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

Airto Moreira (8)

Airto Moreira 1970 - Natural Feelings

01 - Alue
02 - Xibaba (She-Ba-Ba)
03 - Terror
04 - Bebe
05 - Andei
06 - Mixing
07 - The Tunnel
08 - Frevo
09 - Liamba

Airto Moreira 1971 - Seeds On The Ground

01 - Andei

02 - O Sonho

03 - Uri

04 - Papo Furado

05 - Juntos

06 - O Galho Da Roseira

07 - O Galho da Roseira (Part II)

Airto Moreira 1972 - Fingers

01 - Fingers

02 - Romance Of Death

03 - Merry-Go-Round

04 - Wind Chant

05 - Parana

06 - San Francisco River

07 - Tombo In 7-4

Airto Moreira 1972 - Free

01 - Return To Forever

02 - Flora's Song

03 - Free

04 - Lucky Southern

05 - Creek (Arroio)

Airto Moreira 1974 - Virgin Land

01 - Stanley's Tune

02 - Musikana

03 - Virgin Land

04 - Peasant Dance

05 - Lydian Riff

06 - Hot Sand

07 - I Don't Have To Do What I Don't Want To D

Airto Moreira 1975 - Identity

01 - The Magicians (Bruxos)

02 - Tales From Home (Lendas)

03 - Identity

04 - Encounter (Encontro No Bar)

05 - Wake Up Song (Baião Do Acordar)

06 - Mãe Cambina

07 - Flora On My Mind

Airto Moreira 1976 - Promises Of The Sun

01- Batucada

02 - Zuei

03 - Promises Of The Sun

04 - Candango

05 - Circo Marimbondo

06 - La De Casa

07 - Ruas Do Recife

08 - Georgiana

Airto Moreira 1977 - I'm Fine, How Are You

01 - I'm Fine How Are You

02 - Meni Devol

03 - La Tumbadora

04 - The Happy People

05 - The Road Is Hard

06 - La Cumbia De Andrés

07 - Celebration Suite

08 - Nativity

Ahmad Jamal (2)

Ahmad Jamal 1958 - Ahmad's Blues

                                                                 1 Ahmad's Blues

2 It Could Happen To You

3 I Wish I Knew

4 Autumn Leaves

5 Stompin' At The Savoy

6 Cheek To Cheek

7 The Girl Next Door

8 Secret Love

9 Squatty Roo

10 Taboo

11 Autumn In New York

12 A Gal In Calico

13 That's All

14 Should I?

15 Seleritus

16 Let's Fall In Love

 

Andre Previn (7)

Andre Previn - By Request 1951

Side A

01. Bewitched, bothered and bewildered

02. I'm old fashioned

03. Who cares

Side B

01. Who

02. You're the top

03. Anything goes

By request
Andre Previn
RCA Victor LPM 36
1951

Andre Previn 1957 - Pal Joey

01 - I Could Write a Book

  02 - That Terrific Rainbow

                          03 - Bewitched, Bothered and Bewildered

04 - Take Him

05 - Zip

06 - It's a Great Big Town

07 - What Is a Man

08 - I'm Talkin' with My Pal

09 - Do It the Hard Way

For this CD reissue, pianist André Previn, bassist Red Mitchell and drummer Shelly Manne perform eight songs that debuted in the show Pal Joey. Best known is "I Could Write a Book," which quickly became a standard, but the other, more obscure songs such as "Take Him," "Zip" and "Do It the Hard Way" are also generally good devices for jazz improvising. An enjoyable set of

 straight-ahead trio music.

Andre Previn 1958 - Gigi

André Previn's ten records for Contemporary during 1957-1960 were among the finest jazz recordings of his career. Several of the albums were jazz interpretations of scores from Broadway shows although, ironically, the best-known one, My Fair Lady, came out under drummer Shelly Manne's name. For this particular CD reissue, Previn, Manne, and bassist Red Mitchell perform eight songs from the Lerner & Loewe show Gigi. Previn had won an Oscar for his adaptation of the score, so he knew this music quite well. Best known among the songs are "I Remember It Well" and "Thank Heaven for Little Girls," but the trio also uplifts and swings the other lesser-known tunes.

