Javon Jackson & Nikki Giovanni – The Gospel According to Nikki Giovanni (Commentary) (2023) [Official Digital Download 24bit/96kHz]

Javon Jackson & Nikki Giovanni – The Gospel According to Nikki Giovanni (Commentary) (2023)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/96 kHz | Time – 01:09:16 minutes | 1,24 GB | Genre: Jazz
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Front Cover | © Solid Jackson Records

A renowned poet has a new album out Friday titled “The Gospel According To Nikki Giovanni.” In addition to publishing dozens of poetry works, Nikki Giovanni has recorded several spoken word albums over the course of 50 years. But this time, she’s doing something a little different. The new album, a collaboration with saxophonist Javon Jackson, is a collection of gospel hymns and spirituals set to jazz. Growing up in the Baptist church, Giovanni says gospel music was instrumental to understanding herself as a poet. “The spirituals had a message,” she says. “They weren’t just some people woke up one morning or came from working in the evening and said, ‘Oh, let’s sit down and sing.’ They were sharing information with each other.”

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Javon Jackson – With Peter Bradley (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) (2023) [Official Digital Download 24bit/96kHz]

Javon Jackson – With Peter Bradley (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) (2023)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/96 kHz | Time – 58:26 minutes | 1,10 GB | Genre: Jazz
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Front Cover | © Solid Jackson Records

“Javon Jackson’s tenor sax plays warm and wonderful throughout this production. I love the richness Jackson finds in the heart of his instrument’s lower tones. This music is a tribute to visual artist, Peter Bradley, who has been under-sung in the art world for nearly fifty years. Bradley is an abstract artist with a healthy love of jazz, a music which often provides the backdrop and inspiration for his paintings. This film, that premiered at the 2023 Siamdance Film Festival, utilizes the creative compositions of Javon Jackson to color the visuals. The two artistic men have been friends and kindred spirits for several years. So this merger of talents is seamless and natural.” – Musical Memoirs

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Javon Jackson, David Hazeltine, Tony Reedus, Paul Gill – Sugar Hill – The Music Of Duke Ellington & Billy Strayhorn (2007) [Official Digital Download 24bit/96kHz]

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Javon Jackson, David Hazeltine, Tony Reedus, Paul Gill – Sugar Hill – The Music Of Duke Ellington & Billy Strayhorn (2007)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/96 kHz | Time – 54:08 minutes | 1,17 GB | Genre: Jazz
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Digital Booklet, Front Cover | © Chesky Records

The acclaimed New York saxophonist Javon Jackson leads a celebration of the music of Duke Ellington and Billy Strayhorn, whose collaboration began in 1938 and continued until Strayhorn’s death in 1967. Jackson is joined for this session by arranger/pianist David Hazeltine, bassist Paul Gill and drummer Tony Reedus. Together they perform well-known compositions such as “Caravan,” “Chelsea Bridge,” and “Lotus Blossom,” as well as tunes that are not usually played by quartets such as “In My Solitude.” The two soloists, Jackson and Hazeltine explore the bluesier and moodier side of Ellington’s music as well as ballads like “Warm Valley” and slightly more up-tempo tunes like “In a Sentimental Mood.”
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Christian McBride, Javon Jackson, Jimmy Cobb, Cedar Walton – New York Time (2006) MCH SACD ISO + Hi-Res FLAC

Christian McBride, Javon Jackson, Jimmy Cobb, Cedar Walton – New York Time (2006)
PS3 Rip | SACD ISO | DST64 2.0 & 5.0 > 1-bit/2.8224 MHz | 59:04 minutes | Scans included | 2,6 GB
or FLAC 2.0 Stereo (converted with foobar2000 to tracks) 24bit/96 kHz | Scans included | 1,26 GB
Genre: Jazz | Features Stereo and Quadrophonic Surround Sound | Chesky Records # SACD 314

“New York Time offers jazz fans a wonderful opportunity to hear two rising stars of the genre (McBride, Jackson) performing with two respected elders (Cobb, Walton). The past also meets the present in other exciting ways on this recording. The set is highlighted by several of Walton’s original compositions and a cover of the legendary John Coltrane’s “Naima”. Meanwhile, McBride’s acoustic bass talents are spotlighted on his self-written composition “Grove” (for trumpeter Roy Hargrove) and Jackson represents the new vanguard of jazz with his own tune titled “Notes in Three”.

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Christian McBride, Javon Jackson, Jimmy Cobb, Cedar Walton – New York Time (2006) [Official Digital Download 24bit/96kHz]

Christian McBride, Javon Jackson, Jimmy Cobb, Cedar Walton – New York Time (2006)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/96 kHz | Time – 59:04 minutes | 1,20 GB | Genre: Jazz
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Front Cover | © Chesky Records

New York Time offers jazz fans a wonderful opportunity to hear two rising stars of the genre (McBride, Jackson) performing with two respected elders (Cobb, Walton). The past also meets the present in other exciting ways on this recording. The set is highlighted by several of Walton’s original compositions and a cover of the legendary John Coltrane’s “Naima”. Meanwhile, McBride’s acoustic bass talents are spotlighted on his self-written composition “Grove” (for trumpeter Roy Hargrove) and Jackson represents the new vanguard of jazz with his own tune titled “Notes in Three”.

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