George Benson - 29 albums

George Benson - 29 albums
APE (CUE) | 1968 - 2004

Giblet Gravy
Release Date: 1968 | 330 Mb

Tracks:
1 Along Comes Mary
2 Sunny
3 What's New?
4 Giblet Gravy
5 Walk on By
6 Thunder Walk
7 Sack O' Woe
8 Groovin' Brigati
9 Low Down and Dirty
10 Billie's Bounce
11 What's New? [Alternate Take]
12 What's New? [Alternate Take]

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http://rapidshare.com/files/57178979/gbgibl.part2.rar
http://rapidshare.com/files/57183305/gbgibl.part3.rar
http://rapidshare.com/files/57184997/gbgibl.part4.rar

Shape of Things to Come
Release Date: August 27-1968 | 180 Mb

Tracks:
1 Footin' It
2 Face It Boy, It's Over
3 Shape of Things to Come
4 Chattanooga Choo Choo Gordon
5 Don't Let Me Lose This Dream
6 Shape of Things That Are and Were
7 Last Train to Clarksville

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http://rapidshare.com/files/57407408/gbshape.part2.rar

I Got a Woman & Some Blues
Release Date: 1969 | 160 Mb

Tracks:
1 I Got a Woman
2 Out of the Blue
3 Bluesadelic
4 Durham's Turn
5 Good Morning Blues
6 I Worry 'Bout You
7 Without Her
8 She Went a Little Bit Father
9 Goodbye, Columbus

http://rapidshare.com/files/57242077/gbigot.part1.rar
http://rapidshare.com/files/57246038/gbigot.part2.rar

Other Side of Abbey Road
Release Date: October 22-1969 | 178 Mb

Tracks:
1 Golden Slumbers/You Never Give Me Your Money
2 Because/Come Together
3 Oh! Darling
4 Here Comes the Sun/I Want You (She's So Heavy)
5 Something/Octopus's Garden/The End

http://rapidshare.com/files/56859614/gbabbe.part1.rar
http://rapidshare.com/files/56864034/gbabbe.part2.rar

Tell It Like It Is
Release Date: April 29-1969 | 212 Mb

Tracks:
1 Soul Limbo
2 Are You Happy
3 Tell It Like It Is
4 Land of 1000 Dances
5 Jackie, All
6 Don't Cha Hear Me Callin' to Ya
7 Water Brother
8 My Woman's Good to Me
9 Jama Joe
10 My Cherie Amour
11 Out in the Cold Again

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http://rapidshare.com/files/57511368/gbtelit.part2.rar
http://rapidshare.com/files/57513408/gbtelit.part3.rar

White Rabbit
Release Date: November 23-1971 | 180 Mb

Tracks:
1 White Rabbit
2 Theme from Summer of '42
3 Little Train (From Bachianas Brasileiras #2)
4 California Dreamin'
5 Mar

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http://rapidshare.com/files/57397964/gbrabb.part2.rar

Body Talk
Release Date: July 17 1973 | 260 Mb

Tracks:
1 Body Talk
2 Top of the World
3 Dance
4 When Love Has Grown
5 Plum
6 Body Talk [Alternate Take]

http://rapidshare.com/files/57154729/gbbtalk.part1.rar
http://rapidshare.com/files/57158578/gbbtalk.part2.rar
http://rapidshare.com/files/57160760/gbbtalk.part3.rar

Witchcraft
Release Date: 1973 | 410 Mb

Tracks:
1 All Blues
2 Witchcraft
3 Love for Sale
4 Lil' Darlin'
5 There Will Never Be Another You
6 Oleo

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http://rapidshare.com/files/57471882/gbwitch.part2.rar
http://rapidshare.com/files/57480174/gbwitch.part3.rar
http://rapidshare.com/files/57496718/gbwitch.part4.rar
http://rapidshare.com/files/57497741/gbwitch.part5.rar

