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The jazz giant Thelonious Monk is here featured in this live recording in New York. Monk is in his best form during this "Village Gate" gig, along with famed session men accompanying him here and forming this solid quartet -- namely, Charlie Rouse on tenor saxophone, John Ore on the bass, and Frankie Dunlop on the drums. The album features three Monk's originals ("Rhythm-A-Ning", "Evidence", "Jackie-ing") and two jazz standards ("I'm Getting Sentimental Over You" and the immortal "Body And Soul" in two takes).
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Rare gem capturing the poetry and magic of the legendary Chet Baker live on stage. Here, Chet is in Italy on April 1962, at "La Cantina" in Bologna. Miles Davis is on the trumpet, of course, along with Rene Thomas at the guitar, George Gruntz at the piano, the great Karl Theodor Geier on the bass, and Eberhard Stengel on the drums. The entirety of the side A is taken by a long Miles Davis composition, "Solar", while the B side features a much celebrated, timeless standard in "Pennies From Heaven" and Bird's original in "Donna Lee".
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First Naked Lunch release dedicated to the Afro-Cuban golden age. Machito was a seminal figure in the New York Afro-Cuban scene of the post-World War II era, vastly responsible to deliver this new genre of music to happy-feet crowds populating the ballrooms of the time -- in fact essentially creating the so-called Cubpop and contributing to the large adoption of Salsa as a new kind of dance for the American audience. An unmissable collection for the lovers of the truly vintage Afro Cuban sound.
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Cumbia is a folkloric genre and dance from Colombia. Hereby a compilation showcasing the early developments of a large crosspollination. Since the 1940s, commercial or modern Colombian cumbia expanded in fact to the rest of Latin America, after which it became popular throughout the continent, including Argentina, Bolivia, Chile, the Dominican Republic, Ecuador, Mexico, Peru, El Salvador, United States, Uruguay, and Venezuela. Features Conjunto Martínez, Gildardo Montoya y Conjunto Los Rumberos, Rafeal Yepes Crespo con sus Negros de la Región, Orquesta Ritmo de Sabanas, Baldomero Urieles con Efrian Burgos y su Conjunto, Conjunto Los Rumberos, Silvio Guzman y Conjunto Jose M. Peñaranda, Ruffo Garrido y su Conjunto, Alberto Pacheco y su Conjunto, Gastón (El Isleño) con El Conjunto de Jaime Simanca, Conjunto Ritmos del Caribe, Los Alegres Bucaneros, Crescencio Salcedo, Lalito y Conjunto Colombia.
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The classic line-up with a twist -- Recorded live at Jazz Villa in St. Louis on May 29th, 1963. George Coleman sitting on tenor sax, right before he left band (with incoming talent Wayne Shorter on the spot). Personnel: Miles Davis - trumpet; George Coleman - tenor sax; Herbie Hancock - piano; Ron Carter - bass; Tony Williams - drums.
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The so called "Nightingale Of The Andes", a necessary introduction to the life and music of the one and only Yma Sumac. The Peruvian singer who startled audiences in the United States and Europe with her remarkable voice, beauty, and mysterious "Inca" princess/priestess persona. Literally bridging the gap from folklore to exotica, Yma Sumac was the forerunner of a new philosophy.
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Dorival Caymmi was a Brazilian singer, songwriter, actor, and painter active for more than 70 years beginning in 1933. He contributed to the birth of Brazil's bossa nova movement, and several of his samba pieces, such as "Samba da Minha Terra", "Doralice", and "Saudade da Bahia", have become staples of música popular Brasileira. Equally notable are his ballads celebrating the fishermen and women of Bahia, including "Promessa de Pescador", "O Que É Que a Baiana Tem?", and "Milagre". Caymmi composed about 100 songs in his lifetime, and many of his works are now considered to be Brazilian classics. Both Brazilian and non-Brazilian musicians have covered his songs. Ben Ratliff of The New York Times wrote that Caymmi was "perhaps second only to Antônio Carlos Jobim in 'establishing a songbook of [the 20th] century's Brazilian identity'." This anthology is truly a majestic entry into his own influential lifetime.
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The well-known 1962 performance by the celebrated Ahmad Jamal Trio with Israel Crosby and Vernel Fournier at the Blackhawk Club in San Francisco. This formation of the group wouldn't last long, as Israel Crosby died in mid-1962.
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The great Malcolm Earl "Mal" Waldron makes his debut on Naked Lunch with a collection of his own compositions recorded in New York City during the early '60s in a trio formation with George Tucker on bass and Al Dreares at the drums. The composing skills of Waldron as a post-bop key figure are here on full display on both sides, although pieces like "Modal-Air", "Summerday", "Ollie's Caravan", and "Quiet Temple" really squeeze the creative juice off the trio's playing, with Tucker and Dreares laying the rhythmic textures on Mal's many piano's inventions.
