Archive for April, 2008

Lenny Kravitz “It Is Time For A Love Revolution” (2008)

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Lenny Kravitz

We often listen everyware: “Lady” by Lenny Kravitz, “Again” by Lenny Kravitz, “Fly Away” Lenny Kravitz…
So now we are listen new 2008 album “It Is Time For A Love Revolution”
“Rolling Stone” magazine called this Lennie Kravitz album - the best of his works!

1. Love Revolution (3:14)
2. Bring It On (3:35)
3. Good Morning (4:17)
4. Love Love Love (3:21)
5. If You Want It (5:08)
6. I’ll Be Waiting (4:19)
7. Will You Marry Me (3:43)
8. I Love The Rain (4:43)
9. A Long And Sad Goodbye (5:58)
10. Dancin’ Til Dawn (5:09)
11. This Moment Is All There Is (5:07)
12. A New Door (4:38)
13. Back In Vietnam (3:45)
14. I Want To Go Home (5:06)
15. Uncharted Terrain (4:28)
16. Confused (6:47)

Popularity: 82% [?]

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Al Jarreau “Love Songs” (2008)

Al Jarreau

Al Jarreau’s voice is a super-class music instrument that’s been making marvelous music for over four decades. A seven-time Grammy Award winner, he is the only vocalist in history to win in three separate categories: jazz, pop, and R&B.  Now, he can help you make it - together with your sweetheart - with his first ever compilation of music celebrating romance, Al Jarreau “Love Songs” album. Featuring 14 soulful songs spanning 3 decades - all culled from his definitive Warner Bros. years - the album’s smooth flow proves just how fluent this talanted mucisian is in the language of the heart.

1. We’re In This Love Together
2. Teach Me Tonight
3. So Good
4. After All
5. Wait For The Magic
6. Your Song
7. Heaven And Earth
8. Through It All
9. Let It Rain
10. Not Like This
11. Brite N’ Sunny Babe
12. Secrets Of Love
13. My Foolish Heart
14. Goodhands Tonight

Popularity: 78% [?]

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Eric Dolphy “Illinois Concert” (1963)

Eric Dolphy

Eric Dolphy - alto saxophone, flute, bass clarinet
Eddie Khan - bass
J.C. Moses - drums

The history of this performance is interesting. In March, 1963 at university of state of Illinois passed festival of the modern arts and as an example, besides other executors, the opportunity has been given, to act to the representative new improvisation jazz styles “the new things ” - Eric Dolphy quartet.His name was already put on one side with such coryphaeuses as Ornette Coleman, Cecil Taylor both its closest friend and adherent John Coltrane. And not sickly, an example have resulted to students that evening! The impression of listening enormous, constantly is present some excitement as which it is possible to feel, only being present on an alive concert. Sounding simply bewitches a bass of clarnet Eric - fans of a qualitative sound is for you! Some constraint which is present on first two compositions, disappears and begins flight four together. And 22 years old Hancock!? Be sure in opinion once again, that with talent it is necessary to be born and then it to develop, as a zero increase though on one million the same will turn out. The power of this performance brings down from legs - absolutely free improvisation, a bewitching clarnet, masterly passages of a piano - all this attributes of great masters. Ingeniously. Record of a concert was carried out by efforts of a student’s radio receiving station and has been spoiled and lost down to the middle 70 - х years. Glory to the great archeologist and reanimaed Michael Cuscuna! Owing to it, in 1996 to this ingenious concert millions for the first time could hear. Death Eric Dolphy at so young age (36) is ridiculous - it is possible guess only what sides of talent could to open its tremendous feeling of freedom. For certain it the same as John Coltrane would play “Rise”. The strongest impressions of listening - the magnetic tape “walks” on a head casting memoirs on pleasant analog. Disappointment - the university breast stroke has come “to help” with two last compositions.

  • 1. Softly As In A Morning Sunrise
  • 2. Something Sweet, Something Tender
  • 3. God Bless The Child
  • 4. South Street Exit
  • 5. Iron Man
  • 6. Red Planet
  • 7. G.W.

Popularity: 86% [?]

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My Weekly Top 5 Of 7-12 of april 2008

  • 1) Lee Konitz, Michel Petrucciani “Toot Sweet” (1982) - This meeting between the veteran alto saxophonist Lee Konitz and the young 19 years old pianist Michel Petrucciani is a success on all counts
  • 2) Ray Draper Quintet “Tuba Sounds” (1957) - virtuozzo on unusual jazz solo instrument - tuba
  • 3) Eric Dolphy “Illinois Concert” (1963) - rare live album
  • 4) Al Jarreau “Love Songs” (2008)- revew soon
  • 5) Katzen Kapell “Si Tu Veux” (2007)

Popularity: 78% [?]

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Ernie Watts Quartet “Analog Man” (2007)

WINNER OF THE 2007 INDEPENDENT MUSIC AWARD FOR BEST JAZZ ALBUM

Analog Man Cover

Here the history based on real events which was thought up by admirers of his creativity and it is simple its adorers. During far far times, the microphone was not necessary to jazz trumpet players. Sounds of music were so pure and shrill, that they filled with themselves all space of ballrooms and clubs without the help of everyone electronics - so was musicians like Ben Webster and Chuck Berry. Ernie Watts continues this legend. Only few musicians are reputed so many-sided and expressed as the musician as outstanding saxophonist Ernie Watts. Being the blossoming a creative power American jazzman has begun the triumphal ocurrence in the world of the big music twenty years’, having managed at so young age to make the way in an orchestra most Buddy Rich. For more than 30-years career Ernie Watts has records 12 albums, became the owner of the highest award in the field of music, Grammy twice. Cocker, James Brown, Houston, McCartney’s, Rollin Stones band -
all of them considered it as honour to work with the most dear saxophonist post-coltrain period. In 1981 under Mick Jagger invitation Ernie Watts has joined tour of group across the USA, and also has taken part in Rolling Stone’s legendary film “Let’s Spend the Night Together”.
Absolute authority above the sax: no empty note, no rash phrase; ability to introduce a power saturation and passion (in a combination to good taste) in any piece of music. “What music would i play, it is not important on a stage or in studio, in loneliness or for spectators when I would not take a saxophone in hands, music for me always is in the foreground. For me the most important to play, because I trust, what exactly during such moments music is a song of the god which sounds through me in this world “

Ernie Watts experimented with electronic instruments in the ‘70s, went straight back to acoustic ones, and has stayed there. If all the power went off at an Ernie Watts Quartet concert, they could keep right on playing, and the audience would know that the most valuable kind of electricity was still being produced.

  • 1. Analog Man
  • 2. Elements
  • 3. Paseando
  • 4. Clinton Parkview
  • 5. Company
  • 6. Joshua
  • 7. A Lilac Grows
  • 8. Gee Baby
  • 9. Morning Prayer

This type of electricity comes from a group of committed jazz musicians who have played together for years, have personal as well as musical connections, and unite as one in performance. As Ernie says, “We become music.”

Musicians

  • Ernie Watts - Saxophones
  • Christof Saenger - Piano
  • Rudi Engel - Bass
  • Heinrich Koebberling - Drums

Popularity: 87% [?]

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