Teresa Cristina - Duetos

Size: 115,9 MB
Time: 49:36
File: MP3 @ 320K/s
Released: 2006
Styles: Brazilian Rhythms, Samba
Art: Front

01. Depois De Tanto Amor (With Paulinho Da Viola) (3:16)
02. Dona Joaninha (With Pedro Miranda) (2:55)
03. Na Aldeia (With Monica Salmaso) (5:36)
04. Coisas Banais (With Velha Guarda Da Portela) (3:40)
05. Para Ver As Meninas (With Conjunto Epoca De Ouro) (3:33)
06. Vai Com Deus (With Mariana Baltar) (3:37)
07. Tudo Se Transformou (With Elton Medeiros) (4:40)
08. Cafofo Da Surica (With Tia Surica) (3:07)
09. Argumento (With Beth Carvalho) (2:41)
10. Marcha Das Flores (With Cordao Do Boitata) (2:59)
11. Swing De Campo Grande (With Grupo Casuarina) (3:00)
12. A Banca Do Distinto (With Joanna) (2:49)
13. Pode Guardar As Panelas - Perdoa (With Velha Guarda Da Portela) (4:14)
14. Portela (With Cristina Buarque & Velha Guarda Da Portela) (3:22)

Considered one of the leaders of Carioca samba in the late '90s, Teresa Cristina has performed with the Velha Guarda da Portela, Elton Medeiros, Moacyr Luz, and Pedro Amorim. As a composer, she has written sambas with Argemiro da Portela. In 1995, Cristina participated in the project A Cria at the Planetário da Gávea hall. Having been invited by the poet Chacal, she also participated in the CEP 20.000 series. Embraced by Wilson Moreira, Cristina performed at the Casa da Mãe Joana.

Since 1999, as a member of the Grupo Semente, she performs at a "roda de samba" (samba get-together) on saturdays at the Bar Semente in Lapa (Rio de Janeiro). She is one of the artists who takes part in the rebuilding of the Lapa neighborhood, a most important region of Rio de Janeiro, witness to much of the history of samba. Cristina participated in TV Maxambomba's Puxando Conversa project, backing up (with the Grupo Semente) Jair do Cavaquinho, Argemiro da Portela, and Tia Surica. In 2000, Cristina and company performed at Eliomar Coelho's birthday at the Teatro Rival, accompanying Guilherme de Brito, Xangô da Mangueira, Nelson Sargento, Wilson Moreira, and other greats. In the same year, she and the group participated in the roda de samba weekly project at the Funarte Hall, backing up a different guest every week, such as Argemiro da Portela, Tia Surica, Tantinho, and Xangô da Mangueira.

Duetos

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Eula Lawrence & The John Pierce Trio - Eula!

Size: 148,3 MB
Time: 63:45
File: MP3 @ 320K/s
Released: 2013
Styles: Vocal Jazz
Art: Front

01. What A Difference A Day Makes (5:13)
02. All My Tomorrows (5:46)
03. The Boy From Ipanema (5:07)
04. Blue Moon (4:02)
05. Crazy He Calls Me (3:29)
06. I'm Old Fashioned (4:02)
07. Lover Man (5:54)
08. I'm Glad There Is You (3:14)
09. On The Street Where You Live (3:45)
10. I Wish You Love (5:47)
11. I'd Rather Drink Muddy Water (4:34)
12. Our Day Will Come (3:49)
13. It Never Entered My Mind (5:28)
14. Secret Love (3:28)

Eula Lawrence and John Pierce will be releasing their latest Jazz title "Eula! with the John Pierce Trio" at the Regattabar this October 2nd. One of Boston’s finest vocalists, Ms. Lawrence has been a featured artist at both the Boston Globe Jazz Festival and the Toulon Jazz Festival in Toulon, France. She was a 1991 Boston Music Award nominee for Outstanding Jazz Vocalist, and has appeared an unprecedented five times at Boston’s annual gala benefit Steppin’ Out, attended by over 3,500 people. In addition to opening for such stars as Eartha Kitt, Linda Hopkins, Jim Bailey, Vic Damone, Jimmy James and Della Reese, Lawrence has performed with many of the top names in jazz, including George Benson, McCoy Tyner, Donald Byrd, Bobby Timmons, B.B. King, Johnny “Hammond” Smith, Roy Haynes and Antonio Hart.

