David Amram – Havana / New York Flying Fish – FF 057 | Latin jazz The product of a cultural exchange between musicians in two different nexus cities for musical innovation, this is a solid listen featuring members of the pioneering Cuban group Irakere (on Side Two only) and New York salsa band Típica ’73…
Don “Sugarcane” Harris – Sugar Cane’s Got The Blues Vinyl rip in 24-bit/192 kHz | FLAC | 300 dpi scans | Jazz, Rock 1.74 GB (24/192) + 934 MB (24/96) 1977 MPS Records || Orig. rel. 1972 Is the stunning cover art the best thing about this record? The album documents when fiddle wizard* Don…
Eddie Palmieri – Unfinished Masterpiece Vinyl rip in 24-bit/192 kHz | FLAC | 300 dpi scans | Salsa, Latin Jazz 1975 Coco Records CLP 120 Titling an album “Unfinished Masterpiece” sort of confirms my suspicious that Eddie Palmieri wasn’t exactly humble, and a difficult, if admirably uncompromising artist to work with. His tendency to jump…
Raulzinho – À Vontage Mesmo 1980 RCA Japan RCA – PG-143 || Orig. rel. 1965 RCA Victor (Brasil) Do you like trombone? Do you like JAZZ trombone? Do you like trombone as the lead instrument on every track of a jazz record? If you answered “no” to any of those questions, well I still…
Andy Bey – Ballads, Blues & Bey 1996 Evidence – ECD 22162-2 Except for a little-heard 1991 album released only in Croatia, this was Andy Bey’s first release since the classic rare groove masterwork ‘Experience & Judgement’ in 1974. As such – and because I still haven’t heard that 1991 album — I consider this…
Sparks – No. 1 In Heaven Vinyl rip in 24-bit/192 kHz | FLAC | 300 dpi scans | Synth-pop, Electronic, Disco 1.35 GB (24/192) + 806 MB (24/96) 1979 Elektra 6E-186 This is Sparks’ world and we’re all just living in it. Their catalog is an embarrassment of riches. A group that continually reinvents itself…
