DAKOTA STATON — Dakota at Storyville (1962-1991) FLAC (tracks+.cue), lossless

This album features singer Dakota Staton at her best. Recorded live at Boston's Storyville, Staton sounds quite inspired on such numbers as "Is You Is or Is You Ain't My Baby," "Saturday Night Is the Loneliest Night of the Week," "When I Grow Too Old to Dream" (which spontaneously becomes a crowd singalong), "Mean and Evil Blues," and "Don't Get Around Much Anymore." Other than pianist Norman Simmons, the accompanying quartet is unidentified, but the man on tenor, flute, and (on "Music, Maestro, Please") oboe is obviously Yusef Lateef. An underrated gem. Scott Yanow
Tracklist :
1     Is You Is or Is You Ain't My Baby? 2:59
Bill Austin / Louis Jordan    
2     This Is the Beginning of the End 2:34
Mack Gordon
3     Saturday Night (Is the Loneliest Night of the Week) 2:08
Sammy Cahn / Jule Styne
4     The Show Must Go On 2:47
Alfred / Frisch
5     When I Grow Too Old to Dream 3:43
Oscar Hammerstein II / Sigmund Romberg
6     Mean and Evil Blues 2:47  
Claude De Metrius    
7     Don't Get Around Much Anymore 2:07
Hank Crawford / Duke Ellington / Bob Russell
8     It's the Talk of the Town 4:02
Jerry Livingston / Al J. Neiburg / Marty Symes
9     Easy to Love 1:55
Cole Porter
10     Music, Maestro, Please! 2:39     
Allie Wrubel / Herb Magidson
11     Play Your Hands, Girls 2:56     
Dakota Staton
Credits :
Accompanied By – Norman Simmons Quartet
Vocals – Dakota Staton

LENA HORNE with HARRY BELAFONTE and RICARDO MONTALBAN — Jamaica + Porgy and Bess (2003) 2CD | FLAC (tracks+.cue), lossless

Actually the cast recording from Lena Horne's triumphant Broadway debut, Jamaica first appeared in 1958; it includes music from Harold Arlen and performances from Ricardo Montelban, Josephine Premice, and Ossie Davis. Porgy and Bess was released the following year; it pairs Horne with Harry Belafonte in a series of duets from the Gershwin musical. Both albums are available as a double-CD set from Collectables. Wade Kergan                                              All Tracks & Credits :

TERESA BREWER — Live At Carnegie Hall & Montreaux, Switzerland (2001) FLAC (tracks+.cue), lossless

Two previously unissued live concerts from 1978 and 1983 find Teresa in rare form, singing and swinging in front of big bands simply top-heavy with great players. Kicking off with a duet with Dizzy Gillespie on "It Don't Mean a Thing" (where Dizzy plays a Jew's harp funkier than any electronic gizmo you can think of), Brewer puts the torch to tunes like "After You've Gone," "St. Louis Blues," and a smoky medley of "It Had to Be You" and "I've Got a Crush on You." The Montreux set repeats many of the same tunes, but with Clark Terry in the fold, Teresa is recharged, and the different interpretations make for very interesting comparisons. Anyone who wants to file Brewer in the "pop singer" category only needs to hear her sink her formidable chops into this material with a hot band kicking behind her. Cub Koda

Tracklist :
1    It Don't Mean A Thing (If It Ain't Got That Swing)    3:54
Duke Ellington / Irving Mills
2    Breakin' Up Is Hard To Do    3:32
Howard Greenfield / Neil Sedaka
3    St. Louis Blues    3:14
W.C. Handy
4    After You've Gone    4:12
Henry Creamer / Turner Layton
5    Medley: It Had To Be You / I've Got A Crush On You    4:07
George Gershwin / Ira Gershwin / Isham Jones / Gus Kahn
6    Romance In The Dark    3:49
Lillian "Lil" Green
7    Mood Indigo    4:53
Barney Bigard / Duke Ellington / Irving Mills
8    Some Songs    3:52
Dennis Linde
9    That's When The Music Takes Me    3:20
Neil Sedaka
10    Medley: I Ain't Got Nobody / Baby Won't You Please Come Home    5:29
Roger Graham / Charles Warfield / Clarence Williams / Spencer Williams
11    Fats Waller Medley: We Love You Fats / Ain't Misbehavin' / Find Out What They Like / The Joint Is Jumpin'    6:22
Teresa Brewer / Harry Brooks / J.C. Johnson / Frank Owens / Andy Razaf / Bob Thiele / Fats Waller
12    Come On And Drive Me Crazy    3:30
Teresa Brewer
13    It Don't Mean A Thing (If It Ain't Got That Swing)    4:01
Duke Ellington / Irving Mills
14    Mood Indigo    4:27
Barney Bigard / Duke Ellington / Irving Mills
15    St. Louis Blues    3:34
W.C. Handy
16    New Orleans    5:47
Frank Guida
Personnel Includes :
Teresa Brewer - Vocals
Dizzy Gillespie - Vocals, Jews Harp
Cootie Williams, Clark Terry - Trumpet
Bucky Pizzarelli - Acoustic Guitar
Hiram Bullock - Electric Guitar
Derek Smith, Patrick Coil - Piano

THE ART VAN DAMME QUINTET — The Van Damme Sound + Martini Time (1998) FLAC (image+.cue), lossless

In 1998, Collectables released Van Damme Sound/Martini Time, which contained two complete albums -- Van Damme Sound (originally released in the '50s by Columbia) and Martini Time (1953, also originally released on Columbia) -- by Art Van Damme on one compact disc. Tracklist & Credits

