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7.8.25

MORGANA KING — Looking Thruogh the Eyes of Love (1981-1995) FLAC (tracks), lossless

Morgana King is definitely an acquired taste. Her semi-operatic vocals, high voice, and dramatic delivery take some time to get used to, though her fans have long gone out of their way to collect her records. This CD reissues a 1981 set cut for Muse. The backing is a bit jazz-oriented, thanks to the presence of guitarist Joe Puma, but the singer is also accompanied on some cuts by a string quartet; Torrie Zito's arrangements fit King's voice well. The better selections include "Time After Time," "I Wished on the Moon," and "Dearly Beloved." Morgana King's followers will enjoy this outing; her detractors will not be persuaded. Scott Yanow
Tracklist :
1 Through the Eyes of Love 3:25 
Marvin Hamlisch / Carole Bayer Sager
2 Gentleman Friend 2:42 
Arnold B. Horwitt / Richard Lewine
3 Time After Time 2:56 
Sammy Cahn / Jule Styne
4 I Wished on the Moon 2:54 
Dorothy Parker / Ralph Rainger
5 Love Is Sweeping the Country 3:21 
George Gershwin / Ira Gershwin
6 With You I'm Born Again 2:35 
Carol Connors / David Shire
7 Medley : Imagination / I'm Old Fashioned 4:41 
8 Dearly Beloved 2:35 
Jerome Kern / Johnny Mercer
9 Lilac Wine 4:51
 James Alan Shelton 
Credits :
Vocals – Morgana King
Bass – Art Koenig
Drums – Ed Caccavale, Warren Odze
Guitar – Joe Puma
Keyboards – Don Rebic
Percussion – Ray Mantilla, Sue Evans
Ensemble [String Quartet] – Composers String Quartet :
Cello – Mark Shuman
Viola – Jean Dane
Violin [Violin I] – Matthew Raimondi
Violin [Violin II] – Anahid Ajemian
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19.7.25

HERBIE MANN — At the Village Gate (1962-2004) RM | Atlantic Masters Series | FLAC (tracks+.cue), lossless

At the Village Gate is the album that first brought Herbie Mann to widespread popular attention, thanks to the inclusion of "Comin' Home Baby," which soon became one of the flautist's signature songs. By the time of the record's release in 1962, however, Mann had already been a bandleader for years, honing his pioneering blend of Afro-Cuban and Brazilian music with hard bop's funky structures just under the public radar. As a result, At the Village Gate sounds more like a summation than a beginning. The nearly 40-minute album is a mere three tracks long, with an epic 20-minute version of "It Ain't Necessarily So" taking up the entirety of the second side of the original vinyl. The highlight, however, is a stunning take on the standard "Summertime," one that turns the Gershwin tune into an easy swinging, proto-bossa nova song that features a glorious extended solo by Mann over a conga beat. In its way, it's just as revelatory as Miles Davis' better-known recasting of the tune Rovi Staff.
Tracklist :
1. Comin' Home Baby 8:38 
Bob Dorough / Ben Tucker
2. Summertime 10:23 
George Gershwin / Ira Gershwin / DuBose Heyward
3. It Ain't Necessarily So 19:55
George Gershwin / Ira Gershwin
Credits :
Bass – Ahmad Abdul-Malik, Ben Tucker (tracks: 1)
Drums – Rudy Collins
Flute – Herbie Mann
Percussion, Congas – Ray Mantilla
Percussion, Drums – Chief Bey
Vibraphone – Hagood Hardy 

1.7.25

JOE FARRELL — Outback (1971) Three Version | RM | CTI Best Selection Series | CTI Records 40th Anniversary Edition Series | FLAC (tracks+.cue), lossless

Outback is the second and finest of Joe Farrell's dates for Creed Taylor's CTI label. Recorded in a quartet setting in 1970, with Elvin Jones, Chick Corea, and Brazilian percussionist Airto Moreira, Farrell pushes the envelope not only of his own previous jazz conceptualism, but CTI's envelope, as well. Outback is not a commercially oriented funk or fusion date, but an adventurous, spacy, tightrope-walking exercise between open-ended composition and improvisation. That said, there is plenty of soul in the playing. Four compositions, all arranged by Farrell, make up the album. The mysterious title track by John Scott opens the set. Staged in a series of minor-key signatures, Farrell primarily uses winds -- flutes and piccolos -- to weave a spellbinding series of ascending melodies over the extended, contrasting chord voicings by Corea. Jones skitters on his cymbals while playing the snare and tom-toms far more softly than his signature style usually attests. Airto rubs and shimmers on hand drums, going through the beat, climbing on top of it, and playing accents in tandem with Farrell in the solo sections. "Sound Down" is a bit more uptempo and features Farrell playing wonderfully on the soprano. Buster Williams lays down a short staccato bassline that keeps Jones' bass drum pumping. As Farrell moves from theme/variation/melody to improvisation, he brings in Corea, who vamps off the melody before offering a series of ostinati responses. Corea's "Bleeding Orchid" is a ballad played with augmented modes and continually shifting intervals, mapped beautifully by Williams' adherence to the changes, with a series of contrasting pizzicato fills. Farrell's trills and arpeggiatic exercises combine both jazz classicism and Middle Eastern folk music. On Farrell's "November 68th," he invokes John Coltrane's version of "My Favorite Things" as he digs deep into the tenor's middle register for a song-like voicing, played with a gorgeously bluesy sophistication. The other players rally around him and push his sonic flight to near manic intensity. Outback is a stunner, as inspired as anything -- and perhaps more so -- that Farrell ever recorded.  
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Tracklist :
1    Canned Funk 7:20

Written-By [Uncredited] – Joe Farrell

2    Animal 9:55
Written-By [Uncredited] – Joe Farrell
3    Suite Martinique 9:03
Written-By [Uncredited] – Joe Farrell
4    Spoken Silence 7:43
Written-By [Uncredited] – Joe Farrell
Credits :
Bass – Herb Bushler
Congas, Percussion – Ray Mantilla
Drums – Jim Madison
Engineer – Rudy Van Gelder
Guitar – Joe Beck
Producer – Creed Taylor
Tenor Saxophone, Soprano Saxophone, Baritone Saxophone, Flute – Joe Farrell

1.4.24

JOE FARRELL — Canned Funk (1974-2011) FLAC (tracks+.cue), lossless

Joe Farrell's final of six CTI dates has fairly lengthy versions of four of his originals. Farrell, who adds baritone to his usual trio of instruments (tenor, soprano and flute), once again welcomes guitarist Joe Beck as his co-star, along with bassist Herb Bushler, drummer Jim Madison and percussionist Ray Mantilla. The music is melodic, sometimes funky, and enjoyable if not essential, but all of Joe Farrell's CTI sets are worth acquiring. Scott Yanow
Tracklist :
1.    Canned Funk (Joe Farrell) – 7:20
2.    Animal (Farrell) – 9:55
3.    Suite Martinique (Farrell) – 9:03
4.    Spoken Silence (Farrell) – 7:43
Credits :
Joe Farrell – Tenor Saxophone, Soprano Saxophone, Baritone Saxophone, Flute
Herb Bushler – Bass
Joe Beck – Guitar
Jim Madison – Drums
Ray Mantilla – Conga, Percussion

LINDA EDER — It's No Secret Anymore (1999) Two Version | FLAC 24-44.1Hz + APE (image+.tracks+.cue), lossless

Linda Eder's It's No Secret Anymore celebrates her pregnancy and features tracks from the musical Havana, which her husband/collabor...