Jackie Wilson - Original Brunswick Hit Recordings

Bitrate: 320K/s
Time: 25:56
Size: 59.4 MB
Styles: Soul, R&B
Year: 2009
Art: Front

[2:39] 1. Reet Petite (The Finest Girl You Ever Want To Meet)
[2:41] 2. Lonely Teardrops
[2:02] 3. That's Why (I Love You So)
[2:01] 4. I'll Be Satisfied
[2:27] 5. To Be Loved
[2:49] 6. Doggin' Around
[2:59] 7. Baby Workout
[2:23] 8. Whispers (Gettin' Louder)
[2:58] 9. (Your Love Keeps Lifting Me) Higher And Higher
[2:53] 10. I Get The Sweetest Feeling

Jackie Wilson was the very definition of soul–a sound and style that he helped create. Along with his pals Sam Cooke, Clyde McPhatter, Ray Charles, and Little Willie John, he changed the direction of rhythm and blues during the late 1950s and persisted as a trendsetter for more than a decade. Tragically felled in 1975 by a massive coronary (he never recovered, dying January 21, 1984), Jackie packed a lot of living into his first 41 years on the planet and scored a lot of hits for Brunswick Records.

"Jackie was just such a beautiful person to work with. He was such a professional," said Carl Davis, his Chicago-based producer from 1966 on. "All my memories of him are great."

Original Brunswick Hit Recordings

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Anna Wilson - Time Changes Everything

Bitrate: 320K/s
Time: 65:11
Size: 149.3 MB
Styles: Vocal jazz
Year: 2007
Art: Front

[3:50] 1. That's What Lovers Do
[3:05] 2. Back In The Day
[4:41] 3. Time Changes Everything
[5:03] 4. Fedora
[3:19] 5. Sad Matters
[3:41] 6. One Little Reason
[4:06] 7. Minestrone Soup
[4:39] 8. For Just A Day
[4:35] 9. Sentimental Sundays
[4:10] 10. Savin' My Love
[4:14] 11. In Disguise
[4:15] 12. Gonna Dance
[3:33] 13. Wedding Bell Blues
[3:57] 14. When I Do
[3:43] 15. Drink It Up
[4:14] 16. A House, A Home

Time Changes Everything brings Wilson’s contemporary voice and message to a timeless jazz project. This critically-acclaimed studio album, with two new bonus tracks, brings classic melodies, lyrics and arrangements, reminiscent of the golden age of the Great American Songbook into the modern era with original jazz and big band music that sets standards all their own. It features 14 original songs, including the bossa nova wine inspired single “Drink It Up,” that showcase her dexterity as both a singer and songwriter. She delivers a sonically masterful collection of modern-day life and love-lessons that pull from diverse influences, ranging from Cole
orter to Laura Nyro.

Time Changes Everything

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Gary Burton, Jay Leonhart, Terry Clarke & Joe Beck - Play The Music Of Duke Ellington

Bitrate: 320K/s
Time: 47:46
Size: 109.4 MB
Styles: Vibraphone jazz
Year: 2003
Art: Front

[4:15] 1. In A Mellow Tone
[5:45] 2. C Jam Blues
[5:21] 3. Love You Madly
[4:50] 4. Azure
[5:10] 5. Creole Love Song
[4:52] 6. Take The A Train
[5:18] 7. Squeeze Me
[6:26] 8. Caravan
[5:44] 9. Ishfahan

This swinging session focuses on a dozen standards from the vast Duke Ellington songbook. Bassist Jay Leonhart sings along with his bass a la Slam Stewart to open "In a Mellotone" and "C Jam Blues." A loping "Azure" features Joe Beck's brash guitar contrasting with Gary Burton's bluesy vibes. Burton and Leonhart's smoking duo version of "Take the 'A' Train" and a soft pretty take of "Isfahan" (omitting Beck) are the top tracks of the date. A pleasant, if not essential CD. ~ Ken Dryden Recorded at Clinton Recording Studios, New York, New York on November 8, 1994. Includes liner notes by Duke Ellington.

Jay Leonhart (bass); Joe Beck (guitar); Gary Burton (vibraphone); Terry Clark (drums).

