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This album features Pharoah Sanders playing some no-nonsense tenor in a quartet with pianist John Hicks, bassist Walter Booker, and drummer Idris Muhammad. Sanders performs "It's Easy to Remember" (in a style very reminiscent of early-'60s John Coltrane), an original blues, and two of his compositions, including the passionate "You've Got to Have Freedom." The musicianship is at a high level and, although Sanders does not shriek as much as one might hope (the Trane-ish influence was particularly strong during this relatively mellow period), he is in fine form. ~ Scott Yanow
Recorded live in California in 1981.
Personnel: Pharoah Sanders (tenor saxophone); John Hicks (piano); Walter Booker (bass); Idris Muhammad (drums).
The Wire (7/03, p.69) - "...The best tracks here are the longer ones - 'Pharomba' and, best of all, 'Doktor Pitt' - where Sanders has room to reveal his beautiful tone and authoritative way with changes..."
JazzTimes (6/03, p.132) - "...Sanders thrives here in his favorite setting....Full of guts..." Franklin Kiermyer Live Songs | 1. | You've Got to Have Freedom |
| 2. | Easy to Remember |
| 3. | Blues For Santa Cruz |
| 4. | Pharomba |
| 5. | Doktor Pitt - (previously unreleased) |
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Purchase Live CD To buy, Click on price to add to cart | Charles Lloyd Jumping The Creek CD (2005)
Live album
 $14.65  
Since making a middle-of-life comeback in the 1990s, saxophonist, composer, and bandleader Charles Lloyd has continually issued fascinating recordings. While some of them contain missteps, it's not for lack of ambition. For one of jazz's elder statesmen, Lloyd pushes his envelope of ideas about improvisation, rhythm and harmony, often to the breaking point. He is a player who sets sometimes impossibly high goals for himself, but in so doing, gives listeners something to really hold on to when encountering one of his albums or seeing him live. Jumping the Creek, which continues his association with ECM Records, is another compelling affair. The band -- pianist Geri Allen, bassist Robert Hurst and drummer Eric Harland ...
| | Woody Shaw Live Vol. 4 CD (2005)
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| | Franklin Kiermyer Elevation CD (1974) Reissue; Remastered
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$8.19 
Elevation, Pharoah Sanders' final album for Impulse!, is a mixed bag. Four of the five cuts were recorded live at the Ash Grove in Los Angeles in September of 1973, and the lone studio track, "Greeting to Saud (Brother McCoy Tyner)," was recorded in the same month at Wally Heider's studio. The live date is fairly cohesive, with beautiful modal piano work from Joe Bonner, Pharoah playing tenor and soprano as well as a myriad of percussion instruments and vocalizing in places, and a percussion and rhythm section that included Michael Carvin on drums, bassist Calvin Hill, and hand drummers John Blue and Lawrence Killian. The standout on the set is the opener. At 18 minutes, it's the longest thing here and gives the band a chance to stretch into African and Latin terrains. Sanders' long, loping, suspended lines create a kind of melodic head that is underscored by Bonner's hypnotically repetitive piano work, playing the same chord progression over and over again as he begins his solos (one on each horn). Somewhere near the five-minute mark, Pharoah enters into a primal wail and the whole thing becomes unhinged, moving into a deep blowing session of free improv. Honks, squeals, wails, and Bonner pounding the hell out of the piano erase any trace of what came before, and this goes ...
| | Miles Davis Cellar Door Sessions 1970 CDs (2005) Remastered; Box Set; Special Edition
Live songs
$87.89 
Contains previously unreleased material. Some of the recordings on the CELLAR DOOR SESSIONS were originally released in edited form on the 1971 double-LP LIVE EVIL.
