Chris Beckers: Nightcruising (2003)

A selection of music by guitarist, composer and producer Chris Beckers from 1981 - 2003. 'Nightcruising' contains 15 remastered tracks.
Personnel: Chris Beckers (guitars), Ernie Watts (saxophones), Billy Cobham (drums), Abraham Laboriel (bass), Peter Erskine (drums), Jimmy Haslip (bass), Alex Acuna (drums), Paulinho da Costa (percussion), Dick Morrissey (tenor saxophone), Gerry Brown (drums), Jasper van't Hof (keyboards), Michiel Borstlap (piano), Saskia Laroo (trumpet), Luluk Purwanto (violin), Herman Wolters (keyboards), Marcel Schimscheimer (bass), Marcel Serierse (drums), Liber Toriente (percussion), Jeroen Vierdag (bass), Will Maas (organ), Manuel Hugas (bass), Deff Cramer (keyboards), Cees van der Laarse (bass), Eddie Conard (percussion), Wim Dijkgraaf (bass), Johan Vermuyen (saxophones), Nippy Noya (percussion), Jurre Haanstra (orchestral arrangements)

Tracklist:
01. Splash
02. New Song
03. Seven Star Motel
04. Gentle Grand
05. Whales
06. Super Red
07. Shooting Colours
08. Chat
09. The Grass is Greener
10. Roadmovie
11. Brazilian Air
12. Windstrider
13. Cruising
14. Native Blend
15. Skyline Filters
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MSM Schmidt: Arrivals (2003)

"If you don't like it, then tell us what you'd like to have changed" (an annoying remark of one of my fellow musicians sometime during the 80s).

At that time, I played drums in a band and had no clue of compositions. I was a frustrated, self-taught drummer, never had any lessons, simply playing along in two bands without knowing, how to influence the music I was supposed to be playing.

Helge Mruck was playing keyboards in one of these bands, and sure enough it was Helge, with whom I went about buying my first keyboard, the Roland D50 and who taught me the first steps. With his help, I started to learn an instrument that enabled me to express my musical ideas. During the long years of our friendship, we created an innumerable numbers of songs ... The numbers of keyboards grew, computers and samples were added. Together (with the help of the legendary Atari ST) we composed many songs and founded our own band: Walkin' on Ice. With this band, we also recorded a CD: "Finally". Our music at that time was already very fusion-oriented . I still played drums in our band, but slowly but surely composing became my passion. When Helge moved to England, the band fell apart.

Composing, free from commercial purposes and constraints, is my hobby since. But I always felt that the songs I composed were too fast and too furious for anybody to listen to, not to mention musicians playing them. However, when playing them to friends, their reactions were surprisingly positive. (Which shows: My friends are all very polite.) - - MSM Schmidt.

Tracklist:
01. Orca   
02. Dunes   
03. Afrique   
04. White Light   
05. Lullaby   
06. One 4 Ron   
07. Zebra   
08. Serious   
09. New Hope   
10. Distorted Dreams   
11. Bouquet   
12. MC   
13. Dunes Reprise
Personnel:
Vinnie Colaiuta - Drums
Brandon Fields - Alto & Soprano Sax
Mitchel Forman - Piano & Rhodes
Wolfgang Haffner - Drums
Scott Kinsey - Synths & Piano
Abe Laboriel - Bass
Will Lee - Bass
Steve Tavaglione - Tenor & Soprano Sax & Flute
Ingo Bittkau - Piano
Lutz Büchner - Tenor Sax
Uli Gadau - Acoustic Bass
Holger Larisch - Guitar
Helge Mruck - Strings
Timm Pyttlik - Trumpet
Bernd Schlott - Clarinet
Kai Thomsen - Synths & Piano
MSM Schmidt - Synths, Programming, Drums
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Joe Farrell: Night Dancing (1978)

After his association with CTI ended, Joe Farrell made two weak and rather commercial sets for Warner Bros., of which this LP is the second. Although Farrell gets in a few good spots on tenor, soprano and flute, the strictly for-the-money arrangements of Trevor Lawrence and the excess of musicians sinks this effort. The version of Stevie Wonder's "Another Star" is dominated by dull "background" vocalists; most songs have instantly dated funk played by the rhythm section, and the talents of keyboardists Herbie Hancock and Victor Feldman are wasted. Only a three-and-a-half-minute unaccompanied tenor solo on "Come Rain or Come Shine" by Farrell still sounds good 20 years later.

