LENNIE TRISTANO - Trio, Quartet, Quintet & Sextet : 1946-1949 (1996) APE (tracks+.cue), lossless

Giants of Jazz presents an exciting tour of Lennie Tristano's three-, four-, five- and six-piece ensemble recordings dating from the mid- to late 1940s. True to the unspoken policy of this label, the material is chronologically scrambled in an apparent attempt to avoid replicating other, tidier Tristano reissues. Six titles were harvested from Tristano's two groundbreaking Keynote sessions of 1946 and 1947; these were trio affairs involving guitarist Billy Bauer and bassists Bob Leininger or Clyde Lombardi. A lesser-known trio session from December 1947 resulted in "Parallel," "Abstraction" "Freedom" and "Dissonance," which were originally released on the Baronet record label. Regarding the quartets: saxophonist John LaPorta recorded "New Sound" with Tristano, Bauer and bassist Arnold Fishkin on the last day of 1947 (this was also issued on Baronet) and the rhythm section from this date reconvened in March 1949 with drummer Harold Granowsky to record "Yesterdays," which was issued by Capitol. A superb session for Prestige New Jazz took place on November 11, 1949, with Tristano, Bauer and Fishkin forming a marvelous quintet with saxophonist Lee Konitz and drummer Shelly Manne. The titles from this date are "Progression," "Retrospection," "Subconscious-Lee" and "Judy." As for the sextets: three choice cuts from a May 1949 Capitol session ("Intuition," "Digression" and Bauer's "Marionette") find the pianist surrounded by saxophonists Warne Marsh and Lee Konitz, Bauer, Fishkin and drummer Denzil Best. This dazzling package closes with a live rendition of "You Go to My Head" culled from a Voice of America radio broadcast from Carnegie Hall on December 24, 1949, with Konitz, Marsh, Bauer, bassist Joe Shulman and drummer Jeff Morton. Altogether an excellent sampler of early modern jazz that is creative, inspired, accessible and very enjoyable. arwulf arwulf  
Tracklist :
1     Intuition 2:27
Lennie Tristano
2     Digression 3:04
Lennie Tristano
3     Marionette 3:06
Billy Bauer
4     Yesterday 2:47
Lennie Tristano
5     Crosscurrent 2:50
Lennie Tristano
6     Interlude 3:06
Dizzy Gillespie / Frank Paparelli
7     Freedom 3:36
Lennie Tristano
8     Atonement 2:28
Lennie Tristano
9     Coolin' off with Ulanov 2:49
Lennie Tristano
10     I Can't Get Started 2:56
Vernon Duke / Ira Gershwin
11     Out on a Limb 2:40
Lennie Tristano
12     I Surrender, Dear 3:06
Harry Barris / Gordon Clifford
13     Progression 2:44
Lee Konitz
14     Retrospection 3:08
Lennie Tristano
15     Subconscious-Lee 2:48
Lee Konitz
16     Judy 2:53
Lennie Tristano
17     Parallel 2:28
Lennie Tristano
18     Abstraction 2:38
Lennie Tristano
19     Dissonance 2:38
Lennie Tristano
20     New Sound 2:16
Lennie Tristano
21     You Go to My Head 4:31
J. Fred Coots / Haven Gillespie
Credits :
Alto Saxophone – Lee Konitz (tracks: 1 to 3, 5, 13 to 16, 21)
Bass – Arnold Fishkin (tracks: 1 to 5, 7, 13 to 20), Bob Leininger (tracks: 8, 9), Clyde Lombardi (tracks: 6, 10 to 12), Joe Shulman (tracks: 21)
Clarinet – John LaPorta (tracks: 20)
Drums – Denzil Best (tracks: 1 to 3), Harold Granowsky (tracks: 4, 5), Jeff Morton (tracks: 21), Shelly Manne (tracks: 13, 15)
Guitar – Billy Bauer
Piano – Lennie Tristano
Tenor Saxophone – Warne Marsh (tracks: 1 to 3, 5, 21)

