Randy Weston - Brooklyn Academy Of Music 1985 - COMPACT DISCS [CD]

One of three releases marking the 100th birthday of Randy Weston. It features previously unreleased live material. Randy Weston is known to the public thru the lens of the small ensemble of the African Rhythm group, recognition that is very well deserved and his signature around the world. Randy Weston is not only in direct lineage of Duke Ellington and Thelonious Monk, he was also the real integrator of African music into the Jazz World. Brooklyn, a cradle of jazz history and home to countless musical legends like Max Roach, Duke Jordan, and Cecil Payne, celebrated one of it's finest with a weeklong tribute at the Brooklyn Academy of Music (BAM). InchAfrican SunriseInch-also presented that year at the Kool Jazz Festival in Chicago with Machito's orchestra featuring Dizzy Gillespie, Johnny Griffin, Art Blakey, and Richard Davis (a recording of that event exists!)-appears here in an arrangement by Melba Liston, showcasing her genius once again. Album Tracks 1. African Cookbook 2. Hi Fly 3. Blues for Strayhorn/Portrait of F.E. Weston 4. African Sunrise 5. Congolese Children 6. C-Jam Blues 7. African Cookbook 8. Hi Fly 9. Blues for Strayhorn/Portrait of F.E. Weston 10. African Sunrise 11. Congolese Children 12. C-Jam Blues

Music writer KIM FIELD, author of InchThe Blues Dream of Billy Boy Arnold,Inch wrote in the liner notes Weinstein and Monk have the blues in common. Weinstein is not only a master of the art of playing jazz on the chromatic harmonica, but seven years living in Chicago exposed him to the funky and soulful blues harp style created on the city's South Side. Dave Waldman, an outstanding Chicago-based harmonica player, was huge influence on Weinstein and ignited a deep appreciation for the playing of Little Walter Jacobs. InchI really like blues harp,Inch notes Weinstein. InchA lot of the guys who play jazz chromatic don't seem to be that into it.Inch Album Tracks 1. In Walked Bud 2. Straight No Chaser 3. By Ya 4. Ruby My Dear 5. Off Minor 6. Green Chimneys and Bright Mississippi

Legendary Jazz trumpeter Randy Brecker is back with his first album of all new and original compositions in many years. Composed, Arranged, and produced by the Architects Of Sound (Claude Villani & Jeff Lorber), Espírito is a celebration of a career and a man that has helped shape the sound of Jazz, R&B and Rock for over six decades. His performances have graced hundreds of albums by a wide range of artists from James Taylor, Bruce Springsteen and Parliament/Funkadelic to Frank Sinatra, Steely Dan, Jaco Pastorius and Frank Zappa. Album Tracks 1. Ven Aquí 2. Pacific Blue 3. Sophia (Feat. Jeff Lorber) 4. Hot Sauce (Feat. Erick Walls) 5. Time Flies (Feat. Ada Rovatti) 6. Moonlight 7. Espírito 8. Butterscotch (Feat. Mike Phillips) 9. In the Side Pocket 10. Before We Say Goodbye (Feat. Ada Rovatti, Mark Lettieri)