Saturday, June 27, 2015

New Stream In Jazz Vol. 4 ~ Psychedelic Jazz & Rock



Compilation series dedicated to the golden era of the japanese jazz scene through the years 60's-70's. This volume is completely dedicated to the Jazz Rock music including blues accent & psychedelia. It features eminent protagonists of the japanese jazz rock scene of the early seventies such as Kiyoshi Sugimoto, George Otsuka, Jiro Inagaki, Akira Ishikawa, Yoshiaki Masuo, Takeshi Inomata, Hiromasa Suzuki, Toshiaki Yokota & Kaolu Iiyoshi. All tracks recorded between 1969-1972, compiled & mixed by Be Hard Bop.

Thursday, June 18, 2015

The Psychedelic Soul Vol. 3 ~ Japanese Beat & Rock 'N Roll



Vol. 3 of the compilation series dedicated to the japanese beat (Groups Sounds), Rock 'N' Roll and psychedelic music. Titles include twenty tracks from Pop to Rhythm 'N' Blues by Progressive Rock featuring Takeshi Terauchi & The Bunnys, Kiyoshi Sugimoto, The Golden Cups, Jun Mayuzumi, Sadakazu Tabata & Rhythm Kings, Sammy & many more... All tracks released between 1966 - 1972, compiled & mixed by Be Hard Bop.

Mulatu Astatke Featuring Fekade Amde Maskal ‎- Yekatit Ethio-Jazz


Year : 2013/1974
Label : Heavenly Sweetness/Amha Records
Genre : Jazz, World
Style : Soul Jazz, Ethio-Jazz, Afro-Jazz

"Yekatit Ethio-Jazz" was originally released in 1974 on Ethiopian label, Amha Records, bringing together various tracks recorded by Mulatu Astatke from 1969 to 1974 featuring his fellow countryman, the saxophonist Fekade Amde Maskal. Formed at Boston's Berklee College of Music during the sixties, Mulatu Astatke is a multi-instrumentalist, founder of the Ethio-Jazz typical genre, the first to combine traditional ethiopian sound with Jazz & Latin music. Indeed, in 1966, Mulatu & His Quintet have recorded in New York City, two Afro-Cuban Jazz albums (Afro-Latin Soul, Volumes 1 & 2), which lead him to introduce latin & western instruments in the popular Ethiopian music. Mulatu has gained an international recognition many years later, first  thanks to the Parisian label Buda Musique, which selected some of his best songs included in the volume 4 from the Éthiopiques compilation series, a volume entirely devoted to him ("Éthiopiques Vol. 4 : Ethio Jazz" & "Musique Instrumentale 1969-1974"). In U.S., three of his compositions including "Yèkèrmo Sèw" and "Gubèlyé" were selected for the "Broken Flowers" original soundtrack in 2005, directed by Jim Jarmusch. At last, various great names of Hip-Hop sampled his songs such as Nas, Cut Chemist from Jurassic 5, Quantic or Madlib. All tracks composed by Mulatu Astatke except "Asmarina" by Fekade Amde Maskal, "Ené Alantchi Alnorem" by Girma Hadgu, the traditionals  "Sabyé" & "Gubèlyé".

Chet Baker ‎- Sextet & Quartet


Year : 1960
Label : Music Records
Genre : Jazz
Style : Bop, Cool Jazz 

Also known as "Chet Baker In Milan" released on Jazzland U.S. label, "Sextet & Quartet" is a Bop & Cool Jazz album recorded during the Milanese sessions of Chet featuring only italian jazz musicians including Glauco Masetti (as), Gianni Basso (ts), Renato Sellani (p), Franco Cerri (b) and Gene Victory (ds). As title suggests, it includes tracks performed in quartet ("Look For The Silver", "Lady Bird", "Line For Lions", "Tune Up", "Cheryl Blues" & "Pent Up House"), while others performed in sextet where Gianni Basso and Glauco Masetti are added ("My Old Flame" & "Indian Summer"). All tracks was arranged by Giulio Libano and recorded september 25, 29 & october 6,1959 at Gurtler Studio in Milan.

Tuesday, June 16, 2015

Teruo Nakamura And The Rising Sun - Song Of The Birds


Year : 1977
Label : Kitty
Genre : Jazz
Style : Jazz Funk

Also known as the U.S. issue "Manhattan Special" with different cover, "Song Of The Birds" is the third solo album by japanese bassist & multi-instrumentalist Teruo Nakamura. Settled in New York since 1964, Teruo has already worked for the greatest like Stanley Turrentine, George Benson, Roy Haynes, Grover Washington Jr, Helen Merrill, Steve Grossman and many more. Recorded  in New York, featuring "The Rising Sun Band", formed by Teruo &guitarist/keyboardist Shiro Mori from the previous album "Rising Sun" in 1976, it includes also some prestigious guests such as Herbie Hancock or trumpeter John Mosley from the Roy Ayers Ubiquity. Titles include pure Jazz Funk tracks to the Headhunters' style (Wiggle Worm, Firefly, Mr. Cherry And Mr. T) and Afro-Latin fusion (Rainbow, Sequoia Forest, Mosquito, Sunrise In Africa). The music of Teruo transcends musical borders of jazz, as evidenced several of his songs which have been sampled by US Hip-Hop artists as such The Roots with "The Cat" (1976) for "Ital (The Universal Side)" or P.M. Dawn with "Firefly" for "Filthy Rich (I Don't Wanna Be)".

