Sahib Shihab

The Sahib Shihab Quintet - Seeds (1969) [Reissue 2008]  Music

Posted by gribovar at March 4, 2024
The Sahib Shihab Quintet - Seeds (1969) [Reissue 2008]

The Sahib Shihab Quintet - Seeds (1969) [Reissue 2008]
EAC Rip | FLAC (tracks+.cue+log) - 210 MB | MP3 CBR 320 kbps (LAME 3.93) - 84 MB | Covers - 4 MB
Genre: Jazz, Hard Bop, Afro-Cuban Jazz | RAR 3% Rec. | Label: Rearward (RW 122CD)

Some friends think that Shihab the man owes the balance of his soul to his beautiful Danish wife. They may be right; for Eros is the very essence of what Shihab plays.Yet Eros is a god with many a face. A tale of tender mournings Shihab’s flute is telling in Mauve - a piece that translates its title into delicately changing colors of sound. In Uma Fita de Tres Cores he has his instrument wooing with the proud self-reliance of Latin grandezza. Calmly, softly, almost blandishly Shihab blows the solo flute in the Jimmy Woode composition My Kinda World. Serene and somewhat playful his own title Another Samba comes along - a most uncommon composition by the way: lasting for sixty bars as if growing independent out of itself, with solos that appear to be additional spinnings rather than improvised choruses; and yet; a perfect, self sustaining melody no element of which is superfluous…
Phil Woods, Gene Quill, Sahib Shihab, Hal Stein - Four Altos (1958) [Reissue 1991]

Phil Woods, Gene Quill, Sahib Shihab, Hal Stein - Four Altos (1958) [Reissue 1991]
EAC Rip | FLAC (tracks+.cue+log) - 216 MB | Covers (4 MB) included
Genre: Jazz, Bop, Hard Bop | RAR 3% Rec. | Label: OJC/Prestige (OJCCD-1734-2 (P-7116))

Even with Phil Woods standing out, the "four altos" on this jam session all sound pretty similar. Few listeners will be able to consistently pick out which solos are by Gene Quill and which by Sahib Shihab, Hal Stein or Woods. The solos (and the backup of pianist Mal Waldron, bassist Tommy Potter and drummer Louis Hayes) are generally hard-swinging and well-played, but the strong influence of Charlie Parker makes all of the altoists sound alike.

Sahib Shihab - Complete Sextets Sessions 1956-1957 (2019)  Music

Posted by Pisulik at Aug. 7, 2019
Sahib Shihab - Complete Sextets Sessions 1956-1957 (2019)

Sahib Shihab - Complete Sextets Sessions 1956-1957 (2019)
WEB FLAC (Tracks) - 736 MB | Cover | MP3 CBR 320 kbps - 273 MB | 01:57:51
Jazz | Label: Grey December

One of the trademarks of Barcelona's Fresh Sounds label is its manner of compiling the complete sessions by an artist, usually the leading lights of hard bop, mainstream, cool, and the West Coast jazz scenes early in their respective careers. These 1956-1957 sides by saxophonist Sahib Shihab were the first to really showcase him as he came into his own as a bandleader, and as a session musician who could write his own ticket. (He moved to Europe two scant years later: he relocated to Europe in 1959, settled in Denmark, and didn't return for 16 years.)
Sahib Shihab - Sahib Shihab & The Danish Radio Jazz Group (1965) {Oktav Music OKCD 1111 rel 2008}

Sahib Shihab - Sahib Shihab & The Danish Radio Jazz Group (1965) {Oktav Music OKCD 1111 rel 2008}
EAC rip (secure mode) | FLAC (tracks)+CUE+LOG -> 275 Mb | MP3 @320 -> 90 Mb
Full Artwork @ 300 dpi (jpg) -> 11 Mb | 5% repair rar
© 1965, 2011 Oktav Music | OKCD 1111
Jazz / Bop / Hard Bop / Big Band / Saxophone / Flute

Shihab toured Europe with Quincy Jones in 1959 after getting fed up with racial politics in USA and ultimately settled in Scandinavia. In 1961, he joined The Kenny Clarke-Francy Boland Big Band and remained a key figure in the band for the 12 years it ran. Needless to say, he became a very influencial figure in the Scandinavian jazz scene. The present album features Shihab's own compositions and arrangements for the Danish Radio Jazz group, of which he had been a member since 1963. The brilliant group includes such Danish jazz stars as Bent Jaedig (tenor sax), Bent Axen (piano), Alex Riel (drums) and the young Niels Henning Ørsted Pederson on bass!
Sahib Shihab and Herbie Mann - The Jazz We Heard Last Summer (1957) {Savoy Jazz Japan SV-0228 rel 1993}

Sahib Shihab and Herbie Mann - The Jazz We Heard Last Summer (1957) {Savoy Jazz Japan SV-0228 rel 1993}
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© 1957, 1993 Savoy Jazz / Nippon Columbia | SV-0228
Jazz / Bop / Saxophone / Flute

