Showing posts with label Afro-Cuban. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Afro-Cuban. Show all posts

Saturday, August 31, 2024

Steve Turre


 




















Artist:  Steve Turre
Birth Name:  Stephen Johnson Turre
Born:  September 12, 1948.  Omaha, Nebraska, USA
Genre:  Jazz, Post-Bop, Jazz Instrument, Trombone Jazz, Latin Jazz, Afro-Cuban Jazz, World Fusion, Neo-Bop, Mainstream Jazz
Occupation:  Musician, Arranger, Educator, Trombonist
Instruments:  Trombone, Conch Shells

Steve Turre is an American Jazz Trombonist.  He is one of the finest trombonists of the 1980s and 1990s and also introduced the Conch Shells to Jazz.  In 1968 he played with Rahsaan Roland Kirk, in 1970, he recorded with Carlos Santana, and in 1972 he toured with Ray Charles.















Title:  Sanyas (2024)

Genre:  Jazz, Post-Bop, Jazz Instrument, Trombone Jazz, Latin Jazz, Afro-Cuban Jazz, World Fusion, Neo-Bop, Mainstream Jazz

Label:  Smoke Session Records

Rating:   *****


Format:  LP


Tracks:


Side One:


 1.  Sanyas (13:18)

 2.  All the Things You Are (10:21)


Side Two:


 1.  Wishful Thinking (9:15)

 2.  Mr. Kenyatta (9:52)


Personnel:


Steve Turre:  Trombone, Shells

Nicholas Payton:  Trumpet

Ron Blake:  Tenor Saxophone

Isaiah J. Thompson:  Piano

Buster Williams:  Bass

Lenny White:  Drums


Sanyas is a live album by Steve Turre, released on July 28, 2024 by Smoke Sessions Records, recorded live at Smoke Jazz Club, New York City, on August 3-6, 2023.  180 Gram Audiophile Vinyl.











Wednesday, December 23, 2020

McCoy Tyner


 






































Artist:  McCoy Tyner
Birth Name:  Afred McCoy Tyner
Born:  December 11, 1938.  Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
Died:   March 6, 2020 (Aged 81).  New Jersey, USA
Genre:   Jazz Avant-Garde Jazz, Standards, Piano Jazz, Modal Music, Post-Bop, Progressive Jazz, Modern Big Band, Global Jazz, Afro-Cuban Jazz, Jazz Instrument
Occupation:   Musician, Composer, Bandleader
Instruments:  Piano

McCoy Tyner was an American Jazz Pianist, best known for his work with the John Coltrane Quartet and a long solo career.  He was an NEA Jazz Master and a five-time Grammy Winner.  Not a player of electric Keyboards and Synthesizers,  he was committed to Acoustic Instrumentation.  He was one of the most recognizable and most influential pianists in Jazz History.

































Title:  The Real McCoy (Blue Note Classic Vinyl Series LP)  (2020)
Genre:   Jazz Avant-Garde Jazz, Standards, Piano Jazz, Modal Music, Post-Bop, Progressive Jazz, Modern Big Band, Global Jazz, Afro-Cuban Jazz, Jazz Instrument
Label:   Blue Note Records
Rating:   *****

Format:   LP

Tracks:

Side 1:

 1.  Passion Dance  (8:45)
 2.  Contemplation  (9:10)

Side 2:

 1.  Four By Five  (6:35)
 2.  Search For Peace  (6:25)
 3.  Blues On The Corner  (6:05)

Personnel:

McCoy Tyner:  Piano
Joe Henderson:  Tenor Saxophone
Ron Cater:  Bass
Elvin Jones:  Drums


The Real McCoy is the seventh album by McCoy Tyner, originally released on October, 1967 by Blue Note Records, remastered and reissued on October 9, 2020 by Blue Note Records, featuring Joe Henderson, Ron Carter and Elvin Jones.