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Thursday, December 5, 2024

McCoy Tyner

Artist: McCoy Tyner

Birth Name: Afred McCoy Tyner

Born: December 11, 1938. Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA

Died: March 6, 2020 (Aged 81). New Jersey, USA

Genre: Jazz, Avant-Garde Jazz, Standards, Piano Jazz, Modal Music, Post-Bop, Progressive Jazz, Modern Big Band, Global Jazz, Afro-Cuban Jazz, Jazz Instrument

Occupation: Musician, Composer, Bandleader

Instruments: Piano

McCoy Tyner was an American Jazz Pianist, best known for his work with the John Coltrane Quartet and a long solo career. He was an NEA Jazz Master and a five-time Grammy Winner. Not a player of electric Keyboards and Synthesizers, he was committed to Acoustic Instrumentation. He was one of the most recognizable and most influential pianists in Jazz History.

Title: Forces Of Nature: Live At Slugs (Deluxe Edition) (2024)

Genre: Jazz, Avant-Garde Jazz, Standards, Piano Jazz, Modal Music, Post-Bop, Progressive Jazz, Modern Big Band, Global Jazz, Afro-Cuban Jazz, Jazz Instrument

Label: Blue Note

Rating: ****

Format: LP

Tracks:

LP 1:

Side A:

1. In 'N Out (26:44)

Side B:

1. We'll Be Together Again (14:15)

LP 2:

Side C:

1. Taing Off (28:18)

Side D:

1. The Believer (10:05)

2. Isotope (7:03)

Personnel:

McCoy Tyner: Piano

Joe Henderson: Tenor Saxophone

Henry Grimes: Bass

Jack DeJohnette: Drums

Forces Of Nature: Live At Slugs is a live album by McCoy Tyner, orignally released in 1966 by Blue Note, remastered ad reissued on November 22, 2024 by Blue Note Records, recorded live at Slugs in New York, NY in 1966. Deluxe Edition 2-LP 180 Gram Set.

Saturday, January 20, 2024

McCoy Tyner

Artist: McCoy Tyner

Birth Name: Afred McCoy Tyner

Born: December 11, 1938. Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA

Died: March 6, 2020 (Aged 81). New Jersey, USA

Genre: Jazz, Avant-Garde Jazz, Standards, Piano Jazz, Modal Music, Post-Bop, Progressive Jazz, Modern Big Band, Global Jazz, Afro-Cuban Jazz, Jazz Instrument

Occupation: Musician, Composer, Bandleader

Instruments: Piano

Title: Today And Tomorrow (2024)

Genre: Jazz, Avant-Garde Jazz, Standards, Piano Jazz, Modal Music, Post-Bop, Progressive Jazz, Modern Big Band, Global Jazz, Afro-Cuban Jazz, Jazz Instrument

Label: Verve Records

Rating: *****

Format: LP

Tracks:

Side A:

1. Contemporary Focus (8:28)

2. T.N.A. Blues (4:05)

3. Three Flowers (10:12)

Side B:

1. A Night In Tunisia (5:07)

2. Autumn Leaves (6:10)

3. When Sunny Gets Blue (4:42)

Personnel:

McCoy Tyner: Piano

Thad Jones: Trumpet

Frank Strozier: Alto Saxophone

John Gilmore: Tenor Saxophone

Butch Warren: Bass on Tracks: A1-3

Jimmy Garrison: Bass on Tracks: B1-3

Elvin Jones: Drums on Tracks: A1-3

Tootie Heath: Drums on Tracks: B1-3

Today And Tomorrow is the fourth album by McCoy Tyner, originally released on July, 1964 by Impulse!, remastered and reissued on January 12, 2024 by Verve Records. 180 Gram Audiophile Vinyl.

Saturday, July 16, 2022

Charlie Gabriel

Artist: Charlie Gabriel

Origin: New Orleans, Louisiana, USA

Genre: Jazz, New Orleans Jazz, New Orleans Jazz Revival, Straight-Ahead Jazz, Afro-Cuban Jazz, Latin Jazz, Cool Jazz, Dixieland, Swing

Occupation: Musician, Singer, Saxophonist, Clarinetist, Flutist

Instruments: Saxophone, Clarinet, Flute

Charlie Gabriel is an American Musician, Singer, Saxophonist, Clarinetist, Flutist from New Orleans, Louisiana. He is a member of one the esteemed New Orleans' Jazz Families, and in 2006 joined the Preservation Hall Jazz Band.

Title: Eighty Nine (2022)

Genre: Jazz, New Orleans Jazz, New Orleans Jazz Revival, Straight-Ahead Jazz, Afro-Cuban Jazz, Latin Jazz, Cool Jazz, Dixieland, Swing

Label: Sub Pop

Rating: *****

Format: CD

Tracks:

1. Memories Of You (5:46)

2. Chelsea Bridge (3:02)

3. I'm Confessin' (6:12)

4. The Darker It Gets (4:12)

5. Stardust (5:09)

6. Three Little Words (3:19)

7. Yellow Moon (3:48)

8. I Get Jealous (5:36)

Format: LP

Tracks:

Side A:

1. Memories Of You (5:46)

2. Chelsea Bridge (3:02)

3. I'm Confessin' (6:12)

4. The Darker It Gets (4:12)

Side B:

5. Stardust (5:09)

6. Three Little Words (3:19)

7. Yellow Moon (3:48)

8. I Get Jealous (5:36)

Personnel:

Charlie Gabriel: Clarinet, Tenor Saxophone,Vocals

Joshua Starkman: Guitar

Ben Jaffe: Upright Bass, Percussion

Djallo Djakate: Drums, Percussion

Walter Harris: Drums, Percussion

Eighty Nine is the debut album by Charlie Gabriel, released on February 25, 2022 by Sub Pop, featuring Joshua Starkman, Ben Jaffe, Djallo Djakate, Walter Harris.