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Naked Lunch present reissue of Yusef Lateef's Other Sounds, originally released in 1959. Other Sounds was the first album on which Yusef Lateef looked beyond the confines of jazz and popular music to hear and perhaps "sing" the music he heard from the East. The album was recorded in 1957 and released two years after on the New Jazz label. The line-up was comprised of Yusef Lateef (tenor saxophone, flute, tambourine, argol), Wilbur Harden (flugelhorn, balloon), Hugh Lawson (piano, Turkish finger cymbals, 7UP bottle, balloon, bells), Ernie Farrow (bass, rabat) and Oliver Jackson (drums, gong, earthboard). Surely one of the forerunners of the so-called "world-music" revolution.
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Calypso developed into its modern form in Trinidad around the turn of the twentieth century as a primarily English-language topical song associated with pre-Lenten Carnival. By the 1920s, Calypsonians, as the singers and composers were called, performed in "tents" (yards covered by a tarp, union halls, and such) for the people of Trinidad and for tourists. As early as the 1930s, the genre was gaining a following outside of its homeland; for example, the British writer Aldous Huxley visited a tent in 1933 and wrote with admiration about calypso singing: "The Calypsonians of Trinidad live in another 'Zeit'; so the 'Geist' they obey is not the same as ours. In that, it may be, they are fortunate." Calypso Treasures features Lord Invader, Wilmoth Houdini, The Charmer, Young Tiger, Attila The Hun, The Island Champions, Lord Kitchener, Wilmoth Houdini, Duke Of Iron, The Roaring Lion, Mighty Terror, and Lord Melody.
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The Amazing Nina Simone -- originally released in 1959 -- was Nina Simone's first album for Colpix Records. The album contains a variety of material, including jazz, gospel, and folk songs. Compared to her debut, which showcased Simone's piano playing ability in addition to her singing, the piano was downplayed on Amazing in favor of string arrangements. The orchestra is led by famous conductor Bob Mersey (staff arranger/composer for CBS television and Columbia Records and also their musical director).
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If you are in search of the origins of Jamaican music this is a great album to start with. Mento was the original Jamaican folk music that predates ska and reggae. Played exclusively on acoustic instruments, Mento was based on both African and European elements. The 1950s was Mento's golden age, as many artists recorded songs using a variety of rhythms and styles. It was the peak of Mento's creativity and popularity and the birth of Jamaica's recording industry. Features Laurel Aitken, Ben Bowers with The Babba Motta Orchestra, Hubert Porter, Count Lasher's Seven, Count Lasher, Lord Flea, Harold Richardson & The Ticklers, Harold Richardson, Market & Day O Wrigglers, Lord Fly, Count Lasher & His Quintet, Boysie Grant, and Boysie Grant & Reynold's Calypso Clippers.
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These are the historical recordings by the great ethnomusicologist Hugh Tracey. The fruit of his researches in southern Congo and in northern Zambia between 1957 and 1958. That was the time when the guitar became a popular instrument and slowly achieved the status of cultural symbol. This collection stands as an important document of the emergence of a totally new sound in African music. A unique blend of African roots and pop music imported from the west. A must for all guitar music fans around the globe. Features Ilunga Patrice & Misomba Victor, Ngoi Nono & Kabongo Anastase, Kaseba Anatole, Stephen Tsotsi Kasumali Ematambo, Stephen Tsotsi Kasumali, T. Muntali & M. Sapao Mayo, The Four Pals, John Lushi, Isaac Matafwana & Sunkutu, Luson Mwape Muchalo, Willem Sivale, and F. Musonda.
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One more step into the eclectic world of Krzystof Komeda. This is the second Naked Lunch release dedicated to the music of the great late Polish pianist and film music composer. An outstanding compilation based on Komeda's early production featuring a variety of live and radio recordings between 1957 and 1962. Four different line ups including the Komeda trio, quartet and sextet, plus another quartet shared with tenor sax player Bernt Rosengren. A bunch of true pioneers for Jazz in Eastern Europe searching for the perfect synthesis between the American stylistic influence and a distinctive Slavic lyricism.
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This is the epic Town Hall concert held by Nina Simone (with Jimmy Bond on bass and Albert "Tootie" Heath on drums) in New York on September 15th 1959 and originally released as her second album for Colpix Records. The repertoire included both traditional material and original songs written by Nina herself, plus some beautiful renditions of standards such as Gershwin's "Summertime" and Billie Holiday's "Fine and Mellow". Even though some of the songs featured in the concert were subsequently re-recorded in a studio for the album release.
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Unreleased for many years, and now on two LPs, here's the famous Chet Baker's concert in Koln in October 1955 featuring pianist Dick Twardzik, bassist Jimmy Bond, and drummer Pete Littman, plus guests on a couple of tracks, German reed specialists Hans Koller and Willi Sanner respectively on tenor and baritone sax. A particularly soulful performance based on a strong and varied track list comprising some of Baker's favorite standards such as "My Funny Valentine" and "I'll Remember April" plus Twardzik's original "Yellow Tango". This concert is also sadly remembered as one of Twardzik's last performances before his premature death for an overdose just 12 days later.
