Jul 3, 2013

Ronnie Mathews - Trip To The Orient




barabara sounds sez:
Ronnie Mathews leading a trio on East Wind, recorded and issued in 1975. By then, he'd been around for almost 20 years, working with some of the major players but never making much of a name for himself. This was just his second album as a leader (the first was back in '63, on Prestige with Freddie Hubbard in the band). 

 No doubt because it was on a "minor" label issued in "the Orient", this one has mostly fallen through the cracks... But it's well worth your time, especially the tracks Jean-Marie and, my favorite, the hip, slinky Manha do Carnival for which he moves to Fender.
     
Factoid: "Ichiban" literally means "first", or "number one". But back in the day it was slang (among non-Japanese) for "outstanding", "great", etc. All these tracks are ichiban.

There's more about Ronnie Mathews here on Wiki and from his obit in the NYT...

 personnel:
Ronnie Mathews, piano; Yoshio Suzuki, bass; Louis Hayes on drums

 tracks:
Ichiban; Manha do Carnival; Linda; K's Waltz; Jean-Marie; When Sunny Gets Blue; Summertime


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14 comments:

  1. taro nombeiJuly 3, 2013 at 12:29 AM

    From the Orient...

    http://www.mediafire.com/?w22jsh1kivaou8k

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  2. BillJuly 3, 2013 at 1:04 AM

    thank you for this. Is it mp3 or flac? Best, B

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  3. corvimaxJuly 5, 2013 at 5:43 AM

    nice, thank you

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  4. Simon666July 5, 2013 at 6:42 PM

    Thanks TN!

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  5. taro nombeiJuly 7, 2013 at 5:51 PM

    @ corvimax, Simon666

    thanks for dropping by — and for letting me know…
    cheers!

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  6. dubmusicJuly 13, 2013 at 3:25 PM

    Nice one! Love the Fender Rhodes :)

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  7. g.rafJuly 17, 2013 at 4:31 AM

    Many thanks for this TN.
    I am a big Ronnie Mathews fan but didn't have this one.
    That is easily one of the best versions of the much covered 'Jean-Marie'

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  8. taro nombeiAugust 5, 2013 at 10:50 AM

    @ dubmisuc, @ g.raf
    thanks!
    more goodies to come, soon as I get some holiday time...

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  9. ChristelAugust 26, 2013 at 1:20 PM

    This is awesome!

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  10. NickSeptember 10, 2013 at 10:40 PM

    A belated thank you for this, taro. This is an excellent album. Louis Hayes is killing it! Great stuff. Thank you!

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  11. taro nombeiSeptember 14, 2013 at 4:36 PM

    @ nick, @ Christel

    Glad you're feeling it!

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  12. danairSeptember 16, 2013 at 4:00 PM

    Thank you for this one.

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  13. UnknownJanuary 12, 2014 at 11:13 AM

    Thanks a lot again for the great soundz!
    Peace!
    pierreb

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  14. jazzobsessiveFebruary 3, 2014 at 1:22 AM

    Thanks Taro.

    I heard the Manho.... track last night & needed to here more before investing in a copy.

    Sounds superb on quick first play.

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