The Quarantined Jazz Voyager
Stone Flower is the sixth studio album by Antônio Carlos Jobim. Recorded over a period of seven sessions in 1970 on March 16, April 23, 24, 29, and May 8, 20, and 22nd by Rudy Van Gelder at Van Gelder Studio in Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey. The album was produced by Creed Taylor, the album was released on July 7, 1970 on CTI Records. The album peaked at #18 on the Jazz Albums chart in 1971 and #196 on the Billboard 200.
Track Listing | 33:47 All tracks composed by Antônio Carlos Jobim, except where noted- Tereza My Love ~ 4:24
- Children’s Games ~ 3:30
- Choro ~ 2:10
- Brazil (Ary Barroso) ~ 7:25
- Stone Flower ~ 3:21
- Amparo ~ 3:41
- Andorinha ~ 3:32
- God and the Devil in the Land of the Sun ~ 2:23
- Sabiá ~ 3:58
- Antônio Carlos Jobim – piano, electric piano, guitar, vocals
- Harry Lookofsky – violin
- Joe Farrell – soprano saxophone
- Urbie Green – trombone
- Hubert Laws – flute
- Ron Carter – double bass
- João Palma – drums
- Airto Moreira – percussion
- Everaldo Ferreira – percussion
- Eumir Deodato – guitar, arranger
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The Quarantined Jazz Voyager
The Quarantined Jazz Voyager is pulling off the shelf for your listening pleasure comes from Black Orchid. It’s an album by jazz group The Three Sounds featuring performances recorded on March 7, 1962 (1-4, 6) and March 8, 1962 (5, 7-8) at Rudy Van Gelder Studios in Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey. It was released on the Blue Note label in 1964. The session was produced by Alfred Lion.
A 1998 reissue on compact disc added seven additional songs and as you listen to the below recording you will hear all fifteen compositions.
Track Listing | 42:37
- Black Orchid (Cal Tjader) – Erroneously credited to (Neal Hefti) – 5:25
- A Foggy Day (Gershwin, Gershwin) – 6:46
- For All We Know (Coots, Lewis) – 5:31
- Oh Well, Oh Well – 3:45
- At Last (Gordon, Warren) – 5:37
- Secret Love (Sammy Fain, Paul Francis Webster) – 5:44
- Don’t Go, Don’t Go – 5:08
- Saucer Eyes (Randy Weston) – 4:41
Personnel
- Gene Harris – piano
- Andrew Simpkins – bass
- Bill Dowdy – drums
Remain diligent my fellow voyagers in staying healthy, continue practicing social distancing, and don’t be so anxious to rush back to the new normal. It has been said that music soothes the savage beast, so listen to great music. I share that music to give you a little insight into the choices this voyager has made over the years during this sabbatical from jet setting investigations of jazz around the globe.
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The Quarantined Jazz Voyager
The Quarantined Jazz Voyager is pulling down from the stacks of his library a recently acquired, never-before-released studio album by Art Blakey & The Jazz Messengers titled Just Coolin’. Recorded on March 8, 1959 in Rudy Van Gelder’s living room studio in Hackensack, New Jersey, the session featured a short-lived line-up of The Jazz Messengers.
The album features two previously unissued compositions including Timmons’ tune Quick Trick. The session for Just Coolin’ finds The Jazz Messengers’ saxophone chair in transition. The interim saw the return of Mobley, who was a charter member of The Jazz Messengers when the band first formed in 1954 and appeared on their debut recording The Jazz Messengers At The Café Bohemia in 1955. Mobley also filled an important role as the band’s resident composer. Now, 61 years later jazz fans all over the world will have the chance to listen for themselves.
Track List
Side 1
1. Hipsippy Blues (Hank Mobley)
2. Close Your Eyes (Bernice Petkere)
3. Jimerick (unknown)
Side 2
1. Quick Trick (Bobby Timmons)
2. M&M (Hank Mobley)
3. Just Coolin’ (Hank Mobley)
Personnel
Lee Morgan: trumpet, Hank Mobley: tenor saxophone, Bobby Timmons: piano, Jymie Merritt: bass, Art Blakey: drums
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The Quarantined Jazz Voyager
The Quarantined Jazz Voyager’s next selection from his library is a studio album by Eddie Higgins titled Bewitched on Venus Records. It is part of the Venus Jazz Giants series was recorded at The Studio in New York on January 20 and 31, 2001. It was produced by Tetsuo Hara and Todd Barkan, engineered by Katherine Millerand was mastered by Shuji Kitamura and Tetsuo Hara.
A limited-edition Japanese released album in 2009, it was reissued as a replica mini-LP paper sleeve with obi strip and insert in Japanese.
Track List | 61:12
What A Difference A Day Made ~ 6:01; Detour Ahead ~ 5.28; Bewitched, Bothered And Bewildered ~ 4:13; You Must Believe In Spring ~ 5:04; Beautiful Love ~ 3:39; Alice In Wonderland ~ 5:04; Angel Eyes ~ 5:21; The Philanthropist ~ 5:56; Estate ~ 3:38; Blue Prelude ~ 4:39; I Hear A Rhapsody ~ 4:39; As Time Goes By ~ 5:02; Autumn Leaves ~ 4:28
Personnel
- Piano – Eddie Higgins
- Bass – Jay Leonhart
- Drums – Joe Ascione
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The Quarantined Jazz Voyager
The Quarantined Jazz Voyager’s next selection from his library is the 1962 album release Lena Horne titled Lena On The Blue Side. This studio album, released by RCA Victor in stereo and monaural. The recording took place in New York City in the summer of 1961.
The album features mainly blues-inspired songs, a departure for Horne from her usual standards, and recordings from the Great American Songbook. The recordings were arranged and conducted by Marty Gold.
The album was received well by the music press and Billboard Music Week of February 1962 rated it with a four star. Charting in the Billboard 200 album chart at #102. The complete album has only been reissued on CD in Japan in 1991.
Track List | 33:39Paradise ~ 3:40; The Rules Of The Road ~ 3:36; Darn That Dream ~ 2:41; I Wanna Be Loved ~ 3:02; I Hadn’t Anyone Till You ~ 2:45; Someone To Watch Over Me ~ 3:41; It’s A Lonesome Old Town ~ 2:32; I’m Through With Love ~ 2:58; What’ll I Do ~ 1:57; It Might As Well Be Spring ~ 3:30; They Didn’t Believe Me ~ 2:15; and As You Desire Me ~ 3:02.
Personnel- Lena Horne – Vocals
- Andy Ackers – Piano
- George Duvivier – Bass
- Al Caiola – Guitar
- Osie Johnson – Drums
- Bernie Glow, Mel Davis – Trumpet
- Sy Berger, Tony Studd – Trombone
- Strings
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