David Hazeltine - The Classic Trio

Bitrate: 320K/s
Time: 67:13
Size: 153.9 MB
Styles: Piano jazz
Year: 1997
Art: Front

[7:49] 1. You Make Me Feel So Young
[5:10] 2. The Fruit
[8:54] 3. Sweet & Lovely
[5:00] 4. Concentration
[5:29] 5. Catherine's Fantasy
[7:00] 6. One For Peter
[7:32] 7. You've Changed
[5:28] 8. My Stuff's On The Street Blues
[8:10] 9. These Foolish Things
[6:37] 10. Midnight Waltz

This 1997 album, featuring an impeccable rhythm section of Louis Hayes and Peter Washington, is a tour de force for pianist David Hazeltine's versatile skills as instrumentalist and composer. In addition to four very strong originals, the group tackles challenging compositions by piano masters Bud Powell and Cedar Walton, and offers fresh takes on standards like "You Make Me Feel So Young" and "These Foolish Things." Although he has yet to develop a particularly distinctive personality at the piano, Hazeltine has successfully synthesized the lessons of his modern jazz piano predecessors. This terrifically talented pianist deserves major attention. ~Joel Roberts

The Classic Trio

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Christine Ebersole - Sings Noel Coward

Bitrate: 320K/s
Time: 52:18
Size: 119.7 MB
Styles: Vocal
Year: 2010
Art: Front

[3:27] 1. Someday I'll Find You
[3:19] 2. Any Little Fish It's Only You
[3:32] 3. You Were There
[4:03] 4. A Room With A View
[2:27] 5. Chase Me Charlie
[3:37] 6. Matelot Come The Wild, Wild Weather
[3:41] 7. I'll Follow My Secret Heart
[4:48] 8. World Weary
[5:08] 9. If Love Were All
[4:28] 10. Mad About The Boy
[4:31] 11. Never Again Sail Away
[4:01] 12. The Dream Is Over
[3:03] 13. When My Ship Comes Home
[2:08] 14. I'll See You Again

Two-time Tony Award winner Christine Ebersole, whose soprano voice was heard singing Noël Coward songs between scenes of the most recent Broadway revival of Blithe Spirit, has teamed up with Musical Director Larry Yurman on an album of Coward tunes.

For her work in the dual roles of Edith Bouvier Beale and "Little" Edie Beale in the Off-Broadway and Broadway productions of Grey Gardens, Christine Ebersole was honored with the Tony Award, the Drama Desk Award, anOuter Critics Circle Award, an Obie, a special citation from the New York Drama Critics Circle and the Drama League's 2006 Distinguished Performance of the Year Award. She also received a Tony Award for Best Performance by a Leading Actress in a Musical for her work as Dorothy Brock in the hit revival of 42nd Street and a 2003 Tony nomination for her performance in Lincoln Center's production of Dinner at Eight. Ebersole's other Broadway credits include Blithe Spirit, The Best Man, Getting Away with Murder, Harrigan 'n Hart, Camelot, Oklahoma!, On the Twentieth Century, I Love My Wife, Angel Street and the City Center Encores! productions of A Connecticut Yankee, Ziegfeld Follies of 1936, Lady in the Dark and Allegro. Ebersole was also seen Off-Broadway in Talking Heads and in the recent City Center Encores! production of Applause.

Sings Noel Coward

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Kelly Mittleman - Kelly

Styles: Jazz Vocals
Year: 2006
File: MP3@320K/s
Time: 58:55
Size: 134,9 MB
Art: Front

(3:33)  1. Boy From Ipanema
(5:17)  2. My Funny Valentine
(4:08)  3. The Shadow Of Your Smile
(2:39)  4. Love For Sale
(4:56)  5. This Masquerade
(3:46)  6. Nature Boy
(4:42)  7. Feel Like Making Love
(3:44)  8. Autumn Leaves
(4:43)  9. Sunny
(4:31) 10. Never Really Knowing Why
(4:59) 11. Another Star
(4:30) 12. My Foolish Heart
(7:21) 13. God Bless The Child

She takes the standards and infuses them with overtones of soul and r&b with distinctive clarion vocals combined with a hip, sultry and sexy mix. The story it tells, the haunting melody..now put it together with a modern pulse. Kelly sings her stories over a new current with grooves of hip hop and dance and acoustic and trance. The message and the meaning of the past are preserved through Kelly's unique approach to rhythm and her clarion vocals. Kelly's self-titled CD is produced by the legendary Nile Rodgers (Madonna, Joss Stone, Maroon 5 and Diana Ross) and the vibe is fresh, hip and sexy. http://www.cdbaby.com/cd/kellymittleman

