Andy Firth - Live In Swingfield

Size: 149,4 MB
Time: 64:24
File: MP3 @ 320K/s
Released: 2013
Styles: Jazz
Art: Front

01. There Will Never Be Another You (6:35)
02. Georgia On My Mind (9:21)
03. Oh Lady Be Good (6:47)
04. Body And Soul (6:47)
05. S'Wonderful (5:55)
06. Nearness Of You (5:54)
07. She'll Be Right Mate! (7:46)
08. Misty (5:29)
09. Baby Elephant Walk (4:29)
10. God Bless America (5:18)

In October of 2005 I received an invitation from the International Clarinet Association to perform in Atlanta with the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra as part of the ICA’s 2006 concert program. I of course accepted and pretty soon the word had spread to all of my dear friends and sponsors that I would be coming to the States for this wonderful event. My dear friends at Lomax Classic Mouthpieces immediately got on the case and organised for my wife Liz and I to visit their hometown of Springfield, Missouri so that we could have a nice break after the conference.

A week or so later I received an email from Mike Lomax that read in part:

“Hi Andy,
As you might realize, the Lomaxs think it would be on the verge of being criminal for Andy Firth to come to Springfield and some of the people here not get to hear you play! So, here is my question, finally! There is a park near us that puts on outdoor concerts each month during the summer. I am good friends with the fellow who is in charge of these concerts and I just happened to mention to him that the Greatest Jazz Clarinetist in the World was coming to Springfield in August and I was wondering if he had booked the August concert yet?”… And the rest, as they say, is history.

The concert that you hear on this CD is the culmination of months work on Mike Lomax’s part. Mike organised the best rhythm section that he could find and raised the funds needed for the incidentals and associated costs. Our heartfelt thanks to these people wonderful that supported Mike in this task for without your generosity of spirit I would not have got the opportunity to perform with one the finest rhythm sections, and for some of the nicest people that I’ve ever met in my travels-the people of Springfield, Missouri. USA.

Preparation for this concert consisted of a quick introduction to the guys in the rhythm section at Mike’s place, a 30 minute rehearsal at the venue, and charts that I quickly scribbled down whilst the guys were setting up for sound check. So I guess you could say that this was very much a “warts and all” performance-but this is the way I like it because to me, jazz music should be music played straight from the heart-masterful but always without a safety net! “Jazz Tartar”-raw and uncooked not like studio recorded jazz where you’ve got the luxury of doing something again or fixing up a bung note.

At the front of the stage there was a banner with Bart Simpson and Milhouse saying "Welcome to Springfield Andy & Liz Firth" for the entire concert.

It was a great night of fun and music. I hope you can feel this when you listen to our efforts "Live in Swingfield".

Cheers! Andy Firth (5/1/13)

Live In Swingfield

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Julie Crochetiere - Counting Dreams

Size: 104,1 MB
Time: 44:39
File: MP3 @ 320K/s
Released: 2014
Styles: Jazz/Soul Vocals
Art: Front

01. Who's Gonna Love Me - Like You Did (3:08)
02. Over The Rainbow (4:05)
03. Straight Line (4:26)
04. You Need More Than Love (4:23)
05. Counting Dreams (4:22)
06. When It Rains (4:50)
07. My Sinking Heart (3:35)
08. On Va S'aimer Encore (4:33)
09. The Better Part Of Me (4:11)
10. Real Life (4:01)
11. For All We Know (2:59)

Julie Crochetière is a rare artist. She can craft the perfect song, doesn’t matter if you can dance to it or cry along in the darkest corner of your room, she’s got it down. The Montreal singer/songwriter’s been crafting perfect songs since she hit it big with “A Better Place” in 2007. She’s been singing her heart out since her teens, after discovering the perfect songs of a legion of 1970s artists, Carole King, Bill Withers, Roberta Flack, even Nina Simone.

Her new album “Counting Dreams” is another dream release, well executed, perfectly crafted, deeply personal, and a surefire universal hit soundtrack of 11 songs about loss, love, and pushing through, two of them favorite covers, that beg to be played to death. “Counting Dreams [Vega Musique/DEP/Universal]” comes out on May 6, 2014 in physical and digital forms for Canada and digital for the rest of the world. Listeners can pre-order Crochetiere’s fourth solo release beginning March 18 on iTunes, scoring two free advanced songs in the bargain.

Known for following her heart, Crochetiere took to the studio last fall in Montreal for a week of live, off-the-floor recordings with a bare bones rhythm section — keyboardist Joel Campbell, bassist Russ Boswell, percussionist Max Sansalone — and the Quatuor Orphée string quartet, featuring harpist Sara Page. After hearing so many voices in the music business tell her who she was supposed to be — jazz, pop, soul, indie, what to do and how to proceed, Crochetiere tuned them all out and set forth on writing and performing songs in her own spare style.

