Herb Alpert and Hugh Masekela – Herb Alpert / Hugh Masekela
Vinyl rip in 24 bit 196 khz | Art at 600 and 300 dpi
24-bit 192 khz 1.29 GB |24-bit 96 khz – 688 MB |16-bit 44.1 khz – 232 MB
1978 Horizon / A&M Records Sp 728 | Jazz-Funk / Jazz / African Continue reading
Osmar Milito – Viagem (1974)
1974 Continental SLP 10135
Reissue 2006 Bomba Records, Japan BOM24100 Continue reading
Racionais MC’s
Escolha O Seu Caminho
Released 1992 – RDS Fonográfica 4005
1. Voz Ativa (Versão Rádio) 5:09
2. Voz Atica (Versão Baile) 5:09
3. Voz Ativa (Capela) 5:09
4. Negro Limitado 6:28
“Precisamos de um líder de crédito popular” Continue reading
Hilton Ruiz
El Camino (The Road)
1988 Novus 3024-1-N
A1 West Side Blues 6:42
A2 Come Dance With Me 8:25
A3 Sometimes I 6:26
B1 El Camino (The Road) 6:19
B2 Message From The Chief 1:54
B3 Eastern Vibrations 14:55
Recorded At – Uptown Chelsea Sound
Bass – Andy Gonzalez
Congas, Percussion – Jerry Gonzalez
Drums, Guiro – Steve Berrios
Guitar – Rodney Jones
Percussion, Congas – Jose Alexis Diaz
Piano, arrangements – Hilton Ruiz
Tenor Saxophone, Soprano Saxophone, Flute – Sam Rivers
Timbales – Endel Dueno
Trombone, arrangements on A2 & A3 – Dick Griffin
Trumpet – Lew Soloff
Engineer – Tony May
Producer – Ed Michel
Liner Notes – Leonard Feather
Recorded October 15, 1987, Uptown Chelsea Sound, New York City.
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The blog has been way too quietly these last few weeks, as “real life” suddenly got real busy. But it’s all good stuff for once, so it seems like a good moment to post this album that’s been in the queue for a while. Plus it has nice liner notes from the late Leonard Feather which means I can keep my trap shut and let him do most of the talking. This is a tremendous sophomore album by the late, great pianist Hilton Ruiz, who played in Rahsaan Roland Kirk’s band among many others. He brings some heavy weight to this session, which was recorded live to 2-track DAT. The presence of Lew Soloff on trumpet, along with fellow Kirk alum Dick Griffin (who contributes two compositions) and the brilliant Sam Rivers, pretty much insure you’re in for a great listen. As Feather writes, it grabs your right at the beginning and doesn’t let go. The closing number, the fourteen-minute Eastern Vibrations, is in a modal spiritual jazz vibe, and Hilton’s solo is off the hook, pushing into Cecil Taylor territory but never straying too far from the driving pulse of the tune. Here, have a look at the liner notes:
password: vibes
