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Conrad Herwig - The Latin Side of Mingus (2022)  Music

Posted by delpotro at Aug. 1, 2023
Conrad Herwig - The Latin Side of Mingus (2022)

Conrad Herwig - The Latin Side of Mingus (2022)
EAC Rip | FLAC (tracks+log+.cue) | 00:56:40 | 332 Mb
Post-Bop, Latin Jazz | Label: Savant Records

After receiving four Grammy nominations for his highly successful series of recordings that "latinize" the music of John Coltrane, Miles Davis, Joe Henderson, Wayne Shorter, Herbie Hancock and Horace Silver, Conrad Herwig turns his attention to the legendary Charles Mingus. An imposing figure in jazz, Mingus was known for being complicated, volatile and a touched-by-genius innovator. As an homage to this influential artist, Conrad Herwig provides a fiery excursion into the world of Afro-Caribbean rhythms skillfully applied to Mingus' wildly imaginative compositions. Joining Herwig is special guest trumpeter Randy Brecker together with long-time "Latin Side" band colleagues pianist Bill O'Connell, reedman Craig Handy and the trumpet/flugelhorn of Alex Sipiagin with the rhythm section of Luques Curtis, Robby Ameen and Camilo Molina.

Conrad Herwig - The Latin Side of Mingus (2022)  Music

Posted by Fizzpop at Sept. 29, 2022
Conrad Herwig - The Latin Side of Mingus (2022)

Conrad Herwig - The Latin Side of Mingus (2022)
WEB FLAC (Tracks) 330 MB | Cover | 56:41 | MP3 CBR 320 kbps | 131 MB
Bebop | Label: Savant

After receiving four Grammy nominations for his highly successful series of recordings that “latinize” the music of John Coltrane, Miles Davis, Joe Henderson, Wayne Shorter, Herbie Hancock and Horace Silver, Conrad Herwig turns his attention to the legendary Charles Mingus. An imposing figure in jazz, Mingus was known for being complicated, volatile and a touched-by-genius innovator. In response to this influential artist, Conrad Herwig provides a fiery excursion into the world of Afro-Caribbean rhythms skillfully applied to Mingus' wildly imaginative compositions.

Conrad Herwig - The Latin Side of McCoy Tyner (2024)  Music

Posted by Fizzpop at May 23, 2024
Conrad Herwig - The Latin Side of McCoy Tyner (2024)

Conrad Herwig - The Latin Side of McCoy Tyner (2024)
WEB FLAC (Tracks) 367 MB | Cover | 59:41 | MP3 CBR 320 kbps | 137 MB
Latin Jazz | Label: Savant

'The Latin Side of McCoy Tyner' is the latest installment in a critically-acclaimed series that started in 1996 with The Latin Side of John Coltrane. It's the work of a musically gifted, bilingual artist, a master trombonist who grew up admiring jazz's greatest practitioners but, at the same time, cutting his Latin Jazz teeth with legends such as Mario Bauza, Tito Puente, Paquito D'Rivera and others. The special guest here with Herwig, giving the recording, and by extension, the entire "Latin Side of" project his personal seal of approval, is the great pianist and composer, Eddie Palmieri. Palmieri is surrounded by some of the most respected names in Jazz / Latin Jazz, including Craig Handy, Bill O'Connell, Alex Norris, Robby Ameen and others, all playing imaginative and challenging arrangements by O'Connell and their fearless leader.

Conrad Herwig - The Latin Side of McCoy Tyner (2024)  Music

Posted by Fizzpop at May 23, 2024
Conrad Herwig - The Latin Side of McCoy Tyner (2024)

Conrad Herwig - The Latin Side of McCoy Tyner (2024)
WEB FLAC (Tracks) 367 MB | Cover | 59:41 | MP3 CBR 320 kbps | 137 MB
Latin Jazz | Label: Savant

