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Esbjörn Svensson Trio – Bound for the Beauty of the South

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Esbjörn Svensson Trio – “Bound for the Beauty of the South” from the album “Strange Place For Snow”

Esbjörn Svensson Trio (e.s.t.) formed in 1993 and consisted of Esbjörn Svensson on piano, Dan Berglund on double bass, and Magnus Öström on drums. Esbjörn was awarded Swedish Jazz Musician of the Year in 1995 and 1996 and Songwriter of the Year in 1998. “Winter in Venice” was awarded the Swedish Grammy in 1997.

“Strange Place For Snow” won the following awards – Jahrespreis der Deutschen Schallplattenkritik (from the German Phonoacademy), the German Jazz Award, Choc de l’année (Jazzman, France), the Victoire du Jazz – the French Grammy – as best international act and the Revelation of the Festival award, a special award from Midem. e.s.t. was awarded the Hans Koller prize as European Artist of the Year in December 2004.

Tragically Esbjörn died in a scuba diving accident in Stockholm in 2008 aged 44.

Strange Place For Snow

1) The Message; 2) Serenade For The Renegade; 3) Strange Place For Snow; 4) Behind The Yashmak; 5) Bound For The Beauty Of The South; 6) Years Of Yearning; 7) When God Created The Coffeebreak; 8) Spunky Sprawl; 9) Carcrash

Esbjörn Svensson Trio - Bound for the Beauty of the South

Personnel

Daniel Berglund – Double Bass
Magnus Öström – Percussion, Drums
Esbjörn Svensson – Keyboards, Piano

Revolutionaries – Death In The Arena

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Revolutionaries – “Death In The Arena” from the album “Reggae Anthology – The Channel One Story”

A chance visit to Dynamic Sound studio with John Holt inspired  Joseph “Joe Joe” Hoo-kim to build Channel One Studio. It took 6 months to build and was housed in the Hoo-kim family’s two storey premises at 29 Maxfield Avenue. It opened for business in 1972 as a 4 track studio with the offer of free “try before you buy” sessions.

Between 1974 and 1984 the sound of Channel One dominated reggae and the studio’s house band was The Revolutionaries.

Disc 1

1) I Need A Roof – Mighty Diamonds; 2) Don’t Smoke The Seed – Frankie Jones; 3) Right Time – Mighty Diamonds; 4) Natty Dread Have Him Credential – Don Carlos; 5) Natty Burial – Lone Ranger; 6) Woman Is Like A Shadow – The Meditations; 7) Road Block – Sammy Dread; 8) Burial – The Revolutionaries; 9) Things And Time – The Wailing Souls; 10) Cocaine In My Brain – Dillinger; 11) Far East – Barry Brown; 12) CB 200 – Dillinger; 13) Welding – I Roy; 14) Worries In The Dance – Frankie Paul; 15) Herbman Smuggling – Yellowman; 16) Dances Are Changing – Barrington Levy; 17) Show Me That You Love Me Girl – Sugar Minott; 18) I Know Myself – Ernest Wilson; 19) Truly – Rankin Trevor

Revolutionaries - Death In The Arena

Disc 2

1) Truly – The Jays; 2) Hard To Confess – The Tamlins; 3) Ballistic Affair – Leroy Smart; 4) Satisfaction – John Holt; 5) Ragnampiza – Dillinger; 6) M.P.L.A. – The Revolutionaries; 7) Death In The Arena – The Revolutionaries; 8) Prema Ballerina – Clint Eastwood; 9) Sharing The Night Together – Delroy Wilson; 10) Babylon – Sugar Minott; 11) Smoke Ganja Hard – Little John; 12) Fade Away – Junior Byles; 13) Queen Majesty – The Jays & Ranking Trevor; 14) Without Love – Leroy Smart; 15) Up Park Camp – John Holt; 16) Yaho – The Jays; 17) Roach Killer – Super Chick; 18) M16 – Lone Ranger

Musicians
Sly Dunbar, Style Scott, Horsemouth, Tony “Benbow” Creary, Flabba, Santa, Robbie Shakespeare, Bingy Bunny, Steely, Ansel Collins, Rad Bryan, Sticky Thompson, Tony Chin, Sky Juice, Robbie Lyn, Tarzan, Lloyd Parks, Tony Asher, Touter, Dwight Pinkney, Ossie Hibbert, Fully Fullwood, Ranchie McLean

Engineers
Soljie, Barnabas, Ernest Hoo-kim, Maxie, Scientist, Bunny Tom Tom

Buddy Rich – Channel 1 Suite

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The Buddy Rich Big Band – “Channel 1 Suite” from the album “Mercy, Mercy”

Born Bernard Rich on 30 September 1917 in Manhattan. His father noticed that he could keep a steady beat with spoons at the age of one and by the time he was 18 months old he was playing drums in vaudeville billed as “Traps the Drum Wonder”. He was a bandleader by the time he was 11 years old.

“Mercy, Mercy, Mercy”

1) Mercy, Mercy, Mercy; 2) Preach and Teach; 3) Channel 1 Suite; 4) Big Mama Cass; 5) Goodbye Yesterday; 6) Acid Truth; 7) Alfie; 8) Ode to Billie Joe; 9) Chavala; 10) Mr. Lucky; 11) Chelsea Bridge

Buddy Rich - Mercy, Mercy

Buddy Rich – drums; Walter Namuth – guitar; Gary Walters – double bass, electric bass; Joe Azarello – piano; Charles Owens – alto saxophone; Art Pepper – alto saxophone; Pat LaBarbera – tenor saxophone; Don Menza – tenor saxophone; John Laws – baritone saxophone; Jim Trimble – trombone; Rick Stepton – trombone; Peter Graves – bass trombone; Al Porcino – trumpet; David Culp – trumpet; Kenneth Faulk – trumpet; Bill Prince – trumpet

Weather Report – Black Market

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Weather Report – “Black Market” from the album “Black Market”

Weather Report was a jazz fusion band co-led by keyboard player Joe Zawinul and the saxophonist Wayne Shorter. “Black Market” was recorded in December 1975 and released in April 1976 on Columbia Records and won the album of the year award from Down Beat magazine.

