giovedì 29 dicembre 2011

Jazz Saxophone Classics: John Coltrane - Blue Train


01. Blue Train (10:42)
02. Moment’s Notice (9:09)
03. Locomotion (7:14)
04. I’m Old Fashioned (7:57)
05. Lazy Bird (7:08)
06. Blue Train (alternate take) (9:56)
07. Lazy Bird (alternate take) (7:56)


John Coltrane – tenor saxophone
Lee Morgan – trumpet
Curtis Fuller – trombone
Kenny Drew – piano
Paul Chambers – bass
Philly Joe Jones – drums

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Jazz Saxophone Classics: Sonny Rollins - Sonny Rollins and The Contemporary Leaders


1.  I've Told Ev'ry Little Star (Jerome Kern/Oscar Hammerstein) 5:26
2.  Rock-A-Bye Your Baby With a Dixy Melody (Sam M. Lewis/Jean Schwartz/Joe Young) 4:54
3.  How High the Moon (Nancy Hamilton/Morgan Lewis) 7:44
4.  You (Harold Adamson/Walter Donaldson) 4:15
5.  I've Found a New Baby (Jack Palmer/Spencer Williams) 3:38
6.  I've Found a New Baby (alternate take) 4:24
7.  Alone Together (Howard Dietz/Arthur Schwartz) 6:00
8.  In the Chapel in the Moonlight (Billy Hill) 6:41
9.  The Song Is You (Jerome Kern/Oscar Hammerstein) 5:44
10.  The Song Is You (alternate take) 6:11


Sonny Rollins (Tenor Saxophone)
Hampton Hawes (Piano)
Barney Kessel (Guitar)
Leroy Vinnegar (Double Bass)
Shelly Manne (Drums)
Victor Feldman (Vibraharp)

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Rare Jazz Saxophone Recordings: Joe Farrell & Art Pepper - Darn That Dream



01.Section 8 Blues
02.Darn That Dream
03.Mode For Joe
04.Blue & Boogie
05.You Stepped Out Of A Dream
06.Someday My Prince Will Come
07.On Green Dolphin Street
08.Fun for One and All.


Joe Farrell (soprano saxophone, tenor saxophone)
Art Pepper (alto saxophone)
George Cables (piano)
Tony Dumas (acoustic bass)
John Dentz (drums)

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Jazz Saxophone Classics: Sonny Rollins - Newk's Time


1. Tune Up 5:49
2. Asiatic Raes 6:01
3. Wonderful! Wonderful! 6:05
4. The Surrey With the Fringe on Top 6:35
5. Blues for Philly Joe 6:49
6. Namely You 3:19

Sonny Rollins - Tenor Saxophone
Wynton Kelly - Piano
Doug Watkins - Double Bass
Philly Joe Jones - Drums

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Cool Jazz Saxophone Recordings: Paul Desmond - Dave Brubeck & Paul Desmond 1975 The Duets



01. Alice in Wonderland (4:04)
02. These Foolish Things (5:10)
03. Blue Dove (4:35)
04. Stardust (4:45)
05. Koto Song (5:57)
06. Balcony Rock (2:17)
07. Summer Song (3:19)
08. You Go to My Head (7:32)

Dave Brubeck - piano
Paul Desmond - alto saxophone

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Contemporary Jazz Saxophone: David Sanborn - Another Hand




Sanborn Best "True Jazz" recordings since he was playing Gil Evans Orchestra

alto saxophone - David Sanborn
guitar - Bill Frisell, Marc Ribot, Al Anderson, Dave Tronzo
piano - Terry Adams, Mulgrew Miller
organ - Leon Pendarvis
bass - Charlie Haden, Greg Cohen
bass guitar - Marcus Miller
drums - Joey Baron, Steve Jordan, Jack DeJohnette
percussion - Don Alias
vocals - Syd Straw
horn section - Lenny Pickett (tenor saxophone, clarinet)
Art Baron (trombone).

