Monday, October 27, 2014

Billy Cobham ‎– Shabazz

Billy Cobham ‎– Shabazz
[Recorded Live In Europe] 

1. Shabazz
2. Taurian Matador (Revised)
3. Red Baron (Revised)
4. Tenth Pinn

All compositions and arrangements by William E. Cobham, Jr.

Bass – Alex Blake
Guitar – John Abercrombie
Keyboards – Milcho Leviev
Percussion – Billy Cobham
Saxophone – Michael Brecker
Trombone – Glenn Ferris
Trumpet – Randy Brecker

Taurian Matador was recorded at the Montreux Music Festival, Switzerland, on July 4, 1974. All other compositions recorded at the Rainbow Theatre, London, England on July 13, 1974.

Atlantic ‎– SD 18139, 1975

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Monday, October 6, 2014

Cannonball Adderley - The Black Messiah


Cannonball Adderley - The Black Messiah

All compositions by Julian "Cannonball" Adderley except as indicated
  1. Introduction - 0:50
  2. "Black Messiah" (George Duke) - 16:12
  3. Monologue - 2:20
  4. "Little Benny Hen" (Mike Deasy) - 4:15
  5. "Zanek" (Deasy) - 5:07
  6. "Dr. Honoris Causa" (Joe Zawinul) - 14:48
  7. "The Chocolate Nuisance" (Nat Adderley, Roy McCurdy) - 8:22
  8. "Untitled" (Airto Moreira) - 6:21
  9. "The Steam Drill" - 8:42
  10. "Eyes of the Cosmos" (Ernie Watts) - 4:51
  11. "Episode from the Music Came" (Alvin Batiste) - 2:39
  12. "Heritage" (Duke Ellington) - 4:43
  13. "Circumference" (Duke) - 3:18
  14. "Pretty Paul" - 2:48
  15. "The Scene" (Nat Adderley, Zawinul) - 2:16

Cannonball Adderley - alto saxophone, soprano saxophone
Nat Adderley - cornet, vocals
George Duke - piano
Walter Booker - bass
Roy McCurdy - drums
Airto Moreira - percussion
Mike Deasy - guitar, vocals (tracks 4, 5, 7, 10, 11 & 13-15)
Ernie Watts - tenor saxophone (tracks 4, 5, 8, 10, 11 & 13-15)
Alvin Batiste - clarinet (tracks 11 & 13-15)
Buck Clarke - African percussion (tracks 7 & 13-15)

Recorded at The Troubadour in Los Angeles, CA in 1970

Capitol Records ‎– SWBO-846, 1971

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