Introducing Paul Bley 1953

Paul Bley with Charles Mingus, Art Blakey – Introducing Paul Bley (1953)

01. Opus 1 4:08
02. Opus 1 (Alternate Take) 3:21
03. (Teapot) Walkin’ 4:28
04. Like Someone In Love 4:03
05. Spontaneous Combustion 4:15
06. Split Kick 3:05
07. I Can’t Get Started 3:37
08. Santa Claus Is Coming To Town 3:22
09. The Theme 3:40
10. This Time The Dream’s On Me 3:07
11. Zootcase 2:33


:: Introducing Paul Bley ::

Charles Mingus – Oh Yeah 1962

Charles Mingus: Oh Yeah Label: Atlantic 1377 12" LP 1961

Design: Loring Eutemey

Charles Mingus – vocals, piano (!)
Rahsaan Roland Kirk – tenor saxophone, manzello, stritch, flute, siren
Booker Ervin – tenor saxophone
Jimmy Knepper – trombone
Doug Watkins – bass
Dannie Richmond – drums

Recorded at Atlantic Studios, New York, New York on November 6, 1961

1. Hog Callin' Blues
2. Devil Woman
3. Wham Bam Thank You Ma'am
4. Ecclusiastics
5. Oh Lord, Don't Let Them Drop That Atomic Bomb on Me
6. Eat That Chicken
7. Passions of a Man

Charles Mingus Interviewed by Neshui Ertegun - (previously unreleased, bonus track)

8. "Old" Blues for Walt's Torin [*]
9. Peggy's Blue Skylight [*]
10. Invisible Lady [*]

Atlantic 1962

“Eat that chicken pie-pie-doo-dee
Who’s gonna do this? (…)
Oh Yeah! Oh Yeah! Oh Yeah! Oh Yeah! Oh Yeah! (…)”
(Charles Mingus, ‘eat that chicken’)

:: Charles Mingus – Oh Yeah ::

...Mingus Ah Um

perfect and wise:

"Creativity is more than just being different. Anybody can play weird, that's easy.
What's hard is to be as simple as Bach. Making the simple, awesomely simple, that's creativity."

Charles Mingus – The Clown 1957

Charles Mingus: The Clown - Label: Atlantic 1260 12" LP 1957

Design: Marvin Israel Photo: Pickow-Three Lions

Charles Mingus on bass

Curtis Porter on sax

Jimmy Knepper on trombone
Wade Legge on piano

Dannie Richmond on drums

Haitian Fight Song
Blue Cee
Reincarnation Of A Love Bird
The Clown

Recorded 1957

Contains english and japanese booklet

- Charles Mingus – The Clown -

Pass: jazzcrisis

The Real Book - Fifth Edition

-- The Real Book - Fifth Edition pdf
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Charles Mingus – Mingus Three 1957

Charles Mingus ~ bass
Hampton Hawes ~ piano
Dannie Richmond ~ drums

Rec. on 9 Jul 1957

1. Yesterdays
2. Back Home Blues
3. I Can't Get Started
4. Hamp's New Blues
5. Summertime
6. Dizzy Moods
7. Laura

:: Mingus Three ::

Charlie Haden - Silence

Label: Soul Note
Original Release Date: 1989
Quality/Bitrate: flac.cue.scans
Size: 217 MB(recovery 5%)

1. Visa
2. Silence
3. Echi
4. My Funny Valentine
5. Round About Midnight
6. Conception

Charlie Haden (bass)
Chet Baker (trumpet)
Enrico Pieranunzi (piano)
Billy Higgins (drums).

Silence : part 1 + part 2 + part 3

Thnks to rfccbh

Dick Hyman & Niels-Henning Ørsted Pedersen - Elegies, Mostly 1995

01 I Cover the Waterfront (Green) 8:54
02 You Must Believe in Spring (Legrande) 6:19
03 Waltz in C# Minor (Chopin) 6:22
04 Summertime (Gershwin) 7:02
05 Take, O Take Those Lips Away (Shakespeare, Hyman) 4:26
06 Love Me or Leave Me (Donaldson) 8:53
07 Some Other Time (Bernstein) 5:52
08 This Is All I Ask of You (Webber) 5:25
09 My Man'S Gone Now (Gershwin) 5:39
10 We're in the Money (Warren) 3:43

