David Sanborn | Only Everything

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David Sanborn, Jazz, Saxophone

Coming January 26, 2010, the new David Sanborn recording on Decca “Only Everything.”

David Sanborn | Only Everything – [Decca, 2010]

David Sanborn - Only Everything

The genius is back with his new album Only Everything, scheduled for release on Decca, on January 26, 2010. “Among the great saxophonists of the past four decades,” says one Rolling Stone writer, “David Sanborn has earned an identity all his own. He’s jazz, he’s funk, he’s soul, he’s pop, he’s blues, he’s rock. Most remarkably, he excels in each of these genres with a voice that is both forceful and tender, sensuous and subtle.”

With Only Everything, the second of Sanborn’s homage to the aesthetic of Ray Charles, he revisits his roots with fresh perspective. The New York Times called David’s 2008 Here and Gone, the first of his tribute series, “a disarming delight.” He returns to this territory with renewed passion.

“If anyone would ask me what Ray—or Ray’s musicians—meant to me, my answer might be, `only everything,” says David. “As a concept, Only Everything, is about gratitude. I’m grateful not only for the musical life I’ve been able to live, but the original sources of inspiration that continue to inform and excite me fifty years after encountering them.”

The Rebirth of Three Contemporary Jazz Classics

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African American, Bobbi Humphrey, Jazz, Rodney Franklin, Ronnie Foster

Greeting’s on this wonderful Holiday Season … I’m delighted to share with you three Imported contemporaryjazz classics from the latter 70s to 1981 featuring flutist Bobbi Humphrey, keyboardist Ronnie Foster and Rodney Franklin. All recordings are now available at Dusty Groove.

Bobbi Humphrey | Tailor Made – [Epic (Japan), 1977]

Bobbi Humphrey - Tailor Made

Sure, it’s after the Blue Note/Larry Mizell years — but Bobbi Humphrey’s still kicking ass! Instead of Larry Mizell, Bobbi’s working with Skip Scarborough — and she’s hitting a groove that’s a bit smoother and more modern than before, but every bit as sweetly funky and seriously soulful! Bobbi vocalizes a bit amidst spacey jazzy arrangements, and her flute is crystal clear throughout — warmly jazzy, blended with some great soul backings — at a level that’s even more sublime than some of the other Columbia fusion of the time! The title cut, “Tailor Made“, is a monster mellow groover with a great slinky sound — and the album’s got plenty of other nice ones, like “Jealousy”, “Lover to Lover”, and “Fajehzo“.

Weather Report | Mr. Gone

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Jaco Pastorius, Jazz, Joe Zawinul, Wayne Shorter, Weather Report

Weather Report | Mr. Gone – [Columbia, 1978]

Weather Report - Mr. Gone

The infamous 1978 album that received a one-star (out of a possible five) from Down Beat magazine got a debate going between the band and the publication, fans amongst fans and critics versus critics in a controversy that still brews today concerning the merits of the eight tracks.

That the follow-up to the brilliant Heavy Weather was certified gold got lost in the mix of the noises that challenged this experiment in sound, with the inclusion of elements as diverse as disco to Avant-Garde. The trio of Joe Zawinul, Jaco Pastorius and Wayne Shorter are riding a crest of popularity after the cross-over hit, Birdland. But rather than play the rock band game of the era and crank out a clone album/single, the trio pursues a parallel trail to 1974’s Mysterious Traveller.

The percussion/drummer spot is unsettled, with Manola Badrena, Peter Erskine, Tony Williams and Steve Gadd handling the duties. The 37:15 is split into two compositions each from Shorter (The Elders, Pinocchio) and Jaco (River People, Punk Jazz), with four numbers by Zawinul; The Pursuit of the Woman with the Feathered Hat, Young and Fine, Mr. Gone, And Then.

That Zawinul used the studio as an artistic laboratory cannot be denied. The “flaws” of the album are based on the group attempting to stretch the sound is a plus….and not a fallen star.

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