Backing her up on this CD is a trio of Berklee College of Music faculty members led by bassist John Pierce, with Tim Ray on piano and Jon Hazilla on drums. John and Eula met working with Craig Ball’s White Heat Swing Orchestra, where Eula was the featured vocalist and John played trombone. Pierce, who is also the engineer and producer for this recording, has performed or recorded with many artists, including Lou Rawls, Tony Bennett Gladys Knight, Joe Beck, Patti Austin and J. Geils.

Eula!

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Anne Weerapass - Out Of Nowhere

Bitrate: 320K/s
Time: 60:26
Size: 138.4 MB
Styles: Jazz vocals
Year: 2004
Art: Front

[5:24] 1. Out Of Nowhere
[4:32] 2. The Way You Look Tonight
[5:30] 3. So Many Stars
[5:42] 4. I've Grown Accustomed To His Face
[4:10] 5. Night & Day
[6:14] 6. He's Funny That Way
[4:01] 7. Close Your Eyes
[3:51] 8. What A Difference A Day Made
[3:53] 9. So Nice (Summer Samba)
[5:09] 10. Embraceable You
[4:10] 11. Night & Day 2
[3:51] 12. What A Difference A Day Made 2
[3:53] 13. So Nice (Summer Samba) 2

In late 2004, Jeremy Monteiro lent his jazzy touch to Renee Weerapass’ first Jazznote recording, Out of Nowhere, holding down the floor with his piano playing, while amassing support from smooth talents like Belinda Moody on doublebass, Shawn Kelley on drums, and Mohammed Noor on percussions. Saxman Koh, Bangkok’s best-selling, saxophone rising star, added the quintessential saxy touch to the Weerapass sound.

For this CD, Anne Weerapass brings her pop-singing perfected vocal into the foray of jazz, and let me assure you, it is surprisingly formidable. She possesses that jazzy voice we prize from the eras of Ella Fitzgerald and Sarah Vaughan, with a stimulating sensitivity that is firmly cultivated in the present era.

Anne’s vocalization was of utter confidence, hence rendering absolute reign over each and every song. Utterly inspiring and momentarily playful, Anne’s singing also puts one’s mind at ease at once. Never a dull moment is there in her singing, and there is not enough of her voice. Pianist and producer Jeremy Monteiro took full advantage of the company and rarity of such a vocal talent and played his piano to his heart’s content, leaving the listener gasping for more Anne. ~Constantine Soo

Out Of Nowhere

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Trio Da Paz - Somewhere

Bitrate: 320K/s
Time: 60:25
Size: 138.3 MB
Styles: Brazilian jazz
Year: 2005
Art: Front

[3:46] 1. Seven Steps To Heaven
[5:49] 2. Partido Alto
[5:05] 3. Look To The Sky
[3:18] 4. Babel (Samba Novo)
[5:08] 5. Winelight
[3:53] 6. Ding Dong The Witch Is Dead
[4:27] 7. Brazilian National Anthem
[5:19] 8. Take Five
[4:14] 9. Batida Diferente
[2:57] 10. O Astronauta
[6:09] 11. Somewhere
[4:46] 12. Loro
[5:28] 13. Corcovado