Bad Benson
Release Date: February 22-1974 | 280 Mb

Tracks:
1 Take Five
2 Summer Wisher/Winter Dreams
3 My Latin Brother
4 No Sooner Said Than Done
5 Full Compass
6 Changing World
7 Take the "A" Train
8 Serbian Blue
9 From Now On

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http://rapidshare.com/files/57060063/gbbad.part2.rar
http://rapidshare.com/files/57065107/gbbad.part3.rar

Good King Bad
Release Date: 1975 | 240 Mb

Tracks:
1 Theme from Good King Bad
2 One Rock Don't Make No Boulder
3 Em
4 Cast Your Fate to the Wind
5 Siberian Workout
6 Shell of a Man
7 Hold on I'm Coming

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http://rapidshare.com/files/57306317/gbking.part3.rar

Benson & Farrell
Release Date: January 20 1976 | 178 Mb

Tracks:
1 Flute Song
2 Beyond the Ozone
3 Camel Hump
4 Rolling Home
5 Old Devil Moon

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http://rapidshare.com/files/56851966/gb_jf.part2.rar

Breezin’
Release Date: January 06-1976 | 220 Mb

Tracks:
1 Breezin'
2 This Masquerade
3 Six to Four
4 Affirmation
5 So This Is Love?
6 Lady

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http://rapidshare.com/files/57150414/gbbreez.part2.rar
http://rapidshare.com/files/57151319/gbbreez.part3.rar

In Flight
Release Date: 1976 | 207 Mb

Tracks:
1 Nature Boy
2 Wind and I
3 World Is a Ghetto
4 Gonna Love You More
5 Valdez in the Country
6 Everything Must Change

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Livin’ Inside Your Love
Release Date: February 01, 1977 | 310 Mb

Tracks:
1 Livin' Inside Your Love
2 Hey Girl
3 Nassau Day
4 Soulful Strut
5 Prelude to Fall
6 Change Is Gonna Come
7 Love Ballad
8 You're Never Too Far from Me
9 Love Is a Hurtin' Thing
10 Welcome into My World
11 Before You Go
12 Unchained Melody

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Weekend in L.A.
Release Date: September 30-1977 | 360 Mb

Tracks:
1 Weekend in L.A.
2 On Broadway
3 Down Here on the Ground
4 California P.M.
5 Greatest Love of All
6 It's All in the Game
7 Windsong
8 Ode to a Kudu
9 Lady Blue
10 We All Remember Wes
11 We as Love

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http://rapidshare.com/files/57457216/gbweek.part3.rar
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Give Me the Night
Release Date: 1980 | 218 Mb

Tracks:
1 Love X Love
2 Off Broadway
3 Moody's Mood
4 Give Me the Night
5 What's on Your Mind
6 Dinorah, Dinorah
7 Love Dance
8 Star of a Story (X)
9 Midnight Love Affair
10 Turn Out the Lamplight

http://rapidshare.com/files/57216127/gbgive.part1.rar
http://rapidshare.com/files/57221221/gbgive.part2.rar
http://rapidshare.com/files/57222448/gbgive.part3.rar

In Your Eyes
Release Date: 1983 | 270 Mb

Tracks:
1 Feel Like Making Love
2 Inside Love (So Personal)
3 Lady Love Me (One More Time)
4 Love Will Come Again
5 In Your Eyes
6 Never Too Far to Fall
7 Being with You
8 Use Me
9 Late at Night
10 In Search of a Dream

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http://rapidshare.com/files/57257201/gbinyour.part2.rar
http://rapidshare.com/files/57261447/gbinyour.part3.rar

20/20
Release Date: 1984 | 240 Mb

Tracks:
1 No One Emotion
2 Please Don't Walk Away
3 I Just Wanna Hang Around You
4 Nothing's Gonna Change My Love for You
5 Beyond the Sea (La Mer)
6 20/20
7 New Day
8 Hold Me
9 Stand Up
10 You Are the Love of My Life

