Karin Mast - Incurably Romantic

Size: 162,8 MB
Time: 70:40
File: MP3 @ 320K/s
Released: 2009
Styles: Jazz Vocals
Art: Front

01. A Foggy Day In London Town (4:10)
02. Incurably Romantic (2:33)
03. Black Orpheus (6:24)
04. I Can't Get Started (5:33)
05. Never Said (Chan's Song) (7:07)
06. Breaking Up Is Hard To Do (6:17)
07. This Masquerade (9:44)
08. She Acts Like A Woman Should (5:37)
09. I'm Thru With Love (8:12)
10. Days Of Wine And Roses (4:05)
11. But Not For Me (4:22)
12. Isn't It A Pity (6:31)

At the age of 16 Karin Mast had her first Jazz Band, and - besides all the other important things - she's been singing since then. But after having fulfilled her bit with regard to job, family and honorary posts as far as possible – and this by no means without fun – some years ago she decided to concentrate more and more on the pleasure side of life, so music became the centre of her attention.

For this CD she has chosen 12 songs out of her repertoire which cause feelings of happiness hearing or singing them. Although it was not intended, but what a coincidence: She selected some songs out of her concert programs “To Marilyn with love” and “Tribute to George Gershwin”.

Meanwhile she has created more concert programs as "Tribute to Cole Porter", "Ringelnatz und Jazz" - and began to read talking books - adventures, horror, phantasy and some for kids.

She loves to combine poetry with music, her audience loves that too, as for example the "songs of a poor girl" from Friedrich Hollaender.

Incurably Romantic

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Ingrid Lucia - Living The Life

Size: 86,1 MB
Time: 36:34
File: MP3 @ 320K/s
Released: 2014
Styles: New Orleans Jazz/Blues, Jazz Rock
Art: Front

01. Do You Remember Walter (3:42)
02. Put The Radio On (2:01)
03. Going Dancing (2:40)
04. You're In For A Wild Ride (3:04)
05. Mexican Love Song (2:31)
06. Dawn Of A New Day (3:48)
07. Dreams Aren't Just For The Young (3:10)
08. Living The Life (2:33)
09. Yes Yes Girl (4:22)
10. Anchors Aweigh (2:52)
11. I Wave Bye Bye (3:24)
12. Taking A Vacation From Myself (2:23)

Living the Life’s been a long time coming: Ingrid Lucia already discussed the album in an OffBeat cover story and promised a Voodoo-timed release a full 13 months ago. But you can tell how important it was to get this one right. Lucia’s a gifted musical actress who’s slipped into different roles over the years, first appearing as a retro-styled siren and gradually turning hipper and edgier. Along the way, she managed to personalize songs as diverse as Lou Reed’s “After Hours” and Jimmy Webb’s “Wichita Lineman.” But Living the Life is about dropping the masks and telling her own story—which, as it turns out, is the most compelling one she’s told to date.

Because Lucia conceived the album soon after her father’s death, there’s a certain amount of growing up and taking stock in the lyrics. (Lucia wrote all but two songs, collaborating with guitarist John Fohl and bassist/producer Roland Guerin on those). But if that suggests a sobering album about mortality, guess again. Rather, it’s about living—not just well, but coolly and romantically—as things get more complicated. She turns to Jesse Winchester for the one flat-out tearjerker, “I Wave Bye Bye,” which is effectively understated. But there’s a different statement of purpose in “You’re in for a Wild Ride”—a tune she’s done live in recent months and dedicated to the straight-laced guys who’ve gotten involved with edgy women. “I’ve got ideas that will blow your mind,” she promises, before shifting to come-hither mode for the chorus. Women can take this song as an anthem; guys are more likely to ask where they can sign up.

Musically, Living the Life is her most diverse album. While Lucia has flirted with rock in the past, it’s always been from a safe distance. But rock is fully in the mix here, along with torch ballads, jazz and bachelor-pad exotica. Opener “Do You Remember Walter” hails from the Kinks’ fan-favorite album, Village Green Preservation Society, and her casting Walter as an ex-flame instead of a school friend only makes it more poignant. Even the retro-styled tunes feel more personal this time, whether she’s being tender on the title song or playfully neurotic on “Taking a Vacation from Myself.” While one ballad here notes that “Dreams Aren’t Just for the Young,” this album as a whole says that love and adventure aren’t, either.

