Quarteto Jobim-Morelenbaum
Paula Morelenbaum - voz
Jaques Morelenbaum - cello
Daniel Jobim - piano y voz
Paulo Jobim - violão e voz
Gravado no Estudio Mega, Rio de Janeiro, de abril a junho de 1999
Participação especial:
Marcelo Costa - bateria e percussão
Marcos Suzano - percussão
Zeca Assumpção - baixo
This quartet consists of cellist-arranger Jacques Morelenbaum, who played with Antonio Carlos Jobim on one of his last recordings, Passarim, before Jobim’s death in 1994; his wife, vocalist Paula; Jobim’s son, pianist Daniel; and his grandson Paulo on guitar. On this CD not only do they extend Jobim’s legacy into the 21st century, but in this chamber format they highlight the softer side of Jobim’s bossa nova blend of the Afro-Brazilian samba, jazz, and the French impressionist harmonies of Ravel and Debussy. Augmented by bass, drums, and percussion, the quartet delivers engaging and ethereal renditions of classic Jobim mid-’60s bossa nova standards including “Agua de Beber,” “Ela e’ Carioca,” “Meditacão,” and “Desafinado,” sung by Paulo. The haunting “A Felicidade” and “Lamento no Morro” from Jobim’s Academy Award-winning soundtrack to Black Orpheus are updated with taste and verve, especially in the balance between voice and instrumentation. Paulo Jobim’s “Mantiqueira Range” is a direct descendant of his grandfather’s harmonic genius, and it may prove to be an example of pleasant things to come from this stunning group.
From Rhythm Magazine
The music of Antonio Carlos Jobim has been inherited by his family, and it is in very good hands. On this beautiful recording, Jobim’s guitarist son Paulo and his pianist grandson Daniel-both singers as well-are joined by the husband and wife team of Jacques and Paula Morelenbaum, on cello and vocals, respectively. The Morelenbaums, like the Jobims, were members of the legendary composer’s later groups, and it shows. This CD recalls the glory days of bossa nova with its sensitive, gently compelling renditions of Jobim classics and lesser-known gems, in performances that are both faithful to the spirit of the original versions and distinctive in their own right.
1. Agua de Beber
2. Meditation (Meditação)
3. Ela é Carioca - Antonio Carlos Jobim
4. Só Tinha de Ser Com Você
5. Felicidade
6. Eu E O Meu Amor/Lamento No Morro
7. Falando de Amor
8. Correnteza
9. O Boto
10. Mantiqueira Range
11. Corcovado
12. Desafinado
13. Águas de Março (Waters of March)
Cantante Venezolana. Ha sido galardonada dos veces con el “Premio Nacional del Artista”. En 1994 como “Revelación Musical del Año” y en 1996 como “Cantante Femenina del Año”. Estudió en el conservatorio José Ángel Lamas y en la escuela de Opera de Caracas. También estudió canto con los maestros Francisco Kraus, Yoshiko Miki, Hilda Breer y con Irene Ebersteins.
Su excelente condición vocal le ha permitido entrar con éxito en el jazz, rock, blues y música latina, géneros de los que ha hecho síntesis para producir un sonido cálido, acogedor, potente e impecable a la vez.
A título personal ha grabado dos discos centrados en el jazz y en el blues tradicional. Ellos son “Solo Jazz” Fundación Polar (1992) y “Jazz & Blues” Petróleos de Venezuela(1995).
Comentario:
Emotivo concierto ofreció esta noche el quinteto de Biella da Costa, en su regreso a Madrid para tocar en el Café Central. La cantante venenzolana demotró saber cantar jazz y blues, además de deleitarnos con repertorio propio, siempre arropada por una magnifica banda que arrastra el saber de la experiencia.
Tuvimos la oportunidad de entrevistarla, junto a su guitarrista Álvaro Falcón.
PREGUNTA:¿Podeis contarme como fue vuestro camino musical hasta encontaros con el Jazz y el Blues?
