Sadao Watanabe : Turning Pages of Wind [ purchase ] Stan Getz : Desafinado [ purchase ] Sonny Rollins : God Bless the Child [ purchase ] John Coltrane : Giant Steps [ purchase ] Such a hard choice this time around, deciding what to leave out…I had to [...]
Earlier this fall, the music world was rattled with the untimely death of unbelievably talented songstress, Amy Winehouse. Amy's posthumous release, Lioness: Hidden Treasures is incredible do yourself a favor, BUY THIS ALBUM . Enjoy a few tracks below. The Girl from Ipanema - Amy Winehouse - This song is a jazz/bossa nova standard originally recorded by Astrud Gilberto and Stan Getz in 1964. Amy does a great job on it. However, I LOVE Astrud Gilberto's voice. Her song "Gentle Rain" is one of [...]
Jazz is vividly and devastatingly now!
The reissue allows original fans to revisit one of the great voices of their youth; youngsters will experience the joy of discovery.
The reissue allows original fans to revisit one of the great voices of their youth; youngsters will experience the joy of discovery.
It's that time again y'all.. around the same time last year Jazzy Jeff & Mick Boogie joined forces for UNDRCRWN to lay down their soundtrack to Summer 2010, a giant mashup of the sunshine jawns... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]
Years before Getz/Gilberto , Tjader and Getz helped take Latin jazz to the masses with this nifty one-off. Cal Tjader's name may not be one of the first that comes up in discussions of the "jazz greats". His influence, however, was huge. Critic Ron Wynn has referred to Tjader as no less than "The greatest non-Latin bandleader in Latin jazz history". Tjader got his start as drummer with the Dave Brubek Trio before taking up the vibes and joining George Shearing's band, where he played with Latin percussion legends Mongo Santamaria and Willie...
All Time Top 5 is an extension of our feature for the Paper Crane Collective where we compile music lists on various subjects. Here on our main site, we outsource the work, and allow some of our favorite artists to create lists and commentary based on a topic we provide. Once we add in the music it magically becomes an artist-curated mixtape list. What more could you want? We're very happy to kick off the All Time Top 5 feature with Brian Sendrowitz of the great band Beat [...]
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Two giants of jazz meet for a 1958 West Coast date This is a sweet 1958 West Coast jazz session that brought together vibraphonist Cal Tjader and tenor saxophonist Stan Getz. Also playing on the session is noted San Francisco pianist Vince Guaraldi, guitarist Eddie Duran, bassist Scott LaFaro and drummer Billy Higgins. Each of the side men were starting to stir up some notice, though they were each a few years away from their breakthroughs. Getz stands at the session's center, but leaves room for the others to solo; Guaraldi and Duran offer [...]
As I write this, I am sitting in a coffee shop in downtown Guelph and feel highly culturalized. I would like to share some of this ambient culture with the rest blogging world. The group that has my ears burning on this particular day is Thievery Corporation , a Washington D.C. based DJ duo consisting of Rob Garza and Eric Hilton, as well as supporting artists featured on their tracks. The Corporation takes on a wide range of musical styles from Brazilian bossa nova, reggae, jazz, Indian classical, dub and African to name but a few. The [...]
Cal Tjader + Stan Getz + 4 = a jazz album of note.
A summit meeting of some of the finest players in jazz, circa 1958.
A remastered classic collaboration between Getz and Tjader.
Download audio file (49-Saudade-Vem-Correndo.mp3) We're going to South America with this one! From Philly to Rio de Janeiro, from Cali to São Paulo, from the D to Pelourinho to Brooklyn to Salvador & right into your NKD collection! Those that know me, know that I am a huge fan of Bossa Nova/Brazilian music. It blew up by mainly young musicians & college students in the 19602s & since then has continued to be a influence in todays music from Koop to Nouvelle Vague & Jneiro Jarel. Bossanova rhythmically has Samba foundations , while harmonically the structure [...]
Calm, cool, and collected jazz from two influential masters.
CLICK IMAGE TO ENLARGE Coming back for another session of that Dilla sample knowledge....thanks to the good brother WeedyBoy . This time we bring you, Pharchyde's classic " Runnin' " produced by J Dilla and Lyrics by Pharchyde. From Pharcyde's 1995 sophomore album " Labcabincalifornia " For " Runnin' " Dilla samples Stan Getz & Luiz Bonfá " Saudade Vem Correndo ". Stan Getz - Saudade Vem Correndo CLICK IMAGE ABOVE TO VIEW VIDEO [...]
The rhythm of the weekend, with its birth, its planned gaieties, and its announced end, followed the rhythm of life and was a substitute for it - F. Scott Fitzgerald Stan Getz & Joao Gilberto ft. Astrud Gilberto - The Girl From Ipanema (mp3) (buy) [...]
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The Brooklyn beat collective known as Astro Nautico is releasing its latest EP, Quiet Nights , on December 9th. Featuring tracks from all three Astro Nautico artists ( Kuhn , Obey City , +weed ) and guest spots from both sides of the Atlantic ( Young Montana? , Termeric , InfinitiRock , Thirsty Jefferson ), this compilation is unified by each artist's interpretation/mix of the Brazilian jazz classic "Corcovado" as performed by Stan Getz . Phasing tape hiss, crunchy vinyl [...]
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