Living The Life

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Christine Ebersole - Strings Attached

Styles: Vocal
Year: 2013
File: MP3@320K/s
Time: 50:28
Size: 116,1 MB
Art: Front

(3:01)  1. Shall We Dance
(4:28)  2. The Things We Did Last Summer
(3:48)  3. This Time The Dream's On Me
(5:14)  4. Ev'ry Time We Say Goodbye
(3:35)  5. Am I Blue
(5:35)  6. Moon Dreams
(2:46)  7. I Wish I Were In Love Again
(5:10)  8. After You've Gone/Too Gone Too Long
(3:47)  9. Our Love Is Here To Stay
(3:43) 10. I'll Be Seeing You
(4:37) 11. Jitterbug Waltz
(3:08) 12. Something There
(1:29) 13. La La Lu

Two-time Tony Award®-winning actress Christine Ebersole teams with virtuoso violinist/arranger Aaron Weinstein for a program of classic songs imbued with originality, musicality, and swing. Known for her brilliance as an actress and cabaret artist, Ebersole proves that shes equally talented in the jazz arena on a selection of beautifully arranged versions of gems from the Great American Songbook. Tony Award® winner for her roles in 42nd Street and Grey Gardens, Ebersole is currently starring in the hit TBS sitcom Sullivan & Son, is featured in the 2013 blockbuster The Big Wedding (which ends with a song she wrote and performs), and appears in the Fall 2013 Scorsese drama The Wolf of Wall Street. Named a Rising Star Violinist by DownBeat, Aaron Weinstein is quickly earning a reputation as one of the finest jazz violinists of his generation. As a featured soloist he has performed at Carnegie Hall, Jazz at Lincoln Center, Wolftrap Center, Birdland, Blue Note, Iridium, and more. ~ Editorial Reviews  

http://www.amazon.com/Strings-Attached-Christine-Ebersole/dp/B00FMSGYLE

Personnel: Christine Ebersole (vocals); Aaron Weinstein (violin); Tedd Firth (piano).

Strings Attached

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Jozée Devoua - Low Key

Styles: Vocal Jazz
Year: 2008
File: MP3@320K/s
Time: 30:19
Size: 70,0 MB
Art: Front

(3:04)  1. You Make Me Feel So Young
(5:33)  2. Will You Still Love Me Tomorrow
(4:22)  3. Chega de Saudades
(4:06)  4. Formi-Formidable
(3:38)  5. My Heart Belongs to Daddy
(4:22)  6. Love Me Like a Man
(5:11)  7. All the Way

A vocalist, a musician, but mostly an avid jazz fan herself, Jozée Devoua's buttery-rich smooth tone coupled with her unsettling sensitivity as a performer has allowed her to develop a unique and refined sound that has multi-audience appeal. Jozée recorded and produced "Low Key" in 2007. Breathing new life into jazz standards, it is an eclectic mix of traditional swing, blues, and latin. Fluent in French and English, she also sings in Spanish and Portuguese to answer to the versatility of her repertoire that includes both the established standards of yesteryear as well as today’s modern classics. (http://www.cdbaby.com/cd/devoua)

Low Key

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Ehud Asherie - Lockout

Styles: Piano Jazz
Year: 2007
File: MP3@320K/s
Time: 62:10
Size: 142,9 MB
Art: Front

(4:57)  1. Mixed Emotions
(5:17)  2. Chonky
(6:01)  3. Shaw 'Nuff
(7:20)  4. Isn't This a Lovely Day
(7:31)  5. Lockout
(7:05)  6. Special
(9:04)  7. Un Poco Loco
(7:51)  8. I Had the Craziest Dream
(6:59)  9. Bringing Up Father

Bebop is almost seen now as the default form of jazz. Back in the day though, most jazz musicians still swung and swayed like Sammy Kaye, so the "new sound Dizzy Gillespie and his cohorts invented was as jarring as anything coming out of today's New York jazz underground. With Lockout, pianist Ehud Asherie takes that uptown sound and runs with it, spurred on by a monster quartet that features two major players at Smalls, the downtown club where Asherie cooked up his chops. Four of the nine cuts on Lockout are Asherie originals, though they are almost indistinguishable from the bebop standards with which they share space here. "Mixed Emotions shoots out of the gate with Asherie and tenor saxophonist Grant Stewart flying in tight formation, each shaping the head while injecting enough harmony to create their own individual spaces.

