STEVE KUHN — Trance (1975) FLAC (tracks+.cue), lossless

Trance, Steve Kuhn's second recording for ECM, was actually recorded a mere ten days after Ecstasy, his solo piano debut for the label. Trance features Kuhn playing both electric and acoustic piano, bassist Steve Swallow, drummer Jack DeJohnette, and percussionist Sue Evans. Two of the album's compositions, "Silver" and "Life's Backward Glance," are re-recordings of tunes appearing on Ecstasy. Adventurous and wide open, Trance is a mixed bag full of knots, twists, and turns. While firmly in the jazz idiom, Kuhn also draws on classical sources (check his solo in "Squirt"), drawing on Luciano Berio and Olivier Messiaen as well as Cecil Taylor. Performed on electric piano, "Silver" is a chugging, repetitive riff with a Latin rhythm, and Kuhn swings it like mad as Swallow's bass pops and spits along the melodic line as well as the rhythmic undertone. This is jazz that touches on fusion, modal, and the new spirit of the music as ECM came into the 1970s as a player. There is restlessness and calm, tempestuousness and serenity, conflict and resolution, and -- above all -- creativity and vision.
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Tracklist :
1    Trance    5:59
 Steve Kuhn
2    A Change Of Face    4:58
 Steve Kuhn
3    Squirt    3:00
 Steve Kuhn
4    The Sandhouse    3:47
 Steve Kuhn
5    Something Everywhere    7:48
 Steve Kuhn
6    Silver    2:54
 Steve Kuhn
7    The Young Blade    6:17
 Steve Kuhn
8    Life's Backward Glance    3:09
 Steve Kuhn
Credits :
Drums – Jack DeJohnette
Electric Bass – Steve Swallow
Percussion – Sue Evans
Piano [Acoustic Piano], Electric Piano, Composed By – Steve Kuhn
Producer – Manfred Eicher

FREDDIE HUBBARD — First Light (1971-2011) RM | Serie CTI Records 40th Anniversary Edition | FLAC (tracks+.cue), lossless

Never one to take lyricism for granted, trumpeter and composer Freddie Hubbard entered Creed Taylor's studio for the third time in 1971 with the express purpose of making a record radically different from anything he'd cut before; he was looking for it to use electricity and to be out of the soul-jazz mold, but was also more ambitious and wanted to push that envelope and himself. Taylor and Hubbard assembled a band that included Herbie Hancock on Rhodes, guitarists Eric Gale and George Benson, bassist Ron Carter, Jack DeJohnette on drums, Airto Moreira on percussion, and Richard Wyands on acoustic piano to back him. The band was also supported by the truly ethereal and adventurous string arrangements of Don Sebesky (a first for Hubbard). The result is a masterpiece of textured sound, gorgeously far-flung charts, sweet, tight grooves, a subtle mystic feel, and some of Hubbard's most exciting playing ever. The title track and Hubbard's ingenious read of Paul and Linda McCartney's "Uncle Albert/ Admiral Halsey," as well as Leonard Bernstein's "Lonely Town," are so in the pocket that they bleed soul. Benson's uncharacteristically edgy guitar playing juxtaposed against Hubbard's warm tone, and Hancock's beautifully modal Rhodes lines that are drenched with big, open, minor chord voicings, are simply made more illustrious and graceful by Sebesky's strings. While Red Clay and Straight Life are both fine albums, First Light is the one that connects on all levels -- and it did with the jazz-buying public as well. A masterpiece.
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Tracklist :
1    First Light 11:05
Written-By – Freddie Hubbard
2    Uncle Albert / Admiral Halsey 8:17
Written-By – Paul & Linda McCartney
3    Moment To Moment 5:43
Written-By – Henry Mancini, Johnny Mercer
4    Yesterday's Dreams 3:55
Written-By – Don Sebesky, Norman Martin
5    Lonely Town 7:00
Written-By – Adolph Green, Betty Comden, Leonard Bernstein
6    Fantasy In D (Polar AC) 6:55
Written-By – Cedar Walton
7    First Light (Live) 16:04
Written-By – Freddie Hubbard
Credits :
Arranged By – Don Sebesky
Bass – Ron Carter
Bassoon – Jane Taylor, Wally Kane
Cello – Charles McCracken, Emanuel Vardi
Clarinet – George Marge, Romeo Penque
Drums – Jack DeJohnette
English Horn, Oboe – Romeo Penque
Flute – George Marge, Hubert Laws, Romeo Penque, Wally Kane
French Horn – James Buffington, Ray Alonge
Guitar – Eric Gale (tracks: 7), George Benson
Harp – Margaret Ross
Percussion – Airto Moreira
Piano – Richard Wyands
Trumpet, Flugelhorn – Freddie Hubbard
Vibraphone [Vibes] – Phil Kraus
Viola – Alfred Brown, Emanuel Vardi
Violin – David Nadien, Emanuel Green, Gene Orloff, Harold Kohon, Irving Spice, Joe Malin, Matthew Raimondi, Paul Gershman, Tosha Samaroff