ROLAND KIRK - Left & Right (1969-2002) FLAC (tracks+.cue), lossless

The title of this album, Left and Right, no doubt refers to the sides of Rahsaan Roland Kirk's brain, which were both heavily taxed in the composing, arranging, conducting, and playing of this recording. For starters, the band is huge -- 17 players plus a 16-piece string section, all of it arranged and conducted by Kirk, a blind man. None of this would matter a damn if this weren't such a badass platter. Along with Kirk's usual crew of Ron Burton, Julius Watkins, Dick Griffin, Jimmy Hopps, and Gerald Brown, there are luminaries in the crowd including Alice Coltrane on harp, Pepper Adams on baritone saxophone, and no less than Roy Haynes helping out on the skins. What it all means is this: The man who surprised and outraged everybody on the scene -- as well as blew most away -- was at it again here in "Expansions," his wildly ambitious and swinging post-Coltrane suite, which has "Black Mystery Has Been Revealed" as its prelude. While there are other tracks on this record, this suite is its centerpiece and masterpiece -- despite killer readings of Billy Strayhorn's "A Flower Is a Lovesome Thing" and "Quintessence." "Expansions" has Kirk putting his entire harmonic range on display, and all of the timbral extensions he used in his own playing are charted for a string section to articulate. There are subtleties, of course, which come off as merely tonal variations in extant harmony with the other instruments, but when they are juxtaposed against a portrayal of the entire history of jazz -- from Jelly Roll Morton to the present day -- then they become something else: the storytellers, the timbres, and the chromatic extensions that point in the right direction and get listeners to stop in the right places. This is an extreme for Rahsaan -- extremely brilliant and thoroughly accessible.
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Tracklist :
1    Black Mystery Has Been Revealed 1:16
Written-By – Roland Kirk
2    Expansions: (A) Kirkquest, (B) Kingus Mingus, (C) Celestialness, (D) A Dream Of Beauty Reincarnated, (E) Frisco Vibrations, (F) Classical Jazzical, (G) Ellington Psalms, (H) Haynes' Brain's Sayin's, (I) What's Next-Overture 19:35
Written-By – Roland Kirk
3    Lady's Blues 3:44
Written-By – Roland Kirk
4    IX Love 3:38          
Written-By – Charles Mingus
5    Hot Cha 3:21
Written-By – Willie Woods
6    Quintessence 4:10
Written-By – Quincy Jones
7    I Waited For You 2:52
Written-By – Dizzy Gillespie, Gil Fuller
8    A Flower Is A Lovesome Thing 3:56
Written-By – Billy Strayhorn
Credits :
Arranged By [String Section] – Gilbert Fuller (pistas: 3 to 8)
Baritone Saxophone – Pepper Adams (pistas: 2)
Bass – Vernon Martin (pistas: 2 to 8)
Bass Trombone – Benny Powell (pistas: 2)
Bassoon – Daniel Jones (pistas: 2)
Celesta, Thumb Piano, Instruments [Small Instruments] – Roland Kirk (pistas: 2)
Clarinet, Organ, Narrator – Roland Kirk (pistas: 1)
Drums – Jimmy Hopps (pistas: 2), Roy Haynes (pistas: 3 to 8)
Flute – Roland Kirk (pistas: 2, 3)
French Horn – James Buffington (pistas: 3 to 8), Julius Watkins (pistas: 3 to 8)
Harp – Alice Coltrane (pistas: 2)
Horns [Manzello] – Roland Kirk (pistas: 2, 5, 6)
Horns [Stritch] – Roland Kirk (pistas: 2, 8)
Percussion – Gerald Brown (pistas: 2), Warren Smith (pistas: 2 to 8)
Piano – Ron Burton (pistas: 2 to 8)
Strings – Alfred Brown (pistas: 1, 3 to 8), Anthony Sophos (pistas: 1, 3 to 8), Charles McCracken (pistas: 1, 3 to 8), Gene Orloff (pistas: 1, 3 to 8), George Ockner (pistas: 1, 3 to 8), Harold Furmansky (pistas: 1, 3 to 8), James Buffington* (pistas: 1, 3 to 8), Joseph Malignaggi (pistas: 1, 3 to 8), Julien Barber (pistas: 1, 3 to 8), Leo Kruczek (pistas: 1, 3 to 8), Matthew Raimondi (pistas: 1, 3 to 8), Noel Dacosta (pistas: 1, 3 to 8), Richard Elias (pistas: 1, 3 to 8), Sanford Allen (pistas: 1, 3 to 8), Selwart Clarke (pistas: 1, 3 to 8), Winston Collymore (pistas: 1, 3 to 8)
Tenor Saxophone – Roland Kirk (pistas: 2, 4, 5, 7)
Trombone – Dick Griffin (pistas: 2)
Trumpet – Richard Williams (pistas: 2)
Vibraphone [Vibes], Percussion – Warren Smith (pistas: 3 to 8)
Woodwind – Frank Wess (pistas: 3 to 8)

