Herbie Hancock - 'Man With a Suitcase' - comp. 20

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Hello. Yes, it's been 18 months, so I thought I'd get an entry in for what's left of 2015. 

I was listening to the blistering Herbie Hancock rhodes solo in Joe Farrell's fantastic cover of Stevie Wonder's "Too High", and decided to compile some of my favourite Hancock electric piano tracks from other people's albums - so here's a selection from 1968-1978. The compilation title refers to the portable "suitcase" Fender Rhodes. 

Of course, there are endless Miles Davis tracks from this period with Hancock on rhodes, and I didn't want to get bogged down there, but I've included 1968's "Stuff" because you can hear Hancock in transition, using the Rhodes in a raw state, referencing his acoustic piano style while he learns the new instrument. This continues throughout the turn of the decade through tracks like Joe Henderson's "Black Narcissus"; Freddie Hubbard's "Red Clay" and Miroslav Vitouš' "Infinite Search".

Within a few years, Hancock''s already developed his clustered chord structures and adjusted the amplification for a punchier, rhythmic style on tracks like Joe Farrell's "Too High" and Milt Jackson's "People Make the world Go Round". He's also exploring the in-built chorus, tremelo, delay and panning effects, and incorporating them in his writing and playing style on tracks like Eddie Henderson's "Scorpio-Libra", and Norman Connors' "Blue"and "Revelation".

The latest track here is Quincy Jones' beautifully-orchestrated 1978 version of Hancock's "Tell Me a Bedtime Story". Jones has scored Hancock's rhodes solo from the 1969 original version for strings, then brought Hancock in to create new textures around that arrangement. 

TRACKLIST

01 Miles Davis - Stuff (1968)

02 Joe Henderson - Black Narcissus (1969)

03 Miroslav Vitouš - Infinite Search (1970)

04 Freddie Hubbard - Red Clay (1970)

05 Norman Connors - Blue (1972)

06 Milt Jackson - People Make The World Go Round (1973)

07 Norman Connors - Revelation (1974)

08 Freddie Hubbard & Stanley Turrentine ‎– Hornets (1974)

09 Eddie Henderson - Scorpio-Libra (1973)

10 Harvey Mason - Hop Scotch (1975)

11 Joe Farrell - Too High (1974)

12 Norman Connors - Carlos II (1974)

13 Quincy Jones - Tell Me A Bedtime Story (1978)

14 Eddie Henderson - Ecstasy  (1978)

15 Miroslav Vitouš - Epilogue (1970)

It seems that Divshare has died, so all of the previews on previous posts are gone, grrrrr .... I'd appreciate any advice about other players I can use - even during the writing of this post, Soundcloud has deleted a few of my preview excerpts because they sensed what they were. I've re-upped all previews on the blog three times now, and I realise that nothing ever lasts. 

For those of you who are new, there are more rhodes compilations here,  there's a large selection of live Herbie Hancock 1970s bootlegs here, or just browse through the blog for other stuff - it's all active ... for now .... 

Anyway, I hope you enjoy this 20th rhodes compilation - grab it from the links at the top of the post, and please say hi in the comments below, so I know that I'm not just talking to myself.

Various - 'Library Rhodes 3' - comp 19

'Feel It' - Siegfried Schwab - excerpt 


'Mais' - Oscar Rocchi - excerpt 


'Mr Funk' - Walter Murphy - excerpt 


'Five Plus Four' - Powerhouse - excerpt 


'False Start' - Powerhouse - excerpt 


'Sun-Kissed' - Roger Webb - excerpt 

Well hello, welcome back, it's been a while.

First thing I want to say is that I've just re-upped the whole damn blog back to 2008, as some kind soul destroyed my previous upload account. Hell for me, but good for you, so feel free to browse all the way back into the previous decade - it's all there ... for now at least.

