Peggy Lee - Pass Me By

Bitrate: 320K/s
Time: 24:29
Size: 56.1 MB
Styles: Vocal, Easy Listening
Year: 1965/2011
Art: Front

[2:20] 1. Sneakin' Up On You
[2:22] 2. Pass Me By
[2:26] 3. I Wanna Be Around
[2:03] 4. Bewitched
[2:30] 5. My Love, Forgive Me (Amore, Scusami)
[1:43] 6. You Always Hurt The One You Love
[2:04] 7. A Hard Day's Night
[2:03] 8. L-O-V-E
[2:19] 9. Dear Heart
[2:20] 10. Quiet Nights (Corcovado)
[2:15] 11. That's What It Takes

Capitol aimed songs from Pass Me By at several different markets, and the effect is a scattershot LP with several nuggets but no real cohesion. First up is the delightfully tossed-off popcorn tune "Sneakin' Up on You," but it's followed by the title track, a queasy strike-up-the-band march which surprisingly reached the charts. "Dear Heart" leans toward the countrypolitan sound (it would've fit much better as a vehicle for Charlie Rich), and the Beatles cover "A Hard Day's Night" wasn't a good match at all; Lee strains to hit the lower notes, and sounds tentative singing the lyrics. While her vocals are on the weak side from a technical standpoint, Lee's interpretive powers are mostly intact, and her flair on "Sneakin' Up on You" makes it a natural for one of those swinging novelties often heard on '60s compilations. ~John Bush

Bass – Bob Whitlock; Drums – John Guerin; Guitar – Bill Pitman, Bob Bain, Dennis Budimir, John Pisano; Percussion [Latin] – Francisco Aguabella; Piano – Lou Levy; Vocals – Peggy Lee

Pass Me By

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Paul Toshner - Hotel Corus

Bitrate: 320K/s
Time: 53:22
Size: 122.2 MB
Styles: Easy Listening, Adult contemporary
Year: 2013
Art: Front

[3:14] 1. Home
[3:14] 2. Gran Torino
[2:29] 3. A Case Of You
[2:44] 4. Evaporated
[3:08] 5. Wonderful Tonight
[2:36] 6. The Lady Is A Tramp
[3:09] 7. I Dreamed A Dream
[3:38] 8. Strawberry Fields
[3:41] 9. Hide Your Love Away
[4:09] 10. The Space Between
[3:25] 11. Rocket Man
[2:50] 12. The Berlofsky Boogie
[3:51] 13. Candle In The Wind
[3:24] 14. You're Nobody Til Somebody Loves You
[4:07] 15. Hotel California
[3:37] 16. Funny

Paul provides an interactive musical show covering over 8 decades of music, woven together with humour, dexterity, artistry, and an improvised twist. Something for everyone, from timeless classics, to the purest toe-tapping boogie-woogie & honky-tonk. Paul combines technical ability and technology to take requests from his guests, oftentimes that he has never before heard. Upon receiving the request he uses key-changing and lyric technology in tandem with a DJ system to identify and learn a track, which he then performs. Paul also uses a loop pedal, which allows him to layer a performance as if four hands were on the piano.

Hotel Corus

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Dana Sedgwick - S/T

Bitrate: 320K/s
Time: 47:31
Size: 108.8 MB
Styles: Jazz vocals
Year: 2008
Art: Front

[2:50] 1. Some Cats Know
[4:24] 2. I'll Be Seeing You
[2:36] 3. Hit Me With A Hot Note
[3:20] 4. Forget About The Boy
[4:20] 5. Somebody's Eyes
[2:51] 6. Life Is Just A Bowl Of Cherries
[3:32] 7. Someone To Watch Over Me
[3:38] 8. Take Me
[3:34] 9. Ladies Who Lunch
[4:01] 10. Gus The Theatre Cat
[2:47] 11. There's A Fine, Fine Line
[3:25] 12. By My Side
[6:09] 13. If Ever I Would Leave You

Dana Sedgwick is a 18-year-old recording artist from Seattle. In the studio, she has recorded a variety of projects for Disk Eyes Productions in both Seattle and Nashville . Dana attends the Clive Davis School of Recorded Music at NYU, where she is excelling in Music Production. Also, an alumni member of ICE, the Island Choral Experience, a theatrical choir for high school students. Last spring, she performed with the national touring company of Joseph and the Technicolor Dream Coat at the Paramount Theatre in Seattle as a member of their children chorus.