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http://rapidshare.com/files/56822349/gb20.part2.rar
http://rapidshare.com/files/56826285/gb20.part3.rar

While the City Sleeps
Release Date: 1986 | 240 Mb

Tracks:
1 While the City Sleeps
2 Kisses in the Moonlight
3 Shiver
4 Love Is Here Tonight
5 Teaser
6 Secrets in the Night
7 Too Many Times
8 Did You Hear Thunder

http://rapidshare.com/files/57165042/gbcity.part1.rar
http://rapidshare.com/files/57168821/gbcity.part2.rar
http://rapidshare.com/files/57170918/gbcity.part3.rar

George Benson and Earl Klugh Collaboration
Release Date: 1987 | 265 Mb

Tracks:
1 Mt. Airy Road
2 Mimosa
3 Brazilian Stomp
4 Dreamin'
5 Since You're Gone
6 Collaboration
7 Jamaica
8 Romeo & Juliet [Love Theme from Romeo & Juliet]

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Twice the Love
Release Date: 1988 | 310 Mb

Tracks:
1 Twice the Love
2 Starting All Over
3 Good Habit
4 Everybody Does It
5 Living on Borrowed Love
6 Let's Do It Again
7 Stephanie
8 Tender Love
9 You're Still My Baby
10 Until You Believe
11 Let Go

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http://rapidshare.com/files/57638023/gbtwic.part3.rar
http://rapidshare.com/files/57638837/gbtwic.part4.rar

Tenderly
Release Date: 1989 | 190 Mb

Tracks:
1 You Don't Know What Love Is
2 Stella by Starlight
3 Stardust
4 At the Mambo Inn
5 Here, There and Everywhere
6 This Is All I Ask
7 Tenderly
8 I Could Write a Book

http://rapidshare.com/files/57519866/gbtend.part1.rar
http://rapidshare.com/files/57525498/gbtend.part2.rar

George Benson with the Count Basie Orchestra Big Boss Band
Release Date: 1990 | 250 Mb

Tracks:
1 Without a Song
2 Ready Now That You Are
3 How Do You Keep the Music Playing?
4 On Green Dolphin Street
5 Baby Workout
6 I Only Have Eyes for You
7 Portrait of Jennie
8 Walkin' My Baby Back Home
9 Skylark
10 Basie's Bag

http://rapidshare.com/files/57070831/gbbos.part1.rar
http://rapidshare.com/files/57076278/gbbos.part2.rar
http://rapidshare.com/files/57079516/gbbos.part3.rar

Love Remembers
Release Date: 1993 | 380 Mb

Tracks:
1 I'll Be Good to You
2 Got to Be There
3 My Heart Is Dancing
4 Love of My Life
5 Kiss and Make Up
6 Come into My World
7 Love Remembers
8 Willing to Fight
9 Somewhere Island
10 Lovin' on Barrowed Time
11 Lost in Love
12 Calling You

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http://rapidshare.com/files/56928019/gb_lov_remem.part2.rar
http://rapidshare.com/files/56931296/gb_lov_remem.part3.rar
http://rapidshare.com/files/56934341/gb_lov_remem.part4.rar

That’s Right
Release Date: 1996 | 290 Mb

Tracks:
1 That's Right
2 Thinker
3 Marvin Said
4 True Blue
5 Holdin' On
6 Song for My Brother
7 Johnnie Lee
8 Summer Love
9 P Park
10 Footprints in the Sand

http://rapidshare.com/files/57643996/gb_thats.part1.rar
http://rapidshare.com/files/57649129/gb_thats.part2.rar
http://rapidshare.com/files/57654192/gb_thats.part3.rar

This Is Jazz
Release Date: 1996 | 290 Mb

Tracks:
1. Clockwise
2. Myna Bird Blues
3. Willow Weep For Me
4. Stormy Weather
5. The Cooker
6. The Borgia Stick
7. Ode To A Kudu
8. Take Five
9. I Remember Wes
10. Good King Bad
11. Summertime (Live)
12. From Now On

