Hilde Louise Asbjornsen - 'Round About Christmas

Size: 91,0 MB
Time: 38:52
File: MP3 @ 320K/s
Released: 2013
Styles: Vocal Jazz, Holidays
Art: Front

01. Rudolph The Red-Nosed Reindeer (3:13)
02. Have Yourself A Merry Little Christmas (3:03)
03. Rockin' Around The Christmas Tree (3:16)
04. I'd Like You For Christmas (2:14)
05. Diamonds Are A Girls Best Friend (2:43)
06. What Are You Doing New Year's Eve? (With Noora Noor) (4:56)
07. Santa Claus Came In The Spring (2:24)
08. December (2:55)
09. I've Got My Love To Keep Me Warm (3:11)
10. 'Zat You, Santa Claus (3:10)
11. Christmas Is A Lullaby (With Ane Brun) (3:12)
12. Glade Jul (4:29)

Hilde Louise Asbjørnsen serves a groovy piece of Christmas jazz molded through the hearts and ears of her exquisit little orchestra. A mixture of american classics and rarities, including a caribbean "Rudolph", "Rockin' Around The Christmas Tree" in New Orleans wrapping and a bluesy "What Are You Doing New Years Eve?" in duet with Noora Noor. Hilde Louise also offers one original tune performed in a duet with Ane Brun.

Hilde Louise Asbjørnsen is a rare and wonderful combination, equal parts musician, poet and storyteller. This enjoyable Scandinavian lady is hailed by Norwegian press as "three parts Monroe and one part Holiday". Hilde Louise's poetry is hypnotic. Her instrumental arrangements are like dark, expencive chocolate - rich, sweet-tasting, and very satisfying, while leaving you wanting more! Hilde Louise Orchestra, a collection of Norway's best known musicians, is led by keyboardist and musical director Anders Aarum. (quote Skoot Larsson)

'Round About Christmas

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Andy Fite - Everyone Else Had Been Drinking

Size: 81,5 MB
Time: 34:47
File: MP3 @ 320K/s
Released: 2013
Styles: Jazz Vocals
Art: Front

01. You Fooled Me (3:25)
02. Heaven's Real (2:21)
03. She Was So Pretty (2:07)
04. The Only Person I Know (4:01)
05. I Don't Know What You're Trying To Say To Me (1:56)
06. You Know My Name And You Know My Number (2:16)
07. An Ordinary Night (2:25)
08. What I Can't Remember (3:40)
09. A Reason (3:44)
10. A Lousy Day (2:31)
11. A Funny Thing (2:11)
12. Lord, What A Party! (4:05)

It happened early in 2013 that I noticed with some interest that the number of songs I have written (I started keeping track almost from the beginning, and I'm so glad I did-- it would have been chaos otherwise) was drawing tantalizingly near to the 500 mark, and I was duly tantatlized. So I thought, for the second time already, to avail myself of the cycle of 24 keys, and, as before, it worked wonderfully. The songs came quickly and pretty easily. The seed planted, it seems, it was just to water them a little and then dig them out.

The first twelve were written in the spring. From the first conception of the first tune to the release of the music took ten weeks. I felt so inspired!

The songs at hand (starting in E-flat major and winding up in D minor) were written in the summer and early autumn, and recorded in October. The album title, and the closing track, were inspired by the cover photo, taken by me in a parking lot in suburban Stockholm a couple of years ago. Sweet, serious creature!

Completing the suite didn't actually get me to 500. "Lord, What a Party!" is song number 498 in my catalog. I did get two more after that, but in the end they didn't seem to belong with these. I realized too late that getting to 500 did me no good at all: when you send out the promo bits, you can't say "Andy Fite has written 500 songs," it's got to be either Nearly 500, or Over 500. Right now I can't say anything!

I probably ought to go write a song now.

Anyway, I'm glad for the way these came out, and I hope you like them too. It's all me here, on voice(s), guitar(s) and the acoustic bass guitar. Recorded in Stockholm be me myself.

Everyone Else Had Been Drinking

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Bill Heid - Wylie Avenue

Bitrate: 320K/s
Time: 61:15
Size: 140.2 MB
Styles: B-3 Organ jazz
Year: 2003
Art: Front

[6:23] 1. At The Hurricane
[8:16] 2. Always Larry
[6:48] 3. The Slinky
[7:35] 4. Waltz Of The Corgies
[5:07] 5. Who Else
[7:34] 6. Grantulant
[7:49] 7. Wylie Avenue
[7:00] 8. Toe Tappin'
[4:39] 9. I Want You

