Product details
- Label Blackgold
- Artist Jazz Friends
- Format 1LP
- Country Import
- Released Date 1978
- Genre Jazz
- Sealed No
- Media Condition Near Mint (NM)
- Sleeve Condition Very Good Plus (VG+)
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Condition: Used
Media Condition: Near Mint (NM)
Sleeve Condition: Very Good Plus (VG+)
Condition Notes:
Exceptionally clean copy still in shrink.
Rare find!
Tony Speaks by Jazz Friends.
Big-band jazz rarely arrives with this kind of firepower, and "Tony Speaks" is a genuine large-ensemble statement — the sound of a full orchestra of players caught in a single studio moment in 1978. Assembled under the Jazz Friends banner and issued on Blackgold, it carries the fingerprints of arranger and composer Angel "Cucco" Peña, whose charts shape much of the record. With Boy Alcaide producing and a careful engineering team behind the desk, it stands as a document of a serious, ambitious session rather than a casual date.
The instrumentation alone tells you what you're in for: a deep reed section with Pilo Morales, Lito Molina, Eddie Sangcap and Doming Valdez, a wall of brass built from stacked trumpets and a small army of trombones, and a rhythm engine of piano, twin bassists and drummer Tony Velarde. Peña's arrangements give the horns room to punch and swing, while the flutes, clarinets and soprano work add color and lift between the heavier ensemble passages. Molina, who also penned the liner notes, is clearly close to the music's heart.
For a collector, this is the kind of full-orchestra jazz pressing that rewards a proper spin — rich, layered and physical through a good system. Its ambitious personnel and Blackgold origin make it a distinctive addition to any serious jazz shelf.
Pressing Details:
Track Listing:
A1. Two Of A Kind
A2. Igorythm
. Prelude For Brass Quartet
A4. Hatinggabi (Midnight)
B1. I'll Lose No More
B2. Tony Speaks
B3. Cheba
Credits:
Pilo Morales - Alto Saxophone
Eddie Sangcap - Alto Saxophone, Flute
Lito Molina - Alto Saxophone, Soprano Saxophone
Angel "Cucco" Peña - Arranged By, Composed By (A2 to A3b, B2)
Picoy Villapando - Baritone Saxophone, Clarinet
Calixto (Alex) Rodriguez - Design [Cover]
Tiny Umali, Jr. - Double Bass [String Bass]
Roger Herrera - Double Bass [String Bass], Bass Guitar
Tony Velarde - Drums
Jess Payumo - Engineer [Mixing]
Dante Trinidad - Engineer [Recording]
Monching Payumo - Engineer [Recording]
Narding Castañeda - Guitar
Yutaka Kawamura - Guitar
Lito Molina - Liner Notes
Dominic Salustiano - Piano
Piding Alava - Piano
Boy Alcaide - Producer
Doming Valdez - Tenor Saxophone, Clarinet
Ernie Mendoza (2) - Tenor Saxophone, Flute
Larry Matias - Trombone
Luis Maruqezes - Trombone
Narding Ramos - Trombone
Romy San Jose - Trombone
Ronnie Marquezes - Trombone
Tony Ordanza - Trombone
Danny Matias - Trumpet
Ed Paruñgao - Trumpet
Fred Concepcion - Trumpet
Johnny Lingasin - Trumpet
Muring Vicuña - Trumpet
Omeng Concepcion - Trumpet
Roger Llado - Trumpet
Romy Francisco - Trumpet
Artist: Jazz Friends
Format: 1LP
Genre: Jazz
Label: Blackgold
Catalog Number: BA-5037
Release Year: 1978
Country: Import
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