Xarchakos 6+6 (1964) Columbia 33gsx6 (24bit/96khz)

Joe Pass - Joy Spring (1964) {Pacific Jazz CDP35222 rel 1995}
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© 1964, 1995 Pacific Jazz / Capitol Records | 7243 8 35222 2 4
Jazz / Bop / Bebop / Guitar

Joe Pass was near the beginning of his career (after a decade of fighting drug addiction) when he recorded this live quartet session. The great guitarist was in his early prime, nine years before he started recording for Pablo. Pass is immediately recognizable on the straight-ahead bebop date and is supported by a fine rhythm section that includes pianist Mike Wofford, bassist Jim Hughart, and drummer Colin Bailey. The group stretches out on five standards (the renditions are six-and-a-half and two-and-a-half minutes apiece) but never runs out of inventive ideas. Easily recommended.

Sam the snowman tells us the story of a young red-nosed reindeer who, after being ousted from the reindeer games because of his beaming honker, teams up with Hermey, an elf who wants to be a dentist, and Yukon Cornelius, the prospector. They run into the Abominable Snowman and find a whole island of misfit toys. Rudoph vows to see if he can get Santa to help the toys, and he goes back to the North Pole on Christmas Eve. But Santa's sleigh is fogged in. But when Santa looks over Rudolph, he gets a very bright idea…

"'Come, Come to the Fair…'" - John J. McKendry; "Artists as Anatomists" - A Hyatt Mayor; "Prints for Sale" - Caroline Karpinski …

Mahavishnu Orchestra & John McLaughlin - Inner Worlds (1976) {Columbia}
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© 1994 Columbia / Legacy | 476905 2
Jazz / Fusion

The state of the second Mahavishnu Orchestra continued to be volatile in 1975, with violinist Jean-Luc Ponty out, keyboardist Gayle Moran replaced by Stu Goldberg, and all string and horn backings removed, leaving just a steaming quartet and this lone remarkable album. The addition of Goldberg, a more interesting musician than Moran, is significant, but the biggest charge is provided by the leader who, in tandem with the latest electronic equipment, turns in some of his most passionately alive playing of the whole Mahavishnu series.