Bill Heid is unquestionably one of the most impressive Hammond B-3 organists in modern jazz, and one night of listening to him live in performance solidifies this assertion. He's no less impressive in the studio, but the more visceral energy he brings to the stage can still be enjoyed on his studio releases. Wylie Avenue is a tribute to his native Pittsburgh, PA, where on Wylie near Center Avenue, the legendary Hill District was the location of the chitlin circuit jazz and blues clubs that launched the careers of Don Patterson, Big John Patton, Larry Young, Jimmy Smith, Gene Ludwig, and so many other fellow organists. Heid doles out more of his original music on this disc that combines soul-jazz with mainstream and progressive sounds, all blended together in a physical and virtuoso-driven nutty professor swing and bluesy funk. Of the many Pittsburgh icons Heid pays tribute to, "At the Hurricane" (for the legendary Hurricane Bar) is an easy blues, a bit off-kilter, goofy, and always on the move. The light calypso "Always Larry" (for Larry Young) probes into a sidereal deep-blue mood, while the title track is an up-and-down bopper -- mostly up -- with a fierce drum solo by longtime favored Heid sideman Mike Petrosino. "Toe Tappin'" is atypical for Heid, with its loping pace and spare, patient melody. New York guitarist Peter Bernstein is the special guest on this set, well versed and experienced in this type of music. His adaptability shows during the dirty ankle-biting funk of "Grantulant" (dedicated to Grant Green), or in tandem with Heid's organ for the boogaloo-type solid-sending soul song "The Slinky." A personalized groove, "Waltz of the Corgies" is dedicated to Heid's longtime pooch who passed away, and reflects a missing-in-action status. There's no stopping Heid when he gets cranked up, as on the bouncy swinger "Who Else?," where his nutty, spiky accents and flying fingers should convince anyone as to his enormous talent. As Heid's catalog grows and his music grows on you, you have to come to the conclusion that he's one of those rare talents who doesn't come along too often in life. Wylie Avenue is another high point in the brilliant career of perhaps the most underappreciated musician of modern times. ~ Michael G. Nastos

Following the success of Asian Persuasion, released in 2008, Wylie Avenue reunites Bill with Peter Bernstein, Michael Petrosino and George Jones for another highly memorable outing. Each of the cuts here are inspired by the great organists I've heard over the years; Jimmy Smith, Don Patterson, Larry Young, John Patton, and so many more and I was fortunate to get a hard swinging group behind me. Drummer Mike Petrosino loves to play it all - hard be-bop, blues shuffles, hip-hop and neo-soul grooves. As for Peter Bernstein, the perfect guitarist for an organ date - great solos, perfect comping, with percussionist George Jones. Bill Heid reminds us once again that he's one of the most advanced, articulate and exciting Hammond organ practitioners anywhere today. Wylie Avenue brings him home and pays worthy tribute to the Hill District's jazz legacy.

Recording information: Heid Pro Audio, Pittsburgh, PA (2008).

Bill Heid (vocals, organ); Peter Bernstein (guitar); George Jones (congas).

Wylie Avenue

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Ella Fitzgerald & Nelson Riddle - The Complete Sessions

Bitrate: 320K/s
Time: 59:09
Size: 135.4 MB
Styles: Easy Listening, Vocal jazz
Year: 2012
Art: Front

[2:35] 1. Somebody Loves Me
[2:05] 2. Cheerful Little Earful
[2:18] 3. I Hear Music
[3:29] 4. Georgia On My Mind
[3:32] 5. Call Me Darling
[2:49] 6. Love Me Or Leave Me
[3:59] 7. The Gentleman Is A Dope
[2:54] 8. Mean To Me
[2:42] 9. What Am I Here For
[3:32] 10. I Can't Get Started
[2:44] 11. Alone Together
[2:06] 12. Pick Yourself Up
[3:46] 13. Don't Be That Way
[3:21] 14. All Of Me
[2:36] 15. I Only Have Eyes For You
[2:58] 16. I'm Gonna Go Fishin'
[2:31] 17. Darn That Dream
[3:31] 18. I Won't Dance
[2:58] 19. When Your Lover Has Gone
[2:34] 20. It's A Pity To Say Goodnight

Born June 1, 1921 in Oradell, NJ, Nelson Smock Riddle studied piano as a child, later switching to trombone at the age of 14. After getting out of the service, he spent 1944-1945 as a trombonist with the Tommy Dorsey Orchestra, also writing a couple of arrangements (“Laura”, “I Should Care”). By the end of 1946, with the help of good friend, Bob Bain, he secured a job arranging for Bob Crosby in Los Angeles. He then became a staff arranger at NBC Radio in 1947, and continued to study arranging and conducting with Mario Castelnuovo-Tedesco and Victor Young.

Soon he was occasionally writing for Nat King Cole, initially as a ghost-arranger. However, the successes of his arrangements for “Mona Lisa” (1950) and “Too Young” (1951) set him on his way to doing most of Nat’s music at Capitol Records. By this time, Nelson Riddle had become conductor of the orchestra and had his name printed on the record label. He was no longer an anonymous arranger.

