Shuggie Otis - Inspiration Information

ngs in the "Should Have Been Huge" file. When Inspiration was released in 1974, a small circle of critics and musicians began talking about Otis as a next big thing. Part of their awe can be explained by Otis's production style: He played almost all the instruments, including a primitive drum machine, himself. His primary instrument is the guitar, and many of the great Inspirationtracks depend on a "guitar orchestra" of sorts, with cleanly plucked rhythm sharing the spotlight with tasteful wah-wah pedal work and easygoing, almost languorous leads. The songs range from sunny afternoon daydreams ("Island Letter") to gentle Weather Reportish Latin fusion ("XL-30") to colorful, idealistic funk in the Sly Stone mold ("Aht Uh Mi Hed").
For the next several decades, Inspiration exSophisticated and gently sung, dotted with jazzy interludes and psychedelic detours, Shuggie Otis's fourth albumInspiration Information beloisted mainly in the private stashes of hipsters and DJs. It was finally reissued in 2001, on a package that included Otis's original "Strawberry Letter 23." This time, the album drew fawning coverage in the press and prompted a long-overdue reappraisal of the singer and guitarist, who'd spent decades in a semi-spotlight on the West Coast blues circuit. It's easy to understand why contemporary urban musicians, whose art is built on endless repetition, would revere the loose, resolutely iconoclastic Inspiration: It calls from a time before the loop was king, before everybody followed the same worn-out playbook.


Track Listing:
01.Inspiration Information
02.Island Letter 
03.Sparkle City 
04.Aht Uh Mi Hed 
05.Happy House 
06.Rainy Day 
07.XL-30 
08.Pling 
09.Not Available 
10.Strawberry Letter 23 [*] 
11.Sweet Thang [*] - Shuggie Otis, Otis, Johnny 
12.Ice Cold Daydream [*] 
13.Freedom Flight [*]

Charles Mingus - Mingus At Antibes

Recorded live at the Antibes Jazz Festival, Juan-les-Pins, France, July 13, 1960.

The claim that "This is one of the great Mingus albums," made in the liner notes to MINGUS AT ANTIBES, is no exaggeration. Recorded live at the Antibes Jazz Festival in 1960, Mingus is presented here at his emotional, ground-breaking best with an ensemble that was surely one of his finest. Mining the style forged on BLUES AND ROOTS (released in early 1960), the music is an adrenaline-charged amalgam of black folk forms: gospel, blues, call and response and collective group improvisation, all woven through the spacious structures of Mingus' fiercely complex compositions.

All of this and more is evidenced on the surging, riotous "Wednesday Night Prayer Meeting," which opens the album, followed by "Prayer For Passive Resistance" in a similar vein. "What Love," based loosely on the chord structures of "What Is This Thing Called Love" is highlighted by loose, improvisational passages and a free-form dialogue between Mingus' bass and Eric Dolphy's bass clarinet. Elsewhere, Dolphy plays alto sax with great intensity and startling, conversational phrasing. A stirring performance, MINGUS AT ANTIBES captures the artist at one of the most exciting points of his career.

Personnel: Charles Mingus (acoustic bass, piano); Eric Dolphy (alto saxophone, bass clarinet); Booker Ervin (tenor saxophone); Ted Curson (trumpet); Bud Powell (piano); Dannie Richmond (drums)

Tracks:

1. "Wednesday Night Prayer Meeting" – 11:54
2. "Prayer for Passive Resistance" – 8:06
3. "What Love?" – 13:34
4. "I'll Remember April" (Gene de Paul) – 13:39
5. "Folk Forms" – 11:08
6. "Better Git Hit in Your Soul" – 11:00

Cartola - Raizes do Samba

Tracks:

1. As Rosas Nao Falam
2. O Sol Nascer (A Sorrir)
3. Tive Sim
4. Alvorada
5. Disfarca E Chora
6. Corra E Olhe O Ceu
7. Amor Proibido
8. Minha
9. Nao Posso Viver Sem Ela
10. Sala de Recepcao
11. Festa da Vinda
12. Sim
13. Preciso Me Encontrar
14. Aconteceu
15. Quem Me Ve Sorrindo
16. Ordenes E Farei
17. Algeria
18. Senhora Tentacao
19. O Mundo E Um Mohino
20. Cordas de A o 