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http://rapidshare.com/files/57665440/gb_thisisj.part2.rar
http://rapidshare.com/files/57670421/gb_thisisj.part3.rar

Standing Together
Release Date: June 02, 1998 | 315 Mb

Tracks:
1 C-Smooth
2 Standing Together
3 All I Know
4 Cruise Control
5 Poquito Spanish, Poquito Funk
6 Still Waters
7 Fly by Night
8 Back to Love
9 Keep Rollin'

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Absolute Benson
Release Date: May 23, 2000 | 330 Mb

Tracks:
1 Ghetto
2 Barrio
3 Jazzenco
4 Deeper Than You Think
5 One on One
6 Hipping the Hop
7 Lately
8 Come Back Baby
9 Medicine Man
10 El Barrio (MAW MIX)

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http://rapidshare.com/files/57039985/gbabsol.part2.rar
http://rapidshare.com/files/57045719/gbabsol.part3.rar
http://rapidshare.com/files/57047730/gbabsol.part4.rar

Irreplaceable
Release Date: January 06, 2004 | 289 Mb

Tracks:
1 Six Play
2 Whole Man
3 Irreplaceable
4 Loving Is Better Than Leaving
5 Strings of Love
6 Cell Phone
7 Black Rose
8 Stairway to Love
9 Reason for Breathing
10 Missing You

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http://rapidshare.com/files/57275459/gbirr.part2.rar
http://rapidshare.com/files/57290702/gbirr.part3.rar

Jimmy Heath - The Thumper (1959)

Jimmy Heath - The Thumper (1959)

MP3 | 320kbps | Covers + Scans | RS.com | 102mb | 5% File Recovery

Genre: Jazz

Thebebopshop.com:
Despite early exposure with Dizzy Gillespie, Miles Davis, J.J. Johnson, and Kenny Dorham (see OJCCD- 113-2), Jimmy Heath had to wait until he was nearly 33 to make his own recording debut as a leader. The Thumper is that debut; and it reveals both a tenor saxophonist of the unashamedly emotional Philadelphia school (like his hometown friends John Coltrane and Benny Golson) and a composer/arranger who invariably fashions fresh melodic and ensemble creations. With brother Albert "Tootie" Heath on drums and four other all-stars, Jimmy performs a program of five originals (including the classic "For Minors Only") and four complementary pieces that set the pattern for subsequent Riverside albums and the inspired music he continued to create in the Nineties.

Dustygroove.com:
A definite thumper from the young Jimmy Heath -- proof that he was always one of the hippest cats in his scene, even at the start! The record's ostensibly a blowing session with a handful of like-minded hardboppers from the late 50s -- but as usual for Heath, the overall sound is something deeper in the end -- way more than just some simple solo moments over straight rhythms, and instead a record that really takes off with a well-arranged sense of energy! Even at this early date, Jimmy's showing a great talent for putting a group together -- and he works the sextet with an feeling that hints strongly at soul jazz modes to emerge in the 60s -- especially the deeper-toned styles of some of the groups in which Heath would work as a sideman later on in the decade. Players here include Nat Adderley on cornet, Curtis Fuller on trombone, Wynton Kelly on piano, Paul Chambers on bass, and Albert Tootie Heath on drums -- but 2 of the album's tracks feature Jimmy alone with the rhythm section.

Personnel:
Jimmy Heath (tenor sax)
Nat Adderley (cornet)
Curtis Fuller (trombone)
Wynton Kelly (piano)
Paul Chambers (bass)
Albert "Tootie" Heath (drums)

Recorded at Reeves Sound Studios, New York, New York in September 1959. Originally released on Riverside (1160). Includes liner notes by Orrin Keepnews.