When Frank Sinatra signed with Capitol Records in 1953, the label encouraged him to work with the up-and-coming Riddle, who was now Capitol’s in-house arranger. Though he had helped Nat achieve his biggest hit, “Mona Lisa”, Sinatra was still reluctant. He soon recognized the freshness of Dad’s approach, however, and eventually came to regard him as his most sympathetic collaborator. The first song they cut together was “I’ve Got the World on a String.” When Sinatra and Dad began to record conceptually unified albums that created consistent moods, the results were some of the finest and most celebrated albums in the history of popular music. There was a great mutual respect between them. As Dad comments in his 1985 KCRW interview, “He opened some doors which without his intervention would have remained closed to me.”

Dad’s work with Ella Fitzgerald on the Gershwin Songbook in 1959 was considered one of the most elegant and unique interpretations of a most amazing body of work. ~Rosemary Riddle

The Complete Sessions

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Dan Fogelberg - The Very Best Of Dan Fogelberg

Bitrate: 320K/s
Time: 73:45
Size: 168.9 MB
Styles: Soft rock
Year: 2001
Art: Front

[5:33] 1. Nether Lands
[3:17] 2. Part Of The Plan
[4:10] 3. Heart Hotels
[3:14] 4. Longer
[3:57] 5. Hard To Say
[4:18] 6. Leader Of The Band
[5:19] 7. Same Old Lang Syne
[4:16] 8. Run For The Roses
[4:31] 9. Make Love Stay
[4:04] 10. Missing You
[3:41] 11. The Language Of Love
[4:34] 12. Believe In Me
[5:26] 13. Lonely In Love
[4:43] 14. She Don't Look Back
[4:21] 15. Rhythm Of The Rain
[4:19] 16. Magic Every Moment
[3:55] 17. A Love Like This

Although nine of the ten songs on Dan Fogelberg's 1982 release Greatest Hits also show up here, this is a definite improvement on that prior disc. It has more songs (17), and extends its chronological reach all the way up to 1993. A few post-1982 chart singles are on here that weren't on Greatest Hits, though only one of them, "The Language of Love," was a big hit, and it could be argued that Fogelberg's most popular and familiar material is adequately summarized by Greatest Hits anyway. ~ Richie Unterberger All tracks have been digitally remastered.

Dan Fogelberg, Graham Nash, Tom Scott, Mike Porcaro, Jerry Hey, Jimmy Fadden, Michael Brecker, Joe Walsh, Glenn Frey, Timothy B. Schmit.

The Very Best Of Dan Fogelberg

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Jeanie Lambe And The Danny Moss Quartet - Blue Noise Session

Styles: Vocal Jazz
Year: 1998
File: MP3@320K/s
Time: 69:54
Size: 160,8 MB
Art: Front

(4:02)  1. Long Ago And Far Away
(3:40)  2. Just Squeeze Me
(4:55)  3. Black Coffee
(2:32)  4. Saturday Night Is The Loneliest Night In The Week
(5:31)  5. I Get Along Without You
(2:41)  6. Don't Go Away Mad
(4:26)  7. Just One Of Those Things
(4:25)  8. Mad About The Boy
(4:08)  9. Love For Sale
(3:41) 10. Honeysuckle Rose
(4:31) 11. The Thrill Is Gone
(3:29) 12. Day In, Day Out
(3:27) 13. Here's That Rainy Day
(3:15) 14. A Foggy Day In London Town
(4:54) 15. It Never Entered My Mind
(3:13) 16. Come Rain Or Shine
(4:02) 17. Don't Worry 'Bout Me
(2:53) 18. Do I Love You

Born 23 December 1940, Scotland. Lambe sang at the age of 17 with the Clyde Valley Stompers and then for many years she worked in the London area with a variety of bands including Kenny Ball, Chris Barber, Acker Bilk and Alex Welsh. Gradually, her fame spread, partly owing to appearances at many international jazz festivals where she often sang with small groups led by her husband Danny Moss. With him, she spent time in Australia, residing there at the start of the 90s but continuing to tour annually either in America or Europe. During her career Lambe has sung with modern and mainstream jazz musicians including Monty Alexander, Ben Webster, Budd Johnson, Oscar Peterson, Wild Bill Davison, Kenny Davern, Joe Pass and Buddy Tate. Over the years, Lambe’s voice has subtly darkened, adding greater texture to an already fluid musical instrument. ~ Bio  http://www.allmusic.com/artist/jeanie-lambe-mn0000232729.

Personnel: Jeanie Lambe, Danny Moss, John Pearce, Len Skeat, Phil Flanigan, Ed Metz, Jr., Charly Antolini.

