1 July 2012

The Cookers - Live in Milan '12

Having re-uploaded an "old concert" by Billy Harper, is natural to post a more recent one.
"The Cookers is an all-star ensemble made up primarily of veteran bandleaders and star soloists, including tenor saxophonist Billy Harper, trumpeters Eddie Henderson and David Weiss, alto saxophonist Craig Handy, pianist George Cables, bassist Cecil McBee, and drummer Billy Hart."

Rec. live at "Teatro Manzoni", Milan, Italy, on February 19, 2012 (mics recording)

Eddie Henderson/David Weiss,trumpets
Craig Handy,alto sax & flute
Billy Harper,tenor sax
George Cables,piano
Cecil McBee,bass
Billy Hart,drums

1. Capra Black [B.Harper] (11:13)
2. Peacemaker [C.McBee] (19:34)
3. Croquet Ballet [B.Harper] (16:53)
4. Sweet Rita Suite, Pt.2: Her Soul [G.Cables] (13:15)
5. The Cure [F.Hubbard] (27:30)
6. Priestess (encore) [B.Harper] (13:00)

Total Time 1:41:27

Croquet Ballet (excerpt)
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10 comments:

  1. riccardo1 July 2012 at 18:09:00 CEST

    mp3 (236 MB):
    rapidshare | oron

    flac (625 MB):
    rapidshare part1 rapidshare part2 | oron part1 oron part2

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  2. Wallofsound1 July 2012 at 21:09:00 CEST

    Did I mention that I love The Cookers.

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  3. duck5 July 2012 at 06:06:00 CEST

    Hi there, I am a late starter just found this blog. Thank you for the Cookers Live in Milan. you can be sure I will go through your complete list and check it all out.

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  4. boogieman5 July 2012 at 16:22:00 CEST

    Good one ! The Strata East survivors! It made me nostalgic for the long-gone Strata East Fan Club (and a few others), the Search for the Holy Grail (which turned out to be pretty disappointing as a record). Was it the golden age of jazz blogging?

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  5. SHOON19 July 2012 at 01:41:00 CEST

    Thanks for this super group.

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  6. Anonymous7 June 2015 at 18:46:00 CEST

    Re-up please.

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  7. francisco santos5 October 2016 at 22:14:00 CEST

    re post, please...
    THX!...

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  8. francisco santos6 December 2018 at 02:39:00 CET

    ASK AGAIN, RE POST, PLEASE!...
    THX!...

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  9. mew2329 March 2019 at 15:40:00 CET

    Re-up

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  10. francisco santos31 March 2019 at 01:13:00 CET

    HUGE BIG THX!...

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