One For All & George Coleman – Big George (2024) [Official Digital Download 24bit/96kHz]

One For All & George Coleman – Big George (2024)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/96 kHz | Time – 59:16 minutes | 1,29 GB | Genre: Jazz
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Front Cover | © Smoke Sessions

Acclaimed sextet One for All makes its much-anticipated return with BIG GEORGE, its first release in seven years and its 17th. The album reunites Eric Alexander, Jim Rotondi, Steve Davis, David Hazeltine, John Webber, and Joe Farnsworth, who are joined on three tracks by a very special guest saxophonist, their mentor and hero, NEA Jazz Master George Coleman.

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One For All – No Problem (2003) [Japan 2016] SACD ISO + DSF DSD64 + Hi-Res FLAC

One For All – No Problem (2003) [Japan 2016]
SACD Rip | SACD ISO | DSD64 2.0 > 1-bit/2.8224 MHz | 62:51 minutes | Front/Rear Covers | 2,09 GB
or DSD64 2.0 (from SACD-ISO to Tracks.dsf) > 1-bit/2.8224 MHz | Front/Rear Covers | 1,84 GB
or FLAC (carefully converted & encoded to tracks) 24bit/48 kHz | Front/Rear Covers | 879 MB

One for All have been an active New York City-based collective with fairly steady personnel except for the bass chair, which has rotated between several players. On this 2003 session for the Japanese Venus label, Ray Drummond joins tenorist Eric Alexander, trombonist Steve Davis, trumpeter Jim Rotondi, pianist David Hazeltine, and drummer Joe Farnsworth, the latter members all being part of the core group back to its creation in the mid-’90s. Most of the selections on this date are associated with Art Blakey’s Jazz Messengers, having been written for the late drummer’s band or popularized by him, while the band’s name was the title of Blakey’s final album as a leader. It’s easy to imagine Blakey digging Farnsworth’s cooking tribute “Our Father Who Art Blakey.” Duke Jordan’s “No Problem” was a part of the Blakey repertoire during the late ’50s; this arrangement gives it a decidedly Latin flavor. Hazeltine’s soft touch in “Moanin'” is a refreshing change from the often heavy-handed interpretations. The exuberant “Time Off” sounds like it should have been a set closer, but this furious piece works regardless of its placement in the program, highlighted by Davis’ blistering solo. For a change of pace, there’s a lush treatment of Duke Ellington’s “Prelude to a Kiss,” showcasing a passionate Alexander solo.

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One For All – The Third Decade (2016) [Official Digital Download 24bit/96kHz]

One For All – The Third Decade (2016)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/96 kHz | Time – 01:06:00 minutes | 1,37 GB | Genre: Jazz
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Front Cover | © Smoke Sessions Records

At a time when jazz bandleaders from across the musical and generational spectrums regularly lament the difficulty of keeping a band together, it’s all the more remarkable that a supergroup like One For All has stuck it out for twenty years. But this impeccably swinging sextet, made up of some of the most in-demand players in modern jazz, is not just celebrating past achievements but charging forward into the future. Their new recording, The Third Decade, marks the dawn of the band’s next chapter.

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One For All – What’s Going On (2007) [Japan 2017] SACD ISO + Hi-Res FLAC

One For All – What’s Going On (2007) [Japan 2017]
SACD Rip | SACD ISO | DSD64 2.0 > 1-bit/2.8224 MHz | 57:41 minutes | Front/Rear Covers | 2,32 GB
or FLAC 2.0 (converted with foobar2000 to tracks) 24bit/48 kHz | Front/Rear Covers | 796 MB

Rock-solid work from One For All, easily one of the greatest straight jazz combos going, thanks to some tremendous tenor work from Eric Alexander, sweet piano work from David Hazeltine, and snapping rhythms from drummer Joe Farnsworth. The sextet also features Jim Rotondi on trumpet, Steve Davis on trombone, and John Webber on bass, all working here at the height of their powers, and also coming across with a bit more sharpness and soul than even other recent sessions on the Venus label. Arrangements are by all members of the group; the tunes are long and roll out beautifully with a solidly soulful feel — no surprise, given that most of them are covers of classic soul tunes from the ’70s.

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One For All – The End Of A Love Affair (2001) [Japan 2015] SACD ISO + DSF DSD64 + Hi-Res FLAC

One For All – The End Of A Love Affair (2001) [Japan 2015]
SACD Rip | SACD ISO | DSD64 2.0 > 1-bit/2.8224 MHz | 58:30 minutes | Front/Rear Covers | 2,35 GB
or DSD64 2.0 (from SACD-ISO to Tracks.dsf) > 1-bit/2.8224 MHz | Front/Rear Covers | 2,32 GB
or FLAC (carefully converted & encoded to tracks) 24bit/48 kHz | Front/Rear Covers | 767 MB

Quintet of Jazz aficionados explore standards on an audiophile SACD. Pianist David Hazeltine joins Eric Alexander, Steve Davis, Peter Washington, Jim Rotondi, and Joe Farnsworth for this set of standards including “Corcovado”, “Skylark” and “Stolen Moments”.

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One For All – Killer Joe (2006) [Japan 2017] SACD ISO + Hi-Res FLAC

One For All – Killer Joe (2006) [Japan 2017]
SACD Rip | SACD ISO | DSD64 2.0 > 1-bit/2.8224 MHz | 61:10 minutes | Front/Rear Covers | 2,48 GB
or FLAC(converted with foobar2000 to tracks) 24bit/88,2 kHz | Front/Rear Covers | 1,3 GB
Genre: Jazz

Known for their hard-bop style of jazz, the sextet One For All was formed in 1997 and features Eric Alexander (tenor saxophone), Jim Rotondi (trumpet), Steve Davis (trombone), David Hazeltine (piano), David Williams (bass) and Joe Farnsworth (drums). The group has been compared to 1960s-era Blue Note jazz and Art Blakey’s Jazz Messengers, and borrowed the name One For All from the Jazz Messengers’ last album. Jazz Times’ critic David Adler has called One For All “New York’s premier hard-bop supergroup”.

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