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Arthur Blythe - Elaborations

Arthur Blythe - Elaborations

All compositions by Arthur Blythe except as indicated

1. Elaborations
2. Metamorphosis
3. Sister Daisy
4. One Mint Julep (Rudolph Toombs)
5. Shadows
6. Lower Nile

Arthur Blythe - alto saxophone
Abdul Wadud - cello
Kelvyn Bell - guitar
Bob Stewart - tuba
Bobby Battle - drums
Wilbur Morris - bass (track 3)
Muhammad Abdullah - congas (track 6)

Recorded at CBS Recording Studios, New York, 1982

Columbia ‎– FC 38163, 1982

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Blythe-Elaborations[RPM2014].zip 79.0 MB

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Blythe-Elaborations[RPM2014][FLAC].zip 721.4 MB

Arthur Blythe - Illusions

Arthur Blythe - Illusions

All compositions by Arthur Blythe

1. Bush Baby
2. Miss Nancy
3. Illusions
4. My Son Ra
5. Carespin' With Mamie
6. As of Yet

Arthur Blythe - alto saxophone
tracks 1, 3, 5:
   Abdul Wadud - cello
   James Blood Ulmer - guitar
   Bob Stewart - tuba
   Bobby Battle - drums
tracks 2, 4, 6:
   John Hicks - piano
   Fred Hopkins - bass
   Steve McCall - drums

Recorded at CBS Recording Studios, New York in April & May 1980

Columbia ‎– JC 36583, 1980

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Blythe-Illusions[RPM2014].zip 70.9 MB

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Blythe-Illusions[RPM2014][FLAC].zip 678.8 MB

Arthur Blythe - Blythe Spirit

Arthur Blythe - Blythe Spirit

All compositions by Arthur Blythe except as indicated

1. Contemplation
2. Faceless Woman
3. Reverence
4. Strike up the Band (George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin)
5. Misty (Johnny Burke, Erroll Garner)
6. Spirits in the Field
7. Just a Closer Walk With Thee (Traditional)

Arthur Blythe - alto saxophone
Abdul Wadud - cello (tracks 1-4, 6)
Kelvyn Bell - guitar (tracks 1-4)
Bob Stewart - tuba (tracks 1-4, 6 -7)
John Hicks - piano (track 5)
Amina Claudine Myers - organ (track 7)
Fred Hopkins - bass (track 5)
Bobby Battle (tracks 1-4), Steve McCall (track 5) - drums

Recorded at CBS Recording Studios, New York, 1981

Columbia ‎– FC 37427, 1981

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Blythe-BlytheSpirit[RPM2014].zip 76.1 MB

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Blythe-BlytheSpirit[RPM2014][FLAC].zip 692.8 MB

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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GilEvans-Priestess.zip (75.8 MB)

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GilEvans-Priestess[FLAC].zip (729.0 MB)

Light Blue - Arthur Blythe Plays Thelonious Monk

I had a passionate affair with Arthur Blythe's cello-guitar-tuba band a few years ago. I had heard Lenox Avenue Breakdown and I had In The Tradition, but the bug didn't bite me until I happened upon Illusions. From there I found Blythe Spirit and was on my way to  discovering this band and the haunting, unforgettable Blythe tone. About five years ago in 2007 I found Light Blue at the old Underdog Records in lower Queen Anne. By then I was actively looking for this group, but I didn't know they did a Monk album, now one of my favorite Monk interpretations. My old cold beer buddy asked for a copy so I figured this was a good enough reason to start posting these discoveries.

All compositions by Thelonious Monk

1. "We See" - 6:30
2. "Light Blue" - 5:12
3. "Off Minor" - 6:48
4. "Epistrophy" - 8:38
5. "Coming On the Hudson" - 6:05
6. "Nutty" - 6:45

Arthur Blythe - alto saxophone

Abdul Wadud - cello

Kelvyn Bell - guitar

Bob Stewart - tuba

Bobby Battle - drums

Columbia Records, 1983

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ArthurBlythe-LightBlue[FLAC].zip (753.3 MB)