RESPUESTA: (A.Falcón) Comencé a tocar la guitarra muy joven con 14 años, influenciado por los Beatles y Jimmy Henrix, entre otros. Pronto estaría tocando en bolos y grabando en estudio con 17 años.
P.¿Cuando comienzas a interesarte por el jazz?
Siendo aún muy joven, comienzo a escuchar los discos de jazz de la biblioteca de mi hermano, en especial los discos de Oscar Peterson, los cuales utilizo para comenzar a transcribir solos e ideas musicales, y asi introducirme en el jazz.
P.Hemos escuchado una versión muy interesante de “Four on Six” de Wes Montgomery, quien imagino es una gran referencia para ti a la hora de tocar.
R.Si Wes es uno de mis guitarristas favoritos, y su influencia se nota en mi manera de orientar los solos, incorporando entre otras cosas su técnica de ocatavas.
P. ¿Podrías citar alguno de los discos que más te gusten o que consideres interesante para estudiar dentro del ámbito de la guitarra de Jazz?
R. Hay un disco en concreto que considero indispensable, es de Wes, de los pocos grabados para la Blue note que se llama “beginning“.
P.¿Cómo fué tu formación como guitarrista?
R. Tuve la inmensa fortuna de poder estudiar jazz en Berkley (Boston) mientras trabajé dando clases de guitarra de rock. Al regresar a Venenzuela comence mi trabajo como productor. P.¿Cómo enfocas el estudio del instrumento?
R.Considero que es importante conocer la teoría musical, aunque opino que es absolutamente crucial el trabajo de transcripción de solos asi como escuchar muchisimos discos y conocer lo que se ha hecho en el pasado.
P. Por último, ¿podrías contarnos que equipo utilizas y cuál es tu recomendación?
Esta noche toque con una guitarra Gibson 335 y un ampli Fender Prince Tone Reverb de los años sesenta, aunque habitualmente toco con un Vibrolux Reverb de Fender. Mi recomendación para quien busca el sonido genuino de la guitarra de jazz es un amplificador Super Reverb “Black face” de Fender.
Gibson 335
Fender Super Reverb “Black Face”
BIELLA DA COSTAactuaráen el Café Central, todas las noches de 22.00 a 24.00 desde el 14 hasta el dia 20 de Julio.
1. Jive At Five
2. One O’Clock Jump
3. (We Ain’t Got) No Special Thing
4. Memories Of You
5. Frog’s Blues
6. Rabbit
7. Perdido
8. Timekeeper
9. Mean To Me
10. Blues For Joe Turner
Personal:
Count Basie (piano);
Milt Jackson (vibraphone);
Joe Pass (guitar);
John Heard (bass);
Louis Bellson (drums)
INCLUDES:
Scales/Chords
Developing Creativity
Improv Fundamentals
12 Blues Scales
Bebop Scales
Pentatonic Scales
Time and Feel
Melodic Development
II/V7s
Related Scales and Modes
Practical Exercises
Patterns and Licks
Dominant 7th Tree of Scale Choices
Nomenclature
Chromaticism
Scale Syllabus
and more!
