Benji

Composer and guitarist Benji Kaplan is an artist that brings vivid colors to his music, both in sound and imagery. Kaplan has three albums already in his growing discography: Meditações no violão, a solo guitar album, Reveries em Som, an album of duets with flautist Anne Drummond; and Uai Sô, a project that features various ensembles that explore his composition and arranging styles. For Kaplan's fourth release, he is combining a wind quintet with his acoustic nylon-stringed guitar, entitled Chorando Sete Cores. The quintet features: Anne Drummond on C and alto flutes, Remy LeBeouf on clarinet and bass clarinet, and David Byrd-Marrow on French horn. The album has thirteen Kaplan originals that are a display of Kaplan's compositional virtuosity as well as the mastery of the five players performing them. Chorando Sete Cores translated is cries of the seven-colored tanager. The seven-colored tanager is a vulnerable species of bird in the family Thraupidae that lives in the forests of north-eastern Brazil.

Dexter Gordon - Bouncin' with Dex (1975) {SteepleChase Japan VACZ-1124, Paper Sleeve rel 2008}
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© 1975, 2008 SteepleChase / Videoarts Music Japan | VACZ-1124
Jazz / Bop / Hard Bop / Saxophone

Dexter Gordon thrived on the attention of European jazz fans while living there during the 1960s and early '70s, while he also had a wealth of opportunities to record for labels on the continent. This 1975 session for Steeplechase, one of a dozen he made as a leader for the label in the mid-'70s, finds him in top form, accompanied by pianist Tete Montoliu, along with frequent collaborators Niels-Henning Ørsted Pedersen on bass and drummer Billy Higgins. Gordon's big tone carries the brisk treatment of Charlie Parker's "Billie's Bounce," though he inserts a few humorous quotes into his solo as well.

Written and recorded during 50 Lockdown Days in January / February 2021, Alarm fans could only ever get hand- made copies of this record when it was completed on February 25th 2021 with lead singer Mike Peters determined to wipe the tapes on the same day, but now we have the official retail release of Omega. The music is as good as anything The Alarm has ever created, from the opening Protect and Survive to their unique take on the Massive Attack classic Safe From Harm which features an unexpected duet between Mike Peters and Skindred frontman Benji Webbe.