LENNIE TRISTANO - Requiem (1996) FLAC (tracks+.cue), lossless

Towards the end of the 20th century, the Giants of Jazz reissue label came out with a series of compilations that paid tribute to the amazingly creative musical mind of Lennie Tristano. Requiem offers 13 tracks recorded in New York City between the years 1949 and 1955, beginning with a pair of piano solos (the gnarly overdubbed "Turkish Mambo" and the beautiful reflective blues "Requiem") along with two studies for trio involving bassist Peter Ind and drummer Jeff Morton. "East Thirty-Second" was named for the address of Tristano's home recording studio, where these first four titles were taped in 1954 and 1955. Tracks five through nine and track 11 were distilled from the first and fourth of a five-set marathon recording session that took place live in the Sing Song Room of the Confucius Restaurant on June 11, 1955 with saxophonist Lee Konitz, drummer Art Taylor and bassist Gene Ramey, whose eventful career traces a trajectory from Lester Young through Charlie Parker to Lennie Tristano. Originally released on the Atlantic label, these wonderfully cohesive and consistently inspired performances still convey the intimate immediacy of relaxed collective improvisation. "Sax of a Kind" was extracted from the Capitol recording session of May 16, 1949, with Lee Konitz and Warne Marsh in front of Tristano, guitarist Billy Bauer, bassist Arnold Fishkin and drummer Denzil Best. For dessert the producers tacked on the short takes from the famous RCA Metronome All Stars date of January 3, 1949, stoked by a formidable 13-piece ensemble with a front line made up of Charlie Parker, Dizzy Gillespie, Fats Navarro, Miles Davis, Charlie Ventura, J.J. Johnson, Buddy DeFranco and Ernie Caceres. Legend has it that Bird deliberately feigned befuddlement at Pete Rugolo's arrangement in order to stall for time and draw a few unionized "Overtime" dollars for himself and his 12 session mates. Tristano's "Victory Ball" helped to establish a modern tradition that was still bearing fruit when Anthony Braxton included it on his hatART album Eight (+3) Tristano Compositions 1989 for Warne Marsh. arwulf arwulf  
Tracklist :
1     East Thirty-Second 4:31
Lennie Tristano
2     Turkish Mambo 3:29
Lennie Tristano
3     Requiem 4:51
Lennie Tristano
4     Line Up 3:31
Lennie Tristano
5     These Foolish Things 5:43
Harry Link / Holt Marvell / Jack Strachey
6     All the Things You Are 6:10
Oscar Hammerstein II / Jerome Kern
7     You Go to My Head 5:22
J. Fred Coots / Haven Gillespie
8     I Don't Stand a Ghost of a Chance with You 6:03
Bing Crosby / Ned Washington / Victor Young
9     If I Had You 6:26
Jimmy Campbell / Reginald Connelly / Ted Shapiro
10     Sax of a Kind 5:11
Lennie Tristano
11     Confucius Blues 6:38
Lennie Tristano
12     Overtime 3:07
Pete Rugolo
13     Victory Ball 2:40
Lennie Tristano
Credits :
Alto Saxophone – Charlie Parker (tracks: 12, 13), Lee Konitz (tracks: 5 to 11)
Baritone Saxophone – Ernie Caceres (tracks: 12, 13)
Bass – Eddie Safranski (tracks: 12, 13), Gene Ramey (tracks: 5 to 9, 11), Joe Shulman (tracks: 10), Peter Ind (tracks: 1, 4)
Clarinet – Buddy De Franco (tracks: 12, 13)
Drums – Arthur Taylor (tracks: 5 to 9, 11), Jeff Morton (tracks: 1, 4, 10), Shelly Manne (tracks: 12, 13), Unknown Artist (tracks: 2)
Guitar – Billy Bauer (tracks: 10, 12, 13)
Orchestra – Metronome All Stars (tracks: 12, 13)
Piano – Lennie Tristano
Tenor Saxophone – Charlie Ventura (tracks: 12, 13), Warne Marsh (tracks: 10)
Trombone – J.J. Johnson (tracks: 12, 13), Kai Winding (tracks: 12, 13)
Trumpet – Dizzy Gillespie (tracks: 12, 13), Fats Navarro (tracks: 12, 13), Miles Davis (tracks: 12, 13)