Recorded at Waterfall Studio, Oslo, on August 14, 1995

Dick Hyman piano
Niels-Henning Ørsted Pedersen bass

part 1 - part 2

Nico Assumpção - Segredos da Improvisação

ÁUDIO

PDF

Ron Carter "Stardust" 2001

Ron Carter "Stardust" (2001)
Label: Blue Note/Somethin' Else
Quality: FLAC (Image + Cue + Log + Scans + Tau + Text)
Recording Date: April 6, 2001
Total Time: 52:15
Size: 327 MB Incl. 5% Recovery


1. TAMALPAIS (O.Pettiford) 6:31
2. THE MAN I LOVE (G.Gershwin) 7:48
3. NEARLY (R.Carter) 10:25
4. BOHEMIA AFTER DARK (O.Pettiford) 6:37
5. TAIL FEATHERS (R.Carter) 5:56
6. BLUES IN THE CLOSET (O.Pettiford) 4:51
7. THAT’S DEEP (R.Carter) 5:56
8. STARDUST (Carmichael-Parish) 3:59


RON CARTER- bass
BENNY GOLSON- tenor sax
JOE LOCKE- vibes
SIR ROLAND HANNA- piano
LENNY WHITE- drums


part 1 - part 2 - part 3 - part 4

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Ron Carter "When Skies Are Grey..." 2000

Ron Carter "When Skies Are Grey..." (2000)
Label: Blue Note
Quality: FLAC (Image + Cue + Log + Scans + Tau + Text)
Recording Date: May 1, 2000
Total Time: 48:25
Size: 277 MB Incl. 5% Recovery.


1.LOOSE CHANGE (R.Carter) 7:08
2.BESAME MUCHO (C.Velazquez) 7:05
3.CAMINANDO (R.Carter) 7:07
4.QUE PASA (R.Carter) 5:29
5.CORCOVADO (A.C.Jobim) 7:22
6.CUBANO CHANT (R.Bryant) 6:00
7.MI TEMPO (R.Carter) 8:12


RON CARTER- bass
STEPHEN SCOTT- piano
HARVEY MASON- drums
STEVE KROON- percussion


part 1 - part 2 - part 3

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Ron Carter Bass Lines

Aebersold - Vol 035 - Cedar Walton - Ron Carter Bass Lines

Ron Carter Trio "So What" 1998

Ron Carter Trio "So What" (1998)
Label: Blue Note
Quality: FLAC (Image + Cue + Log + Scans + Tau + Text)
Recording Date: January 4, 1998
Total Time: 47:21
Size: 284 MB Incl. 5% Recovery.


1. SO WHAT (M.Davis) 6:47
2. YOU’D BE SO NICE TO COME HOME TO (C.Porter) 4:35
3. IT’S ABOUT TIME (R.Carter) 5:14
4. MY FOOLISH HEART (Young-Washington) 8:15
5. HI-FLY (R.Weston) 6:02
6. THREE MORE DAYS (R.Carter) 7:35
7. EDDIE’S THEME (R.Carter) 3:54
8. THE THIRD PLANE (R.Carter) 4:55


RON CARTER- bass
KENNY BARRON- piano
LEWIS NASH- drums


part 1 - part 2 - part 3

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Ron Carter - Bass Lines

:: ron carter - bass lines ::
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Ron Carter Sextet "Orfeu" 1999

Ron Carter Sextet "Orfeu" (1999)
Label: Blue Note
Quality: FLAC (Image + Cue + Log + Scans + Tau + Text)
Recording Date: February 1999
Total Time: 45:35
Size: 296 MB Incl. 5% Recovery.

Track List:
1. SAUDADE (R.Carter) 6:33
2. MANHA DE CARNAVAL (Bonfa-Maria) 5:56
3. POR-DO-SOL (R.Carter) 5:17
4. GOIN’ HOME (Dvorak-Carter) 7:27
5. 1:17 SPECIAL (R.Carter) 6:52
6. OBRIGADO (R.Carter) 5:33
7. SAMBA DE ORFEU (Bonfa-Maria) 7:37

Artist List:
RON CARTER- bass
HOUSTON PERSON- tenor sax
BILL FRISELL- guitar
STEPHEN SCOTT- piano
PAYTON CROSSLEY- drums
STEVE KROON- percussion


part 1 - part 2 - part 3

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Niels-Henning Ørsted Pedersen & Kenneth Knudsen - Pictures 1976

01 Skagen (Knudsen) 2:39
02 School Song (Pedersen) 6:52
03 It's All There (Knudsen) 11:10
04 Signal (Knudsen) 6:53
05 Afternoon's Sentiment (Pedersen) 7:02
06 Daughters (Knudsen) 4:07

