03-24-2021 JAZZ.MiX # 33 jazz tracks on the the JAZZ_line 1980-1990

 

03-24-2021 JAZZ.MiX # 33 jazz tracks on the the JAZZ_line 1980-1990 # John Scofield,Carla Bley, Don Cherry, Latif Kahn, Kenny Burrell,Pat Metheny,Wynton Marsalis, Ginger Baker, Steve Tibbetts,Bill Frisell, Either/Orchestra, Rabih Abou-Khalil

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1980-1990

A dazzling electric guitarist with a steely tone and fluid lines to mark his distinctive post-bop style. Known for his distinctive, slightly distorted sound, guitarist John Scofield is a masterful jazz improviser who has straddled the lines between straight-ahead post-bop, fusion, funk, and soul-jazz. One of the big three of late-20th-century jazz guitarists (along with Pat Metheny and Bill Frisell), Scofield's influence grew in the '90s and continued into the 21st century.

John Scofield 

Fat Dancer (John Scofield)

Beckon Call (Gary Campbell)

Never (Steve Swallow)

from Bar Talk 1980

1980's Bar Talk features a young John Scofield already showing the virtuosity on guitar that subsequently made him a giant in his field. Scofield -- who honed his chops with artists like Miles Davis, Gerry Mulligan, Pat Metheny, Chick Corea, Chet Baker, and Charles Mingus -- displays his talents here as both a player and composer. Scofield is joined in the venture by Steve Swallow on bass and Adam Nussbaum on drums -- a perfectly balanced trio...  The album was well received at the time of its printing in 1980. Its influence has grown, becoming a jazz guitar classic, often listed as a favorite recording by professional critics, other musicians, and fans alike...The musician likes to joke around and have fun, but make no mistake, John Scofield is serious about his music.

Genre-bending jazz pianist and composer, known for her avant-garde work, whose writing style is unique and highly regarded.

Carla Bley 

Reactionary Tango (In Three Parts) (Carla Bley / Steve Swallow)

Útviklingssang (Carla Bley)

Walking Batteriewoman (Carla Bley)

from Social Studies 1981

Not everything Carla Bley has done has been artistically successful, but much of it has -- and the imaginative, good-humored pianist/organist/composer certainly deserves credit for daring to take so many risks. Bley's risk-taking serves her quite well on Social Studies, an unorthodox and adventurous pearl that is as rewarding as it is cerebral. Highlights of this LP range from "Reactionary Tango" (an abstract take on Argentinian music) to the melancholy "Utviklingssang" to the angular quasi-hard bop number "Walking Batteriewoman." This time, Bley leads a nonet, and the star soloists include Carlos Ward (soprano and alto sax), Tony Dagradi (tenor sax, clarinet), Gary Valente (trombone), and frequent allies Michael Mantler (trumpet) and Steve Swallow (electric bass). Bley doesn't allot herself much solo space, but the results are appealing when she does.

One of the most influential jazz musicians of the late 20th century, thanks to his imagination and passion for exploration. Imagination and a passion for exploration made Don Cherry one of the most influential jazz musicians of the late 20th century. A founding member of Ornette Coleman's groundbreaking quartet of the late '50s, Cherry continued to expand his musical vocabulary until his death in 1995.

Don Cherry, Latif Kahn 

Untitled / Inspiration from Home

Air Mail

Sangam

from Music / Sangam 1982

Awesome trippy slow pulsing space jazz with electronics, spacey vocals, and Indian percussion! This is a great reisue of a little known Don Cherry album that was recorded in collaboration with Indian master percussionist Latif Khan. Recorded in 1978 and released in the early eighties on a small European label, this is the nearest thing to a follow-up to Don Cherry's essential Brown Rice album. Like that album, it fuses cosmic electronics, hypnotic percussion, and spacey vocals to create a kind of forward-looking worldbeat jazz that sounds fresher than ever!