RAHSAAN ROLAND KIRK - Blacknuss (1971-2002) FLAC (tracks+.cue), lossless

From its opening bars, with Bill Salter's bass and Rahsaan's flute passionately playing Bill Withers' "Ain't No Sunshine," you know this isn't an ordinary Kirk album (were any of them?). As the string section, electric piano, percussion, and Cornel Dupree's guitar slip in the back door, one can feel the deep soul groove Kirk is bringing to the jazz fore here. As the tune fades just two and a half minutes later, the scream of Kirk's tenor comes wailing through the intro of Marvin Gaye's "What's Goin' On," with a funk backdrop and no wink in the corner -- he's serious. With Richard Tee's drums kicking it, the strings developing into a wall of tension in the backing mix, and Charles McGhee's trumpet hurling the long line back at Kirk, all bets are off -- especially when they medley the mother into "Mercy Mercy Me." By the time they reach the end of the Isleys' "I Love You, Yes I Do," with the whistles, gongs, shouting, soul crooning, deep groove hustling, and greasy funk dripping from every sweet-assed note, the record could be over because the world has already turned over and surrendered -- and the album is only ten minutes old! Blacknuss, like The Inflated Tear, Volunteered Slavery, Rip, Rig and Panic, and I Talk to the Spirits, is Kirk at his most visionary. He took the pop out of pop and made it Great Black Music. He took the jazz world down a peg to make it feel its roots in the people's music, and consequently made great jazz from pop tunes in the same way his forbears did with Broadway show tunes. While the entire album shines like a big black sun, the other standouts include a deeply moving read of "My Girl" and a version of "The Old Rugged Cross" that takes it back forever from those white fundamentalists who took all the blood and sweat from its grain and replaced them with cheap tin and collection plates. On Kirk's version, grace doesn't come cheap, though you can certainly be a poor person to receive it. Ladies and gents, Blacknuss is as deep as a soul record can be and as hot as a jazz record has any right to call itself. A work of sheer blacknuss!
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Tracklist :
1     Ain't No Sunshine 2'26
Renaldo Benson / Al Cleveland / Marvin Gaye / Bill Withers
2     What's Goin' On/Mercy Mercy Me (The Ecology) 3'47
Renaldo Benson / Al Cleveland / Marvin Gaye
3     I Love You, Yes I Do 2'49
Chris Allen / Johnny Cameron / Rahsaan Roland Kirk
4     Take Me Girl, I'm Ready 3'18
Johnny Bristol / Pam Sawyer / LaVerne Ware
5     My Girl 3'06
Smokey Robinson / William Robinson / Ronald White
6     Which Way Is It Going 2'26
Rahsaan Roland Kirk
7     One Nation 3'41
Princess Patience Burton
8     Never Can Say Goodbye 4'02
Clifton Davis
9     Old Rugged Cross 7'15
Traditional
10     Make It with You 4'50
David Gates
11     Blacknuss 5'12
Rahsaan Roland Kirk
Credits :
Bass – Henry Pearson (pistas: 1, 8, 11), Bill Salter (pistas: 2 to 7, 9, 10)
Congas – Richard Landrum (pistas: 1, 8, 11)
Congas, Percussion [Cabassa] – Arthur Jenkins (pistas: 2 to 7, 9, 10)
Drums – Bernard Purdie (pistas: 2 to 7, 9, 10), Khalil Mhdri (pistas: 1, 8, 11)
Flute, Tenor Saxophone, Saxophone [Manzello, Stritch], Gong, Whistle [Police Whistle], Arranged By – Rahsaan Roland Kirk
Guitar – Billy Butler (pistas: 1, 8, 11), Cornell Dupree (pistas: 2 to 7, 9, 10), Keith Loving (pistas: 2 to 7, 9, 10)
Organ – Mickey Tucker (pistas: 2 to 7, 9, 10)
Percussion – Joe Habad Texidor
Piano – Richard Tee (pistas: 2 to 7, 9, 10), Sonelius Smith (pistas: 1, 8, 11)
Trombone – Dick Griffin (pistas: 2 to 7, 9, 10)
Trumpet – Charles McGhee (pistas: 2 to 7, 9, 10)
Vocals – Rahsaan Roland Kirk (pistas: 1, 5, 8, 11)

RAHSAAN ROLAND KIRK - Kirkatron + Boogie-Woogie String Along for Real (2005) 2xCD | FLAC (tracks+.cue), lossless

This issue combines two late-period Rahsaan Roland Kirk albums: Kirkatron, begun shortly before the major stroke that debilitated him and shortened his life, and Boogie-Woogie String Along for Real, his first attempt at a comeback and his final recording. Kirkatron hosts three tunes recorded for it, and nine more that were outtakes from the preceding 5000 Lb. Man sessions, and a few from the Live at the Montreux Jazz Festival concert. As such it does contain a number of tunes that define the man at the height of his powers including a cover of Leon Russell's "This Masquerade," the live "Serenade to a Cuckoo," and a fine "Bright Moments." His bandmates on the date include a young Hilton Ruiz on piano and Steve Turre. Boogie-Woogie String Along for Real does stand in contrast to Kirkatron. The intensity and intention is there, but it's more subtle, informed no doubt by the fact that Kirk had taught himself to play with only his left hand because his right had been rendered unusable by the accident. He also employed a full string section, taking his music into a new direction. But there are beautiful and deeply soulful moments here, as well, including "Summertime," the wonderfully up "Dorthaan's Walk," the deep blues of "Make Me a Pallet on Your Floor," and the barrelhouse title track which opens the set.
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Kirkatron    
1    Serenade To A Cuckoo    3:38
 Rahsaan Roland Kirk
2    This Masquerade    5:29
 Leon Russell
3    Sugar    3:27
 Rahsaan Roland Kirk
4    Los Angeles Negro Blues    1:27
 Rahsaan Roland Kirk / Stanley Turrentine
5    Steppin' Into Beauty    6:42
 Rahsaan Roland Kirk
6    Christmas Song    3:34
 Mel Tormé / Robert Wells
7    Bagpipe Medley    2:15
 Rahsaan Roland Kirk
8    Mary McLeod Bethune    2:23
9    Bright Moments    4:11
 Todd Barkan / Rahsaan Roland Kirk
10    Lyriconon    4:10
 Rahsaan Roland Kirk
11    Night In Tunisia    4:58
 Dizzy Gillespie / Frank Paparelli
12    J. Griff's Blues    7:43
Traditional
Credits :
Boogie-Woogie String Along For Real    
1    Boogie-Woogie String Along For Real    8:53
 Rahsaan Roland Kirk
2    I Loves You, Porgy    1:48
 Ira Gershwin
3    Make Me A Pallet On The Floor    7:18
 Traditional
4    Hey Babebips    5:06
 Rahsaan Roland Kirk
5    In A Mellow Tone    6:15
 Duke Ellington
6    Summertime    1:39
 George Gershwin
7    Dorthaan's Walk    7:12
 Rahsaan Roland Kirk
8        Watergate Blues    6:34
 Percy Heath
Credits :

RAHSAAN ROLAND KIRK - Prepare Thyself To Deal With a Miracle (1973-2002) FLAC (tracks+.cue), lossless