“Black Market”

1) Black Market (J. Zawinul); 2) Cannon Ball (J. Zawinul); 3) Gibraltar (J. Zawinul); 4) Elegant People (W. Shorter); 5) Three Clowns (W. Shorter); 6) Barbary Coast (J. Pastorius); 7) Herandnu (A. Johnson)

Weather Report - Black Market

Wayne Shorter — Soprano and tenor saxophones, Lyricon by Computone
Joe Zawinul — Yamaha Grand Piano, Fender Rhodes Electric Piano, Arp 2600 Synthesizer, Oberheim Polyphonic Synthesizer
Alphonso Johnson – Electric Bass and Charles La Boe Electric Bass, Gertu
Jaco Pastorius – Fender Electric Bass (2,6)
Narada Michael Walden – Drums (1,2)
Chester Thompson – Ludwig Drums (1 & 3-7)
Alex Neciosup Acuña – Percussion, Congas (2-5 & 7)
Don Alias – Percussion (1,6)

ZZ Top – La Grange

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ZZ Top – “La Grange” from the album “Tres Hombres”

ZZ Top were formed in Houston, Texas in 1969 and the original line-up consisted of Billy Gibbons on guitar and lead vocals, Lanier Greig on organ and Dan Mitchell on drums.

Greig was initially replaced by bassist Billy Ethridge and Mitchell was replaced by Frank Beard. Dusty Hill replaced Ethridge when the latter was unwilling to sign a recording contract.

“Tres Hombres”

1) Waitin’ For The Bus; 2) Jesus Just Left Chicago; 3) Beer Drinkers & Hell Raisers; 4) Master of Sparks; 5) Hot, Blue And Righteous; 6) Move Me On Down The Line; 7) Precious And Grace; 8) La Grange; 9) Sheik; 10) Have You Heard?

ZZ Top - Tres Hombres

Billy Gibbons – guitar, vocals
Dusty Hill – bass guitar, backing vocals, co-lead vocals on “Beer Drinkers and Hell Raisers”
Frank Beard – drums, percussion

Prince Jammy – Out Of Order Dub

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Prince Jammy – “Out Of Order Dub” from the album “Trojan Presents Dub”

Born Lloyd James in 1947 in Montego Bay, Jamaica. He started his own sound system after earning money from building amplifiers and repairing electrical equipment.

After working in Canada for a few years he returned to Jamaica and set up his own studio.  He then joined King Tubby’s team when Phillip Smart moved to New York City. By the late 70’s he was releasing his own productions, which included Black Uhuru’s debut album – “Love Crisis”.

His biggest hit came in 1985 with Wayne Smith’s “Under Me Sleng Teng” – a song that’s entirely-digital rhythm revolutionised reggae. He still works as a producer today, but is now known as King Jammy.

“Trojan Presents Dub”

Disc 1

1) Concentration Version 3 – The Crystalites; 2) Stalag 17 – The Techniques All Stars; 3) I’m Alright – Keith Hudson & King Tubby; 4) Butter Fe Fish – Skin Flesh & Bones; 5) One Train Load Of Dub – The Observers; 6) V/S Panta Rock – The Upsetters; 7) Buck Shot Dub – Rupie Edwards All Stars; 8) Tangle Locks – The Groovemaster; 9) Ashanti Ganja Dub – Leslie Butler; 10) Black Out – The Hardy Boys; 11) A Noisy Place – King Tubby & The Aggrovators; 12) Jestering Part 2 – Carl Malcolm & Skin, Flesh & Bones; 13) King Tubby Meets The Rockers Uptown – Augustus Pablo; 14) Seven Heaven Rock – Joe White; 15) Rebel Dance – The Observers & King Tubby; 16) A Ruffer Version – Johnny Clarke, King Tubby & The Aggrovators; 17) Callying Butt – The Upsetters; 18) White Bird Come Down – Thunderball; 19) Uptown Shuffle Dub – The Eccles All Stars; 20) Rockers Dub – Joe Gibbs & The Professionals

Prince Jammy - Out Of Order Dub

Disc 2

1) Sipple Dub – The Upsetters; 2) African Dub – The Silvertones; 3) Channel One Feel It – Leroy Smart & The Aggrovators; 4) Chapter 3 – The Mighty Two; 5) Keep On Moving Dub – The Upsetters; 6) Jamaican Colley – Linval Thompson & The Revolutionaries; 7) The Same Dub – Israel Vibration; 8) Leggo Beast – Gregory Isaacs’ All Stars; 9) Headache – The Revolutionaries; 10) Ball Of Fire – Bim Sherman & The Roots Radics; 11) Out Of Order Dub – Prince Jammy & The Aggrovators; 12) Hully Gully Rock – The Mighty Two; 13) Shine Eye Dub – Barrington Levy & The Roots Radics; 14) Fist Of Fury – Prince Jammy; 15) Thompson Sound Inc. – The Revolutionaries; 16) Time is Cold – Scientist & Roots Radics Band; 17) Blackboard Jungle – Morwell Unlimited; 18) Jammin’ For Survival – Prince Jammy; 19) Foundation Stepper – Prince Far I & The Arabs; 20) Pit Of Snakes – Burning Spear & The Taxi Gang