Thursday, June 5, 2014

Jamaaladeen Tacuma ‎– Renaissance Man

Jamaaladeen Tacuma ‎– Renaissance Man

All Compositions by Jamaaladeen Tacuma, except where indicated

1. Renaissance Man
    Cornet, African Flute – Olu Dara
2. Flash Back
3. Let's Have A Good Time
4. The Next Stop
5. Dancing In Your Head (Ornette Coleman, arr. Tacuma)
    Alto Saxophone – Ornette Coleman
    Electric Bass – Jamaaladeen Tacuma
    Electric Guitar – Charles Ellerbe
    Electronics [Dmx], Drum Programming – Greg Mann, Jamaaladeen Tacuma
    Percussion, Percussion [Electronic] – Ron Howerton
6. There He Stood
    Bass Guitar [Four And Five Stringed Steiberger], Bass [Peavey T-20 Lined Fretless] – Jamaaladeen Tacuma
    Handclaps – Daniel Ponce, Jamaaladeen Tacuma, Verna Gillis
    Lyrics By [Poem], Narrator – Howie Montaug
    Percussion – Daniel Ponce
7. The Battle Of Images - In Four Movements
    Bass [Peavey T-20 Lined Fretless] – Jamaaladeen Tacuma
    Conductor – Bob Zollman
    Strings – Ebony String Quartet
    Violin – Cynthia Shoats, Kathleen Thomas
    Viola – Nina Wilkenson
    Cello – Aaron Henderson
    Timpani, Percussion – Bob Zollman
8. Sparkle
    Electric Bass – Jamaaladeen Tacuma
    Electric Guitar – Vernon Reid
    Tenor Saxophone – David Murray
    Drums – Bill Bruford
    Drums [African Gymbe] – Daryl Burgee

Tracks 1-4 (Jamaaladeen Tacuma featuring his band Jamaal)
Electric Bass, Electronics – Jamaaladeen Tacuma
Alto Saxophone – James R. Watkins
Electric Guitar – Rick Iannacone
Drums – Cornell Rochester

Track 1-4, 7 recorded at Studio 4, Philadelphia, 1983 
Track 5 recorded at Gramavision Recording Studio, New York, 1984 
Track 6 recorded at Sinus Musik, Berlin, Germany, 1983 
Track 8 recorded at Unique Recording Studio, New York, 1983 
Mixed at Gramavision Recording Studio, New York, 1984 

Gramavision ‎– GR 8308, 1984

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Ronald Shannon Jackson With Twins Seven Seven ‎– Live At The Caravan Of Dreams


Ronald Shannon Jackson With Twins Seven Seven ‎– Live At The Caravan Of Dreams

Composed and Arranged by Ronald Shannon Jackson

1. The Ancient Voice Of 'E'
    Vocals, Percussion, Talking Drum – Twins Seven Seven
2. Dream Caravan
3. Iré ("Eray")
    Vocals, Percussion, Talking Drum – Twins Seven Seven
4. Boilling Cabbage

Drums – Ronald Shannon Jackson
Soprano, Alto Saxophone – Eric Person
Violin, Barriphone – Akbar Ali
Guitar – Cary Denigris
Electric Bass – Reginal Washington

Recorded live at the Caravan Of Dreams, Fort Worth, Texas in 1985

Caravan Of Dreams Productions ‎– CDP 85005, 1986

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James Blood Ulmer - Live at the Caravan of Dreams

James Blood Ulmer - Live at the Caravan of Dreams

All compositions by James Blood Ulmer

1. Are You Glad To Be In America?
2. The Little Red House
3. Cheering
4. Recess
5. Revealing
6. Lonely Man
7. Church
8. I Need Love

Recorded at the Caravan of Dreams, Fort Worth Texas in 1985

James Blood Ulmer - guitar, vocals
Charles Burnham - violin
Amin Ali - bass
Warren Benbow - drums

Caravan Of Dreams Productions ‎– CDP85004, 1986

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Ornette Coleman and Prime Time ‎– Opening The Caravan Of Dreams



Ornette Coleman and Prime Time – Opening The Caravan Of Dreams

All compositions by Ornette Coleman

1. To Know What To Know
2. Harmolodic Bebop
3. Sex Spy
4. City Living
5. See-Thru
6. Compute

Ornette Coleman – Alto Saxophone
Charlie Ellerbie – Guitar
Bern Nix – Guitar
Jamaaladeen Tacuma – Bass
Albert MacDowell – Bass
Sabir Kamal – Drums
Denardo Coleman – Drums

Caravan Of Dreams Productions – CDP85001, 1985

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Friday, April 18, 2014

Ornette Coleman - Of Human Feelings

Ornette Coleman - Of Human Feelings

All compositions by Ornette Coleman

1. Sleep Talk
2. Jump Street
3. Him and Her
4. Air Ship
5. What Is the Name of That Song?
6. Job Mob
7. Love Words
8. Times Square

