Freddie Hubbard 'Black Angel' 1969

Published in 1970 and introducing the fusion period of Freddie Hubbard, his last album for Atlantic Records. The line-up is formed by saxophonist & flutist James Spaulding, the young piannist Kenny Barron, John Coltrane's bassist Reggie Workman, Louis Hayes on drums, Carlos Potato Valdes on percussions. Miles Davis' influence is felt on the Free Jazz Spacetrack. The rest of the album consists of Latin & Soul jazz tunes. Arranged by Freddie Hubbard.

01. Spacetrack
02. Eclipse
03. The Black Angel
04. Gittin' Down
05. Coral Keys

Gittin' Down

Sadao Watanabe 'California Shower' 1978

Recorded at the famous Record Plant studios in Los Angeles, here an emblematic album of Sadao Watanabe gathering several musical styles used during his career. The album takes us on a Jazz journey through the tropical African and Caribbean music mixed with jazz funk tunes. For this album he has surrounded by greats jazzmen from the american fusion scene such as Dave Grusin , Lee Ritenour or Harvey Mason which have worked on several of Watanabe' album. Arranged by Dave Grusin.

Sadao Watanabe_alto saxophone, sopranino, flute
Dave Grusin_keyboards
Lee Ritenour_guitar
Chuck Rainey_bass)
Harvey Mason_drums
Paulinho Da Costa_percussions
Oscar Brashear_trumpet
George Bohanon_trombone
Ernie Watts_tenor saxophone

01. California Shower
02. Duo-Creatics
03. Desert Ride
04. Seventh High
05. Turning Pages Of Wind
06. Ngoma Party
07. My Country

Seventh High

Herbie Mann 'Memphis Underground' 1969

One of the best-selling Jazz albums of all time on Altantic Records. A Jazz and Rhythm & Blues album performed by Herbie Mann and his group including Roy Ayers (vibes, congas), Larry Coryell (guitar) and Sonny Sharrock (guitar). A kind of tribute to Soul Music with great covers' songs such as Sam & Dave' Hold On, I'm Comin, a classic of Stax records, Aretha Franklin' Chain of Fools. The band is accompagned by The Memphis Rhythm Section and special guest Miroslav Vitous (Fender bass) on Hold On, I'm Comin'.

01. Memphis Underground
02. New Orleans
03. Hold On, I'm Comin'
04. Chain Of Fools
05. Battle Hymn Of The Republic

New Orleans

Robert Charlebois 'Fu Man Chu' 1972

A timeless album of Robert Charlebois mixing rock & jazz known thanks to the psychedelic suite Fu Man Chu and the fancy mexican tune Conception. Robert Charlebois (electric piano & guitar) played with Bill Gagnon (bass), Michel Seguin (congas), Michel Robidoux (acoustic guitar & twelve-string guitar), Christian St-Roch (drums & organ), Marcel Beauchamp (electric piano & lead guitar) and Terry King (violin). Music By Robert Charlebois, recorded By Dave Green & Jules Perrotte.

01. Trouvez Mieux
02. Conception
03. Le Mur Du Son
04. Fais-toi Z'en Pas
05. Fu Man Chu (1ère partie)
06. Chu D'dans
07. Fu Man Chu (2 ème partie)

Fu Man Chu

George Benson 'Bad Benson' 1974

George Benson shows us his Wes Montgomery influences with his funky soul-jazz. Bad Benson is a collection of different kind music choices as smooth and straight ahead jazz with the funky variation of the classic Paul Desmond' Take Five. The rhythm section includes Phil Upchurch (guitar, electric bass, percussion), drummer Steve Gadd, bassist Ron Carter, pianist Kenny Barron . The string & horn section is conducted by Don Sebesky. Arranged by Don Sebesky and produced by Creed Taylor for CTI.

01. Take Five (P.Desmond)
02. Summer Wisher, Winter Dreams (J.Mandel/A. & M. Bergman)
03. My Latin Brother
04. No Sooner Said Than Done (P.Upchurch)
05. Full Compass (P.Upchurch)
06. The Changing World

Full Compass

Larry Coryell 'Spaces' 1969

One of the greatest Jazz Rock album ever made in the early Fusion Jazz period. A musical guitar project with some jazz improvisations and Gypsy style, around guitarists Larry Coryell & John McLaughlin. For support, they surrounded by the future masters of the discipline, Billy Cobham (drums), Chick Corea (electric piano), Miroslav Vitous (bass).

01. Spaces (Infinite)
02. Rene's Theme
03. Gloria's Step
04. Wrong Is Right
05. Chris
06. New Year's Day In Los Angeles - 1968

Rene's Theme

Serge Gainsbourg 'Anna' 1967

Anna is the seventh album of Serge Gainsbourg, the original soundtrack from the french musical comedy movie made by Pierre Koralnik. Unnoticed at the time, Anna has since been rehabilitated three decades later in England who discovered it. All lyrics and compositions by Serge Gainsbourg, voices by Serge Gainsbourg, Jean-Claude Brialy and Anna Karina, orchestra conducted by Michel Colombier, arrangements by Michel Colombier.

01. Sous le soleil exactement (orchestre)
02. Sous le soleil exactement
03. C'est la cristallisation comme dit Stendhal
04. Pas mal, pas mal du tout
05. J'étais fait pour les sympathies
06. Photographes et religieuses
07. Rien, rien, j'disais ça comme ça
08. Un jour comme un autre
09. Boomerang
10. Un poison violent c'est ça l'amour
11. De plus en plus, de moins en moins
13. Ne dis rien
14. Pistolet Jo
15. G. I. Jo
16. Je n'avais qu'un seul mot à lui dire

Roller Girl

Wes Montgomery 'Tequila' 1966

Straight Ahead jazz with a latin flavor and beautiful string arrangements by Wes Montgomery & his great combo : Ron Carter on bass, Ray Barretto on congas, Grady Tate on drums, George Devens on vibes. Produced by Creed Taylor, recorded by Rudy Van Gelder and arranged by Claus Ogerman. One of most popular Wes Montgomery' album.