1958 Andre Previn and his Pals (Shelly Manne & Red Mitchell) Gigi
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Andre Previn (p)
Red Mitchell (b)
Shelly Manne (d)
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1. The Parisians
2. I Remember It Well
3. A Toujours
4. It's A Bore
5. Aunt Alicia's March
6. Thank Heaven For Little Girls
7. Gigi
8. She Is Not Thinking Of Me

Andre Previn - Plays Songs by Vernon Duke

1958

A measure of how respected Andre Previn has long been in many musical fields is that this set of unaccompanied jazz piano solos has liner notes by the composer of the ten songs, Vernon Duke. Previn alternates well-known Duke pieces such as "Autumn In New York," "Taking a Chance on Love," "What Is There to Say," and "I Can't Get Started" with a few obscure numbers including "The Love I Long For," "Ages Ago" and "I Like the Likes of You." This CD reissue finds Previn at the peak of his jazz powers, displaying an original yet accessible style that falls between swing and bop. Recommended.

Andre Previn 1960 - Like Previn

This trio set for Contemporary (reissued on CD in the OJC series) differs from other Andre Previn sessions in that all eight of the selections were composed by the pianist. With fine assistance from bassist Red Mitchell and drummer Frankie Capp, Previn is in consistently swinging form on his originals and, even if none of the songs caught on, they make for a solid and varied set of bop-oriented music.

1. "Rosie Red" - 4:38
2. "If I Should Find You" - 4:23
3. "Sad Eyes" - 5:35
4. "Saturday" - 6:26
5. "Tricycle" - 6:05
6. "I'm Mina Mood" - 8:25
7. "No Words for Dory" - 3:29
8. "Three's Company" - 5:38

Andre Previn 1957 - Double Play!

 

1. "Take Me Out to the Ball Game" - 3:04
2. "Who's on First?" (Previn) - 3:37
3. "Called on Account of Rain" (Previn) - 5:11
4. "In the Cellar Blues" (Previn/Freeman) - 5:01
5. "Batter Up" (Freeman) - 3:58
6. "Double Play" (Freeman) - 4:58
7. "Safe at Home" (Freeman) - 6:03
8. "Fungo" (Freeman) - 5:42
9. "Strike Out the Band" (Previn) - 4:12

Track 1-5 recorded on April 30, 1957; tracks 6-9 on May 11, 1957

Al Caiola (6)

Al Caiola - Golden Guitar - LP Digital noise cleaning and remastered, at Audio Design Studio 2010.

An album what was ruined with the much hush on a special manner.
The disk because of that after all worthy to save, because many pleasant melodies are audible from him.

01 - Ramblin' Rose
02 - Swingin' Safari
03 - I Can't Stop Lovin' You
04 - A Taste Of Honey
05 - Theme From 'Dr Kildare'
06 - On The Merry Go Round
07 - Roses Are Red
08 - Baby Elephant Walk
09 - Theme From 'A Summer Place'
10 - Your Cheatin' Heart
11 - You Don't Know Me

Al Caiola - Solid Gold Guitar Goes Hawaiian LP Digital noise cleaning and remastered, at Audio Design Studio

An album what was ruined with the much hush on a special manner.
The disk because of that after all worthy to save, because many pleasant melodies are audible from him.

01 - Blue Hawaii
02 - Hawaiian Wedding Song
03 - Song Of Old Hawaii
04 - Sugar Island
05 - On The Beach At Waikiki
06 - Hawaiian Tattoo
07 - Sweet Leilani
08 - To You Sweetheart Aloha
09 - Drifting And Dreaming
10 - Aloha My Tani
11 - Hawaiian War Chant
12 - Aloha Oe

Al Caiola - Tuff Guitar Tijuana Style LP Digital transfer, noise cleaning and remastered, at Audio Design Studio

01 - El Flicko
02 - The Shadow Of Your Smile
03 - Never On A Sunday
04 - Spanish Harlem
05 - Cuando Calienta El Sol
06 - Thunderball
07 - South Of The Border
08 - Corcovado
09 - Fascination
10 - Baubles, Bangles and Beads
11 - Morgen
12 - Pablo

 

Al Caiola - Ciao LP Digital transfer, noise cleaning and remastered, at Audio Design Studio

01 - Quando Quando Quando
02 - You're Breaking My Heart
03 - Guitango
04 - Summertime In Venice
05 - Na Voce Na Chitarra E'o Poco, 'E Luna
06 - Al Di La
07 - Ciao
08 - Love Theme From 'La Strada'
09 - Serenade In The Night
10 - Pretend You Don't See Her
11 - This World We Love In
12 - Tango Italiano

Al Caiola - Caiola Guitar Deluxe LP 1967 - Digital Noise Cleaning, and remastered at Audio Design Studio 2010.