CHARLES LLOYD — In The Soviet Union (1967- 2013) RM | Serie Jazz Best Collection 1000 – 6 | FLAC (tracks+.cue), lossless

The Charles Lloyd Quartet was (along with Cannonball Adderley's band) the most popular group in jazz during the latter half of the 1960s. Lloyd somehow managed this feat without watering down his music or adopting a pop repertoire. A measure of the band's popularity is that Lloyd and his sidemen (pianist Keith Jarrett, bassist Ron McClure and drummer Jack DeJohnette) were able to have a very successful tour of the Soviet Union during a period when jazz was still being discouraged by the communists. This well-received festival appearance has four lengthy performances including an 18-minute version of "Sweet Georgia Bright" and Lloyd (who has always had a soft-toned Coltrane influenced tenor style and a more distinctive voice on flute) is in top form.  Scott Yanow
Tracklist :

1.    Days and Nights Waiting 7:06
Keith Jarrett
2.    Sweet Georgia Bright 17:54
Charles Lloyd
3.    Love Song to a Baby 12:32
Charles Lloyd
4.    Tribal Dance 10:22
Charles Lloyd
Credits :
Bass – Ron McClure
Drums – Jack DeJohnette
Piano – Keith Jarrett
Tenor Saxophone, Flute – Charles Lloyd

DANILO PÉREZ — Danilo Pérez (1992) FLAC (tracks+.cue), lossless

Tracklist :
1     Panamá Libre 4'07
Danilo Pérez
2     Serenata 2'42
Carlos Franzetti
3     Alfonsina y el Mar 7'49
Félix Luna / Ariel Ramírez
4     Solo Contigo Basta 5'24
Piloto / Vera    
5     Irremediablemente Solo 8'24
Avelino Muñoz
6     Body and Soul 6'57
Frank Eyton / Johnny Green / Edward Heyman / Robert Sour
7     Claudio 3'33
Danilo Pérez
8     Time on My Hands 10'01
Harold Adamson / Mack Gordon / Vincent Youmans
9     Friday Morning 4'50
Danilo Pérez
10     Skylark 3'32
Hoagy Carmichael / Johnny Mercer
Credits :
Bass – Santi Debriano
Drums – Jack DeJohnette
Piano – Danilo Perez
Tenor Saxophone, Soprano Saxophone – Joe Lovano
Vocals – Ruben Blades

JOE ZAWINUL — Concerto Retitled (1976-2007) FLAC (tracks+.cue), lossless

As Joe Zawinul's electric band Weather Report gathered momentum in the '70s, Atlantic put together a single-LP anthology of Zawinul's earlier two albums for Atlantic and one for Vortex. The irony, of course, is that the Zawinul of most of these tracks basically did not exist as of 1976, nor has this compulsively forward-looking musician returned to his acoustic jazz roots since. Fully half of the tracks - the Tatumesque solo number, "My One and Only Love," the straight-ahead "Riverbed," and trio numbers "Del Sasser" and "Sharon's Waltz" (with Cannonball Adderley's rhythm section, Sam Jones and Louis Hayes) come from the Money in the Pocket album. "From Vienna with Love" and "Concerto Retitled" (both from The Rise and Fall of the Third Stream) are backed by William Fischer's brooding neo-classical arrangements for cello and three violas. From these relatively conventional pursuits, it is a jolt to hear two hauntingly spiritual tracks - the electronically slowed-down "His Most Journey" and "In a Silent Way - " from the Zawinul album, the prelude to Weather Report. Though all of this stuff is out on CD in complete form, this is still useful as a quick trip through Zawinul's extraordinary changes over a short span of time. Richard S. Ginell    Tracklist & Credits :  