'The Latin Side of McCoy Tyner' is the latest installment in a critically-acclaimed series that started in 1996 with The Latin Side of John Coltrane. It's the work of a musically gifted, bilingual artist, a master trombonist who grew up admiring jazz's greatest practitioners but, at the same time, cutting his Latin Jazz teeth with legends such as Mario Bauza, Tito Puente, Paquito D'Rivera and others. The special guest here with Herwig, giving the recording, and by extension, the entire "Latin Side of" project his personal seal of approval, is the great pianist and composer, Eddie Palmieri. Palmieri is surrounded by some of the most respected names in Jazz / Latin Jazz, including Craig Handy, Bill O'Connell, Alex Norris, Robby Ameen and others, all playing imaginative and challenging arrangements by O'Connell and their fearless leader.
Tony Conrad with Faust - Outside The Dream Syndicate (1973) [2CD 30th Anniversary Edition 2002]

Tony Conrad with Faust - Outside The Dream Syndicate (1973) [2CD 30th Anniversary Edition 2002]
EAC Rip | FLAC (tracks+.cue+log) - 613 MB | MP3 CBR 320 kbps (LAME 3.93) - 216 MB | Covers - 130 MB
Genre: Progressive Rock, Krautrock, Minimal | RAR 3% Rec. | Label: Table Of The Elements (SWC-CD-302)

Tony Conrad is an American multimedia and experimental artist. He is musically known in the 60's for his abrasive violin drones and collaboration in the American "Dream Syndicate". In 1972 he visited the krautrock band Faust at Wumme and recorded a first album with them called "Outside The Dream Syndicate". The album is a vast catalogue of shimmering drones for violin, accompanied by percussive minimalist pulses and moving bass guitar lines. The result is tripped out, engaging the listener in strange rituals (almost buzzing "raga" dreamy sounds). This intriguing album is now a true classic of contemporary music and progressive rock. This one captures the essence of minimalism music and the energy of rock. To be honest, this album looks like more to Tony Conrad's explorations in experimentation sounds and insistent droning performances than Faust's hybrid rocking universe.
Conrad Schnitzler & Ken Montgomery - Cas-Con II: Konzert in der Erl​ö​serkirche, Ost​-​Berlin, 3​.​9​.​1986 (2022)

Conrad Schnitzler & Ken Montgomery - Cas-Con II: Konzert in der Erl​ö​serkirche, Ost​-​Berlin, 3​.​9​.​1986 (2022)
XLD Rip | FLAC (tracks+log+.cue) - 194 Mb | MP3 CBR 320 kbps - 96 Mb | 00:39:59
Progressive Electronic, Berlin School | Label: Bureau B

In 1982 Schnitzler had already met the New York musician Ken Gen Montgomery, who then regularly performed Schnitzlers' compositions live at various venues worldwide. And so Schnitzler also produced 4 cassettes especially for his concert in East Berlin, which were sent by courier from West to East Berlin. On the evening of 3.9.1986, the privately announced and illegal concert took place in the Erlöserkirche in East Berlin/GDR. Montgomery mixed Schnitzler's music live from the tapes. Jörg Thomasius recorded the performance and released the recording in 1987 on his own underground cassette label Krötenkassetten. The elaborately restored original recording is now being released for the first time on LP and CD under the title "CAS-CON II". In addition to photos and contemporary documents, it also includes Jörg Thomasius' and Ken Gen Montgomery's written memories of this very special evening.
Conrad Schnitzler & Ken Montgomery - Cas-Con II: Konzert in der Erl​ö​serkirche, Ost​-​Berlin, 3​.​9​.​1986 (2022)

Conrad Schnitzler & Ken Montgomery - Cas-Con II: Konzert in der Erl​ö​serkirche, Ost​-​Berlin, 3​.​9​.​1986 (2022)
XLD Rip | FLAC (tracks+log+.cue) - 194 Mb | MP3 CBR 320 kbps - 96 Mb | 00:39:59
Progressive Electronic, Berlin School | Label: Bureau B

