Annette Neuffer Quintet - Easy To Love

Bitrate: 320K/s
Time: 60:13
Size: 137.9 MB
Styles: Vocal jazz
Year: 2005
Art: Front

[6:34] 1. Only Have Eyes For You
[4:28] 2. What A Little Moonlight Can Do
[4:58] 3. Baby, Baby, All The Time
[5:43] 4. Someone To Watch Over Me
[4:37] 5. There Will Never Be Another You
[5:00] 6. Summer Samba
[5:23] 7. Now Or Never
[7:16] 8. Easy To Love
[6:18] 9. Shiny Stockings
[4:41] 10. This Is Always
[5:11] 11. On A Misty Night

Whether you're hearing double-talent Annette Neuffer for the first time, or following her musical progress for some 10 years as l have, you're in for a special treat with her latest release. She swings effortlessly with her lovely sonorous alto voice, never getting shrill or over-selling a good tune. This is real Jazz singing. Along with the wisely selected rhythm section of Bernhard Pichl, Rudi Engel and Jens Düppe, Ms. Neuffer creates just the right mood on selections as diverse as the bossa-nova "So Nice", and the deep bluesy "Baby All The Time". Check out her savvy handling of the seldom-heard verse to "Someone To Watch Over Me". And let's not forget her really fine trumpet alongside top tenorist Claus Koch, certainly one of the most swinging inventive saxmen out there today. Who could ask for anything more? Keep up the great work, Annette! ~AI Porcino

Annette Neuffer vocals, trumpet, flugelhorn; Claus Koch tenor sax; Bernhard Pichl piano; Rudi Engel bass; Jens Düppe drums.

Easy To Love

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Muggsy Spanier - The Only One

Bitrate: 320K/s
Time: 76:46
Size: 175.8 MB
Styles: Cornet jazz
Year: 2012
Art: Front

[2:43] 1. Someday, Sweetheart
[2:49] 2. At The Jazz Band Ball
[2:51] 3. I Wish I Could Shimmy Like My Sister Kate
[2:58] 4. Lonesome Road
[2:36] 5. Bluin' The Blues
[2:32] 6. Chicago
[3:01] 7. Big Butter And Egg Man
[3:12] 8. Relaxin' At The Touro
[2:36] 9. Eccentric
[3:06] 10. Can't We Be Friends
[2:27] 11. That Da Da Strain
[2:25] 12. Dippermouth Blues
[2:40] 13. Dinah
[2:58] 14. Livery Stable Blues
[2:58] 15. More Than You Know
[2:41] 16. Riverboat Shuffle
[4:35] 17. Sugar
[3:18] 18. Rosetta
[2:31] 19. At Sundown
[2:53] 20. Wreck Of The Old '97
[2:36] 21. Black And Blue
[3:02] 22. Hesitating Blues
[2:51] 23. Two O'clock Jump
[2:35] 24. Mandy Make Your Mind Up
[4:29] 25. Down To Steamboat Tennessee
[3:11] 26. Little David Play On Your Harp

Muggsy Spanier was a predictable but forceful cornetist who rarely strayed far from the melody. Perfectly at home in Dixieland ensembles, Spanier was also an emotional soloist (equally influenced by King Oliver and Louis Armstrong) who was an expert at using the plunger mute. He started on cornet when he was 13, played with Elmer Schoebel's band in 1921, and first recorded in 1924. Spanier was a fixture in Chicago throughout the decade (appearing on several important early records) before joining Ted Lewis in 1929. Although Lewis was essentially a corny showman, Spanier's solos gave his band some validity during the next seven years. After a stint with Ben Pollack's orchestra (1936-1938), Spanier became seriously ill and was hospitalized for three months. After he recovered, the cornetist formed his famous eight-piece "Ragtime Band" and recorded 16 Dixieland performances for Bluebird (later dubbed The Great Sixteen) that virtually defined the music of the Dixieland revival movement. But because his group actually preceded the revival by a couple years, it soon had to break up due to lack of work. Muggsy joined Bob Crosby for a time, had his own short-lived big band, freelanced with Dixieland bands in New York, and starting in 1950 he gradually relocated to the West Coast. During 1957-1959 Spanier worked with Earl Hines' band and he continued playing up until his retirement in 1964, touring Europe in 1960 and always retaining his popularity in the Dixieland world. ~Bio by Scott Yanow