LEE KONITZ - Peacemeal (1970-2004) RM | FLAC (tracks+.cue), lossless

This Lee Konitz recording is of even greater interest than usual. Altoist Konitz, in a quintet with valve trombonist Marshall Brown, pianist Dick Katz, bassist Eddie Gomez and drummer Jack DeJohnette, performs jazz adaptations of three Bela Bartok piano compositions, a trio of Dick Katz originals, two of his own pieces (including "Subconscious-Lee") and versions of "Lester Leaps In" and "Body and Soul" that include transcriptions of recorded solos by, respectively, Lester Young and Roy Eldridge. A thought-provoking and consistently enjoyable set of music. Scott Yanow
Tracklist :
1     Thumbs Under, for piano (Mikrokosmos Vol. 4/98), Sz. 107/4/98, BB 105/98 3:16
Béla Bartók
2     Lester Leeps In 3:26
Lester Young
3     Village Joke, for piano (Mikrokosmos Vol. 5/130), Sz. 107/5/130, BB 105/130 4:09
Béla Bartók
4     Something to Sing 4:13
Dick Katz
5     Peacemeal 7:08
Dick Katz
6     Body and Soul 5:09
Frank Eyton / Johnny Green / Edward Heyman / Robert Sour
7     Stamping Dance, for piano (Mikrokosmos Vol. 5/128), Sz. 107/5/128, BB 105/128 5:02
Béla Bartók
8     Fourth Dimension 4:39
Lee Konitz
9     Second Thoughts 3:10
Dick Katz
10     Subconscious-Lee 4:15
Lee Konitz
11     Lester Leeps In (Take 4) 3:23
Lester Young
12     Body and Soul (Take 3) 6:37
Frank Eyton / Johnny Green / Edward Heyman / Robert Sour
13     Subconscious-Lee (Take 6) 5:54
Lee Konitz
Credits :    
Alto Saxophone, Tenor Saxophone, Saxophone [Multivider (Electric)], Liner Notes – Lee Konitz
Arranged By – Dick Katz (tracks: 4, 5, 9), Marshall Brown (tracks: 1, 3, 7)
Bass – Eddie Gomez
Drums – Jack DeJohnette
Piano [Acoustic], Electric Piano, Producer – Dick Katz
Supervised By [Supervision], Liner Notes – Orrin Keepnews
Valve Trombone, Baritone Horn – Marshall Brown

LEE KONITZ — Satori (1975-1997) RM | FLAC (tracks+.cue), lossless

This is an excellent release that is fairly typical of a Lee Konitz program from the 1970s and '80s. There are a few standards (such as "Just Friends," "Green Dolphin Street" and "What's New"), a few fairly advanced pieces ("Satori" and "Free Blues"), thoughtful improvisations and a bit of hard-swinging. Inspired by the presence of pianist Martial Solal, bassist David Holland and drummer Jack DeJohnette, Konitz stretches himself as usual and comes up with consistently fresh statements while generally playing at a low introspective volume. Scott Yanow
Tracklist :
1 Just Friends 7:00
Composed By – John Klenner, Sam Lewis
2 On Green Dolphin Street 5:43
Composed By – Bronislaw Kaper, Ned Washington
3 Satori 9:02
Composed By – Dave Holland, Jack DeJohnette, Lee Konitz, Martial Solal
Composed By, Electric Piano – Dick Katz
4 Sometime Ago 7:18
Composed By – Sergio Mihanovich
Electric Piano – Martial Solal
5 What's New 3:22
Composed By – Bob Haggart
6 Hymn 2:43
Composed By – Lee Konitz
7 Free Blues 7:50
Composed By – Lee Konitz
Credits
Alto Saxophone – Lee Konitz
Bass – David Holland
Drums – Jack DeJohnette
Piano – Martial Solal
Producer – Dick Katz