Recently, Disk Eyes Productions has completed Dana's first solo effort, Broadway: Jazz Interpretations and Show Tunes. Dana has a focus and passion for music. She sets high standards and works hard to extend her capabilities beyond her comfort zone. Dana takes direction well and has a great attitude in a close working environment. Her ability to read music and translate with near perfect pitch and breath control is a skill highly desired in the recording industry.

In summary, Dana is a delightful, engaging, talented young artist and professional with a bright future and a clear understanding of her direction. She will be an exceptional candidate and superb asset to the Clive Davis School of Recorded Music. Keep an eye out for this extraordinary new talent.

Dana Sedgwick

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The Hot Club Quintet - Hot Club Of Paris

Bitrate: 320K/s
Time: 36:57
Size: 84.6 MB
Styles: Swing, Gypsy jazz
Year: 2002
Art: Front

[2:56] 1. Honeysuckle Rose
[2:57] 2. Swing '42
[2:19] 3. How High The Moon
[2:31] 4. MCQ Strut
[3:11] 5. Villa Georgette
[3:03] 6. Viper's Dream
[2:43] 7. The French Connection
[2:12] 8. Swing '84
[2:26] 9. Minor Swing
[3:15] 10. This Can't Be Love
[3:44] 11. Body And Soul
[2:48] 12. Losing No Time
[2:45] 13. It Don't Mean A Thing (If It Ain't Got That Swing)

Gypsy jazz (also known as gypsy swing or hot club jazz) is a style of jazz music often said to have been started by guitarist Jean "Django" Reinhardt in the 1930s. Because its origins are largely in France it is often called by the French name, "jazz manouche", or alternatively, "manouche jazz", even in English language sources. Django was foremost among a group of Gypsy guitarists working in and around Paris in the 1930s through the 1950s, a group which also included the brothers Baro, Sarane, and Matelo Ferret and Reinhardt's brother Joseph "Nin-Nin" Reinhardt.

Many of the musicians in this style worked in Paris in various popular Musette ensembles. The Musette style waltz remains an important component in the Gypsy jazz repertoire. Reinhardt was noted for combining a dark, chromatic Gypsy flavor with the swing articulation of the period. This combination is critical to this style of jazz. In addition to this his approach continues to form the basis for contemporary Gypsy jazz guitar. Reinhardt's most famous group, the Quintette du Hot Club de France, also brought fame to jazz violinist Stéphane Grappelli.

Hot Club Of Paris

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Eeppi Ursin - Yellow Page Girl

Styles: Jazz Vocals
Year: 2009
File: MP3@320K/s
Time: 42:53
Size: 98,2 MB
Art: Front

(4:10)  1. Yellow Page Girl
(4:15)  2. Have You Ever
(3:45)  3. Take a Look
(5:10)  4. Say Goodbye
(6:02)  5. Right Now
(2:52)  6. Purple Mind
(4:05)  7. Got to Run
(4:28)  8. Chasing a Vision
(5:40)  9. Past and Gone
(2:20) 10. Tuuli