As always, I love people to comment on the music and say hi, otherwise I may as well just keep it on my computer - so the best way to make me post more than once a year is to chat, and not lurk. This isn't an advertising-run download bonanza site, it's one person sharing music for conversation.

Today's share, Library Rhodes 3,  is a new compilation of library music featuring the ol' electric piano in a series of jazz, funk and bossa style tracks.  The last two volumes of this - Library Rhodes 1 (2010) and Library Rhodes 2 (2011) - were extremely popular, so I hope you enjoy this one as well.

Click the preview players above - they work, but take a few seconds to start.

The music comes from a range of library music labels. There are old favourites like KPM, De Wolfe, Themes International and Amphonic - but also a focus today on Italian library : Fonovideo, Music Scene etc, with a particular focus on composer Oscar Rocchi, both under his own name and his alias 'Chiarosi'. In iTunes, you'll find the names of the source albums for each track in the 'comments' column.

Enjoy it, explore the blog and have fun.
If you like this compilation, check out more rhodes compilations.
See you soon.

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Various - 'Latin Rhodes 4' (comp. 18)

Los Indios - Mongo Santamaria (preview)

Leyte - Cal Tjader (preview)

A Night In Nazca - Azteca (preview)

Graciela - Stone Alliance (preview)

Hi everyone, welcome to the fourth in a series of latin compilations with featured electric piano.  Lots of funk, jazz and latin rhythms here, hope you enjoy it, and please say hi in the comments.

If you enjoy this, you might want to check Latin Rhodes compilations 1, 2 and 3 - or just check out all 18 of the rhodes compilations.

Tracklist

01 los indios - mongo santamaria
02 tropical jazz - alfonso lovo
03 leyte (live) - cal tjader

04 more - jose manual

05 el mirlo - blue note

06 a night in nazca - azteca

07 encuentro - irakere

08 graciela - stone alliance

09 samba de sausalito - santana

10 la semilia - frank quintero

11 the bull’s problem - gerry weil

12 la contrapartida - hilarion duran

13 african bird - opa
14 puerto padre - emiliano salvador

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Various - 'Brazil Rhodes 4' (Comp. 17)

Hi folks, welcome to 2013 and the latest in a series of seventeen rhodes compilations. As per usual it comes with 70s jazz and brazilian flavours, and plenty of foonky electric piano. Check out the previews below .... 

This compilation is dedicated to the late José Roberto Bertrami, keyboard player from Azymuth, who provides the final track. Thanks as always to my fellow music bloggers. Hope you enjoy this selection, please say hi .... 

Braziliana No. 1 - Manfredo Fest (excerpt) 


Palmeiras - Candeias (excerpt) 


Berimbau - Jayme Marques (excerpt) 


Gafierira Universal - Banda Black Rio (excerpt) 

O Homem - Luis Eca (excerpt) 

TRACKLIST 

01 braziliana no.1 - manfredo fest

02 o homem - luis eca, bebeto, helcio

03 palmeiras- candeias

04 maracatu atomico - gilberto gil

05 route - moacir santos

06 that waltz - hermeto pascoal

07 quero alegria - emilio santiago

08 gafieria universal - banda black rio

09 berimbau - jayme marques

10 guanabara - dom salvador

11 vera cruz - stanley turrentine

12 mais kriola - helio matheus

13 facing east - manfredo fest

14 univac loves you - deodato

15 tema de heloisa - edson frederico

16 avessos - hector costita

17 se todos fossem iguais a voce - jose roberto bertrami

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Please say hi in the comments and chat so that I feel more encouraged to get back into this more regularly. Hope you enjoy the comp!

You can also check out Brazil rhodes compilations 1, 2 and 3

.... or all 17 rhodes compilations here. 