Recorded in 1973, this is yet another criminally underappreciated Rahsaan Roland Kirk recording from the last phase of a remarkable career. This is perhaps Kirk's most experimental recording in that it involves his most involved performing on multiple horns and flutes -- including his infamous and wonderful nose flute -- and working with drones on a more surface level. Given Kirk's system of playing three horns at once, the drone horn was always a part of his sonic architecture. The difference here is that the melodic and improvisational lines take a back seat on tunes such as the opening "Salvation and Reminiscing," where he makes fantastic use of a baby E-flat saxophone, and on "Celestial Bliss," on which he is accompanied on his "black mystery pipes" only by percussion. On the medley "Seasons: One Mind Winter/Summer/Ninth Ghost," Kirk begins with the nose flutes, playing a part of "Balm in Gilead," before bringing in a six-piece string orchestra to play behind him as he improvises on all the melodies and modes. And this improvisation is not just a series of out arpeggios playing legato and running through and over the changes, but intricately nuanced, gentle, and architecturally sophisticated wanderings. Despite the beauty of the album's first three tracks, it is on the closer, the 21-and-a-half-minute "Saxophone Concerto," where Kirk most leaves his mark as a composer and innovator on the jazz world. Kirk comes out blowing literally like a train and weaves in, with vocalists Jeanne Lee and Dee Dee Bridgewater, a series of muted horn lines and rhythm figures. The band is 16 pieces total, and the concerto is structured in movements from an intro in which the purpose is stated: "time for America to discover some of its true Black miracles," wherein bebop and hard bop shimmy up against free modes and articulations by the rhythm section and the other horns. Kirk may solo on top with his tenor, but he holds close to the rhythm section's articulation of mutated blues. From here, Latin and faux classical chromatics are shaded into the whole as the pace becomes more and more frenetic, and just as the piece becomes perhaps circus-like, Kirk and company strip it all back and out, into a free universe washed by improvising vocalists, crashing cymbals, droning brass, and rumbling tom-toms before it's all a hush of unidentifiable sounds except for those of breaking glass. There are numerous metaphors and metonyms here, but they will not come to the listener until later, when she or he regains the conscious notion of breathing.
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Tracklist :
1    Salvation And Reminiscing 5:14
Backing Vocals – Dee Dee Bridgewater, Jeanne Lee
Clarinet – Rahsaan Roland Kirk
Conductor – Dick Griffin
Seasons (10:32)
Nose Flute, Flute – Rahsaan Roland Kirk
2a    One Mind Winter/Summer    
2b    Ninth Ghost    
3    Celestial Bliss 5:47
Backing Vocals – Dee Dee Bridgewater, Jeanne Lee
Performer [Black Mystery Pipes], Saxophone [Baby E Flat] – Rahsaan Roland Kirk
Saxophone Concerto (21:31)
Backing Vocals – Jeanne Lee
Tenor Saxophone – Rahsaan Roland Kirk
4a    Saxophone Miracle    
4b    One Breath Beyond    
4c    Dance Of Revolution
Credits :
Arranged By [Strings] – Rahsaan Roland Kirk
Bass – Henry Pearson
Cello – Kermit Moore
Drums – Robert Shy
English Horn, Oboe – Harry Smiles
Percussion – Ralph MacDonald, Sonny Brown
Piano – Ron Burton
Trombone – Dick Griffin
Trumpet – Charles McGhee
Viola – Al Brown
Violin – Gayle Dixon, Julien Barber, Sanford Allen, Selwart Clarke
Written-By – Rahsaan Roland Kirk

THE CHARLES LLOYD QUARTET - Love-In (1967-2002) FLAC (tracks+.cue), lossless

Issued in 1966, Love-In was the follow-up to the amazing Dream Weaver, the debut of the Charles Lloyd Quartet. Love-In was recorded after the 1966 summer blowout and showed a temporary personnel change: Cecil McBee had left the group and was replaced by Ron McClure. McClure didn't possess the aggressiveness of McBee, but he more than compensated with his knowledge of the modal techniques used by Coltrane and Coleman in their bands, and possessed an even more intricate lyricism to make up for his more demure physicality. Of the seven selections here, four are by Lloyd, two by pianist Keith Jarrett, and one by Lennon/McCartney ("Here, There and Everywhere"). Certainly the '60s youth movement was making its mark on Lloyd, but he was making his mark on them, too. With young Jarrett in the mix, turning the piano over in search of new harmonic languages with which to engage not only Lloyd as a soloist but the rhythm section as well, things were certainly moving across vast terrains of musical influence and knowledge. Drummer Jack DeJohnette took it all in stride and tried to introduce as many new time signatures into the breaks as he could get away with, allowing the ever-shifting chromatics in Jarrett's playing to be his cue from 7/8 to 9/8 to 12/16 and back to equal fours ("Sunday Morning," "Temple Bells," "Memphis Dues Again"), no matter what the musical style was. And there were plenty, as Lloyd led the excursion from post-bop to modal to blues to Eastern raga to cool and back. On Love-In, everything was jazz for the Charles Lloyd Quartet, and what they made jazz from opened the music up to everybody who heard it. The album is a lasting testament to that cultural ecumenism.
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Tracklist :
1    Tribal Dance 10:03
Written-By – Charles Lloyd
2    Temple Bells 2:44
Written-By – Charles Lloyd
3    Is It Really The Same? 5:45
Written-By – Keith Jarrett
4    Here There And Everywhere 3:40
Written-By – John Lennon & Paul McCartney
5    Love-In 4:44
Written-By – Charles Lloyd
6    Sunday Morning 7:55
Written-By – Keith Jarrett
7    Memphis Dues Again / Island Blues 8:57
Written-By – Charles Lloyd
Credits :
Bass – Ron McClure
Drums – Jack DeJohnette
Piano – Keith Jarrett
Tenor Saxophone, Flute – Charles Lloyd

