Mel Collins & D. Ben-Jamin Big Band - A Little Jazz Now & Then

Size: 81,5 MB
Time: 35:09
File: MP3 @ 320K/s
Released: 2013
Styles: Contemporary/Vocal Jazz, Big Band
Label: Mel Collins & D. Ben-Jamin Big Band
Art: Front

01. The Song Is You (2:01)
02. Our Love Is Here To Stay (3:26)
03. A Tisket A Tasket (2:29)
04. Honeysuckle Rose (2:51)
05. At Last (5:14)
06. Rendezvous (4:24)
07. Better Than Anything (3:54)
08. Diggin' Me (3:17)
09. Good Man Blues (2:59)
10. Ordinary People (4:30)

Travel down the Jazz history road with Mel Collins & D. Ben-jamin Big Band as they take you on a journey from yesterday to today.
Begin with the swingin' days of Ella & Basie then to the classic 60s Blue Note period of Nancy Wilson and Etta James. Lastly, they drop you off at the smooth jazz grooves of today with renditions of current hits by John Legend's "Ordinary People" and Dave Wheat's "Better Than Anything."
The unique jazz vocals of Mel Collins, the dynamic arrangements of Duane Benjamin along with the great solo work of jazz artists Bennie Maupin, Bob Sheppard, Rickey Woodard, Clayton Cameron and Kevin Toney create a perfect tribute to the best eras of jazz. With something for every jazz lover, you will surely enjoy A LITTLE JAZZ NOW & THEN.

A Little Jazz Now & Then

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Buddy Fite - Tasty

Bitrate: 320K/s
Time: 46:00
Size: 105.3 MB
Styles: Guitar jazz
Year: 1987/2007
Art: Front

[5:00] 1. Princess
[2:25] 2. Here's That Rainy Day
[4:20] 3. Make It With You
[4:09] 4. I Can't Get Started
[2:53] 5. Tune Up
[4:15] 6. Barney's Tune
[4:20] 7. Sneakin' One
[2:29] 8. Angel Eyes
[3:35] 9. Willow Weep For Me
[4:50] 10. No Particular Blues
[4:18] 11. Moonlight In Vermont
[3:20] 12. A Day In The Life Of A Fool

Buddy Fite picked up the guitar as a child, listened to the hit records of the day by Les Paul. Figuring that if one man could play that fast, another could duplicate the feat. He learned to operate at the speed seemingly achieved on Paul's records, without realizing that parts of them had been recorded at half speed and later doubled up! Aside from the effortless fluidity with which he plays and the beautiful inner voicing we hear and conveys in his harmony-oriented interpretations, Buddy has the incredible ability to sound like a guitarist and a bass player simultaneously.

What must be stressed about the Fite phenomenon is not simply his technical master but the sensitive use to which he puts it. Other guitarist who have heard him, among them top studio professionals, have unanimously acclaimed Fite as an unpublicised hero. From Howard Roberts to Glen Cambpell, Barney Kessel, and Al Casey, Les Paul,they all acknowledge that his concept is unlike anything they had heard before. Some call it a piano-style guitar, and indeed there are moments when one is reminded, rhythmically, of Erroll Garner or technically of Art Tatum. ~Leonard Feather

Tasty

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Various - The Great Big Band Singers

Bitrate: 320K/s
Time: 70:15
Size: 160.8 MB
Styles: Pop. Nostalgia, Vocal, Easy Listening
Year: 2011
Art: Front

[2:48] 1. Doris Day - Sentimntal Journey
[3:38] 2. Helen O'Connell - Just For A Thrill
[2:57] 3. Helen Ward - It's Been So Long
[3:21] 4. Helen Forrest - Between A Kiss And A Sigh
[3:10] 5. Bob Eberly - Fools Rush In
[1:54] 6. Eddy Howard - You Must Have Been A Beautiful Baby
[2:23] 7. Nancy Norman - Candy
[3:31] 8. Lisa Morrow - Who's Sorry Now
[3:04] 9. Frank Sinatra - All Or Nothing At All
[2:36] 10. Nancy Norman - Saturday Night (Is The Loneliest Night Of The Week)
[3:01] 11. Helen Forrest - I've Heard That Song Before
[3:49] 12. June Christy - On The Sunny Side Of The Street
[2:46] 13. Dick Haymes - When You Wish Upon A Star
[3:02] 14. Eddy Howard - I've Got A Pocketful Of Dreams
[1:44] 15. Doris Day - Kiss To Remember
[2:46] 16. Bob Allen - Sweet And Lovely
[1:55] 17. Kay Starr - I've Got My Love To Keep Me Warm
[2:32] 18. Frank Sinatra - My Love For You
[2:42] 19. June Christy - No Baby, Nobody But You
[2:32] 20. Dick Haymes - When The Swallows Come Back To Capistrano
[2:29] 21. Anita O'Day - Tabby The Cat
[3:39] 22. Bob Eberly - The Nearness Of You
[2:10] 23. Bonnie Lou Williams - What Is This Thing Called Love
[2:51] 24. Billy Williams - It's Only A Paper Moon
[2:42] 25. Helen O'Connell - I'm Stepping Out With A Memory Tonight

This look back at the greatest "crooners" and "canaries" of the 1940s features the top vocalists of the period, when they began their careers performing with orchestras and dance bands. The most popular singers ultimately became stars on their own.