PAT METHENY | ORNETTE COLEMAN - Song X : Twentieth Anniversary (1986-2005) RM | FLAC (tracks+.cue), lossless

Guitarist Pat Metheny had long expressed admiration for Ornette Coleman's music, had recorded his compositions, and had worked extensively with bassist Charlie Haden, so a collaboration was not totally unexpected, though who would have guessed that it would be on the Geffen label? Metheny's almost rock star status has worked against him in other partnerships from time to time (notably, his overbearing playing on his project with Derek Bailey, The Sign of 4), but here he happily sublimates his showier instincts and works as sympathetic co-leader, deferring to Coleman's experience and genius. The music itself bears strong similarities to that of Coleman's Prime Time ensembles wherein all players solo at once, bracketed by the themes of the piece. Metheny often manages to be a quite expressive second voice, racing along beside the master saxophonist, offering alternative strategies and never showboating. The tandem percussion team of Jack DeJohnette and Coleman's son Denardo are ferocious when need be, and Charlie Haden is his standard exemplary self. Metheny fans owe it to themselves to listen to some of his most exploratory and least "pastel" playing and, in fact, the album also contains some of Coleman's best work since the mid-'70s. Brian Olewnick
Tracklist :
1    Police People 4:57
Written-By – O. Coleman
Written-By [Improv Form] – P. Metheny
2    All Of Us 0:15
Written-By – O. Coleman
3    The Good Life 3:25
Written-By – O. Coleman
4    Word From Bird 3:48
Written-By – O. Coleman
5    Compute 2:03
Written-By – O. Coleman
6    The Veil 3:42
Written-By – O. Coleman
7    Song X 5:34
Written-By – O. Coleman
8    Mob Job 4:11
Written-By – O. Coleman
9    Endangered Species 13:18
Written-By – O. Coleman, P. Metheny
10    Video Games 5:20
Written-By – O. Coleman
11    Kathelin Gray 4:31
Written-By – O. Coleman, P. Metheny
12    Trigonometry 5:05
Written-By – O. Coleman, P. Metheny
13    Song X Duo 3:07
Written-By – O. Coleman, P. Metheny
14    Long Time No See 7:38
Written-By – O. Coleman
Credits :
Alto Saxophone – Ornette Coleman
Bass – Charlie Haden
Drums – Jack DeJohnette
Drums, Percussion – Denardo Coleman
Guitar, Guitar Synthesizer [Guitar Synth] – Pat Metheny
Producer – Pat Metheny
Remastered By – Ted Jensen
Violin – Ornette Coleman (pistas: 8)

GARY BARTZ | SONNY FORTUNE - Alto Momories (1995) FLAC (tracks), lossless

Tracklist :
1    Stolen Moments    8:36
2    U.F.O    5:13
3    Jeannine    9:13
4    Minority    5:40
5    Billie's Bounce    3:49
6    Embraceable You    5:59
7    Capuchin Swing    6:11
8    Lonely Woman    9:50
9    When Lights Are Low    4:56
10    Warm Valley    7:32
Credits :
Alto Saxophone – Gary Bartz, Sonny Fortune
Double Bass – Buster Williams
Drums – Jack DeJohnette
Piano – Kenny Barron

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

CHARLES LLOYD QUARTET - The Flowering (1966-2013) RM | Jazz Best Collection 1000 - 6 | FLAC (tracks+.cue), lossless

