... And She Answered

I have been loving this since 1991. The older I get the better it gets.

Artist: AM4

Album: ...and she answered

Year: 1989

Label: ECM

Personnel:

Wolfgang Puschnig: Alto Saxophone, Alto Flute, Hojak, Shakuhachi

Linda Sharrock: Vocals

Uli Scherer: Piano, Prepared Piano, Keyboards

Track List:

1. Streets And Rivers
2. And She Answered: When You Return to Me, I Will Open Quick the Cage Do or, I Will Let the Red Bird Flee
3. Lonley Woman
4. Mi-La
5. Bhagavad
6. Over the Rainbow
7. Far Horizon
8. The Sadness of Yuki
9. Oh!
10. One T'une

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Reunion

In 1989, 34 years after the formation of the somewhat unique Chico Hamilton Quintet, the original members (with one exception) reunited for a tour and this Soul Note recording. In addition to drummer Hamilton, Buddy Collette (heard on flute, clarinet and alto), cellist Fred Katz, bassist Carson Smith, and guitarist John Pisano (Jim Hall's first replacement) complete the group. This studio session only includes one standard remake of "I Want to Be Happy" and is comprised of then-recent originals by band members, with two selections ("Brushing with B" and "Conversation") being freely improvised duets by Collette and Hamilton. So, rather than merely being an exercise in nostalgia, this excellent set features the Quintet members as they sounded in the late '80s, creating new music for their classic sound.

~ Scott Yanow, All Music Guide

Artist: Chico Hamilton Quintet

Album: Reunion

Year: 1989

Label: Soul Note

Personnel:

Buddy Collette: Flute, Clarinet, Alto Saxophone

Fred Katz: Cello

John Pisano: Guitar

Carson Smith: Bass

Chico Hamilton: Drums, Vocal

Track List:

1. I Want To Be Happy
2. Delightful, Charming And Cool
3. Brushing With B
4. Ain't Nobody Calling Me
5. Magali
6. Shirley
7. Conversation
8. These Are The Dues
9. Dreams Of Youth
10. Five Friends
11. Reunion

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Luxor To Isna

Not so much a record, more like an adventure in sound.

January 1990

Press review from: Q Magazine (UK)

This album captures powerful and eerie melodies which can be traced back to the time of the Pharaohs. 10 December 1989

Press review from: The Observer (UK)

...a wonderfully strange record...

December 1992/January 1993

Press review from: Dirty Linen (USA)

Intoxicating, uniquely Egyptian blend of string and reeded instruments, percussion and occasionally street scenes, superbly recorded at the effective Real World Studios.

17 November 1989

Press review from: The Guardian (UK)

Artist: Musicians Of The Nile
Album: Luxor To Isna
Year: 1989
Label: REAL WORLD RECORDS LTD.

Personnel:

Metqal Qenawi Metqal: Rababah

Shamandi Tewfiq Metqal: Epic Singing and Rababah
Mohamed Murad Medjali: Rababah
Alain Weber: Rababah
Mustafah 'Abd Al' Aziz: Arghul and Doholah
Hanafi Mohamed 'Ali: Tablah
Mohamed Abu Haradji: Mizmar
Ramdan 'Ata: Mizmar
Mohamed Isma'il: Mizmar
Djad Al Rab Mahmud: Tablah Baladi

Track List:

1. Al Bahr Al Gharam Wasah (Love Is As Vast As A River)
   
2. Zahrafat Al Sa'id (Rejoicing In Upper Egypt)
   
3. Ya Tir 'Ala Shadjarah (Oh Bird Upon The Tree)
   
4. Horse Steps
   
5. Al Nahla Al 'Ali (The Tall Palm Tree)
   
6. Kol Elle Qalboh Ankawa (Everyone Has Had A Broken Heart)
   
7. Yunes Wa 'Azizah (Yunes And Azizah)
   
8. Lovers - Al-Aqsur-Isna (From Luxor To Isna)
   

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