The Only One

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Patricia Kaas - Kaas Chante Piaf

Styles: Chanson
Year: 2012
File: MP3@320K/s
Time: 61:53
Size: 142,0 MB
Art: Front

(4:42)  1. Mon Dieu
(4:38)  2. Padam Padam
(2:44)  3. Avec Ce Soleil
(5:07)  4. Milord
(2:31)  5. The 9th Hour
(4:13)  6. La Belle Histoire D'Amour
(2:37)  7. Les Amants Merveilleux
(4:06)  8. T'Es Beau Tu Sais
(4:20)  9. Hymne A L'Amour
(3:08) 10. C'Est Un Gars
(3:24) 11. Song For The Little Sparrow
(3:56) 12. La Foule
(3:01) 13. Mon Manege A Moi
(5:18) 14. La Vie En Rose
(4:58) 15. Non, Je Ne Regrette Rien
(3:01) 16. Je T'Ai Dans La Peau

This is the recording studio version of the concert Patricia Kaas gave at Carnegie Hall in tribute to the 50th anniversary of Edith Piaf's passing. She is backed by the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, a small studio band accordion, bass, guitar, Theremin, keyboards and even a chorus under the direction of Abel Korzeniowski, who also arranged the material and produced the album. The live performance, while a commercial success, had its share of critics, including Piaf purists, who were quick to note that Kaas doesn't possess the vocal range of her subject. Kaas fans found the size and power of the orchestra too daunting for her to overcome. Both of these arguments are likely to follow this studio production, but ultimately, both are in error. The cinematic quality provided by the orchestra and her band adds a haunting drama to these proceedings that points toward Kaas' smoky, sometimes even raspy, lower register. She doesn't attempt to imitate Piaf, but to pay homage to her enduring legacy and celebrate her influence. Kaas never betrays herself as a modern vocalist in the process. Instead, by interpreting these songs in her own way, she makes plain that Piaf's music is not only a root source of inspiration, but a breathing, evolving, entity that defies the limits of time and offers instruction for French chanson as it continues to evolve. 

Check the shifting moods and textures in "Mon Manege a Moi," the slow, smoldering sensuality and tragedy at the heart of her reading of "Mon Dieu," and the raw need expressed in "La Belle Histoire D'Amour," introduced and punctuated heavy brass, and alternately colored by a slow, strolling electric bass, piano, bells, and even a bass drum. The nod to Astor Piazzolla's nuevo tango in the accordion's introduction to "Non, Je Ne Regrette Rien" is a nice touch (Piaf loved tango, as does Kaas) is offset by pastoral strings in the backdrop, vamping on a series of three chords before the singer enters with the orchestra. The song unfolds as a reverie before becoming an anthemic celebration of life and love no matter its ultimate cost. It's unlikely that Kaas Chante Piaf will please "pure" fans of either woman; but then, it's not supposed to. In offering such a unique, sensitive, perhaps even iconoclastic interpretation of Piaf, Kaas underscores her own reputation as one of the great musical artists of our era. ~ Thom Jurek   

http://www.allmusic.com/album/kaas-chante-piaf-mw0002434718

Personnel: Colin Green, Adam Goldsmith (guitar); Liz Varlow (viola); Chantal Webster (cello); Julian Jackson (harmonica); Eddie Hession (accordion); Cameron Todd (trumpet); Andrew Vinter, John Constable (keyboards); Anthony Alcock (double bass); Andrew Pask (bass guitar); Harold Fisher (drums); Christian Mason (Theremin).

Kaas Chante Piaf

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Mindy Carson - Baby, Baby, Baby

Styles: Vocal
Year: 2004
File: MP3@320K/s
Time: 46:25
Size: 106,9 MB
Art: Front

(3:47)  1. Baby, Baby, Baby
(2:51)  2. I'm Not Just Anybody's Baby
(2:54)  3. I Don't Want to Walk Without You, Baby
(2:34)  4. Baby Face
(3:14)  5. Don't Cry, Cry Baby
(3:17)  6. My Melancholy Baby
(2:17)  7. Everybody Loves My Baby
(3:05)  8. I Can't Give You Anything But Love, Baby
(2:02)  9. I'm Nobody's Baby
(2:28) 10. My Baby Just Cares for Me
(2:05) 11. I Found a New Baby
(2:44) 12. Baby Won't You Please Come Home
(2:42) 13. Baby, I Love Ya Like Crazy [#]
(2:20) 14. Sentimental Touch
(2:23) 15. (What Can I Say) After I Say I'm Sorry [#]
(3:09) 16. My Foolish Heart
(2:26) 17. Knock on Wood (Holler Mazel Tov)

