Sarah McKenzie - Don't Tempt Me

Styles: Vocal Jazz
Year: 2011
File: MP3@320K/s
Time: 49:35
Size: 117,2 MB
Art: Front

(3:11)  1. You'd Be So Nice to Come Home to
(6:10)  2. Love Me or Leave Me
(4:53)  3. I Won't Dance
(4:51)  4. Love Me Tender
(5:00)  5. Bye Bye Blackbird
(3:45)  6. Don't Tempt Me
(7:16)  7. Dindi
(5:04)  8. I've Got the Blues Tonight
(5:11)  9. Summertime
(4:09) 10. St James Infirmary Blues

"Sarah McKenzie is a musical marvel. She sings with the kind of phrasing that only a true jazz singer can come up with while her groove of the piano is the stuff that makes people want to play jazz. Don't miss a chance to hear this lady perform live!"~ James Morrison

At 23 years of age, pianist, vocalist and composer Sarah McKenzie is one of Australia's up-and-coming jazz musicians. Since graduating from WAAPA completing a Bachelor of Jazz (Composition), Sarah has won the Jack Bendat Scholarship, the Hawaiian Award for “Most Outstanding Jazz Graduate” and the Perth Jazz Societies Award for the “Most Outstanding Group of the Year for 2008”. A recipient of the National Songwriters Competition (ACMF 2002) Sarah also won the prestigious James Morrison Scholarship (Vocal) this year, with a prize valued at $5000. Sarah had been a finalist in the scholarship for the last 6 years and was the only finalist to be nominated in both vocal and instrumental sections. Sarah has performed at some of Australia’s highest profile jazz festivals and events including the Wangaratta Jazz Festival, Melbourne International Jazz Festival, Stonnington Jazz festival, Riverboats food and wine festival and the Melbourne Women in Jazz Festival. Such opportunities have put Sarah alongside greats such as James Morrison, Graeme Lyall, Joe Chindamo, Mat Jodrell and Jamie Oehlers. Sarah made her television debut performing with David Campbell at the L’Oreal Paris AFI awards and sang backing vocals for Michael Buble on the multi-platinum artist’s “Call Me Irresponsible” tour. In 2010 Sarah was signed onto the ABC Music Label. Her first Album ‘Don’t Tempt Me’ will be released in May 2011.  http://abcmusic.com.au/sarah-mckenzie

Don't Tempt Me

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Oliver Nelson - Soul Battle

Styles: Saxophone Jazz
Year: 1960
File: MP3@320K/s
Time: 47:03
Size: 108,0 MB
Art: Front

(5:43)  1. Blues at the Five Spot
(9:37)  2. Blues for M.F. (Mort Fega)
(5:42)  3. Anacruses
(9:22)  4. Perdido
(7:30)  5. In Passing
(9:07)  6. Soul Street

This intriguing session matches together three powerful tenor players: Oliver Nelson, King Curtis (in a rare jazz outing) and Jimmy Forrest. With fine backup work by pianist Gene Casey, bassist George Duvivier and drummer Roy Haynes, the tenors battle to a draw on a set of blues and basic material (including a fine version of "Perdido"). This CD reissue adds one selection ("Soul Street") from the same date to the original LP program and is easily recommended to fans of big-toned tenors and straightahead swinging. ~ Scott Yanow  http://www.allmusic.com/album/soul-battle-mw0000612736

Soul Battle

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Tape Five - Swing Patrol

Styles: Swing
Year: 2012
File: MP3@320K/s
Time: 47:51
Size: 110,7 MB
Art: Front

(2:57)  1. Fabulous Swing Kid
(3:09)  2. Geraldines Routine
(3:22)  3. Three Butterflies
(3:25)  4. I Spy You
(3:29)  5. Black Cotton Blues
(3:17)  6. Bunga Book
(3:35)  7. Ice From Russia
(3:45)  8. Slow Serenade
(3:23)  9. Peace Patrol
(3:38) 10. City Of Lights
(3:09) 11. Love Tonite
(2:35) 12. Tintarella Di Luna
(4:52) 13. Tequila
(3:08) 14. Pink Lullaby

After international success with Tonight Josephine" Tape Five now steps forward with some 1940's inspired flavours!  Tape Five with his pacifist attitude has always been inspired by the Great  "Big Bands" from the 30's and 40's who entertained the troops with their unique, powerful and cleverly arranged swingin´sounds, put him right in the mood... For the Swing Patrol, the fourth album by songwriter/producer Martin Strathausen and his Orchestra, he recruited singers and musicians from ten different countries  from California to Cameron via Brazil, England, Italy, Ukraine, Romania and of course his home base in Germany. With alliances around the world Tape Five is stationed on hundreds of music compilations. An ever expanding, swinging Universe.... http://www.mightymusicmachine.com.au/browse/cd/1072

Swing Patrol

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Dan Penn & Spooner Oldham - Moments From This Theatre

Styles: Pop/Rock
Year: 1998
File: MP3@320K/s
Time: 55:19
Size: 127,1 MB
Art: Front

(4:14)  1. I'm your puppet
(3:47)  2. Sweet inspiration
(2:59)  3. Cry like a baby
(4:48)  4. Do right woman, do right man
(2:55)  5. I met her in church
(3:38)  6. Lonely Women Make Good Lover
(3:58)  7. It Tears Me Up
(3:50)  8. The Dark End Of The Street
(3:24)  9. You Left The Water Running
(4:27) 10. Out of left field
(4:05) 11. Memphis women and chicken
(4:05) 12. A woman left lonely
(5:17) 13. I'm living good
(3:46) 14. Ol' folks

After starting out in Muscle Shoals Alabama and then moving on to Memphis to work with Chips Moman at American Studios, Dan Penn proceeded to co-write and produce several '60s soul hits for artists like Solomon Burke, Aretha Franklin, James Carr, and blue-eyed soul band the Box Tops. Some of the classics Penn and Memphis/Muscle Shoals' studio veteran Spooner Oldham wrote include "Cry Like a Baby," "Sweet Inspiration," "Do Right Woman, Do Right Man," "The Dark End of the Street," and "I'm Your Puppet." These and several other of their tunes are featured on Moments From This Theatre, a collection of live duets taken from 1998 dates in Dublin, London, and South Petherton, Somerset. With Oldham laying down a tasty soul base on the Wurlitzer piano and Penn strumming easeful guitar chords and singing in his sweetly powerful way, the duo glide through 14 gospel-inflected, country-soul gems, eloquently touching on southern living, loneliness, and the joys and trials of love. There's also a good dose of humor here in songs like "Lonely Women Make Good Lovers" and "Memphis Women and Chicken." An intimate and inspiring recording by two of the unsung giants of southern soul. ~ Stephen Cook  http://www.allmusic.com/album/moments-from-this-theater-mw0000251807

Personnel: Dan Penn (vocals, guitar); Spooner Oldham (vocals, keyboards).

Moments From This Theatre

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