Isabel Stover - Her Own Sweet World

Size: 87,1 MB
Time: 37:24
File: MP3 @ 320K/s
Released: 2012
Styles: Jazz Vocals
Art: Front

01. Feelin' Good (6:16)
02. Softly As In A Morning Sunrise (3:59)
03. Never Let Me Go (5:33)
04. Nature Boy (4:09)
05. Lovin' In My Baby's Eyes (3:31)
06. Four For Kids (7:23)
07. The Song Is You (2:48)
08. Human Nature (3:43)

Isabel Stover's beautiful natural singing voice is only one of the reasons you will enjoy getting acquainted with her work. Her taste in music and her authentic heartfelt delivery of the songs she sings are really at the core of her appeal. It takes intelligence and emotional depth to really connect with a good lyric. It also takes commitment, and a kind of fearless willingness to jump in and draw from the real feelings we experience in life and bring them into the voice for all the world to hear. Isabel carefully selects the songs she chooses to sing and I think anyone who hears her will be delighted with these choices and the seasoned finesse she brings to them. Her music is carefully crafted and clearly shows both the art and the craft of good singing. -Stephanie Bruce, Bay Area Jazz Vocalist

Her Own Sweet World

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Deep Blue Organ Trio - Goin' To Town: Live At The Green Mill

Size: 157,0 MB
Time: 67:56
File: MP3 @ 320K/s
Released: 2006
Styles: Contemporary Jazz, Hammond B-3
Art: Front

01. Goin' To Town ( 8:05)
02. Once I Loved (12:24)
03. The Way You Look Tonight (14:08)
04. 12th Of Never (13:59)
05. No Hype Blues ( 9:11)
06. Can't Hide Love (10:07)

Recorded live at the Green Mill in Chicago, this album is notable for the way this veteran trio builds each performance to a soulful, audience-reaching climax. There are no tricks here, just solid, old-school grooves, hearts in the right place and focused solo construction with a sense of direction. The Deep Blue trio of organist Chris Foreman, guitarist Bobby Broom and drummer Greg Rockingham has been playing weekly at the Green Mill since 2003.

The album includes six performances, with three clocking in at more than 12 minutes apiece. Yet these tracks—the standards “Once I Loved,” “The Way You Look Tonight” and “12th of Never”—never grow tiresome. The other tunes include Earth, Wind and Fire’s “Can’t Hide Love” and a couple of original blues. A DVD production of these performances is also available.

The group establishes an enticing rhythmic connection from the outset. As a soloist, Coleman takes a cue from the late Jimmy Smith; he’s a strong phraser who builds with rapid-fire lines, repeated licks, sweeping block chords and sanctified feeling. Broom, perhaps best known for his stints with Sonny Rollins, is more complex rhythmically and harmonically. He can be as fundamental as B.B. King, as smooth as George Benson and also taut and angular. Rockingham’s taste and drive remind you of the way drummer Grady Tate cooked with Smith on some of the latter’s Verve albums of yore. Recommended. ~Review by Owen Cordle

Goin' To Town

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Jaclyn Guillou - The Lover's Walk

Size: 72,8 MB
Time: 31:22
File: MP3 @ 320K/s
Released: 2014
Styles: Jazz Vocals
Art: Front

01. The Lover's Walk (6:21)
02. Burning Question (4:40)
03. If You (3:40)
04. Restless (5:02)
05. The Road (4:19)
06. Sometimes (3:53)
07. Goodbye December (3:24)

A treasure that is quietly evolving into one of the premier vocalists of our time. ~Brent Black

I pursue my craft slightly different than most critics. I'm honest...The female jazz vocalist sorority is a tightly clustered pack of individuals that are essentially releasing different versions of the same album and no new ground is being cut. Send me a release filled with covers and I am not terribly impressed. Send me a release with seven original and diverse compositions that allow your own artistic voice to shine through then you have my undivided attention.

Welcome Jaclyn Guillou and The Lover's Walk...

This is a release brimming with subtle sophistication and an intimate execution that is at times flawless. Organic, ambient, ethereal and contemporary may sum the release up in four words. While the plethora of female vocalists lurking about often leave me cold. The Lover's Walk succeeds on multiple levels including the Belgian trio that does far more than just accompany Guillou. This esteemed piano trio provides counterpoint and nuanced texture as needed, these are far more than afterthoughts but instead key pieces to Jaclyn Guillou's harmonic puzzle. The journey of love, almost cliché yet the compositions here take a trite conceptual notion and elevate the concept to an emotive quality rarely reached.

Tone, phrasing, and execution are all there. Guillou is an engaging and often introspective lyricist that brings an old word charm to tunes such as the exquisite "The Lover's Walk" while showing a range of influences on "Goodbye December." Over the past eighteen months I have listened to more female vocal releases than I can remember. Jaclyn Guillou is a breath of fresh air and The Lover's Walk is indeed a release to remember!

