Various Artist - Martin Freeman and Eddie Piller Present: Jazz on the Corner Two
BLACK VINYL LP X 2 - acid jazz
A follow up to 2018’s Jazz On The Corner which has now sold over 10,000 copies, and last year’s equally successful Soul On The Corner , this compilation see Martin and Eddie return to the world of jazz for another bite at the cherry after Volume one was declared to be “the best jazz compilation of the last 20 years” by Jazz FM’s Chris Phillips.
The concept came from a radio show that Freeman and Piller put together for BBC Radio 6 Music which was so well received that the pair decided to dig deep into their record collections and build a double album of some of their favourite tracks.
The concept is simple: an album packed full of jazz gems which they hope are slightly off the beaten track. This year there is hidden gems from Nina Simone and Nicola Conte, classics from Roberta Flack, Roy Ayers and The MJQ, whilst the new British jazz generation is represented by Emma Emma-Jean Thackray. Running the gamut from hard bop, to progressive fusion via Latin beats, it’s an exhilarating listen from start to finish.
Tracklist:
LP 1:
1. Stanley Turrentine - The Magilla
2. Nina Simone - I'm Gonna Leave You
3. The Jazz Crusaders - Tough Talk
4. Roberta Flack - Compared to What
5. Duke Pearson - Gira, Girou (Round and Round)
6. Lonnie Liston Smith - Summer Days
7. Roy Ayers - A Tear to a Smile
8. Les McCann - Us
9. Johnny Mercer - That Old Black Magic
10. The Modern Jazz Quartet - Concorde
11. Horace Silver - Tranquilizer Suite Part : Perservance and Eudurance
12. Chico Hamilton - Conquistadores
LP 2:
1. Emanuel K Rahim & The Kaliqs - Al Amin
2. Brain Auger Oblivion Express - Freedom Jazz Dance
3. Gene Ammons - Jungle Strut
4. George Benson - Shape of Things to Come
5. Charles Earland - Leaving This Planet
6. Emma-Jean Thackray - Ley Lines
7. Nicola Conte - Caravan
8. Lorez Alexandria - Nature Boy
9. Chet Baker - Do It the Hard Way
10. The Lyman Woodard Organisation - Creative Musicians
11. The Bukky Leo Quintet - Rejoice in Righteousness
12. Patrice Rushen - Haw Right Now