Deep Jazz Reality

Maretimo Records presents Maretimo Late Night Grooves, Vol. 1. Enjoy the magic sound of the night. Smooth jazz & cosmopolitan lounge sounds selected by DJ Michael Maretimo.

This album is certain to be placed in the MJQ section of any shop that carries it. In reality though, only four of the cuts here feature the permanent, stand-alone, 1952-vintage Modern Jazz Quartet; the other eight having been done in the summer and fall of 1951, when they were still known as the Milt Jackson Quartet, with Jackson providing all of the original material. The differences are so subtle as to be indistinguishable – Milt Jackson and John Lewis are on every cut, while Al Johns subs for Kenny Clarke on drums, and Ray Brown precedes Percy Heath on four of the tracks. Clarke's drumming is more impressive in its quiet way, but Ray Brown's bass work is simpler and more forceful.

Smoke on the Water. How many of you have heard that song over the years? How many of you have sung it, or played it on your guitar, real or air? Smoke on the Water has gone into the annals of Rock as one of its signature songs, historically intact for all time. The creators of that song, and many more memorable ones, were Deep Purple. In their long and varied career as a defining rock band, typifying the 70s as the hotbed of maturing Rock n Roll music, Deep Purple has produced some of Rock's most enduring moments.

This may or may not be one of the first 'Digitally' recorded Earth & Fire Album in London. 'People Come, People Go' is the track which is the title one although not the title. It is a long track which the lyrics are years ahead about how we should treat each other and the state of the planet. 'Fire Of Love' another song I heard this time in the day on Radio Mi Amigo. 'Weekend' was available in the UK as a single but not many were sold a pity as the UK should have seen Earth & Fire in those days. 'Where Were You' has a fantastic false start which is almost a track in itself. As albums go it was a little short but again it was another Earth & Fire Album. I would miss not having this album as it can be turned up loud.

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Hyperreal is the mesmerising new album and project by acclaimed Finnish pianist, blending compelling and complex soundscapes with the shimmering emotive and poignant trumpet melodies from Verneri Pohjola's emotive and the deep drive and irresistible grooves crafted by Robert Ikiz.