THE CHARLES LLOYD QUARTET - Dream Weaver (1966-2002) FLAC (tracks+.cue), lossless

The first studio date of the Charles Lloyd Quartet, with Keith Jarrett, Cecil McBee, and Jack DeJohnette, was recorded and released just a few days before the band took both the European and American festival circuits by storm. First came Europe, which was just getting the disc as the band was tearing up its stages. While the live dates are now the stuff of legend, it's easy to overlook the recordings, but to do so would be a mistake. Dream Weaver is a fully realized project by a band -- a real band -- in which each member has a unique part of the whole to contribute. Jarrett's unusual piano style fits musically with Lloyd's lyricism in a way that it shouldn't. Jarrett was even then an iconoclast, playing harmonic figures from the inside out and relying on counterpoint to create new spaces, not fill them in. (Just listen to "Autumn Sequence," where his solos and his backing harmonics are equally strident and inventive as Lloyd's Eastern explorations of mood and mode.) And then there's the rhythm section of McBee and DeJohnette, whose modal inventions on the intervals make the "Dream Weaver" suite an exercise in open time, allowing all players to wander around inside it and take what they want out. The set closes with a group party jam on "Sombrero Sam," with Lloyd and Jarrett trading eights on a Cuban variation on a fantasia. There were no records like this one by new groups in 1966.
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Tracklist :
Autumn Sequence    (11:59)
1a    Autumn Prelude    
1b    Autumn Leaves    
1c    Autumn Echo    
Dream Weaver    (11:33)
2a    Meditation    
2b    Dervish Dance    
3    Bird Flight    9:08
4    Love Ship    5:53
5    Sombrero Sam    5:13
Credits :
Bass – Cecil McBee
Drums – Jack DeJohnette
Piano – Keith Jarrett
Tenor Saxophone, Flute – Charles Lloyd
Written-By – Charles Lloyd (pistas: 1a, 1c to 5), Jacques Prevert (pistas: 1b), Johnny Mercer (pistas: 1b), Joseph Kosma (pistas: 1b)

CHARLES LLOYD - Journey Within + Charles Lloyd in Europe (1998) FLAC (tracks+.cue), lossless

This 1999 reissue lets Charles Lloyd's music of the late '60s transcend its erstwhile, hippie era, Coltrane-lite cachet and come into its own as the expression of an expansive musical vision by a quartet of formidable players. Straddling the threshold to the avant-garde, the music doesn't so much defy categorization as dispense with the need for it. Folk themes, Eastern influences, blues, modal hard bop, and impressionistic passages meld seamlessly into a unique, cohesive musical conception. The sprawling 75-minute CD compiles two concert releases: a 1967 date at New York's Fillmore East and a 1968 concert in Oslo, Norway. Soundwise, the recording is average. It captures Lloyd, on flute and tenor sax, and pianist Keith Jarrett reasonably well and just slightly less so the bassists: Ron McClure in New York, Cecil McBee in Oslo. Drummer Jack DeJohnette, however, gets spotty treatment. At times his subtle hybrid of jazz-rock and free, pulsing styles registers well, at others it becomes a muddy clatter. Still, the CD succeeds in immersing the listener in the concerts. While the members of Lloyd's quartet are and remain enormous individual talents, this is an important but secondary consideration for Lloyd. Both concerts are pure collective efforts. The players solo, but the spotlight stays on the complete group. That said, Jarrett's fans will appreciate the selections that feature the pianist working with just bassist and drummer, performing inside/outside music in the spirit of his early trio with Charlie Haden and Paul Motian. Jim Todd  
Journey Within    
1    Journey Within 11:19
Composed By – Charles Lloyd
2    Love No. 3 5:28
Composed By – Keith Jarrett
3    Memphis Green 9:14
Composed By – Charles Lloyd
4    Lonesome Child (10:38)
Composed By – Charles Lloyd
Soprano Saxophone – Keith Jarrett
4a    Song    4:37
4b    Dance    6:01
Charles Lloyd In Europe    
5    Tagore 9:48
Composed By – Charles Lloyd
6    Karma 3:44
Composed By – Charles Lloyd
7    Little Anahid's Day 6:13
Composed By – Charles Lloyd
8    Manhattan Carousel 8:40
Composed By – Charles Lloyd
9    European Fantasy 5:26
Composed By – Charles Lloyd
10    Hej Da! (Hey Daw) 2:46
Composed By – Charles Lloyd
Credits :
Bass – Cecil McBee (pistas: 5 to 10), Ron McClure (pistas: 1 to 4)
Drums – Jack DeJohnette
Piano – Keith Jarrett
Tenor Saxophone, Flute – Charles Lloyd
Notas.
Compilation of two original Atlantic albums.
"Journey Within" originally released in 1967 as Atlantic 1493. [Recorded on January 27, 1967 at the Fillmore Auditorium, San Francisco, California]
"Chares Lloyd In Europe" originally releasedin 1968 as Atlantic 1500. [Recorded on October 29, 1966 in Norway.]

CHARLES LLOYD - Soundtrack + Charles Lloyd in the Soviet Union (1999) FLAC (tracks+.cue), lossless

