Various Artists - Midnight in Brazil / Various - COMPACT DISCS [CD]

Two, a defining musical landmark in Bob James' career and his second solo album forproducer Creed Taylor's CTI tag, debuted in 1975 and charted at No. 28 in the TopR&B/Hip Hop Albums and No. 75 on The Billboard 200. The album contains the iconicInchTake Me To The Mardi Gras,Inch one of hip-hop's most recognizable breakbeats,sampled over 400 times. The album also features a dynamic jazz-meets-classicalmusic mash-up (InchFarandoleInch), a tasteful soul music cover (InchYou're As Right As RainInch),and memorable cinematic pieces (InchGolden AppleInch and InchDream JourneyInch). There isalso the notable inclusion of a bonus track (InchHere Let My LifeInch), which was previouslyonly released in Japan. The album will be re-issued by evosound on the 21st of April2023.

Roberto Meo - Concerti for Strings [COMPACT DISCS] date 11/01/1995

Detroit-bred trumpeter & composer Anthony Stanco is a 5th generation Italian-American, steeped in the tenets of Black American Music blues, bebop, and the progressive fire that fuels modern jazz. In his sound, the guidance of Dizzy Gillespie, Lee Morgan, Clifford Brown, and Miles Davis, as well as his close mentors Marcus Belgrave and Rodney Whitaker, is evident and clearly celebated. Full of joyous, vibrant discoveries, InchStanco's TimeInch announces not only a trumpeter entering his primetime, but also suggests the idea of traveling back to New York's 52nd Street circa 1955, with fresh, fiery sounds billowing out of clubs, marking a monumental cultural revolution. Along with his quintet - guitarist Randy Napoleon, pianist Xavier Davis, Rodney Whitaker on bass and drummer Joe Farnsworth - Stanco deftly avoids the trap of repertory imitation and hero worship by imbuing his originals and arrangements with life, fire and relevancy. Inch... The emotional source of each of Stanco's tracks is always something incredible that speaks to places we've all been, a place we've all shared.Inch PARIS MOVE