Use of the word baby isn't improved by repetition. Though it doesn't crop up often on this "concept" record including only songs with the word baby in the title, Mindy Carson's vocal histrionics succeed only in dating Baby, Baby, Baby as a relic of its time. Blessed with a strong voice that she wielded with much talent, Carson had unfortunately devolved, by the time this was recorded in 1958, into a belter who attempted to equal the lungs of Kay Starr without her impeccable jazz smarts. There are many excellent songs that fit the bill for entrée on this record "I Can't Give You Anything but Love, Baby," "My Baby Just Cares for Me," "My Melancholy Baby" and the charts by Glenn Osser and Sherman Edwards goose a well-worn standard quite well, but Carson fails to let any syllable cross her lips without worrying it to death. ~ John Bush   http://www.allmusic.com/album/baby-baby-baby-mw0000695953

Baby, Baby, Baby

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Chick Corea - Live in Montreux

Styles: Piano Jazz
Year: 1981
File: MP3@320K/s
Time: 73:33
Size: 168,4 MB
Art: Front

( 0:55)  1. Introduction
(10:25)  2. Hairy Canary
( 9:09)  3. Folk Song
(12:50)  4. Psalm
( 8:54)  5. Quintet, No. 2
( 8:11)  6. Up Up and...
(10:20)  7. Trinkle, Tinkle
( 6:36)  8. So in Love
( 4:09)  9. Drum Interlude
( 1:59) 10. Slippery When Wet

This important live recording from 1981 features the great pianist with a stunning group: Joe Henderson on tenor sax, Gary Peacock on bass, and Roy Haynes on drums. Haynes worked with Corea on many prior occasions, and Henderson was about to collaborate with him on the Griffith Park albums of the early '80s, but this is the first time the three appear together. Peacock's presence is an additional delight. The probing bassist contributes the multi-layered, magnificent "Up, Up and...."  Three of Corea's compositions here "Hairy Canary," "Folk Song," and "Slippery When Wet" would later wind up as bonus tracks on Stretch's 1994 reissue of the 1981 CD Three Quartets. In addition, there are valuable renditions of two dense and challenging Corea tunes, "Psalm" and "Quintet #2," along with two standards: Thelonius Monk's "Trinkle, Tinkle" and Cole Porter's "So in Love." The latter culminates in a four-minute Haynes drum solo.  Overall, the record is essential for fans of any and all of the four musicians involved. ~ David R.Adler   http://www.allmusic.com/album/live-in-montreux-mw0000626806

Personnel: Chick Corea (piano); Joe Henderson (tenor saxophone); Gary Peacock (bass); Roy Haynes (drums)

Live in Montreux

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Gabby Young - Mole

Styles: Indie, Pop/Rock
Year: 2006
File: MP3@320K/s
Time: 69:55
Size: 161,3 MB
Art: Front

(5:54)  1. Nothing's Changed
(5:04)  2. Crows
(5:47)  3. Umm
(5:39)  4. Maybe
(5:58)  5. Black Books
(5:37)  6. Broken Record
(4:56)  7. Down
(4:15)  8. Actually
(5:47)  9. Mole
(6:03) 10. Growing Pains
(5:15) 11. Love Vs. Hate
(3:13) 12. Weak
(6:22) 13. Let Me Be

Mole is Gabby Young's second album. She has had a very eventful year since her debut Album "Free Second Memory" was produced in a week prior to her successful Tour of the USA. Halfway through reocording Mole, Gabby discovered she had thyroid cancer. The subsequent operation to remove the thyroid was fraught with danger that her vocal chords would be damaged forever. Not very good timing one would say!However, three months down the line and Mole has been completed, and Gabbys voice is now as good as ever. The album is autobiographical and she tells it as it is. She uses full emotive story-telling and the end of this amazing record, one feels so enriched by the experience, that one is keen to listen again and again. With a this album hot of the press and a move to London imminent Gabby continues too sonically seduce hordes of new fans with her Beautifully honest and Blues laced Rock and Folk. Missing out on this is missing out Entirely !  http://www.cduniverse.com/productinfo.asp?pid=7353939&style=music&fulldesc=T

Mole

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