazy
[2:24]2.2 Mb
Then Youll Be Bopin Too
[2:24]2.2 Mb
When Lovers They Lose
[3:24]3.1 Mb
Bouncing with Bud
[3:04]4.5 Mb
Wail
[3:07]4.1 Mb
Dance of the Infidels
[2:55]3.5 Mb
52nd Street Theme
[2:54]3.6 Mb
Audobon
[2:51]4.3 Mb
Goof Square (Alt. Take)
[1:58]2.9 Mb
Goof Square (Alt. Take)
[2:32]4 Mb
Bee Jay (Alt. Take)
[2:36]3.9 Mb
Bouncing with Bud (Alt. Take)
[3:07]3.8 Mb
Bouncing with Bud (Alt. Take)
[3:16]3.9 Mb
Wail (Alt. Take)
[2:44]2.9 Mb
Dance of the Infidels (Alt. Take)
[2:49]3.2 Mb
Sonny Rollins "Complete Capitol Savoy and Blue Note" Album Review
Definitive does it Again!!
Another excellent Definitive title. Some crackles and noise on some tracks, but hey, it was recorded in 1949. Some cool vocals by Babs Gonzales on several tracks. This is Jazz at its best, a must buy for true lovers of Jazz!
DUKE ELLINGTON - MASTERPIECES BY ELLINGTON
Mood Indigo
[15:27]14.8 Mb
Sophisticated Lady
[11:28]10.9 Mb
The Tattooed Bride
[11:43]11.2 Mb
Solitude
[8:25]8 Mb
Vagabonds
[3:10]3 Mb
Smada
[2:47]2.6 Mb
Rock Skippin at the Bluenote
[2:26]2.3 Mb
Duke Ellington "Masterpieces by Ellington" Album Review
Summation of an era, looking forward
When Ellington went into the studio in 1951 to record the longer tracks on this disc, his orchestra was a bridge between its late-1940's configuration (the 5-man trumpet section) and its mid-1950's personnel. The sax section had settled into the form it would have for most of the ensuing two decades (old-timers Hodges and Carney and newcomers Procope, Hamilton and Gonsalves); the trombone section had long-timer Lawrence Brown as well as newcomer Quentin Jackson; and drummer Sonny Greer, who had anchored the rhythm section since the beginning, would retire shortly after these recordings were made. Ellington's orchestra from 1953 on would be a great, swinging and sensitive one, but it would not make the same lush sound that this one did.
The arrangements and orchestrations all bear the hallmarks of Ellington's collaboration with Billy Strayhorn in the late 1940's: they are lush, symphonic, impressionistic, and densely (and adventurously) harmonic. "Mood Indigo", in particular, is a 15-minute tone-poem with shifting colors and key relationships as Ellington and Strayhorn bring the melody through a wide variety of guises, from Jackson's wah-wah trombone solo to Shorty Baker's lyrical waltz to orchestral and piano passages which do homage to the influence which Ravel and Stravinsky had on both of them. Great solos abound here and on the other tracks, most notably from Hodges, Brown, Hamilton, Gonsalves, Carney, trumpters Baker and Ray Nance, and (most probably) Billy Strayhorn on piano, especially in "Mood Indigo"
"The Tattooed Bride" is the only new piece from the original "Masterpieces by Ellington" LP, and it is a beauty. The others of the original tracks -- "Sophistocated Lady" and "Solitude" -- are not laid out as inventively in their harmonics or structure. Of the group, "Solitude" is perhaps the weakest, but this is a relative term.
Ellington would go on to pen many more extended, symphonic works, but none would have quite the multicolored, impressionistic tone-pallate that these do. And Strayhorn's presence would not be as pronounced in those future works as it is here: the orchestration and harmonies in particular bear his mark. These are masterpieces indeed: great works of art by two of our greatest composers/orchestrators, and played by one of the greatest orchestras in Afro-American music.
Whether you are considering this disc because you like Ellington, or because you've heard great things about him as a composer and arranger, or whether you stumbled upon this by accident -- buy this CD. If you have an appreciation for good music, you will not be disappointed.
ERIC DARIUS - NIGHT ON THE TOWN
Joy Ride
[4:39]6.8 Mb
Heads Up
[4:15]6.8 Mb
Night on the Town
[4:29]7 Mb
Let it Flow
[4:48]7.4 Mb
Love Tko
[4:51]7.3 Mb
In the Pocket
[5:18]8.4 Mb
Let's Stay Together
[5:52]9.2 Mb
Cruisin
[4:20]6.7 Mb
You're So Fine (instrumental)
[4:53]7.2 Mb
You're So Fine
[4:08]6 Mb
Eric Darius "Night on the Town" Album Review
Steppers Listen Up
Unbelievable rythms that are smooth and make you want to dance. This CD is not new but it's a must have if want to keep a cool party moving. This artist puts the swing on it for real.
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