Saori Yano - Answer (2012)

Saori Yano has been sending a new breeze to the jazz world since her amazing debut at the age of 16 in September 2003. She has released nine works including the best album so far, and will celebrate the 10th anniversary year from September 2012. The first release of her anniversary year is a fan-voted request album. For 10 years since her debut, she held fan votes on the web and at live venues to maximize her gratitude to the fans who continued to support her, and recorded the album from among them. Select a song. We will deliver all songs with new recordings including songs recorded in the album in the past. Included are the two songs "A Night In Tunisia" and "Whisky, You Like It" that co-starred trumpeter Terumasa Hino. For both songs, which have countless covers and rearrangements, Yano dared to choose a stoic approach without any tricks in the form of Mr. Hino's heart. In her attitude of carefully selecting the sounds she should make and refining her phrasing, she can certainly find one "answer" that she has been searching for 10 years. ~ toppe2.web.fc2.com. [Translated from Japanese] 

Savoy Records, COCB-54001, 2012
Recorded 24th, 25th, 26th July, 2012 

Musicians:
Saori Yano - Alto Saxophone
Terumasa Hino - Trumpet (#7,14)
Toru Nakajima - Piano, Trombone
Ken Kaneko - Bass
Nobuyuki Komatsu - Drums 

Tracks:
01. The Days Of Wine And Roses {Henry Mancini} (3:28)
02. All Of Me {Gerald Marks, Seymour Simons} (2:44)
03. Moon River {Henry Mancini} (3:40)
04. Sand And Skirt {Saori Yano} (4:00)
05. Moody's Mood For Love {James Moody} (3:14)
06. Theme From "Taxi Driver" {Tom Scott} (3:41)
07. A Night In Tunisia {Dizzy Gillespie} (6:37)
08. Sing Sing Sing {Louis Prima} / It Don't Mean A Thing {Duke Ellington} (2:09)
09. Answer {Saori Yano} (5:19)
10. Waltz For Debby {Bill Evans} (3:54)
11. La Vie En Rose {Louis Guglielmi} (3:40)
12. You'd Be So Nice To Come Home To {Cole Porter} (3:19)
13. Left Alone {Mal Waldron} (7:16)
14. Whisky, You Like It {Masamichi Sugi} (4:28) 

Total Time: 57:29

Whisky, You Like It

Carlos Garnett - The New Love (1978) [re-rip>true flac]

Here we have the fifth Carlos Garnett Muse Album from the late seventies.

The New Love is an electric record both in terms of its instrumentation and the excitement it engenders, with its panoramic scope of musical influences, joined together in a compact, accessible, and cohesive whole, it once again establishes Carlos Garnett as one of the true masters of musical fusion.

"Memories of Coltrane" is, in this writer's opinion, the album's finest achievement. It opens dramatically with Trane-inspired tenor fervently wailing over rumbling by Mouzon. The theme is stated with ardent emotion by Garnett (joined by Hino on an ascent) over densely textured layers of piano, bass, and percussive sounds. The theme is then repeated vocally by Garnett and McClary, as Hino and Bonner spin intensely spiritual obbligati around it; the lyrics may be simple, but the message they convey is a potent one. ~ Tom Bingham, Liner Notes.

Muse Records, MR 5133, 1978
Recorded May, 1977 At Dimensional Sound Studio, New York City

Personnel: 
Carlos Garnett - Tenor & Soprano Saxophones, Vocals
Terumasa Hino - Trumpet
Joe Bonner - Keyboards
Otis McClary - Guitar, Vocals
John Lee - Bass
Alphonse Mouzon - Drums
Guilherme Franco - Bongos, Percussion
Timana - Bongos, Percussion

Track Listing:
A1. Lil Dear (5:00)
A2. Bolerock (4:13)
A3. The New Love (8:56)
B1. Uncle Ben & Aunt Jemima (5:14)
B2. Dance Of The Virgins (4:04)
B3. Memories Of Coltrane (9:22)

All Compositions by Carlos Garnett

Credits:
Producer - Carlos Garnett, John Lee
Recording Engineer - Malcolm Addey
Design, Photography - Ron Warwell
Liner Notes - Tom Bingham

Carter Jefferson - The Rise of Atlantis (24/48 vinyl rip)

An new 24/48 rip with considerably improved results, at least I think so.

Carter Jefferson - The Rise of Atlantis
Timeless Muse 309, 1979

a-01 Why - 7:40 (Victor Lewis)
a-02 The Rise Of Atlantis - 6:55 (Carter Jefferson)
a-03 Wind Chimes - 7:25 (Clint Houston)

Carter Jefferson (ldr), Carter Jefferson (ss, ts), Terumasa Hino (t, fh), Harry Whitaker (p), Clint Houston (b), Victor Lewis (d), Steve Thornton (cga, per), Lani Groves (v) December 23, 1978

b-01 Changing Trains - 5:05 (Carter Jefferson)
b-02 Song For Gwen - 7:22 (Carter Jefferson)
b-03 Blues For Wood - 6:18 (Ronnie Mathews, Woody Shaw)

Carter Jefferson (ldr), Carter Jefferson (ss, ts), Shunzo Ono (t), John Hicks (p), Clint Houston (b), Victor Lewis (d) December 27, 1978

"Tenor saxophonist Carter Jefferson made somewhat of a name for himself when trumpeter Woody Shaw chose him as a member of his first working quintet. Shaw is the producer of this album, Jefferson's fine debut (and evidently only) recording as a leader. Taking a cue from Shaw, the saxophonist sticks essentially to a quintet of trumpet and sax backed by all-star rhythm sections. Three of the tracks include hard bop trumpeter Terumasa Hino while the other three feature little-known Japanese trumpeter Shunzo Ono. Most of the tunes are firmly in the school of hard bop, the sort of music that Woody Shaw played so well. While there is not any new ground broken, it is all performed competently enough. While not as emotionally charged as his work with Shaw, Jefferson impresses with a fluid, mobile attack that shows a solid grasp of his material. If the groups seem to be sometimes merely going through the motions, there are nonetheless enough fine moments to make this a worthwhile purchase. " AMG

WOW - How hard was this guy trying to be critical? How about this...when I first heard Bacoso's mp3 rip of this a few years ago I was immediately taken with the album so I was pretty tickled the day I found it in the stacks at Louisiana Music Factory. This is some fine post-bop listening and having Terumasa Hino on one side and Shunzo Ono on the other is interesting - they are more different than I realized. Clint Houston reminds me of all the reasons why I consider him to be so under-rated; he and Victor Lewis cook on this date. Far from lacking passion, Jefferson plays beautifully and the compositions are inventive and entertaining. If you enjoyed the Woody Shaw, Sonny Fortune or Bobby Hutcherson work of this era, then you will certainly enjoy this.