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Aruán Ortiz, Don Byron, Lester St. Louis & Pheeroan AkLaff - Pastor's Paradox (2023)

Posted By: delpotro
Aruán Ortiz, Don Byron, Lester St. Louis & Pheeroan AkLaff - Pastor's Paradox (2023)

Aruán Ortiz, Don Byron, Lester St. Louis & Pheeroan AkLaff - Pastor's Paradox (2023)
WEB FLAC (tracks) - 231 Mb | MP3 CBR 320 kbps - 91 Mb | 00:39:20
Avant-Garde Jazz, Modern Creative | Label: Clean Feed Records

Cuban-born, Brooklyn-based pianist, composer and conceptualist Aruán Ortiz celebrates his 50th birthday year with the release of Pastor’s Paradox, his stirring new album drawing on the power and structure of Martin Luther King’s words. Out October 20, 2023 on Clean Feed Records, the album features Ortiz with clarinetist Don Byron, cellists Lester St. Louis and Yves Dhar, drummer Pheeroan akLaff, and spoken word artist Mtume Gant.

Don Byron - Bug Music (1996)

Posted By: gribovar
Don Byron - Bug Music (1996)

Don Byron - Bug Music (1996)
EAC Rip | FLAC (tracks+.cue+log) - 314 MB | MP3 CBR 320 kbps (LAME 3.93) - 120 MB | Covers - 29 MB
Genre: Jazz, Swing, Big Band | RAR 3% Rec. | Label: Nonesuch Records (79438-2)

Bug Music is a tribute to the music of the Raymond Scott Quintette, the John Kirby Sextet and Duke Ellington, headed by the remarkably versatile clarinetist Don Byron. Raymond Scott's legendary compositions feature eccentric song titles (including, on this set, "Siberian Sleighride," "Tobacco Auctioneer" and "War Dance for Wooden Indians"), complex and thoroughly composed arrangements (all of which were originally memorized rather than being written out) and unique melodies. Kirby's brand of swing, which is quite complementary to Scott's novelties, often utilized themes from classical music and had solos, but were also tightly arranged (even "St. Louis Blues" and "Royal Garden Blues"). The CD begins and ends with four Ellington/Strayhorn pieces that fit well into the idiom (particularly "The Dicty Glide" and "Cotton Club Stomp")…

Don Byron - Ivey-Divey (2004)

Posted By: gribovar
Don Byron - Ivey-Divey (2004)

Don Byron - Ivey-Divey (2004)
EAC Rip | FLAC (image+.cue+log) - 428 MB | MP3 CBR 320 kbps (LAME 3.93) - 176 MB | Covers - 14 MB
Genre: Jazz, Post-Bop | RAR 3% Rec. | Label: Blue Note (7243 5 78215 2 0)

Clarinetist Don Byron once again mixes post-bop, swing, and funk into a unique concoction on Ivey-Divey. Just like Bug Music wasn't necessarily '30s swing and A Fine Line: Arias and Lieder wasn't exactly a classical album, Ivey-Divey isn't truly a straight-ahead, mainstream jazz album, although purists and avant-garde fans alike should find much common ground here. To these ends, Byron gets humorously rambunctious and a little "out" on such tracks as the swinging "I've Found a New Baby," the reverent and bluesy "Himm (For Our Lord and Kirk Franklin)," and the funky downtown jam "'Leopold, Leopold…'." Backing Byron here are the always adventurous talents of pianist Jason Moran, drummer Jack DeJohnette, trumpeter Ralph Alessi, and bassist Lonnie Plaxico.

VA - Kansas City - A Robert Altman Film: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack (1996)

Posted By: Designol
VA - Kansas City - A Robert Altman Film: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack (1996)

VA - Kansas City - A Robert Altman Film: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack (1996)
EAC | FLAC | Tracks (Cue&Log) ~ 397 Mb | Mp3 (CBR320) ~ 162 Mb | Scans included
Genre: Soundtrack, Jazz | Label: Verve/Polydor K.K. | # POCJ-1321 | 01:03:07

For Robert Altman's Kansas City film, since the story was centered in 1934 Kansas City, Altman wanted to have younger musicians depict top jazz artists of the era playing at one of the legendary jam sessions. He recruited many of today's top modernists and, although they used arrangements based on older recordings, they did not have to necessarily improvise in the style of the time. Actually, it is surprising how close the musicians often come, recapturing not just the music of the period but the adventurous spirit of such immortals as Coleman Hawkins, Ben Webster, and Lester Young. A dozen songs from the film are on this very enjoyable and unique CD, which features such players as trumpeter Nicholas Payton, clarinetist Don Byron, guitarists Russell Malone and Mark Whitfield, pianists Geri Allen and Cyrus Chestnut, altoists Jesse Davis and David "Fathead" Newman, and four of today's great tenors: James Carter, Craig Handy, David Murray, and Joshua Redman. In addition, Kevin Mahogany sings "I Left My Baby." Although there are some audience shouts on a couple of the pieces, this is one soundtrack album that very much stands up on its own.