Rhythm And Sounds

During 1949-1951 pianist Dave Brubeck led a San Francisco-based trio with bassist Ron Crotty and Cal Tjader doubling on drums and vibes. This CD has all 24 of this group's recordings, interpretations of standards that are full of surprising moments…

For whatever reason, Delaney Bramlett is a marginal figure on the music scene, a figure with a great and very influential past whose present is almost never acknowledged - at least in America. Sounds From Home is a case in point. The man who is responsible for virtually creating Eric Clapton's sound in the 1970s and bringing the great southern R&B traditions together with hard rock and rambling country-soul (how many records did Gram Parsons and Duane Allman appear on together? One: Delaney & Bonnie's Motel Shot in 1971) is creating some of the finest music in his life, when most of his contemporaries settled for far less artistically, though they have reaped far more material benefit and historical recognition (Clapton's musical laziness is a case in point)…

During 1949-1951 pianist Dave Brubeck led a San Francisco-based trio with bassist Ron Crotty and Cal Tjader doubling on drums and vibes. This CD has all 24 of this group's recordings, interpretations of standards that are full of surprising moments. Even at this early stage, Brubeck had his own style and sounds nothing at all like Bud Powell, the dominant influence of the era.

Cornell Campbell - Sweet Baby (1977) {Burning Sounds BSRCD957 rel 2017}
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© 1977, 2017 Secret Records / Burning Sounds | BSRCD957
Reggae / Roots Reggae / Ska / Rocksteady

Cornell Campbell is one of an elite group of Jamaican reggae singers who’ve weathered the changes throughout the music’s development – in his case, from the ska era to right up to date – whilst retaining their relevance. Witness his recent alliance with UK Afrobeat / reggae band The Soothsayers or Jazmine Sullivan’s R & B hit Need U Bad, which sampled his classic 'Queen Of The Minstrel' – a song that still sounds fresh more than thirty years later.

Pyotr Ilyitch Tcahikovsky: Symphony No. 1 in G minor Op. 13 “Winter Daydreams” ; Symphony No 6 in B minor, Op. 74, “Pathétique” -
London Philharmonic Orchestra; Vladimir Jurowski
Classical | 2 CDs | EAC Rip | 425 MB (3% recovery) | FLAC+LOG+Cue | Complete scans | FP & RS links
Publisher: London Philharmonic Orchestra | Recorded: 2008 | Published: 2009

It’s a tribute to Vladimir Jurowski’s achievement here that there’s less difference in quality between the First and Sixth symphonies than often is the case. But if you heard his “Manfred” Symphony, then you already know that he’s one of the great Tchaikovsky conductors working today, and he has the LPO playing with a commitment and intensity that the orchestra has often lacked under its previous music directors… If you love Tchaikovsky, then you’ll love this release. It’s hot–really hot. - David Hurwitz; www.classicstoday.com

The names Larry Coryell and John Abercrombie are synonymous with Jazz fusion guitar for the past thirty odd years. With those two names on the masthead it is fair to assume that you're in store for phenomenal guitar playing. But the inclusion of Badi Assad, an unknown quantity for me, resulted in a performance of the likes I could not have anticipated. The guitar playing was superlative, with all three proving their virtuosity on many an occasion, but Assad was unlike any performer I have ever seen before. While her guitar playing is significant, her vocal gymnastics and percussion proficiency stole the spotlight from her more famous band mates.