Showing posts with label soul-jazz. Show all posts
Showing posts with label soul-jazz. Show all posts

BOB SIEBERT – Six Lyric Pieces (Aerial, 1983)

Bob Siebert – Six Lyric Pieces
Aerial
US, 1983
private press

A1 Old Tunes Number Two
A2 Rain
A3 Cat's Feet
B1 Forest Song
B2 Black Lace
B3 Inside The Music Box

Bob Siebert – electric piano, kalimba
Dave Larson – drums
Chuck Sastre – acoustic bass


https://mega.nz/#!f4YyRLRB!GDUKwJnswKB4tFcy-WbSUu21h-9pjnZnEnJS0bfSRzc 

PRINCE BILLY MAHDI WRIGHT - You Got Dat Wright (Raenii, 1982)

Prince Billy Mahdi Wright - You Got Dat Wright
Raenii - RA-037
US, 1982
private press

A1 Tune Weaver
A2 You Got Dat Wright
A3 Excuse Me
B1 Summer Love (or Verano De Amor)
B2 79th Street Blues (or Concert In Woo)
B3 Love Dream (Or Reve D'Amour)

Billy Mahdi - tenor sax, soprano sax, flute, bells, kalimba
Corky McClerkin - piano
Eldee Young - bass
Ruben D'Andrea - drums
Newson Otis - trumpet
Dave Baldwin - sax
Bruce Thompson - synthesizer
Eve Garnett, Brenda Sims, Ozana Chavis - vocals



https://mega.nz/#!PoAGVbTK!FTYtTq6jhZ8f3Glfpa9kmqjYGa0MLHcEbkHVMvmKgrs 

SUNAO WADA QUINTET + 1 featuring MINORU IKENO - Four Scenes (Three Blind Mice, 1976)


 Sunao Wada Quintet + 1 featuring Minoru Ikeno - Four Scenes
Three Blind Mice - TBM-75
Japan, 1976

A1 Sunset on the Street
A2 Ambushin' the Blues
B1 Jumping Dog
B2 The Shimmer of the Morning Sun

Sunao Wada - guitar
Minoru Ikeno - alto sax, flute, percussion
Sizuo Nakayama - piano, electric piano
Hitomi Ueda - vocals, whistle, cowbell
Kazuaki Yamamoto - bass
Koji Yamada - drums


https://mega.nz/#!64xkXCQZ!FgwmfSXDS1sZSwPcWrpXXxf9qglxgKdA9UJ7L54E5-w

SAM SANDERS & VISIONS - The Gift Of Love (That African Lady, 1983)

Sam Sanders & Visions - The Gift of Love
That African Lady - TAL-935
US, 1983
private press

A1 Gift of Love
A2 Slightly Anxious
A3 Day After Yesterday
A4 Un-Stable
B1 Free Fall
B2 Mickey's Tune
B3 Fantasy

Sam Sanders - tenor sax
Michael Zaporski - piano
Ed Pickens - bass
Jon Knust - drums
Kenny Cox - piano

You may recognize Sam Sanders from the 2013 release by 180 Proof Records of a previously unreleased Strata Records date 'Mirror, Mirror' (http://fleamarketfunk.com/2013/08/05/sam-sanders-mirror-mirror/). For most though, this Detroit soul jazz veteran will likely be unknown, and unfortunately so because not only was Sanders a great saxophonist with his own warm and lyrical post bop sound, he was an important fixture of historical significance in the Detroit jazz scene with important Motown and Strata connections.  Jazznation explains, "Sam Sanders and Visions - for many years with bassist Ed Pickens and drummer Jimmy Allen, was known for extremely aggressive post bebop jazz bordering on the Avant garde.  Sanders mainly played the tenor and soprano saxophones, however he would often close his concerts with a signature slow blues on the alto saxophone, revealing his deeply ingrained 'roots' and distinctly Detroit sound" (http://www.jazznation.com/CBP/SamSanders1.html).

In a 1976 article for the Ann Arbor Sun, David Weiss describes, "Sam Sanders is one of Detroit's most precious natural resources... His artful saxophone work has graced the ensembles of Alice Coltrane, Pharoah Sanders, Smokey Robinson and countless Motown dates'" (http://freeingjohnsinclair.aadl.org/node/201718).  Moreover, Jazznation notes, "Prior to forming Visions, Sanders and trumpeter Marcus Belgrave fronted a band with pianist Harold McKinney called the Creative Profile.  Belgrave and Sanders would continue to perform together, often with Sanders' big band, the Pioneer Orchestra"(http://www.jazznation.com/CBP/SamSanders1.html). Sanders also served as an instructor at both Oakland University and the Detroit Metro Arts complex as well as helping create the Detroit Jazz Center. 

