Thursday, January 3, 2013

Oliver Lake - Life Dance Of Is

Oliver Lake - Life Dance Of Is 

Great album by a great band on a great label. Pheeroan akLaff and Anthony Davis are stellar, as expected, and Buster Williams kills it on Comous. Lake is determined and focused throughout, wearing the band like a fine suit around his tunes. Don't sleep on Michael Gregory's T-fon, either.
All compositions by Oliver Lake except as indicated
  1. Rite-ing
  2. Comous
  3. Shu-ful
  4. T-fon (Michael Gregory Jackson)
  5. Change One
  6. Of Is
Oliver Lake - Alto Saxophone
Michael Gregory Jackson - Guitar
Anthony Davis - Piano
Pheeroan akLaff - Drums
Buster Williams - Bass (#2)
Leonard Jones - Bass (#3-5)

Arista / Novus, 1978

24/96 LP transfer, V0 mp3 download.
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Lead Belly - Yellow Gal / When The Boys Were On The Western Plain


Yellow Gal / When The Boys Were On The Western Plain
Lead Belly, voice with guitar, 1944
Musicraft 310
78rpm 10"

24/96 78rpm transfer, V0 mp3 download.
LeadBelly-YellowGal78rpm.zip (5.8 MB)

James Blood Ulmer - Black Rock


James Blood Ulmer - Black Rock

Oh man, if you can't find something you like on this record, I can't help you. A couple of power trios, a couple of sing-songs, a couple of free jazz boogies, and great playing from the core of Blood Ulmer, Amin Ali on bass, and the great G. Calvin Weston on drums. A stone classic.

All compositions by James Blood Ulmer except as indicated

  1. "Open House" - 5:21
  2. "Black Rock" - 3:23
  3. "Moonbeam" - 5:11
  4. "Family Affair" (Ulmer, Irene Datcher) - 7:26
  5. "More Blood" - 4:43
  6. "Love Has Two Faces" - 5:29
  7. "Overnight" - 3:26
  8. "Fun House" (Ulmer, Grant Calvin Weston) - 4:53
  9. "We Bop" -2:58
Columbia Records, 1982

24/96 LP transfer, V0 mp3 download.
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Duke Ellington - Solo Piano on RCA Victor, 1941


Duke Ellington, piano solo
Recorded May 14, 1941
RCA Victor 27564
78rpm 10"

I picked up this recording in a batch of several dozen 78's I acquired with my cabinet Victrola out on Long Beach, WA a long time ago. The Victrola never got up and running, but the few gems in the 78 collection really shine. I don't imagine this particular recording is technically out of print, but wouldn't you like to hear it off the original 78? I would.

24/96 78rpm transfer, V0 mp3 download