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Wednesday, December 23, 2020

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: The Real McCoy (Blue Note Classic Vinyl Series LP) (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. Passion Dance (8:45)

2. Contemplation (9:10)

Side 2:

1. Four By Five (6:35)

2. Search For Peace (6:25)

3. Blues On The Corner (6:05)

Personnel:

McCoy Tyner: Piano

Joe Henderson: Tenor Saxophone

Ron Cater: Bass

Elvin Jones: Drums

The Real McCoy is the seventh album by McCoy Tyner, originally released on October, 1967 by Blue Note Records, remastered and reissued on October 9, 2020 by Blue Note Records, featuring Joe Henderson, Ron Carter and Elvin Jones.

Saturday, March 7, 2020

Jackie McLean

Artist: Jackie McLean
Birth Name: John Lenwood McLean
Born: Ma 17, 1931. New York City, New York, USA
Died: March 31, 2006 (Aged 74). Hartford, Connecticut, USA
Genre: Jazz, Bebop, Hard Bop, Modal Jazz, Progressive Jazz, Mainstream Jazz, Post-Bop, Avant Garde Jazz, Jazz Instrument, Saxophone Jazz, Standards
Occupation: Musician, Bandleader, Composer, Educator, Community Activist
Instruments: Alto Saxophone

Jackie McLean was an American Jazz Alto Saxophonist, Composer, Bandleader and Educator He started on Alto when he was 15. As a teenager he was friends with such neighbors as Bud Powell, Thelonious Monk, and Sonny Rollins and he made his recording debut with Miles Davis in 1951. He is one of the few musicians to be elected to the Down Beat Hall of Fame in the year of his death.

Title: Let Freedom Ring (2020)
Genre: Jazz, Bebop, Hard Bop, Modal Jazz, Progressive Jazz, Mainstream Jazz, Post-Bop, Avant Garde Jazz, Jazz Instrument, Saxophone Jazz, Standards
Label: Culture Factory
Rating: *****

Format: CD:

Tracks:

1. Melody For Melonae (13:21)
2. I'll Keep Loving You (6:17)
3. Rene (10:02)
4. Omega (8:33)

Format: LP

Side 1:

1. Melody For Melonae (13:21)
2. I'll Keep Loving You (6:17)

Side 2:

1. Rene (10:02)

2. Omega (8:33)

Personnel:

Jackie McLean: Alto Saxophone
Walter Davis, Jr.: Piano
Herbie Lewis: Bass
Billy Higgins: Drums

Let Freedom Ring is an album by Jackie McLean, originally released on May, 1963 by Blue Note Records, remastered and reissued on January 31, 2020 by Culture Factory, featuring Walter Davis, Jr., Herbie Lewis and Billy Higgins.

Sunday, June 24, 2018

UMO Jazz Orhestra

Artist: UMO Jazz Orchestra
Origin: Helsinki, Finland
Genre: Jazz, Modern Big Band, Experimental Big Band, Swing, Standard Jazz

UMO Jazz Orchestra is a Finnish Big Band from Helsinki, Finland, formed in 1975. UMO Jazz Orchestra is something like Finland's National Jazz Orchestra, was founds by musicians who played in the country's Radio Dance Orchestra, and has been toured in Europe, Canada, and the U.S. and has worked with Dexter Gordon, Dizzy Gillespie, Gil Evans, Mercer Ellington, McCoy Tyner, Maria Schneider, Michael Brecker, John Scofield, and Lenny Pickett.

Title: Duke Ellington: Homage (2018)
Genre: Jazz, Modern Big Band, Experimental Big Band, Swing, Standard Jazz

Label: Finlandia Records/Rhino Warner Classics

Rating: ****

Tracks:

1. Overture (4:51)

2. Satin Doll (4:17)

3. Creole Love Call (5:12)

4. Day Break Express (2:58)

5. Star-Crossed Lovers (3:53)

6. Happy Go Lucky Local (6:09)

7. Caravan/The Mooche (6:35)

8. Rockin' In Rhythm (4:02)

9. Concerto For Cootie (3:31)

10. Don't Get Around Much Anymore (4:05)

11. Prelude To A Kiss (3:28)

12. Take The "A" Train (3:52)

Personnel:

Soloists:

Pentti Lahti: Alto Saxophone on Tracks: 1, 5, 10

Pentti Paivinen: Baritone Saxophone on Track 1

Mikko Mustonen: Trombone on Tracks: 1, 6, 7

Tero Saarti: Trumpet on Tracks: 1, 10, 12

Pekka Sarmando: Bass on Track 2

Janne Murto: Tenor Saxophone on Track 2

Teemu Salminen: Clarinet on Tracks: 3, 8

Esko Heikkinen: Trumpet on Tracks: 3, 4, 7, 9

Timo Passonen: Trumpet on Track 6

Jouni Jarvela: Alto Saxophone on Track 8

Markku Vijonsuo: Trombone on Tracks: 8, 10

Kirmo Lintinen: Piano on Tracks: 11, 12

Duke Ellington: Homage is the tribute and inspiration album by UMO Jazz Orchestra, released on May 18, 2018 by Finlandia Records/Rhino Warner Classics. Good Swing and in the Standard Jazz!.

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