Eeppi Ursin is a Helsinki-based freelance musician. She has created a versatile career working as a singer, composer, arranger and pianist. She has released two albums with her own name: Violet (2005) and Yellow page girl (2009). She is also known for various projects with theatre and music and working with bands like AiA, Maija Kaunismaa&Yhtye, Warp!, Castafioren Korut, AinoA, Soi and for her collaboration with New York based pianist Mika Pohjola. In 2011-2013 she was singing in vocal ensemble Club For Five. Eeppi has performed at festivals all around the world and recorded numerous albums with different groups. At the moment her singer-songwriter type of music combines elements from jazz, pop and rock. Eeppi has also worked as a composer and an arranger in several theater productions and has been teaching solo and vocal ensemble singing. Bio..

https://www.facebook.com/pages/Eeppi-Ursin/142678342434839?sk=info

Yellow Page Girl

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One For All - Too Soon To Tell

Styles: Jazz
Year: 1997
File: MP3@320K/s
Time: 60:00
Size: 139,3 MB
Art: Front

(8:19)  1. Too Soon To Tell
(6:56)  2. Alfie
(5:54)  3. Stranger Than Fiction
(7:03)  4. Dedicated To You
(8:46)  5. Blues For All
(8:03)  6. Betcha By Golly Wow
(8:29)  7. Visionary
(6:29)  8. Captain's Song

Having reviewed last month Optimism, the second Sharp Nine release by One for All, the New York–based co–op sextet patterned after Art Blakey’s celebrated Jazz Messengers, we must beg your indulgence as we backtrack a year to appraise its debut session, recorded in February ’97 by the eminent Rudy Van Gelder (whose apparently escalating faith in greater reverb is somewhat misplaced). Personnel is unchanged, as is the group’s impassioned point of view. In spite of the rather self effacing title, it’s hardly too soon to tell you, the reader and potential listener, that these are six of the most accomplished and emphatic young neo boppers in the Big Apple or anywhere else. If the Messengers were still around, this is probably quite close to what they’d sound like. While it may be hard to imagine anyone completely filling Blakey’s enormous shoes, Farnsworth has more than a few Bu like drum rolls up his sleeve and kicks the group along in splendid fashion.

Washington, pianist Tommy Flanagan’s bassist of choice, and Hazeltine complete a purposeful and close knit rhythm section that never lets the music drag or falter. The front liners, meanwhile, blend well together (several of the voicings are truly enchanting), and each one is an intrepid soloist as well  Rotondi the fiery triple tonguing aggressor, Davis the Fuller style acrobat, Alexander the muscular clean up batter in the volcanic image of his main man, George Coleman. Like many of Blakey’s sidemen, these guys double as composer/arrangers, and fare well in that department too. Rotondi contributed the buoyant Messengers like opener, “Too Soon to Tell” and the flag waving “Stranger Than Fiction.” Alexander wrote the minor key “Blues for All,” Davis the modal waltz “Visionary” and Hazeltine the up tempo closer, “Captain’s Song.” Hazeltine set “Alfie” to a brisk Latin beat and scored “Betcha By Golly Wow,” while Alexander arranged his earnest ballad feature, Sammy Cahn’s “Dedicated to You.” A superb collaborative effort that is easily recommended to partisans of the mainstream, as is the group's second release.~Jack Bowers 

http://www.allaboutjazz.com/php/article.php?id=2968#.UjTFUT8kI5c

Personnel: Eric Alexander, tenor saxophone; Jim Rotondi, trumpet, flugelhorn; Steve Davis, trombone; David Hazeltine, piano; Peter Washington, bass; Joe Farnsworth, drums.

