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2009 Ineffable Mysteries From Shpongleland

Baden Powell (9)

 

1959 - Apresentando Baden Powell E Seu Violão

 

 

1    Stella by starlight  

2    Amor sincopado  (Marino Pinto - Chico Feitosa)

3    Estrellita  (Manuel Ponce)

4    Na Baixa do Sapateiro  (Ary Barroso)

5    Lover  

6    Maria  

7    My funny valentine  (L.Hart - R.Rodgers)

8    Love letters  

9    Samba triste  (Baden Powell - Billy Blanco)

10   Aquellos ojos verdes  (N.Menendez)

11   Carinhoso  (Pixinguinha)

12   All the things you are  

 

 

 

 

BrazilOnGuitar says: BP's first LP follows the heavily orchestrated sound of the fifties. Evident are influences of Django Reinhardt, one of his role models. BP plays jazz standards like Stella by Starlight and compositions like Na Baixa do Sapateiro, which would remain in his repertoire for the rest of his life. There is only one composition by BP himself: Samba Triste. On his second record there would be more of his compositions.

 

Um Violão na Madrugada (1961)

 

 

 

Raridade, com músicas do próprio Baden, Ed Lincoln, Jadir de Castro e outros.

Atenção à versão de Baden para "luz Negra, de Nelson Cavaquinho.

Baden Powell: violão
Monteiro de Souza e sua orquestraFaixas:
01. Do jeito que a gente quer (Ed Lincoln)
02. Minha palhoça (J. Cascata)
03. Fluido de saudade (Baden Powell/Vinicius de Moraes)
04. Luz negra (Irahy Barros/Nelson Cavaquinho)
05. Insônia (Baden Powell/Vinicius de Moraes)
06. Improviso em bossa nova (Baden Powell/Vinicius de Moraes)
07. Lição de baião (Jadir de Castro/D. Marechal)
08. Dona Baratinha (A. Rêgo/N. Ramalho)
09. Prelúdio ao coração (Baden Powell)
10. Luar de agosto (Nilo Queiroz/Baden Powell)
11. Dum… dum… dum… dum… (Luiz Bittencourt/Baden Powell)
12. Linda (Pixinguinha)

BrazilOnGuitar says: On the second LP there are heavily orchestrated arrangements in the style of the fifties, as well as pieces with smaller combos, something he would later prefer for long periods. Instead of jazz standards there are first solo pieces by BP, where his classical education can be heard. Compositions like Fluido de Saudade reminds of Francisco Tarrega.
In 1962 BP would record with big names of the jazz world: Herbie Mann and Jimmy Pratt.

Baden Powell à Vontade (1963)

Baden Powell à Vontade" é o quarto LP do violonista Baden Powell.

Lançado pelo selo Elenco no ano de 1963.

Baden Powell de Aquino nasceu no município de Varre-Sai, estado do Rio de Janeiro,

a 6 de agosto de 1937 e faleceu no Rio de Janeiro a 26 de setembro de 2000.

Foi um violonista e compositor brasileiro que se tornou muito conhecido quando,

 em parceria com Vinícius de Moraes, fez o disco "Os Afro-sambas".

Muitos o consideram um dos maiores violonistas de jazz desde o início da bossa nova. Tocava o violão de maneira que lhe era muito peculiar, graças a elementos de uma técnica clássica aliada

 a um suíngue e harmonia com características populares.

 

Garota de Ipanema - 3:04 - Tom Jobim - Vinicius de Moraes
Berimbau - 3:27 - Baden Powell - Vinicius de Moraes
O Astronauta - 2:28 - Baden Powell - Vinicius de Moraes
Consalação - 2:28 - Baden Powell - Vinicius de Moraes
Sorongaio - 5:32 - Pedro dos Santos
Samba do Avião - 3:09 - Tom Jobim
Saudade da Bahia - 2:24 - Dorival Caymmi
Candomblé - 4:37 - Baden Powell
Conversa de Poeta - 4:26 Moacyr Santos - Nilo Queiroz - Vinicius de Moraes
Samba Triste - 4:12 - Baden Powell - Billy Blanco

1963 - Baden Powell Swings With Jimmy Pratt

 

 

Excelente disco. Destaque pras interpretações das "Coisas" do Moacir Santos.

