John Scofield, Vicente Archer, Bill Stewart – Uncle John’s Band (2023) [Official Digital Download 24bit/96kHz]

John Scofield, Vicente Archer, Bill Stewart – Uncle John’s Band (2023)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/96 kHz | Time – 01:29:49 minutes | 1,69 GB | Genre: Jazz
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Front Cover | © ECM

Named for the Grateful Dead song that concludes this inspired double album, Uncle John’s Band features masterful guitarist John Scofield at his most freewheeling. Wide ranging repertoire finds his trio with Vicente Archer and Bill Stewart tackling material from Dylan’s “Mr Tambourine Man” to Neil Young’s “Old Man”, from Leonard Bernstein’s “Somewhere” to the Miles Davis Birth of the Cool classic “Budo”. And jazz standards including “Stairway to the Stars” and “Ray’s Idea” rub shoulders with seven Scofield originals that are variously swing, funk and folk-inflected. The red thread through the programme is the trio’s tremendous improvisational verve.

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Vicente Archer – Short Stories (2023) [Official Digital Download 24bit/44,1kHz]

Vicente Archer – Short Stories (2023)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/44,1 kHz | Time – 48:39 minutes | 495 MB | Genre: Contemporary Jazz, Jazz
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Front Cover | © Cellar Live

Vicente Archer is a bassist, guitarist, composer, and producer hailing from the culturally-rich Woodstock, New York. Having absorbed much of the historical town’s arts culture, has made his work diverse ranging from folk to jazz to hip-hop. He attended New England Conservatory of Music and Northeastern University in Boston, where he earned a degree in business. While in college, he picked up the double bass with swiftness. Within eight months, he was asked by great alto saxophonist, Donald Harrison, to join his group. Archer’s first recording appearance is on Harrison’s Impulse recording “Free to Be”. Soon after he began performing with a long list of luminaries including Monty Alexander, Terence Blanchard, Freddie Hubbard, Mingus Big Band, Wynton Marsalis, Kenny Garrett, Stanley Jordan, and many more. Today, he’s as prolific as ever and has been hailed as one of the most sought after bassist of his generation appearing on over 100 records. He has performed with Grammy Award®-winning artists: Robert Glasper, Norah Jones, Nicholas Payton, Amos Lee and John Scofield.

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