Tracks:
1. For Minors Only
2. Who Needs It?
3. Don't You Know I Care
4. Two Tees
5. The Thumper
6. New Keep
7. For All We Know
8. I Can Make You Love Me
9. Nice People

Download:
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The Funky Muchachos - Play Soul Jazz - 2008

The Funky Muchachos - Play Soul Jazz - 2008
Funk, Jazz | mp3 | VBR~212 | 66Mb

A sweet set of funky instrumentals from the Funky Muchachos -- a combo who usually record under the guise of Tito Lopez, and who have a classic soul jazz approach to their groove! The core trio features drums, bass, and either organ or electric piano, depending on the track -- and some cuts add in a bit of guest instrumentation on flute or guitar to round out the sound slightly. The keyboards are great -- often quite stark and spare, with as much rhythmic focus as the other players in the group -- and the electric piano tracks are especially nice, with a groove that's warm, but never too smooth or slick. Titles include versions of "What's Goin On", "The World Is A Ghetto", "Boogie On Reggae Woman", "Spooky", and "Let's Stay Together" -- plus "I'm Comin Home", "Don't Take It Out", and "Donna's Way".

1. spooky (4:17)
2. donna's way (5:29)
3. let's stay together (4:22)
4. two toes (4:48)
5. no tears (3:24)
6. boogie on reggae woman (3:39)
7. the world is a ghetto (5:12)
8. what's going on (3:39)
9. don't take it out (3:52)
10. i'm comin' home (3:21)
11. coronation st theme (2:13)

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Niels-Henning Orsted Pedersen + Archie Shepp - Looking At Bird (1980)

Niels-Henning Orsted Pedersen + Archie Shepp - Looking At Bird (1980)

MP3 | 320kbps | Cover | RS.com | 111mb | 5% File Recovery

Genre: Jazz

Allmusic.com:
Avant-garde tenor saxophonist Archie Shepp created a stir in 1977 when he recorded a set of hymns and folk melodies in melodic duets with pianist Horace Parlan. On February 6, 1980, he reunited with Parlan for a set of blues associated with Bessie Smith, and the following day, as a sort of sequel, Shepp played eight songs associated with Charlie Parker in collaboration with bassist Niels-Henning Orsted Pedersen. Although never a bebopper, Shepp does surprisingly well on such tunes as "Moose the Mooche," "Ornithology," "Yardbird Suite" and "Confirmation," even if he makes the mistake of doubling on his erratic soprano during a few numbers. Archie Shepp pays tribute to Bird not by copying him, but by being creative and playing Parker's repertoire in his own sound. Recommended.

Reviewer:
Stop and take a closer look at this album! This is one of the obscure gems of jazz. Featuring songs associated with Charlie Parker, Archie Shepp on saxophone and Niels-Henning Orsted Pederson on bass explore the legacy of the great bebop master. The instrumentation may seem odd and you may pass on this because it's just saxophone and bass. Instead without drums or piano, the songs have a spaciousness not usually found in the complex harmonies and elaborate melodies of bebop. If you know Archie Shepp, you know that he is not someone you would expect to reflect on Charlie Parker's style and sound. Shepp typically plays in an unpolished, crude style. He appears to choose this for an emotionally direct approach to the music and his improvisation. Pedersen, on the other hand, is the opposite. HIs style is clear and virtuosic and the contrast between these two musicians is positively enlightening!
For the most part, each tune is a straightforward statement of the melody followed by some jamming by this duo. Shepp switches between tenor and soprano, never touching Parker's alto. Shepp wanders in and out of key (as well as tune!), but always with great taste and sense. He never comes near the bop sensibility, but he doesn't have to, this is honest, brilliant stuff. Pedersen is the perfect alter ego for this style. He is immaculately clear, alternating between walking bass lines and overtone chords. The sax plays outside the rhythms while the bass is a real metronome.

Of the thousands of recordings I have, this one is one of the desert island choices. Don't hesitate, you won't be sorry buying this.

