Monday, November 26, 2007

Phil Woods - The Rev & I (1998)



Phil Woods, Alto Sax, Electric Piano (1 only)
Johnny Griffin, Tenor Sax
Cedar Walton, Piano
Peter Washington, Bass
Ben Riley, Drums
Bill Goodwin, Percussion (1)

1. The Rev & I
2. We Could Make Such Beautiful Music Together
3. Hand In Glove
4. All Too Soon
5. Red Top
6. I'm So Scared Of Girls When They're Good Looking
7. Loose Change
8. Dutch Morning
9. Before I left

McCoy Tyner - Soliloquy (1992)



McCoy Tyner, Piano

1. Crescent
2. Espanola
3. All The Things You Are
4. Twilight Mist
5. Willow Weep For Me
6. Lonnie's Lament
7. Tivoli
8. Tribute To Lady Day
9. I Should Care
10. Three Flowers
11. Bouncin' With Bud
12. After The Rain
13. Effendi
14. Crescent (alt. take)

Dizzy Gillespie - Dizzy's Diamonds: Best of the Verve Years (1992)



Disc 1 * Big Band
1. Prelude
2. 'Bout to Wail
3. Umbrella Man
4. The Chains
5. Birks' Works
6. Stella by Starlight
7. Dizzy's Business
8. Autumn Leaves
9. Dizzy's Blues
10. Flamingo
11. Jordu
12. Evening Sound
13. Take the "A" Train

Disc 2 * Small Groups & Guests
1. Blue 'n' Boogie
2. Bonnie's Blues
3. Ool-Ya-Koo
4. Blues After Dark
5. The Heat's On
6. Leap Frog
7. Where's Adam?
8. There Is No Greater Love
9. Just One of Those Things
10. I Know That You Know
11. Swing Low, Sweet Cadillac
12. Dizzy Atmosphere

Disc 3 * In An Afro Cuban, Bossa Nova, Calypso Groove
1. Manteca
2. Fiesta Mojo
3. A Night in Tunisia
4. And Then She Stopped
5. Tin Tin Deo
6. Desafinado
7. Africana
8. Pergunte Al Joao (Ask John)
9. Caravan
10. This Lovely Feeling
11. Ungawa
12. Begin the Beguine
13. Con Alma
14. Rio Pakistan
15. Jambo

Dave Weckl - Heads Up (1992)



Dave Weckl - Drums, Synth Programming

Eric Marienthal - Soprano & Alto Saxes (1,2,6)
Steve Tavaglione - Tenor Sax (5,7,8)
Randy Brecker - Trumpet (1)
Jeff Beal - Trumpet (5)
Jay Oliver - Keyboards, Synth Programming (1-8)
Jimmy Earl - Bass (1,3-6)
John Patitucci - Bass (3,8)
Gary Novak - Bass & Keyboards (7)

1. 7th Ave. South
2. Heads Up
3. Taboo
4. Tomatillo
5. Peripheral Vision
6. Tee Funk
7. Against the Wall
8. Full Moon
9. Trigger Happy

Friday, November 16, 2007

Dave Weckl - Master Plan (1990)



Dave Weckl - Drums, Percussion Programmin

Eric Marienthal - Soprano Sax, Alto Sax (2-4)
Michael Brecker - Tenor Sax (5)
Jerry Hey - Trumpets (1,3)
Scott Alspach - Trumpet (6)
Bill Reichenbach - Trombones (1,3)
Jay Oliver - Keyboards, Synthesizers (1-6,8,9)
Chick Corea - Piano, Synthesizer (5,8,9)
Ray Kennedy - Piano (7)
Peter Mayer - Guitar, Vocal (2,4,6)
Tom Kennedy - Bass (1,7)
Anthony Jackson - Bass (2-5,8,9)
Steve Gadd - Drums (8)

1. Tower Of Inspiration
2. Here And There
3. Festival de Ritmo
4. In Common
5. Garden Wall
6. Auratune
7. Softly, As In A Morning Sunrise
8. Master Plan
9. Island Magic

Paul Desmond - Like Someone In Love (1975)



Recorded Live at the Bourbon Street Jazz Club, Toronto, Canada, March 25, 1975

Paul Desmond, Alto Sax
Ed Bickert, Guitar
Don Thompson, Bass
Jerr Fuller, Drums

1. Just Squeeze Me
2. Tangerine
3. Meditation
4. Nuages
5. Like Someone In Love
6. Things Ain't What They Used To Be

Tuesday, November 06, 2007

Paul Desmond - Paul Desmond & The Modern Jazz Quartet (1971)



Paul Desmond - Alto Sax
Milt Jackson - Vibes
John Lewis - Piano
Percy Heath - Bass
Connie Kay - Drums

1. Greensleeves
2. You Go To My Head
3. Blue Dove
4. Jesus Christ Superstar
5. Here's That Rainy day
6. East of the Sun
7. Bag's New Groove

Monday, November 05, 2007

Paul Desmond - Bossa Antigua (1964)



Paul Desmond (alto saxophone)
Jim Hall (guitar)
Eugene Wright, Gene Cherico (bass)
Connie Kay (drums)

1. Bossa Antigua
2. Samba Cepeda
3. The Night Has A Thousand Eyes
4. O Gato (Part 1)
5. O Gato (Part 2)
6. Samba Cantina
7. Curação Doloroso
8. A Ship Without A Sail
9. Aliança
10. The Girl From East 9th Street

Maynard Ferguson - These Cats Can Swing! (1995)



Maynard Ferguson - Trumpet * Flugelhorn
Trumpets: Jon Owens, Joey Tartell, Carl Fischer
Trombone: Tom Garling
Saxes: Chip McNeill, Matt Wallace
Rhythm: Ron Oswanski (piano & keyboards), Chris Berger (bass), Jason Harnell (drums)

1. Sugar
2. Caravan
3. I Don't Want To Be A Hoochi Coochie Man No Mo'
4. Sweet Baba Suite (Bai Rav)
5. I'll Be Around
6. He Can't Swing
7. It's The Gospel Truth

Slowing Down

Yes, I know, the posts have been less frequent here. This is due to two things:

1) I'm actually running out of stuff, at least the good stuff. I do still have a few things so I will continue to post for a while.
2) I've been super busy lately. My wife and I are expecting our first child in February and we've been working hard the last month to get the house ready for our new arrival. As such, most of my time has been spent cleaning, painting, etc.

Given both of these things I don't expect that I'll be able to run this blog much past the end of 2007. That's how things look as of right now, anyway.

If anyone is interested in helping out let me know. It'd be nice to have another contributor.

As always, enjoy the music, support the artist, and let me know what you think (leave a comment!).