Play The Music Of Duke Ellington

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Lorraine Feather - Attachments

Styles: Vocal
Label: Jazzed Media
Year: 2013
File: MP3@320K/s
Time: 64:16
Size: 147,1 MB
Art: Front

(6:07)  1. A Little Like This
(6:58)  2. Attachments
(3:35)  3. I Thought You Did
(6:17)  4. Anna Lee
(3:46)  5. 159
(5:07)  6. We Have the Stars
(3:28)  7. I Love You Guys
(4:53)  8. I Hope I Never Leave This Place
(5:55)  9. Hearing Things
(8:25) 10. The Veil
(4:02) 11. Smitten with You
(5:38) 12. True

As expertly-crafted and enjoyable as all of her other recordings, Lorraine Feather's Attachments is her most raw and intimate CD to date. Here, she applies her famously incisive perception, sweet voice, and stunning lyrical gifts to a frank exploration of life's major emotional ties, describing how they can soothe, stretch, and break as they wind through our days on earth. Naturally these include romantic connections whether missed, fulfilled, or simply imagined but as usual, Feather vaults over the tired moon/June/spoon territory to offer her unique and thought-provoking view of ordinary things. For instance, in the sinuous title track, Feather evokes the "silver string of your attachments," a cord which wanders through a familiar series of crushes and lovers, but also embraces the weird guy in the building that everyone looks after. There are songs about love's mysterious glories ("A Little Like This," "We Have the Stars") as well as its gleeful discovery "I Thought You Did" rocks on Dave Grusin's exuberant "Memphis Stomp," first heard in the 1993 movie, The Firm. A lesser talent and one content to splash around in shallower waters would probably restrict the attachment consideration to romance. But Feather ranges much wider, providing a splendid appreciation of jazz musicians in general ("I Love You Guys") with sympathy for such indignities as "being made to wear matching vests/being told, 'the nuts are for the guests.'" There's a haunting song about a dear old friend who ended badly ("Anna Lee"), a gorgeous ode to Feather's home ("I Hope I Never Leave This Place"), and a tribute to a tempo ("159") as well as a rascally dog ("Smitten with You"). The most poignant and personal songs come at the end, where Feather shares the lasting heartbreak around the parent you love but can't reach ("The Veil"), and the endless,"ragged" pain over the one you most adored ("True"), which is fittingly set to one of the most soulful and beloved melodies of Bach. All of Feather's projects are witty. But humor is less central here than it was on songs like "Traffic and Weather," "Where Are My Keys?" and "I Forgot to Have Children," or in her lyrics to the songs of Fats Waller and other famous stridemeisters. For delightful examples of the latter, see New York City Drag (Rhombus Records, 2000) and Fourteen (Relarion, Ink., 2012), where Feather is half of Nouveau Stride with the astonishing young pianist Stephanie Trick. What links all of Feather's disparate projects is her signature honesty, insight, grace, and intelligence. This is all found in abundance on "Attachments," where the booklet adds to the enjoyment by providing every lyric. But this is more to appreciate Feather's poetry than to decipher her words as others have noted, her diction is perfect,as is her pitch. And, as always, her brilliant lyrics are delivered on wonderful melodies, with superb playing all around.~Dr Judith Schlesinger http://www.allaboutjazz.com/php/article.php?id=45043#.UipF_D-wVw8

Personnel: Lorraine Feather: vocals; Russell Ferrante: piano (1, 2, 4, 5, 8, 9, 11); Shelly Berg: piano (6, 7, 10); Dave Grusin: piano (3, 12); Michael Valerio: bass (1, 2, 4, 5, 7-9, 11), vocals: (5); Grant Geissman: guitar (1, 5, 9); Eddie Arkin: guitar (2, 5); Michael Shapiro: drums and percussion (1, 2, 5, 9, 11); Tony Morales: percussion (1) Gregg Field: drums (7); Charles Bisharat: violin (1, 2, 4, 8, 9, 11, 12); Bob Mintzer: bass clarinet (11).