Performers:
Archie Shepp (soprano & tenor saxophones)
Neils-Henning Orsted Pedersen (bass)

Tracks:
1. Moose The Mooche (C.Parker) 6:23
2. Embraceable You (G.Gershwin) 4:40
3. Ornithology (B.Harris) 5:42
4. Billie's Bounce (C.Parker) 5:20
5. Yardbird Suite (C.Parker) 4:31
6. Blues For Alice (C.Parker) 5:48
7. How Deep Is The Ocean (I.Berlin) 5:50
8. Confirmation (C.Parker) 5:46

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Blue Mitchell - Complete Blue Mitchell Blue Note Sessions 1963-1967

Blue Mitchell - Complete Blue Mitchell Blue Note Sessions 1963-1967

MP3 | 320kbps | Covers + Scans + 16-page PDF Booklet | RS.com | 683.6mb total | 5% File Recovery

Genre: Jazz

Artist: Blue Mitchell
Title: The Complete Blue Mitchell Blue Note Sessions 1963-1967
Record Company: Mosaic Records/Blue Note Records
Catalogue Number: Mosaic MD4-178 (4 Discs)
Total Time: 4 hours, 6 minutes, 31 seconds
Producer: Michael Cuscuna

Biography:
Owner of a direct, lightly swinging, somewhat plain-wrapped tone that fit right in with the Blue Note label's hard bop ethos of the 1960s, Blue Mitchell tends to be overlooked today perhaps because he never really stood out vividly from the crowd, despite his undeniable talent. After learning the trumpet in high school -- where he got his nickname -- he started touring in the early '50s with the R&B bands of Paul Williams, Earl Bostic and Chuck Willis before returning to Miami and jazz. There, he attracted the attention of Cannonball Adderley, with whom he recorded for Riverside in 1958. That year, he joined the Horace Silver Quintet, with whom he played and recorded until the band's breakup in March 1964, polishing his hard bop skills. During his Silver days, Mitchell worked with tenor Junior Cook, bassist Gene Taylor, drummer Roy Brooks and various pianists as a separate unit and continued recording as a leader for Riverside. When Silver disbanded, Mitchell's spinoff quintet carried on with Al Foster replacing Brooks and a young future star named Chick Corea in the piano chair. This group, with several personnel changes, continued until 1969, recording a string of albums for Blue Note. Probably aware that opportunities for playing straight-ahead jazz were dwindling, Mitchell became a prolific pop and soul sessionman in the late '60s, and he toured with Ray Charles from 1969 to 1971 and blues/rock guitarist John Mayall in 1971-73. Having settled in Los Angeles, he also played big-band dates with Louie Bellson, Bill Holman and Bill Berry; made a number of funk and pop/jazz LPs in the late '70s; served as principal soloist for Tony Bennett and Lena Horne; and kept his hand in hard bop by playing with Harold Land in a quintet. He continued to freelance in this multi-faceted fashion until his premature death from cancer at age 49. (Richard S. Ginell for allmusic.com)

Discographical Section and Track List

Disc 01:
Blue Mitchell (tp) Leo Wright (as) Joe Henderson (ts) Herbie Hancock (p) Gene Taylor (b) Roy Brooks (d)
Rudy Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, NJ, August 13, 1963
01. tk.14 Mamacita
02. tk.11 Cry Me a River
03. tk.04 Andrea (aka Little Stupid)
04. tk.22 Step Lightly
05. tk.15 Sweet and Lovely
06. tk.24 Bluesville

BLP 4142 Blue Mitchell - Step Lightly (not released)

Blue Mitchell (tp) Junior Cook (ts) Chick Corea (p) Gene Taylor (b) Al Foster (d)
Rudy Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, NJ, July 30, 1964
07. tk.05 Fungii Mama
08. tk.19 Mona's Mood
09. tk.15 The Thing to Do

Disc 02:
01. tk.14 Step Lightly
02. tk.17 Chick's Tune

BLP 4178 Blue Mitchell - The Thing to Do

Blue Mitchell (tp) Junior Cook (ts) Chick Corea (p) Gene Taylor (b) Al Foster (d)
Rudy Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, NJ, July 14, 1965
03. tk.05 Hi-Heel Sneakers
04. tk.09 Perception
05. tk.07 Alone, Alone and Alone
06. tk.25 March on Selma
07. tk.32 On Shirt
08. tk.02 Samba de Stacy