18-01-2019 # JAZZ:MiX # 33 jazz tracks on the the JAZZ_line 1981-1991

Steve Khan

18-01-2019 # JAZZ:MiX # 33 jazz tracks on the the JAZZ_line 1981-1991 # Steve Khan, Dewey Redman Quartet, Wynton Marsalis, Bill Frisell, Lyle Mays, Tom Harrell Quintet, The James Taylor Quartet, John Abercrombie, WATT Works Family - CARLA BLEY, MICHAEL MANTLER, STEVE SWALLOW, KAREN MANTLER, STEVE WEISBERG, John Scofield, Steve Coleman and Five Elements

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1981-1991

Session guitarist for the likes of Lou Rawls, Steely Dan, and Michael Franks, among others; also recorded as a leader, starting with 1977's Tightrope. Guitarist Steve Khan is a gifted jazz-based performer whose adept skills have found him working with his own groups and as an in-demand session artist.
Steve Khan
Auxiliary Police (Manolo Badrena / Anthony Jackson / Steven "Steven J." Jordan / Steve Khan) 5:25
Where's Mumphrey? (Manolo Badrena / Anthony Jackson / Steven "Steven J." Jordan / Steve Khan) 7:23
Eyewitness (For Folon) (Steve Khan) 7:16
from Eyewitness 1981
This release marked a new era for Steve Khan. Eyewitness was essentially birthed of earlier jam session/improv ideas, and the chemistry between each musician, plus polished-up ideas readied for final studio recording. Khan had returned to his college-days Gibson guitar purity of tone and a touch of reverb, laying aside his Fender Telecaster and big band mindset to groove with friends over eclectic rhythms of Manolo Badrena, Steve Jordan, and exotic bass grooves only the creative genius of Anthony Jackson could lay down...

An eclectic jazz tenor saxophonist who seamlessly linked the blues with free-form music over a hard bop base. One of the great avant-garde tenors, Dewey Redman has never received anywhere near the acclaim that his son Joshua Redman gained in the 1990s, but ironically Dewey is much more of an innovative player...
Dewey Redman Quartet
Thren (Dewey Redman) 7:53
Turn Over Baby (Dewey Redman) 4:27
Dewey Square (Charlie Parker) 8:01
from The Struggle Continues 1982
When ECM released Dewey Redman's The Struggle Continues in January 1982, he was busier than he had been in years. He'd spent three years recording and touring with Old and New Dreams (and a few more after). This date has Redman fronting a standard rhythm trio comprised of bassist Mark Helias, pianist Charles Eubanks, and drummer Ed Blackwell (a bandmate from the time they spent with Ornette Coleman through to Old and New Dreams, and with other Coleman alumni Cherry and Charlie Haden). Redman was versatile, as comfortable playing inside as outside, and here he does a bit of both, straying in and out of free and hard bop mode. It is one of the saxophonists most consistent and "melodic" recordings, but that doesn't mean he's any less adventurous. On his five compositions and an excellent eight-plus-minute workout on Charlie Parker's "Dewey Square," Redman is at the top of his game as an improviser and as a bandleader...

An esteemed trumpeter who worked tirelessly to ensure jazz's status as a respected American art form into the 21st century. The most famous jazz musician since 1980, Wynton Marsalis had a major impact on jazz almost from the start. In the early '80s, it was major news that a young and very talented black musician would choose to make a living playing acoustic jazz rather than fusion, funk, or R&B...
Wynton Marsalis
Knozz-Moe-King (Wynton Marsalis) 6:00
My Ideal (Newell Chase / Leo Robin / Richard A. Whiting) 6:17
from Think of One 1983
In his early years after leaving Art Blakey's Jazz Messengers, Wynton Marsalis strode forth with this excellent recording, his second as a leader, done in tandem with brother Branford, also out of Blakey's herd. The combination of the two siblings created quite a buzz in the music community, and this recording, which may stand the test of time as his finest, is one of the more solid mainstream jazz statements from the Young Lions movement of the early '80s. Top to bottom, this music sings, swings, simmers, and cooks with a cool verve that, in retrospect, would turn more overtly intellectual over time...

