Big Mama

The man, the legend that brought us one of our all time favorite albums - Fun Slow Ride - is back in the game. As a curator of quality music and people, Gegè Telesforo has consistently brought together some of the finest players in Jazz and R & B, and now he’s back at it with some of the top young guns in Italy and a brand new album dubbed Big Mama Legacy.

The formation of Peacock Records in late 1949 dates back to an event nearly three years earlier when a young guitarist called Clarence 'Gatemouth' Brown saw his chance to grab the spotlight - and took it with both hands! 'Gate' had never been backward in coming forward. When legendary bluesman T-Bone Walker fell ill in mid-performance, he leapt up, picked up the guitar left on the stage and started playing his own 'Gatemouth Boogie'. 15 minutes later a star was born. The owner of the club, Don Robey, ensured the young upstart put his autograph on a management contact. Robey would eventually found Peacock Records to release his music, and that's where the label's history starts.

Blues singer Big Mama Thornton's early recordings in their entirety include 35 tracks of which four were not released as singles or 78's at the time. Both CDs have been remastered with the greatest care. The 36 page booklet includes rare contemporary documents, a text in French and English and a detailed discography.

Third album by the quintet co-lead by Spanish saxophone-man Enric Peidro and American guitar player Jonathan Stout.This time, recorded live at one of the most popular venues for swing lovers in Spain: Big Mama Ballroom.As in their previous albums, the sparks fly in between the two leaders and his respective tones and improvisatory approaches match like bread and butter and proves that to make good music, no fireworks are needed, but just talent, good taste and love for the music.With these simple (but hard to get these days) ingredients, the success of the recipe is guaranteed and good musicians like the ones involved in this recording can cook such a delicious meal (read "album" here) with is as unpretentious as brilliant, as any great music should be. A must have for swinging jazz adepts, dancers and in general for good music lovers, labels aside.

There’s no time to waste! When you listen to the first notes coming from the piano, you immediately get caught in the flow of music and emotions coming from the nine tunes chosen by Dino Plasmati for a special encounter: his LJP Big Band with the great US jazz soloist Bobby Watson.

Ritorna l'agente dell'FBI Malcolm Turner, nei panni di Big Mama, questa volta in compagnia del figliastro Trent, che testimone di un omicidio, deve aiutarlo a smascherare i colpevoli, ma per farlo, dovrà "mascherarsi" a sua volta da Charmaine, e reggere il gioco del suo patrigno…

One of the most famous live recordings of "the animal" drummer Buddy Rich and his big band at the Ceasars palace in 1967. This 1997 CD release (thirty years later) is fully remastered and contains three bonus tracks recorded for first time. A real jazz gem for all fans of "the world's greatest drummer". Enjoy.