Attachments

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Mishka Adams - Willow Weep For Me

Styles: Jazz Vocals
Label: Candid
Year: 2010
File: MP3@320K/s
Time: 46:56
Size: 109,2 MB
Art: Front

(6:11)  1. Willow Weep For Me
(5:14)  2. Body And Soul
(5:06)  3. Les Feuilles Mortes (Autumn Leaves)
(2:56)  4. On Green Dolphin Street
(4:54)  5. Love Came On Stealthy Fingers
(5:23)  6. God Bless The Child
(4:04)  7. Change Partners
(4:03)  8. The Peacocks (A Timeless Place)
(4:29)  9. I've Never Been In Love Before
(4:32) 10. Somewhere Over The Rainbow

Refreshingly unpretentious and just plain talented, Filipino-English songwriter Mishka Adams makes light work of creating listenable, jazz influenced originals and tasteful standards. ~Time Out, London

'Mint for the mind - balmy and calming...' said the Manila Times on reviewing Mishka's first album. Indeed! This captivating young Anglo-Filipina blessed with that kind of delicate husky voice so pleasing to the ear. As she sings, she blends this roundness and pureness with her impeccable clarity of enunciation and innate ability to interpret songs to wonderful effect. These qualities are abundant in this album which has Miss Adams singing with top musicians both from both continents. Mishka puts her 'gentle subversion' to terrific use in this collection of standards all delivered with a style and panache for which she is becoming more and more renowned.~Editorial Reviews http://www.amazon.com/Willow-Weep-For-Mishka-Adams/dp/B0037FFAWI .

Willow Weep For Me

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Keith Urban - Get Closer

Styles: Country
Label:  Liberty
Year: 2011
File: MP3@320K/s
Time: 70:40
Size: 163,5 MB
Art: Front

(3:40)  1. Put You In a Song
(3:36)  2. You Gonna Fly
(3:38)  3. All for You
(4:33)  4. Long Hot Summer
(3:56)  5. Without You
(5:17)  6. Georgia Woods
(4:48)  7. Right On Back to You
(4:18)  8. Shut Out the Lights
(3:47)  9. Big Promises
(4:15) 10. The Luxury of Knowing
(3:40) 11. Winning
(7:10) 12. Once In a Lifetime (Live In Gwinnett, Ga)
(5:18) 13. You Look Good In My Shirt (Live In Gwinnett, Ga)
(5:42) 14. Better Life (Live In Gwinnett, Ga)
(6:55) 15. Everybody (Live In Gwinnett, Ga)

Pop and country have become increasingly interchangeable in the 21st century, and few artists have benefited more than Keith Urban. On paper, he’s a wealth of contradictions a country boy with an exotic accent, a balladeer with rock & roll chops, a stubbled face framed by flat-ironed hair. On his albums, though, Urban molds those would-be incompatibilities into some of the slickest country songs this side of Taylor Swift, appealing to his longtime Nashville supporters while still targeting fans who wouldn’t be caught dead inside a honky tonk. Released one year after 2009’s Defying Gravity, Get Closer is another country-pop hybrid, executed with swagger and professionalism by the man who helped bring drum machines to Music City. The bad news is that the album is short. Super short. Unless fans want to drive to Target, which has exclusive rights to the full version of Get Closer, they’ll have to settle for a shorter album that clocks in at eight tracks. This so-called “standard” edition feels more like an EP, and the fact that Target’s version only adds two more originals coupled with a remake of Santana’s “Winning” and four live tracks from the Love, Pain & the Whole Crazy Thing tour provides little relief. The good news is that Get Closer, in all its abridged glory, contains some of Urban’s best work to date. He co-writes most of the material and chooses his songwriting partners wisely, working with Sarah Buxton (who wrote the Grammy-winning “Stupid Boy”) on “Put You in a Song” and collaborating with longtime partner Darrell Brown on the country-rocker “Georgia Woods,” which may be the best tune here. Those two songs along with “You Gonna Fly,” “Long Hot Summer,” and “Shut Out the Lights”  round out the rock section, and Urban decorates them with an arsenal of stringed instruments, from bazouki to banjo to E-bow guitar. 

A former session player who performed on Garth Brooks' Double Live, he sometimes lets his own professionalism get the best of him, downplaying his guitar skills on record to make each song as commercial as possible. The rockers on Get Closer are an exception to the rule, though, filled with the sort of two-minute guitar workouts that are only rivaled by contemporaries like Brad Paisley and John Mayer. If the fast songs are an excuse for Urban to flex his chops, then the slower numbers give him a chance to sing directly to his wife, Nicole Kidman, whose influence helps replace the weepy ballads of past albums with measured, midtempo highlights like “Without You.” Get Closer may be 34 minutes long, but it uses its time wisely, featuring a virtually filler-free track list that contains some of Urban’s sharpest open-highway tunes and bedroom ballads.~Andrew Leahey http://www.allmusic.com/album/get-closer-mw0002057219 .