Contents:
E is for Emmett - Dick Hyman
12th Street Rag - Euday Bowman, Arranged by Howard Alden
3:00 AM Blues - Dick Hyman
I’ll See You in My Dreams
I’m Forever Blowing Bubbles
It Don’t Mean a Thing (If it Ain’t Got That Swing)
Just a Gigolo
Limehouse Blues - Arranged by Dick Hyman
Old Fashioned Love
Shine
Sweet Georgia Brown
Unfaithful Woman - Dick Hyman
Wrap Your Troubles in Dreams
Can’t Buy Me Love
Do You Want To Know A Secret
Here There And Everywhere
Hey Jude
I Wanna Be Your Man
Lucy In The Sky With Diamonds
Michelle
Norwegian Wood
Nowhere Man
Strawberry Fields Forever
Things We Said Today
Ticket To Ride
With A Little Help From My Friends
World Without Love
Yesterday
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1 Jordu
2 Satin Doll
3 It Could Happen to You
4 Mean to Me
5 Don’t Worry ‘Bout Me
6 On Green Dolphin Street
7 You Go to My Head
8 Minor Mood
9 Nagasaki
Barney Kessel - Guitar
Ray Brown - Bass
Shelly Manne - Drums
Contents:
All Blues
All The Things You Are
So What
Honeysuckle Rose
How Insensitive (Insensatez)
I’ll Remember April
Misty
Satin Doll
St. Thomas
Yesterdays
Studying chord melody and reharmonizing tunes is an excellent way to learn jazz. This step-by-step method teaches a variety of chord melody techniques including:
Chord Melody Concepts:
• Diatonic substitution
• Contrary motion
• Back cycling
• The “V” chord
• Chord scales with tension
• Modal chord scales (lydian, dorian, mixolydian)
• Ascending & descending bass harmony
• Contrary motion
• Walking bass lines
• Line in the spaces
Chord Melody Songs include:
• 500 Miles High
• All The Things You Are
• Blue In Green
• Bluesette
• Cherokee (Indian Love Song)
• Giant Steps
• Here’s That Rainy Day
• How Insensitive (Insensatez)
• I Could Write A Book
• In A Sentimental Mood
• Like Someone In Love
• My Favorite Things
• My Funny Valentine
• My One And Only Love
• My Romance
• Stella By Starlight
• There Is No Greater Love
• There Will Never Be Another You
• Windows
• Yesterdays
(Level=higher-intermediate to advanced) 62-pages transcribed in tablature & standard notation. Transcribed by Bill Hart.
Contents: West Coast Blues
Cariba
Fried Pies
Mi Cosa
Missile Blues
O.G.D.
Sundown
Besame Mucho (Kiss Me Much)
Four On Six
I’ve Grown Accustomed To Her Face
Misty Yesterdays
1. It Had to Be You
2. Rhythm Willie
3. Gee Baby Ain’t I Good to You
4. A Smooth One
5. When My Dreamboat Comes Home
6. Conversations
7. I Want a Little Girl
8. Orange Brown and Green
Ya se acabo el puente de Mayo, pero aqui os dejo material para pasar mejor el sindrome post vacacional. Que lo disfrutes.
1. All of You
2. Heartstrings
3. Summertime
4. Back to Bach to Bock
5. There Will Never Be Another You
6. Let’s Make the Most of a Beautiful Thing
7. The More I See You
8. More Than Likely
9. Starlight
10. Round Midnight
1. So What
2. The Gentle Rain
3. All Clear
4. Ode To A Kudu
5. Somewhere In The East
6. All Clear (alt. take)
7. Ode To A Kudu (alt. take)
8. Somewhere In The East (alt. take)
Back in the late 60s, George Benson was considered the natural successor to Wes Montgomery. Bensons mastery of funk, his smooth tone and fluent harmonic conception marked him out as the next big thing in jazz guitar. Except it didnt quite turn out that way of course; the mid 70s saw George recasting himself as a smooth jazz soul balladeer who happened to play a bit of guitar. Much like Nat King Cole a couple of decades earlier, Benson was able to make the transition from jazz to commercial success, and who can blame him (bet hes got a better pension plan than Jim Hall…).
Anyway, rewind to 1971 and here’s George in full flight with Miles Davis alumni Ron Carter and Jack DeJohnette, organist Clarence Palmer and the obligatory brace of latin percussionists. Unlike the occasional cocktail vibe of some of his other CTI releases, Benson is on fiery form throughout, adopting a trebly, occasionally biting tone, soaked with blues, juicy Wes like octave phrases and speedy bop runs. His solo on “The Gentle Rain” (written by Luis Bonfa, better known for “Black Orpheus”) is a peach; nibbling out bluesy chromatics and exaggerated vibrato, sometimes firing off rapid chordal volleys.
