SET 1:
01 - Wynton Marsalis - Think of One
Think of One is the fourth studio album by Wynton Marsalis, released
in 1983 through Columbia Records. The album peaked at number 102 on
the Billboard 200 and number one on Billboard's Top Jazz Albums
chart. The album takes its name from the Thelonious Monk
composition "Think of One", which is performed on the album. The
album earned Marsalis a Grammy Award for Best Jazz Instrumental
Performance by a Soloist. Phil Bowler – Bass, Ray Drummond – Bass,
Kenny Kirkland – Piano, Branford Marsalis – Sax (Alto), Sax
(Soprano), Sax (Tenor), Wynton Marsalis – Arranger, Producer,
Trumpet, Jeff "Tain" Watts – Drums. Composer - Thelonius Monk.
SET 2:
02 - Ahmad Jamal - Poinciana (Song of the Trees) Argo
Ahmad Jamal (born Fritz Russell Jones, July 2, 1930) is an American jazz pianist, composer, and educator. According to American music critic Stanley Crouch, Jamal is second in importance in the development of jazz after 1945 only to Charlie Parker. For five decades, he has been one of the most successful small-group leaders in jazz. At the Pershing: But Not for Me is a 1958 jazz album by pianist Ahmad Jamal. The recordings took place on January 16, 1958, at the Pershing Lounge of Chicago's Pershing Hotel and each set played that night was recorded, a total of 43 tracks, of which 8 were selected by Jamal for the album. The LP was released as Argo Records LP-628. Jamal's previous releases on Argo had been from previously made masters; this was his first release recorded for Argo, and his first album recorded live. Ahmad's accompanied by Ahmad Jamal on (piano), Israel Crosby (bass) & Vernel Fournier (drums).
03 - Cab Calloway - Sweet Georgia Brown
Maceo Pinkard, Ben Bernie and Kenneth Casey's "Sweet Georgia brown" was recorded on the July 9th, 1931 session, the results of which were released on the Romeo and Banner Budget Labels. The solo sequence on Foots Thomas' arrangement of "Sweet Georgia Brown" is Foots Thomas, Edwin Swayzee, Harry White, Andrew White and Arville Harris.
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04 - Waters of March - Cassandra Wilson
The Waters of March (Portuguese: "Águas de Março" [ˈaɡwɐʒ dʒi
ˈmaʁsu]) is a Brazilian song composed by Antônio Carlos Jobim
(1972). Jobim wrote both the English and Portuguese lyrics. The
lyrics, originally written in Portuguese, do not tell a story, but
rather present a series of images that form a collage; nearly every
line starts with "É..." ("[It] is..."). In 2001, "Águas de Março"
was named as the all-time best Brazilian song in a poll of more than
200 Brazilian journalists, musicians and other artists conducted by
Brazil's leading daily newspaper, Folha de S.Paulo.[1] It was also
voted by the Brazilian edition of Rolling Stone as the 2nd greatest
Brazilian song. The inspiration for "Águas de Março" came from Rio
de Janeiro's rainiest month. March is typically marked by sudden
storms with heavy rains and strong winds that cause flooding in many
places around the city. The lyrics and the music have a constant
downward progression much like the water torrent from those rains
flowing in the gutters, which typically would carry sticks, stones,
bits of glass, and almost everything and anything. The orchestration
creates the illusion of the constant descending of notes much like
Shepard tones.
SET 3:
05 - Dave Brubeck - Time In
Time In is a 1966 studio album by Dave Brubeck, the last of
Brubeck's 'Time' series. All the compositions on it were written by
Dave Brubeck (two co-written with his wife Lola Brubeck), and
performed by the Dave Brubeck Quartet. Stylistically, they cover a
considerable range, from slow ballads in a West Coast jazz sound, to
some of the religiously themed work he began to essay in the later
1960s (Forty Days, which would later appear in his The Light in the
Wilderness: An Oratorio for Today), to more driving bebop-influenced
numbers. AllMusic's reviewer Thom Jurek wrote that it was "one of
his most musically adventurous. ... of all the 'Time' recordings,
this is the least commercial ... Though it is seldom celebrated as
such, this is one of Brubeck's finest moments on Columbia." Dave
Brubeck - piano, Paul Desmond - alto saxophone, Gene Wright - double
bass, Joe Morello - drums.
06 - Doc Cheatham - Wolverine Blues
September 17, 1992 & September 18, 1992. There has never been a
trumpeter in recorded history over the age of 80 on Doc Cheatham's
level. Age 87 at the time of this CD, he plays with power,
creativity and confidence on this quartet set of swing standards. He
dominates the music with his trumpet solos and quiet but charming
vocals and, even with the participation of a strong rhythm section
led by pianist Chuck Folds, Cheatham is the obvious star. This
historic set is a real gem on several levels and is highly
recommended. - AllMusic Review by Scott Yanow
07 - George Adams/Don Pullen Quartet - 1529 Gunn Street
Recorded in 1987 for the Blue Note label. Don Pullen – piano, George
Adams – tenor saxophone, flute, Cameron Brown – bass , Dannie
Richmond – drums.