Although most of the sessions with Sanders from the 60s or 70s are either nowhere to be found or still unreleased, 'The Gift of Love' - perhaps the only release of Sanders as a leader during his lifetime and privately pressed by what I presume to be his own label That African Lady - offers a document of this Detroit great's music with his band Visions.  Fellow Strata musician Kenny Cox, who has also gotten a recent release from 180 Proof records, even sits in on keys on a few tracks.  Unfortunately Sanders passed away in 2000, but hopefully the small amount of recordings we do have of him do justice to his musicianship, Visions and the Detroit jazz scene.  Here is a rare video from 1990 of Sanders playing the last song 'Fantasy' from this session live: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1CygX2RRUUI.



https://mega.nz/#!LwwgGJiQ!M9YYioxaPyBzaN6sD6L4lBZa29O6eVpoUojsG9FhBpM

THE CHARLES MOFFETT FAMILY – Vol. 1 (Charles Moffett Recording, 1975)

The Charles Moffett Family – Vol. 1
Charles Moffett Recording/codaryl publications – LRS-RT-6142
US, 1975
private press

A1 Gypsy Lady
A2 Wishbone Suite
B1 Peace On My Mind
B2 Jubilee!

Charles Moffett – percussion and trumpet
Patrick McCarthy – string bass
Codaryl Moffett – percussion
Charles Moffett, Jr. – alto and tenor sax
Charnett Moffett – string bass and trumpet
Mondre Moffett – trumpet, flugelhorn, baritone



JOYFUL
Your music
     swallows me
     inside myself,
A flood of feelings
     washes over
   and I ache…
feeling small,
           helpless,
Because you give me
   so much,
And I have nothing
  I can give you
       in return
  except my tears
    so I cry
          I
      cry
        joyful,
                … Judy Rosenberg



http://www.mediafire.com/download/c2g40wtxall2csn/charles_moffett_family.zip

BILLY ROBINSON – Evolution's Blend (Radio Canada International, 1972)


Billy Robinson – Evolution's Blend
Radio Canada International – RCI 375
Canada, 1972

A1 The Family
A2 It's Raining Ashes
A3 Homing
B1 Pivot
B2 Quebec On My Mind
B3 Evolution's Blend

Billy Robinson – tenor sax
Pierre Leduc – piano
Peter Leitch – guitar
Erroll Walters – bass
Jim Norman – drums


http://www.mediafire.com/download/757fhgybow1wyb2/evolution%27s+blend.zip#39;s_blend.zip

SEXTETO DO BECO – s/t (Fundação Cultural Do Estado Da Bahia, 1980)

Sexteto do Beco – Sexteto do Beco
Fundação Cultural Do Estado Da Bahia – CB-001 / 5.26..404.024
Brazil, 1980
private press

A1 Flutuando
A2 Siamass
A3 Kiua
A4 Suíte 312: swing em 4, swing em 5
B1 Águas Cristalinas
B2 Cromosamba
B3 Um segundo
B4 Cantilena

Aderbal Duarte – guitar
Thomas Gruetz – guitar
Antônio Sarquiz – acoustic bass
Guilherme Maia – electric bass
Zeca Freitas – electric piano
Guillermo Migoya – drums
Francisco Cabral – percussion
Andrea Daltro – soprano vocals
Sérgio Souto – flute
Oscar Dourado – flute
Paulo Andrade – flute
Samuel Motta – flute
Paulo Bento – flute
Marco Esteves – soprano sax
Tuzé de Abreu – alto sax
Valéu Cerqueira – tenor sax
Juraci Pereira – trumpet
Gerson Barbosa – trombone

For Andy…thanks for the support!



http://www.mediafire.com/download/9ozj2z280xhx1no/sexteto.do.beco.zip

HARRY BECKETT – Joy Unlimited (Cadillac, 1975)

Cadillac – SGC 1004
UK, 1975

A1 No time for hello
A2 Glowing
A3 Changes are still happening
A4 Bracelets of sound
B1 Rings within rings
B2 Not just tomorrow

Harry Beckett – trumpet, flugelhorn
Ray Russell – guitar
Brian Miller – piano, electric piano, synthesizer
Darry Runswick – bass, bass guitar
Nigel Morris – drums
Martin David – congas

all compositions by Harry Beckett


http://www.mediafire.com/download/8jc7m45j3331wno/joyunlimited.zip

SADIK HAKIM – London Suite (1973)

Radio Canada International – RCI 378
Canada, 1973

A London Suite
I. Heathrow in the morning
II. Oxford Circus at noon
III. Greek Street break-in
IV. Harlow homecoming
B1 Liliane
B2 Grey Cup Caper
B3 Portrait Of Cousin Mickey
B4 Moon In Aquarius

Sadik Hakim – piano, electric piano
Al-Khabyyr Sayyd Abdul – alto sax, flute
Billy Robinson – tenor sax
Peter Leitch – guitar
Vic Angelello – bass, electric bass
Keith Mckendry – drums



http://www.mediafire.com/download/805m6lcm74js1wm/london+suite.zip