“Ode to a Kudu” is a restrained chordal outing, somewhere between Joe Pass, BB King and James Blood Ulmer. The latters skewed Delta Blues harmolodics are evoked in “Somewhere in the East”, where a spot of retuning gives the guitar a sour, oud like sound (even though the melody hints at “Strangers in the Night”). Bensons at his most exploratory here (especially on the bonus longer out take included here).
Palmers bass pedals take care of most of the bass parts, while Carter yends to stick to odd glissed phrases with the bow (which is sometimes not a great idea), or high pizzicato figures shadowing Bensons guitar. Hes at his best holding down the bottom end on the second take of the lovely “All Clear”, or the opening “So What”, where he gets a long duet in with the ever reliable DeJohnette, who seems happiest when Ron is in swinging mode. Palmer is restrained throughout, opting for a soft, warm tone, but theres no doubt whose show this is. A reminder that though Georges career switch may have made him considerably richer, it left the jazz world a bit poorer.
1. I Got A Woman
2. Out Of The Blue
3. Bluesadelic
4. Durham’s Turn
5. Good Morning, Blues
6. I Worry Bout You
7. Without Her
8. She Went A Little Bit Farther
9. Goodbye, Columbus
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Hoy os dejo también un libro de teoría para darle un poco al inetelecto.
Prefacio de Enric Herrera: Uno de los problemas con que nos hemos encontrado los músicos en España es la falta de bibliografía y la falta de información con respecto al aspecto teórico de la música actual. Así pues cuando en el año 1978 empecé a ejercer como profesor y director del “Aula de Música moderna y jazz”, una de las metas que creí necesario abarcar era, la de organizar metódicamente aquellos conceptos que, sobre armonía y arreglos, son básicos dentro de la música “no clásica”. El músico y estudiante de música de nuestro país ha tenido que formarse, en cuanto a la música moderna y el Jazz se refiere, a base de acumular experiencia tocando en grupos u orquestas, y sobre todo escuchando mucha música con el fin de aprender de una forma autodidacta, lo que los músicos de otro países han aprendido muchas veces al lado de grandes maestros o en Universidades o escuelas especializadas en esta enseñanza, como es en nuestro paìs el Aula. Este método pues, puede ayudar a que estas personas clarifiquen las lagunas que la misma enseñanza autodidacta no puede resolver. Creo que puede ser de ayuda para los principiantes desde un buen inicio, y también para aquellos que dada su experiencia musical, ya poseen un buen nivel, al contribuir a la homogeneización de sus conocimientos.
