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Kenny Garrett - Simply Said
JAZZ | WAV | CUE | LOG | COVERS | 659MB | 61:09
Warner Brothers 1999 
Since his late teens, Kenny Garrett has lived the kind of life most musicians only fantasize about. He's been a sideman for legends like Miles Davis, Art Blakey, Freddie Hubbard, Woody Shaw, and the Duke Ellington Orchestra. Emerging in the mid-'80s as one of contemporary jazz's most exciting and eclectic new solo artists, the saxophonist's albums have earned him worldwide recognition, four-star reviews, and top spots on reader polls and Rolling Stone's "hot list." Known for years primarily for his adventurous playing and sparkling improvisations, Garrett finally came into his own as a composer with his 1997 Grammy-nominated Warner Bros. release Songbook -- his first album comprised entirely of his own compositions. The concept behind Simply Said, Garrett's latest Warner Jazz release, must have been to further reflect his growth as a songwriter, keeping memorable melodies as the focus while exploring -- as the stylistically diverse performer has always done -- new exotic, rhythmic possibilities within the jazz framework. While Garrett has been very successful in the past covering the classics of influential artists (as he did on his previous Warners projects, 1993's Black Hope, 1995's Triology, and 1996's Pursuance: Music of John Coltrane), his growth as a songwriter has unleashed a desire to journey beyond what people might expect based on past projects. While Garrett kept his playing simple on lush, hypnotic ballads like "Can I Just Hold Your Hand?," "Sounds Like Winter," and "Words Can't Express," he and his core unit of gospel pianist/organist Shedrick Mitchell, acoustic bassist Nat Reeves, and drummer Chris Dave can't help but stir up the fires of the unexpected throughout the rest of the collection. Playful titles like "Organized Colors" (a nearly ten-minute piece incorporating a multitude of shades from silky and seductive to swinging and percussive), "Delta Bali Blues," "G.T.D.S" (aka "Give the Drummer Some"), and the whimsical piano, sax, and percussion jam "Charlie Brown Goes to South Africa" reflect the spirit Garrett was after here. Simply Said also features guest appearances by drummer Jeff Watts, electric bassist Marcus Miller ("G.T.D.S"), and Pat Metheny (who plays an atypical harmony role on "Yellow Flower" and "Sounds Like Winter"). ~ Jonathan Widran, All Music Guide
~ TRACKLISTING ~
01. G.T.D.S.
02. Charlie Brown Goes to South Africa
03. Delta Bali Blues
04. Conversation With Hutcherson
05. Words Can't Express
06. Back Where You Started
07. Sounds Like Winter
08. Can I Just Hold Your Hand?
09. Organized Colors
10. 3rd Quadrant
11. Simply Said
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Victor Wooten - Palmystery
JAZZ | WAV | CUE | LOG | HQ ART | 730MB | 65:53
Heads Up 2008 
Victor Wooten makes it clear in the first few seconds of Palmystery that he's the man in charge. His spellbinding, acrobatic basslines take the lead, literally, and even when he's fulfilling the traditional role of the bassist (not that there's much about his virtuosic playing that's traditional) and shining the spotlight on his collaborators, he remains the focal point. Yet Wooten, the veteran bassist of Béla Fleck & the Flecktones, is no showoff. Through mostly original compositions (the sole cover is Horace Silver's "Song for My Father") that glide easily between jazz fusion, world music, R&B, gospel, rock, and funk, through instrumental and vocal sections, improvisations and structured pieces, Wooten holds it all together -- it's nearly impossible not to listen to what he's doing with his instrument. Still, although the musicianship is never less than stellar throughout and always takes a front seat, this is not an indulgent record -- Wooten and his crew serve the songs, not vice versa, and they do so with panache. The leadoff track, "2 Timers," serves notice that this is going to be a fun listen, not a difficult one, despite the complexity often inherent: with one drummer playing in 3/4 time and the other in 4/4 (hence the title), Wooten alternately hands the reins over to violinist Eric Silver, a three-man horn section, harmonica ace Howard Levy, and brother Joseph Wooten on keyboards. Continual shifts of tempo, mood, and texture keep things lively and then, just in case it seems like this is how it might stay, the second track, the Arabian-flavored "Cambo," puts an entirely different spin on things. With lead and choired vocals by co-writer Amir Ali and Saundra Williams, Wooten lays down a solid rhythm over which brothers Joseph and guitarist Regi Wooten work out, along with Ali on violin, lute, and darbouka (an African hand drum). Each successive track expands the album's colorings: on "I Saw God," which features Richard Bona among its vocalists, Victor Wooten offers a non-religious person's impressions of his confrontation with a unisexual, philosophical, word-playing deity, while the flamenco-esque "The Lesson" pares down the cast to just Victor on bass and another Flecktone brother, Roy Wooten, supplying percussion. And so on throughout: "The Gospel" doubles up Wooten's fretted and fretless basses with