Recorded on December 4 & 5, 1976

Kenneth Knudsen Synthesizer, Piano
Niels-Henning Ørsted Pedersen Bass

:: Pictures ::

Joe Albany & Niels-Henning Ørsted Pedersen - Two's Company - 1974

01 Out Of Nowhere Green/Heyman 5,29
02 What's New Haggart/Burke 9,06
03 Lullaby In Rhythm Sampson, Edgar 4,47
04 Birdtown Birds Albany, Joe 3,53
05 Lover Man Ramirez, Ram 6,49
06 If You Could See Me Now Dameron, Tadd 7,08
07 Star Eyes DePaul/Raye 5,45

Recorded on February 17, 1974

Joe Albany : piano
Niels-Henning Ørsted Pedersen : bass

- Two's Company -

Jamey Aebersold vol. 34 Jam Session

audio e pdf

Don't Blame Me
Blue Moon
Laura
On The Trail
Just Friends
Without A Song
Spring Is Here
Star Eyes
Invitation
Once In A While
Over The Rainbow
My Secret Love
No Greater Love
Stompin' At The Savoy
On Green Dolphin Street
You Stepped Out Of A Dream
I Left My Heart In San Francisco
The Shadow Of Your Smile

pdf ][ audio pt 1 - pt 2

Ron Carter & Jim Hall - Telepathy I-II (1982/1984)

Ron Carter & Jim Hall - Telepathy (Live at Village West/Telephone) (2001)

mp3@320Kbps 133+103 MB covers

Year: 1982/1984
Label: Concord Jazz (2001)
Total time: 58:45 + 45:41

Ron Carter (Double Bass)
Jim Hall (Guitar)

Tracks on "Live at Village West" :
1. Bag's Groove (Milt Jackson) 4:22
2. All The Things You Are (Jerome Kern/Oscar Hammerstein) 5:52
3. Blue Monk (Thelonious Monk) 5:18
4. New Waltz (Ron Carter) 6:14
5. Down From Antigua (Jim Hall) 7:34
6. Summer Night (Harry Warren/Al Dubin) 6:59
7. St. Thomas (Sonny Rollins) 4:50
8. Embraceable You (George Gerschwin/Ira Greschwin) 6:48
9. Laverne Walk (Oscar Pettiford) 5:30
10. Baubles, Bangles And Beads (Robert Wright/George Forrest) 5:14

320

Tracks on "Telephone" : 1984 :
1. Telephone (Ron Carter) 5:33
2. Indian Summer (Victor Herbert) 5:54
3. Candlelight (Ron Carter) 4:16
4. Chorale and Dance (Jim Hall) 6:57
5. Alone Together (Howard Dietz/Arthur Schwartz) 10:30
6. Stardust (Hoagy Carmichael/Mitchell Parish) 7:45
7. Two's Blues (Jim Hall) 4:42

320

Charlie Haden & Antonio Forcione - Heartplay 2006

Flac (Cue) | Covers | 192 MB

1. Anna
2.If...
3.La Pasionaria
4.Snow
5.Silence
6.Child's Song
7.Nocturne
8.For Turiya

Recorded at The Californian Institute of the Arts on 26 - 28 June 2006.

Charlie Haden - DoubleBass
Antonio Forcione - Guitar

| Part 1 | Part 2 |

Charlie Haden & John Taylor – Nightfall 2003

Charlie Haden & John Taylor : Nightfall
 2003
Label: Naim (NAIMCD077)

FLAC : ~230 MB incl. 3% recovery (2 files)

Total Playing Time: 58 minutes

Track Listing

01 Chairman Mao (Charlie Haden) 04:26

02 Nightfall (Charlie Haden) 06:08

03 My Love and I (David Raksin, Johnny Mercer) 07:33

04 Au Contraire (John Taylor) 04:23

05 Windfall (John Taylor) 06:07

06 Touch Her Soft Lips (William Walton) 06:15

07 Song For The Whales (Charlie Haden) 09:13

08 Bittersweet (Don Sebesky) 05:48

09 Silence (Charlie Haden) 08:04

Charlie Haden – double bass

John Taylor – piano

Recorded at Roy O Disney Music Hall, California Institute of the Arts, CA 8th and 9th October 2003

Photos by Anna Pozarycka (photographyserved.com)

Rapidshare

| Part 1 | Part 2 |
Hotfile

| Part 1 | Part 2 |

Richard Davis - Now's The Time 1972

mp3 320kbps + full scans

Richard Davis - bass

Clifford Jordan - tenor saxophone
Marvin "Hannibal" Peterson - trumpet
Joe Bonner - piano

