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Alice Coltrane - Ptah, The El Daoud (1970) Japanese Remastered Reissue 2004

Posted By: Designol
Alice Coltrane - Ptah, The El Daoud (1970) Japanese Remastered Reissue 2004

Alice Coltrane - Ptah, The El Daoud (1970) Japanese Remastered Reissue 2004
with Pharoah Sanders, Joe Henderson, Ron Carter and Ben Riley

EAC | FLAC | Tracks (Cue&Log) ~ 289 Mb | Mp3 (CBR320) ~ 141 Mb | Scans included
Avant-Garde Jazz, Modal, Free Jazz | Impulse!/Universal | # UCCI-9106 | Time: 00:46:11

Sometimes written off as an also-ran to her more famous husband, Alice Coltrane's work of the late '60s and early '70s shows that she was a strong composer and performer in her own right, with a unique ability to impregnate her music with spirituality and gentleness without losing its edges or depth. Ptah, The El Daoud is a truly great album, and listeners who surrender themselves to it emerge on the other side of its 46 minutes transformed. From the purifying catharsis of the first moments of the title track to the last moments of "Mantra," with its disjointed piano dance and passionate ribbons of tenor cast out into the universe, the album resonates with beauty, clarity, and emotion. Coltrane's piano solo on "Turiya and Ramakrishna" is a lush, melancholy, soothing blues, punctuated only by hushed bells and the sandy whisper of Ben Riley's drums and later exchanged for an equally emotive solo by bassist Ron Carter.

Chet Baker - But Not For Me (1994) Reissue 2003

Posted By: Designol
Chet Baker - But Not For Me (1994) Reissue 2003

Chet Baker - But Not For Me (1994) Reissue 2003
EAC | FLAC | Tracks (Cue&Log) ~ 194 Mb | Mp3 (CBR320) ~ 97 Mb | Covers included
Cool, West Coast Jazz | Label: Random Chance | # RCD-10 | Time: 00:40:59

This 1982 studio recording of Chet Baker was not released until Stash Records issued it in 1994 (the album has been out of circulation for several years). It's a very high quality production of Baker with an unusual lineup of fine sidemen: Kenny Barron on piano, Charlie Haden on bass, Ben Riley on drums, Howard Johnson on tuba and James Newton on flute. The six tracks (total running time of 40:59) include vocals on the title song and Miles Davis' "Four." Of special note is the song "Lament," which shows off one of Baker's rightfully admired ballad performances. "But Not For Me" is the first of a series of Stash Records reissues licensed by Random Chance Records that will be coming out over the next few years.