6.3.26

MATANA ROBERTS — Always (2015) FLAC (tracks), lossless

Tracklist :
1.        Untitled N.1    33:23
2.        Untitled N.2    9:56
Alto Saxophone – Matana Roberts

IRÈNE SCHWEIZER · HAMID DRAKE — Celebration (2021) FLAC (tracks+.cue), lossless

Tracklist :
1.        A Former Dialogue    6:26
2.        Hot Sunflowers    5:44
3.        The Good Life    4:29
4.        Twister    5:52
5.        Stringfever    5:04
6.        Blues For Crelier    3:17
7.        Nickelsdorf Glow    2:59
8.        Celebration    4:39
9.        Song For Johnny - In Memory Of Johnny Dyani    5:22
Credits : 
Composed By, Piano – Irène Schweizer
Cover – Rosina Kuhn
Drums – Hamid Drake

5.3.26

AKI TAKASE — Carmen Rhapsody (2023) FLAC (tracks), lossless

Carmen, one of the most popular operas of all time, is about a strong and proud woman who lives by her own law. On her new album, the iconic jazz pianist Aki Takase takes up this convention-breaking figure and shapes her interpretation of Carmen as a rhapsody. As a seemingly loose sequence of lightly floating, dance-like musical thoughts based on the themes of Carmen by Bizet, unbound by any form and almost bordering on anarchy.

The pianist and her two collaborators - Vincent Courtois and Daniel Erdmann - display their superior instrumental skills and improvisational abilities with furious speed and great precision in their interplay with Nakamura's supple mezzo-sopranoo. jpc.de
Tracklist :
1.       Trio 6:43
Composed By [Composition By], Arranged By [Arrangement By] – Aki Takase
Music By – Georges Bizet

2.        Sevilla 7:05
Composed By [Composition By], Arranged By [Arrangement By] – Aki Takase
Music By – Georges Bizet

3.        Lalala 3:25
Composed By [Composition By], Arranged By [Arrangement By] – Aki Takase
Music By – Georges Bizet

4.        Intermezzo For Don Jose 1:31
Music By – Daniel Erdmann, Vincent Courtois
5.        Carmen Chanson 3:38
Composed By [Composition By], Arranged By [Arrangement By] – Aki Takase
Music By – Georges Bizet

6.        Prelude 2:18
Composed By [Composition By], Arranged By [Arrangement By] – Aki Takase
Music By – Georges Bizet

7.        Shadow 4:19
Composed By [Composition By], Arranged By [Arrangement By] – Aki Takase
Music By – Georges Bizet

8.        Three Variations 3:53
Music By – Aki Takase, Daniel Erdmann, Vincent Courtois
9.        Torrero 4:41
Composed By [Composition By], Arranged By [Arrangement By] – Aki Takase
Music By – Georges Bizet

10.        Night Of Spade 4:29
Composed By [Composition By], Arranged By [Arrangement By] – Aki Takase
Music By – Georges Bizet

11.        Puzzle 1:10
Music By – Aki Takase, Vincent Courtois
12.        Habanera 4:28
Composed By [Composition By], Arranged By [Arrangement By] – Aki Takase
Music By – Georges Bizet

Credits : 
Cello – Vincent Courtois
Mezzo-soprano Vocals [Mezzo-soprano] – Mayumi Nakamura 
Piano, Harpsichord – Aki Takase
Tenor Saxophone, Soprano Saxophone – Daniel Erdmann

LUCIEN DUBUIS TRIO — Future Rock (2013) FLAC (tracks+.cue), lossless

Tracklist :
1.    Es Descendant De La Montagne
Vocals – Miro Caltagirone
2.        Eva
3.        En Bus
4.        Blanche
5.        Le Cockpit
6.        4 Wände
7.        Star Loves
Vocals – Miro Caltagirone
8.        Yiwu Shan
9.        Un Ying-Hao
10.        Schnitzel Paniert Mit Brot
11.        Lançang
12.        I'll Talk To You
13.        Georges W Bush
Credits : 
Alto Saxophone, Bass Clarinet, Contrabass Clarinet – Lucien Dubuis
Bass, Electric Guitar – Roman Nowka
Drums – Lionel Friedli

LAST EXIT — Iron Path (1988) FLAC (tracks+.cue), lossless

Their sole major-label release, their first studio recording, and a record that iconoclastic critic Chuck Eddy considers one of the 500 greatest heavy metal albums in the history of the universe. But that doesn't mean you should invite all your Deep Purple and Iron Maiden loving friends over for a listening party; they won't be amused. Using the studio to their advantage, Last Exit explores sonic texture on "Prayer" and "The Fire Drum," but never loses sight of the power and energy that makes their live recordings so memorable. If you were to have one Last Exit recording, this might well be the one. But any one of their live records would enhance your appreciation of this great record immeasurably. John Dougan
Tracklist :
1.    Prayer    4:37
2.    Iron Path    3:28
3.    The Black Bat (For Aki Ikuta)    4:33
4.    Marked For Death    2:19
5.    The Fire Drum    4:18
6.    Detonator    3:47
7.    Sand Dancer    1:56
8.    Cut And Run    2:30
9.    Eye For An Eye    4:54
10.    Devil's Rain    4:12
Credits : 
Bass, Producer – Bill Laswell
Drums – Ronald Shannon Jackson
Guitar – Sonny Sharrock
Saxophone – Peter Brötzmann

JEFF BECK — Wired (1976-2013) RM | Blu-spec CD2 | Serie Legacy Recordings | Two Version | FLAC (image+.tracks+.cue), lossless

Released in 1976, Jeff Beck's Wired contains some of the best jazz-rock fusion of the period. Wired is generally more muscular, albeit l...