The Golden Flute is an album by American jazz multi-instrumentalist Yusef Lateef, recorded in 1966 for the Impulse! label.
The AllMusic review by Scott Yanow stated: "Lateef has long been a true original, and he revitalizes the standards while always swinging and being a bit unpredictable. Well worth searching for" - Wikipedia
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_AFWNr8xjbg&list=OLAK5uy_kGkXu-q6Y-SMvCQcndUS8eKYAQHW0S9hE
Lateef at Cranbrook (also reissued as Yusef Lateef) is a live album by multi-instrumentalist Yusef Lateef recorded in 1958 at the Cranbrook Academy of Art and released on the Argo label.
A rare treasure from Yusef Lateef -- one of his hardest to find albums, recorded right around the same time as his magical work for Savoy! The record has Lateef playing in his local Detroit area -- working with Terry Pollard on piano, William Austin on bass, and Frank Gant on a host of percussion instruments. The tracks have that open, percussive, and exotic feel that we love the most in Lateef -- soul jazz taken to a very righteous territory, and one of the first powerful flowerings of the Detroit underground. Includes a really long version of "Morning", plus "Let Every Soul Say Amen", "Brazil", and "Woody N You" - Dusty Groove
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QpIEqSK_0YU
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Flutes Libres by Jean Cohen-Solal, released in 1972 on Daphny as part of their Musiques Et Instruments Insolites series.
"Jean Cohen-Solal studied flute from all angles, and became one of the great French virtuosi, along with Michel Edelin who at the time was with Triode. This was a period (1972) when flutists were very popular with the public, most of whom had been influenced by Roland Kirk, including Ian Anderson in Jethro Tull. Whereas Jean Cohen-Solal tells a different story, richer and centred on the instrument itself, using the magic (yes, that again) of overdubs.
Perhaps Paul Horn rather than Roland Kirk could be an influence, but stripped of a classical background which was too audible and a tendency for easy listening. In fact, in terms of comparison, "open music" by Bob Downes would be the closest to the electroacoustic experiments of Jean Cohen-Solal..."
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DwuWezRmBN4&list=RDDwuWezRmBN4&start_radio=1
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Ballet-Symphony No 5, Symphony No. 6 - The Music Of Gunter Hampel by Gunter Hampel, released in 1971 on Birth Records in 1971.
Gunter Hampel (born 31 August 1937)[1] is a German jazz vibraphonist, clarinettist, saxophonist, flautist, pianist, and composer. He became dedicated to free jazz in the 1960s, developing a record label (Birth Records) and working with Jeanne Lee, John McLaughlin, Muruga Booker, Laurie Allan, Udo Lindenberg, Pierre Courbois, Archie Shepp, Marion Brown, Steve McCall and Perry Robinson. In 1972, he formed the Galaxie Dream Band. - Wikipedia
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q_zR4_qT16o&list=RDq_zR4_qT16o&start_radio=1
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It's Not Up to Us is the debut album by saxophonist/flautist Byard Lancaster released in 1968 on the Vortex label, an Atlantic subsidiary.
Pitchfork's Andy Beta stated "What strikes me first is the overall melodic sensibility of each of the players. Lancaster, on alto sax and flute, would go on to play with outsider luminaries like Sun Ra, Bill Dixon, and Fred Hopkins. Sharrock's violently strummed strings on Black Woman and Monkey-Pockie-Boo led to the vortices of Sonic Youth, Fugazi, and pretty much all future physical guitarists. Eric Gravatt would soon join an early version of Weather Report, yet everyone defers their skronkier, unrestrained abilities to the overall structure of each tune. This gives the Anglo folk base of some of Lancaster's compositions plenty room to be heard and hummed" - Wikipedia
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sJk4RUQVBYQ
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The Intimate Miss Christy is a 1963 album by June Christy.
Review by Nick Dedina
On June Christy's excellent run of albums for Capitol Records the vocalist was most often backed by Pete Rugolo's complex orchestral charts or by small, freewheeling jazz groups led by her husband, Bob Cooper. So The Intimate Miss Christy is a special treat for her fans as it finds the cool blonde singer backed only by Al Viola's guitar and Don Bagley's bass (though a flutist sits in on a few tracks). This guitar/bass-only approach was first popularized by Julie London and went on to be utilized by many other singers during this era. The backing not only suits the laid-back, cool jazz approach of June Christy perfectly, but it also means that the singer is never forced to strain too hard, as she sometimes did when working with the experimentally inclined Pete Rugolo...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rmjf374xxUM&list=OLAK5uy_nBUJByWmYxvR8rjELOJsavIZ21qtuCgTk&index=1
#JuneChristy #VocalJazz #Jazz #Music #AlViola #BudShank #JazzFlute
Every now and then, a review pops up I didn't know about. This time from Jazz Journal (UK) on Freshta:
"Lotz's deep-seated belief that the ideas of peace and freedom are too powerful to destroy proves to be a powerful creative spark, and despite the undeniable gravity of the subject matter, Freshta is ultimately an expression of hope, defiance and joy."
🔗 Full review: jazzjournal.co.uk/2024/03/16/mark-lotz-freshta/
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Right Now is an album by American jazz flautist Herbie Mann recorded in 1962 for the Atlantic label
Allmusic awarded the album 3 stars stating "The flutist provided a very wide variety of music during his long stay at Atlantic; this rewarding 1962 LP found him combining bop with various forms of world music". -
[the title track] was popularized by jazz singer Mel Tormé on his album Comin' Home Baby!, and was the B-side of the single featuring the title track.
It was later covered in a variety of pop styles, including recordings by Siouxsie Sioux and her second band the Creatures, who scored a top 15 hit in the UK Singles Chart in 1983 - Wikipedia
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ckq1pN0felo&list=PLBIZiWpxmG6Ztsmq8W5PAI6T-mtU444ND&index=1
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Up In The Air by Harold McNair released on Bahamian Rhythms Ltd.in 1964.
..Recorded in '64, yeah, but it don't sound old. Sounds like it was cooked yesterday in some backroom Nassau studio with rum on the floor and smoke in the air. McNair's flute? Man. He flips through these standards like he owns 'em. "Desafinado" - you heard it a thousand times. But this version? Slower. Slimy. Creeps in like midnight...Like concrete under dirt. Track list is all covers - "Fly Me To The Moon", "Witchcraft", "Stella By Starlight" - all that supper club nonsense. But McNair don't play polite. He twists 'em. Makes 'em dance with a limp. "Speak Low" swings like it's drunk but still trying to impress somebody... - Bandcamp Notes
https://harold-mcnair.bandcamp.com/album/up-in-the-air
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DuvoFjsXqq0&list=RDDuvoFjsXqq0&start_radio=1
Sonic Squid Music is a new label. Our first dive brings re-releases of past works: underwater soundscapes, night music, a Cuban Yoruba trilogy, free improvisations from Istanbul, Pygmy Bop, or interpretations of West African Fula music.
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