Ornette Coleman – alto saxophone, production
Charlie Ellerbee – guitar
Bern Nix – guitar
Jamaaladeen Tacuma – bass guitar
Calvin Weston – drums
Denardo Coleman – drums

Antilles ‎– AN-2001, 1982

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Ornette Coleman - Crisis

Ornette Coleman - Crisis

All compositions by Ornette Coleman except as indicated

1. Broken Shadows
2. Comme Il Faut
3. Song for Ché (Charlie Haden)
4. Space Jungle
5. Trouble in the East

Ornette Coleman - alto saxophone, trumpet, violin
Don Cherry - cornet, Indian flute
Dewey Redman - tenor saxophone, clarinet
Charlie Haden - bass
Denardo Coleman - drums

Recorded at New York University in New York City on March 22, 1969

Impulse! ‎– AS-9187, 1972

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Thursday, April 10, 2014

Ornette Coleman - The Great London Concert

Ornette Coleman - The Great London Concert

All Compositions by Ornette Coleman

1. Forms And Sounds For Wind Quintet
     Bassoon – Cecil James
     Clarinet – Sidney Fell
     Flute – Edward Walker
     Horns – John Burden
     Oboe – Derek Wickens
2. Sadness
3. Clergyman's Dream
4. Falling Stars
5. Silence
6. Happy Fool
7. Ballad
8. Dough Nuts

Ornette Coleman - Alto Saxophone, Violin, Trumpet
David Izenson - Bass
Charles Moffett - Drums

Recorded at Fairfield Hall, Crodon, England on August 29, 1965

Arista/Freedom ‎– AL 1900 0998, 1975

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Saturday, August 3, 2013

Muhal Richard Abrams ‎– Spiral: Live At Montreux 1978


Muhal Richard Abrams ‎– Spiral: Live At Montreux 1978

All compositions by Muhal Richard Abrams

1. "D Song" - 13:50
2. "String Song" - 5:05
3. "Voice Song" - 23:33

Muhal Richard Abrams - Piano, Gongs

Recorded at the Montreux Jazz Festival, Switzerland on July 22, 1978

Arista / Novus, 1978

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Sam Rivers - Sizzle


Sam Rivers - Sizzle

All compositions by Sam Rivers

1. "Dawn" - 12:38
2. "Flare" - 8:53
3. "Flame" - 12:20
4. "Scud" - 9:59

Sam Rivers - soprano saxophone, tenor saxophone, flute, piano
Ted Dunbar - guitar
Dave Holland - bass, cello
Barry Altschul - drums
Warren Smith - drums, vibes, tympani

Recorded at Generation Sound Studios in New York City on December 9, 1975

Impulse! ‎– ASD 9316, 1976

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Wednesday, May 1, 2013

Coleman Hawkins - Body and Soul, RCA Victor 78, 1939


Coleman Hawkins - Body and Soul (Re-issued by Request)
RCA Victor 20-2539-A, 78rpm, 1939 

1. Body And Soul (Heyman, Sour, Eyton, Green)
2. A Fine Dinner (Hawkins)

Originally issued on Bluebird, re-issued on RCA Victor, 1939

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Tuesday, April 30, 2013

Gil Evans ‎– Priestess


Gil Evans ‎– Priestess

1. Priestess (Billy Harper)
2. Short Visit (John Simon)
3. Lunar Eclipse (Masabumi Kikuchi)
4. Orange Was The Color Of Her Dress Then Silk Blue (Charles Mingus)

Alto Saxophone – Arthur Blythe, David Sanborn
Bass – Steve Neil
Drums – Susan Evans
French Horn – John Clark
Guitar – Keith Loving
Piano – Gil Evans
Synthesizer, Clavinet – Pete Levin
Tenor Saxophone – George Adams
Trombone – Jimmy Knepper
Trumpet – Ernie Royal, Marvin "Hannibal" Peterson
Trumpet, Trumpet [Piccolo] – Lew Soloff
Tuba – Robert Stewart, Howard Johnson

Recorded Live at St. George Church, NYC, May 13, 1977 by CBS Mobile

Antilles, 1983

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Shannon Jackson & The Decoding Society ‎– Street Priest


Shannon Jackson & The Decoding Society ‎– Street Priest

All compositions by Ronald Shannon Jackson

1. Street Priest
2. Sperm Walk
3. City Witch
4. Sandflower
5. Hemlock for Cordials
6. Chudo Be

Drums/Arrangements – Ronald Shannon Jackson
Electric Bass – Melvin Gibbs, Reverend Bruce Johnson
Electric Guitar – Vernon Reid
Saxophone – Lee Rozie, Zane Massey
Flute – Ronald Shannon Jackson (tracks: B1), Zane Massey (tracks: B1)
Producer – Burkhard Hennen
Recorded By – Bernd Steinwedel

Recorded at: Studio Nord, Bremen 13th-16th June 1981

Moers Music, 1981

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