Tracklist:
A1 Katherine - Written-By – Jeff Lorber 6:36
A2 Silver Lace - Written-By – Joe Farrell 8:15
A3 How Deep Is Your Love - Written-By – Robin Gibb, Barry Gibb & Maurice Gibb 4:19
A4 Come Rain Or Come Shine - Written-By – Harold Arlen & Johnny Mercer 3:24
B1 Another Star - Written-By – Stevie Wonder 5:30
B2 Casa De Los Sospensos - Written-By – Joe Farrell 7:30
B3 Night Dancing - Written-By – Trevor Lawrence 5:49
B4 You're In My Heart (The Final Acclaim) - Written-By – Rod Stewart 3:13
Personnel:
Joe Farrell – Soprano and tenor saxophone, flute
Herbie Hancock – Piano, electric piano
Victor Feldman – Piano, electric piano
Michael Boddicker – Synthesizer, Clavinet
Lee Ritenour – Guitar
Jay Graydon – Guitar
Richard Greene & Beryl Marriott – Violin, viola
Robert W. Daugherty – Bass
Abraham Laboriel – Bass
Mike Porcaro – Bass
Chuck Rainey – Bass
John Guerin – Drums
Jeff Porcaro – Drums
Harvey Mason, Sr. – Drums
Airto Moreira – Percussion, cuica
Paulinho Da Costa – Conga
Joe Romano – Tenor saxophone
Oscar Brashear – Trumpet
Garnett Brown – Trombone
Quitman Dennis – Baritone saxophone
Chuck Findley – Trumpet
Lew McCreary – Bass trombone
Flora Purim – Vocals
Andrea Robinson – Vocals
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[UPGRADE] - Akira Jimbo: Jimbo de Cover (2012)

For me this is a strange mix of movie soundtracks, musicals, Ravel's Bolero, etc. I'm not sure that the record has become something very good, but it is interesting and curious, especially in the acoustic cuts. Akira's technique is amazing, Abe and Otmaro are also on their heights. Enjoy!

Tracklist:
1. HE`S A PIRATE
2. MISSION IMPOSSIBLE
3. GYMNOPEDIE NO.1
4. LIBERTANGO
5. BOLERO
6. JAMES BOND THEME
7. CONCIERTO DE ARANJUEZ
8. PHANTOM OF THE OPERA
9. UEWO MUITE ARUKOU
Personnel:
Akira Jimbo - drums
Abraham Laboriel - bass
Otmaro Ruiz - piano, keyboards
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[UPGRADE] - Akira Jimbo: Smile Smile (2011)

New album release from Akira Jimbo including a track "It's My Time" and more. Band includes guitarists Allen Hinds and Carl Verheyen.

Tracklist:
1. SMILE SMILE
2. SOUTH OF THE BORDER
3. CHEER UP!
4. TOKYO COOL
5. MUSE
6. SHADE OF THE SUMMER
7. TOMODACHI
8. IT`S MY TIME
9. SAKE OF LOVE

Personnel: Akira Jimbo (drums) , Abraham Laboriel (bass) , Otmaro Ruiz (piano) , Allen Hinds (guitars) , Carl Verheyen (guitars)

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[EXCLUSIVE] - Akira Jimbo: Jimbo De Cover (2012)

For me this is a strange mix of movie soundtracks, musicals, Ravel's Bolero, etc. I'm not sure that the record has become something very good, but it is interesting and curious, especially in the acoustic cuts. Akira's technique is amazing, Abe and Otmaro are also on their heights. Enjoy!

