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Golden Boy is the 1963 album recorded in New York City by Art Blakey and the Jazz Messengers. The full title is Art Blakey & The Jazz Messengers Play Selections From the New Musical Golden Boy.

The musical starred Sammy Davis Jr. and all the selections on the album were written and composed by Lee Adams and Charles Strouse for the Broadway musical. The LP was originally released on the Colpix label and produced by Jack Lewis.

Of the eleven-member band, three were also arrangers ~ Curtis Fuller, Wayne Shorter, and Cedar Walton. This is a musically short album only running 30:11.

Tracks
  1. “Theme from Golden Boy” – 5:35
  2. “Yes I Can” – 5:25
  3. “Lorna’s Here” – 5:09
  4. “This Is the Life” – 5:56
  5. “There’s a Party” – 5:00
  6. “I Want to Be with You” – 4:03
The Players
  • Art Blakey – drums
  • Freddie Hubbard, Lee Morgan – trumpet
  • Curtis Fuller – trombone
  • Julius Watkins – French horn
  • Bill Barber – tuba
  • James Spaulding – alto saxophone
  • Wayne Shorter – tenor saxophone
  • Charles Davis – baritone saxophone
  • Cedar Walton – piano
  • Reggie Workman – bass

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Voice Of My Beautiful Country is a compendium of songs that reflects America’s diverse tapestry of music. It was recorded in 2011 by Rene Marie for the Motema Music label. Cover photography was taken by MaryLynn Gillaspie.

Not afraid of stretch by any sense of the word, Rene Marie deeply personalizes her covers of the Temptations, Jefferson Airplane, Dobie Gray, Dave Brubeck and Jimmy Van Heusen as well as folk and national standards that make this recording a cornucopia of American expression. Her interpretation wraps each song around her dynamic, smoky, malleable and experienced voice until it feels as if she’s written it. This is definitely one for the shelves of any collection.

Track Listing ~ 14 Songs

Strange Meadowlark
O Shenandoah
Imagination Medley
Imagination
Just My Imagination
White Rabbit
Drift Away
John Henry
Angelitos Negros
Voice Of My Beautiful Country Suite
America The Beautiful
Drum Battle
Piano Blues
My Country ‘Tis Of Thee
Lift Ev’ry Voice And Sing/Star Spangled Banner
America The Beautiful ~ Reprise

Personnel
Rene Marie ~ Vocal
Kevin Bales ~ Piano
Rodney Jordan ~ Bass
Quentin Baxter ~ Drums

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Payton’s Place is a jazz album recorded at Avator Studios and was released on Polygram Records on June 9, 1998 by trumpet player Nicholas Payton  Producer Nicholas Payton. The executive producer on the session was Richard Seidel, it was mixed and mastered by James Nichols at BMG Studios in New York. The production coordinator and assistant were Camille Tominaro and Samantha Black, respectively. The photographs were taken by Barron Claiborne with recording session photographs by Jimy Katz and the art direction & design by Giulio Tururro.

Track Listing ~ 71:05

  1.     Zigaboogaloo – 5:53
  2.     The Three Trumpeteers – 5:26
  3.     Back to the Source – 6:27
  4.     A Touch of Silver – 5:12
  5.     Concentric Circles” – 7:08
  6.     Li’l Duke’s Strut” – 5:06
  7.     Time Traveling” – 5:36
  8.     With a Song in My Heart” – 5:35*
  9.      Paraphernalia” – 9:39*
  10. Brownie à la Mode” – 4:17
  11.      People Make the World Go Round” – 5:21*
  12. The Last Goodbye” – 5:25*

All songs compositions are by Nicholas Payton except track 8 ~  Lorenz Hart and Richard Rodgers, track 9 ~ Wayne Shorter, track 11 & 12 ~ Thom Bell and Linda Creed

Additional musicians: Wynton Marsalis, trumpet: The Three Trumpeteers and Brownie à la Mode; Roy Hargrove, trumpet: The Three Trumpeteers and With A Song in My Heart; Joshua Redman, tenor saxophone: A Touch of Silver.

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Journey In Satchidananda is the fourth solo album by Alice Coltrane recorded on November 8, 1970. Avant-garde in its jazz direction and released in 1971, its title and title track reflects Coltrane’s inspiration by Swami Satchidananda whom John Coltrane had become close to while being his disciple.

Shiva-Loka or realm of Shiva references the realm of the third member of the Hindu trinity, the dissolver of creation. Stopover Bombay refers to a five-week stay in India and Sri Lanka on which Coltrane was due to go in December 1970. Something About John Coltrane is based on themes by her late husband, John Coltrane. Isis and Osiris, on which Charlie Haden replaces Cecil McBee on bass, and Vishnu Wood plays oud, indicates Coltrane’s interest in Middle Eastern and North African music and culture. The presence of the tamboura, played by Tulsi, reflects Coltrane’s interest in Indian classical music and religion.

Side A
  1. Journey in Satchidananda ~ 6:39
  2. Shiva-Loka ~ 6:37
  3. Stopover Bombay ~ 2:54
Side B
  1. Something About John Coltrane ~ 9:44
  2. Isis and Osiris ~ 11:49
All compositions by Alice Coltrane.

Tracks A1–B1 were recorded at the Coltrane home studio in Dix Hills, New York on November 8, 1970. Track B2 was a live recording at The Village Gate in New York City on July 4, 1970. Tracks A1 to B1

  • Alice Coltrane – piano, harp
  • Pharoah Sanders – soprano saxophone, percussion
  • Cecil McBee – double bass
  • Rashied Ali – drums
  • Tulsi – tanpura
  • Majid Shabazz – bells, tambourine
B2
  • Alice Coltrane – harp
  • Pharoah Sanders – soprano saxophone, percussion
  • Rashied Ali – drums
  • Charlie Haden – bass
  • Vishnu Wood – oud

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Butch Warren French 5Tet was recorded in 2011, two years prior to his passing away. The double bassist was joined by a cohesive collection of four French musicians ~ saxophonist Pierrick Menuau, pianist Pierre Christophe, with Mourad Benhammou on drums and Jean Philippe Bordier playing guitar.

Unfortunately for the jazz world, this was his debut and only album as a leader, however, it was worth the wait. Warren brings a total of eight songs to this recording – four original compositions to this live recording, adding a classic from Johnny Mercer and David Raksin, one by Hank Mobley, and two from Kenny Dorham, having recorded regularly with the latter two.

Tracks:

  • A Little Chipie (Warren)
  • East of the Village (Mobley)
  • Laura (Mercer/Raksin)
  • I Remember Monk (Warren)
  • Barack Obama (Warren)
  • Eric Walks (Warren)
  • The Theme (Dorham)
  • Blue Bossa (Dorham)

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