Thursday, February 27, 2014

Wendee Glick ( Feat. Ken Peplowski) - Baby, I'm Fine

Styles: Vocal Jazz
Year: 2002
File: MP3@320K/s
Time: 53:05
Size: 127,4 MB
Art: Front

(2:50)  1. I'm Gonna Sit Right Down And Write Myself A Letter
(4:16)  2. How Deep Is The Ocean
(4:14)  3. My Romance
(3:44)  4. Baby, I'm Fine
(3:27)  5. Centerpiece
(4:31)  6. What A Difference A Day Made
(3:50)  7. You Made Me Love You
(5:11)  8. Crazy He Calls Me
(3:43)  9. Let's Fall In Love
(3:19) 10. The More I See You
(4:02) 11. On A Clear Day (You Can See Forever)
(2:48) 12. You Do Something To Me
(3:58) 13. Come In From The Rain
(3:05) 14. You Can't Have Everything

"A sonorous compilation of standards" from the Great American Songbook, featuring Ken Peplowski on Clarinet/Tenor Sax. The first of Wendee's two recordings, both of which feature Ken Peplowski(see "True Colors", which also features Eddie Higgins/piano).

An experienced jazz vocalist, Wendee Glick is a singer with a strong stage presence, sense of humor, and ability to belt out a tune, even over a full big band orchestra. She can also sing a ballad with a “bell-like” quality that could make a person cry. She has graced the stages of many a New England jazz club, and large venues such as Boston’s Fleet Center and Hatch Shell, performing with top-notch musicians.
Legally named Wendy Dee, Wendee’s interest in music began at a young age, because her own mother was a singer. Wendee toured Europe with America’s Youth in Concert and went on to study music at the University of Lowell. Classically trained, she started performing musical theater and opera but soon came to love jazz, influenced by jazz legends such as Ella Fitzgerald, Sarah Vaughn, Anita O’Day, and June Christy.
Wendee has developed a substantial following in the New England area. She is equally at home singing with a small jazz group, or swinging with the Compaq Big Band. Annually, on The Jazz Cruise, she has jammed with and received praise from esteemed musicians such as Red Holloway, Eddie Higgins, Shelly Berg, Keter Betts, Nat Reeves, Chris Foreman, Duffy Jackson, Meredith d’Ambrosio and Wycliffe Gordon.  
http://www.cdbaby.com/cd/glick1
 

Thank You Mai Neime!
Baby, I'm Fine

Leah Kline - Juzz Flirtin'

Styles: Vocal
Year: 2007
File: MP3@320K/s
Time: 60:20
Size: 139,3 MB
Art: Front

(5:10)  1. Get Away
(7:03)  2. Hey You
(6:29)  3. Orange Blossoms In Summertime
(3:05)  4. More Than Matter
(5:37)  5. The Wizard
(7:19)  6. Obsession
(4:33)  7. Call of the Muse
(5:33)  8. Minuano
(5:03)  9. Butterfly
(4:24) 10. Dig It!
(6:02) 11. The Voice

JuzzFlirtin is a brand new band with original compositions by Léah Kline and Dirk Balthaus. Their lyrical melodies flirt with different genres. JuzzFlirtin transforms a regular music concert into a synergetic explosion drawing from jazz, drama, funk, rock, Brazilian music and Latin styles. These five passionate musicians play and compose music with the goal to “move and groove” an audience. Their engaging performance energy onstage, combined with the music’s crossover sound, appeal to a wider and younger audience target group. Published in Jazzflits year 5, number 10 (2007) ~ Frank A. Huser

‘Juzz Flirtin’ is the exceptionally listenable result of a rendezvous between vocalist Léah Kline and pianist/composer Dirk Balthaus. A meeting that caused musical sparks. Her lyrics inspired his music and vice versa. It’s obvious to hear that the American Léah Kline, who lives in the Netherlands since 2000, has her roots in the theater (singing, dancing and cabaret). Her narrating qualities are impressive and inviting. The playing of the band (Dirk Balthaus piano, Cord Heineking doublebass, Sebastiaan Kaptein drums and Yuchi Cordoba percussion) perfectly supports this. Even in the musical accompaniment the “story telling” is emphasized. Ingenious arrangements, intentionally intense intermezzos and playful solos give the numbers extra cachet and support the lyrics in an all round excellent manner. Kline is a vocalist of scale. Out of many examples, the vulnerably sung “Minuano’ (music Pat Metheny, lyrics Kurt Elling), is proof of this fact. She possesses a good diction, a beautiful alto timbre, feel for dynamics and timing plus an excellent technique. The Cd consists of numbers in up-tempo and swing but also ballads and jazzy arranged, more or less theatrically colored titles with funk and Latin influences. A not to miss flirt! MUSICMAKER Magazine, June 2007 ~ Frank Huser   http://www.cdbaby.com/cd/leahkline2