1. First song (5:23)
2. monica jane (5:30) [Bill Frisell, horn arrangement: Lenny Pickett]
3. come to me, nina (5:28)
4. hobbies (4:59)
5. another Hand (6:45)
6. Jesus (3:35)
7. weird from one step beyond (6:14)
8. CEE (2:26)
9. medley (12:21)
10. dukes & counts (5:32)

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venerdì 16 dicembre 2011

Classical Saxophone: Amy Dickson - Plays Glass Tavener Nyman



She is not just a pretty face. She can play saxophone too!

1-3 Phlip Glass - Violin Concerto
4 Jonh Tavener - The Protecrting Veil (First Movement)
5 Michael Nyman - Where the Bee Dances

Amy Dickson: Soprano saxophone
Royal Philarmonic Orchestra Conducted by Mikel Toms


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Jazz Saxophone Classics: Johnny Griffin John Coltrane & Hank Mobley - Johnny Griffin Vol.2 A Blowing Session







1 Smokestack
2 The Way You Look Tonight
3 Ball Bearing
4 All The Things You Are
5 Smokestack (Alt. TK.)

Johnny Griffin (tenor saxophone)
Hank Mobley (tenor saxophone)
John Coltrane (tenor saxophone)
Lee Morgan (trumpet)
Wynton Kelly (piano)
Art Blakey (drums)

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domenica 11 dicembre 2011

Collector Items: Serge Chaloff - The Complete Serge Chaloff Sessions



All Times Best Baritone Saxophone Player

You don't know what baritone saxophone is if you don't know these amazing recordings!!!

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New Jazz Saxophone Recordings (2011): David Binney & Mark Turner - Barefooted Town



1. Dignity
2. Seven Sixty
3. The Edge of Seasons
4. Barefooted Town
5. Secret Miracle   
6. A Night Every Day   
7. Once, when she was here   

David Binney: alto saxophone, voice
Ambrose Akinmusire: trumpet
Mark Turner: tenor saxophone
David Virelles; piano
Eivind Opsvik: bass
Dan Weiss: drums

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Rare Jazz Saxophone Recordings: Lee Konitz Pony Pointdexter Phil Woods & Leo Wright - Saxophone Summit



1.Native Land
2.Ballad Medley : a) Skylark, b) Blue and Sentimental,
c) Gee Baby Ain't I Good to You, d) Body and Soul
3.Prompt
4.The Perils of Poda
5.Good Booty
6.Lee-o's Blues
7.Lee's Tribute to Bach and Bird

Lee Konitz (as)
Pony Poindexter (as)
Phil Woods (as)
Leo Wright (as)
Steve Kuhn (p)
Palle Danielsson (b)
Jon Christensen (ds)

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Smooth Jazz Saxophone: David Sanborn - Closer



01.Tin Tin Deo
02.Señor Blues
03.Don't Let Me Be Lonely Tonight
04.Smile
05.Enchantment
06.Ballad of the Sad Young Men
07.Another Time, Another Place
08.Capetown Fringe
09.Poinciana
10.You Must Believe in Spring
11.Sofia.

David Sanborn (alto saxophone)
Lizz Wright (vocals)
Russell Malone (guitar)
Bob Sheppard (flute, soprano saxophone, tenor saxophone)
Gil Goldstein (accordion, electric piano)
Larry Goldings (electric piano, organ)
Mike Mainieri (vibraphone)
Christian McBride (bass instrument)
Steve Gadd (drums)
Luis Quintero (percussion)


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Jazz Saxophone Classics: John Coltrane - John Coltrane and Johnny Hartman



01. They Say it's Wonderful (5:21)
02. Dedicated to You (5:32)
03. My One and Only Love (4:55)
04. Lush Life (5:30)
05. You are Too Beautiful (5:37)
06. Autumn Serenade (4:20)

Personnel:
John Coltrane - tenor saxophone
Johnny Hartman - vocals
McCoy Tyner - piano
Jimmy Garrison - bass
Elvin Jones - drums

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Rare Jazz Saxophone Recordings: Eric Dolphy - Chico Hamilton feat. Eric Dolphy (May 19 & 20 1959 Sessions)