In concert, the Charles Lloyd Quartet took care of business, so it's fortunate to have this reissue bringing back two of the group's live recordings: a 1968 date from Town Hall in New York and a 1967 concert from a jazz festival in Estonia. The two dates flow together as a unified document of the quartet in its prime. Soundtrack opens with "Sombrero Sam," an expansive piece of soul-jazz with a Keith Jarrett deconstruction of a Joe Zawinul-style line (circa Zawinul's time with Cannonball Adderley). This sets up the leader for a funky excursion on flute. A breathy falsetto soliloquy from Lloyd on tenor then segues perfectly into a dynamic performance of his "Forest Flower." "Voice in the Night" from the original Atlantic release is not included on the reissue. In the Soviet Union has the quartet delivering intense avant-garde-inclined hard bop. The highlight, an 18-minute "Sweet Georgia Bright," streams by in a series of mini movements that provide generous solo space for all. The flute feature "Love Song to a Baby" comes as a relaxing interlude amidst the set's generally vein-popping pace. It is as a tenor player, though, where Lloyd is the more completely original player, his commanding, supple style, fueling and guiding the quartet's collective approach. The Estonian date's concluding track, the ten-minute "Tribal Dance," captures Lloyd on tenor in his best Coltrane-influenced style. Pianist Jarrett, bassist Ron McClure, and drummer Jack Dejohnette also weigh in convincingly to evoke the incandescent fury of the classic John Coltrane quartet. Jim Todd  
Soundtrack    
1    Sombrero Sam    10:26
2    Pre-Dawn    2:34
3    Forest Flower '69    16:51
In The Soviet Union    
4    Days And Nights Waiting    6:55
5    Sweet Georgia Bright    18:05
6    Love Song To A Baby    12:22
7    Tribal Dance    10:05
Credits :
Drums – Jack DeJohnette
Tenor Saxophone, Flute, Composed By – Charles Lloyd
Piano – Keith Jarrett

CHARLES LLOYD - Acoustic Masters I (1994-2005) FLAC (tracks+.cue), lossless

Tracklist :
1    Blues For Bill    9:46
 Charles Lloyd
2    Clandestine    9:07
 Cedar Walton
3    Sweet Georgia Bright    5:51
 Charles Lloyd
4    Lady Day    7:11
 Charles Lloyd
5    Green Chimneys    5:50
 Thelonious Monk
6    Strivers Jewels    5:20
 Buster Williams
7    Hommage    10:03
 Charles Lloyd
8    To C.L.    6:06
 Billy Higgins
Credits :
Bass – Anders Jormin
Bass – Buster Williams
Drums – Billy Higgins
Piano – Cedar Walton
Producer – Lenny White
Tenor Saxophone – Charles Lloyd

HERBIE MANN - Live At The Whisky A Go Go + Mississippi Gambler (2001) FLAC (tracks+.cue), lossless

In 2001, Collectables released Live at the Whisky A Go Go/Mississippi Gambler, which combined a pair of original Atlantic LPs -- Live at the Whisky A Go Go (1968) and Mississippi Gambler (1972) -- by Herbie Mann on one compact disc. by John Bush
Tracklist :
Live At The Whisky A Go Go (1968)
1    Ooh Baby 15:50
Written-By – Chris Hill, Columbus Baker
2    Philly Dog 14:06
Written-By – Rufus Thomas
Mississippi Gambler (1972)  
3    Swing Low Sweet Chariot 5:27
Arranged By – Herbie Mann
4    Mississippi Gambler 6:50
Written-By – Herbie Mann
5    Dippermouth 8:50
Written-By – Herbie Mann
6    Respect Yourself 5:28
Written-By – Luther Ingram, Mack Rice
7    I've Been Loving You Too Long 5:47
Written-By – Jerry Butler, Otis Redding
8    (I Can't Get No) Satisfaction 6:49
Written-By – Mick Jagger & Keith Richard

HERBIE MANN - Windows Opened + The Inspiration I Feel (2001) FLAC (tracks+.cue), lossless

This two-fer from Collectables features a pair of out of print Herbie Mann LPs: Windows Opened and The Inspiration I Feel, both originally issued on Atlantic Records in 1968. These 12 tracks feature jazz versions of popular songs of the period written by Donovan, Tim Hardin, and Jimmy Webb plus six associated with Ray Charles. by Al Campbell
Tracklist :
Windows Opened (1968)
1     There Is a Mountain 6:06
Donovan
2     If I Were a Carpenter 5:41
Tim Hardin
3     Paper Man 6:48
Charles Tolliver
4     Footprints 8:26
Wayne Shorter
5     By the Time I Get to Phoenix 2:16
Jimmy Webb
6     Windows Opened 7:36
Roy Ayers
Credits :
Bass – Miroslav Vitous (faixas: 1-6)
Drums – Bruno Carr (faixas: 1-6)
Flute – Herbie Mann (faixas: 1-6)
Guitar – Sonny Sharrock (faixas: 1-6)
Vibraphone – Roy Ayers (faixas: 1-6)
The Inspiration I Feel (1968)
7     Lonely Avenue 6:25
Doc Pomus
8     Drown in My Own Tears 5:10
Henry Glover
9     Sticks and Stones 5:39
Titus Turner
10     I Got a Woman 6:53
Ray Charles / Renald Richard
11     Come Rain or Come Shine 4:44
Harold Arlen / Johnny Mercer
12     Georgia on My Mind 4:48
Hoagy Carmichael / Stuart Gorrell
Credits :
Arranged By, Conductor – William Fischer
Flute [Uncredited] – Herbie Mann

HERBIE MANN - Our Mann Flute + Impressions of the Middle East (2001) FLAC (tracks), lossless