The well-traveled musicians who make up Trio da Paz (guitarist Romero Lubambo, bassist Nilson Matta, and drummer Duduka Da Fonseca) have eclectic tastes that range well beyond their native Brazil -- and they choose to exercise them without restraint on this album. Starting out with Miles Davis' "Seven Step to Heaven," the trio swings back and forth between Brazil and the U.S. without a care, filtering almost everything through the bossa nova and samba idioms. The Grover Washington, Jr. hit "Winelight" takes very well to a medium-tempo bossa nova treatment. Even, so help us, "Ding Dong the Witch Is Dead" is within their range, transformed into a swift samba. However Trio da Paz give Leonard Bernstein's "Somewhere" a straightforward, American pop standard rhythm, perhaps because they couldn't figure out how to Brazilian-ize it, and the off-kilter three-quarter meter take on the five-four meter "Take Five" nearly stumbles on itself. Among the Brazilian-made tunes, there is some exquisite out-of-the-way Antonio Carlos Jobim ("Look to the Sky") as well as standard-issue Jobim "Corcovado"), rapid-fire Baden Powell in "Babel (Samba Novo)" and "O Astronauta," and a marvelous treatment of Durval Ferreira's "Batida Diferente." Whatever the sources of the material, this trio generates combustible fission that many of today's post-bossa nova recordings don't have. ~Richard S. Ginnell

Somewhere

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Debby Boone - Swing This

Styles: Vocal Jazz
Year: 2013
File: MP3@320K/s
Time: 46:49
Size: 108,2 MB
Art: Front

(3:01)  1. Sway
(4:08)  2. That Old Black Magic
(4:29)  3. More Than You Know
(2:24)  4. I'm Gonna Live Till I Die
(3:24)  5. These Boots Are Made for Walkin'
(4:21)  6. Cry Me a River
(3:20)  7. Sing Sing Sing
(3:04)  8. I'm Waiting Just for You
(3:30)  9. Everybody Loves Somebody
(2:02) 10. Get Me to the Church on Time
(2:34) 11. Mack the Knife
(4:36) 12. Round Midnight
(2:42) 13. You & the Night & the Music
(3:09) 14. Be Careful It's My Heart

Debby Boone earned instant fame with her first single, "You Light Up My Life," which claimed the Number One spot on the Billboard chart for ten consecutive weeks in 1977. She earned a Grammy for Best New Artist that year and has since won two additional Grammys and seven Grammy nominations. Debby has starred on Broadway and brings her latest show, "Swing This," to the Knight Theater to celebrate timeless classics such as "Sing Sing Sing," "Cry Me A River," "Mack The Knife" and more. 

http://events.charlotteobserver.com/charlotte_nc/events/show/348873343-debby-boone-swing-this

Swing This

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Jeremy Monteiro (Feat. Jacintha) - A Song For You, Karen

Styles: Vocal
Year: 2003
File: MP3@320K/s
Time: 70:18
Size: 161,1 MB
Art: Front + Back

(8:49)  1. A Song For You
(5:52)  2. When I Fall In Love
(5:26)  3. This Masquerade
(5:42)  4. We've Only Just Begun
(4:03)  5. Top of the World
(3:26)  6. For All We Know
(6:28)  7. Rainy Days And Mondays
(3:57)  8. There's A Kind Of Hush
(4:38)  9. All You Get From Love Is A Love Song
(5:43) 10. I Won't Last A Day Without You
(4:10) 11. They Long To Be - Close To You
(6:30) 12. Yesterday Once More
(5:28) 13. A Song For You (Instrumental)

"I think I have a very good idea for a special album." Jeremy was comfortably seated, leaning back in a couch. It was late in a gorgeous spring afternoon in 2001. We were sitting out in the garden just relaxing and listening to the sounds of the nature.

"Jeremy" was Jeremy Monteiro, my good friend, who had just flown in from Singapore to Seattle for a few days. Before long, he would be leaving for Chicago to do some recording.

"What is it?" I was tempted to ask when he closed his eyes again. He sat up and spoke in a serious manner. "Next year will be the 30th anniversary of ‘The Carpenters.’ People of our age grew up with all those beautiful songs by Karen Carpenter. If we could produce an album of some of those great songs - say, in a jazz format - as our tribute to The Carpenters, it would be wonderful."

"You mean just instrumentals, but no vocals?" Skeptical, I hesitated. "Sure. What’s wrong with that?" He looked surprised. "You know all audiophiles love female vocals, particularly on songs by Karen Carpenter. However, it is not easy to find someone who can come close to what she does." (I guess I’d have to admit that I was not optimistic!)

