Mary Lou Williams - Black Christ of the Andes
a truly eccentric mix of funkified gospel, Monk-ish piano trio opuses, bluesy dirges and occasional flurries of cluttered, abstract solos which clash glaringly with the bulk of her work, but paint a complete picture of a really unique artist @
Another review.
Liner notes are included as PDF.
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1) St. Martin De Porres
2) It Ain't Necessarily So
3) The Devil
4) Miss D.D.
5) Anima Christi
6) A Grand Night for Swinging
7) My Blue Heaven
8) Dirge Blues
9) A Fungus A Mungus
10) Koolbonga
11) Forty-Five Degree Angle
12) Nicole
13) Chunka Lunka
14) Praise the Lord
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Heikki Sarmanto - New Hope Jazz Mass
A work for mixed choir, jazz ensemble and soprano. Written by the finnish jazz composer for the opening of New York's St. Peter church.
Originally posted at El Reza, I tagged the files and reupped it.
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1. Duke and Trane
2. Glory To God In The Highest
3. We Are God's Holy Temple
4. Hymn For The Day
5. We Beleive In One God
6. Intercessions
7. Northern Dance
8. Gracious Father
9. Holy, Holy, Holy
10. Through Him
11. Have Mercy On Us
12. Thank The Lord
really glad to see your blog is still up and running!.. you post some really diverse and great stuff... helped me discover a few really fantastic albums...
ReplyDeletedid you manage to check out the modern afro beat bands antibalas, the daktaris and the budos band that i mentioned in a previous comment? .. If not I'd be happy to do you copies of some of their albums...
Mik
hey Mik,
ReplyDeletethanks for your comments
I'm glad you could find something interesting for you here
thanks for the tip, too
I found antibalas and the daktaris
antibalas is great, yeah
didn't get budos
if you'd like to upload it, I'll appreciate that
and if you wouldn't mind, I'll share it in the blog too
HI!
ReplyDeleteThanx for the great music!
is there any chance for more of Heikki Sarmanto?
(especially "A Man with a Sax")
Thanx again!
Hello Wonderboy,
ReplyDeleteSorry, but that's the only disc of his I have. Try asking at El Reza.
I'd be happy to upload the budos album, I'll have to work out how to do it first as ive never uploaded anything b4... are there any sites youd prefer me to upload it too?
ReplyDeleteMik
Hey Mik,
ReplyDeleteThanks for the offer, but just I found Budos Band here:
http://stewtheredshoe.blogspot.com/2007/03/budos-band-self-titled.html
I'll check them out tonight. Thanks again for the recommendations :)
Hey glad you liked the album , sorry did I not tag it ...at least it came from OOP jap cd so top quality
ReplyDeleteBTW Man with a Sax is available at my blog and have more Heikki if wanted :)
thanks for this..
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