Various - "Rhodes In Japan" - comp. 16

PREVIEWS :

White Fire - Takaeo Uematsu

  Satsuki - Terumasa Hino

  Green Caterpiller - Masaru Imada

  Cat - Teruo Nakamura

In 2000 I went to Tokyo for the first time, and immediately injured my knee. I hobbled around the city on crutches immersing myself in the amazing range of jazz, funk and soul. It wasn't just the hidden, special 2nd hand vinyl stores that blew me away - even Tower Records had the largest jazz collection I'd ever seen; with racks and racks of Japan-only CD releases of USA albums that could only be found on expensive, scratchy vinyl in their home country.

I'd finally found somewhere that had a large population of people who loved the same music as I do, and even today, my DJ partner and some of my closest music buddies at home are Japanese.

However, at the time I knew nothing of Japanese jazz - it's only in the decade since then that my blog brothers have introduced me to Japanese music of the 1970s, music that soaked up electric Miles and electric Herbie in the jazz diaspora, and that even today continues to develop its idiosyncratic permutations through people like DJ Mitsu, Gagle, Sleep Walker and others. There's far too much beautiful music to fit onto one compilation, so expect more.

This is dedicated to my blogger friends, past and present, who've introduced me to this music and taken me on the type of journey that I hope you experience as well.

Thanks to El Goog Ja, Reza, Greg, Bacoso, Ish, Katonah, Taro Nombei, Vesper, Hoochie, Wara Katsu and many more ..... 

More rhodes compilations here

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Various - "Library Rhodes 2" - comp. 15

"Grand Roque" - Maurice Vander - excerpt

"The Investigator" - Brian Bennett - excerpt

"Beverley Hills" - Steve Gray - excerpt

"Base Line" - Syd Dale - excerpt

Time for a post! This is a sequel to my 2010 "Library Rhodes" compilation which people seemed to enjoy. So once again, here's another electric piano journey through the library production music archives from the 1970s, drawing on labels like KPM, Bruton, Amphonic, Montparnasse, Bosworth, Impulse, Major, and Themes International.

Some copshow, some vibes, some jazz and some funk for the holidays ....
Link is in the comments, hope you enjoy this one.
Covers are higher quality in the download.

Here's a tracklist -

01 the fat man - syd dale
02 number one spy - syd dale
03 leisure - jeremy lubbock
04 beverley hills - steve gray
05 on the scent - james clarke
06 the investigator - brian bennett
07 night raider - vic flick
08 second cut - james clarke
09 papillion rouge - paolo zavallone
10 basse duettino - raymond Guilot
11 hocus pokus - walter murphy
12 don’t be cool jacky giordano
13 high checker - scope
14 stadio - the swingers
15 grand roque - maurice vander
16 e.s.b. - frank ricotti
17 fresh appeal - brian bennett
18 the open road - duncan lamont
19 exotica - ole jensen & his music
20 walkabout - david lindup
21 cross rolls - janko nilovic
22 award for achievement 3 - tony kinsey
23 drama montage - brian bennett
24 stop gap - dave gold
25 base line - syd dale
26 turbulence - wally asp
27 waiting game - james clarke
28 storytime - clive hicks

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Also, more rhodes compilations here.

Various - "Library Rhodes" (compilation 14)

"The Apartment"

"20 Mile High Swinger" (excerpt)

"The Fence" (excerpt)

"Black Light" (excerpt)

"Sidewalk" (excerpt)

"Running Fast" (excerpt)


The electric piano frenzy continues with 78 minutes of library goodness brought to you today, so make sure you return those overdue books and settle back for some Sunday sunshine.

If none of us read anymore, then at least we can listen to the library. I wrote a few paragraphs somewhere in another post about why I think we listen to library music, and there's something of a history here, but no need to analyse this weekend as we flow with some classics and favourites :

From Duncan Lamont's chilled opener "The Apartment" (of 'Sweeney' fame) we move into some flute-laden jazz funk territory for a few tracks, then move into some brazil soundalike tracks beginning with Andre Ceccarelli.

