Airto – Seeds On The Ground / The Natural Sounds of Airto (1971) (2020 Real Gone Music) Day 4 of FV’s 12 Days of Xmas

Airto – Seeds On The Ground / The Natural Sounds of Airto Vinyl rip in 24-bit/192 kHz | FLAC |  300 dpi scans | Jazz, Brazilian, Fusion Original release, 1971 Buddah Recordhs / Reissue 2020 Real Gone Music / Sony Records Day 4 of Flabbergasted Vibes’ 12 Days of Christmas finally brings us to Brazil.  Sort of.   I predict there will be much more Brazilian content on this blog in 2022. The first couple albums from Airto Moreira could easily be co-credited to Hermeto Pascoal, since he played such a major role in them.  He wrote all but two […]

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David Sancious and Tone – Transformation (The Speed of Love) (1976 Epic)

David Sancious and Tone – Transformation (The Speed Of Love) 1976 Epic Records PE 33939| Genre:  Fusion, Jazz-rock, Progressive rock If, like me, you thought that Incident on 57th Street and New York City Serenade were the high points of Bruce Springsteen’s early career, then you should probably give your attention to musical polymath and chameleon David Sancious.  Sancious was keyboardist for the E. Street Band on their first two albums, and contributed to the title track of Born To Run.  I think it would be a safe claim to say that his sensibility probably helped sculpt the “epic” sound […]

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Larry Coryell – Coryell (1969) – Special Blog 10th Anniversary Post!

Larry Coryell – Coryell 1969 Vanguard Apostolic VSD 6547 | Vinyl rip in 24 bit 196 khz | Art at 600 and 300 dpi Jazz-Rock / Jazz-Funk / Soul / Fusion / Psychedelic I’ve been holding back on posting about this album until I could commemorate the 10th ANNIVERSARY of this blog.  It’s a very special record to me from the great guitarist Larry Coryell, who passed away in 2017.  It’s unique in that it captures him in a kind of transition between his time playing in the psychedelic rock group The Free Spirits and his future as an icon of jazz […]

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Charles Earland – Odyssey (1976)

CHARLES EARLAND ODYSSEY Released 1976 Mercury SRM-1-1049 After the phenomenal double-LP ‘Leaving This Planet’, which featured Freddie Hubbard and Joe Henderson as rocket fuel, Earland continued in a similarly cosmic-jazz direction.  He made one more LP for Prestige, a live album of new material called Kharma, and then began a new phase at Mercury Records with this jazz-funk-latin-disco-rock fusion called Odyssey, which also became the name of his spaceship, I mean vehicle, for releasing this kind of thing for the next few years.  This album has never ever been issued on CD.  Meet you after the jump to continue the […]

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Charlie Mariano – Mirror (1972)

Charlie Mariano Mirror Release 1972 – Atlantic SD 1608 A1     Himalaya     5:56 A2     Shout     2:23 A3     F Minor Happy     5:13 A4     Theme From Summer Of ’42    5:04 B1     Mirror     8:36 B2     Vasi Bindu (Raindrops)     5:36 B3     Madras    3:07     Acoustic bass – George Mraz     Drums – Ray Lucas     Electric Bass – Tony Levin     Electric Piano, Organ – Pat Rebillot     Guitar – David Spinozza     Percussion – Airto Moreira, Ralph McDonald     Soprano Saxophone, Alto Saxophone, Nagasuram, Flute – Charlie Mariano     Vocals (on “Mirror” […]

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Ceccarelli – Ceccarelli (1977)

  Ceccarelli “Ceccarelli” Released 1977 – Inner City (IC 1057)   Forget It     I’m A Skunk     Big City Bright     Ded’s Circus     Life Is Real Only Here (Part 1)     Speed It Up     What The…     Where Is Here     Life Is Only Real Here (Part 2)     His Love     Space Out Vinyl; Pro-Ject RM-5SE turntable (with Sumiko Blue Point 2 cartridge, Speedbox power supply); Creek Audio OBH-15; M-Audio Audiophile 192 Soundcard ; Adobe Audition at 32-bit float 192khz; Click Repair; individual clicks and pops taken out with Adobe Audition 3.0 – dithered and resampled […]

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