Freddie Waits - drums


01. Epistrophy (Thelonious Monk, Kenny Clarke) - 22:56
02. Now's The Time (Charlie Parker) - 22:31
03. Highest Mountain (Clifford Jordan) - 17:31

Recorded live at Jazz City, NYC, September 7, 1972




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The Improviser's Bass Method

The Improviser's Bass Method - By Chuck Sher

pdf

hotfile.com // rapidshare.com

The East/West Controversy - Hampton Hawes / Paul Chambers

The East/West Controversy

Hampton Hawes (p)
Harper Cosby (b)
Lawrence Marable (d)
"The Haig", Hollywood, CA, September 22, 1951

Buzzy
What Is This Thing Called Love? (These Foolish Things)
Bud's Blues (Hamp's Claws)
Another Hair Do
All The Things You Are
Blue Bird (Hamp's Paws)

Jack Montrose (ts)
Bill Perkins (ts)
Paul Moer (p)
Paul Chambers (b)
Philly Joe Jones (d)
January 22, 1957

Montrose
The Mouse Hop

Jack Montrose (ts)
Bill Perkins (ts, bs)
Paul Moer (p)
Paul Chambers (b)
Philly Joe Jones (d)
January 23, 1957

Jazz City
Sweet Saxophones
Early Morning Smog
Two Visitors
Cute

1975, Xanadu Records, Xanadu 104

:: The East / West Controversy ::

Paul Chambers – Chambers’ Music 1956

The legendary bassist’s first album as a leader. The last three tracks were not on the original LP.

1. Dexterity – 6:49

2. Stablemates – 5:56

3. Easy to Love – 3:54

4. Visitation – 4:57

5. John Paul Jones (Aka Trane’s Blues) – 6:59

6. Eastbound – 4:25


7. Trane’s Strain – 11:05

8, High Step – 8:13

9. Nixon, Dixon and y Ates Blues – 8:28

Paul Chambers – bass

John Coltrane – tenor sax

Kenny Drew – piano

Philly Joe Jones – drums

Last 3 tracks include:
Pepper Adams – baritone sax

Roland Alexander – piano

Curtis Fuller – trombone

320

:: Chambers’ Music ::

Thanks to Jazzever who’s blog seems to not be accessible anymore and Buns O'Plenty

Miroslav Vitous - Universal Syncopations 2003

Miroslav Vitous - Universal Syncopations 2003




Miroslav Vitous - double-bass

Jack DeJohnette - drums

Jan Garbarek - soprano & tenor saxophones

Chick Corea - piano

John McLaughlin - guitar
Wayne Bergeron - trumpet on #2-4

Valerie Ponomarev - trumpet & flugelhorn on #2-4

Isaac Smith - trombone on #2-4


Tracks:

1. Bamboo Forest
 4:38
2. Univoyage
 10:54
3. Tramp Blues
 5:19
4. Faith Run
 4:58
5. Sun Flower
 7:21
6. Miro Bop
 4:03
7. Beethoven
 7:19
8. Medium
 5:10
9. Brazil Waves 4:26

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Arild Andersen - Sagn 1990

Time 67:21 | MP3 320k | Size 163 Mb l 1991 | Front cover

Arild Andersen: bass
Kirsten Bråten: Berg vocals
Bendik Hofseth: tenor and soprano saxophones
Frode Alnæs: guitar
Bugge Wesseltoft: keyboards
Nana Vasconcelos: percussion, vocals

Tracks:
1. Sagn
2. Gardsjenta
3. Eisemo
4. Toll
5. Draum
6. Laurdagskveld
7. Tjovane
8. Sorgmild
9. Svarm
10.Gamlestev
11.Reven
12.Nystev
13.Lussi
14.Rysen
15.Belare
16.Sagn

Music composed and arranged by Aril Andersen
Recorded at Rainbow Studio, Oslo, August 1990
ECM 1435

MP3
part 1 - part 2
Flac
part 1 - part 2 - part 3 - part 4

Gary Peacock - December Poems 1978

Gary Peacock - December Poems [1978] 



1. Snow Dance 

2. Winterlude 

3. Northern Tale, A 

4. December Greenwings

5. Flower Crystals 

6. Celebrations



Gary Peacock double-bass

Jan Garbarek tenor and soprano saxophones



Recorded at Talent Studios, Oslo, Norway in December 1977.