01 - Deve ser amor

02 - Coisa nº 1

03 - Rosa flor

04 - Tema nº 1

05 - Encontro com a saudade

06 - Manequim 46

07 - Samba de uma nota só

08 - Coisa nº 2

09 - Não é bem assim

10 - Cancão do amor sem fim
 

Baden Powell (git)
Jorge "Jorginho" Ferreira da Silva, Copinha (fl)
Moacir Santos (sax, vcl)
Sandoval (cl)
Sergio Barroso (b)
Jimmy Pratt (dr)
Rubem Bassini (perc)
unknown piano player  
 

 

BrazilOnGuitar says: With only 25 minutes runtime this first recording on the Elenco label is one of the shortest records by BP. It is a document of the second work with a North American jazz musician. Half of the compositions were done by BP, Jimmy Pratt being responsible for the production of the record.

 

1964 - O Mundo Musical de Baden Powell

 

 

01 - Deve ser amor (Baden Powell-Vinicius de Moraes)
02 - Choro para metronome (Baden Powell)
03 - Adágio (Giazotto-Albinoni)
04 - Berimbau (Baden Powell-Vinicius de Moraes)
05 - Samba em prelúdio (Baden Powell-Vinicius de Moraes)
06 - Chanson d'Hiver (Baden Powell)
07 - Samba triste (Baden Powell-Billy Blanco)
08 - Berceuse a Jussara (Baden Powell)
09 - Prelude (J.S.Bach)
10 - Euridice (Vinicius de Moraes)
11 - Bachiana (Villa-Lobos)
12 - Garota de Ipanema (Tom Jobim-Vinicius de Moraes)

Baden Powell - guitar
Alphonse Masselier - bass
Arthur Motta - drums
Silvio Silveira - percussion
Paul Mauriat and his orchestra
Francoise Waleh - vocal (5)

 

 

 

BrazilOnGuitar says: This first record for Barclay in 1964 is one of Baden´s most famous records in Europe. The sound of the original record was never the best. To much bad re-printings exist and circled around on vinyl and also on cd. The begin of a much better sound was the japanese cd release in 1999 and the new release in 2005 to the fifth anniversary of Badens passing. Both cds are ways to rediscover this album, which has a exotic mix of brazilian and european compositions. The new french cd is a digipack with a 10-page-booklet with three pictures. Missing is the orignal layout of the gatefoldcover as a time-document and the linernotes* by the producer from the another french pressing. The japanese edition (POCJ-2765) includes the complete cover, but not the linernotes. We can´t understand the choice of the pictures of 1970 and 1974 in the new cd-edition. Pictures of his second arrival in Paris would be better: a Brazilian carrying a musical world in his guitarcase.

 

1965 - Billy Nencioli Et Baden Powell

 

 

	Si Rien Ne Va Cet Hiver A Courchevel Quel Metier On Peut Me Dire Du Mal De Toi Mais Ne Rigole Pas Pour Toi Marie Un Vieux Refrain Jean Marie Juana Tiens Bonjour! La Derniere Fois Souviens-Toi Mon frere Mon Ami pierrot
Group:	Les Violons de Paris
Musicians:	Billy Nencioli (vcl) Baden Powell (git) Michel Gaudry (b) Hernandez (fl) Daniel Humair Molinetti (dr) Roger Guerin (trp) B. Garcia (t-sax) Ceret (perc) Les Violons de Paris (strings) Ivan Jullien (orchestra arrangement)
Label:	Barclay (France)
LP number:		80.263 S (french edtion 1965) BARLP-10.008 (brazilian edtion 1966)
CD number:		POCJ 2767 (May 1999, Japan)
Year of performance:		Studio Barclay-Hoche, Paris, 1965
Guitar Model:		Author 3 by luthier Reinaldo DiGiorgio
Description:		Hard to find as french LP.
Style:		Twelve French songs sung by Billy Nencioli, accompanied by BP.