There is an entire universe contained in this box. Sumptuously packaged and scrupulously annotated, CELLAR DOOR SESSIONS 1970 is a six-disc set that documents Miles Davis's extended residency at the Washington, D.C., club. Davis is backed by a group of genius musicians: keyboardist Keith Jarrett, drummer Jack DeJohnette, bassist Michael Henderson, saxophonist Gary Bartz, percussionist Airto Moreira and guitarist John McLaughlin (who appears only on the last two discs). Together they pioneered an ecstatic fusion of jazz, rock, funk, and abstract sound-painting that established the blueprint for the future of progressive music.
Each disc contains a different live set, and while songs are often repeated across the set lists, no two tracks sound the same. The players improvise at a fever-pitch, pushing themselves to endless invention, and the ensemble's interplay--expressionistic, ...
| | Thelonious Monk At Carnegie Hall CD (2005)
Live album
$12.89
On paper it seems as if such titanic and distinctive musical personalities as Thelonious Monk and John Coltrane might not mix very well, but this stellar set, recorded live at Carnegie Hall in 1957, plays almost like a blissful extended duet between the two (with support from a sensitive yet hard-swinging bassist and drummer). The opener, "Monk's Mood," for example, features the composer/pianist's typically brilliant, idiosyncratic playing, while Coltrane floats over the top in the most lyrical of modes. Monk, in particular, is a master of tension-and-release tunefulness, creating rhythmic ...
| | Ornette Coleman Sound Grammar CD (2006)
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$15.19
| | Church Choirs Vocal Groups & Preachers, Vol. 3 CD (1998) Import
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$13.25
| | Benny Carter Groovin' High In L.A. CD (1992) Import
Live songs
$13.25
In 2006, Hep records released what amounted to a really exciting addition to the Benny Carter discography. Groovin' High in L.A. is a multifaceted sampler of jazz in transition (as Dizzy Gillespie's bop title would seem to indicate) recorded in the Los Angeles area during the spring and summer of 1946. Multi-instrumentally facile Carter is heard leading his own band on various radio broadcasts (tracks 5-11), and sitting in with orchestras led by pianist Wilbert Baranco (tracks 1-4), composer and arranger ...
| | Billie Holiday First Issue: The Great American Songbook CDs (1994)
Live album
$17.39
Part of Verve's "Postage Stamp" collection, FIRST ISSUE culls two discs worth of some of Billie's finer recordings made between 1952 and 1959 on the Verve and later-to-be Verve Clef labels. As on Ella's songbook series, all of the selected material is written by eight of America's finest popular composers ever--Harold Arlen, Irving Berlin, Cole Porter and other obvious choices. While Billie's voice does at times betray the wear-and-tear of a stormy life, she makes these classics come alive and swing buoyantly nonetheless.
"Blue Moon" is airily sweet, while "Nice Worką" has tasteful sass and complimentary blowing by Harry "Sweets" Edison. "Stormy Weather" and "Trav'lin' Light" prove that Billie could still sing a lovely ballad, the latter including some perfectly moody background guitar lines by a young Kenny Burrell (though unfortunately recorded as if he was standing out in the hall). These sessions should be an ear-opener to early-years purists.
Includes liner notes by Chris Albertson.
Digitally remastered by Andrew Nicholas (Polygram Studios).
This is part of the Verve Postage Stamp series.
Compilation producer: Michael Lang.
Personnel: Billie Holiday (vocals); Freddie Green, Herb Ellis, Kenny Burrell, Barney Kessel, Barry Galbraith, Billy Bauer (guitar); Tony Scott (clarinet); Willie Smith, Benny Carter (alto saxophone); Flip Phillips, Al Cohn, Paul Quinichette, Ben Webster, Budd Johnson (tenor saxophone); Danny Bank (baritone saxophone); Harry "Sweets" Edison, Joe Newman , Joe Wilder, Charlie Shavers (trumpet); Billy Byers (trombone); Oscar Peterson (piano, organ); Hank Jones , Jimmy Rowles, Wynton Kelly, Billy Taylor , Bobby Tucker (piano); Chico Hamilton, Cozy Cole, Lenny McBrowne, Gus Johnson, Larry Bunker, Alvin Stoller, Osie Johnson, Ed Shaughnessy (drums).
