Jack's Tune/Milestones

On these recent studio tracks in the modern jazz idiom, I'm joined by some of my other playing partners. My pal Leco Reis (from Brooklyn Brazil Bop) is heard on acoustic bass. Rob Blumenthal (my former boss at Boy's Harbor Conservatory many years ago!) is on drums. On alto (seems I'm always together with alto saxophonists these years) is one of my newest friends and partners - Benjamin (Jacob) Drazen. We played a few jobs together and decided to document our activities.

"Jack's Tune" by Jackie McLean	AAC (7.4MB)	| MP3 (6.0MB)
"Milestones" (old version) by Miles Davis	AAC (5.4MB)	| MP3 (4.4MB)

Samples of other Brazilian recordings

Brazilian music has so much variety of feel and color. The studio recordings below offer a brief chronology of my experience with Brazilian repertoire. I've got a disorganized archive of live show recordings that would show the exploration of the music of Jacob, Pixinguinha, Toninho Horta, Hermeto Pascoal, Canoto, etc. Over the years these DATs and tapes serve to prod my memory of how much great Brazilian music I've tried to learn and play in shows. I'll have to go to the studio multiple times to record the cream of this repertoire developed over a 12-year span.

Surra

From my Brazilian basement tapes the earliest is Hermeto Pascoal's composition "Surra," which I harmonized and arranged. This features my good friends Sue Terry on flute and Todd Isler on drums.

One Note Samba

This classic Jobim tune was done with Arthur Elyachar, my partner in the late '90s. We used his Tascam. I've always enjoyed listening to it over the years.

Voo da Mosca

Next we have an early attempt to record my "cross string" arrangement of a famous valsa choro. This is "Voo da Mosca" by Jacob do Bandolim, with Robert DiPietro on drums and Patrice Blanchard on electric bass.

Loro/Samba Novo/Duda No Frevo

"Loro" by Egberto Gismonti (here played as a baião), "Samba Novo" by Durval Fereira and "Duda No Frevo" by Sino were part of a recording with my group "Afinidades" adding Rob Curto on accordion to Patrice and Robert.

"Loro"	AAC (3.7MB)	| MP3 (4.8MB)
"Samba Novo"	AAC (3.4MB)	| MP3 (4.6MB)
"Duda No Frevo"	AAC (3.8MB)	| MP3 (4.9MB)

Vera Cruz/His and Her 7th Major Minor Crisis

"Vera Cruz" by Milton Nascimento and my tune "His and Her 7th Major Minor Crisis" are a part of a recording with Leco Reis on bass, Sue Terry on alto sax and flute with Robert DiPietro on percussion.

"Vera Cruz"	AAC (7.0MB)	| MP3 (9.2MB)
"His and Her 7th Major Minor Crisis"	AAC (4.3MB)	| MP3 (5.6MB)