Stewart's phrases are sharp and clipped as he plumbs the depths of his tenor sax, while Asherie comps like a fiend behind him. The Israeli-born pianist takes the spotlight with a quick right hand that dances and bangs, snapping off a fast "Yellow Rose of Texas sub-reference in the middle of a blinding solo. That snap never wanes, not even on the Irving Berlin ballad "Isn't This a Lovely Day or during his in-the-clear intro to Harry Warren's "I Had the Craziest Dream. Asherie's music has the same feel as the picture on the back of the CD booklet: New York at night, all neon and shadows and glowing mist, as urban as it gets. "Chonky is a rolling blues that reeks of "Noo Yawk," and has Stewart' smoking tenor in the Coleman Hawkins tradition; "The Special walks those same mean streets, with slightly flat lines that hint of impending danger. 

The title track could have come straight out of the bells of Dizzy and Bird, with Asherie playing Bud Powell chords to complete the illusion.  Drummer Phil Stewart hooks up with bassist Joel Forbes to provide the classic bebop bass and drum foundation. Both players get room to stretch here and there Stewart most notably on Powell's "Un Poco Loco but their primary mission is to lay the floor for the three players who do the bulk of the heavy lifting. The third soloist is Ryan Kisor, whose searing trumpet appears on four cuts, including the Gillespie composition "Shaw 'Nuff. Kisor and Stewart's solos are stunningly chaotic crazed buglers calling the charge as the track careens downhill, almost at the edge of the cliff. Asherie is firmly in control though, and shows wisdom beyond his years by giving his players the space they deserve. Asherie doesn't always take the first solo, but he doesn't have to: Lockout is clearly his vision, and it injects verve and electricity into a sub-genre that began as innovation, but nowadays can lend itself to stagnation. ~ J Hunter   

http://www.allaboutjazz.com/php/article.php?id=27857#.UxVRDIVZhhk
 

Personnel: Ehud Asherie: piano; Grant Stewart: tenor sax; Joel Forbes: bass; Phil Stewart: drums; Ryan Kisor: trumpet (3, 5, 8, 9).

Lockout

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Kenny Werner Trio - With A Song In My Heart

Styles: Piano Jazz
Year: 2008
File: MP3@320K/s
Time: 71:16
Size: 165,0 MB
Art: Front + Back

( 7:31)  1. With A Song In My Heart
( 8:48)  2. Nardis
( 6:46)  3. Autumn Leaves
( 7:20)  4. If I Should Lose You
(12:18)  5. Beauty Secrets
( 3:38)  6. All The Things You Are
( 9:24)  7. Balloons
( 7:57)  8. 26-2
( 7:29)  9. Blue In Green

Kenny Werner has long been active as a jazz pianist/bandleader, composer and jazz educator, having recorded around two dozen albums as a leader and many more as a sideman. He has performed with quite a few jazz greats, including Charles Mingus, Bob Brookmeyer, Lee Konitz and Toots Thielemans. He's also a sought after pianist by vocalists, having long worked with Broadway star Betty Buckley and jointly leading the Delirium Blue Project with Roseanna Vitro. This trio date pairs the pianist with bassist Johannes Weidenmueller and drummer Ari Hoenig, two top musicians of their generation. Werner incorporates the lyricism of Bill Evans while blending in his own inventive arrangements and intensity. He starts Miles Davis' "Nardis" with a playful hip introduction that even adds the air of a hoedown, though the arrangement only uses Evans' ideas as a launching pad, Werner taking a more spacious route, a tough challenge given the many recordings available by Evans. 

Regardless of who you credit with writing "Blue in Green" (Evans is more likely its composer), Werner's impressionist introduction sets up a haunting arrangement of this modal masterpiece. The off-center take of John Coltrane's "26-2" is a lively affair as well. Werner's "Beauty Secrets" is a gem that unveils itself slowly with many shimmering facets, eventually evolving into the centuries-old "Greensleeves". 

The pianist is a gifted interpreter of standards, delivering a whispering "With a Song in My Heart," a subtly swinging "Autumn Leaves" and a buoyant, waltzing "All the Things You Are" where he seems at times independent of the rhythm section.~ Ken Dryden http://www.allaboutjazz.com/php/article.php?id=31119#.UxYOQ4VZhhk
 

Personnel: Kenny Werner: piano; Johannes Weidenmueller: bass; Ari Hoenig: drums.

With A Song In My Heart

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