Contenido:I. Terminología
1.1 Vertical
1.2 Horizontal
II. El compás
2.1 Líneas divisorias
2.2 Doble barra
2.3 Tiempos y partes del compás
2.4 Quebrado de compás
2.5 Compases simples y compuestos
2.6 Partes del compás
2.7 Calderón
2.8 Compases en silencio
2.9 Compás incompleto
III. Ligaduras y puntillo
3.1 La ligadura
3.2 Puntillo
3.3 Doble puntillo
3.4 Normas de escritura
IV. Alteraciones
4.1 Finalidad de los signos
4.2 En armonía
V. Tresillo
VI. Símcopa y contratiempo
6.1 Síncopa
6.2 Contratiempo
VII. Signos de repetición
7.1 Dobles barras con dos puntos
7.2 Casillas de 1.º, 2.º
7.3 El signo
7.4 Da Capo (abreviado D.C.)
7.5 Repeticiones de notas abreviadas
VIII Tonalidad
8.1 Clases de tonos
8.2 Grados tonales
8.3 Grados modales
8.4 El modelo base
IX Intervalos
9.1 Intervalo
9.2 Clasificación de los intervalos
9.3 Tabla de relaciones entre intervalos
9.4 Inversión de intervalos
9.5 Intervalos: simples y compuestos
9.6 Fórmulas para medir los intervalos
14.1 Progresión armónica
14.2 Movimiento entre fundamentales
14.3 Inversión de acordes
14.4 Voces del acorde
14.5 Cambios de disposición
14.6 Análisis de una progresión
XV. Enlaces de acordes
15.1 Sistema paralelo
15.2 Continuidad armónica
15.3 Cambios de disposición
XVI. Armonización de una melodía, nota a nota
16.1 Melodía y armonía diatónicas
XVII. Funciones tonales
17.1 Los acordes tríadas uno a uno
XVIII. Armonización de una melodía
18.1 Notas principales
18.2 Notas secundarias
18.3 Análisis de una melodía
18.4 Notas de adorno
XIX Los acordes cuatríadas
19.1 Formación de los acordes cuatríadas
19.2 Los siete acordes diatónicos
19.3 Tipos o especies de acordes
19.4 Cifrados más usuales
X. Funciones tonales20.1 Tendencias de los grados diatónicos
20.2 Acordes estables e inestables
XI. Movimientos armónicos
21.1 Acordes de tónica
21.2 Acordes de subdominante
21.3 Acordes de dominante
21.4 Gráfico de los movimientos armónicos
21.5 El acorde VII-7 b5
XXII Modificación y creación de una progresión armónica
22.1 Procedimiento
22.2 El ritmo armónico
22.3 El movimiento entre fundamentales
22.4 La relación melodía-armonía
24.1 Cadencia
24.2 Clasificación de las cadencias
24.3 Cadencias suspensivas
24.4 Cadenas
24.5 Modificación de la progresión
24.6 La relación II-V
XXV. Acordes no diatónicos
25.1 El bVII y el bVIIMaj7
25.2 Acordes de la familia de dominante (1,3,5,b7)
25.3 Ampliaciones en cadenas
25.4 Nomenclatura resumen
XXVI. Patrones de acordes
26.1 Patrones de acordes
26.2 Patrones más frecuentes
26.3 Secuencia
26.4 El acorde disminuido
26.5 Los acordes disminuidos del paso
XXVII. Tendencias melódicas
27.1 Clasificación de los intervalos armónicos
27.2 Saltos melódicos y sus tendencias
27.3 La frase cuadrada
27.4 Consejos finales
XXVIII. La relación escala-acorde
28.1 Superestructuras
28.2 Tensiones disponibles o diatónicas
28.3 Acordes diatónicos
28.4 Resumen de los acordes diatónicos
28.5 Acordes no diatónicos
28.6 Resumen de los dominantes secundarios
28.7 Las tensiones diatónicas
28.8 Acordes no relacionados
28.9 Cifrados adecuados
28.10 El acorde V7sus4 (1,4,5,b7)
28.11 El acorde V7alt. (1,3,b5,b7)
XXIX. Modos y tonos relacionados
29.1 El modo menor
29.2 Escala menor natural (Eolia)
29.3 Escala menor armónica
29.4 Escala menor melódica
29.5 Resumen de los acordes sobre las tres escalas menores
XXX. Superestructuras en modo menor
30.1 Acorde I-7
30.2 Acorde I-6
30.3 Acorde I-Maj7
30.4 El acorde II-7(b5)
30.5 El acorde II-7
30.6 El acorde bIIIMaj7
30.7 El acorde bIII + Maj7
30.8 El acorde IV-7
30.9 El acorde IV7
30.10 El acorde V-7
30.11 El acorde V7
30.12 El acorde bVIMaj7
30.13 El acorde VI-7 (b5)
30.14 El acorde bVII7
30.15 El acorde VIIº7
30.16 El acorde VII-7 (b5)
XXXI. Intercambio modal
31.1 Acordes relacionados
31.2 Cambio de modo
31.3 El área de subdominante menor