Too Soon To Tell

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Celia Baron - Sax Appeal

Styles: Jazz
Year: 2012
File: MP3@320K/s
Time: 58:43
Size: 135,9 MB
Art: Front

(3:41)  1. I
(3:36)  2. Dark Gold
(3:35)  3. I Put A Spell On You
(3:48)  4. For The Love Of Him
(3:59)  5. Na, Na, Na
(3:56)  6. Big Sky
(4:19)  7. You Know That I Love You
(3:37)  8. Move Around
(3:53)  9. Panipat
(3:50) 10. Tango Me
(3:37) 11. F - Street
(3:54) 12. I Try
(3:30) 13. You
(4:28) 14. Funky Girl
(4:55) 15. Hey, Hey Now

.. As the daughter of two professional muscians, my heart was always going to be in music. Working in a music shop and selling instruments is not as much fun as playing them so I decided on a study of music at the “Conservatoire de la musique” in Luxemburg. I studied jazz saxophone for 4 years and during that time I had some early musical successes. With my band at the time V.I.S., we won the prize for young composers at the Berlin Film Festival three times. Upon completion of my music degree I began teaching at the music house of A. Knopp in Saarbrücken in between touring Europe wich several bands. More recently solo projects, composing and concert appearances have been the focus, playing alongside such musical stars as Maceo Parker, George Clinton, Fred Wesley , Martha High and Tom Principato. Although my musical range stretches from orchestral, gospel and musicals through to rock, jazz and blues my favorite style would have to be funk. Exposure to such a varied range of styles has led me to develope my own style, best described as “ Funky Chilljazzhiphoppop” . My first Album “Saxcess” was released in October 2008.. http://www.jango.com/music/Celia+Baron?l=0

Sax Appeal

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Jon Lucien - Lucien Romantico

Styles: Vocal
Year: 2003
File: MP3@320K/s
Time: 33:34
Size: 76,9 MB
Art: Front

(3:11)  1. Tender Love of Mine
(3:42)  2. I Like It
(4:02)  3. Sempre Maria
(3:51)  4. How 'Bout Tonight
(5:09)  5. Tell Me You Love Me
(3:44)  6. Takes More Than Words
(6:01)  7. Together As One
(3:51)  8. Too Damn Hot

Jon Lucien made his first recording as a leader in 1970. This album is a reissue of one that was initially released in 1982 on the Precision label, but not widely distributed. In addition to singing, Lucien also plays a variety of instruments while he sings, I assume to keep his hands busy. Many of the tunes have a definite Caribbean beat to them including "Tender Love of Mine" and "How`Bout Tonight". Not surprising given that he was born in St. Thomas and has been elected to the Caribbean Hall of Fame. One of the special elements of the CD is the grand instrumental backing. There is a rhythm section, piano, Rhodes piano, drums, lots of backup vocals, and other assorted Latin percussion, all augmented live in the studio by large symphony orchestras including the Chicago and London symphonies as well as the New York orchestra which is conducted by renowned jazz trombone player and arranger Billy Byers. Matters, therefore, get a bit busy from time to time. But miraculously, everything stays under control and it all manages to fit together very well. But with all this activity, Lucien's voice doesn't stand out all that well as it is subsumed into comings and goings of larger groups. One exception is a "I Like It" which Lucien delivers with a cocky hat tilted forward manner. Another is "Too Damn Hot" which has a high-spirited beat that will keep your toe tapping and your shoulders moving. If you like the rhythm of the Islands, Romantico is a must have.~ Dave Nathan  http://www.allaboutjazz.com/php/article.php?id=9070#.Ujt5VRAkI5c.

Jon Lucien - Vocal/Fender Bass/Phodes Piano/Yamaha Grand Piano/Percussion/Mini Moog/Congas; Carlos Bega, James Gadson, Earl Palmer - Drums; Gloria Agostini - Harp; Angel Allende - Timbales; Steve Thornton - Percussion; Bill Byers, Michel Colombier, Richard Evans - Conductor; Josh Sklair, Oscar Castro Nevers - Guitar; Franchine Smith, JoAnn Brown - El, Cynthia White, Keithen Carter, Cinnamon - Backup Vocals; Larry Ball - Bass; Fred Jenkins, Clarence Charles, Dennis Budimir- Guitar; Gip Nobles - Rhodes Piano; Michael Melvoin/Aloisio Aguitar - Piano; Nana Vasconcelos - Talking Drums

Lucien Romantico

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