Eric Dolphy's Early Recordings

1 Fat Mouth (Vance) 3:01
2 Theme for a Starlet (Keller) 2:46
3 Little Lost Bear (Krevit) 1:48
4 Champs-Elysées (Wiggins) 2:32
5 Pretty Little Theme (Hamilton) 1:51
6 Lost in the Night (Maltby) 3:18
7 Frou Frou (Young) 3:19
8 Cawn Pawn (Smith) 2:31
9 Lullaby for Dreamers (Vance) 2:59
10 Opening (Hamilton) 1:39
11 Lady E (Dolphy) 2:40
12 Truth (Drucker) 3:08

Personnel
Eric Dolphy - As, fl, bs cl
Dennis Budimir - g
Nathan Gershman - cel
Wyatt Ruther or Ralph Peña - b
Chico Hamilton - dr

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Jazz Saxophone Classics: Stan Getz - Anniversary



1. El Cahon
2. I Can’t Get Started
3. Stella By Starlight
4. Stan’s Blues
5. I Thought About You
6. What Is This Thing Called Love
7. Blood Count

Personnel:

Stan Getz, ts
Kenny Barron, p
Rufus Reid, b
Victor Lewis, d

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Jazz Saxophone Classics: Stan Getz - Serenity



1. On Green Dolphin Street
2. Voyage
3. Falling In Love
4. I Remember You
5. I Love You

Personnel:

Stan Getz, tenor saxophone
Kenny Barron, piano
Rufus Reid, bass
Victor Lewis, drums

Jazz Saxophone Classics: Gerry Mulligan - Mulligan Meets Monk



01. 'Round Midnight 8:30
02. Rhythm-a-Ning 5:20
03. Sweet and Lovely 7:18
04. Decidedly (take 4) 5:54
05. Decidedly (take 5) 6:39
06. Straight, No Chaser (take 3) 7:01
07. Straight, No Chaser (take 1) 5:31
08. I Mean You (take 4) 6:54
09. I Mean You (take 2) 6:32

Personnel:
Gerry Mulligan - baritone saxophone
Thelonious Monk - piano
Wilbur Ware - bass
Shadow Wilson - drums

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martedì 6 dicembre 2011

Modern Jazz Saxophone: Sonny Rollins - Road Shows Vol.1



1. Best Wishes (S. Rollins) (9:25)
2. More Than You Know (V. Youmans - B. Rose - E. Eliscu) (8:43)
3. Blossom (S. Rollins) (12:27)
4. Easy Living (L. Robin - R. Rainger) (11:03)
5. Tenor Madness (S. Rollins) (7:50)
6. Nice Lady (S. Rollins) (12:11)
7. Some Enchanted Evening (R. Rodgers - O. Hammerstein II) (9:54)

Clifton Anderson (trombone 1, 2, 5, 6)
Sonny Rollins (tenor saxophone)
Bobby Broom (electric guitar 1, 2, 6)
Mark Soskin (piano 1, 3, 4), Stephen Scott (piano 5)
Jerome Harris (electric bass 1, 3, 4)
Bob Cranshaw (bass 2, 5, 6)
Christian McBride (bass 7)
Al Foster (drums 1, 3, 4)
Victor Lewis (drums 2)
Perry Wilson (drums 5)
Steve Jordan (drums 6)
Roy Haynes (drums 7)
Kimati Dinizulu (percussion 2, 6)
Victor See-Yuen (percussion 5)

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New Jazz Saxophone Recordings (2011): Sonny Rollins - Road Shows Vol.2




1. They Say It's Wonderful (I. Berlin) (14:46)
2. In a Sentimental Mood (D. Ellington) (5:40)
3. Sonnymoon for Two (S. Rollins) (21:49)
4. I Can't Get Started (G. Gershwin) (8:10)
5. Rain Check (B. Strayhorn) (12:57)
6. St. Thomas (S. Rollins) (2:49)