Get Closer (Deluxe Version)

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Chuck Loeb - Silhouette

Styles: Jazz

Label: Shanachie

Year: 2013

File: MP3@320K/s

Time: 59:23

Size: 136,2 MB

Art: Front

(6:33)  1. Silhouette

(5:11)  2. Silver Lining (feat. David Mann)

(5:58)  3. Present Sense

(7:47)  4. Appreciation (feat. Mitchel Forman)

(7:19)  5. JT (feat. Eric Marienthal)

(5:22)  6. Lockdown

(8:11)  7. Stompin' (feat. Andy Snitzer)

(4:18)  8. Esta Tarde Vi Llover (feat. Carmen Cuesta)

(5:22)  9. My One and Only Love (feat. Lizzy Loeb)

(3:19) 10. Las Eras (feat. Christina Loeb)

Throughout what seems like the entire evolution of contemporary jazz, guitarist Chuck Loeb has provided a soothing presence that continues to resonate with true connoisseurs of the genre.  In fact, for Loeb, 2013 has been a very good year. In addition to building his growing reputation as an integral part of super group Fourplay he has not only contributed to a wonderful new album from Keiko Matsui but also has released his twentieth solo recording.  Titled ‘Silhouette’ it finds him orchestrating four unique ensembles that allow Loeb to give listeners an insight into some of the music and musicians to have touched him throughout his career. The first of these collectives is called The Appreciation Band and comprises three artists from three different bands with which Chuck has collaborated in the past, former Steps Ahead band member Peter Erskine, Loeb’s Fouplay colleague Nathan East and Metro band-mate, keyboard player Mitch Forman.  In addition this dream team are added to by guest performances from saxophonists David Mann and Eric Marienthal. The collective kicks off ‘Silhouette’ in suitably sophisticated style with the Fourplay like title cut where Mann’s understated horn arrangements are really something and The Appreciation Band’s next offering is the highly rhythmic ‘Silver Lining’.  Two tracks in and both total gems yet the beautifully deconstructed ‘Present Sense’ quickly makes it three for three.  

Continuing in the same magical vein ‘Appreciation’ is a delightfully jazzy piece for which Mitch Forman on keys really gets the job done.  The final contribution from this fabulous four-some is Loeb’s homage to one of his all-time favorite musical heroes, James Taylor.  Shimmering with a mellifluous melody, ‘JT’ is also notable for fine playing from Marienthal and is, in every respect, an absolute joy. ?The second ensemble to grace ‘Silhouette’ has been inspired by a project that Will Lee (bass player on the Late Show With David Letterman for 30 years) assembled last year, The Will Lee Family Band.  It features legendary drummer Steve Gadd, newest addition to Pat Metheny’s Group, trumpeter Giulio Carmassi and pianist and melodica player Oli Rockberger. 

They stay around for only one tune, the gritty, R & B flavored ‘Lockdown’, a number that proves to be as pleasing as it is different. Next up comes The December 7th Trio that is a group based on Loeb’s Organ Trio CD ‘Plain 'n' Simple’ and who have extensively toured together.  The synergy of a lineup that is anchored by Hammond B3 player Pat Bianchi and drummer Wolfgang Haffner clearly shows and completing the band is sax-man Andy Snitzer.  Together they deliver the swinging ‘Stompin’ that courtesy of Bianchi and Snitzer ultimately takes on a decidedly straight ahead disposition. From that point on ‘Silhouette’ becomes something of a family affair as the Madrid based ensemble The Musigrama All-Stars are joined by Chuck’s wife, Carmen Cuesta and their two daughters Lizzy and Christina.  The result is the wistful ballad ‘Esta Tarde Vi Llover’, the haunting ‘Las Eras’ and, most notably, ‘My One And Only Love’ that is played out as a duo between Chuck and Lizzy.  Quite simply it’s beauty personified. http://smoothjazztherapy.typepad.com/my_weblog/2013/08/chuck-loeb-silhouette.html

Silhouette

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