Roots

Roots – Salutes the Saxophone (1992/2016)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/44,1 kHz | Time – 01:12:11 minutes | 808 MB | Genre: Jazz
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~ Roots with Chico Freeman, Arthur Blythe, Sam Rivers & Nathan Davis. All tracks recorded live at the Forum, Leverkusen on October 19th 1991 except for #5 which was recorded in the Dierks Studio in Pulheim ~

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Roots – Stablemates (1993/2016)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/44,1 kHz | Time – 01:11:33 minutes | 807 MB | Genre: Jazz
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Arthur Blythe, Nathan Davis, Chico Freeman, Sam Rivers, Don Pullen, Santi Debriano, Idris Muhammad got together, and they called themselves “Roots”. Their album Stablemates is a solid all-star, all-acoustic, no fuss, album that is bound to get overlooked in the vast world of the recording industry. A rather obscure German Jazz label (In ‘n Out Records) that already disappeared, released it in 1993, after the tracks had been recorded in December 1992 in Heidelberg, Germany, with occasional support by Helmut Nieberle and Helmut Kagerer on semi-acoustic guitar. It’s 71 minutes of fine, lean, diverse, well-hung Jazz.

To get an idea, try the beautiful hymnal Don Pullen composition Ah, George, We Hardly Knew Ya in 6/4ths that features Pullen on the acoustic piano and Arthur Blythe with a fabulous solo on his alto saxophone.

One of the best Jazz albums from the nineties.
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Roots – Saying Something (1955/2016)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/44,1 kHz | Time – 01:06:56 minutes | 757 MB | Genre: Jazz
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A superb live album from the great, all-star saxophone repertory band, ROOTS, recorded live at Muddy’s Club in Weinheim, Germany, and encompassing as is the ROOTS tradition tributes to some of the great saxophonists in jazz, arranged by Benny Golson, Kirk Lightsey, Nathan Davis and Buster Williams.
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Roots – For Diz & Bird (2000/2016)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/44,1 kHz | Time – 01:06:38 minutes | 728 MB | Genre: Jazz
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The release of this fourth album by the all-star repertory band, Roots, celebrates the group’s tenth year of existence and combines some studio recordings with selections from a concert at The 1996 Cheltenham Jazz Festival.
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