Roy Hargrove (trumpet 4, 5)
Sonny Rollins (tenor saxophone)
Ornette Coleman (alto saxophone 3)
Russell Malone (guitar 1, 3-6), Jim Hall (guitar 2)
Bob Cranshaw (bass 1, 2, 4-6), Christian McBride (bass 3)
Kobie Watkins (drums 1, 2, 4-6), Roy Haynes (drums 3)
Sammy Figueroa (percussion 1, 2, 4-6)

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New Jazz Saxophone Recordings (2011): Max Ionata - Dieci





1 Astobard
2 Coltrane Meet Evans
3 La Talpa
4 Turn Around
5 Who Can I Turn To
6 Lode 4 Joe
7 L'Altalena
8 Attila

Max Ionata - tenor saxophone
Fabrizio Bosso - trumpet
Luca Mannutza - piano
Nicola Muresu - bass
Nicola Angelucci - drums

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New Jazz Saxophone Recordings (2011): Joshua Redman - James Farm



. Coax (Matt Penman)
2. Polliwog (Joshua Redman)
3. Bijou (Aaron Parks)
4. Chronos (Aaron Parks)
5. Star Crossed (Joshua Redman)
6. 1981 (Matt Penman)
7. I-10 (Eric Harland)
8. Unravel (Aaron Parks)
9. If By Air (Joshua Redman)
10. Low Fives (Matt Penman)

Joshua Redman (Tenor Saxophone)
Aaron Parks (Piano)
Matt Penman (Bass)
Eric Harland (Drums)

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New Jazz Saxophone Recordings (2011): Joe Lovano - Bird Songs


1. Passport (5:25)
2. Donna Lee (4:30)
3. Barbados (6:19)
4. Moose The Mooche (6:34)
5. Loverman (9:03)
6. Birdyard (1:47)
7. Ko Ko (6:21)
8. Blues Collage (carvin’ the bird-bird feathers-bloomdido) (1:52)
9. Dexterity (2:49)
10. Dewey Square (8:25)
11. Yardbird Suite (11:58)

Personnel:

Joe Lovano - alto saxophone, tenor saxophone
Esperanza Spalding - bass
Francisco Mela - drums, percussion
James Weidman - piano
Otis Brown III - drums, percussion

Collector Items: Johnny Hodges - The Complete Verve Johnny Hodges Small Group Sessions 1956-1961



Disc 1

01 Hi ‘Ya
02 Snibor
03 I’m Gonna Sit Right Down and Write Myself a Letter
04 Texas Blues
05 A-Oddie-Oobie
06 Meet Mr. Rabbit
07 Duke’s in Bed
08 Just Squeeze Me (But Don’t Tease Me)
09 Ballade for Very Tired and Very Sad Lotus Eaters
10 Confab with Rab
11 It Had to Be You
12 Black and Tan Fantasy
13 Take the “A” Train
14 Viscount
15 Bouquet of Roses
16 Digits

Disc 2

01 Early Morning Rock
02 Blues-A-Plenty
03 Cool Your Motor
04 Gone with the Wind
05 Honey Hill
06 I Didn’t Know About You
07 Satin Doll
08 Reeling and Rocking
09 Don’t Take Your Love from Me
10 Saturday Afternoon Blues
11 Just a Memory
12 Let’s Do It (Let’s Fall in Love)
13 Big Shoe
14 Ruint
15 Bend One
16 You Need to Rock

Disc 3

01 M.H.R.
02 Broadway Babe
03 Three and Six
04 Not So Dukish
05 Central Park Swing
06 Preacher Blues
07 Jeep Bounced Back
08 Last Time I Saw Paris
09 First Klass (C’mon Home)
10 Second Klass
11 Straight Back
12 Steerage
13 Third Klass
14 Meet the Frog
15 Nite Life
16 My Melancholy Baby
17 Lotus Blossom
18 Free for All

Disc 4

01 Br’ Rabbit
02 Starting with You (I’m Through)
03 The Hare
04 The Things You Miss
05 I Told You So
06 Wiggle Awhile
07 Get Ready
08 The Peaches Are Better Down the Road
09 Hygiene
10 Ben’s Web
11 Side Door (Don’t Kid Yourself)
12 Blues’ll Blow Your Fuse
13 I Can’t Believe That You’re in Love with Me
14 Dual Highway

