FOOL ON THE HILL - The Ben Champion Trio 1969

Before Kurt Walter and Ike Reeves formed The Trilogy, they were two parts of the Ben Champion Trio, a Florida based lounge and jazz ensemble. Check out Kurt's YouTube channel for more songs.

Getting Organ-ized

Enchilada Joe - Odell Brown & the Organ-izers, "Raise the Roof". Found at Van Groove Express.

Pachanga in New York

Rolando La'Serie & Tito Puente - Pachanga in New York. Available thanks to Global Groove.

Jazz for "Breakfast at Tiffany's"

Eddie Harris - Jazz for "Breakfast at Tiffany's".
Available thanks to Sun Ship.

Traktormusik

Ross and Mulligan

Annie Ross chose some great company to perform on her first solo album after leaving legendary trio Lambert, Hendricks, and Ross--Gerry Mulligan, Art Farmer, and Chet Baker. Nice stuff.

Collaboration

Shorty Rogers with the Andre Previn orchestra, plus a Jim Flora cover--works for me.

Escalator Over the Hill

Quick, name an album featuring Linda Ronstadt, Don Cherry, John McLaughlin, Gato Barbieri, and Jack Bruce. That would be the three-record big band jazz/avant garde not-opera "Escalator Over the Hill" a "Chronotransduction" by Carla Bley and Paul Haines, recorded between 1969 and 1971. Sure it's an unlistenable pretentious mess, but it's the perfect recording to out-snob a snob. Dig it!


 

Mat Mathews - Accordion Solos

Bernie's Tune


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Weird Nightmare

Directed by Raymond Douglas Davies in 1993, Weird Nightmare documents the making of the Hal Willner's 1992 Mingus tribute record Weird Nightmare: Meditations on Mingus.
In multiple parts, just follow the numbers …

Jazz from Italy, 1959

Cool jazz from Italians Basso/Valdambrini quintet. Of course I have never heard of them before because I am slowly trying to overcome the snobbish attitude that jazz needs to be played by Americans or it sounds like a re-creation. I liked this, so who knows, maybe there's hope for me yet.

Basso Valdambrini Quintet - Parlami D'Amore Mariù:

Two For The Seesaw score

The score to 'Two For The Seesaw' by Andre Previn. Available thanks to In-Flight Entertainment.


Everybody's Got A Radio

Good Neighbors

North meets South (America) on the 1957 album The Good Neighbors Jazz featuring Brazilians Moacir Peixoto and Casé, with Major Holley and Jimmy Campbell of Woody Herman's Big Band.. Simple yet satisfying.

The Australian Jazz Quintet - The Three Penny Opera

Mack the Knife


Thanks to think too much jazz for the rip.
Download it here.

Milt Jackson - The Oo Oo Bossa Nova feat. Joe E. Ross

The Oo Oo Bossa Nova


Featured on this fine compilation...
The Bossa Nova Exciting Jazz Samba Rhythms Vol.4

One Note Samba, in Gerry Mulligan's apartment

Gerry Mulligan and Tom Jobim jamming/work through "One Note Samba" in Gerry's apartment.

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The Vince Guaraldi Trio - Jazz Impressions

Recently, I've become quite anal about sound quality in regards to my vinyl rips. Quality over quantity. The problem though, my untrained ear. I really cannot tell the difference between a recording at 128 kbps and anything recorded higher. The same probably could be said for the sound from a $3,000 stylus and a bargain basement $24 one, a good sound-card, etc. What I can hear, are the slight skips and pops, which at times can be jarring, when it interferes with the track's flow. This absolutely drives me nuts! The trouble is, sometimes you can't see the imperfections in the grooves at the store, as with this LP. Two tracks on this wonderfully melancholy record have oh-so-slight pops. That being said, I've included it anyway. Three of my all time favorite songs show up here: Django, Willow Weep for Me, and Autumn Leaves. Guaraldi adds his flavor to these standards, which seems to only enhance their beauty.

Room at the Bottom


update:
Vinyl Stereo 1963 mp3 Download link.

A Blog w/ Mono CD FLAC link.

You got the shit down man? How fast can you play double-kick?

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Here and Now and Sounding Good

Dick Morrissey - Here and Now and Sounding Good (1966)

Don't Fall Over the Bridge:

Shorty Rogers - The Swingin' Nutcracker

Thanks to bowling trophy for the images.

A Nutty Marche


Download link here.