NILS LANDGREN FUNK UNIT — Paint It Blue 'A Tribute To Cannonball Adderley (1996) FLAC (image+.cue), lossless

One of trombonist Nils Landgren's early inspirations was Cannonball Adderley's group. Paint It Blue is dedicated to Adderley with Landgren performing five songs associated with the altoist plus seven originals that pay tribute to Cannonball's bands. Some of the music is in the soul-jazz vein while other tunes (particularly the originals) are more modern, even incorporating a little bit of rap in a couple places. Landgren is a fine trombonist (sometimes a little reminiscent of Wayne Henderson) and he manages to keep up with Michael and Randy Brecker, who in this situation are superior supportive soloists. Without merely copying the past, Landgren expands on the legacy of Adderley quite successfully. Scott Yanow
Tracklist :
1    Walk Tall 5:17
Written-By – Nat Adderley
2    You Dig 6:13
Written-By – Janson, Price, Landgren
3    Why Am I Treated So Bad 5:24
Written-By – R. Staples
4    Brother Nat 4:18
Written-By – Nils Landgren
5    Inside Straight 3:55
Written-By – Nat Adderley
6    Cannonball 6:08
Written-By – Svensson, Landgren
7    Mercy Mercy Mercy 4:16
Written-By – Joe Zawinul
8    Mother Fonk 4:16
Written-By – Nils Landgren
9    Primitivo 7:06
Written-By – Julian Adderley
10    After The Party 4:53
Written-By – Nils Landgren
11    Love All, Serve All 4:08
Written-By – Price, Landgren
12    Julian 5:49
Written-By – Nils Landgren
Credits :
Guest [Plus], Bass Clarinet, Arranged By – Steffen Schorn
Guest [Plus], Drums, Arranged By – Bernard Purdie (tracks: 2)
Guest [Plus], Percussion, Arranged By – Airto Moreira (tracks: 6, 8, 9, 11), Marcio Doctor
Guest [Plus], Tenor Saxophone, Arranged By – Michael Brecker (tracks: 2)
Guest [Plus], Trumpet, Arranged By – Till Brönner (tracks: 9)
Guest [Plus], Trumpet, Flugelhorn, Arranged By – Randy Brecker (tracks: 2, 5)
Painting – Rolf Rose
Performer [The Funk Unit], Electric Bass [Fender Bass], Arranged By – Lars Danielsson
Performer [The Funk Unit], Guitar, Arranged By – Henrik Janson
Performer [The Funk Unit], Keyboards, Arranged By – Esbjörn Svensson
Performer [The Funk Unit], Saxophone [Saxophones], Arranged By – Per "Ruskträsk" Johansson
Performer [The Funk Unit], Trombone, Trumpet, Arranged By – Nils Landgren
Performer [The Funk Unit], Vocals, Synthesizer, Arranged By – Magnum Coltrane Price
Voice [Sample] – Rev. Jesse Jackson (tracks: 1)
Voice [Samples] – Cannonball Adderley (tracks: 3, 5, 7)

EDDIE HARRIS — The Last Concert (1997) FLAC (tracks+.cue), lossless

Unless something unauthorized turns up, this appears to be Eddie Harris' last recording. The concert was taped in Europe -- where Harris was far more respected in his last years than in America -- eight months before his death. The occasion would be an atypical affair for him, appearing as a featured soloist (along with the fine trombonist Nils Landgren and, on one track, trumpeter John Marshall) in front of the WDR Big Band in Cologne. At first, the program consists of a series of straight-ahead Gil Goldstein charts on well-worn soul-jazz classics like "Sidewinder," "Moanin'," "Wade in the Water," and "Work Song," and then takes a decided, somewhat less successful turn toward '60s soul on "When a Man Loves a Woman" and "Gimme Some Lovin'" (with idiomatic vocals by Haywood J. Gregory). Of Harris' own corpus of tunes, only the inevitable "Freedom Jazz Dance" appears here (in an Arif Mardin chart), with Eddie offering probably the last of his fascinating run of solos over the previous three decades on his bewildering tune. Though ailing at the time (the inside photo shows that he doesn't look well at all), Harris is still in undiminished, swinging, highly individual form through the concert, gliding easily over the rhythm section on tenor sax and switching on some of his electronic octave doubling and harmonizing effects. By now, his vocabulary of funky licks had long been set in stone, so there are no revelations, just an assured apotheosis of his distinctive style. The day after the concert, Harris and Goldstein went into WDR Studio 4 to record a long, poignant duo encore, "You Stole My Heart," which features an unexpectedly deep, soulful vocal by Eddie and a pair of lingering, pithy, affectionate tenor solos that seem to bid farewell in a most touching way. Whether he knew it or not, that last tune is a marvelous epitaph. Richard S. Ginell

