Barbara Ireland - Turning Back Time - Classic Songs To Kiss By

Styles: Vocal Jazz
Year: 2010
File: MP3@320K/s
Time: 50:39
Size: 116,5 MB
Art: Front

(3:44)  1. Baby Baby All the Time
(3:34)  2. Black Coffee
(2:47)  3. He's a Tramp
(3:12)  4. Whatever Lola Wants
(5:05)  5. Cry Me A River
(3:11)  6. Blue Skies
(4:06)  7. Stormy Monday
(3:52)  8. Ain't Misbehavin'
(4:51)  9. Good Morning Heartache
(2:36) 10. I Love Being Here With You
(4:33) 11. Romance In the Dark
(3:33) 12. Angel In Blue Jeans
(5:27) 13. St James Infirmary

Re-ignite that feeling of hot romance  inside and out  through the sultry rhythms of these classic jazz and blues songs. Ireland's passionate vocals, shimmering above rich jazz performances, will get right under your skin and into your heart.  Barbara Ireland’s sultry vocals on her new cd, ‘Turning Back Time - Classic Songs To Kiss By’ are a perfect example of the genre known as 'Pheromone Jazz.’ Her smokin’ hot renditions of classic jazz and blues tunes transport you back in time to the intoxicating nightclubs of New York in the 1930s, ‘40s, and ‘50s.... More  http://www.cdbaby.com/cd/barbaraireland

Turning Back Time - Classic Songs To Kiss By

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India Arie - Songversation

Styles: R&B
Year: 2013
File: MP3@320K/s
Time: 66:18
Size: 152,6 MB
Art: Front

(0:35)  1. Soulbird Intro
(3:12)  2. Just Do You
(3:53)  3. This Love
(2:52)  4. Nothing That I Love More
(3:53)  5. Flowers
(3:55)  6. Cocoa Butter
(0:36)  7. SoulBird Interlude: Trombone
(4:48)  8. Moved By You
(3:23)  9. Life I Know
(4:09) 10. Break the Shell
(4:10) 11. SoulBird Rise
(4:33) 12. Thy Will Be Done (feat. Gramps Morgan)
(3:40) 13. Brothers' Keeper
(5:25) 14. One
(0:36) 15. Soulbird Outro: Clarinet
(3:52) 16. I Am Light
(0:35) 17. SoulBird Reprise: Ney
(3:43) 18. Thank You
(2:54) 19. 6th Avenue
(5:26) 20. Strange Fruit

Back with Motown, India.Arie is rejuvenated for her fifth album, which follows a lengthy hiatus. A series of mishaps, combined with some dissatisfaction regarding the sound of her recordings, prompted the break. She even contemplated leaving the industry. However, only the most attentive listeners will hear a considerable difference between SongVersation and the Testimony albums. Largely a low-key, gently uplifting affair with a soft, warm glow, 11 of its 16 tracks are enhanced with assistance from several Turkish musicians including percussionists, horn players, an oudist, and the Istanbul Strings who were recorded at the studio of Sezen Aksu (one of the guests on Testimony, Vol. 2). Longtime co-producer and instrumentalist Shannon Sanders remains, while new associate David Ryan Harris (Dionne Farris, John Mayer) is another major factor. 

The album's upbeat tone is set with the driving "Just Do You," a career highlight boasting a chorus that recalls the pre-chorus of Michael Jackson's "Rock with You." Apart from certain accents from the Turkish musicians, none of the material will surprise anybody. Sweet, sighing, relaxed numbers like "Flowers" ("You're the moral compass directing me to light") and "Cocoa Butter" ("You are like cocoa butter on my heart") are among the most India.Arie-like songs laid down. Everything most exemplified by "Break the Shell," inspired by an encounter with Cicely Tyson transmits positivity, even when she admits that, as a woman "almost four decades in" with neither a lifelong partner nor children, she's unsure of her position in life. It's evident that Arie's in a good place, both creatively and personally, yet SongVersation is not about self-satisfaction. She has no trouble bringing her listeners along. ~ Andy Kellman   http://www.allmusic.com/album/songversation-mw0002519717