LENNIE TRISTANO - Lennie Tristano featuring : Lee Konitz (1996) APE (tracks+.cue), lossless

One of several Lennie Tristano retrospectives issued in 1998 by the Giants of Jazz label, this compilation is somewhat misleadingly subtitled "Featuring Lee Konitz." To be sure, alto saxophonist Konitz is heard in live performance with Tristano, bassist Gene Ramey and drummer Art Taylor in the cozy confines of the Sing Song Room deep within the Confucius Restaurant in New York on June 11, 1955. But this material only occupies the last three tracks, which amount to 21 out of 60 minutes of jazz. The rest of the music heard here -- tracks one through eight -- are piano solos recorded at Tristano's home studio (located at "317 East 32nd") during a time period extending from 1960 to 1962. The quartet recordings are as magnificent as the solo works are fascinating. This wonderful music improves with age, and one suspects that it will sound even better in the distant future. Listeners who fall in love with these sounds may wish to obtain more Lennie Tristano recordings. Some will need to hear them all and then will wish for more. arwulf arwulf  
Tracklist :
1     Deliberation 4:51
Lennie Tristano
2     You Don't Know What Love Is 3:28
Gene DePaul / Don Raye
3     C Minor Complex 5:50
Lennie Tristano
4     Becoming 4:32
Lennie Tristano
5     Love Lines 2:20
Lennie Tristano
6     G Minor Complex 3:52
Lennie Tristano
7     Scene and Variations: Carol/Tania/Bud 11:42
Lennie Tristano
8     Rehearsal from Recording Date 4:32
Lennie Tristano
9     317 East 32nd 7:03
Lennie Tristano
10     Lennie-Bird 6:05
Lennie Tristano
11     April 8:07
Lennie Tristano
Credits :    
Alto Saxophone – Lee Konitz (tracks: 9 to 11)
Bass – Gene Ramey (tracks: 9 to 11)
Drums – Arthur Taylor (tracks: 9 to 11)
Piano – Lennie Tristano
Notas.
1 to 7 recorded February or July - August in New York 1962
8 recorded in New York 1961
9 to 11 recorded at "Sing Song Room Confucius Restaurant", New York, June 11, 1955

ORNETTE COLEMAN - "Free Jazz" (1996) FLAC (tracks), lossless

Tracklist :
1    Little Symphony    5:14
Ornette Coleman
2    Rise And Shine    6:12
Ornette Coleman
3    Kaleidoscope    6:34
Ornette Coleman
4    Revolving Doors    4:26
Ornette Coleman
5    The Legend Of Bebop    7:16
Ornette Coleman
6    Embraceable You 4:55
Composed By – G. Gershwin, I. Gershwin
7    Folk Tale    4:48
Ornette Coleman
8    Free Jazz    37:04
Ornette Coleman
Credits :
1-7
Alto Saxophone – Ornette Coleman
Trumpet [Pocket] – Don Cherry
Bass – Charlie Haden
Drums – Ed Blackwell
New York City, July 19, 26, August 2, 1960
1-8
The Ornette Coleman Double Quartet
Left Channel
Alto Saxophone – Ornette Coleman
Trumpet [Pocket] – Don Cherry
Drums – Billy Higgins
Bass – Scott LaFaro
Right Channel
Bass Clarinet – Eric Dolphy
Trumpet – Freddie Hubbard
Bass – Charlie Haden
Drums – Ed Blackwell
New York City, December 21, 1960

