George Muribus - Trio '77 - COMPACT DISCS [CD]

A true gem of breezy, west coast jazz by the elusive pianist and jazz musician George Muribus, 'Brazilian Tapestry' is the debut album brimming with experimental jazz, Brazilian flavour, and an overall approach that remains interesting and original to this day. Recorded in LA in 1976, here Muribus plays electric piano backed by fabulous tenor work by Vince Denham and guest guitar by Michael Howell. With standout tracks including InchDolphinInch, InchI Won't Last a Day Without YouInch, and InchBrazilian TapestryInch, and remastered and reissued for 2024 with Catalyst Records, this great modal groover is a must-have for any jazz fanatics collection. Album Tracks 1. Brazilian Tapestry 2. I Won't Last a Day Without You 3. The Dolphin 4. Pocrasni 5. Diminishing Returns 6. Night Flower 7. Alon

Bassist George Mraz and pianist Tom Garvin and drummer Peter Donald are featured on Plucking and Bowing which was recorded in 1978. Album Tracks 1. Mitch 2. Jane 3. I Should Care 4. Blues for Sarka 5. Fifteen 6. Easy Living 7. Alone Together 8. I Remember Clifford 9. Blues for Glenn

George Benson is simply one of the greatest guitarists in jazz history, but he is also an amazingly versatile musician; and that frustrates critics to no end who would paint him into a narrow bop box. He can play in just about any style - from swing to bop to R&B to pop - with supreme taste, a beautiful rounded tone, terrific speed, a marvelous sense of logic in building solos, and, always, an unquenchable urge to swing. His inspirations may have been Charlie Christian and Wes Montgomery - and he can do dead-on impressions of both - but his style is completely his own. Not only can he play lead brilliantly, he is also one of the best rhythm guitarists around, supportive to soloists and a dangerous swinger, particularly in a soul-jazz . Yet Benson can also sing in a rich soulful tenor with mannerisms similar to those of Stevie Wonder and Donny Hathaway; and it is his voice that has proved to be more marketable to the public than his guitar. Benson is the guitar-playing equivalent of Nat InchKingInch Cole - a fantastic pianist whose smooth way with a pop vocal eventually eclipsed his instrumental prowess in the marketplace - but unlike Cole, Benson has been granted enough time after his fling with the pop charts to reaffirm his jazz guitar credentials, which he still does at his concerts Album Tracks 1. Witchcraft 2. Blue Bossa 3. Oleo 4. Lil' Darlin' 5. All the Things You Are 6. Invitations