Sweet Smoke - Just a Poke

Sweet Smoke were a 1960's and 70's progressive jazz-rock band. They incorporated many different influences such as jazz, funk and island rhythms. They were originally formed in Brooklyn, New York in 1967, although the band moved to live as a commune in Germany before the decade was out. They have a large underground following even to this day.

Just a Poke is the first album by the band Sweet Smoke, released in 1970, engineered by Conny Plank.

The song Baby Night is the perfect introduction to the band, displaying their progressive jazz fusion style at the time. The song can be divided into three main sections, the highlights being the instrumental sections.

Track Listings

1. Baby night (16:24)
2. Silly Sally (16:22)

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Video of 'Baby night'

Seven Steps to Heaven

Seven Steps to Heaven is an album recorded in 1963 by Miles Davis. On the 16th and 17th of April, a quintet comprising Davis, George Coleman, Victor Feldman, Ron Carter and Frank Butler recorded all six tunes plus "Summer Night", for an album to be titled So Near, So Far. A month later, Davis re-recorded three of the tunes (tracks 2, 4 & 6) with a new quintet, replacing Feldman with Herbie Hancock and Butler with Tony Williams. The new rhythm section of Hancock, Carter and Williams would form the nucleus of Davis's working band for the next five years. This is the last of Davis's studio albums which relies substantially on standard tunes - once Wayne Shorter joined the quintet in 1964, tunes on studio recordings were almost always composed by members of the group (Source).

Track List

1. "Basin Street Blues" (Cootie Williams) - 10:30
2. "Seven Steps to Heaven" (Victor Feldman, Miles Davis) - 6:26
3. "I Fall in Love Too Easily" (Jules Styne, Sammy Cahn) - 6:46
4. "So Near, So Far" (Tony Crombie, Benny Green) - 6:59
5. "Baby, Won't You Please Come Home?" (Charles Warfield, Clarence Williams) - 8:28
6. "Joshua" (Victor Feldman) - 7:00

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Chet Baker

Chesney Henry "Chet" Baker Jr. (Yale, Oklahoma, 23 December 1929 - Amsterdam, 13 May 1988) was an American jazz trumpeter and singer.

Specializing in relaxed, even melancholy music, Baker rose to prominence as a leading name in cool jazz in the 1950s. Baker's good looks and smoldering, intimate singing voice established him as a promising name in pop music as well. But his success was badly hampered by drug addiction, particularly in the 1960s, when he was imprisoned (wiki).

Someday My Prince Will Come

Tracklist
1. Gnid 8:33
2. Love Vibrations 9:51
3. Sad Walk 10:41
4. Someday My Prince Will Come 7:48
5. I'm Old Fashioned 7:25
6. In Your Own Sweet Way 10:12

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This Is Always

Tracklist
1. How Deep Is the Ocean? 11:29
2. House of Jade 7:42
3. Love for Sale 10:30
4. This Is Always 9:14
5. Way to Go Out 10:02

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Day Break

This follow-up to The Touch of Your Lips also has the trumpeter/vocalist joined by guitarist Doug Raney and bassist Niels Pedersen but differs in that the repertoire (Jimmy Heath's "For Minor's Only," Hoagy Carmichael's "Daybreak," Richard Beirach's "Broken Wing" and Miles Davis's "Down") avoids standards in favor of lesser-known pieces. Baker is in fine form stretching out on these six- to eleven-minute performances.

Tracklist
1 For Minors Only 6:28
2 Daybreak 11:24
3 You Can't Go Home Again 11:04
4 Broken Wing 8:01
5 Down 11:04

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Miles Davis - Kind Of Blue

Kind of Blue is a jazz album by musician Miles Davis, released August 17, 1959, on Columbia Records, in both mono and stereo, CL1355 and CS8163. Kind of Blue is not only regarded as one of Davis's masterworks, but one of the most influential albums in the history of jazz. One reviewer has called it "a record generally considered as the definitive jazz album, a universally acknowledged standard of excellence."[15] Several of the songs from the album have become jazz standards. It is consistently ranked among the greatest albums of all time.

Tracklist (thanks to original uploader)
1. "So What"
2. "Freddie Freeloader"
3. "Blue in Green"
4. "All Blues"
5. "Flamenco Sketches"
6. "Flamenco Sketches" (Alternate Take)

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