DUKE ELLINGTON AND CHARLES MINGUS - MONEY JUNGLE
Money Jungle
[5:29]7.9 Mb
Fleurette Africaine
[3:35]5.1 Mb
Very Special
[4:25]6.3 Mb
Warm Valley
[3:32]5 Mb
Wig Wise
[3:20]4.7 Mb
Caravan
[4:12]6 Mb
Solitude
[5:32]8 Mb
Switch Blade
[5:24]7.7 Mb
A Little Max (Parfait)
[2:58]4.2 Mb
REM Blues
[4:17]6.2 Mb
Backward Country Boy Blues
[6:33]9.4 Mb
Solitude (Alt. Take)
[4:44]6.8 Mb
Switch Blade (Alt. Take)
[5:12]7.4 Mb
A Little Max (Parfait) (Alt. Take)
[2:56]4.2 Mb
REM Blues (Alt. Take)
[5:44]8.3 Mb
Duke Ellington and Charles Mingus "Money Jungle" Album Review
GREAT RECORD--BUT GET REMASTERED VERSION!!
I won't go into depth on this amazing record--'cuz I ain't that deep! An amazing album, the one that really got me into jazz. I originally had it on vinyl, and the record has an unbelievable sense of drama and pace as it goes from song to song. This older, original CD release always annoyed me because the tracks are in the order they were recorded at the sessions, in order to preserve the "historical value". Well, that is really dumb. That is like putting out a version of a movie in the order they shot it day by day, rather than the final assembled version that hits the screen. On Money Jungle version 1, each song is great, but the old CD lost the power of the sequencing. I used to reprogram the order on my CD player to get it right--but what a pain! They should have released it in the proper, final sequence, then told you what order to program it in if (for some bizarre reason) you wanted to hear it in the "historical" sequencing. Isn't it just as "historical" to release it in the order that Messrs. Ellington et. al. thought it should go in? I've just never seen a packaging move that was so stupid--especially coming from a label like Blue Note, one of the great prestige labels.Fortunately, I just noticed there is a newer REMASTERED version that is in the proper order and with some xtra cuts. So it is off to one-click that baby and trade the old one in! Seriously folks, a truly amazing, far-out, gorgeous album by three serious cats. Get it, daddy-o!
ORCHESTRE NATIONAL DE JAZZ - CHARMEDITERRANEEN
Prologo- Lorfeo
[1:04]1.5 Mb
Sequenza Prima
[1:52]2.6 Mb
Sequenza Seconda
[7:43]11.1 Mb
Sequenza Terza
[2:51]4.1 Mb
Sequenza Quarta
[1:05]1.6 Mb
Epilogo
[3:01]4.3 Mb
Part 1
[6:07]8.8 Mb
Part 2
[2:46]4 Mb
Part 3
[7:11]10.3 Mb
Montbeliard Trio
[1:48]2.6 Mb
Part 1
[8:56]12.8 Mb
Part 2
[9:13]13.2 Mb
Argentierra
[5:45]8.3 Mb
Charmediterraneen
[14:32]20.8 Mb
Argentierra
[2:38]3.8 Mb
Orchestre National de Jazz "Charmediterraneen" Album Review
Good big-band compositions.
Here is an exciting CD of jazz composition featuring a big band. But if you're buying it to hear Anouar Brahem, you will probably be disappointed. It's essentially big-band jazz, albeit modern and quite interesting. Leader Paolo Damiani plays cello, and even he is largely overpowered by eleven other musicians plus Anouar Brahem and Gianluigi Troversi.
QUITE SANE - THE CHILD OF TROUBLED TIMES
The Mac
[3:25]4.9 Mb
A Judas Type
[4:32]6.5 Mb
Stop
[5:17]7.5 Mb
Once as Queens
[7:19]10.5 Mb
The Promised Land
[6:48]9.7 Mb
Never Know
[6:06]8.8 Mb
The Child of Troubled Times
[6:47]9.7 Mb
The Intangible Dream
[4:49]6.9 Mb
Short Stories
[4:16]6.1 Mb
But Why
[5:55]8.5 Mb
Quite Sane "The Child of Troubled Times" Album Review
Not for the Simpleton
Since Quite Sane is out of London and this is their first real release, most Americans (like me up until recently) probably haven't had a chance to hear their stuff. But, I was fortunate enough to be BLOWN AWAY by their 90's hit "This Won't Work" on a jazz station not too long ago and had been aching for a fix from them ever since. Thankfully, their debut is here and it is one of the most flavorful and charismatic blends of avant garde jazz, funk and hiphop i've heard. It satisfied my hunger for a fresh sound manifold and now i am a QS fiend for life. Oh well, poor me.
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