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Larry Coryell – Live At The Village Gate (1971)

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Larry Coryell – At The Village Gate (1971) Vanguard VSD-6573 – Vinyl transferred at 192 khz 32-bit floating point Most of the Vanguard material that Larry Coryell recorded is pretty distinct from the kind of music he would later become known for.  More raw, psychedelic, and bluesy than his later shred-it-to-bits fusion flexing, and with a leaner, more stripped-down sound due do its (mostly) trio format.  Is there such a thing as a jazz power trio?  If so, I guess… Continue reading

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Tito Puente – Mucho Puente (1957) (1986 Venezuela)

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Tito Puente – Mucho Puente Vinyl transfer in 24-bit/192 kHz || Latin, Salsa 1957 RCA Victor || This pressing 1986 Venezuela RCA 102-02019 || Mono An interesting late 50’s record from Tito Puente, this may not be the best record to inaugurate what (I hope) will be a small series of posts I will do here to commemorate centenary of  the great timbalero, bandleader, and icon of Latin music. Lemme tell you why: Continue reading

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Quarteto Novo – Quarteto Novo (1967)

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Quarteto Novo – Quarteto Novo 1967 Odeon (S)MFOB 3505 EU Reissue 2008 EMI – 5099921674624 Holy hell somebody grab a fire extinguisher because this record cooks so much it started a grease fire and may burn your whole house down. Don’t believe me? Yes, the record starts out gently with acoustic treatments playing Northeastern musical motifs (what would have still been called ‘folklore’ back in the 60s), featuring Airto Morreira on various percussion and Hermeto Pascoal on flute. Continue reading

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Nat Turner Rebellion – Laugh To Keep From Crying (2021)

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Nat Turner Rebellion – Laugh To Keep From Crying Vinyl rip in 24-bit/192 kHz | |  Soul, funk Philly Groove Records, Chrysalis – PGRV101 The Nat Turner Rebellion – the musical act, not the historical event – was a promising group from Philly that imploded before they ever really got off the ground, featuring vocalists Joe Jefferson, Major Harris, Ron Harper and Bill Spratley. With only a pair of singles issued while they were together, their planned debut record got… Continue reading

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Nina Simone – Nina Simone’s Finest Hour (2000)

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Nina Simone – Nina Simone’s Finest Hour 2000 Verve Records (314 543 604-2) I thought I would make a quick blog post to commemorate International Women’s Day and pay tribute to one of my heroes, the great Nina Simone.  Superlatively gifted and inspired as both a pianist and vocalist, courageous and visionary, groundbreaking, tenacious, mercurial — I could keep throwing adjectives at this woman all day and never run out of them.  Is this collection her “finest hour”?  Continue reading

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Wayne Shorter – The Best of Wayne Shorter (1988, Blue Note)

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Wayne Shorter The Best of Wayne Shorter BLUE NOTE CDP 7 91141 2 Released 1988 I had a different blog post planned for today, but the world lost one of the great forces in jazz yesterday with the passing of Wayne Shorter.  If you don’t know why you should care about that, you can read one of his obits in the Old Grey Lady, The Atlantic, or the BBC.  It’s the kind of loss that has us checking the internet… Continue reading