Island Vibes, Broad Records

Jason Marsalis Vibes Quartet - The 21st Century Trad Band (2014) {Basin Street Records BSR 0304-2}
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© 2014 Basin Street Records | BSR 0304-2
Jazz / Post Bop / Modern Jazz / Vibes

Not just vibraphone, but glockenspiel, xylophone, marimba and even tubular bells. The youngest of the remarkable Marsalis brothers plays them all, sometimes multi-tracking several at once. This is an engaging set, tuneful and good-humoured, with titles like Blessed Unrest and The Man With Two Left Feet. Marsalis has a wonderfully crisp technique and a flair for inventing catchy melodies. As for the title number, you’ve never heard When the Saints Go Marching In sound anything like this. The rest of the quartet – pianist Austin Johnson, bassist Will Goble and drummer David Potter – really shine here.

Love Vibes is a collection of 18 upbeat, feel good soulful dance records from the post disco, pre-house days of the late 70s and early 80s. The artists in the main are well known, international hit makers, and on Love Vibes Expansion takes a fresh look at their repertoire and makes some of it available on CD for the very first time. The title track is by The Emotions who in 1979 defined the period we celebrate here on Boogie Wonderland with The Emotions, and Love Vibes is produced by EW&F themselves. With Rose Royce there is the rare 12" version of Best Love, tracks by G.Q, Lenny Williams, Flakes, Mighty Fire and Sylvia St. James never previously on CD. Love Vibes explores musisc from Motown, Salsoul, Solar, Philadelphia, with productions by Mtume & Lucas, Lester & Brown, and Leon Sylvers. Ultimate music for a sunny day for soul fans!

In Detroit, 1971, trombonist Phil Ranelin and saxophonist Wendell Harrison started a band, a recording company, and a magazine, and called them the Tribe. Though the three organizations lasted until 1978, Ranelin's Vibes From the Tribe, issued in 1976, was the last of eight records issued by Tribe/Time Is Now Productions. Musically, this is not only a solid portrait of Detroit's jazz scene in the mid-'70s, but is also a definitive portrait of its cultural mentality. While everyone in the nation had written off the city as a wasteland, a space devoid of anything worth celebrating, its residents were in the process of creating some of the most vital jazz, literature, and art in its history. Vibes From the Tribe is a wildly diverse collection of tunes to be on a single long-player…

Bobby Hutcherson - Color Schemes (1985) {Landmark Records LCD-1508-2}
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© 1986 Landmark Records / GRP Records | LCD-1508-2
Jazz / Post Bop / Vibes

A great title for this album from Bobby Hutcherson – given the way he commands such great tones from his work on the vibes! The album's a real gem from his Landmark Records years – that great back-to-basics point when Bobby was almost doing more by doing less – especially in a record with understated brilliance like this. The group's a warmly sensitive one – with Mulgrew Miller on piano, John Heard on bass, Airto on percussion, and Billy Higgins on drums – a perfect rhythmic accompaniment for Hutcherson's hip vibes. Titles include "Rosemary Rosemary", "Remember", "Never Let Me Go", "Recorda Me", "Bemsha Swing", and "Whisper Not".

Vic Feldman - On Vibes (1957) {VSOP 13 CD rel 1993}
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© 1957, 1993 V.S.O.P. Records / Mode Records | #13 CD
Jazz / Cool / Bop / West Coast Jazz / Vibes

This set from the long-defunct Interlude label brings back an outing by vibraphonist Vic Feldman. Feldman is showcased in a quartet with pianist Carl Perkins, bassist Leroy Vinnegar, and drummer Stan Levey on half of the selections, while the remaining tracks add trombonist Frank Rosolino and tenor saxophonist Harold Land. An obscurity ("Chart of My Heart"), two standards, and four Feldman originals comprise this enjoyable and relaxed bop date.

Herb Steward & Marky Markowitz - The Three Horns of Herb Steward & Marky's Vibes (1981, 1971) {2002 Progressive Records}
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© 2002 Progressive Records | PCD 7124
Jazz / Bop / Saxophone / Trumpet

Two complete LPs from the defunct Famous Door label are reissued on this single CD, both featuring underrated horn players from the late '40s. Herbie Steward was one of Woody Herman's Four Brothers, but by the time he recorded in 1981 he was playing alto, soprano, and clarinet rather than tenor. Although he had been a studio musician for years, he could still swing well, as shown on such songs as "Take the 'A' Train" (taken as a waltz), "The Song Is You," and "Gone With the Wind." He is heard in a quintet also featuring guitarist Eddie Duran and either Smith Dobson or Tee Carson on piano.

Terry Gibbs - Hootenanny My Way (1963) {Time Records Japan CDSOL-45383 rel 2017}
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© 1963, 2017 Time Records / Solid Records | CDSOL-45383
Jazz / Bop / West Coast Jazz / Vibes

A hip hootenanny from vibist Terry Gibbs – hardly the folksy set you might guess from the title, and instead a lively batch of small combo tunes that grooves better than most of Gibbs' work from the 60s! Most tracks are of traditional origin – folk tunes, if you will – but the jazz inflections of the group quickly takes them bast their roots, using the core melodies mostly as a framework for improvisation – featuring great vibes from Gibbs, plus tenor and flute from Al Epstein, guitar from Jimmy Raney, and piano from Alicir McLeod. Terry's vibes are nice and bold, and titles include "Michael", "Joshua", "John Henry", "Greensleeves", "Tom Dooley", and "Sam Hall".

The B-52's - Wild Planet
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Cat#: Island, Ariola 202 587 | Country/Year: Germany 1980
Genre: Rock, New Wave | Hoster: Fileserve/Hotfile/Filesonic

Wild Planet is the second studio album by The B-52's, released in 1980. The album has a slightly more psychedelic and even paranoid sound than their first. Wild Planet also contains the band's first experiments using electronic drum machines. wikipedia