Tutu

Marcus Miller - Tutu Revisited (2011) [2CD+DVD] {Dreyfuss Jazz}
EAC Rip | FLAC (tracks+.cue+log) - 936 MB | Scans JPG - 146 MB | MP3 CBR 320 kbps (LAME 3.98) - 328 MB
DVD-9 - ISO | NTSC 16:9 | ~ 167 min | Dolby AC3, 2 ch / DTS, 6 ch | Subs:english, francais | 7.88 GB
Genre: jazz, jazz-funk | RAR 5% Rec. | Label: Dreyfuss Jazz | CAT # FDM 46050 36972 2 | 2011

This two-CD (plus DVD) set is a better bet than last year's A Night in Monte Carlo: it celebrates the same creative funkiness of the mid-80s Miles Davis bands that bass guitar virtuoso and composer/arranger Miller had a big hand in, but here in more focused form, without symphony orchestras or singers.

Hamiet Bluiett - If You Have To Ask (1991) {Tutu CD888128}
EAC rip (secure mode) | FLAC (tracks)+CUE+LOG -> 277 Mb | MP3 @320 -> 129 Mb
Full Artwork @ 300 dpi (jpg) -> 13 Mb | 5% repair rar
© 1991 Tutu Records | CD 888 128
Jazz / Post Bop / Contemporary Jazz / Avant-Garde Jazz / Baritone Saxophone

The title referes to a celebrated riposte of Louis Armstrong's when asked by a white lady what jazz really was. In the context of that his quotation of the celebrated waltz theme at the beginning of "Black Danube," a tune described by drummer Carvin as "James Brown in 3/4 time," has to be seen as slightly ironic in the context of Bluiett's now thoroughly Africanized approach to jazz performance. The rhythmic base, whether by Carvin or Asante, is in most cases the essence of the piece, over which Bluiett improvises with considerabl freedom.