BrazilOnGuitar says: In 1965 BP returned to Paris to record his second album for Barclay with the French singer Billy Nencioli. They composed twelve songs. The texts were written by Billy Nencioli, the music and arrangements were done by BP, who until 1965 gained a lot of experience in accompaning. Unmistakably he is accompaning Billy Nencioli in all songs. The style of the songs varies from dance songs to more complex jazz songs. We do not understand the lyrics, but this record has its charme and we enjoy listening to it. We did not find much information about Billy Nencioli himself, Charles Aznavour remembered him as […] a gentleman, a pacifist in the times of the Algerian war and a exceptional composer of songs, that came directly from the heart like "On lui a donné", "Ça m' regarde" , "Les poteaux", "Tante Amélie", "On ne trouve ça qu'à Paris" [...] . Billy Nencioli passed away at age 65 in 1998. We thank Robert G. (Germany) for his translation and Olaf (Netherlands) for the pictures of the brazilian edition.

 

 

 1966 - Ao Vivo no Teatro Santa Rosa

Elenco ME-30
Reissue 2009 on Biscoito Fino


1. Abertura (Berimbau)
- Choro para metronomo
2. Astronauta
3. Valsa de Euridice
4. Preludio em re menor
5. Berimbau
6. Consolacao
7. Lamento *
8. Samba de uma nota so
9. Tempo feliz **


Musicians: Baden Powell (git, vcl **)
Carlinhos (b)
Oscar Castro Neves (p)
Victor Manga (dr)
unknown strings and flute *
unknown chorus **

 

 

 

 I am really liking this Baden Powell live record! Kudos to the almost-indie label Biscoito Fino for bringing it back into circulation with the reissue, although I am not totally in love with the mastering job. The artwork is a little on the sparse side too for a full-price release, basically just reproducing the info on the original back cover. But its the music that counts and this is a wonderful and (until now) rather rare album to come across. Includes Baden playing some Bach (Prelúdio em Ré Menor) and also a tune Vinicius co-wrote with Pixinguinha (Lamento). The rest of the tunes are all compositions by Baden and/or Vinicius, a lot of 'afro-sambas.'

 

1966 - Baden / O Som de Baden Powell

 

 

Canto De Ossanha

Tristeza

Manha De Carnaval

Round About Midnight

Invencao Em 7 1/2

Canto De Xango

Percussao E Batuque

Lamento

Sarava

Das Rosas

 

 Baden Powell (git, agogo, surdo)
Copinha (fl)
Sergio Barroso (b)
Alfredo Bessa (atabaque, guica)
Amauri Coelho (pandeiro, atabaque)
Milton Banana (dr)

 

 BrazilOnGuitar says: Baden is an outtake album from the Tristeza on Guitar sessions in July 1966. They are alternative takes with slight variations e.g. in Das Rosas or Round Midnight and unused songs like Canto de Ossanha or Lamento, one title was named differently. They have a very different sound. The SABA recording sound have a stronger bass sound, probably according to the musical taste of producer Joachim E. Berendt. The sound of the Brazilian Elenco pressing sounds more intimate and personal, without the strong bass sound on all instruments.

Thus it is not a simple re-pressing of the famous SABA record, but shows a certain independence, reaching uniqueness. This is emphasised by using rare pictures, Baden Powell ether with Herbie Mann, who did not take part in the recording session, and a less typical PR picture showing Baden doing a chord spanning six frets.

Baden is a well-done outtake album, unfortunately the only in his discography. BOG recommends listening to both recordings, if possible the Japanese CD version of Tristeza on Guitar and the Baden-reissue from 2003 (whose tracklist is wrong, Sarava instead if Samba de Bencao, furthermore there is a graphical mistake in the front cover).

 

 

Barney Kessel (2)