This split LP pairs a sextet led by multi-instrumentalist Sahib Shihab with another under the direction of Herbie Mann. Big names all the way around on this one. On the Shihab session, John Jenkins and Clifford Jordan round out the front line, while Hank Jones, Addison Farmer, and Dannie Richmond hold down the rhythm. Mann, on the other hand, is joined by Phil Woods, Eddie Costa, Joe Puma, Wilbur Ware, and Jerry Segal. Nothing overly surprising here, but one can expect quality performances by all.
Sahib Shihab - Sahib's Jazz Party (1963) {2009 Japan MiniLP HQCD Remaster}

Sahib Shihab - Sahib's Jazz Party (1963) {2009 Japan MiniLP HQCD Remaster}
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© 1963, 2009 Debut / Muzak | MZCB-1190
Jazz / Bop / Saxophone

Limited remastered reissue paperlseeve edition released by indie Japanese label, Muzak. HQCD, 24-bit remastering. One of the first European recordings from Sahib Shihab – a classic set that's the start of an amazing 60s run on the continent! Shihab here is quite different than his American dates of the 50s – bolder, and blowing with a really open, fluid sort of groove that marks a great development in his sound – using baritone sax, soprano, and flute – a range of instruments that really creates a wide range of feeling in the set! The performance is a live one, and the group is great too – with Allen Botschinsky on flugelhorn, Ole Molin on guitar, Niles Henning Orsted Pedersen on bass, and both Alex Riel and Bjarne Rostvold on drums.
Sahib Shihab - Summer Dawn (1963) {Argo--Rearward ‎RW 130CD rel 2008}

Sahib Shihab - Summer Dawn (1963) {Argo–Rearward ‎RW 130CD rel 2008}
EAC rip (secure mode) | FLAC (tracks)+CUE+LOG -> 261 Mb | MP3 @320 -> 91 Mb
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© 1963, 2008 Argo / Rearward ‎| RW 130CD
Jazz / Bop / Modal Music / Saxophone / Flute

A fantastic early record by Sahib Shihab – a motherlode of modal jazz grooves, cut during the early days of the Clarke-Boland Big Band! The record features a core group of players from that ensemble – including Shihab on alto, baritone, and flute, plus Francy Boland on piano, Jimmy Woode on bass, Ake Persson on trombone, Francy Boland on piano, Joe Harris on bongos, and Kenny Clarke on drums – all coming together here with a groove that's really groundbreaking – a style that's sweet and soulful, but rhythmically revolutionary too!
Sahib Shihab - Sentiments (Remastered) (2018) [Official Digital Download 24/192]

Sahib Shihab - Sentiments (Remastered) (2018)
FLAC (tracks) 24-bit/192 kHz | Time - 38:30 minutes | 1.32 GB
Studio Master, Official Digital Download | Artwork: Digital Booklet

The music here has never been released before on CD: “Sahib Shihab & the Danish Radio Jazz Group” (recorded in 1965) and “Sentiments” (recorded in 1971). Joining saxophonist Sahib Shihab on these two sessions are the best musicians on the Danish scene in the late 60’s, including Bent Jædig on tenor sax, Palle Mikkelborg on trumpet, Torolf Mølgaard on trombone, Niels-Henning Ørsted Pedersen on bass, Alex Riel on drums and the famous American pianist Kenny Drew. The musical style is jazz, sometimes blended with an Eastern, North African or American Indian influence and – on one tune – even rock music. This recording is packed with exciting compositions and wonderful performances; check out Kenny Drew’s moving ballad “Extase”, among many fine examples.

Sahib Shihab, Gilson Unit - La Marche Dans Le Desert (1972)  Music

Posted by TmanHome at Feb. 13, 2017
Sahib Shihab, Gilson Unit - La Marche Dans Le Desert (1972)

Sahib Shihab, Gilson Unit - La Marche Dans Le Desert (1972)
Jazz, Post Bop | MP3 320 kbps CBR | 43 min | 107 MB
Label: Futura Et Marge Records | Rel:1972

An amazing meeting of two of the most revolutionary talents on the European jazz scene of the early 70s – American expat Sahib Shihab, blowing some of his most exotic reeds ever – and pianist Jef Gilson, working here on electric keys and ondioline! The album's got a sound that echoes some of Gilson's most creative world/jazz experiments – a feel that definitely lives up to the desert march of the title, and which comes across with a loose, freewheeling sound that's almost in the territory of Sun Ra or Salah Ragab!…
George Gruntz - Noon In Tunisia (1967/2016) [Official Digital Download 24/88]

George Gruntz - Noon In Tunisia (1967/2016)
FLAC (tracks) 24-bit/88,2 kHz | Time - 37:56 minutes | 773 MB
Studio Master, Official Digital Download | Artwork: Front cover

Renowned Swizz pianist/composer George Gruntz became entranced by the music of the North African Maghreb on his 1964 visit to Tunisia. Over the next few years he revisited the area, taking in the melodies, rhythms, and improvisational styles of a Bedouin music rooted in 1000 years of nomadic culture. With the intent of integrating this music with jazz, Gruntz assembled the crème of the Bedouin players and a top-flight group of like-minded jazz musicians.