Songversation

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Chuck Loeb - Plain 'N' Simple

Styles: Smooth Jazz
Year: 2011
File: MP3@320K/s
Time: 70:26
Size: 161,9 MB
Art: Front

(6:19)  1. D.I.G. (Deep Inner Groove)
(4:26)  2. Organeleptic
(8:12)  3. Red Suede Shoes
(5:54)  4. The Blues App
(7:02)  5. Plain 'n' Simple
(4:51)  6. E Com Esse Que Vou Eu
(4:43)  7. You Got It
(5:19)  8. Skylark
(4:55)  9. Bebop Betty
(6:35) 10. Annie's Song
(5:27) 11. It's About You
(6:38) 12. The Hello

Despite having been deeply influenced from an early age by the great organ trio recordings of guitarist Wes Montgomery and legendary organist Jimmy Smith, guitarist Chuck Loeb managed to spend the first 20 years of his career without ever working in that format, focusing instead on jazz fusion (with Steps Ahead and Fourplay) and spending some time as musical director for Stan Getz. But on his first organ trio project, Loeb sounds as comfortable as if he'd been doing this stuff for his whole career. Not only is his playing by turns supple, bluesy, and funky, but the eight original compositions that dominate the program all sound like standards (which is a compliment). "D.I.G." and "Annie's Song" lope along nicely at midtempo, driven gently by Loeb's soft-toned guitar, while "Organeleptic" is a beautiful but complicated headlong romp. Of the originals, only the title track (which is a bit on the smoove side) disappoints. Of the covers, highlights include a lovely take on Pedro Caetano's bossa classic "E Com Esse Que Vou Eu" (featuring Loeb's wife, singer Carmen Cuesta) and an even better interpretation of Hoagy Carmichael's "Skylark" (featuring vocals by Loeb and Cuesta's daughter Lizzy). Though it occasionally gets a bit soft in the middle, this album is a consistent pleasure from beginning to end. ~ Rick Anderson   http://www.allmusic.com/album/plain-n-simple-mw0002165235

Plain 'N' Simple

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Geoffrey Keezer - Heart Of The Piano

Styles: Piano Jazz
Year: 2013
File: MP3@320K/s
Time: 49:43
Size: 114,2 MB
Art: Front

(4:45)  1. Limelight
(6:06)  2. My Love Is Like A Red Red Rose
(5:39)  3. Come Talk To Me
(3:04)  4. New York
(6:03)  5. Still
(5:45)  6. Suddenly I See
(2:45)  7. Chirizakura
(6:11)  8. Lullaby For A Ladybug
(2:59)  9. Grunion Run
(6:20) 10. Take Time For Love

The title Heart of the Piano makes it plain: after over a decade of collaborations, pianist Geoffrey Keezer has returned with a solo acoustic piano session. Perhaps the title also suggests something sentimental and he does dedicate four of the songs to individual members of his family but this isn't a collection of sticky love songs. Keezer takes some happy, subtle risks with his material, opening the album with Rush's classic rock warhorse "Limelight," working his way to moody selections from Peter Gabriel ("Come Talk to Me") and Alanis Morissette ("Still"), and finding time for KT Tunstall's joyous "Suddenly I See" and Christian McBride's "Lullaby for a Ladybug" while still working in a couple of originals as well. Keezer lets all of these songs breathe sometimes speeding up, sometimes drawing things out either with tension or a luxurious, lax sense of dreaminess dancing around the melody without neglecting it, gliding up and down the keys but skirting a sense of indulgence. It's a sweet, slyly mischievous set that truly lets Keezer show a full range of emotions without ever seeming like he's showing off. ~ Stephen Thomas Erlewine  http://www.allmusic.com/album/heart-of-the-piano-mw0002548481

Thank You Mai Neime

Heart Of The Piano

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