Released by Atlantic in 1971 when the Charles Lloyd Quartet was already history, these performances (from the same concert that resulted in Charles Lloyd in Europe) contain some excellent remakes ("Love In/Island Blues" and "Goin' to Memphis"), Gabor Szabo's "Gypsy '66," Cecil McBee's "Wilpan's," and a fine rendition of "Speak Low." Lloyd (whether on tenor or flute), the already impressive pianist Keith Jarrett, bassist McBee, and drummer Jack DeJohnette are heard in enthusiastic form. This set is even a bit better than the In Europe album due to the stronger (if more familiar) material. Scott Yanow
Tracklist :
1    Speak Low 8:26
Ogden Nash / Kurt Weill
2     Love-In/Island Blues 6:19
Charles Lloyd
3     Wilpan's 6:39
Cecil McBee    
4     Gypsy '66 14:11
Gabor Szabo
5     Goin' to Memphis/Island Blues 7:04
Charles Lloyd
Credits :
Bass – Cecil McBee
Drums – Jack De Johnette
Piano – Keith Jarrett
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 QUARTET - In Concert (1967-1994) Unofficial Release | FLAC (tracks+.cue), lossless

Tracklist :
1     Days and Nights Waiting 6'40
Keith Jarrett
2     Lady Gabor 12'25
Gabor Szabo
3     Sweet Georgia Bright 32'20
Charles Lloyd
Credits :
Bass – Ron Mc Clure
Drums – Jack De Johnette
Piano – Keith Jarrett
Saxophone, Flute – Charles Lloyd

CHARLES LLOYD - Forest Flower : Charles Lloyd at Monterey + Soundtrack (1994) FLAC (tracks+.cue), lossless

This classic album is dominated by the Charles Lloyd Quartet's historic appearance at the 1966 Monterey Jazz Festival. In addition to "East of the Sun," Lloyd (on tenor and flute), pianist Keith Jarrett, bassist Cecil McBee, and drummer Jack DeJohnette performed the 17½-minute, two-part "Forest Flower," which was the hit of the festival and helped make the group a sensation. Also included on this album are renditions of Jarrett's "Sorcery" and McBee's "Song of Her," which were recorded ten days earlier. One of the high points of Charles Lloyd's career. Scott Yanow
Forest Flower : Charles Lloyd At Monterey    
1    Forest Flower - Sunrise    7:17
Composed By – Charles Lloyd
2    Forest Flower - Sunset    10:19
Composed By – Charles Lloyd
3    Sorcery 5:11
Composed By – Keith Jarrett
4    Song Of Her 5:16
Composed By – Cecil McBee
5    East Of The Sun 10:20
Composed By – Brooks Bowman
Soundtrack    
6    Sombrero Sam    10:26
Composed By – Charles Lloyd
7    Voice In The Night    8:47
Composed By – Charles Lloyd
8    Pre-Dawn    2:34
Composed By – Charles Lloyd
9    Forest Sunflower '69    16:51
Composed By – Charles Lloyd
Credits :
Bass – Cecil McBee (pistas: 1 to 5), Ron McClure (pistas: 6 to 9)
Drums – Jack DeJohnette
Piano – Keith Jarrett
Tenor Saxophone, Flute – Charles Lloyd
Notas.
Tracks 1, 2 & 5: Recorded September 18, 1966 at the Monterey Jazz Festival
Tracks 3 & 4: Recorded September 8, 1966 at Atlantic Recording Studios, New York City
Tracks 6-9: Recorded November 15, 1968 at Town Hall, New York City
2 albums on 1 cd.

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

STAN GETZ | ZOOT SIMS - Double Exposure (1969-1992) FLAC (tracks+.cue), lossless

Stan Getz Quartet  
1    The Song Is You 5:55
Written-By – Jerome Kern
2    O Grande Amor 6:03
Written-By – Antonio Carlos Jobim
3    For Jane 3:20
Written-By – Jack DeJohnette
4    Dane's Chant 7:28
Written-By – Stanley Cowell
5    Major General 6:25
Written-By – Jack DeJohnette
Credits :
Bass – Miroslav Vitous
Drums – Jack DeJohnette
Piano – Stanley Cowell
Tenor Saxophone – Stan Getz

Zoot Sims Quartet    
6    Nirvana 4:12
Written-By – Zoot Sims
7    Indiana 4:00
Written-By – Ballard MacDonald, James F. Hanley
8    Memories Of You 4:04
Written-By – Andy Razaf
9    Come Rain Or Come Shine 4:37
Written-By – Harold Arlen & Johnny Mercer
10    Up A Lazy River 3:24
Written-By – Hoagy Carmichael
11    Send In The Clowns 2:31
Written-By – Stephen Sondheim
Credits :
Bass – Milt Hinton
Drums – Buddy Rich
Guitar – Bucky Pizzarelli
Tenor Saxophone – Zoot Sims
Notas.
Recorded 1969, Europe.