Audio Remasterer: Phil Schaap.
Liner Note Author: Chris Albertson.
Recording information: Capitol studios, Los Angeles, CA (07/27/1952-03/11/1959); Fine Sound Studios, New York, NY (07/27/1952-03/11/1959); ...
| | Chicago Blues Down Homers, Vol. 2 CD (2003) Import
$19.39 | | Reverend Pearly Brown You're Gonna Need That Pure Religion CD (2002)
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$9.49
In many ways, Rev. Pearly Brown was the perfect itinerant preacher, playing on the street in Macon, GA. Unlike many buskers, however, he wasn't a blues or pop player; his music was strictly sacred, and this album, a reissue of his 1961 album plus a 1974 session from a California radio station, gives a clear picture of his music. Essentially it had two sides: there was the slide guitar, heir of Blind Willie Johnson, in songs like "God Don't Never Change" (or Johnson's own "Nobody's Fault but Mine"), and there was also the country side, typified by his raw, ragged version of Roy Acuff's "The Great Speckled Bird." The 15 tracks that make up his album veer between the two styles, which co-exist perfectly well in his capable hands, but on the live cuts he's helped out by his wife and two musicians from the Dirty Butter Band (although he still talks about what street corner he might play on), who are basically dispensable; Brown has played alone long enough ...
| | Li'l Ronnie & The Grand Dukes Do What Cha Do CD (2005)
Live music CDs
$16.45
Li'l Ronnie & the Grand Dukes are, to quote one reviewer "the real deal...superb talents well versed in traditional blues"Following on the footsteps of their critically acclaimed CD, 'Young & Evil' Ronnie and the band have really hit their stride with their third release, 'do what 'cha do'. The new disc features 11 original songs written or co-written by Ronnie and band mate Michael Dutton. 'do what 'cha do' is produced by their old friend and blues master Anson Funderburgh. It's their best work to date and having Anson in the producer's chair was a wise decision. Anson brought with him a wealth of experience and an understanding of what the band is all about. He certainly helped capture the band as close to 'live' as possible and that's the only way to fully appreciate this talented band of blues veterans. The band goes from primitive 1 chord blues romps, Chicago harmonica blues to West Coast jump blues and all parts in-between. They are led by veteran singer / songwriter and Hohner Harmonica endorsee Ronnie Keith Owens.Ronnie has been performing since the early 60's and has been fronting his own bands for over 25 years. He has shared the stage & played with some of the biggest names in blues, John Lee Hooker, James Cotton, Taj Mahal, Carey Bell, Anson Funderburgh / Sam Meyers, Big Bill Morganfield and Many more. Sharing the band leading duties & adding his incendiary guitar work is Michael "Peewee" Dutton.Hailing from the D.C. area, "Peewee" has been with Ronnie for over6 years and has worked with some of the Mid-Atlantics ...
| | Michel Berger Que L'Amour Est Bizarre CD (1999) (Import) Remastered; France
$15.75 | | Mariachi Vargas De Tecalitlan Lo Esencial CD (2007) (Import)
Live songs
$23.65
| | Walt Orchestra Procanyn Manhattan Rhythm New York City CD (2007)
Live album
$18.99
Walt Procanyn Orchestra Manhattan Rhythm New York City: You asked for it "big band & polka lovers" and you got it! Another new big band & polka CD by the Walt Procanyn Orchestra on the Eastwind international artists label. "Manhattan Rhythm" is truly a big band & polka phenomenon CD, which was digitally recorded at the Bennett and Stark Lake studios. This new CD combines big band & polka with the all new "big band polka twist". Ya gotta hear it to believe it! This recording is in fact a labor of love on the part of all concerned. We do believe that you will treasure "Manhattan Rhythm" for years to come. In making ...
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