The Great Big Band Singers

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Stacey Kent - The Changing Lights

Styles: Brazilian Jazz
Year: 2013
File: MP3@320K/s
Time: 58:13
Size: 133,9 MB
Art: Front

(5:40)  1. This Happy Madness
(5:33)  2. The Summer We Crossed Europe In The Rain
(3:03)  3. One Note Samba [Samba De Uma Nota So]
(5:57)  4. Mais Uma Vez
(5:10)  5. Waiter, Oh Waiter
(3:09)  6. O Barquinho
(6:19)  7. The Changing Lights
(4:04)  8. How Insensitive
(4:26)  9. O Bêbado E A Equilibrista / Smile
(3:38) 10. Like A Lover
(4:09) 11. The Face I Love
(2:55) 12. A Tarde
(4:04) 13. Chanson Légère

Grammy-nominated singer, Stacey Kent, and Parlophone Label Group France (formerly EMI Music France) are pleased to announce the upcoming release of The Changing Lights, out on 17th September 2013. The Changing Lights brings centre stage Kent's love for Brazilian music.

The release of this new album is supported by a worldwide tour that includes such prestigious venues as Ronnie Scott's Club in London (30th sept â 4th Oct), Lâ Olympia in Paris (15th Nov) and Birdland in New York (3rd-8th Dec). The American singer's new album includes both original compositions and classic songs from the biggest names in Brazilian Music, including Tôm Jobim, Dori Caymmi, Marcos Valle and Roberto Menescal, who performs on two of the album's tracks, including his own, O Barquinho.

Signed to Blue Note/EMI France now known as Parlophone Music France in 2007, Stacey Kent's EMI albums have sold more than half a million copies worldwide, including the Grammy-nominated, Platinum-selling, Breakfast on the Morning Tram, Raconte-Moi and Dreamer in Concert.

This new album, produced and arranged by Jim Tomlinson, finds Stacey Kent visiting some of her favorite Bossa Nova songs, including This Happy Madness, One Note Samba, How Insensitive, alongside original songs composed by Jim Tomlinson, in collaboration with Kazuo Ishiguro (The Changing Lights, Waiter, Oh Waiter, The Summer We Crossed Europe In The Rain), the team that wrote The Ice Hotel and Breakfast On The Morning Tram. There are also collaborations with Portuguese poet Antonio Ladeira (Mais Uma Vez, A Tarde) and French lyricist Bernie Beaupãre,  the writer of Raconte-Moi and Venus Du Melo.

It is hard to categorise Stacey Kent. An American who speaks fluent French as well as Portuguese, Italian and German, she is able to transcend genre and national boundaries with an ease that few other artists can. Having recently recorded a live album in Rio De Janeiro with Marcos Valle, in celebration of his 50th year in music, Stacey's musical journey has brought her ever closer to Brazilian music. With The Changing Lights, Kent re-imagines her truly personal sound and style through the prism of Brazilian music.

Kent's new album, The Changing Lights is a milestone for her and the highlight of a 15-year recording career from a gifted jazz singer with not only an exquisite voice but also an unmatched talent for storytelling.  www.staceykent.com

The Changing Lights

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Christian McBride - Out Here

Styles: Smooth Jazz
Year: 2013
File: MP3@320K/s
Time: 65:03
Size: 149,5 MB
Art: Front

(8:24)  1. Ham Hocks and Cabbage
(4:03)  2. Hallelujah Time
(8:26)  3. I Guess I'll Have to Forget
(6:42)  4. Easy Walker
(9:20)  5. My Favorite Things
(7:41)  6. East of the Sun (And West of the Moon)
(5:39)  7. Cherokee
(8:27)  8. I Have Dreamed
(6:18)  9. Who's Making Love