31.4 Subdominante menor procedente del modo eolio
31.5 Subdominante menor de otros modos
31.6 Resumen del área de subdominante menor
31.7 Superestructuras, relación escala-acorde
31.8 Conclusión
XXXII. Otros intercambios modales
32.1 El acorde I-7
32.2 El acorde bIIIMaj7
32.3 El acorde V-7
32.4 El acorde # IV-7 (b5)
32.5 El acorde bVIIIMaj7
32.6 Resumen
1. Golden Slumbers/You Never Give Me Your Money
2. Because/Come Together
3. Oh! Darling
4. Here Comes The Sun/I Want You (She’s So Heavy)
5. Something/Octopus’s Garden/The End
1. Soul Limbo
2. Are You Happy?
3. Tell It Like It Is
4. Land Of 1000 Dances
5. Jackie, All
6. Dontcha Hear Me Callin’ To Ya
7. Water Brother
8. My Woman’s Good To Me
9. Jama Joe
10. My Cherie Amour
11. Out In The Cold Again
Track list01 The Cooker
02 Benny’s Back
03 Bossa Rocka
04 All Of Me
05 Big Fat Lady
06 Benson’s Rider
07 Ready And Able
08 The Borgia Stick
09 Return Of The Prodigal Son
10 Jumpin’ With Symphony Sid
11 The Man From Toledo
12 Slow Scene
13 Let Them Talk
14 Goodnight
Track list
1. Billie’s Bounce
2. Low Down and Dirty
3. That Lucky Old Sun (Just Rolls Around Heaven All Day)
4. Thunder Walk
5. Doobie Doobie Blues
6. What’s New?
7. I Remember Wes
1. Shadow Dancers
2. The Sweet Alice Blues
3. I Don’t Know
4. Just Another Sunday
5. Will You Still Be Mine?
6. Easy Living
7. Rock-A-Bye
8. My Three Sons
1 Someday My Prince Will Come
2 Born to Be Blue
3 Born to Be Blue (Alternate Take)
4 If I Should Lose You
5 Back in Your Own Backyard
6 My One and Only Love
7 Count Every Star
8 Cool Blues
9 Outer Space
Grant Green - Guitar
Ike Quebec - Tenor Sax
Sonny Clark - Piano
Sam Jones - Bass
Louis Hayes - Drums
Grant Green - Street of Dreams (1965)
MP3 ~ 192kbps ~ RS.com ~ 46mb
con cubiertas originales del Blue Note LP
Cduniverse.com:
Next to the immensely popular IDLE MOMENTS, STREET OF DREAMS is quite possibly Grant Green’s most significant Blue Note album. Returning from the earlier IDLE MOMENTS session is the always-intriguing Bobby Hutcherson on vibraphone, an excellent match for Green’s melodic guitar. Also reappearing from a previous session, the lesser-known TALKIN’ ABOUT, are organ wonder Larry Young and the incomparable Elvin Jones on drums.
Although Green is the leader here, this is a quartet of masters, and the result is a magical session. Green’s clean tone defines the foreground of the four selections on this set with Hutcherson’s vibes providing a shimmering backdrop. Young and Jones, meanwhile, hold together a sonic tug-of-war that ebbs and flows like a rhythmic tide. Green is at his best on the opening “I Wish You Love” and the bouncing title track, with smartly conceived melodic statements and authoritative rhythmic precision. Hutcherson and Young also shine on concise solo spots of their own, following Green’s lead with their own highly individual styles. Ultimately, though this is a brief session, it contains a wealth of masterful performances that typify the golden age of hard bop.
Personnel:
Grant Green (guitar);
Bobby Hutcherson (vibraphone);
Larry Young (organ);
Elvin Jones (drums).
Tracks:
1. I Wish You Love
2. Lazy Afternoon
3. Street Of Dreams
4. Somewhere In The Night
Grant Green - Idle Moments (1964)
MP3 ~ 192kbps ~ RS.com ~ 92mb
If you’re never heard Grant Green’s guitar work before, this is the place to start. Not only because Green is playing at his finest, but so his is his all-star supporting cast which includes Joe Henderson on tenor sax, Bobby Hutcherson on vibes, and Duke Pearson on piano. The Pearson penned title-cut may be my single favorite recorded cut in jazz history. Each of the aforementioned soloists does some incredible work. The piece is laid-back and languid, but with incredible soul. The rest of the tunes vary in tempo but most have the same lazy, smoky feel to them while sounding fiercely inspired.