ECM 1119


@320
:: December Poems ::

Niels-Henning Orsted Pedersen & Sam Jones - Double Bass 1976

01. Falling In Love With Love (Richard Rodgers)

02. A Notion (Albert Heath)

03. Giant Steps (John Coltrane)

04. I Fall In Love Too Easily (Cahn-Styne)

05. Miss Morgan (Sam Jones)

06. Au Privave (Charlie Parker)

07. Yesterdays (Jerome Kern)

08. Little Train (Villa-Lobos)

09. A Notion - take 1 (Albert Heath)

10. Miss Morgan - take 2 (Sam Jones)



NIELS HENNING ORSTED PEDERSEN - bass

SAM JONES - bass

PHILIP CATHERINE - guitar

BILLY HIGGINS - drums

ALBERT "TOOTIE" HEATH - percussion (2, 8, 9)



Recorded February 15 & 16, 1976


SteepleChase SCCD 31055

MP3
Flac
part 1 - part 2 - part 3

Barre Phillips - Aquarian Rain 1991

Barre Phillips: double-bass
Alain Joule: percussion

Tracks
1. Bridging
2. The Flow
3. Ripples Edge
4. Inbetween I and e
5. Ebb
6. Promenade de Memoire
7. Eddies
8. Early Tide
9. Water Shed
10.Aquarian Rain

ECM

MP3 320k | Size 131 Mb | Covers
Part 1 - Part 2

Leroy Vinnegar Sextet - Leroy Walks!

Leroy Vinnegar Sextet "Leroy Walks"
Contemporary Records S7003
Stereo

Personnel:
Leroy Vinnegar – bass
Victor Feldman – vibraharp
Gerald Wilson – trumpet
Teddy Edwards – tenor saxophone
Carl Perkins – piano
Tony Bazley - drums

Tracks:
1. Walk On
2. Would You Like To Take A Walk
3. On The Sunny Side Of The Street
4. Walkin'
5. Walkin' My Baby Back Home
6. I'll Walk Alone
7. Walkin' By The River

:: Leroy Walks ::

2008 Esperanza

MP3 320 | 120 MB | 1:14:50

Tracks:
01. Ponta De Areia 5:39
02. I Know You Know 3:46
03. Fall In 3:57
04. I Adore You 7:27
05. Cuerpo Y Alma (Body & Soul) 8:01
06. She Got To You 4:29
07. Precious 4:24
08. Mela 6:57
09. Love In Time 5:47
10. Espera 4:40
11. If That's True 7:33
12. Samba Em Preludio 5:11

part1 : part2

Slam Stewart & Major Holley - Two Big Mice 1977

Two double-bass monsters with the best musicians of their generation

Major Holley & Slam Stewart - Bass, Arranger, Composer, Leader, Vocals
Oliver Jackson - Drums
Hank Jones, Gerry Wiggins - Piano
George Duvivier - Bass

Recording DateFeb 19, 1977,Jul 14, 1977

Flac

:: Two Big Mice ::

Keith Jarrett and Charlie Haden – Jasmine (2010)

Keith Jarrett and Charlie Haden - Jasmine - 2010

ECM Records | FLAC | 220 MB | MP3 320 kbps | 151.12 MB

Tracks:

01 – For All We Know 09:46

02 – Where Can I Go Without You 09:20

03 – No Moon At All 04:40

04 – One Day I’ll Fly Away 04:15

05 – I’m Gonna Laugh You Right Out Of My Life 12:09

06 – Body And Soul 11:09

07 – Goodbye 08:01

08 – Don’t Ever Leave Me 03:11

Total Time: 62:56

Keith Jarrett – piano

Charlie Haden - double-bass

Recorded at Keith Jarrett’s home studio in New Jersey in March 2007.

MP3 320
Part 1 | Part 2

FLAC
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Cold Blues (1985)

Michel Petrucciani & Ron McClure - Cold Blues (1985)

Michel Petrucciani (Steinway Piano)

Ron McClure (Bass)


1 - Beautifull but Why - 8:33 (M.Petrucciani)

2 - Autumn Leaves - 5:40 (J.Kosma-J.Prevert)

3 - Something Like This - 6:15 (R. McClure)
4 - There will Never be Another You - 6:52 (H.M.Woods)
5 - I Just say Hello - 8:42 (M.Petrucciani)
6 - Cold Blues - 6:35 (M.Petrucciani)

:: Cold Blues :: part1 .:. part2




Esther Cidoncha, Jazz Photographer

Esther Cidoncha, Jazz Photographer