SET 4:
08 - The Miles Davis All Stars - Blue 'n' Boogie
From the album Walkin ' - 1954. Miles Davis on trumpet, J. J.
Johnson on trombone, Lucky Thompson on sax, Horace Silver on piano,
Percy Heath on bass and Kenny Clarke on drums. The song is a cover
of the Dizzy Gillespie and Frank Paparelli tune.
09 - Gil Evans Orchestra - Bird Feathers
Recorded in New York City on May 26, 1958. Art Blakey (ds), Paul
Chambers (b), Chuck Wayne (g), Joe Bennet (tb), Frank Rehak (tb),
Tom Mitchell (tb), Julius Watkins (fh), Bill Barber (tuba), Phil
Bodner (reeds), Johnny Coles (tp), Louis N\Mucci (tp), Clyde
Reasinger (tp), Cannonball Adderley (as) Gil Evans (p, arr, cond).
10 - James Carter - Sandu Jurassic Classics, Recorded on 16, 17 April 1994 at Power Station, NYC. Bass – Jaribu Shahid, Drums – Tani Tabbal, Piano – Craig Taborn, Soprano Saxophone, Alto Saxophone, Tenor Saxophone – James Carter.
SET 5:
11 - Little Jimmy Scott - All The Way
Jimmy Scott is beyond category, an interpreter of ballads at tempos
so languorous they seem practically motionless, hovering
atmospherically in the air like the smoke in a barroom. All but
forgotten when he recorded this album in 1992 at the age of 66, it
stands as his finest achievement, the capstone of a career marked by
extraordinary promise and devastating disappointment--including a
legendary Ray Charles-produced album in 1962 that had to be
withdrawn because of a contractual dispute. Scott's voice is
uniquely androgynous and capable of marvelous subtlety; the closer
you listen, the more it seems to blur (and transcend)
characteristics of sex and age. That quality has made him a favorite
of folks like director David Lynch, but his musicianship makes all
other concerns superfluous. Here he's accompanied by first-class
jazz musicians: Kenny Barron (piano), Ron Carter (bass), Grady Tate
(drums), John Pisano (guitar), and David "Fathead" Newman (sax). The
song, "All The Way" stands the test of time as a world-class
classic. Never was there a voice more suited for song.
12- Clifford Brown & Max Roach - Cherokee
Clifford Brown (tp), Harold Land (ts), Richie Powell (p), George
Morrow (d), Max Roach (ds). Cherokee. 1955. Study in Brown.
13 - Nina Simone - I Put Spell On You I Put a Spell on You is a 1965 album by Jazz singer/pianist/songwriter Nina Simone for Philips Records. It features some of Simone's best known songs. "I Put a Spell on You", a song originally by Screamin' Jay Hawkins. The original version gave the song an ironic theme, but Simone transformed it into a thrilling love song, complete with horns and strings. It had become one of her most well known songs. She used the title for her autobiography I Put A Spell On You (1992). The Beatles drew inspiration from the song for their song "Michelle". Recorded New York City January 1965. Phillips.
SET 6:
14 - Ornette Coleman - Ramblin'
Album: Change of the Century (1960), Written by Ornette Coleman;
Ornette Coleman — alto saxophone, Don Cherry — pocket trumpet,
Charlie Haden — bass, Billy Higgins — drums
15 - Sonny Rollins - Airegin
"Airegin" was first recorded in 1954 by the Miles Davis Quintet and
released in the US on the 10" LP Miles Davis with Sonny Rollins. The
personnel on that recording was Davis (trumpet), Sonny Rollins
(tenor saxophone), Horace Silver (piano), Percy Heath (bass), and
Kenny Clarke (drums). A version with lyrics composed by Jon
Hendricks appeared on the 1958 Lambert, Hendricks & Ross album
The Swingers! It is considered a challenging song due to its fast
tempo and complex changes.
FINAL SET:
16 - Sun Ra - Enlightenment
Jazz in Silhouette is a jazz album by Sun Ra and His Arkestra. It
was recorded on March 6, 1959 and released in May of the same year.
Recorded at El Saturn Studio, Chicago, the album is one of three
records that the Arkestra released in the 1950s - the other two
being Jazz by Sun Ra and Super-Sonic Jazz.
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by Joe Bevilacqua Narrated by Joe Bevilacqua, Winton Marsalis, Donald Newlove, Leonard Lopate, Louis Armstrong
Veteran
radio producer Joe Bevilacqua hosts this entertaining, informative
hour, recorded in the French Quarter of New Orleans and featuring jazz
great Wynton Marsalis, jazz author and historian Donald Newlove, WNYC
Radio talk show host Leonard Lopate, members of the Preservation Hall
Jazz Band, and others, on the origins of jazz, and the life and music of
legendary trumpeter Louis Armstrong. Also featured is the music of
Armstrong throughout his long career, and rare recordings, including
audio from a 1957 CBS TV documentary with Edward R. Murrow.
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