Banda Black Rio - Gafieira Universal

Tracks:

1. Chega Mais
2. Vidigal
3. Gafieira Universal
4. Tico Tico No Fubá
5. Ibeijada
6. Rio De Fevereiro
7. Dança Do Dia
8. Samboreando
9. Cravo E Canela
10. Expresso Madureira

King Sunny Ade - The Best Of The Classic Years

Sunny Adé's music is characterised by, among other instruments, the Talking drum- an instrument indigenous to his Yoruba roots, the guitar and his peculiar application to juju music,that would easily put him in the same class as guitar musicians like Santana. His music is in the age old tradition of singing poetic lyrics("Ewi" in Yoruba) and praise of dignitaries as well components of "juju" (traditional African belief) called the "Ogede"-"casting a spell". Hence, Adé's music constituents a record of the oral tradition of his people for posterity. Sunny Adé was the first to introduce the pedal steel guitar to Nigerian pop music. He was the first to introduce the use of synthesizers, clavinet, vibraphone, tenor guitar into the juju music repertoire such as dub and wah-wah guitar licks. -wiki

Tracks:
  1. Sunny Ti De
  2. Bombile Horojo
  3. Oro Towo Baseti
  4. Ko Salapata
  5. African Beats Lu Nsere
  6. Synchro System (Complete Orginal Version)
  7. Ibanuje Mon Iwan
  8. Afai Bowon
  9. Ogun Party Part 1
10. Adena Ike

Art Blakey & The Jazz Messengers - A Night In Tunisia

A Night in Tunisia is a jazz album by Art Blakey and the Jazz Messengers, released in 1960. From the liner notes by Barbara J. Gardner: "This album is a prime example of Blakey's expressed desire to showcase his young talent. Not only is there extended solo room for the musicians; further, all but the title tune were written and arranged by the talented junior jazz citizens in his group." Gardner further writes about the title track, written by Dizzy Gillespie: "'A Night In Tunisia' as recorded here remains the spectacular fiery poly-rhythmic stimulant that it is when performed live in night clubs and concert stages. The mood is set as Shorter leaps in to render a brilliant rapid-fire solo. Morgan's airy solo sparkles to the foreground. Note his climactic building and multinoted technique. Bobby Timmons feeds back drive and fire from the keyboard along with the Blakey sizzling cymbals and sputtering drums. Merritt here, as throughout the album, is the capable anchor man." The album was recorded at the Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey, and engineered by Rudy Van Gelder. -Wikipedia

Personnel:

• Lee Morgan — trumpet
• Wayne Shorter — tenor saxophone
  
• Bobby Timmons — piano
• Jymie Merritt — bass
• Art Blakey — drums

Track listing:

1989 remastered release:

1. "A Night in Tunisia" (D. Gillespie–F. Paparelli) –11:11
2. "Sincerely Diana" (Wayne Shorter) –6:47
3. "Sincerely Diana" (alternative take) (Wayne Shorter) –6:51
4. "So Tired" (Bobby Timmons) –6:36
5. "Yama" (Lee Morgan) –6:20
6. "Kozo's Waltz" (Lee Morgan) –6:45
7. "When Your Lover Has Gone" (E.A. Swan) –6:43

Hermeto Pascoal - Montreux Jazz Ao Vivo

Line-up / Musicians
   
- Hermeto Pascoal / soprano sax, clavichord, piano, flute, tenor sax, piano and voice
- Itiberê Zwarg / bass
- Nenê / clavinet and percussion/drums
- Jovino Santos Neto / piano and clavinet
- Cacau / clarinet, baritone sax, tenor sax and flute
- Nivaldo Ornelas / soprano sax, tenor sax and flute
- Zabelê / perucssion and voice
- Pernambuco / percussion

Live, released in 1979

Songs / Tracks Listing

1. Pintando O Sete (4:25)
2. Forró Em Santo André (7:31)
3. Remelexo (3:52)
4. Bem Vinda (1:45)
5. Sax E Aplausos (17:02)
6. Lagoa Na Canoa (1:23)
7. Fátima (4:28)
8. Terra Verde (1:22)
9. Maturi (4:48)
10. Quebrando Tudo (5:55)
11. Nilza (3:19)
12. Forró Brasil (3:16)
13. Montreux (4:28)
14. Voltando Ao Palco (5:30)
15. E Adeus (1:01)