Personnel: Jaclyn Guillou: Vocals; Bram Weijters: Piano; Piet Verbist: Bass; Toon Van Dionant: Drums.

The Lover's Walk

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Ella Fitzgerald, Joe Pass - Speak Love

Styles: Vocal Jazz
Year: 1983
File: MP3@320K/s
Time: 42:59
Size: 99,3 MB
Art: Front

(4:14)  1. Speak Low
(2:57)  2. Comes Love
(4:45)  3. There's No You
(5:07)  4. I May Be Wrong (But I Think You're Wonderful)!
(4:21)  5. At Last
(4:13)  6. The Thrill Is Gone (Medley)
(3:54)  7. Gone With The Wind
(3:06)  8. Blue And Sentimental
(4:10)  9. Girl Talk
(6:09) 10. Georgia On My Mind

This set of duets with guitarist Joe Pass finds Ella Fitzgerald near the end of her career. Her voice mostly hinted at her former greatness and the setting was perhaps too intimate for what she had left. Fitzgerald's phrasing remained a joy despite the limited range, but there are many more significant records by the singer than this CD reissue despite touching versions of "Comes Love," "There's No You" and "Gone with the Wind." ~ Scott Yanow  http://www.allmusic.com/album/speak-love-mw0000649511

Personnel: Ella Fitzgerald (vocals); Joe Pass (guitar).

Speak Love

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Denis Solee - Sax And Romance

Styles: Saxophone Jazz
Year: 1998
File: MP3@320K/s
Time: 45:24
Size: 104,4 MB
Art: Front

(4:43)  1. When I Fall In Love
(4:49)  2. The Nearness Of You
(4:44)  3. Willow Weep For Me
(3:33)  4. It Had To Be You
(4:43)  5. My Romance
(4:19)  6. Georgia On My Mind
(4:08)  7. My One And Only Love
(5:17)  8. Body And Soul
(4:54)  9. The Very Thought Of You
(4:08) 10. You Don't Know Me

Master of saxophones, flute, and clarinet, Denis Solees career includes playing on hundreds of recordings, commercials, TV shows, and film scores. His long list of recording credits includes projects by major artists including Chet Atkins, Garth Brooks, Bela Fleck, Amy Grant, Michael McDonald, Roy Orbison, and many more. Denis has appeared in concert with Natalie Cole, Sammy Davis Jr., Marvin Hamlisch, Bob Hope, Liza Minnelli, Mel Torme, and a vast group of others.   http://www.cdbaby.com/cd/solee2

Sax And Romance

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The Haggis Horns - Hot Damn!

Styles: Jazz Funk
Year: 2007
File: MP3@320K/s
Time: 62:16
Size: 143,2 MB
Art: Front + Back

(4:28)  1. Enter The Haggis
(4:01)  2. Pipe Bag
(4:30)  3. Hot Damn!
(6:10)  4. The Traveller Part One
(8:27)  5. The Traveller Part Two
(6:26)  6. Eskimo
(4:15)  7. Huffalump
(3:51)  8. The Bump
(5:16)  9. Got To Lose Your Way
(5:04) 10. Tribe Vibes
(3:57) 11. Naughty Buddha
(5:47) 12. Who's Gonna Take The Weight

The Haggis Horns are an eight piece live funk extravaganza combining heavy breakbeat funk, soul, hip-hop and afrobeat with the virtuosity of trained jazz musicians. The members have performed and recorded with many top artists including: The Cinematic Orchestra, Lou Donaldson, Nightmares on Wax, Roots Manuva, Mark Ronson, Stuart Zender (Jamiroqui’s bassist), Corinne Bailey Rae, Snowboy, Tim Burgess (The Charlatans), Odyssey, Martina Topley-Bird, Lily Allen, Candie Payne and Amy Winehouse. Noteably, the horn section was featured on the legendary deep funk album “Keb Darge presents the New Mastersounds”. 

The first single, Hot Damn! feat John McCallum, released on Leeds UK based First Word Records was immediately picked up by Mr Scruff and became Fat City Record’s (Manchester) record of the week. Following his lead, many other top DJ’s have been raving about the tune and it’s been igniting the dance floors of the worlds most exclusive funk clubs. The band have just released their 3rd single “Got To Lose Your Way” which is recieving amazing reviews from the likes of Quantic, Giles Petterson (who recently played the track on his worldwide radio 1 show) and Craig Charles on his Funk and Soul Show. Their hotly anticipated first album is due for release in September 2007. Look out for them live and try to catch one of their legendary shows!   http://www.last.fm/music/The+Haggis+Horns/+wiki

Hot Damn!

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