THE RISING SUN BANDTeruo Nakamura - bass, harmonica, synthesizer, percussion - Shiro Mori - guitar, synthesizer - Mark Gray - piano, electric piano, synthesizer, organ - Harry Whitaker - piano, electric piano - Carter Jefferson - tenor, soprano saxophone - Keiji Kishida - drums - Nobu Urushiyama - percussion


Sadao Watanabe - Live At The Junk


Year : 1970
Label : CBS
Genre : Jazz
Style : Bossa Nova, Jazz Rock

Amazing recording live performed in concert by the Sadao Watanabe Quartet at the Jazz Club "Junk", Ginza, Tokyo, 26 & 27th december, 1969. Sadao plays with his regular rhythm section from 1968 to 1970 featuring guitarist Yoshiaki Masuo, bassist Yoshio Suzuki & his brother, the drummer Fumio Watanabe. "Live At The Junk" is the synthesis of Sadao's career, started as a leader in 1961, including various recordings ranging from Bossa Nova to Jazz Rock by Modal. Titles include jazz standards from Charlie Parker (Cheryl) & Jimmy Van Heusen (Here's That Rainy Day), Bossa Nova compositions from Antonio Carlos Jobim (No More Blues, Granny's Samba~Ending Felicidade), two famous cover pop songs (Georgia On My MindThis Guy's In Love With You) and the original Sadao's Jazz Rock composition, "If I Said The Sky Was Fallin" taken from the japanese TV drama "Matte Masu Wa" broadcasted on TBS from 1969.


New Herd - Perspective


Year : 1969
Label : Nippon Columbia
Serie : Modern Jazz Series
Genre : Jazz
Style :  Big Band, Modal, Jazz-Rock, Avant-garde

Also presented as Masahiko Sato's work in co-leading alongside saxophonist Toshiyuki Miyama, "Perspective" is an essential album to the forefront of Japanese music, a masterpiece representative of the best japanese jazz productions recorded during the late sixties. The title-track is an original avant-garde composition including free improvisations, written and arranged by Masahiko Sato. "Lazy Lazy" is composed & arranged by pianist Norio Maeda on the modal form with Jazz Rock. Yamaki Kozaburo has composed, meanwhile, the "Furisode Girl", based on far east folklore played also in modal. Titles include also iconic Charlie Mingus' piece "Pithecanthropus Erectus", cover song of The Beatles, "Tomorrows Never Knows" played in the jazz rock style and "Africa" by John Coltrane.

MUSICIANS : Toshiyuki Miyama - leading, alto & soprano saxophone - Hiroshi Takami - alto saxophone - Kosuke Ichihara - tenor saxophone - Shunzo Sunahara - baritone saxophone - Kōji Hatori - trumpet - Seiichi Tokura - trombone - Masahiko Sato & Norio Maeda - piano - Kōzaburō Yamaki - guitar - Masao Kunisada - bass - Sadaichi Tabata - drums

Monday, June 8, 2015

Tribo Massáhi - Estrelando Embaixador

 
Year : 1972/2015
Label : River's/Goma Gringa
Genre : Afrobeat, Latin Jazz, World
Style : MPB, Funk/Soul, Psychedelic

Unconventional brazilian album recorded in 1971, coming from the São Paulo underground music scene, an Holy Grail and ultra rare LP finally reissued by the Brazilian label, Goma Gringa. Back to the african roots for this Brazilian Afro-Psych group formed around seven members, all supported by a rhythm section featuring the 'Embaixador', that refers to the percussionist Sebastião Rosa De Oliveira. The band performs a music between Afrobeat, Afro Soul and Samba Funk, married to the typical African-Brazilian culture. Divided in two parts called "Timolȏ Timodê" on side A and "Lido's Square" on side B, eight tracks played without interruption, including "Walk By Jungle", "Dandara", "Oan" written by Embaixador & "Madrugada Sem Luar" written by Ruy Barbosa.
 

Thursday, June 4, 2015

WEGOTSOUL ~ The Sound From A Revolutionary Era



Special edition of the "We've Got The Jazz" Hip-Hop serie, bringing together various songs & instrumentals in the pure abstract Hip-Hop style including conscious, protest lyrics, Funk, Jazz & Soul samples, coming from independent Rap scene featuring Jurassic 5, Mos Def, Talib Kweli, Glue, Emanon, The Procussions, Black Star, DJ Muro & Substantial. All tracks compiled & mixed by Be Hard Bop.
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