Paula Atherton & Interplay - Let Me Inside Your Love

Styles: Smooth Jazz
Year: 2001
File: MP3@320K/s
Time: 53:57
Size: 123,7 MB
Art: Front

(4:37)  1. I Long For Your Love
(5:05)  2. The Long Road Home
(4:37)  3. One Last Goodbye
(5:07)  4. Fireflies
(4:31)  5. Let Me Inside Your Love (Vocal Version)
(4:43)  6. Silk Pajamas
(5:23)  7. If I Hold You In My Arms
(5:28)  8. Samba Azul
(5:16)  9. Tuesday Morning
(4:41) 10. Raining
(4:24) 11. Let Me Inside Your Love (Instrumental)

"It's not hard to compare her to Minnie Ripperton. Although similar, she remains unique adding tremendous power." ~  Joe Grandwilliams, Good Times Music Publication

"Very cool release. Reminds me of David Sanborn but smoother, Candy Dulpher, but funkier. Paula has her own great sound." ~ Rob Moore, Creative Director, Privatejazz.com

Paula Atherton is a "Double Threat" and "If this were a perfect world," she would already have reached national stardom. " ~  Fran Fried of the New Haven Register

Let Me Inside Your Love is a contemporary jazz record by Paula Atherton & Interplay. It is a mix of some funky tunes (vocal and instrumental), some powerful vocal ballads, some latin influenced tunes and even a world music piece. Most of the songs were written by Paula (two songs co-written by Lou Gimenez). There is a cover of Yes I'm Ready on the record by Barbara Mason. Paula plays alto and soprano sax, flute, and sings on the record. She is in good company with the likes of Darin Brown, Steve Briody, Schuyler Deale and Vinny Conigliaro. ~ Editorial Reviews   http://www.amazon.com/Let-Me-Inside-Your-Love/dp/B00008NF9U

Ted Rosenthal - Out of This World

Styles: Piano Jazz
Year: 2011
File: MP3@320K/s
Time: 64:17
Size: 149,8 MB
Art: Front

(8:11)  1. Out of This World
(6:52)  2. So In Love
(4:45)  3. Have You Met Miss Jones
(8:24)  4. Prelude No. 2
(6:00)  5. Embraceable You
(5:56)  6. People Will Say We're In Love
(6:11)  7. Lotus Blossom
(6:57)  8. How Long Has This Been Going On
(4:35)  9. Cry Me a River
(6:23) 10. In the Wee Small Hours of the Morning

2011 has been productive year in the recording realm for pianist Ted Rosenthal. His contribution to The Westchester Jazz Orchestra's superb Maiden Voyage Suite (WJO Records) helped elevate the re-imaging of pianist Herbie Hancock's classic Maiden Voyage (Blue Note, 1965) to the highest level of big band artistry. With Out of this World, Rosenthal slips back to the more minimal piano trio, for his exquisite interpretations of some of The Great American Songbook's most beloved compositions. Covering classic tunes by some of the Songbook's best-known composers with a high sheen and Rosenthal's distinctive style and refined touch, the trio opens with the title tune, written by Harold Arlen and Johnny Mercer. The trio takes the tune on a rolling and fluid 9/8 groove that seems to float on the clouds, buoyed by bassist Noriko Ueda's succinct bounce and drummer Quincy Davis' odd-meter surprises. It wouldn't be a standards set without some Cole Porter. Rosenthal and the trio explore the beauty of the composer's "So in Love," beginning with a wistful elegance that slips from Latin groove to up-tempo swing. 

And if a standards set must have some Cole Porter, George Gershwin certainly can't be left out. There are three of Gershwin's works: "Prelude #2," taken into the deep blues; another odd-meter tryst with "Embraceable You;" and "How Long Has This Been Going On?," which gets the lightest of Rosenthal's touch wistful and pretty, full of inventive eddies. "Lotus Blossom," from the pen of Billy Strayhorn, is delicately lovely, and "In the Wee Small Hours of the Morning," which was covered so perfectly by vocalist Frank Sinatra on his 1955 Capitol Records album, In the Wee Small Hours, is the perfect closer here, a reverent treatment of the timeless ballad full of longing and, in the hands of Rosenthal and his trio, a glimmer, perhaps, of hope. ~ Dan Mcclenaghan   http://www.allaboutjazz.com/php/article.php?id=40854#.UwfxsIVZhls
 
Personnel: Ted Rosenthal: piano; Noriko Ueda: bass; Quincy Davis: drums.