1958 

To Swing or Not to Swing Vol 3

1. Begin The Blues

2. Lousiana

3. Happy Feeling

4. Embraceable You

5. Wail Street

6. Indiana

7. Moten

8. Midnight Sun

9. Contemporary Blues

10. Don't Blame Me

11. 12th Street Rag The answer to the world-class trivia question "Name the guitarist who played with Artie Shaw, Lester Young, Charlie Parker, and Chico Marx," Barney Kessel's unusual discography is testimony to his versatility and professionalism. Born in Muskogee, he followed in the professional footsteps of fellow Oklahoman Charlie Christian and evinced a similarly unswerving dedication to swing. Although his later recording frequently paired him with fellow guitarists Charlie Byrd and Herb Ellis, these 1955 West coast recordings showcase Kessel as both a soloist and leader in medium combos. A tribute to swing style music, To Swing or Not to Swing mixes Kessel originals with such standards of that era as "Indiana," "Moten Swing," "Louisiana," and "Embraceable You." On board are trumpeter Harry Edison, saxophonists Georgie Auld and Bill Perkins, drummer Shelly Manne, and pianist Jimmy Rowles. Among the album's most outstanding tracks are Kessel's own "Begin the Blues," and a dreamy reading of Lionel Hampton's "Midnight Sun." A real find for guitar fanatics and West coast jazz fans alike. --Fred Goodman

Art Van Damme (5)

1962 - A Perfect Match

1 Bye Bye Blackbird

2 In The Wee Small Hours Of The Morning

3 Tickle Toe

4 Gone With The Wind

5 Valse Hot

6  The Best Thing For You

7  Satan's Doll

8  Bluesy

9  Spring Is Here

10 Tangee

11 Poinciana

12  Nicollet Avenue Breakdown

1970 - Two Originals

1 Turnabout

2 Sunday Kind of Love

3 I Want to Be Happy

4 Tenderly

5 Gone With The Wind

6 Everything I've Got

7 Let Yourself Down

8 On Green Dolphine Street

9 I Saw Stars

10 Small World

11 It's Easy to Remember

12 The Man I Love

13 Blue Lou

14 It's a Blue World

15 My Kind A (Of) Love

16 Laura

17 Too Close for Comfort

18 When Your Love Has Gone

19  The Song Is You

20  The Things We Did Last Summer

21 Cheek To Cheek

22 On The Alamo

23 Ji

24 Dianem

1973 - Invitation (feat. The Singers Unlimited)

1 Spring Is Here

2 But Beautiful

3 We Could Be Flying

4 Violets for Your Furs

5 Invitation

6 Cherry

7 Ecstasy

8 Let There Be Love

9 My One And Only Love

10 Wave

2000 - State Of Art

1  Gone with the wind

2  When your lover has gone

3  I get a kick out of you

4  My little boat

5  Laura

6  All the things you are

7  Cheers

8  Wave

9  The song is you

10  Here's that rainy day

11  Poinciana

12  Fools rush in

13  Tenderly

14  I only have eyes for you

15  All of Me

16 - Diane

Art Blakey (6)

                                              1958 - Moanin

1 - Moanin'

2 - Moanin' (Alternate Take)

3 - Are You Real

4 - Along Came Betty

5 - The Drum Thunder (Miniature) Suite

6 - Blues March

7 - Come Rain Or Come Shine 

review
by Michael G. Nastos

Moanin' includes some of the greatest music Blakey produced in the studio with arguably his very best band. There are three tracks that are immortal and will always stand the test of time. The title selection is a pure tuneful melody stewed in a bluesy shuffle penned by pianist Bobby Timmons, while tenor saxophonist Benny Golson's classy, slowed "Along Came Betty" and the static, militaristic "Blues March" will always have a home in the repertoire of every student or professional jazz band. "Are You Real?" has the most subtle of melody lines, and "Drum Thunder Suite" has Blakey's quick blasting tom-tom-based rudiments reigning on high as the horns sigh, leading to hard bop. "Come Rain or Come Shine" is the piece that commands the most attention, a highly modified, lilting arrangement where the accompanying staggered, staccato rhythms contrast the light-hearted refrains. Certainly a complete and wholly satisfying album, Moanin' ranks with the very best of Blakey and what modern jazz offered in the late '50s and beyond.

