Dec 6, 2012

RhoDeo 1249 Goldy Rhox 85


Hello, two great men died today at a grand old age, first Oscar Niemeyer the world famous Brazilian architect who created Brazil's capitol, Brasilia he died after a fruitfull life, 10 days short of 105. Second a man who died one day before his 92 nd birthday, he's in the 85th post of GoldyRhox darklight today. An American jazz pianist and composer considered to be one of the foremost exponents of progressive jazz. He wrote a number of jazz standards, including "In Your Own Sweet Way" and "The Duke". His style ranged from refined to bombastic, reflecting his mother's attempts at classical training and his improvisational skills. His music is known for employing unusual time signatures, and superimposing contrasting rhythms, meters, and tonalities.

His long-time musical partner, alto saxophonist Paul Desmond, wrote the saxophone melody for the  Quartet's best remembered piece, "Take Five", He was also a respected composer of orchestral and sacred music, and wrote soundtracks for television such as Mr. Broadway and the animated mini-series This Is America, Charlie Brown.

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Most of the albums i 'll post made many millions for the music industry and a lot of what i intend to post still gets repackaged and remastered decades later, squeezing the last drop of profit out of bands that for the most part have ceased to exist long ago, although sometimes they get lured out of the mothballs to do a big bucks gig or tour. Now i'm not as naive to post this kinda music for all to see and have deleted, these will be a black box posts, i'm sorry for those on limited bandwidth but for most of you a gamble will get you a quality rip don't like it, deleting is just 2 clicks...That said i will try to accommodate somewhat and produce some cryptic info on the artist and or album.

Todays mystery album was released june 1959 on Columbia Records. Recorded at Columbia's 30th Street Studio in New York City, it is based upon the use of time signatures that were unusual for jazz such as 9/8 and 5/4. The album was intended as an experiment using musical styles Brubeck discovered abroad while on a United States Department of State sponsored tour of Eurasia, such as when he observed in Turkey a group of street musicians performing a traditional Turkish folk song that was played in 9/8 time, a rare meter for Western music.The album is a subtle blend of cool and West Coast jazz. It peaked at #2 on the Billboard pop albums chart, and has been certified platinum by the RIAA. It had received negative reviews by critics upon its release. Despite this, it became one of the best-known and biggest-selling jazz albums, charting highly on the popular albums chart when 50,000 units sold for a jazz album was impressive. It produced a Top 40 hit single.

In 2005, it was one of 50 recordings chosen that year by the Library of Congress to be added to the National Recording Registry. It was also listed in the book 1001 Albums You Must Hear Before You Die. In 2009 Legacy Recordings released a special 50th Anniversary Edition of Time Out. In addition to the complete album, the Legacy Edition includes a bonus disc featuring previously unreleased concert recordings of the same Quartet from the 1961, 1963, and 1964 gatherings of Newport Jazz Festival.


Goldy Rhox 85   (flac 520mb)

Goldy Rhox 85   (ogg 223mb)


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1 comment:

AJ said...

Thanks for Goldy Rhox 85. I'd seen an item on the news about Dave's passing and thought that I should at least have a bit of a listen to some of his work.