Kelly

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Lee Ritenour - Rit's House

Styles: Fusion
Year: 2002
File: MP3@320K/s
Time: 61:50
Size: 141,6 MB
Art: Front

(4:29)  1. Module 105
(4:59)  2. "13"
(5:23)  3. Mizrab
(5:37)  4. 78th & 3rd
(5:03)  5. Rit's House
(5:13)  6. A Little Dolphin Dreamin'
(4:00)  7. Every Little Thing She Does Is Magic
(5:13)  8. Condor
(5:09)  9. Olinda
(6:22) 10. Night Owl
(4:18) 11. Party Time
(5:58) 12. Just Listen

Creatively, Lee Ritenour has had his ups and downs over the years. Many of the guitarist's commercial pop-jazz efforts have wasted his skills as an improviser; when Ritenour is catering to NAC/smooth jazz radio, improvisation is the usually the first thing to go. But when Ritenour does have a chance to stretch out, he can be an appealing improviser. Although quite accessible, Rit's House is among his more memorable and substantial efforts. This 2002 release has a soul-jazz/post-bop outlook that often recalls the late '60s and early '70s; for the most part, it is the sort of album that guitarist Grant Green would have been comfortable recording during that era. But Ritenour's guitar playing owes a lot more to Wes Montgomery, who is obviously his primary influence on Gabor Szabo's "Mizrab," as well as original tunes like "78th & 3rd" (which features organist Joey DeFrancesco) and the dusky "Olinda." One of the CD's best tracks has nothing to do with jazz: "Every Little Thing She Does Is Magic." Featuring former Doobie Brothers vocalist Michael McDonald, this interesting remake of the Police's 1981 hit is not only a departure from the rest of the album  it is also a big departure from the original version. 

While the Police's version was up-tempo pop/rock, Ritenour and McDonald transform "Every Little Thing She Does Is Magic" into an adult contemporary/quiet storm ballad. That track is the CD's only vocal offering; the rest of Rit's House is instrumental. Arguably, 1992's Wes Bound is still Ritenour's best studio album certainly from a jazz perspective. But this CD is also respectable, and those who enjoyed hearing the guitarist stretching out on that mostly straightahead disc will also find a lot to enjoy about Rit's House.  ~ Alex Henderson   

http://www.allmusic.com/album/rits-house-mw0000221004

Rit's House

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King Curtis - Soul Meeting

Styles: Jazz
Year: 1960/1994
File: MP3@320K/s
Time: 79:04
Size: 181,2 MB
Art: Front

( 5:11)  1. Da-Duh-Dah
(10:23)  2. Have You Heard?
( 5:25)  3. Willow Weep For Me
( 8:34)  4. Little Brother Soul
(10:36)  5. In A Funky Groove
( 7:01)  6. Soul Meeting
( 7:16)  7. Lazy Soul
( 5:31)  8. All The Way
( 6:57)  9. Jeep's Blues
( 5:42) 10. What Is This Thing Called Love?
( 6:25) 11. Do You Have Soul Now?

King Curtis, an influential and greatly in-demand R&B tenorman, made relatively few jazz dates in his career. This CD has two of the best, complete albums originally called The New Scene of King Curtis and Soul Meeting; the former is also available as a separate CD but should be skipped in favor of this one. Curtis teams up with the passionate cornetist Nat Adderley, pianist Wynton Kelly, either Paul Chambers or Sam Jones on bass and Oliver Jackson or Belton Evans on drums. The music is blues-based bop, with seven basic Curtis originals and four standards. Highly recommended, this set serves as proof that King Curtis could have been a viable jazz player.~ Scott Yanow 

http://www.allmusic.com/album/soul-meeting-compilation-mw0000124320

Soul Meeting

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Harold Alexander - Sunshine Man

Styles: Jazz Funk
Year: 1971
File: MP3@320K/s
Time: 40:15
Size: 92,4 MB
Art: Front

(11:13)  1. Sunshine Man
( 6:12)  2. Quick City
( 3:42)  3. Tite Rope
( 5:42)  4. Mama Soul
( 7:05)  5. Aquilla
( 6:18)  6. Clean-Up

Harold Alexander's Sunshine Man exists somewhere in the space between jazz-funk and free improvisation. Produced by Bob Thiele, the record combines Alexander's intricate, abstract melodies with the wickedly tight drumming of the great Bernard "Pretty" Purdie to create music with both profoundly spiritual and resolutely physical dimensions. Each of the record's six long songs shun direct paths from points A to B, instead coveting the eccentric twists and hairpin turns of roads less traveled, but the cosmic reach of Alexander's flute and soprano saxophone never dwarfs the rock-solid support of Purdie and keyboardist Neal Creque. Sunshine Man is the rare record that's both far-out and funky. ~ Jason Ankeny  http://www.allmusic.com/album/sunshine-man-mw0000754368

Sunshine Man

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