"On his Last Concert, the outstanding stature of the musician becomes evident once again." - JAZZPODIUM ACT
Tracklist :
1    SideWinder 8:08
Soloist – E. Harris, Frank Chastenier
Written-By – Lee Morgan
2    Moanin' 7:30
Soloist – E. Harris, John Marshall, Nils Landgren
Written-By – Bobby Timmons
3    Wade In The Water 5:45
 – Traditional
Soloist – E. Harris
4    Freedom Jazz Dance 4:56
Arranged By – Arif Mardin, Gil Goldstein
Soloist – E. Harris, N. Landgren
Written-By – Eddie Harris
5    Work Song 5:57
Soloist – E. Harris, N. Landgren
Written-By – Nat Adderley
6    When A Man Loves A Woman 5:39
Arranged By – Tom Malone
Vocals – Haywood J. Gregory
Written-By – Wright, Lewis
7    Gimme Some Lovin' 10:22
Vocals – Haywood J. Gregory
Written-By – Davis, Winwood
8    You Stole My Heart - The Last Encore 14:07
Piano – Gil Goldstein
Tenor Saxophone – Eddie Harris
Credits :
Accompanied By – Bernard Purdie, Dave King, Dean Brown, Haywood J. Gregory, Nils Landgren
Band – WDR Big Band Köln (tracks: 1 to 7)
Bass – John Goldsby (tracks: 1 to 7)
Conductor – Gil Goldstein (tracks: 1 to 7)
Piano, Organ – Frank Chastenier (tracks: 1 to 7)
Saxophone – Harald Rosenstein (tracks: 1 to 7), Heiner Wiberny (tracks: 1 to 7), Jens Neufang (tracks: 1 to 7), Olivier Peters (tracks: 1 to 7), Rolf Römer (tracks: 1 to 7)
Trombone – Bernt Laukamp (tracks: 1 to 7), Dave Horler (tracks: 1 to 7), Henning Berg (tracks: 1 to 7), Roy Deuvall (tracks: 1 to 7)
Trumpet – Andy Haderer (tracks: 1 to 7), John Marshall (tracks: 1 to 7), Klaus Osterloh (tracks: 1 to 7), Rob Bruynen (tracks: 1 to 7), Rüdiger Baldauf (tracks: 1 to 7)

ERIC WATSON | CHRISTOF LAUER QUARTET — Road Movies (2004) FLAC (image+.cue), lossless

"Unleashed, confident, passionate." - (DIE ZEIT) ACT
Tracklist :
1    Road Movies    12:13
2    Road Runners    9:03
3    The Last Goodbye    7:39
4    Hardware    7:36
5    Situation Tragedy    6:13
6    Inroads    10:35
7    Hard As Nails    7:26
Credits :
Design, Cover [Coverart] – Peter Krüll
Double Bass – Claude Tchamitchian
Drums – Christophe Marguet
Piano, Composed By, Producer – Eric Watson
Tenor Saxophone, Soprano Saxophone – Christof Lauer

JOACHIM KÜHN — Europeana : Jazzphony No. 1 (Michael Gibbs) (1995) FLAC (image+.cue), lossless

Europeana won the Annual German Record Critics' Award upon its initial CD release in 1995. ACT
Tracklist :
1    Castle In Heaven 4:16
French Horn [Solo] – Theo Wiemes
2    Black Is The Colour Of My Ture Love´s Hair 4:42
Oboe – Douglas Boyd
Tenor Horn – Django Bates
3    The Shepherd Of Breton 4:34
Accordion – Richard Galliano
Orchestra – Members Of The NDR-Bigband
4    The Ingrian Rune Song    2:19
5    The Groom´s Sister 3:41
Soprano Saxophone – Christof Lauer
6    Norwegian Psalm 4:48
Flugelhorn – Markus Stockhausen
Oboe [Solo] – Martin Stoll
7    Three Angels 4:20
Tenor Saxophone – Christof Lauer
Trombone – Albert Mangelsdorff
8    Heaven Has Created 3:56
Piccolo Trumpet – Markus Stockhausen
9    She Moved Through The Fair 5:55
Soprano Saxophone – Klaus Doldinger
10    Crebe De Chet    4:14
11    Midnight Sun    5:28
12    Londonderry Air 4:41
Violin [Solo] – Volker Worlitzsch
13    Otra Jazzpaña    5:35
Credits :
Bass, Soloist – Jean-François Jenny-Clark
Concertmaster – Volker Worlitzsch
Conductor, Arranged By – Michael Gibbs
Drums, Soloist – Jon Christensen
Orchestra – Radio Philharmoníe Hannover NDR
Painting – Gerhard Richter
Piano, Soloist – Joachim Kühn
Soloist – Albert Mangelsdorff, Christof Lauer, Django Bates, Douglas Boyd, Klaus Doldinger, Markus Stockhausen, Richard Galliano

KLAUS DOLDINGER — Doldinger's Best (2000) ACT Jazz Classics Series | FLAC (tracks+.cue), lossless

Tracklist :
1    The Quartett–    Blues For George    6:08
2    Klaus Doldinger And Peter Trunk–    Two Getting Together    6:04
3    The Quartett–    Minor Kick    4:13
4    The Quartett + Volker Kriegel–    Quartenwalzer    4:56
5    The Quartett + Attila Zoller–    Fiesta    4:30
6    The Quartett + Attila Zoller–    Viva Brasilia    3:55
7    Paul Nero Sounds–    Guachi Guaro    3:32
8    The Quartett–    Raga Up And Down    7:30
9    The Quartett–    Saragossa    6:39
10    NDR-Jazz-Workshop-Band With Klaus Doldinger, Johnny Griffin, Sahib Shihab, Benny Bailey, Donald Byrd–    Waltz Of The Jive Cats    3:02
11    Paul Nero's Blue Sounds–    Comin' Home Baby    2:33
12    Doldinger's Motherhood–    I Feel Free    4:03
13    Etta James, Klaus Doldinger, David Newman, Herbie Man, Richard Tee, Steve Jordan–    Stormy Monday Blues    7:45
14    Passport + Les McCann, Johnny Griffin, Philip Catherine, Pete York–    Compared To What    5:02