BLP 4214 Blue Mitchell - Down with It

Disc 03:

Blue Mitchell (tp) Junior Cook (ts) Harold Mabern (p) Gene Taylor (b) Billy Higgins (d)
Rudy Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, NJ, January 6, 1966
01. tk.24 Bring It Home to Me
02. tk.30 Blues 3 for 1
03. tk.08 Port Rico Rock
04. tk.23 Gingerbread Boy
05. tk.14 Portrait of Jennie
06. tk.31 Blue's Theme

BLP 4228 Blue Mitchell - Bring It Home to Me

Blue Mitchell (tp) Julian Priester (tb) Jerry Dodgion (as, fl) Junior Cook (ts) Pepper Adams (bars) Cedar Walton (p -1/4) Chick Corea (p -5,6) Gene Taylor (b) Mickey Roker (d) Duke Pearson (arr)
Rudy Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, NJ, November 17, 1966

07. tk.22 Millie
08. tk.07 O Mama Enit
09. tk.17 I Should Care
10. tk.15 Rigor Mortez

Disc 04:
01. tk.42 Tones for Joan's Bones
02. tk.31 Straight Up and Down

BLP 4257 Blue Mitchell - Boss Horn

Burt Collins, Blue Mitchell (tp) Julian Priester (tb) Jerry Dodgion (as, fl) Junior Cook (ts) Pepper Adams (bars) McCoy Tyner (p), Gene Taylor (b) Al Foster (d) Jimmy Heath, Melba Liston, Duke Pearson, Don Pickett (arr)
Rudy Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, NJ, November 17, 1967

07. tk.8 Len Sirrah
04. tk.14 Togetherness
03. tk.18 Heads Up! Feet Down!
06. tk.24 Good Humor Man
05. tk.32 The Folks Who Live on the Hill
08. tk.34 The People in Nassau
09. tk.14 Togetherness (alternate take)*
10. tk.24 Good Humor Man (alternate take)*

BST 84272 Blue Mitchell - Heads Up! (except tracks marked *)

Reviews:
Chris Hovan for Allaboutjazz.com:

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Those of you that are longtime jazz fans, take a few minutes and see how many jazz trumpeters you can name in the next minute. All done? I'm sure many of you remember Miles Davis, Lee Morgan, Louis Armstrong, and Buck Clayton, just to name a few. Now, how many of you mentioned the name of Blue Mitchell? This trumpeter's greatest success came during his memorable stay with the Horace Silver Quintet during the early '60s, however his first dates as a leader for Riverside and subsequent work for Blue Note, the topic of discussion here, would mark him as one of the finest players of his generation. Up to now it was easy to get most of Mitchell's work on CD, however it took those astute moguls at Mosaic to assemble for the first time all of the trumpeter's prime Blue Note sides. The Complete Blue Note Blue Mitchell Sessions:1963-1967 is a substantial 4CD/6LP boxed set that presents the original albums Step Lightly, The Thing To Do, Down With It, Bring It Home To Me, Boss Horn, and Heads Up. A few of these albums have been available on CD, yet the pick of the lot is just now being issued on disc for the first time. Things get underway with the 1963 session Step Lightly which was unissued at the time, only finally surfacing on vinyl in the late '70s. The presence of Joe Henderson and Herbie Hancock make this more than your average affair. The tunes are choice, the arrangements neat and clever, and the playing by all is quite fine. Unfortunately, Mitchell would have to wait until 1964's The Thing To Do to make his Blue Note debut. Of course, this was not an unfavorable thing considering how momentous this occasion would prove to be. Jimmy Heath would supply a few of his choicest tunes and pianist Chick Corea would turn heads with some of his finest early work. In addition, Mitchell's “Fungi Mama” would go on to become a jazz standard. The next two dates, Down With It and Bring It Home To Me would continue in a similar fashion with Heath contributing tunes and tenor saxophonist Junior Cook sharing the front line with Mitchell. In fact, the sonority and articulate phrasing the two achieve is worth giving a special listen to after spinning these sides a few times through. Pianist Harold Mabern is also a special contributor to the later session. Up next, we get one of Mitchell's finest recorded achievements in the 1966 album Boss Horn. Fronting a seven-piece group with charts arranged by Duke Pearson, Mitchell covers a good deal of ground and makes some highly lyrical and cogent statements of his own. Chick Corea brings in his two finest compositions, “Tones For Joan's Bones” and “Straight Up and Down”, and both receive definitive performances. Mitchell's take on “I Should Care” also proves to be one of his finest solos on record. The closing session, Heads Up, also finds Mitchell in front of a large group with tunes and arrangements by Pearson, Heath, and Melba Liston. Once again, the charts and talented crew make way for a highly memorable album that should have garnered much more attention than it did upon release.

