Wednesday, 19 January 2022

The missing and long-awaited Jazz in the Classroom Number XIV, 1975 lossless included







Installments 10, 12, 13 are here, missing 11 is here, then 15 is here, and now we have 14.

As usual a nice collection of intelligent and original arrangements with almost no generic music like blues, swing, etc. I would go so far as to say that compositionally this is the strongest of all the albums they put out--of course I haven't heard the first 9 but I'd be surprised if they were this stunning.

I love the track called Ambivalences by Canadian pianist George McFetridge:



Another track called Idioms, recalls the old birth of the cool modal complex, and oh so cool compositions, but at such an advanced level:




10 comments:

  1. Julianryan19 January 2022 at 14:15

    I'll post a lossless for all the lossless lovers out there

    mp3
    https://www.sendspace.com/file/0m444e
    https://www15.zippyshare.com/v/W9n2tmGt/file.html

    lossless
    https://www.sendspace.com/file/bg6nfx
    https://www44.zippyshare.com/v/Ohhx0uX6/file.html

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  2. Guitarradeplastico,scraping oddities20 January 2022 at 01:27

    Many thanks

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  3. Kontakt20 January 2022 at 05:38

    What a gem!
    John Scofield (written as Schofield) with Abraham Laboriel --- and mainly with Jan Konopasek. Konopasek was a czech emigree, born in 1931, who did some legendary stuff with Studio 5 or SHQ. He left Czechoslovakia in 1966 (he actually swam from Slovenia to Italy in the night, that's how he entered the western block). He lived in Germany for a while and then he went to Berklee to study arranging and composition. He pretty soon got a minor teaching position - but left when he got hired by Buddy Rich and Woody Herman. (Tony Klatka, who also plays in this volume, was his bandmate in Herman's band.) Jan Konopasek died in Prague in 2021. Very interesting life imho...

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  4. mile&mile20 January 2022 at 13:33

    it is a dead link for Vol.10, 12, 13 :( can you upload, please

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    1. Julianryan21 January 2022 at 04:42

      new link for those ones
      https://www.sendspace.com/pro/dl/fx6txv

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    2. mile&mile21 January 2022 at 08:51

      thanks, thanks, thanks!!! very kind of you!

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  5. Bil20 January 2022 at 18:27

    thanks

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  6. Simon66628 January 2022 at 16:27

    What a lineup! Eero Koivistoinen, Justo Almario, Rob Mounsey, John Scofield, Alan Zavod ... a bumper year for Berklee. Thanks Julian!

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  7. LYSERGICFUNK31 January 2022 at 12:49

    Many Many Many Thanks!!!

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  8. Simon66631 January 2022 at 15:47

    Back again - love this album, my favourite in the series. Thanks again!

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