01 Two Guitars
02 Katusha
03 Guitar Boogie
04 Something Stupid
05 Mas Que Nada
06 A Man And A Woman
07 Flamingo
08 The Magnificent Seven
09 The World Is Waiting For The Sunrise
10 Rhythm Of The Rain
11 Cuando Calienta El Sol
12 Strangers In The Night
13 Stranger On The Shore
14 A Taste Of Honey

 

Al Caiola - Warm & Mellow LP

 

Al Caiola - Warm & Mellow - 1967
United Artists' UnArt # 21003
Produced By Al Caiola & Leroy Holmes


Side One

101 Watermelon Man
102 Temptation
103 I Can't Stop Loving You
104 Feliz Brailia (Happy Brasilia)
105 I Can't Give You Anything But Love Baby

Side Two

201 Be Mine Tonight
202 All Of Me
203 Sugar Island
204 Alley Cat
205 Under A Blanket Of Blue

Al Caiola - Golden Hit Instrumentals LP Digital noise cleaning and remastered, at Audio Design Studio 2011.

 

01 - Bonanza
02 - Apache
03 - Ja Da
04 - Wheels
05 - Ram-Bunk-Shus
06 - Pepe
07 - Calcutta
08 - Wonderland By Night
09 - Hearts Of Stone
10 - Bounty Hunter
11 - Asia Minor
12 - Honky Tonk

Ada Moore (2)

ADA MOORE - JAZZ WORKSHOP (1956)

01. The Man I Love
02. The Man I Love (Take 2)
03. Something To Live For
04. You Came A Long Way From St. Louis
05. You Came A Long Way From St. Louis (Take 2)
06. The Devil Is A Woman
07. The Devil Is A Woman (Take 1)
08. Lass From The Low Country
09. Lass From The Low Country (Take 2)
10. Strange Fascination
11. Summertime

Ada Moore with Tal Farlow and John La Porta

Ada Moore, Jimmy Rushing & Buck Clayton - CATS MEETS CHICK: A STORY OF JAZZ

1. Any Place I Hang My Hat Is Home
2. Pretty Little Baby
3. I've Got A Feeling I'm Falling
4. If I Could Be With You
5. Ain't She Sweet
6. Any Place I Hang My Hat Is Home
7. You're My Thrill
8. Between The Devil And The Deep Blue Sea
9. Gee, Baby, Ain't I Good To You
10. Cool Breeze, Woman
11. I Can't Give You Anything But Love
12. The Blues
13. Any Place I Hang My Hat Is Home/After You've Gone

As the common format for LPs became 12" rather than 10" in the mid-'50s, record companies and artists struggled to come up with ideas for sustained musical performances lasting 30 to 45 minutes. In 1955, Columbia Records producer Irving Townsend put together a selection of pop songs with the singers Felicia Sanders, Peggy King, and Jerry Vale to come up with Girl Meets Boy, and he had a similar concept in the jazz realm for Cat Meets Chick. Borrowing Jimmy Rushing from Vanguard Records and hiring young Ada Moore, who had recently made her Broadway debut in the musical House of Flowers, he put them in front of an orchestra led by Buck Clayton and had them perform a series of songs in which the story line was that Clayton (through the medium of his trumpet) and Rushing were vying for Moore's attention. For example, Moore would say, "Buck, if I choose you, what are you gonna give me?," which would be a cue for Clayton to launch into "I Can't Give You Anything But Love." "Nothin' but love?" Moore would say, "Uh-huh, you got the wrong girl," after which Clayton would play "The Blues." The concept, of course, was just an excuse to have Rushing and Moore sing a bunch of old favorites before Clayton's band, and that was fine, especially because Moore, sporting a Sarah Vaughan-like alto, held her own against the great blues shouter. Of course, the ruling presence, even in his absence, was Count Basie, who had previously employed both Rushing and Clayton for extended periods. The music had much of the verve and swing of the Basie band, even without the leader being on the date. The story might be silly, but the music was not.