05-12-2018 # JAZZ:MiX # 33 jazz tracks on the the JAZZ_line 1974-1985

05-12-2018 # JAZZ:MiX # 33 jazz tracks on the the JAZZ_line 1974-1985 # Al Di Meola, Orquestra Mirasol, Mulatu Astatke, Flora Purim, Pat Metheny Group, Flora Purim, Gil Scott-Heron, Steve Khan, Dewey Redman Quartet, Wynton Marsalis, Bill Frisell, Lyle Mays

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1974-1985

Spellbinding jazz guitarist who is revered for his blazing, complex fretwork in the vein of jazz fusion, Latin fusion, and acoustic styles. Guitarist Al Di Meola first rose to prominence as a blazing jazz fusion artist before his playing matured and he began to conquer other styles, such as acoustic Latin music.
Al Di Meola
Land of the Midnight Sun (Al Di Meola) 9:10
The Wizard (Mingo Lewis) 6:46
Love Theme from "Pictures of the Sea" (Al Di Meola) 2:24
from Land of the Midnight Sun 1976
One of the guitar heroes of fusion, Al di Meola was just 22-years-old at the time of his debut as a leader but already a veteran of Chick Corea's Return to Forever...  With assistance from such top players as bassists Jaco Pastorius and Stanley Clarke, keyboardist Barry Miles, and drummers Lenny White and Steve Gadd, this was a very impressive beginning to di Meola's solo career.

Short-lived yet very interesting Jazz/Fusion band from Barcelona, Orquestra Mirasol were among the groups blending US Jazz/Fusion with Spanish music during the 70's.The line-up of their first album included Xavier Batlés on bass, Victor Ammann on piano, Ricard Roda on synthesizers, Pedrito Diaz on percussion and Miquel Lizandra on drums.This was entitled ''Salsa Catalana'', released in 1974 on the Catalan label Zeleste.
Orquestra Mirasol
Molt Trist 7:13
No Juguis Amb Set Miralls 7:00
from Salsa Catalana 1974
...The style of Orquestra Mirasol was heavily influenced by the approach of RETURN TO FOREVER and WEATHER REPORT, mixing energetic pleasant grooves with jazzy jams and interplays in a very succesful way.Their arrangements, both short and long, featured impressive piano lines, extremely nice bass workouts and some really beautiful clarinet solos.Orquestra Mirasol change their smooth passages into more bombastic material, full of intensity and interplays, and throughout the release there is evident some admiration for Classical Music, at moments they sound a lot like a Chamber Rock band.Another reason for this approach is the addition of string instruments in a couple of tracks and some symphonic-inclined instrumental sections with a very dramatic edge.Still Fusion remains the starting point of the band and the more powerful moments can be easily compared with WEATHER REPORT's music, driven by the piano, bass and percussion work...

An influential Ethiopian musician, composer, and arranger who is known as the father of Ethio-jazz. Ethiopian musician (piano, organ, vibraphone, and percussion), composer, and arranger Mulatu Astatke (the name is spelled Astatqé on his French releases) is a household name in his native country, where he is known as the father of Ethio-jazz, a unique blend of pop, modern jazz, traditional Ethiopian music, Latin rhythms, Caribbean reggae, and Afro-funk. 
Mulatu Astatke
Yèkèrmo Sèw (Mulatu Astatke) 4:13
Shagu (Mulatu Astatke) 3:05
Wubit with Muluken Melesse (Mulatu Astatke) 5:31
from New York - Addis - London: The Story of Ethio Jazz 1965-1975 (2009)
...Ethio jazz was never a commercial success in Ethiopia. That Ahma and Philips Ethiopia even saw fit to release any of it is a credit to their commitment to art over commerce, and even today it remains little-heard in its homeland. But Mulatu was a master craftsman and one of the most supremely inventive composers of a time when an awful lot of creative music was being made around the world...