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

LARRY CORYELL — Offering (1972-2001) APE (image+.cue), lossless

Recorded in 1972, guitarist Larry Coryell's Offering has often been overlooked because it was the album that was released just before the debut of his legendary fusion band the Eleventh House. It's too bad, too, since Coryell's playing here is so inspired and free of the intellectual trappings of some of his later work. The band on Offering is a crack jazz-rock outfit made up of drummer Harry Wilkinson, bassist Melvyn Bronson, soprano saxophonist Steve Marcus, and electric pianist Mike Mandel (also a founding member of the Eleventh House). The vibe on this set is akin to the rugged jazz-rock forging of Soft Machine beginning on Fourth. And while it's tempting to lump this set in with the rest of the fused-out fare of the time, Offering is a distinctly -- and consciously -- more melodic record than those issued by Coryell's contemporaries at the time. Compositions such as "Foreplay," with its loping soprano and keyboard lines, stand apart from most of the Miles Davis-inspired crowd (Hancock, Corea, et. al), and "Ruminations" with its knotty, striated bop lines, comes on strong from the middle of three entwining harmonic figures to reach out and create a melodic framer from the pathos; Coryell's solo, which is equal parts Jimi Hendrix and Sonny Sharrock, is a wonderfully scorching and elusive sprite. Beginning with "Scotland I," which closes out side one, the jams get a bit more abstract and a bit more involved with the primacy of improvisation without losing their lyrical sensibilities. Offering is, in its own way, every bit as strong as the Eleventh House's debut and deserves to be considered hand in hand with it.
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Tracklist
1. Foreplay (8:10)
2. Ruminations (4:17)
3. Scotland I (6:41)
4. Offering (6:46)
5. The Meditation Of November 8th (5:12)
6. Beggar`s Chant (8:03)
Total time 39:09
Credits
Larry Coryell - Guitar
Mike Mandel - Electric Piano with Fuzz-Wah
Steve Marcus - Soprano Saxophone
Mervin Bronson - Bass
Harry Wilkinson - Drums

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 - Live at the Whisky 1969 : The Unreleased Masters (2016) 2CD / FLAC (tracks+.cue), lossless

Tracklist 1 :
1     Untitled Jam 7:21
Roy Ayers / Bruno Carr / Herbie Mann / Steve Marcus / Sonny Sharrock / Miroslav Vitous
2     Tangier/If I Were a Carpenter 24:21
Tim Hardin / Donovan Leitch
3     Memphis Underground 10:37
Herbie Mann
4     Ooh Baby 21:37
Columbus Baker / Chris Hill
5     Scarborough Fair 4:06
Traditional
Tracklist 2 :    
1     Black Woman 5:47
Sonny Sharrock
2     All Blues 6:01
Miles Davis
3     If I Were a Carpenter 25:49
Tim Hardin
4     Philly Dog 10:45
Rufus Thomas
5     Portrait of Linda in three Colors, All black 7:36
Sonny Sharrock
6     Come Home Baby/Battle Hymn of the Republic/Come Home Baby 5:12
Julia Ward Howe / Ben Tucker
7     Chain of Fools 12:46
Don Covay
Credits :
Bass – Miroslav Vitous
Drums – Bruno Carr
Flute – Herbie Mann
Guitar – Sonny Sharrock
Lead Vocals – Linda Sharrock (faixas: 2-1, 2-5)
Tenor Saxophone – Steve Marcus
Vibraphone – Roy Ayers

LARRY CORYELL | STEVE SMITH | STEVE MARKUS | KAI ECKHARDT – Count's Jam Band Reunion (2001) FLAC (tracks+.cue), lossless

First some background: Before fusion became popular in the early '70s, there was a community of  musicians in NYC experimenting with jazz-rock in the mid- to late '60s. Two of the leaders of this movement were guitarist Coryell and a saxophonist known as Steve "The Count" Marcus. They documented these radical new ideas on two classic recordings made in 1967 and 1968 using the name Count's Rock Band. The two also collaborated on many of Coryell's later projects. They met up again in 1999, and decided to go at it again with drummer Steve Smith and bassist Kai Eckhardt. The music's not so radical anymore, since everyone's been through the fusion days, but the playing is incredible and as spirited as ever (musicians never seem to age, do they?). "Scotland" features a furious flurry of a melody testing the racing skills of Coryell and Marcus in tandem. "Reunion" features an off-meter percussion pattern and a push-and-pull interaction between Marcus' percussive soprano lines and Coryell's acoustic swirls. "Rhapsody in Blues" pays homage to Gershwin in a unique way, with the tandem jumping to and fro and overlapping each other and Smith banging away; they break for a lively piano solo by pianist Jeff Chimenti. "Blues for Yoshiro Hattori" shows off Marcus' wistful soprano skills, but is even more notable for its pulsing rhythm section. "Jammin' With the Count" is a crazy free for all that's best enjoyed by fans of these guys. Some of the other stuff will attract fusion curiosity seekers, but to get the full pleasure, you should know the history or be fans of the players in question. Jonathan Widran

Tracklist :
1. Scotland (6:33)
Larry Coryell
2. Reunion (9:55)
Kai Eckhardt
3. Rhapsody & Blues (11:14)
Larry Coryell
4. Pedals and Suspensions (5:52)
Larry Coryell
5. Foreplay (8:09)
Larry Coryell
6. Blues For Yoshihiro Hattori (6:48)
Larry Coryell
7. Tomorrow Never Knows (12:45)
John Lennon, Paul McCartney
8. Ballad For Guitar And Soprano (5:37)
Larry Coryell
9. Jammin' With The Count (5:45)
Steve Marcus, Steve Smith, Kai Eckhardt
(Total Time 73:01)
Larry Coryell : Guitars
Steve Smith : Ddrums
Steve Marcus : Soprano Ssaxophone
Kai Eckhardt : Bass
Jeff Chimenti : Piano (on 1,3,6,7)