Alan Tew's "The Fence" and Stefano Torossi's classic "Fighting For Life" lead us through some wah wah and blaxpo near-tension, before John Cameron's "Half Remembered Daydream" takes us into the centre vocal section of the compilation : for six tracks you can practise your "woo woos", "bu-bu-bu-bu-buhs" and "da da das" - yes folks, welcome to vocalese language school.

Alan Hawkshaw and Brian Bennett pick up the pace as we head into an action section that never quite requires us to remove our seatbelts, before Stan Sulzmann and friends drop us down to some jazz, and then the final soft but still uneasy tones of our constant host Alan Tew.

TRACKLIST

• 01 the apartment - duncan lamont
• 02 money runner - alan tew
• 03 gang progress - andre ceccarelli
• 04 at risk - david lindup
• 05 afro metropolis - john cameron
• 06 undergroove - alan hawkshaw
• 07 black light - alan parker
• 08 bossa for my eet - andre ceccarelli
• 09 virgin land - tony kinsey
• 10 flute in five four - duncan lamont
• 11 the fence (version a) - alan tew
• 12 fighting for life - stefano torrosi
• 13 the rub - alan tew
• 14 half forgotten daydreams - john cameron
• 15 husky birdsong - keith mansfield
• 16 liquid sunshine- john cameron
• 17 high diver - alan hawkshaw
• 18 shout - daniel janin
• 19 ski bird - alan hawkshaw
• 20 mile high swinger - alan hawkshaw/brian bennett
• 21 the rally - dennis farnon
• 22 dindou no.1 - andre ceccarelli
• 23 running fast - stefano torrosi
• 24 theme hypnose - jannick top
• 25 sojan - stan sulzmann
• 26 sidewalk - frank ricotti/tony hymas/stan sulzmann
• 27 nightwatch - alan tew
• 28 the fence (version b) - alan tew
• 29 eyes - alan tew

Thanks to my fellow bloggers everywhere for everything. I tend to heavily cull all the library stuff I collect, so it's hard to trace these all back - but I know that thanks should go, as ever, to Quimsy, Bacoso, Reza and many other masters of the known universe ...so please visit these people, talk to them ...

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Please leave comments too, discussion and feedback means that I'm more than your slave, which means more posts :)

Various - "Brazil Rhodes 3" (comp #13)

 "Bem Vinda" (excerpt)

 "Transamazonica" (excerpt)

 "Brazilian Skies" (excerpt)

 "Viramundo" (excerpt)

 "A Chamada" (excerpt)

"Previsao do Tempo" (excerpt)

Commiserations to our brazilian friends for the football - some consolation here in the form of twenty-three storming rhodes tracks from, or inspired by their great land.

A brief intro from the master, Hermeto Pascoal, leads us into some jazz-fused bangers from Som Imaginario, Antonio Adolfo, Marcos Resende and others.

O Quarteto's clustered vocal tones take us through some live Sergio Mendes and Brasil '77 into the middle section, fusing pop, funk and soul with Marcos Valle, Hyldon, Banda Black Rio and more.

The fusions of Azymuth and Headhunter Bill Summers (check that keyboard solo) leads us back to the atmospherics of Robertinho Silva and the deeper jazz of an uncharacteristically instrumental Ed Motta, before we finish with the beautiful melancholy of instrumental Marcos Valle and the amazing voice of Alaide Costa accompanied by Oscar Castro-Neves.

Enjoy the comp, check the previews above - all tracks @ 320kbps bar one or two - and leave a comment so that I know you're with me on this blogging trip ...

Big everlasting thanks to many blogs and bloggers for feeding my love of various brazilian musics over the last few years - including Quimsy, Ish, Bacoso, Reza, BC, Porco Rosso, Flabbergast, J Thyme, Bruxa, all the Gears crew, and many more, sorry if I've forgotten you ....

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also available :

Brazil Rhodes 1

Brazil Rhodes 2

.... or check all 13 rhodes comps