Beyond Brazil
Steve Johns
Family
Tracks
02 – So you say
03 – Shadowboxing
04 – Bogie and Bacall
05 – Came to believe
06 – Mixing
07 – DKJ
08 – Shell game
09 – Chunk
Length: 56:42
Tracks 1, 4 & 7 written by Steve Johns. Track 9 written by Jeff Holmes & Steve Johns.
Musicians
Steve Johns: drumsDebbie Keefe Johns: tenor & soprano saxophones
Daryl Johns: acoustic & electric bass
Dave Stryker: guitar & nylon-string guitar on tracks 1, 3, 4, 5 & 6
Bob Devos: guitar on tracks 2, 7, 8 & 9
Sample Track
Here's a sample track from Family. This is Steve John's composition “DKJ.” (If you don't see the audio player below, please update your browser. The file might take 30 seconds or more to load, depending on the speed of your internet connection and CPU.)Websites: www.stevejohnsjazz.com and
www.daryljohns.com
Record label: Strikezone Records
Edsel Gómez
Road to Udaipur
Tracks
02 – Udaipur
03 – Homesick nostalgia
04 – Search and build
05 – Ninibilo Majulolo and the bridge
06 – Four seasons and a five
07 – Spain-ished cubes (for Chick Corea)
08 – On second thoughts
09 – Charles Chaplin
10 – Smile on
11 – Bahia
12 – Brothers
13 – The chant
Length: 51:47
All compositions by Edsel Gómez, except track 5 (Edsel Gómez & Arismar do Espírito Santo).
Musicians
Edsel Gómez: piano & miscellaneous percussion (clave, timbales, hand drill, stone filled bucket, bells)Bruce Cox: drums
Fabio Tagliaferri: viola
Roberto Pitre Vázquez: flute, piccolo & vocals
Walmir Gil: trumpet & flugelhorn
Nahor Gomes: trumpet & flugelhorn
Felix Gibbons: congas & speech
Edu Martins: acoustic bass
Alex “Apolo” Ayala: acoustic bass
Sizâo Machado: electric bass
Arismar do Espírito Santo: electric bass
Roberta Valente: pandeiro & triangle
Chacalzinho: pandeiro, berimbau, udu & triangle
Tuto Ferraz: drums
Douglas Alonso: drums
Freddie Bryant: acoustic guitar
Cássio Ferreira: alto sax
Felipe Lamoglia: tenor sax
Roberto Araújo: oboe
Sample Track
Here's a sample track from Road to Udaipur. This is “Tertulia samba.” (If you don't see the audio player below, please update your browser. The file might take 30 seconds or more to load, depending on the speed of your internet connection and CPU.)Website: www.edselgomez.com
Record label: ZOHO Music
Dawan Muhammad
Consider the Source
Tracks
02 – Over & over
03 – Eronel
04 – Chase
05 – Everything happens to me
06 – Ace in the whole
07 – Gumbo
08 – Consider the source
09 – Remember to smile
10 – The art of end
Length: 63:34
Tracks 7 & 8 composed by Dawan Muhammad.
Musicians
Dawan Muhammad: tenor sax on tracks 1, 4, 5, 6, 8 & 10; soprano sax on tracks 3 & 9; flute on tracks 2 & 7Greg Kirstin: piano on tracks 1, 3, 5, 7, 8 & 10
Kevin Tony: piano on tracks 2, 4, 6 & 9
Jesse Murphy: bass on tracks 1, 3, 5, 7, 8 & 10
James Leary: bass on tracks 2, 4, 6 & 9
Ron Stout: trumpet on tracks 8 & 10
James Mahone: alto sax on tracks 8 & 10
Sample Track
Here's a sample track from Consider the Source. This is Jimmy Heath's “Gingerbread boy.” (If you don't see the audio player below, please update your browser. The file might take 30 seconds or more to load, depending on the speed of your internet connection and CPU.)Record label: LifeForcejazz Records