Tracklist:1. HE`S A PIRATE
2. MISSION IMPOSSIBLE
3. GYMNOPEDIE NO.1
4. LIBERTANGO
5. BOLERO
6. JAMES BOND THEME
7. CONCIERTO DE ARANJUEZ
8. PHANTOM OF THE OPERA
9. UEWO MUITE ARUKOU
Personnel:
Akira Jimbo - drums
Abraham Laboriel - bass
Otmaro Ruiz - piano, keyboards
P.S. If you want to post it on your blog/s please use my links. Thank you!
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EXCLUSIVE - Akira Jimbo: Smile Smile (2011)

New album release from Akira Jimbo including a track "It's My Time" and more. Band includes guitarists Allen Hinds and Carl Verheyen.

Tracklist:
1. SMILE SMILE
2. SOUTH OF THE BORDER
3. CHEER UP!
4. TOKYO COOL
5. MUSE
6. SHADE OF THE SUMMER
7. TOMODACHI
8. IT`S MY TIME
9. SAKE OF LOVE

Personnel: Akira Jimbo (drums) , Abraham Laboriel (bass) , Otmaro Ruiz (piano) , Allen Hinds (guitars) , Carl Verheyen (guitars)

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Harvey Mason: Stone Mason (1982)

Rare album of the fantastic drummer Harvey Mason who played with the best jazz funk musicians during the 70s. This album was only issued in Japan and was produced by Lee Ritenour and Harvey Mason. This LP includes a killer modern soul tune "What goes around" and a good remake of Donny Hathaway's song "Someday We'll All Be Free".

Tracklist:
A1 It All Comes From You
A2 Appassionata
A3 Autumn Flow
A4 Grusin's Groove
B1 What Goes Around
B2 Love Letters
B3 Hot Summer Nights
B4 Someday We'll All Be Free
Personnel:
Backing Vocals – Arnell* (tracks: B1), Deon Estus (tracks: B2), G. Kronstadt (tracks: B2), Harvey Mason (tracks: B1, B2), J.D.* (tracks: B1), King Floyd (tracks: B2), Pages (3) (tracks: B3), Ray Parker* (tracks: B1)
Bass – Abe Laboriel* (tracks: B4), Anthony Jackson (tracks: A3, A4), Gary King (tracks: A1, A2), Scott Edwards (2) (tracks: B1), Welton Gite (tracks: B2)
Drums – Harvey Mason
Engineer – Don Murray, Humberto Gatica, Joe Jergenson*, Keith Seppanen, Peter Chaiken
Flugelhorn – Kenny Mason (tracks: A3)
Guitar – Cash McCall (tracks: B2), John Tropea (tracks: A2), Lee Ritenour (tracks: B3, B4), Ray Parker* (tracks: B1), Steve Kahn (tracks: A1 to A4)
Lead Vocals – Karen Floyd (tracks: B2), Kelly McNulty (tracks: B1), Lisa Nemzo (tracks: B3)
Lyricon – Rod Zantey (tracks: A1, A2)
Marimba, Bells [Orchestra] – Harvey Mason (tracks: A1)
Percussion – Harvey Mason (tracks: A1, A3, A4), Jack Ashford (tracks: B1)
Piano – Bob James (tracks: A1, A2)
Piano [Accord] – Bernard Wright (tracks: A3, A4), David Paich (tracks: B3), Teuneson Stevens (tracks: B2)
Piano [Fender] – Bob James (tracks: A1)
Piano [Rhodes] – Dave Grusin (tracks: A3, A4), David Foster (tracks: B4), Sylvester Rivers (tracks: B1), Teuneson Stevens (tracks: B2)
Producer – Harvey Mason, Lee Ritenour (tracks: B3)
Recorder – Phil Ayling (tracks: B4)
Saxophone [Alto] – Dave Boruff* (tracks: B2)
Saxophone [Tenor] – Tom Scott (tracks: A2)
Synthesizer – Bob James (tracks: A2), Dave Grusin (tracks: A4), Harvey Mason (tracks: B1, B2), Ian Underwood (tracks: A1), Jeremy Lubbock (tracks:
A1, B4), Jerry Peters (tracks: B1, B2), Steve Pocaro* (tracks: B3)
Synthesizer [Keyboard Bass] – David Paich (tracks: B3)
Vibraphone – Harvey Mason (tracks: A3, A4)
Vocals – Harvey Mason (tracks: A1), Stephanie Spruill (tracks: B4)
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Larry Carlton & Guests: The Jazz King (2007)