Albert Ammons (3)

Albert Ammons - 1936-39

01 - Nagasaki (Dixon, Warren)
02 - Boogie Woogie Stomp (Ammons)
03 - Early Mornin' Blues (Ammons)
04 - Mile-Or-Mo-Bird Rag (Ammons)
05 - Shout for Joy (Ammons)
06 - Boogie Woogie Stomp (Ammons)
07 - Chicago in Mind (Ammons)
08 - Suitcase Blues (Ammons, Thomas)
09 - Boogie Woogie Blues (Ammons)
10 - Untitled Ammons Original (Ammons)
11 - Bass Goin' Crazy (Ammons)
12 - Backwater Blues (Smith)
13 - Changes in Boogie Woogie (Ammons)
14 - Easy Rider Blues (Traditional)
15 - Woo-Woo (James)
16 - Jesse (James)
17 - Weary Land Blues (Improvisation) (Ammons)
18 - Port of Harlem Blues (Improvisation) (Ammons)
19 - Mighty Blues (Improvisation) (Ammons)
20 - Rocking the Blues (Improvisation) (Ammons)

This compilation presents selections from the last several recording sessions (mostly for Decca) of bandleader Andy Kirk. 1943-1949 opens with three late 1943 songs from Andy Kirk and His Clouds of Joy, which included trumpeters Fats Navarro and Howard McGhee, tenor saxophonist Jimmy Forrest, and vocalist June Richmond. Next comes "Hippy-Dippy," one of the few surviving songs from the only visit Kirk's band made to the studios in 1944. This number is followed by two very popular sellers, "Get Together With the Lord" and "I Know," representing the 1945 period of Andy Kirk and His Orchestra (this time including Eddie "Lockjaw" Davis) and featuring vocals by the Jubalaires, who return to sing on the 1946 recordings of "I Don't Know What I'd Do Without You" and "I'm So Lonesome I Could Cry." Other vocalists heard on 1943-1949 include Bea Booze, the Four Knights, Joe Williams, and Kenny White.

Review by Joslyn Layne, All Music Guide

Albert Ammons - 1939-46

 01 - St. Louis Blues (Handy)
02 - Mecca Flat Blues (Traditional)
03 - Bass Goin' Crazy (Ammons)
04 - Monday Struggle (Ammons)
05 - Boogie Woogie (Ammons)
06 - Albert's Special Boogie Woogie (Ammons)
07 - The Boogie Rocks (Ammons)
08 - Blues on My Mind (Ammons)
09 - Bugle Boogie (Ammons)
10 - Blues in the Groove (Ammons)
11 - The Breaks (Ammons)
12 - Jammin' the Boogie (Ammons)
13 - Bottom Blues (Ammons)
14 - Bedroom Blues (Thomas, Wallace)
15 - Buzz Me (Baxter, Moore)
16 - Doin' the Boogie Woogie (Young)
17 - Oh, Lady Be Good (Gershwin, Gershwin)
18 - Suitcase Blues (Ammons, Thomas)
19 - Boogie Woogie at the Civic Opera (Ammons)
20 - Swanee River Boogie (Foster)
21 - Why I'm Leaving You (Traditional)
22 - I Don't Want to See You (Cooley)
23 - Red Sails in the Sunset (Kennedy, Williams)

 This CD offers three distinct periods in the development of boogie-woogie pianist Albert Ammons. Kicking off with solo tracks recorded in 1939 and 1944 for the Solo-Art and Commodore labels, the next batch follows him into a small-band format with Hop Lips Page practically stealing the show in his demonstrative style. The final ten selections emanate from Chicago sessions for Mercury -- again with a small group -- featuring vocals from Sippie Wallace and Mildred Anderson. Ammons was a giant in his chosen field of endeavor, and these sides make a marvelous addition to his too-short discography.Review by Cub Koda, All Music Guide

Albert Ammons - The Boogie Woogie Man

01- Nagasaki
02- Boogie Woogie Stomp
03- Early Morning Blues
04- Boogie Woogie Prayer - Part 1
05- Boogie Woogie Prayer - Part 2
06- Shout for Joy
07- Chicago in Mind
08- Bass Goin' Crazy
09- Barrel House Boogie
10- Boogie Woogie Man
11- Walkin' the Boogie
12- 6th Avenue Express
13- Pine Creek Boogie
14- Foot Pedal Boogie
15- Movin' the Boogie
16- Swanne River Boogie