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Unreleased for many years, and now on two LPs, here's the famous Chet Baker's concert in Koln in October 1955 featuring pianist Dick Twardzik, bassist Jimmy Bond, and drummer Pete Littman, plus guests on a couple of tracks, German reed specialists Hans Koller and Willi Sanner respectively on tenor and baritone sax. A particularly soulful performance based on a strong and varied track list comprising some of Baker's favorite standards such as "My Funny Valentine" and "I'll Remember April" plus Twardzik's original "Yellow Tango". This concert is also sadly remembered as one of Twardzik's last performances before his premature death for an overdose just 12 days later.
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The great Texas bluesman Lightnin' Hopkins (1912-1982) recorded these fabulous tracks for Aladdin in Los Angeles and Houston between 1946-1948. These early performances are considered as seminal works not only for Hopkins's career but also for the whole history of country blues. Here, Lightnin' is mostly alone with his guitar, except on some tracks where he is joined by pianist Wilson "Thunder" Smith or some unknown drummer. Hopkins's intense guitar and deep voice and lyrics are at the very center of this unprecedented music. In one word: A masterpiece!
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Produced by the great New Orleans producer Dave Bartholomew, these early '60s recordings for the Imperial label are a perfect showcase for the eclectic blues guitarist and singer known as Snooks Eaglin. Snooks' ability to play a wide range of songs in different styles and make them his own, earned him the nickname "The Human Jukebox". This is a superb introduction to his music. Some sort of hot Creole recipe based on many different ingredients (blues, rock n' roll, country, Latin plus a hint of Ray Charles) all mixed up into a deep R&B soup.
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The legendary Thelonious Monk's appearance at the legendary Newport festival in 1963 when the so-called "High Priest of Bop" brought one of his greatest quartets featuring master Charlie Rouse on tenor sax, Butch Warren on bass, and Frankie Dunlop on drums. This is a great performance based on five of Monk's classic compositions: "Criss Cross", "Light Blue", "Nutty", "Blue Monk", and "Epistrophy". This is pure Monk's essence, don't miss it.
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Reissue. Often taken as inspiration by the likes of Miles Davis and Gil Evans, Ahmad Jamal is definitely one of the greatest artists in jazz history. Recorded in 1955 and originally released on the short-lived Parrot label, Chamber Music Of The New Jazz is a stunning example of the creative, elegant, and precious music played by Ahmad Jamal's early trio. The fruit of the magical interplay between Jamal's sophisticated pianism, Ray Crawford's highly rhythmic guitar playing, and Israel Cosby's fine double bass. Three musicians whose individual roles are fully expressed through the collective approach to a new form of "chamber" jazz.
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Reissue. Recorded in 1957 and released on the Prestige label, The Sounds Of Yusef features Yusef Lateef's quintet with Wilbur Harden (flugelhorn), Hugh Lawson (piano), Ernie Farrow (bass), and Oliver Jackson (drums). Lateef's aesthetic was a perfect mixture of hard-driving jazz and a variety of ethnic materials. Even though if compared to later works, Sounds Of Yusef is still very much rooted in jazz while the use of traditional ethnic instruments adds colors and flavors without really deviating from the American jazz tradition. Lateef shines on both tenor sax and flute while the rhythm section swings hard throughout a varied repertoire including an airy version of Strayhorn's ultra-classic "Take the A Train" and a contemplative Lateef's original called "Meditation".
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From the sacred heart of African-American culture an essential collection of deep devotional music spanning from the mid-40s to the late '50s, a crucial time frame for pure unadulterated Gospel music. Here is an incredible array of both obscure groups and highly celebrated performers including The Blind Boys of Alabama, Willie Mae Ford Smith, Hazel Chatman & The Golden Harmonizers, Mahalia Jackson & The Belleville Choir, Sylvester "Sly Stone" Stewart, and The Charioteers featuring Frank "The Voice" Sinatra. A great record that will immediately take you "there". Also features Deep River Boys, Sister Ethel Davenport & Brownee McGhee, Sister Emily Bram, Angelic Gospel Singers & The Dixie Hummingbirds, Shirley Caesar, Mary Deloach, Sister Wynona Carr, Rosa Shaw, Jones Brothers Quartet, Prisonaires, Sister Marie Knight & The Sam Price Trio, and Reverend James Cleveland & The Caravans.
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This is the second volume from the historical Uppsala concert in September 1961. An important document from Eric Dolphy's first Swedish tour as leader of a local and yet ultra-dynamic quartet featuring Rony Johansson (piano), Kurt Lindgren (bass), and Rune Carlsson (drums). This second chapter consists of four long tracks including classic standards such as "Out of Nowhere" and "I'll Remember April". Essential harmonic structures for Dolphy's highly adventurous improvisations on alto sax, bass clarinet, and flute.
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