Christian McBride's second studio album in 2013, Out Here, finds the adept bassist leading his trio through a jaunty, exuberant set of straight-ahead acoustic jazz. The album follows on the heels of his equally as appealing quintet album, People Music. However, where that album found McBride delving into the knotty post-bop sound of artists like '60s Bobby Hutcherson, Out Here is more of a classic standards album in the vein of works by Oscar Peterson and Duke Ellington. Joining McBride here is his working trio of pianist Christian Sands and drummer Ulysses Owens, Jr., who was also featured on People Music. Both Sands and Owens are superb, technically adroit musicians who complement McBride's warm, generous bass playing at every turn on Out Here. What's great about McBride leading his own trio is that because he is fundamentally such a monster of a bassist, he can and does take the lead on any given song just as well, if not better, than many of his non-rhythm section instrument-playing brethren. That said, he certainly lets his bandmates shine in the spotlight throughout much of the album. In fact, as on the trio's take on "My Favorite Things," both Sands and McBride take turns interpreting the melody. Elsewhere, they delve into bluesy, gospel-influenced numbers with "Ham Hocks and Cabbage" and "Hallelujah Time," and jump headlong into a swinging rendition of "Cherokee." There are also some gorgeous ballads featured on the album, with McBride's Latin-tinged "I Guess I'll Have to Forget" standing out among them. McBride even summons the spirit of his more funk and soul-influenced albums with the trio's giddy album-closing take on the R&B classic "Who's Making Love."~Matt Collar  http://www.allmusic.com/album/out-here-mw0002549026

Out Here 

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Keith Urban - Fuse (Deluxe Version)

Styles: Jazz
Year: 2013
File: MP3@320K/s
Time: 57:06
Size: 132,6 MB
Art: Front

(3:57)  1. Somewhere In My Car
(3:59)  2. Even the Stars Fall 4 U
(4:16)  3. Cop Car
(3:03)  4. Shame
(3:52)  5. Good Thing
(3:11)  6. We Were Us
(3:29)  7. Love's Poster Child
(3:17)  8. She's My 11
(3:52)  9. Come Back To Me
(3:59) 10. Red Camaro
(3:25) 11. Little Bit of Everything
(3:05) 12. Raise 'Em Up
(3:53) 13. Heart Like Mine
(3:42) 14. Black Leather Jacket
(2:52) 15. Gonna B Good
(3:06) 16. Lucky Charm

The Fuse, Keith Urban's first album in three years, delivers a slicker, more sophisticated version of his solitary demo recording process as a radical sounding change in direction. Throughout, he melds drum machines, synths and samplers with his guitars, banjos, mandolins and voice. Urban's experience as a judge on American Idol also contributes to his song and production choices--he's heard enough commercial pop to know what works. If ever a contemporary country record was strategically created to crossover, this is it. Recorded in California and Nashville, Urban employed a slew of co-producers, songwriters, and co-writers. The set's clever first single, "Little Bit Of Everything" with its punchy handclaps, hip hop rhythms and pulsing synth, underscores his banjo and stinging guitar; his voice accents the hook and rings clear above it all. "Even The Stars Fall 4 U," is introduced by thrumming, brittle loops, enormous handclaps, a nasty guitar vamp, and a chorus shouting "Hey!" Though the banjo-drenched melody is subtler, the anthemic chorus explodes. The muted drum loop that fuels the shimmering "Cop Car," is layered in atmospherics worthy of Achtung Baby, but the melody is pure country. 

Miranda Lambert duets on what initially appears to be the purest country tune on the set, but that's a feint as well. The chorus is pure pop, with crisscrossing cut-time rhythms accenting the end of every line. The layered, mid tempo ballad, "Shame" was co-written and co-produced by the Norwegian hip hop/ R&B team Stargate, with synths hovering through the loop-saturated backdrop. Another ballad, "Come Back To Me," co-produced by Urban and Butch Walker, is deeply indebted to Daniel Lanois' warm-as-bathwater production style, with subdued sopnics, edgeless rhythms, rounded and heavily reverbed guitars and keys. Only his voice is crystalline. The hook is less pronounced but ever present, with a restrained dynamic slowly building to a climax. Contrast this with "Red Camaro," with its rattling banjo, bright, 90s-era drum loop, zig-zagging synths, a fiddle that sounds like an outtake from Dexy's Too-Rye-Aye, and a crisp meld of acoustic and electric guitars under Urban's multi-tracked (and perhaps pitch-enhanced) vocals. 

The numerous production dimensions here sometimes mask this set's almost uniformly good songs the muddied textures that overshadow "Raise 'Em Up"--an otherwise fine duet with Eric Church. The set finishes strong with the "Heart Like Mine," another galloping anthem whose rhythmic punch and cadence sound like they came from Kate Bush's "Running Up That Hill." For all the piecemeal recording, technological obsession and sheer ambition on the Fuse, Urban manages to fashion it all into a (mostly) working whole and maintain his identity as a contemporary country artist, even as he reaches for the mainstram pop fences.~ Thom Jurek  http://www.allmusic.com/album/release/fuse-mr0003981270

Fuse (Deluxe Version)

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