Disc 5

01 Big Ears
02 Shorty Gull
03 Ifida
04 Big Smack
05 I’d Be There
06 Just Another Day
07 Lollalagin Now
08 Medley: Am I Blue/Something to Remember You By
09 Once in a While
10 Do Nothin’ Till You Hear from Me
11 Medley: More Than You Know/Memories of You
12 The Very Thought of You
13 When Your Lover Has Gone
14 Blues Serenade
15 Night and Day
16 Lover, Come Back to Me
17 I Gotta Right to Sing the Blues
18 Two Sleepy People

Disc 6

01 Exactly Like You
02 I’m Beginning to See the Light
03 Val’s Lament
04 Tipsy Joe
05 Waiting on the Champagne
06 Sweet Cookie
07 Frog Hop
08 Zag Zig
09 Dag Knows
10 Twice Daily
11 John Smith
12 Romeo
13 Black Sapphire

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Collector Items: Wayne Shorter - The Complete Vee Jay Wayne Shorter Lee Morgan Sessions



Tracks

Cd1
1   Seeds of Sin [#]  (Shorter)  5:48
2   Seeds of Sin [version]  (Shorter)  5:45
3   Scourin’ [#]  (Shorter) 6:14
4   Scourin’ [version]  (Shorter)  5:55
5   Fat Lady [#]  (Timmons)  5:23
6   Fat Lady [version]  (Timmons)  5:00
7   Peaches and Cream [version]  (Shorter)  6:51
8   That’s Right [version]  (Morgan)  11:35
9   Running Brook [1st version] (Shorter) 6:47
10 Terrible “T” [#]  (Morgan)  6:55
  
Cd2
1   Mogie [#]  (Morgan)  7:32
2   Mogie [#]  (Morgan)  7:29
3   Mogie [#]  (Morgan)  7:41
4   Off Spring [#]  (Jackson)  6:39
5   Off Spring [edit]  (Jackson)  6:18
6   Bess [#]  (Morgan)  6:39
7   Bess (Morgan)  6:29
8   Running Brook [#]  (Shorter)  6:16
9   Running Brook (Shorter)  6:08
10 Terrible “T” [#]  (Morgan)  5:41
11 Terrible “T”  (Morgan)  5:13
  
Cd3
1   I’m a Fool to Want You [#]  (Herron, Sinatra, Wolf)  5:54
2   I’m a Fool to Want You (Herron, Sinatra, Wolf)  5:35
3   I’m a Fool to Want You [#]  (Herron, Sinatra, Wolf)  5:48
4   Expoobident [#]  (Higgins)  5:11
5   Expoobident (Higgins)  5:02
6   Fire [#]  (Shorter)  5:07
7   Fire (Shorter)  4:52
8   Just in Time [#]  (Comden, Green, Styne)  5:46
9   Just in Time (Comden, Green, Styne)  3:33
10 Triple Track [#]  (Morgan)  5:13
11 Triple Track (Morgan)  5:03
12 Easy Living (Rainger, Robin)  5:59
13 The Hearing (Jordan 3:37
14 Lost and Found (Jordan)  3:32


Cd4
1   Blues a la Carte [#]  (Shorter)  5:43
2   Blues a la Carte (Shorter)  5:40
3   Harry’s Last Stand [#]  (Shorter)  5:01
4   Harry’s Last Stand (Shorter)  4:46
5   Down in the Depths [#]  (Shorter)  10:17
6   Down in the Depths (Shorter)  9:40
7   Pug Nose [#]  (Shorter)  8:14
8   Pug Nose (Shorter)  6:54
9   Black Diamond (Shorter)  7:46
10 Black Diamond (Shorter)  6:06
11 Mack the Knife (Blitzstein, Brecht, Weill)  6:23