ORNETTE COLEMAN - "Harlem's Manhattan" 1961 (1999) APE (image+.cue), lossless

Notable for the inclusion of the opening track "Proof Readers," Harlem's Manhattan showcases the Ornette Coleman band lineup of Don Cherry, Ed Blackwell, and either Scott LaFaro on bass -- his style is so distinctive you can hear him on the middle portion of the disc -- and Jimmy Garrison. These recordings are stellar both in presentation as well as musicianship. LaFaro's playing on "Check Up" and "W.R.U." offers an incredible insight into these sides as LaFaro completely understood the circular notion of rhythm in Coleman's early work.
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Tracklist :
1    Proof Readers 10'28
2    R.P.D.D 9'41
3    W.R.U. 16'27
4    Check Up 10'13
5    Eos 6'37
6    Cross Breeding 11'20
7    Harlem's Manhattan 8'11
Credits :
Ed Blackwell - Drums
Don Cherry - Trumpet (Pocket), Cornet, Flute, Multi Instruments, Piano, Vocals
Ornette Coleman - Composer, Sax (Alto), Sax (Tenor), Trumpet, Violin
Jimmy Garrison, Scott LaFaro - Bass

JOHNNY HODGES - Passion Flower (1994) FLAC (tracks+.cue), lossless

Tracklist :
1    Passion Flower    4:33
Billy Strayhorn
2    St. Louis Blues    5:43
W.C. Handy
3    Loveless Love    7:03
W.C. Handy
4    Squeeze Me    4:34
Fats Waller / Clarence Williams
5    Theodora    3:18
Creed Taylor
6    Cambridge Blues    3:42
Johnny Hodges
7    Sweet Lorraine    3:14
Cliff Burwell / Mitchell Parish
8    Johnny Come Lately    2:24
Billy Strayhorn
9    Warm Valley    3:22
Duke Ellington
10    Segdoh    3:25
Johnny Hodges
11    Bouquet Of Roses    3:21
Johnny Hodges
12    Beale Street Blues    7:33
W.C. Handy
13    Snibor    7:13
Billy Strayhorn
14    Brute's Roots    4:35
Johnny Hodges
15    Big Shoe    5:33
Jimmy Hamilton
Notas.
Recording Date
June 20, 1950 - November 23, 1960

COLEMAN HAWKINS - "The Bean" (1993) FLAC (tracks), lossless

Tracklist :
1    Coleman Hawkins Quintet–    The World Is Waiting For The Sunrise    3:49
2    Coleman Hawkins Quintet–    Ill Wind    5:34
3    Coleman Hawkins Quintet–    My Melancholy Baby    4:08
4    Coleman Hawkins Quintet–    In A Mellotone    4:45
5    Coleman Hawkins' Band–    Ain't Misbehavin'    7:34
6    Coleman Hawkins' Band–    Stompin' At The Savoy    6:18
7    Coleman Hawkins–    Midnight Sun    2:51
8    Coleman Hawkins Acc By Billy Byers And His Orchestra–    The Bean Stalks Again    3:25
9    Coleman Hawkins' Band–    Out Of Nowhere    6:46
10    Coleman Hawkins Acc By Neal Hefti's Orchestra–    Lucky Duck    2:44
11    Coleman Hawkins Quintet–    I Can't Get Started    2:52
12    Coleman Hawkins Acc By Neal Hefti's Orchestra–    Ruby    2:24
13    Coleman Hawkins And His Orchestra–    And So To Sleep Again    2:52
14    Coleman Hawkins' Band–    Get Happy    5:34
15    Coleman Hawkins–    Foolin' Around    1:20
16    Coleman Hawkins Quartet–    The Man I Love    6:48
Credits :
Bass – Ray Brown, Wendell Marshall
Drums – Alvin Stoller, Art Blakey, Jo Jones
Electric Guitar – Herb Ellis
Piano – Hank Jones, Horace Silver, Oscar Peterson
Tenor Saxophone – Coleman Hawkins, Zoot Sims
Trombone – Billy Byers, Eddie Bert, Urbie Green
Trumpet – Emmett Berry, Howard McGhee, Neal Hefti
Notas.
Track 5,6,9,14 New York, November 8, 1954
Track 1,2,3,4 Los Angeles, October 24, 1957
Track 7 New York, February 26, 1952
Track 8 New York, January 18, 1956
Track 10,12 New York, April 27, 1953
Track 11 New York, Birdland, September 6, 1952
Track 13 New York, October 19, 1951
Track 15,16 New York, Phytian Temple, November 7, 1955