DAVE HOLLAND TRIO - Triplicate (1988) APE (image+.cue), lossless

Very much a co-op trio, this ECM date matches together bassist Dave Holland, his old associate Jack DeJohnette and altoist Steve Coleman, who spent time in both of their bands. For the well-rounded date, the band performs one song apiece by Coleman and DeJohnette, four by Holland, a traditional "African Lullaby," Charlie Parker's "Segment" and Duke Ellington's "Take the Coltrane." Steve Coleman, who always had an original sound, really excels in this sparse setting. by Scott Yanow
Tracklist :
1     Games 5:07
Steve Coleman
2     Quiet Fire 5:50
Dave Holland
3     Take the Coltrane 6:27
Duke Ellington
4     Rivers Run 9:18
Dave Holland
5     Four Winds 4:22
Dave Holland
6     Triple Dance 8:08
Dave Holland
7     Blue 6:08
Jack DeJohnette
8     African Lullaby 3:11
Dave Holland / Traditional
9     Segment 6:38
Charlie Parker
Credits :
Alto Saxophone – Steve Coleman
Bass – Dave Holland
Design [Cover Design] – Barbara Wojirsch
Drums – Jack DeJohnette

GATEWAY - Homecoming (1994) APE (image+.cue), lossless

The Gateway Trio is a cooperative in the greatest sense of the word, as guitarist John Abercrombie, bassist Dave Holland, and drummer Jack DeJohnette are all respected players, composers, and bandleaders on the jazz scene. Even though this only the third Gateway recording and the group's first in 17 years, each group member collaborates frequently with the others. As a result there is always a great sense of interplay between Abercrombie's sometimes-mellow-sometimes-distorted guitar, Holland's huge toned bass, and DeJohnette's dancing drums. All of the compositions are by the band members and are wide-ranging in scope. Highlights include the title track, which begins as a medium swinger but drifts into collective improvisation before coming back to medium swing, Modern Times, with its melody reminiscent of "Yesterdays" over a samba feel, the rockish "How's Never" and "7th D," what one might call a "free blues." This is a fine return to recording for a great group. by Greg Turner
Tracklist :
1     Homecoming 12:41
Dave Holland
2     Waltz New  8:32
John Abercrombie
3     Modern Times 7:30
Dave Holland
4     Calypso Falto 7:47
John Abercrombie
5     Short Cut 6:13
John Abercrombie
6     How's Never 7:34
Dave Holland
7     In Your Arms 5:48
Dave Holland
8     7th D 9:29
Jack DeJohnette
9     Oneness 7:53
Jack DeJohnette (piano)
Credits :
Cover, Design [Cover Design] – Barbara Wojirsch
Double Bass – Dave Holland
Drums – Jack DeJohnette
Guitar – John Abercrombie
Producer – Manfred Eicher

GATEWAY - In the Moment (1997) APE (image+.cue), lossless

The group Gateway (a trio comprised of guitarist John Abercrombie, bassist Dave Holland and drummer Jack DeJohnette, who also plays the Korg wave-drum, a Turkish frame drum and piano) certainly covers a lot of ground. The interplay between the musicians is the main reason to acquire this set. The five group originals sound freely improvised, and they include the Indian-flavored "In the Moment," a full-scale Abercrombie guitar freakout on "Shrubberies" and some quieter moments. Intriguing and atmospheric music. by Scott Yanow
Tracklist :
1    In The Moment    8:36
2    The Enhanced Forest    9:20
3    Cinuçen    6:42
4    Shrubberies    14:01
5    Soft    7:13
Credits :
Design [Cover Design] – Barbara Wojirsch
Double Bass – Dave Holland
Drums, Electronic Drums [Korg Wave-Drum], Frame Drum [Turkish Frame Drum], Piano – Jack DeJohnette
Guitar – John Abercrombie
Producer – Manfred Eicher