Cd5
1   The Ruby and the Pearl [#]  (Evans, Livingston)  7:39
2   The Ruby and the Pearl (Evans, Livingston)  5:59
3   Pay as You Go (Shorter)  3:45
4   Second Genesis (Shorter)  4:13
5   Mr. Chairman [#]  (Shorter)  3:16
6   Mr. Chairman (Shorter)  3:17
7   Tenderfoot [#]  (Shorter)  2:50
8   Tenderfoot (Shorter)  3:28
9   The Albatross [#]  (Shorter)  5:14
10 The Albatross (Shorter)  5:26
11 Getting to Know You [alternate take]  (Hammerstein, Rodgers)  4:35
12 Getting to Know You (Hammerstein, Rodgers)  4:20
13 I Didn’t Know What Time It Was Hart, (Rodgers)  5:30

Cd6
1   Black Orpheus [alternate take]  (Bonfa, Jobim)  4:42
2   Black Orpheus (Bonfa, Jobim)  4:38
3   Dead End [alternate take]  (Shorter)  4:41
4   Dead End [alternate take]  (Shorter)  5:12
5   Dead End (Shorter)  4:36
6   All or Nothing at All [alternate take]  (Altman, Lawrence)  3:01
7   All or Nothing at All (Altman, Lawrence)  2:59
8   Calloway Went That-A-Way [alternate take]  (Shorter)  4:00
9   Calloway Went That-A-Way (Shorter)  4:52
10 Wayning Moments [First Alternate Take]  (Higgins)  6:20
11 Wayning Moments (Higgins)  4:22
12 Wayning Moments [Second Alternate Take]  (Higgins)  4:22
13 Moon of Manakoora [alternate take]  (Loesser, Newman)  4:49
14 Moon of Manakoora (Loesser, Newman)  3:45
15 Powder Keg [alternate take]  (Shorter)  3:38
16 Powder Keg (Shorter)  3:14
17 Devil’s Island [alternate take]  (Shorter)  4:00
18 Devil’s Island (Shorter)  3:54

Musicians

Art Davis (Bass); Louis Hayes (Drums); Wynton Kelly (Piano); Lee Morgan (Trumpet); Lee Morgan (Main Performer); Wayne Shorter (Sax (Tenor)); Bobby Timmons (Piano); Cedar Walton (Piano); The Young Lions (Performer); Jimmy Cobb (Drums); Bob Cranshaw (Bass); Jymie Merritt (Bass); Malcolm Addey (Mastering); Malcolm Addey (Tape Transfer); Art Blakey (Drums); Michael Cuscuna (Producer); Freddie Hubbard (Trumpet); Eddie Higgins (Piano); Sid McCoy (Producer); Bill Stoddard (Engineer); Bruce Swedien (Engineer); Marshall Thompson (Drums); Richard Mantel (Design Direction); Charlie Lourie (Executive Producer)

Rec. between April 25, 1960 & November 6, 1961.

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venerdì 2 dicembre 2011

Classical Saxophone: Nobuya Sagawa - Plays Yoshimatsu, Honda, Ibert & Larsson



1-2 Takashi Yoshimatsu - Albireo Mode op.93
3-5 Toshiyuki Honda - Concert Du Vent
6-8 Jacques Ibert - Concertino da Camera
9-11 Lars-Erik Larsson - Concerto For Saxophone and Orchestra op.14


BBB Philarmonic Orchestra
Nobuya Sugawa - Alto Saxophone
Yuri Torchinsky - Concert Maister
Yutaka Sado - Conductor


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Contemporary Jazz Saxophone: David Sanchez - Cultural Survival





1. Coast to Coast  10:34
2. Manto Azul   6:09
3. Adoración  9:43
4. Monk's Mood  6:12
5. Ay Bendito  9:37
6. Cultural Survival  8:19
7. The Forgotten Ones  4:47
8. La Leyenda del Cańaveral  20:31


David Sanchez tenor saxophone, percussion
Lage Lund guitar
Hans Glawischnig bass
Ben Street bass
Henry Cole drums
Adad Cruz drums
Pernell Saturnino percussions

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