In 1982 Schnitzler had already met the New York musician Ken Gen Montgomery, who then regularly performed Schnitzlers' compositions live at various venues worldwide. And so Schnitzler also produced 4 cassettes especially for his concert in East Berlin, which were sent by courier from West to East Berlin. On the evening of 3.9.1986, the privately announced and illegal concert took place in the Erlöserkirche in East Berlin/GDR. Montgomery mixed Schnitzler's music live from the tapes. Jörg Thomasius recorded the performance and released the recording in 1987 on his own underground cassette label Krötenkassetten. The elaborately restored original recording is now being released for the first time on LP and CD under the title "CAS-CON II". In addition to photos and contemporary documents, it also includes Jörg Thomasius' and Ken Gen Montgomery's written memories of this very special evening.

Conrad Schnitzler & Frank Bretschneider – Con-Struct (2020)  Music

Posted by delpotro at Aug. 8, 2020
Conrad Schnitzler & Frank Bretschneider – Con-Struct (2020)

Conrad Schnitzler & Frank Bretschneider – Con-Struct (2020)
MP3 CBR 320 kbps | 00:46:12 | 107 Mb
Experimental Electronic, Krautrock | Label: Bureau B

Bretschneider on his con-struction: I read the name Conrad Schnitzler for the first time in the arti- cle about Tangerine Dream in the Rowohlt Rock Lexicon from 1973 (back then, at 17 in the GDR, an indispensable guide). The first time I heard his music was only in 1980, when his wave track "Auf dem Schwarzen Kanal" was played on the ra- dio, an RCA 12" Super Sound Single in disco remix. Then the man was gone and stayed under the radar again, in spite of his almost inflationary number of releases. Maybe his mate- rial was too obscure or his approach too radical to be noticed by the general public. It wasn't until 1988 that I heard from Schnitzler again, a tape on Jörg Thomasius' East Berlin Kröten Kassetten label. And again almost 10 years later his Plate Lunch CDs "Rot" and "00/106".
Conrad Tao - American Rage: Frederic Rzewski, Aaron Copland, Julia Wolfe (2019)

Conrad Tao - American Rage: Frederic Rzewski, Aaron Copland, Julia Wolfe (2019)
EAC | FLAC | Image (Cue & Log) ~ 200 Mb | Total time: 59:14 | Scans included
Classical | Label: Warner Classics | # 9029535477 | Recorded: 2018

Pianist/composer Conrad Tao's third Warner Classics album, entitled American Rage, traces the roots of rebellion from the 1930s Harlan County labor disputes, through the trauma of 9/11, to the deep divisions of the present day. Bookended by two expansive works by Frederic Rzewski - Which Side Are You On?, based on Florence Reece’s 1931 protest song, and Winnsboro Cotton Mill Blues, an industrial folk song that reflects the unjust factory working conditions - the album centres on Julia Wolfe's Compassion, written in the wake of 9/11, and Aaron Copland's elegiac Piano Sonata.

Conrad Herwig, Brian Lynch - Que Viva Coltrane (2004)  Music

Posted by gribovar at June 8, 2020
Conrad Herwig, Brian Lynch - Que Viva Coltrane (2004)

Conrad Herwig, Brian Lynch - Que Viva Coltrane (2004)
EAC Rip | APE (image+.cue+log) - 358 MB | MP3 CBR 320 kbps (LAME 3.93) - 148 MB | Covers - 15 MB
Genre: Latin Jazz, Post-Bop | RAR 3% Rec. | Label: Criss Cross Jazz (Criss 1254 CD)

What more could Latin jazz fans ask for, seriously? Not only are all the players just this side of top guns, they have been playing together in the same group for just shy of ten years. An all-star lineup and the genuine synergy that comes with regular collaboration do not happen often. When they do, well, it's clave magic. Pianist Edsel Gomez's playing is sly and intuitive. Bassist John Benítez, whose Descarga in New York could be one of the decade's most defining Latin jazz records, is strong and confident. Richie Flores is the genre's most underappreciated conguero, and his playing is typically incendiary. Robby Ameen is, of course, among the most in-demand drummers on the scene, and his playing is dazzling as always…