Blue Noise Session

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Lesley Wolman - Jewish Women In Song... A Celebration

Styles: Cabaret
Year: 2008
File: MP3@320K/s
Time: 68:22
Size: 158,2 MB
Art: Front

(3:00)  1. Shalom
(4:17)  2. If He Walked Into My Life
(3:46)  3. Miriam's Song
(4:15)  4. The Rose
(6:59)  5. Dorothy Fields Medley
(4:38)  6. My Yiddishe Momme
(3:49)  7. Miflas Hamatzav Ruach
(4:50)  8. At Seventeen
(5:21)  9. Jocheved
(3:06) 10. Sadie Salome
(5:17) 11. Yerushalayim Shel Zahav
(3:02) 12. Eishes Chayil
(5:03) 13. Where Is It Written?
(7:03) 14. Carole King Medley
(3:50) 15. Yale's Song

Born and raised in Winnipeg, Canada, Lesley began her professional career as a child, performing in local theater and television. As a teen, she performed with the Jewish song and dance troupe “Chai” which took her to prestigious stages throughout Canada and the U.S. After studying voice, theater, and dance in Boston, she honed her vocal skills by performing with her band at local jazz spots in the Boston area.

After re-locating to Toronto, Lesley completed her Nursing Degree at the University of Toronto. While in school, she was able to work as a soloist with the Tom DeMoraes Big Band, as well as performing jingles and radio voiceovers.Her big break came when she was cast in a Toronto production of “Shenandoah” with Hal Linden. That production moved to Broadway, and the revival starred John Cullum.

While living in New York, Lesley was featured on the soaps “All My Children”, and “One Life To Live.” She also starred in Off Broadway productions of “The Golden Land” and “Chutzpah A Go Go.” When Lesley was 8 months pregnant with her first child, she wrote and performed her own cabaret show,” A Pregnant Revue” which was performed to sold out crowds at Don’t Tell Mama, in New York.. The New York Cabaret scene seemed the perfect fit for this new mom, and Lesley joined forces with jazz pianist Michael Soloway , and performed 2 other cabaret shows at Judy’s and Danny’s as well as being featured at the Cabaret Symposium at Town Hall. In 1996, she and her husband, business manager, Jeff Wolman, relocated to Los Angeles, where they currently reside. After teaming up with her current musical director and collaborator, Michael Asher, Lesley has recorded 2 albums. Lesley invited writer/director, Rick Lieberman to join her team as writer and director of her shows, which have been performed att The Gardenia Supper Club,and The Jazz Bakery. Lesley is proudest of her latest act, “Jewish Women In Song,” in which she pays tribute to 14 Jewish women who have influenced and inspired her with their compositions and performances. 

The album, which will be released in September, 2008, also features Lesley’s own composition, “Yale’s Song”, a song that she wrote for her son at the time of his Bar Mitzvah; the album features her son, Yale, on guitar, and her daughter, Serena , on background vocals. The show, “Jewish Women In Song”, which is attached to the album, will be performed first in Los Angeles, and then in various venues throughout the U.S. and Canada.  http://www.cdbaby.com/cd/lesleywolman2

Jewish Women In Song... A Celebration

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Idris Muhammad - Black Rhythm Revolution/Peace & Rhythm

Styles: Pop/Rock
Year: 1971
File: MP3@320K/s
Time: 69:47
Size: 160,3 MB
Art: Front

( 5:28)  1. Express Yourself
( 4:42)  2. Soulful Drums
( 5:31)  3. Super Bad
(11:11)  4. Wander
( 8:56)  5. By The Red Sea
(11:57)  6. Peace
( 6:00)  7. Rhythm
( 5:42)  8. Brother You Don't Know You're Doing Wrong
( 4:55)  9. Don't Knock My Love - Part 1
( 5:19) 10. I'm A Believer

The album's title has more to do with the politics of its day (1972) than with the music; there's not much that's revolutionary going on here. In fact, the first track, the nine-minute "By the Red Sea," is a downright placid piece of soul samba, and the follow-up, a cover of James Brown's "Super Bad," reduces the original's intensity into a coolly percolating groove. And frankly, for a session led by the drummer, this is not a particularly rhythm-heavy set. Even the cover of Jack McDuff's "Soulful Drums" is curiously restrained, with some odd arrhythmic playing by Muhammad in counterpoint with Virgil Jones' trumpet and Clarence Thomas' soprano sax. Black Rhythm Revolution is not a bad album at all; in fact, most of the tracks are good to great, with the lengthy bookends "By the Red Sea" and "Wander" both featuring memorable grooves and tight, compact solos. It's just considerably less intense than the title might lead one to believe. ~ Stewart Mason  http://www.allmusic.com/album/black-rhythm-revolution-peace-rhythm-mw0000777502.

Black Rhythm Revolution/Peace & Rhythm

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