The Jazz King record is the result of a composition Carlton wrote for H. M. King Bhumibol Adulyadej of Thailand. The Jazz King project was initiated to celebrate the 60th anniversary of King Bhumibol's accession to the throne as well as his 80th birthday in 2007. Carlton was commissioned to write this composition by the Royal Project Foundation and Rotary Club of Bangkok. These compositions were released on CD only in Thailand.

Tracklist:
01. Blue Day 4:25
02. Candlelight Blues 4:20
03. H.M. Blues 5:54
04. Love At Sundown 3:54
05. Lullaby 4:31
06. Magic Beams 5:45
07. When 5:45
08. Never Mind The Hungry Men's Blues 3:54
09. Love Light In My Heart 7:22
10. Lullaby (Instrumental Version) 4:32
bonus track
11. Celebration 4:00
All Compositions by H.M. The King Bhumibol Adulyadej except track 11 by Larry Carlton
Personnel:
Larry Carlton - guitars
Abraham Laboriel - bass
Earl Klugh - guitar
Tom Scott - sax
Nathan East - bass
Abraham Laboriel, Jr. - drums
Greg Mathieson - keyboards
Michele Pillar - vocals
Jeff Babko - keyboards
The Sapphire Blue Horn Section
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David Garfield & The Cats: Do Pop Classiccs (2011)

David Garfield's mission statement is I make music. And make music he does, as a world-renowned keyboard artist, producer, and composer. Be it jazz, rock, funk, or world beat he is the creative force behind the production of many internationally acclaimed recordings.

David started his career with jazz greats such as Willie Bobo, Freddie Hubbard, and Tom Scott in the 70's. After being on the L.A. scene for several years, he moved into the vast studio world during its heyday and earned a reputation for fine craftsmanship and versatility. This work eventually led to composing opportunities for television, film, and commercials (NBC / Disney / Nippon Television / RTL Germany).

During the 80's, Garfield arranged and produced many top Japanese artists and went on to produce his own projects for release in Japan. For the past 20 years, he has enjoyed continued popularity and success in that part of the world.

Tracklist:

1. David Garfield, Alex Lingertwood - Let's Stay Together (Unreleased Version) (5:50)
2. David Garfield, Alex Lingertwood, Joseph Williams - Lowdown (6:38)
3. David Garfield And The Cats - Strawberry Fields (5:06)
4. David Garfield And The Cats - Layla (5:31)
5. David Garfield - For the Love of You (6:30)
6. David Garfield, Bernard Purdie - Babylon Sisters (6:15)
7. David Garfield - Josie (5:38)
8. David Garfield, Will Lee, Michael Landau, Simon Phillips - If Six Was Nine (7:01)
9. David Garfield, Boz Scaggs - It Takes a Lot to Laugh, It Takes a Train to Cry (6:22)
10. David Garfield - Too Shy to Say (4:59)
11. David Garfield and Friends - Englishman in New York (7:04)
12. Abe Labonel, David Garfield, JR., Mischel Paulo - Lowdown (Alternate Mix) (6:33)
13. Michael McDonald, David Garfield - Let's Stay Together (5:59)
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