This two-fer from Collectables features a pair of out of print Herbie Mann LPs: Our Mann Flute and Impressions of the Middle East. Originally issued in 1966 and 1967, respectively, these 21 jazz-pop tracks include "Frere Jacques," "Down by the Riverside," and "Skip to My Lou." This is an enjoyable reissue from Mann's massive catalog on Atlantic Records, but most listeners would be better served with one of the many compilations in print. by Al Campbell
Tracklist :
Our Mann Flute (1966)    
1    Scratch    2:34
Wayne Henderson
2    Philly Dog    2:28
Rufus Thomas
3    Happy Brass    2:10
Herbie Mann
4    Good Lovin'    2:51
Rudy Clark / Arthur Resnick
5    Theme From "This Is My Beloved"    5:07
Herbie Mann
6    Frere Jacques 2:15
Traditional
7    Our Man Flint    2:44
Jerry Goldsmith
8    Fiddler On The Roof    2:22
Jerry Bock / Sheldon Harnick
9    Theme From "Malamondo"    2:18
Ennio Morricone
10    Down By The Riverside    2:34
Paul Barnes / Traditional
11    Monday, Monday    2:58
John Phillips
12    Skip To My Lou    2:22
Traditional
Credits :
Arranged By, Conductor – Arif Mardin (faixas: 7), Herbie Mann (faixas: 3, 10), Jimmy Wisner (faixas: 1, 2, 4, 11), Oliver Nelson (faixas: 5), Richard Wess (faixas: 6, 8, 9, 12)
Impressions Of The Middle East (1967)    
1    Turkish Coffee    5:01
Herbie Mann -flute; Chick Ganimian -oud; Roy Ayers -vibes;Reggie Workman -bass;
Bruno Carr -drums; Carlos"Patato"Valdes -conga drums; Hachig Thomas Kazarian &
Geraldine Swee -percussion
2    Incense    7:19
Herbie Mann -alto flute; Chick Ganimian -oud; Roy Ayers -vibes;Reggie Workman -bass;
Bruno Carr -drums; Carlos"Patato"Valdes -conga drums; Hachig Thomas Kazarian &
Geraldine Swee -percussion
3    Odalisque    7:43
Herbie Mann -flute; Chick Ganimian -oud; Roy Ayers -vibes;Reggie Workman -bass;
Bruno Carr -drums; Carlos"Patato"Valdes -conga drums; Hachig Thomas Kazarian &
Geraldine Swee -percussion
4    Do Wah Diddy Diddy    2:39
Herbie Mann -flute; Chick Ganimian -oud; Jimmy Owens -trumpet; Julian Priester &
Joe Orange -trombone; Hachig Thomas Kazarian -clarinet; Reggie Workman -bass;
Mohamed Elakkad -zither; Atilla Zoller -guitar; Bruno Carr -drums; Moulay Ali Hafid,
Robert Marashlian & Carlos"Patato"Valdes -percussion
5    Uskudar    3:39
Herbie Mann -flute; Chick Ganimian -oud; Jimmy Owens -trumpet & fluegelhorn;
Hachig Thomas Kazarian -clarinet; Mohamed Elakkad -zither; Reggie Workman -bass;
Bruno Carr -drums; Robert Marashlian & Moulay Ali Hafid -percussion
6    The Oud And The Pussycat    5:04
Herbie Mann -flute; Chick Ganimian -oud; Jimmy Owens -trumpet; Julian Priester &
Joe Orange -trombone; Hachig Thomas Kazarian -clarinet; Reggie Workman -bass;
Mohamed Elakkad -zither; Atilla Zoller -guitar; Bruno Carr -drums; Moulay Ali Hafid,
Robert Marashlian & Carlos"Patato"Valdes -percussion
7    Yavuz    4:38
Herbie Mann -flute; Chick Ganimian -oud; Jimmy Owens -trumpet & fluegelhorn;
Hachig Thomas Kazarian -clarinet; Mohamed Elakkad -zither; Reggie Workman -bass;
Bruno Carr -drums; Robert Marashlian & Moulay Ali Hafid -percussion
8    Dance Of The Semites    4:29
Herbie Mann -flute; Chick Ganimian -oud; Jimmy Owens -trumpet & fluegelhorn;
Hachig Thomas Kazarian -clarinet; Mohamed Elakkad -zither; Reggie Workman -bass;
Bruno Carr -drums; Robert Marashlian & Moulay Ali Hafid -percussion
9    Eli Eli    3:57
Herbie Mann -flute; Richard Davis -bass; Gloria Agostino -harp; David Nadien,
Anahid Adjemian'Al Brown, Bernard Eichen, Leo Cahn, Leo Kruczek, Charles Libove,
Dave Mankowitz, Charles McCracken, Marvin Morgenstern, George Ockner, Raoul Poliakin,
Max Pollikoff,George Ricci, Aaron Rosand, Tosha Samaroff, Al Schulman, Sylvan Schulman,
Karen Tuttle, Emanuel Vardi & Jack Zayde -strings

HERBIE MANN - Brazil : Once Again + Sunbelt (2001) APE (image+.cue), lossless

This two-fer from Collectables features a pair of out of print Herbie Mann LPs: Brazil: Once Again and Sunbelt. Originally issued in 1978 and 1979, respectively, these 12 smooth jazz/pop tracks include "Watermelon Man," "The Closer I Get to You," and "Let's Stay Together." Most listeners would be better served with one of Mann's compilations on Rhino/Atlantic by Al Campbell
Tracklist :
    Brazil -Once Again (1978)   
1    Pelé 6:31
Written-By – Herbie Mann
2    Oh How I Want To Love You 9:29
Written-By – Herbie Mann
3    Dingue Li Bangue 4:33
Baritone Saxophone – Lew Del Gatto
Trombone – Barry Rogers, Dave Taylor
Trumpet – Alan Rubin, Lew Soloff
Written-By – J.D. San, MacDony's
4    Lugar Comum (Common Place) 4:40
Written-By – Gilberto Gil, João Donato
5    O Meu Amor Chorou (Cry Of Love) 7:31
Written-By – Luis Marcal Neto
Credits :
Acoustic Guitar – Amaury Tristao
Arranged By, Keyboards – Pat Rebillot
Bass – Tony Levin
Drums – Rick Marotta
Flute [Flutes] – Herbie Mann
Guitar – Jeff Mironov
Percussion – Amaury Tristao, Armen Halburian, Dom Um Ramao, Ralph MacDonald, Reggie Ferguson, Rubins Bassini
    Sunbelt    (1979)
6    Watermelon Man 7:12
Electric Piano – Dom Salvador
Percussion – Claudio Roditi
Piano [Acoustic] – Richard Tee
Written-By – Herbie Hancock
7    The Closer I Get To You 5:05
Arpa – Ken Bichel
Drums – Leroy Clouden
Electric Piano – Pat Rebillot
Synthesizer – Cliff Carter, Ken Bichel
Whistle – Herbie Mann
Written-By – J. Mtume, Reggie Lucas
8    What Would You Do 5:06
Drums – Steve Jordan
Organ, Piano [Acoustic] – Richard Tee
Vibraphone [Vibes] – Roy Ayers
Written-By – Richard Tee
9    Killian 5:15
Electric Piano – Dom Salvador
Guitar – Danny Toan
Piano [Acoustic] – Richard Tee
Trumpet – Barry Rogers
Written-By – Danforth Noyes Toan
10    Dona Palmeira (Madame Palm tree) 6:22
Piano [Acoustic] – Dom Salvador
Written-By – Ivan Lins
11    Let's Stay Together 5:01
Written-By – Al Green, Al Jakcson, Willie Mitchell
12    Sunbelt—Mulher Rendeira (Weaver Woman) 5:01
Arranged By – Herbie Mann
Drums – Portinho

