Karin Plato - Blue Again

Styles: Vocal Jazz
Year: 2000
File: MP3@320K/s
Time: 53:21
Size: 122,6 MB
Art: Front

(3:05)  1. Takes Two To Tango
(4:16)  2. Someone To Light Up My Life
(4:30)  3. Blue Again
(4:07)  4. What'll I Do?
(5:27)  5. If You Never Come To Me
(5:13)  6. No Moon At All
(4:18)  7. A Sleepin' Bee
(5:03)  8. Fools Rush In
(3:13)  9. We Kiss In A Shadow
(3:42) 10. December
(3:20) 11. Love For Sale
(3:32) 12. Spring Will Be A Little Late This Year
(3:28) 13. Songbird

"A remarkable jazz singer, her vocals are hauntingly beautiful, filled with sensitivity and a sense of mellow desire, and she sings each word with perfect clarity...flawless jazz vocals...Five stars" ~ (THE JAZZ REVIEW)

Karin Plato grew up on the prairies in a small farming community called Alsask in the province of Saskatchewan. She studied the piano throughout her childhood. She later attended the University Of Saskatchewan in Saskatoon where she received a Bachelor Of Music Degree in piano and voice. She later studied vocal jazz in Vancouver, British Columbia at Capilano College and at The Banff Centre For The Fine Arts in Banff Alberta. She has performed festivals and concerts in Western Canada since the mid 1990's and has released four albums of Jazz standards and originals. Her release of "There's Beauty In The Rain" garnered her a Juno nomination for best vocal jazz recording of the year in 2000. Recent concert highlights include opening up for Brad Mehldau in 2000 at the Sasktel Jazz Festival in Saskatoon and opening up for Peter Appleyard in 2000 in Vancouver. Karin currently resides in Vancouver, British Columbia with her husband Lou and their black lab "WORF" who inspired one of Karin's originals "Dog For A Day".

Blue Again

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Ella Fitzgerald – Get Happy

Styles: Vocal Jazz
Year: 1959
File: MP3@320K/s
Time: 33:40
Size: 112 MB
Art: Front

(2:40)  1. Somebody Loves Me.mp3
(2:10)  2. Cheerful Little Earful.mp3
(2:25)  3. You Make Me Feel So Young.mp3
(2:35)  4. Beat Me Daddy, Eight To The Bar.mp3
(3:05)  5. Like Young.mp3
(1:56)  6. Cool Breeze.mp3
(3:11)  7. Moonlight Becomes You.mp3
(3:47)  8. Blue Skies.mp3
(2:36)  9. You Turned The Tables On Me.mp3
(2:44) 10. Gypsy In My Soul.mp3
(2:33) 11. Goody Goody.mp3
(3:54) 12. St. Louis Blues.mp3

Recorded during the period of time when Ella Fitzgerald cut her famous series of "songbooks," this set (which in 1999 was reissued on CD) is a bit of a hodge-podge, drawing its 14 selections from six different dates which find Ella backed by orchestras led by either Nelson Riddle, Frank DeVol, Russ Garcia or Paul Weston. "A-Tisket, A-Tasket" was previously available as just a single while "Swingin' Shepherd Blues" (an alternate take) was previously unreleased. As usual, Ella uplifts all of the material and her best moments come on "Somebody Loves Me," a heartfelt "Moonlight Becomes You," a scat-filled "Blue Skies" and (somewhat surprisingly) "St. Louis Blues." Although this was not her most essential release, the formerly obscure Get Happy finds Ella Fitzgerald at the peak of her powers. ~ Scott Yanow   

http://www.allmusic.com/album/get-happy!-mw0000044909

Get Happy

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Akiko Tsuruga - St.Louis Blues

Styles: Hammond Organ
Year: 2007
File: MP3@320K/s
Time: 64:06
Size: 147,0 MB
Art: Front

(6:27)  1. Funky Mama
(6:34)  2. Time is Money
(5:51)  3. I'm Walking
(4:58)  4. What Now My Love
(5:44)  5. Tell Me About It
(6:21)  6. Cry Me A River
(5:40)  7. St.Louis Blues
(5:41)  8. Strike Up The Band
(5:32)  9. Thrill is Back
(5:17) 10. Can You Do That?
(5:56) 11. The Battle Hymn of the Republic

Standing Shoulder-to-Shoulder with the Best American Players. After releasing two previous albums under the M & I label, Tsuruga's third release is her first with the MOJO label. A hard worker, she has grown and improved with each of her recordings, and this album places her as a jazz organist together with the elite American players. As her career has flourished in the States, it seems that she has perhaps gained a new confidence in her abilities. Her playing is deep, soulful, and reminiscent of the African-American legends of the jazz organ; while her record of performances in New York is remarkable, including engagements at many jazz clubs. 

She is now planning a U.S. tour with Lou Donaldson and Grady Tate, who have both been taken with her playing. As a general rule, tenor sax and guitar fit nicely with jazz organ, and this is how this recording is set up. Here, she is joined by the soulful tenor of Houston Person, guitarist Eric Johnson and drummer Bernard Purdie. These are the best musicians she has recorded with yet. Tsuruga's lively organ is not outdone by Person's veteran tenor sax, in fact she often sounds as if she is taking the lead in the group. Displaying her affinity for players like Jack McDuff, she plays a singing, earthy organ that sounds like it's coming straight out of Harlem. Funky Mama, St. Louis Blues, Strike up!and The Thrill is! are especially tasty. Track #3 and #10 are wonderful originals.

~ Yozo Iwanami   

http://www.cduniverse.com/productinfo.asp?pid=7763622&style=music&fulldesc=T

Personnel:  Vince Ector – Drums; Eric Johnson – Guitar; Houston Person – Tenor Sax; Bernard Purdie – Drums; Akiko Tsurunga – Hammond B3

St.Louis Blues

Zoot Sims & Bucky Pizzarelli - Elegiac

Styles: Jazz, Bop
Year: 1980
File: MP3@320K/s
Time: 69:30
Size: 159,8 MB
Art: Front

(4:29)  1. Lester Leaps In
(7:26)  2. Willow Weep For Me
(5:19)  3. Limehosue Blues
(5:47)  4. My Old Flame
(4:20)  5. In A Mellow Tone
(2:20)  6. I Got It Bad And That Ain't Good
(2:41)  7. Satin Doll
(2:55)  8. Take The A Train
(6:35)  9. Fred
(6:49) 10. Jean
(5:45) 11. Stompin' At The Savoy
(5:55) 12. Memories Of You
(4:29) 13. Softly As In A Morning Sunrise
(4:34) 14. The Girl From Ipanema

This generally interesting but only adequately recorded set, which was issued for the first time on this 1996 CD, features duets played by Zoot Sims (doubling on tenor and soprano) and guitarist Bucky Pizzarelli. The pair mostly sticks to swinging standards, other than Neal Hefti's "Fred" and Rod McKuen's "Jean," and there are some strong moments (particularly on "Lester Leaps In," "Limehouse Blues" and "Softly As In a Morning Sunrise"), but one does miss the bass and drums after awhile. ~ Scott Yanow   

http://www.allmusic.com/album/elegiac-mw0000083647

Personnel:  Zoot Sims - saxophone; Bucky Pizzarelli - guitar

Elegiac

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