Bernt Rosengren Big Band - 1977 - First Moves

Bernt Rosengren Big Band

1977

First Moves

01. Manhattan Reflections

02. You've Changed

03. My Song Is Blue

04. Felicidade

05. First Moves

06. Det Finns (So Many Things)

07. Beat Me Again

08. Meaning Of The Blues

09. Give Me Peace

Gunnar Bergsten, baritone saxophone

Torbjörn Hultcrantz, bass

Lars Bagge, bassoon, horn

Lennart Jansson, clarinet, bass clarinet, soprano, alto and baritone saxophone

Johnny Martinez, congas

René Martinez, congas

Sabu Martinez, congas

Lars Färnlöf, cornet, flugelhorn

Leif Wennerström, drums

Bernt Rosengren, flute, alto and tenor saxophone

Tommy Koverhult, English horn, soprano and tenor saxophone

Okay Temiz, percussion

Claes-Göran Fagerstedt, piano

Bobo Stenson, piano, electric piano

Anders Lindskog, tenor saxophone

Jan Jansson, trombone

Janus Miezek, trombone

Lars Olofsson, trombone

Lennart Löfgren, trombone

Sven Larsson, bass trombone

Björn Borg, trumpet

Bertil Lövgren, trumpet, flugelhorn

Maffy Falay, trumpet, flugelhorn

Nannie Porres, vocals

Bennie Svensson, vocals

Recorded April 12-15, 1977, at EMI Studios, Stockholm, Sweden.

Rosengren first played professionally at age 19, as a member of the Jazz Club 57, and two years later in 1959, he played in the Newport Jazz Band. Roman Polanski's film score composer Krzysztof Komeda used Rosengren in the performance of his jazz score for Polanski's film Knife in the Water (1962). Rosengren recorded a string of highly regarded albums in the 1960s and 1970s, including Stockholm Dues (1965), Improvisations (1969), and Notes from Underground (1974).

Rosengren played in a sextet led by George Russell in the 1960s in Europe. Later in the decade, he moved from hard bop into post-bop experimentation, playing with Don Cherry; in the 1970s, as a member of Sevda led by trumpeter Muvaffak "Maffy" Falay, he began working with elements of Turkish and Middle Eastern music. He also formed his own big band in the 1970s.

In the 1980s, Rosengren worked frequently with American jazz musicians such as Doug Raney, George Russell, Don Cherry and Horace Parlan. He recorded an album of songs from Porgy & Bess in 1996.

Chris Mosey, a jazz critic from All About Jazz, said in his review of Rosengren's album I'm Flying (2009): "All in all, I'm Flying is a worthy Golden Record." Jack Bowers, also writing for All About Jazz, wrote in his review of the same album: "Rosengren, for his part, is a model of elegance and consistency, inspiring his companions without stealing their thunder. Together they comprise a tight-knit and consistently engaging foursome. Besides blowing superbly, Rosengren wrote seven of the album's twelve selections. – Rosengren rides their talents like an Indy car driver, and the result is an exemplary team effort that is as stylish as it is rewarding

Tony Scott - 1973 - Manteca

Tony Scott

1973

Manteca

01. Manteca 9:45

02. 'Round Midnight 6:00

03. Lemon Drop 2:40

04. Billie's Bounce 7:20

05. Lover Man 5:00

06. One For Topsy 6:55

Tony Scott, clarinet, baryton, vocal

Kjell Öhman, organ

Rune Öfwerman, piano

Sture Nordin, bass

Ed Thigpen, drums

Okay Temiz, percussion

Sabu Martinez, congas

Jan Schaffer, electric guitar

Tony Scott (born Anthony Joseph Sciacca June 17, 1921 - March 28, 2007) was an American jazz clarinetist and arranger known for an interest in folk music around the world. For most of his career he was held in some esteem in New Age music circles because of his decades-long involvement in music linked to Asian cultures and to meditation.

Born in Morristown, New Jersey, Scott attended Juilliard School from 1940 to 1942. In the 1950s he worked with Sarah Vaughan and Billie Holiday. He also had a young Bill Evans as a side-man. In the late 1950s he won on four occasions the Down Beat critics poll for clarinetist in 1955, 1957, 1958 and 1959 He was known for a more "cool" style than Buddy DeFranco.

Despite this he remained relatively little-known as the clarinet had been in eclipse in jazz since the emergence of bebop. In 1959 he left New York City, where he had been based, and abandoned the United States for a time. In the 1960s he toured South, East, and Southeast Asia. This led to his playing in a Hindu temple, spending time in Japan, and releasing Music for Zen Meditation in 1964 for Verve Records. In 1960 a Down Beat poll for Japan saw readers there name him best clarinetist[6] while the United States preferred Buddy DeFranco. More recently he did a Japanese special on Buddhism and Jazz, although he continued to work with American jazz musicians and played at the Newport Jazz Festival in 1965.

In 1967 he put out his first album in eight years entitled Tony Scott: Homage To Lord Krishna. In the years following that he worked in Germany, Africa, and at times in South America.

He settled in Italy in the 1970s, working with Italian jazz musicians such as Franco D'Andrea and Romano Mussolini. He also played the part of a Sicilian-American Mafia boss in Glauber Rocha's film Claro (1975). In later years he began showing an interest in Electronica and in 2002 his Hare Krishna was remixed by King Britt as a contribution to Verve Remixed.

In 2010, a documentary film by the Italian director Franco Maresco about the life of Tony Scott was released titled Io sono Tony Scott, ovvero come l'Italia fece fuori il più grande clarinettista del jazz (English: I am Tony Scott. The Story of How Italy Got Rid of the Greatest Jazz Clarinetist).