Bobby Timmons : piano

Jymie Merritt : bass

Lee Morgan : Trumpet

Benny Golson : Sax (tenor)

Art Blakey : drums

1954 - A Night At Birland Volume I

1 Announcement by Pee Wee Marquette

2 Split Kick

3 Once in a While

4 Quicksilver

5 A Night in Tunisia

6 Mayreh

7 Wee-dot

8 Blues

Clifford Brown: trumpet

Lou Donaldson: sax (alto)

Horace Silver: piano

Curly Russell: bass

Art Blakey: drums

1954 - A Night At Birland Volume II

1 Wee-Dot

2 If I Had You

3 Quicksilver

4 Now's The Time

5 Confirmation

6  The Way You Look Tonight

7 Lou's Blues

1955 - At The Cafe Bohemia Volume I

1 Announcement by Art Blakey

2 Soft Winds

3 The Theme

4 Minor's Holiday

5 Alone Together

6 Prince Albert

7 Lady Bird

8 What's New

9 Deciphering the Message

Kenny Dorham: trumpet

Hank Mobbley: Sax (tenor)

Horace Silver: piano

 Doug Watkins: bass

Art Blakey: drums

 1955 - At The Cafe Bohemia Volume II

1 Announcement By Art Blakey

2 Sportin' Crowd

 3 Like Someone In Love

4 Yesterdays

5 Avila & Tequila

6 I Waited For You

7 Just One Of Those Things

8 Hank's Symphony

9 Gone With The Wind

Alice Coltrane

1958

A Monastic Trio

The CD reissue of Alice Coltrane's watershed first album after the death of her husband John has been repackaged -- and wonderfully remastered -- with an unreleased solo piano tune and two tracks from Cosmic Music added to the original album. In some cases a compendium wouldn't work, but all of it falls into place -- except for the solo "Altruvista" from 1967 at the end -- because of the chronological sequencing from January through June of 1968. There are three different sessions and two different bands at work on A Monastic Trio; the first is actually a quartet with Pharoah Sanders playing tenor, flute, and bass clarinet respectively on "Lord, Help Me to Be," "The Sun," and "Phnedaruth," with Jimmy Garrison on bass and Ben Riley on drums. The other five pieces are by a trio with Garrison and the fiery drummer Rashied Ali. Musically, the works here move from the deep bluesy modal structures that Alice Coltrane so loved in John's repertoire. Here she composes on the first three tunes for herself and Sanders. All of these works, with their deep Eastern tinges in the intervals juxtaposed against Western blues phrasing, are wondrously droning and emotional exercises. Sanders moves the music outside its frame of reference, adding his harmonic invention -- which is truly singular -- to Coltrane's blues-making, creating music that feels, anyway, as if it is somehow eternal. The five tracks with Ali and Garrison are more rooted in traditional soul-jazz and gospel themes, and made somehow exotic by the use of bells and Ali's underhanded, fluidly rolling drumming. Garrison could punch up any blues line and make it sing, and he does, especially on "Gospel Trane" and "Oceanic Beloved." "Altruvista" is an odd piece of improvisation based on whole-tone scales. It's quite beautiful and flows without a hint of forced emotion or mechanical intrusion. Really, it's a long cadenza, teetering on the edge of an abyss that thankfully never swallows it, and the perfect closer for an already fine album.

1 Lord, Help Me to Be

2 The Sun

3 Ohnedaruth

4 Gospel Trane

5 I Want to See You

6 Lovely Sky Boat

7 Oceanic Beloved

8 Atomic Peace

9 Altruvista

Pharoah Sanders: clarinet (bass), sax (tenor)

Jimmy Garrison: bass

Ben Riley: drums

John Coltrane: vocals

Rashied Ali: drums

Alice Coltrane: organ, harp, piano

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Albert Ayler (6)

Albert Ayler 1963 - My Name Is Albert Ayler

01 - Introduction by Albert Ayler

02 - Bye bye blackbird

03 - Billie's bounce

04 - Summertime

05 - On green dolphin street

06 - C.T.

Albert Ayler 1964 - Spiritual Unity

01-Ghosts_ First Version

02-The Wizard

03-Spirits

04-Ghosts_ Second Version

Albert Ayler 1964 - Witches and Devils

01 - Witches and Devils

02 - Spirits

03 - Holy, Holy

04 - Saints

Albert Ayler 1966 - Spirits Rejoice

01 - Spirits Rejoice

02 - Holy Family

03 - D.C

04 - Angels

05 - Prophet

Albert Ayler 1966 - Truth Is Marching In

(01) Truth Is Marching In

(02) Our Prayer

Albert Ayler 1968 - New Grass

1 New Grass

2 New Generation

3 Sun Watcher

4 New Gho

5 Heart Lovests

6 Everybody's Movin'

7 Free At Last