Jeremy thought for a while and then jumped up. In this case, why don’t we invite Jacintha to do it? I’ve known her since childhood, and she often sang the music of The Carpenters. She loves those songs! Jeremy was really excited. In the next five minutes Jeremy was talking on the phone to Jacintha in Singapore. To my surprise, she was overjoyed, and accepted the invitation without a second thought! Better yet, Jeremy was even able to get the award-winning "Two for Brazil" duo to sing one song, adding a delightful Latin American flavor to this album.

So here it is: a jazz tribute album to the music of the Carpenters, as Jeremy wanted - but with Jacintha singing in a stunning way, as I wanted! ~ Winston Ma/First Impress  http://afrolatincubanjazz.blogspot.com.br/2010/09/jeremy-monteiro-trio-jacintha-song-for.html

Personnel:  Jeremy Monteiro, arrangement & piano; Eric Schneider, saxophone; Paul Martin, double-bass; Tim Davis, drums; Jacintha, vocals; Two For Brazil.

A Song For You Karen

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Eliane Elias - Something for You

Styles: Brazilian Jazz
Year: 2008
File: MP3@VBR ~320K/s
Time: 63:11
Size: 144,5 MB
Art: Front

(3:17)  1. You and the Night and the Music
(2:58)  2. Here Is Something for You
(2:51)  3. A Sleepin Bee
(3:51)  4. But Not for Me
(4:05)  5. Waltz for Debby
(4:59)  6. Five
(4:50)  7. Blue in Green
(4:33)  8. Detour Ahead
(3:13)  9. Minha (All Mine)
(5:01) 10. My Foolish Heart
(4:25) 11. But Beautiful/Here's That Rainy Day
(2:54) 12. I Love My Wife
(2:53) 13. For Nenette
(3:23) 14. Evanesque
(3:11) 15. Solar
(4:29) 16. After All
(2:13) 17. Introduction to "Here Is Something for You"

Everybody digs Bill Evans, the pianist who changed the face of the piano trio in jazz with his Sunday at the Village Vanguard (Riverside Records, 1961) and Waltz for Debby (Riverside Records, 1961). These were the albums that brought a then unheard of level of interaction between the pianist and his trio mates, bassist Scott LaFaro and drummer Paul Motian. 

Things haven't been the same since. There are countless piano trios that have been influenced by that groundbreaking group. Pianist/vocalist Eliane Elias, growing up in her native Brazil, absorbed the sounds of that famous Evans trio. Returning to Blue Note Records after a seven year absence from the label, the artist offers up a heartfelt tribute to Evans with Something for You. It's to Elias' credit that she brings her own piano voice to the set. Rather than play like Bill Evans, she gets into his spirit, and has her own things to say. She has a more gregarious approach to songs he wrote, including "Waltz for Debby" and "Blue in Green," as well as those he was associated with like "My Foolish Heart" and "You and the Night and the Music." She is more given to brief sparkling flourishes, and injects more emotion into Evans' cerebral mode of play. 

Elias sings on six of the seventeen cuts. With a slight Portuguese accent and the occasional hush in the delivery, comparisons to Astrud Gilberto are inevitable. But Elias' voice is richer, more emotionally resonant, and is absolutely beguiling on "Minha" and "But Beautiful/Here's That Rainy Day." "Here Is Something For You," and "Evanesque" are previously unreleased Evans tunes discovered by bassist Marc Johnson (Elias' husband). Johnson was the bassist in the pianist's last trio and, just prior to his death in 1980, Evans had given him a cassette of things he was working on. Elias treats these classic Evans works with care, with "Evanesque," featuring some particularly searching piano work. Something For You is a gorgeous tribute to one of the giants of jazz piano. ~ Dan Mcclenaghan  

http://www.allaboutjazz.com/php/article.php?id=28747#.Uo48KOJc_vs

Personnel: Eliane Elias: piano, voice; Marc Johnson: bass; Joey Baron: drums.

Something for You

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