ghostly vocals from the Woodard Family and a team of horns, and the Silver interpretation is spirited and swinging, with Karl Denson's tenor saxophone among the more notable solos on the record. "Us 2," the closing track, is also the quietest, Wooten laying low on basses and drum programming while Keb' Mo' peels off sleek slide guitar licks and Joseph Wooten lays down a bed of keyboards. "Sifu" utilizes Mike Stern's guitar. "Miss U," which features the Lee Boys on vocals, Roosevelt "The Doctor" Collier on pedal steel, and Alvin Lee (presumably not the Ten Years After guitarist) on guitar, is a gospelized, bluesy, soul-fried rave-up that gives Wooten a chance to show off his boogie power. Palmystery solidifies Victor Wooten's rep not only as one of the most skillful, inventive bassists on the planet but a heck of a diversified songwriter and bandleader, too. ~ Jeff Tamarkin, All Music Guide
~ TRACKLISTING ~
01. 2 Timers
02. Cambo
03. I Saw God
04. The Lesson
05. Left, Right & Center
06. Sifu
07. Miss U
08. Flex
09. The Gospel
10. Song for My Father
11. Happy Song
12. Us 2
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Bob James - Touchdown
JAZZ | WAV | CUE | LOG | ARTWORK | 398MB
Tappan Zee 1978 
Bob James' most enduring recording is perhaps one of his least adventurous. Full of simple laid-back melodies, light, airy grooves, and quiet backdrops, it's a smooth jazz "masterpiece." It's an enduring part of his catalog and was the launch pad for many movie and television projects, and for a string of hit recordings for the Warner label in the 1970s, '80s, and '90s. In effect, it insured his financial security for the future. The set is notable for its heavyweight cast including David Sanborn, Ron Carter, Idris Muhammad, Steve Gadd, Eric Gale, Hubert Laws, and Earl Klugh. It also netted the monster hit "Angela (Theme from Taxi)," which continued to get airplay on smooth jazz stations into the 21st century. James is a highly developed pianist, arranger, and composer, and while the music here is as safe as milk, it nonetheless spoke to millions. ~ Thom Jurek, All Music Guide
~ TRACKLISTING ~
01. Angela (Theme from Taxi)
02. Touchdown
03. I Want to Thank You (Very Much)
04. Sun Runner
05. Caribbean Nights
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Bob James - Heads
JAZZ | WAV | CUE | LOG | ARTWORK | 449MB
Tappan Zee 1977 
This was Bob's first release for CBS when he moved there and began his Tappan Zee label. Bob says now, "In retrospect, this was a big, big step to leave the intimacy of the Creed Taylor and Rudy Van Gelder creative environment. But at the time, I just thought of it as a natural part of my musical progression. CBS was very welcoming, it was a privilege to work with and be supported by Bruce Lundvall, president at the time." Unusual for Bob in that there are more tunes written by other artists, Boz Scaggs, Billy Preston and Peter Frampton, than any other album he's ever recorded but rest assured that Bob put his unique arranging talents to work to make each and every tune a Bob James track. This album represents another first - it was the beginning of the 'signature' Bob James/Tappan Zee album covers - so artistically created by Paula Scher and John Berg and by which the label became recognized. (Each cover and release lovingly supervised by Tappan Zee General Manager, Peter Paul.)
~ TRACKLISTING ~
1. Heads
2. We're All Alone
3. I'm in You
4. Night Crawler
5. You Are So Beautiful
6. One Loving Night
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====================================================== Michael Franti & Spearhead - Everyone Deserves Music
FUNK | WMA9 | CUE | COVERS | 364MBS
Boo Boo Wax 2003 
In a rap world set predominately on a limited range of topics to cover, politically and socially charged hip-hop is a breath of pure, fresh air. For the past decade, Spearhead and Michael Franti have been the antiseptic to a plaque-filled gold-toothed hip-hop mouth, expelling righteous truths and music with extremely thoughtful, meticulous details. Everyone Deserves Music continues with the tradition, but takes the sound of Spearhead into more of a disco-funk territory at times. This doesn't displace Franti's lyrics by any means, but gives him an extremely fresh perspective to stretch out and experiment with his delivery. Not so much a punch to the stomach like their previous releases, Franti and Spearhead almost made a deliberate attempt to stray from the typical hip-hop beats and go for something a bit more organic and acoustic than their previous efforts -- and the experiments more than pay off. It's honest, compelling, emotional, and soulful, and it's unfortunate that these values don't equate with much in the commercial hip-hop market anymore. In a perfect world, this would be a future classic played out of every car stereo, boombox, and apartment for generations to come. ~ Rob Theakston, All Music Guide
~ TRACKLISTING ~
01. What I Be
02. We Don't Stop
03. Everyone Deserves Music
04. Never Too Late
05. Bomb The World
06. Pray for Grace
07. Love, Why Did You Go Away
08. Yes I Will
09. Feelin' Free
10. Love Invincible
11. Bomb The World (Armageddon Version)
12. Crazy, Crazy, Crazy
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