Ken Navarro: The Meeting Place (2007)

The 2007 release from this storied contemporary jazz guitarist and composer contains 11 new recordings including a stunning version of Pat Metheny's classic "Lakes". This is not an assemblage of numerous musicians and multiple producers working on a patchwork of songs. It's six seasoned and totally individualistic musicians who came in and played their hearts out and did it in the studio face-to-face. Jay Rowe (keyboards), Gary Grainger (bass), Andre "Blues" Webb (drums), Kevin Prince (percussion), and Rob Holmes (sax) play together with Navarro's guitar so seamlessly it just flows with tangible energy.

If too much processed music has left you desensitized it's like that first breath of fresh air after too much time in a stuffy room. There was a point in time when the music that was to become smooth jazz split into two separate streams, one thrived while the other almost dried up. Creating a Meeting Place where these streams intersect again was a brave and spirited thing to do. Taking it off the backburner and serving it up is a gift to the people who will hear it. A gift that will make it a little bit harder to settle for less.

Tracklist:
01. Lucky
02. Did You Hear That?
03. I Wish I Knew
04. No Other Way
05. My Beautiful Girls
06. The Meeting Place
07. Lakes
08. Just Like That
09. Language Of Peace
10. That TIme Of Evening
11. The Challenge
Personnel:
Ken Navarro - guitar;
Jay Rowe - keyboards;
Gary Grainger - bass;
Andre "Blues" Webb - drums;
Kevin Prince - percussion;
Rob Holmes - saxophone
The Meeting Place
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Richard Bona: Live Maastricht (2010)

Richard Bona is the 7th recipient of the Antonio Carlos Jobim Award, created for the Festival’s 25th anniversary to honour artists distinguished in the field of world music whose influence on the evolution of jazz and cultural crossover is widely recognized. Armed with his bass, Cameroon’s Richard Bona won swift entry to the most prestigious of musical circles: Salif Keita, Harry Belafonte, Mike Stern, Pat Metheny, Bobby McFerrin, Branford Marsalis…

Routinely recognized as the most expert of musicians, Bona is an equally impressive composer, ingeniously blending the rhythms of his native land with those of jazz, imbuing the whole with a lyrical, reflective quality that is sensitive, touching and very personal.

Tracklist:
01. Te Misea
02. Kalabancoro
03. Please Don’t Stop
04. Band Intro
05. Mbemba Mama
06. Shiva Mantra
07. Liberty City
08. Unknow
09. O Sen Sen Sen
10. Djombwe & I Wish & Trains
Personnel:
Richard Bona - bass, vocals;
Etienne Stadwijk - keyboards;
Obed Calvaire - drums;
Adam Stoler - guitar;
Mike Rodriguez - trumpet
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Anders Aarum Trio: First Communion (2006)

Thoughtful searching edgy lyrical second album on Jazzaway from the highly-regarded Norwegian pianist who chooses two new partners for this project: Ole Morten Vagan on bass and Andreas Bye on drums. The title First Communion partly indicates this brand new collaboration. All the music on the album was composed by Anders Aarum who is also the pianist with Jazzmob (3 albums on Jazzaway).

Tracklist

1. Peculiar Ways of Blending In

2. Partisan of Unhealthy Pleasures
3. Uncle Who?
4. Hymn for Granny
5. Why Be Scared of a Hat
6. First Communion
7. The Importance of Wearing a Uniform
8. Let's Put Fun Back in Fundamentalism
9. And Then She Left...
First Communion
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Wes Montgomery - Bumpin' At Sunset (2007)

Superb and fine compilation of Wes Montgomery's tracks with wide range of guest artists as Herbie Hancock, Ron Carter, Paul Chambers and many others.
Tracklist
1. A Day In The Life (5:45)
2. The Shadow Of Your Smile (2:18)
3. Up And At It (4:15)
4. Bumpin' On Sunset (4:50)
5. The Joker (3:26)
6. Movin' Wes (pt. 1) (3:30)
7. Impressions (5:04)
8. Milestones (4:10)
9. The Surrey With The Fringe On Top (5:19)
10. Angel (2:48)
11. Sunny (4:04)
12. O.G.D. (Road Song) (6:06)
13. Tequila (3:21)
14. 13 (Death March) (5:21)
15. Caravan (2:38)
16. The Other Man's Grass Is Always Greener (2:32)
17. What The World Needs Now (4:59)
Bumpin' At Sunset

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Ferus Mustafov: Jazz, Folk, Dance (2006)

Ferus Mustasfov was named “the Balkan king of swing” by the largest German newspaper “FAZ – Frankfurter Alegemaine Zeitung”. Here he tries his hand in classic jazz (yeah, believe it or not, there are couple of songs that could have been made by some of the best jazz musicians), but in most songs he doesn’t want to run away from the Balkan ethno sound that rains all over the CD, mixing jazz with folk and folk dance songs.

Tracklist
01. Ferus jazz
02. Dada Sali
03. Fantasy
04. Tehno gajda
05. Slager
06. Disco sax
07. Techno gemis
08. Stamena
09. Swing Pestrev
10. Kira Giorgina
11. Orient balada
12. Samba
13. FGZ
14. Oriental cocek
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Bobby Hackett - At The Jazz Band Ball (2002)

Bobby Hackett was born under the name of Robert Leo Hackett on the 31st January, 1915 in Providence , Rhode Island. Bobby, who was later to become the most important white representative of Dixieland jazz, learned banjo, guitar and violin as a child. He left school at 14 and played from then on with local dance orchestras. He eventually learned the trumpet and performed at the beginning of his career with Pee Wee Russel and Teddy Roy in Boston. During 1941–1942 he played with the Glenn Miller Orchestra.

Tracklist:
01. Muskrat Ramble [03:05]
02. Tin Roof Blues [04:36]
03. Please Don't Talk About Me When I'm Gone [03:34]
04. There's Dancer In Your Eyes, Cherie [03:52]
05. Sunday [03:55]
06. Skeleton Jangle [04:50]
07. Basin Street Blues [05:48]
08. Perdido [04:43]
09. Wolverine Blues [05:46]
10. Solitaire [04:45]
11. Jitterburg Waltz [03:09]
12. When The Saints Go Marching In [04:07]
13. Sugar [03:56]
14. At The Jazz Band Ball [03:28]
15. Original Dixieland One Step [03:45]
At the Jazz Band Ball: 1938-1940
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Pat Metheny and Michael Brecker Special Quartet - Live at Tollhaus, Karlsruhe, Germany (2000)

Recorded live on July 3, 2000 at Tollhaus, Karlsruhe, Germany.

Tracklist:

01-Slings and Arrows

02-Half Past Late

03-Timeline

04-Into The Dream
05-Extradition

06-Summertime

07-As I Am

08-What Do You Want
09-Everyday (I Thank You)
10-Faith Healer
11-Song For Bilbao
Personnel:
Michael Brecker: Tenor
Pat Metheny: Guitar
Larry Goldings: Organ
Bill Stewart: Drums
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