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Scott Yanow for allmusic.com:

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Blue Mitchell was always a consistent, lyrical, and pleasing trumpeter. Although not as significant during the 1960s as Lee Morgan and Freddie Hubbard (much less Dizzy Gillespie and Miles Davis), Mitchell had his own appealing sound and was a major asset on many modern mainstream dates. This four-CD limited-edition Mosaic box set collects Mitchell's first six Blue Note dates as a leader: Step Lightly, The Thing to Do, Down With It, Bring It Home to Me, Boss Horn, and Heads Up. Three albums are by his quintet, which included tenor saxophonist Junior Cook and usually the young pianist Chick Corea and was formed shortly after he left Horace Silver, and the three others are with larger groups, two of which have arrangements by Duke Pearson. Among the other key sidemen are tenor great Joe Henderson, altoist Leo Wright, baritonist Pepper Adams, and pianists Herbie Hancock and McCoy Tyner. There are just two previously unreleased cuts (both alternate takes), but most of the sets have been somewhat rare for years, and taken as a whole, the swinging hard bop and boogaloo performances are Blue Mitchell's finest recordings.

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Barungwa - The Messengers [B&W BW070]

Barungwa - The Messengers [B&W BW070]
January 16, 1996 | Original Release Date: January 16, 1996 | B&W | ASIN: B000001MG8
APE+CUE+LOG+PAR2 | COVERS | RAR | 331.84 MB
Nice concept jazz from a mixing of British grooves and South African jazz (and more). A trio of London's session musicians is joined by a guitarist, a vocalist, and a pianist (the late Moses Molelekwa, who died along with his wife/manager in tragic and seemingly unresolved circumstances in 2001) from South Africa, with a handful of other musicians from both continents providing some of the backing tracks. The result is a surprisingly good fusion. The sound is somewhat closer to the British end of things in general, with a sophisticated production and hankering for effects and surprise. Nonetheless, the South African tendencies for tight parallel horns and socially conscious lyrics make themselves known as well. The tone can shift from the use of simple funky horn grooves to more complex marimba melodies to beat-heavy thumps of smooth jazz with electric guitar solos laid out over the top. A very wide range of abilities is displayed, and all at a consistently high quality. This album is unlikely to be everyone's cup of cross-cultural tea, but it's not bad at all. Certainly worth hearing for progressive jazz lovers.

Tracks:

1. Welcome 5:37
2. Siyahamba 6:12
3. Tutu 4:31
4. Ba Naba Afrika 5:25
5. My Dali 3:11
6. Biko's Dream 6:15
7. Abongcono 4:32
8. Vuyiso 4:44
9. Capitalisimo 5:45
10. Ba Naba Afrika (Return) 4:51

Part 1 (102.40 MB), Part 2 (102.40 MB), Part 3 (32.48 MB), Part 4 (24.64 MB)

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