01. Tequila
02. Little Child (Daddy Dear)
03. What The World Needs Now Is Love
04. The Big Hurt
05. Bumpin' On Sunset
06. How Insensitive (Aka Insensatez)
07. The Thumb
08. Midnight Mood

Tequila

Herbie Mann 'Do The Bossa Nova' 1963

Herbie Mann surrounded by the best Bossa Nova players as the Sergio Mendes' Bossa Bova Rio Group, Baden Powell or Antonio Carlos Jobim. Personnel includes Herbie Mann (flute, alto flute), Antonio Carlos Jobim (vocals, piano), Paulo Moura (alto saxophone), Pedro Paulo (trumpet), Sergio Mendes and Luis Carlos Vinhas (piano), Baden Powell and Durval Ferreira (guitar), Octavio Bailly Jr. (bass), Dom Um (drums). Arranged and Conducted by Antonio Carlos Jobim.

01. Deve Ser Amor
02. Menina Feia
03. Amor Em Paz
04. Voce E Eu
05. One Note Samba
06. Blues Walk
07. Consolacao
08. Bossa Velha

Menina Feia

Jimmy Smith & Wes Montgomery 'Further Adventures Of Jimmy & Wes' 1966

Produced by Creed Taylor on the Verve Label with a great line-up. On Miles Davis' Milestones played Joe Newman (trumpet) and Jerome Richardson (woodwinds) in a big band conducted by Oliver Nelson. Produced by Creed Taylor.

Jimmy Smith_organ
Wes Montgomery_guitar
Ray Barretto_percussion
Grady Tate_drums

01. King of the Road
02. Maybe September
03. O.G.D. (aka Road Song)
04. Call Me
05. Milestones
06. Mellow Mood

O.G.D. (aka Road Song)

Takeshi Inomata & His West Liners 'Liner Note' 1967

From Takt Jazz Series, a top jazz combo around fantastic japanese drummer Takeshi Inomata. The West Liners playing standards and classics (Summertime, Herbie Hancock' cantaloupe Island) from Latin Jazz (Afro-Blue), Bossa Nova (Meditation) and Samba to Hard Bop Jazz. The line-up is formed by Tatsuro Takimoto (bass), Masaru Imada (piano), Sadanori Nakamure (guitar), Shigeo Suzuki (alto saxophone), Ichiro Mimori (tenor saxophone), Tetsuo Fushimi (trumpet). Takeshi Inomata shows us his great talent on a samba jazz interpretation of La Grita.

01. Old Devil Moon
02. Sometime Ago
03. Summertime
04. La Grita
05. Meditation
06. Panteno
07. Afro-Blue
08. Cantaloupe Island
09. Tiny's Blue
10. All Blues
11. Freddie Freeloader
12. Eighty-One

Afro-Blue

Norio Maeda Trio 'We Three Jazz' 1978

Norio Maeda Trio are Yasuo Arakawa (bass), Takeshi Inomata (drums) and of course Norio Maeda (piano). Special Guest appareance by american shakuhachi (japanese bamboo flute) player John Neptune 'Kaizan' who collaborated on 竹 Blues. Arranged by Norio Maeda.

01. Stella by Starlight
02. Django
03. I'll Remenber April
04. 竹 Blues
05. Like Someone In Love
06. In The Sentimental Mood
07. Five Pennies-Lullaby Ragtime

竹 Blues

Yuji Ohno Trio 'Plays The Standards' 2003

The sixth volume of Lupin The Third Jazz series with two Lupin III theme songs and eight jazz standards : Duke Ellington' C Jam Blues, Joseph Kosma' Autumn Leaves, When You Wish Upon A Star (theme song of Disney's animated film Pinocchio) or S'Wonderful of George Gershwin. Performed by Yuji Ohno, Masayuki Tawarayama (bass) & Kenichiro Murata (drums).

01. C Jam Blues
02. Autumn Leaves
03. Smoke Gets In Your Eyes
04. Softly, As In A Morning Sunrise
05. When You Wish Upon A Star
06. Theme From Lupin The Third
07. It Could Happen to You
08. Treasure of Times
09. S'Wonderful
10. My Foolish Heart

C Jam Blues

A State Of Mind 'Crown Yard' 2011

A.S.M. are two MCs (Green-T & FP) and one beatmaker (Fade) from England who played Hip-Hop, Reggae and Trip-Hop. Revealed by French DJ Wax Tailor, they collaborated with him on Positively Inclined from HOPE & SORROW (2007), Say Yes from In the Mood for Life (2009) and Guaranteed from their first LP Platypus Funk (2010). On Platypus Funk, they also collaborated with DJ Vadim, Sadat X, Wildchild and Bonobo. They surrounded by a soul and funky backing band (among 6ixtoys players Marco Bernardis on tenor sax, Paul Burton on trombone, Tom Ashbrook on keyboards) make the album as Blaxploitation soundtrack. Cuts & Scratches by Stab. Produced & arranged by Fade.

A.S.M. official website

01. Splice The Mainbrace
02. Cool Runnings
03. Don't Look Back
04. Give It Up (feat. Esther Cowens)
05. Rhodes Less Travelled
06. Count It
07. Hide & Seek (feat. Cornell Campbell)
08. Gone Fishin'
09. Lovelife
10. Testimony (feat. Mattic from The Others)
11. Rawskank Redemption (feat. Justin Percival)
12. The Heist
13. Milk Thistle
14. Double Negative
15. Limbo

Gone Fishin'