RAMSEY LEWIS - Funky Serenity (1973-2001) FLAC (tracks+.cue), lossless

Cleveland Eaton, Ed Greene, and Morris Jennings accompany Ramsey Lewis on this commercial-flavored 1973 release. While jazz/pop/soul versions of "Where Is the Love" and "If Loving You Is Wrong" come off limp, spacy renditions of "Nights in White Satin"; Eaton, Jennings, and Lewis' two compositions, "Serene Funk" and "Dreams"; and a beautiful interpretation of Thom Bell and Linda Creed's "Betcha by Golly Wow" make this an enjoyable and essential reissue. Originally issued on Columbia Records (1973). by Andrew Hamilton
Tracklist :
1     Kufanya Mapenzi (Making Love) 5:17
Eddie Green
2     If Loving You Is Wrong I Don't Want to Be Right 5:24
Homer Banks / Carl Hampton / Raymond Jackson
3     What It Is! 2:41
Cleveland Eaton / Morris Jennings / Ramsey Lewis
4     My Love for You 5:14
Eddie Green
5     Nights in White Satin 5:36
Justin Hayward
6     Serene Funk 4:11
Cleveland Eaton / Morris Jennings / Ramsey Lewis
7     Dreams 9:39
Cleveland Eaton / Morris Jennings / Ramsey Lewis
8     Betcha by Golly, Wow 5:09
Thom Bell / Linda Creed
9     Where Is the Love 4:56
Ralph MacDonald / William Salter
Credits :
Arranged By, Concert Grand Piano, Electric Piano, Producer, Harpsichord – Ramsey Lewis
Bass, Percussion, Executive-Producer [Special Assistance] – Cleveland Eaton
Drums, Percussion, Congas, Executive-Producer [Special Assistance] – Morris Jennings
Violin [Electric], Percussion – Ed Green 

EILEEN RODGERS - Blue Swing -Bonus Tracks- (1958-2004) Mp3

Tracklist:
1 Wabash Blues 2:59
Fred Meinken / Dave Ringle
2 Am I Blue 3:07
Harry Akst / Grant Clarke
3 Some of These Days 3:36
Shelton Brooks
4 Don't Get Around Much Anymore 2:37
Duke Ellington / Bob Russell
5 Solitude 3:18
Eddie DeLange / Duke Ellington / Irving Mills
6 I Guess I'll Have to Dream the Rest 2:34
Martin Block / Harold Green / Michael Stoner
7 Sunday 2:09
Chester Cohn / Chester Conn / Nick Drake / Benny Krueger / Ned Miller / Jule Styne
8 I'd Climb the Highest Mountain 2:21
Lew Brown / Sidney Clare
9 I Ain't Got Nobody 2:35
Roger Graham / Dave Peyton / Spencer Williams
10 The Lonesome Road 2:28
Gene Austin / Nat Shilkret / Nathaniel Shilkret
11 I Cried for You 2:48
Gus Arnheim / Arthur Freed / Abe Lyman
12 After You've Gone 2:48
Henry Creamer / Turner Layton
- Bonus Tracks -
13 I Don't Want to Walk Without You 2:53
Frank Loesser / Jule Styne
14 Love Letters 3:09
Edward Heyman / Victor Young
15 My Foolish Heart 3:12
Ned Washington / Victor Young
16 An Affair to Remember (Our Love Affair) 2:59
Harold Adamson / Leo McCarey / Harry Warren

ANITA ELLIS - Hims (1957-2001) FLAC (tracks), lossless

Cabaret vocalist Anita Ellis recorded Him for the Epic label between 1957 and 1958. The 12-track program consists of standards, including "I'm Just Wild About Harry," "Clap Hands (Here Comes Charley)," "Danny Boy," and "Porgy." Ellis fans will definitely want this set as so little of her material remains in print. by Al Campbell
Tracklist :
1     Bill    3:00   
Oscar Hammerstein II / Jerome Kern / P.G. Wodehouse
2     I'm Just Wild About Harry    1:41    
Eubie Blake / Noble Sissle
3     Jim    3:51    
Caesar Petrillo / Edward Ross / Milton Samuels / Nelson Shawn
4     Good-For-Nothin' Joe    4:02
Rube Bloom / Ted Koehler
5     Piccolo Pete    3:42    
Phil Baxter
6     Goodbye John    2:57    
Edward Eager / Alec Wilder
7     Clap Hands (Here Comes Charley)    2:10 
MacDonald / Joseph Meyer / Billy Rose
8     Danny Boy   3:21    
Frederick Edward Weatherly
9     Porgy    3:51 
Dorothy Fields / Jimmy McHugh
10     You Know Me, Al    3:58
11     Larry    3:15   
12     That's Him    4:43 
Ogden Nash / Kurt Weill
- Bonus Tracks -
13 Forbidden Fruit 2:25
14 How Will I Know 1:51
Phil Baxter
15 Fan Tan Fannie 0:58
Oscar Hammerstein II / Richard Rodgers
Credits :
Arranged By, Conductor – Hal Schaefer (tracks: 1 to 12)
 Vocals – Anita Ellis