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. 

Freddie Hubbard - "Intrepid Fox" (live) - 1973

Twenty minutes of live Freddie Hubbard from 1973. 

Freddie Hubbard - trumpet 

Junior Cook - Tenor Sax 

George Cables - fender rhodes 

Kent Brinkley - bass 

Michael Carvin - drums 

There's a rip of Hubbard's 1975 album Polar AC on this blog a few years back here. 

Fal Frett - Fal Frett (1976)

First album from the band "Fal Frett" - you may have seen their second album at The Growing Bin last month.

Big thanks to Orangefunk for ripping and donating this album, and please give him some thanks in the comments!

Looked for some history on this album and found some in a Googlebooks excerpt from Brenda F Berrian's book "Awakening Spaces : French Caribbean Popular Song, Music and Culture". Successfully grabbed the text with free OCR software and here we are :

"One of the most talented families on the contemporary Martinician musical arena is the Barnards. The grandfather, Armand, was a violinist, and his sons Gaëtan and Parfait continued the tradition : the former was another violinist and the latter, a keyboard player.

Raised in a household where music totally surrounded them, it was only natural for Parfait's sons Alex, Jacky and Nicol to love playing instruments. Alex, the oldest and a bass player, is the only full-time musician among the brothers since he quit his job at the Hopital de la Meynard. He studied with Edmond Michalon and, as a bass player, joined the jeunesse Etudiante Catholique (Catholic student youth group), to which other aspiring musicians belonged, such as the pianist Paulo Rosine and the flutist Serge Lossen. In 1969, he joined the Merry Lads, which evolved into Malavoi, and he continues to play with the band today. Furthermore, between the two disbandments of Malavoi in the 1970s, Alex took the opportunity to go on tour in Canada with Marius Cultier.

The multiple instrumentalist Jacky, born four years after Alex, commenced playing the piano at age eleven. In 1970, he passed his baccalaureate and left to study law in Paris at the Faculty of Assas. While there he began to perform at Caribbean venues and worked in the recording studios. ln 1975, he returned to Martinique where he played the piano and keyboard in piano bars, especially at the Inn of Monsieur Duban in the town of Riviere Salée.

Nicol, the youngest of the three, born in 1956, familiarized himself with several instruments, but at age fourteen, he seriously studied the bongos and other percussion with Colette Frantz and eventually with Henri Guédon. Since then Nicol has become known as an accomplished percussionist. In 1969, Nicol participated in a jazz concert with his brothers at the Cercle Martiniquais. Afterward, he left to study in Paris, where he became a member of Guédon’s newly composed Cosmos Zouk. 

At age nineteen in 1976, he returned to Martinique and agreed with his brothers, Jacky Alpha, and Bid Monville to create Fal Frett. In 1976, Fanny Augiac proposed that Fal Frett should make its debut before the public at the Centre Martiniquais d’Action Culturelle (CMAC). The band’s first concert repertoire was taken from its first record Fal Frett, which was released by Jacky Nayaradou’s 3A Productions. Afterward, Ralph Thamar and Robin Vautor joined the band, with Jacky Bernard functioning as the leader on the second album In the Wake of the Sunshine. Jacky was responsible for organizing the program so that the music in each set followed harmonic key changes. 

In general, what makes Fal Frett stand out is the band's distinctive sound, which some call jazz fusion. This is in reference to the band’s incorporation of traditional Martinican musical themes and an extension of them along more jazzy lines." 

Fal Frett apparently means "the action of being overcome, gripped or stunned by something".

Fal Frett – Fal Frett
LP 3A [3A 0093] (1976)

Bass - Alex Bernard
Drums - Jacky Alpha
Rhodes - Jacky Bernard
Percussions - Nicol Bernard
Saxophones, Composer - Bid Monville

Tracks 1-5 composed by Jacky Bernard
Track 6 by Bid Monville

1. Fal Frett
2. En Devirant
3. Baza-Bar
4. Untel
5. Picom
6. Biguilla

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R.I.P José Roberto Bertrami

R.I.P. José Roberto Bertrami (1946-2012)
Keyboardist and leader of Brazilian group Azymuth.

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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Herbie Hancock Mwandishi live (1972)

Here are some fantastic videos of Herbie Hancock's Mwandishi band from 1972, performing "Water Torture", "Toys" and "Sleeping Giant".




French TV broadcast 1972

Herbie Hancock - Piano & Rhodes
Eddie Henderson - Trumpet
Julian Priester - Trombone
Bennie Maupin - Soprano Sax, Flute & Bass Clarinet
Buster Williams - Bass
Billy Hart - Drums

More Herbie-related things here

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.

Nil's Jazz Ensemble (S/T) (1976)

"Reflexiones" excerpt

"Summer Love" excerpt

"Black Angel" excerpt


Fantastic latin-jazz-funk album recorded in Lima, Peru in 1976, starring leader/saxaphonist/flautist Nilo Espinosa, formerly of Bossa 70, and also featuring keyboardist Miguel "Chino" Figueroa, a member of renowned latin-funk band Black Sugar.

A killer set from start to finish, starting off with the classic jazz-funker 'Reflexiones', and featuring giant covers of "Black Angel" (a Freddie Hubbard tune penned by Kenny Barron); John Handy's funk tune "Hard Work", and the Blackbyrd's track "Summer Love" (written by Allan Barnes).

The vinyl of this goes for way-too-big bucks, and the CD reissue has been deleted, so I've put the album together by combining relevant parts of an Espinosa CD compilation with a tracked-down missing track "Siempre" - so you can all hear the whole wonderful thing in either WAV or 320 mp3 (apart from 'Siempre', which is at 212kbps) - so check the comments for links and say hi .

TRACKLIST

01. Reflexiones (Figueroa)
02. Looking for a Blues
03. Summer Love (Allan Curtis Barnes)
04. Black Angel (Kenny Barron)
05. Siempre
06. Somos Nada
07. Hard Work (John Handy)

MUSICIANS

Nilo Espinosa: Saxophone [Tenor, Alto, Soprano], Flute
Pancho Saenz: Trumpet, Flugelhorn
Miguel "Chino" Figueroa: Electric piano, Clavinet, Mellotron
Richie Zellon: Electric Guitar
Oscar Stagnaro: Electric Bass
Ramon Stagnaro: Electric Guitar
Andres Silva: Drums
Jorge Montero: Guitar
Mauro Silva : Congas
Ary Quispe : trombone
PRODUCTION DETAILS

Recorded in Lima, Peru 1976.
MAG Records N. 2535

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"Sexual Healing" (Simon's Dark Keys mix)

"Sexual Healing" (Simon's Dark Keys Mix)

This is my own mix/mash of the vocal from Marvin Gaye's "Sexual Healing" with "Dark Keys" by the Jazz Liberatorz, with some additional editing work. "Sexual Healing" was never one of my favourite Marvin songs due to the original 80s instrumentation - so I replaced it :)

Edit : Thanks to Gilles Peterson for spinning this on Worldwide, and to all the other DJs who've subsequently picked it up for their mixes.

Feel free to publish on your blogs, but a link back would be nice! Hope you enjoy it, please leave a comment.

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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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