Saturday, September 4, 2021

McCoy Tyner

Artist: McCoy Tyner

Birth Name: Afred McCoy Tyner

Born: December 11, 1938. Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA

Died: March 6, 2020 (Aged 81). New Jersey, USA

Genre: Jazz, Avant-Garde Jazz, Standards, Piano Jazz, Modal Music, Post-Bop, Progressive Jazz, Modern Big Band, Global Jazz, Afro-Cuban Jazz, Jazz Instrument

Occupation: Musician, Composer, Bandleader

Instruments: Piano

Title: Expansions (Blue Note Tone Poet Series) (2021)

Genre: Jazz, Avant-Garde Jazz, Standards, Piano Jazz, Modal Music, Post-Bop, Progressive Jazz, Modern Big Band, Global Jazz, Afro-Cuban Jazz, Jazz Instrument

Label: Blue Note Records

Rating: *****

Format: LP

Tracks:

Side One:

1. Vision (12:18)

2. Song Of Happiness (12:00)

Side Two:

1. Smitty's Place (5:21)

2. Peresina (10:21)

3. I Thought I'd Let You Know (6:25)

Personnel:

McCoy Tyner: Piano

Woody Shaw: Trumpet

Gary Bartz: Alto Saxophone, Wooden Flute on Track 2

Wayne Shorter: Tenor Saxophone, Clarinet on Track 2

Ron Carter: Cello

Herbie Lewis: Bass

Freddie Waits: Drums on Track 2

Expansions is the tenth album by McCoy Tyner, originally released on June 1970 by Blue Note Records, remastered and reissued on August 6, 2021 by Blue Note Records, featuring Woody Shaw, Gary Bartz, Wayne Shorter, Ron Carter, Herbie Lewis and Freddie Waits.

Sunday, January 3, 2021

McCoy Tyner

Artist: McCoy Tyner

Birth Name: Afred McCoy Tyner

Born: December 11, 1938. Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA

Died: March 6, 2020 (Aged 81). New Jersey, USA

Genre: Jazz Avant-Garde Jazz, Standards, Piano Jazz, Modal Music, Post-Bop, Progressive Jazz, Modern Big Band, Global Jazz, Afro-Cuban Jazz, Jazz Instrument

Occupation: Musician, Composer, Bandleader

Instruments: Piano

Title: Tenor Moment (Blue Note Tone Poet Series) (2020)

Genre: Jazz, Avant-Garde Jazz, Standards, Piano Jazz, Modal Music, Post-Bop, Progressive Jazz, Modern Big Band, Global Jazz, Afro-Cuban Jazz, Jazz Instrument

Label: Blue Note Records

Rating: *****

Format: LP

Tracks:

Side 1:

1. Mode To John (5:42)

2. Man From Tanganyika (6:54)

3. The High Priest (6:08)

Side 2:

1. Utopia (7:37)

2. All My Yesterdays (6:04)

3. Lee Plus Three (5:35)

Personnel:

McCoy Tyner: Piano

Lee Morgan: Trumpet

Herbie Lewis: Bass

Joe Chambers: Drums

Julian Priester: Trombone Except Track 6 Side 2

Bob Northern: French Horn Except Track 6 Side 2

Howard Johnson; Tuba Except Track 6 Side 2

James Spaulding: Alto Saxophone, Flute Except Track 6 Side 2

Bennie Maupin: Tenor Saxophone Except Track 6 Side 2

Tenor Moment is the eighth album by McCoy Tyner, originally released on September 1968 by Blue Note Records, remastered and reissued on September 26, 2020 by Blue Note Records, featuring Lee Morgan, Herbie Lewis, Joe Chambers and more!. 180 Gram Vinyl.

Thursday, October 24, 2019

Hendrik Meurkens

Artist: Hendrik Meurkens
Origin: Hamburg, Germany
Genre: Jazz, Instrumental, Afro-Cuban Jazz, Be-Bop, Latin Jazz, World Fusion, Brazilian Traditions, Samba, Guitar Jazz, Jazz Instrument, Brazilian Jazz
Occuaption: Musician
Instruments: Harmonica, Vibraphone

Hendrik Meurkens is a German Musician from Hamburg, when he was 19, he traveled to the U.S. to study at Berklee and spent time in Brazil in the early '80s, playing Brazilian Jazz. He back in Berlin and worked in the studios, and had his own Jazz Group, he also worked as a sideman with Charlie Byrd.

Title: Cobb's Pocket (2019)
Genre: Jazz, Instrumental, Afro-Cuban Jazz, Be-Bop, Latin Jazz, World Fusion, Brazilian Traditions, Samba, Guitar Jazz, Jazz Instrument, Brazilian Jazz
Label: In & Out Records
Rating: *****

Format: CD:

Tracks:

1. Driftin' (6:07)
2. Cobb's Pocket (4:48)
3. Frame For The Blues (8:34)
4. Slidin' (6:29)
5. Slow How Wind (5:41)
6. Unit Seven (5:35)
7. Polka Dots And Moonbeams (6:26)
8. A Slow One (6:38)

Personnel:

Hendrik Meurkens: Harmonica
Peter Bersntein: Guitar
Mike LeDonne: Organ
Jimmy Cobb: Drums

Cobb's Pocket is an album by Hendrik Meurkens with Mike LeDonne, Jimmy Cobb, Peter Bernstein, released on September 12, 2019 by In & Out Records. Excellent recorded sound, one of the world's leading exponents of the Jazz Harmonica.