Cduniverse.com:
It was always a part of Blue Note’s development and marketing to introduce new artists as sidemen on more well-known leaders’ projects before giving them dates of their own. The system worked pretty well, and the irony is that a release like 1963’s IDLE MOMENTS looks likes more of an all-star session in retrospect. Sure, we get to hear Grant Green stretching out. But we also get Bobby Hutcherson and Joe Henderson, who were just winning their first Downbeat polls at the time.
Green himself had come through this system, appearing with organ combos and on other hard bop sessions, before graduating to his own Blue Note dates. IDLE MOMENTS may be one of his finest dates in the studio, simply on the strength of the elegant melancholy of the title cut and the deep groove the band settles into on “Django.” Green’s playing has much in common with that of such labelmates as saxophonist Stanley Turrentine and pianist Gene Harris. He manages to bring solid bebop sensibilities to a spare, down-home approach and delivers it all with an oaken tone at once dry, dark, and full of character.
Amazon.com:
Time is suspended on these four haunting, extended tunes by this brilliant guitarist with the aid of an all-star cast. Unique in Green’s discography for its relaxed, lengthy performances and almost dream-like lyricism, this Blue Note classic could well be called “Ballads for the Ages.”
The alluring title track alone makes this CD a must-have. A 15-minute dreamscape laid down by pianist Duke Pearson, the song features enchanting solos by tenor saxophonist Joe Henderson and vibraphonist Bobby Hutcherson. Guitarist Grant Green’s single-note melody heightens the song’s suspense. Grant’s original “Jean de Fleur” finds the ensemble in brisker tempo, while their cover of John Lewis’s “Django” exudes the spine-tingling coolness of Lewis’s brand of bop. — John Murph
Personnel:
Grant Green (guitar);
Joe Henderson (tenor saxophone);
Bobby Hutcherson (vibraphone);
Duke Pearson (piano);
Bob Cranshaw (bass);
Al Harewood (drums)
Tracks:
1. Idle Moments
2. Jean De Fleur
3. Jean De Fleur - (alternate take, CD only)
4. Django
5. Django - (alternate take, CD only)
6. Nomad
Grant Green - Solid (1964)
MP3 ~ 320kbps ~ RS.com ~ 97mb
Allmusic.com: Solid is a companion piece to the Grant Green classic Matador, recorded about a month later with the same rhythm section, and also not issued until 1979. Green is once again accompanied by the Coltrane supporting team of pianist McCoy Tyner and drummer Elvin Jones, plus bassist Bob Cranshaw; this time, however, Green is also joined on the front line by James Spaulding on alto sax and Joe Henderson on tenor. Both saxophonists really seem to light a fire under the proceedings, for in comparison with the relatively subdued Matador, Solid is a bright, hard-charging affair. There’s a little modal jazz, but Solid’s repertoire is chiefly complex hard bop, full of challenging twists and turns that the players burn through with enthusiasm. Green didn’t tackle this kind of material — or play with this kind of group — very often, and it’s a treat to hear him do so on both counts. The compositions — highlighted by Duke Pearson’s “Minor League,” Henderson’s “The Kicker,” and a storming, ten-minute exploration of George Russell’s “Ezz-Thetic” — provoke some intricate improvisations from Green, and his perfectly controlled soloing is an interesting contrast with the passionate Spaulding and Henderson. Tyner and Jones are once again telepathic in their support, elevating the whole package to one of Green’s strongest jazz outings and a unique standout in his catalog. Oddity: the CD bonus track “Wives and Lovers” seems to be the same one included on Matador, where it was a better fit.
Cduniverse.com: After his untimely death in 1979, Blue Note published a number of Grant Green’s previously unreleased ’60s recordings. One of these astounding sessions is SOLID, an energetic outing that finds Green leading a large ensemble, including Coltrane band members and Blue Note regulars. Green shows his mettle with fire and precision, his bright, clear tone cutting through the dense sonic backd