For this record, she let the songs tell their stories, without piling on. “Simplicity is where the authenticity is. There’s truth there,” Crochetiere explained. “This project has been in my head for 10 years… I knew I wanted to make something very spare, I wanted to hear the songs, but I also wanted to hear the air around the notes. There is always such a temptation to add another instrument, to stack another vocal, it’s like the arrangement is trying to seduce the song… ‘It’d sound great with horns, don’t ya think?’ But this record had its own voice…”

The voice draws comparisons to Carole King, Diane Birch, Adele, and Roberta Flack. Not surprising, since most of Crochetiere’s early influences came from the 1970s. As a young girl, she’d hole up in the basement wearing out the grooves of her parents’ record collection, trying to unlock some code… while her peers blissed out to Duran Duran and Platinum Blonde. Listeners will do the same when they get a hold of this album.

To quote Crochetiere’s 10th track, “Real Life,” “Everything” on this album “is good as gold.” She sings truthfully about past hurts, terrible losses, and doing the work to rise above and become a stronger person. She sings each song — that she wrote or covers — as if she lived to tell the tale and is there beside you every step of the way to help you through.

“Who’s Gonna Love Me (Like You Did)” is the first song off this album, and a tearjerker. This is where the string quartet comes in to enhance the poignant imprint of the passing of a good friend, “partners in crime, nothing could stop us from living the life we dreamed of, time on our side, sweetest illusion allowed us the freedom to love.” Crochetiere never lets her voice completely sink into despair, holding onto as much of the good times as she can remember, which only serves to make the listener cry harder in that tension. It’s a fitting tribute for all of us who’ve lost loved ones.

At first glance, using a string section so heavily seems a little classically limiting. Yet, Crochetiere’s managed to co-produce — with Tim Gowdy (Keith Kouna, The Barr Brothers, Coral Egan) and considerable string arrangements by Robin Smith (Andrea Bocelli, Cher) — pieces that defy any musical definition while fitting in all the requisite melodic categories.

Whether it’s the string quartet’s fetchingly arc construct at the 1:29 mark in “Straight Line,” the dramatic overtures overlapping “Over The Rainbow,” or the regretful reverie swirling around “Counting Dreams,” Crochetiere draws in a limitless array of possibilities depending on her mood.

No matter how dark the mood, Crochetiere never allows herself to sink to the bottom. With her vocal and musical choices, she’s always leading the way out, lifting every well-chosen lyrical note toward the light.

“You Need More Than Love” packs a powerful punch. With a few, well-chosen words, her on acoustic piano, and the Quartette Orphée by her side, Crochetiere forges ahead in a song about surviving a Narcissist. The spare but true lyrics speak for themselves: “I can’t carry you, tried to push you through. You say you mean well. Time makes people change. You just stay the same. You say you mean well. You know better, sorry is never enough. Sorry won’t bring back my trust. Five simple words that could sum this up: You need more than love.” The string quartet more than amply serves to support her stand, hinting at the torment and the enormous strength it must’ve taken for Crochetiere — and anyone else — to walk away from such a lost cause. By the time she repeats the chorus, your fist is up in the air, the tears are streaming down your face, and you’re swaying in time to the gentle rhythm.

If “You Need More Than Love” gets to you, “My Sinking Heart” will get you singing along like that little girl in her parents’ basement wearing out the grooves to her favorite records. The chorus is ridiculously infectious, rising and rising to this impossible high. The smooth swath of the strings perfectly captures Crochetiere’s love-struck cadences, a certifiable Top 40 hit, as hypnotic and viable as her 2008 hit single “Precious Love.”

Most people blast some kind of heavy metal or rap when they work out. How about Crochetiere’s piano and strings mix? “The Better Part Of Me” is as inspirational as they come. She takes the best parts of piano — a serious vocal accompaniment — and strings — a touch of heaven — to affirm the best in all of us. She climbs and climbs and climbs such a daunting hill (“When skies are falling, I won’t be calling on you… I know I’ve been broken… When time are tough, I wanna close my eyes too…”). By the time she reaches this part — “I’ll be taller, I’ll be beautiful, I’ll be better than I ever thought I could. I’ll reach way up high, be the moon in the sky, come hell or high water, I’ll be the better part of me” — and then this show-stopping gospel-kissed bridge— “Don’t look for me down by the river. There’s nothing for me in your gutters. Just look way up high and you’ll see me fly” — your entire body is levitating.

The last song on the album is one of Crochetiere’s favorites. It’ll be yours too. Donny Hathaway’s haunting ode to lost loved ones, “For All We Know,” is improved by the inclusion of strings and Crochetiere’s tremendously restrained, deferential vocal sweep. She imparts significance with every tender, loving word, enhanced by harpist Sara Page’s musical undertones, a sun-dappled embrace. Crochetiere sings as if she understands what it means to have loved and lost, and what it means still to hold fast to those wonderful memories, and never take another moment for granted.

Julie Crochetière is a different singer. She doesn’t try to show off or do more with a song than is necessary. She doesn’t try to be more than she is. She lets the song breathe and live through her. In return, she touches your soul forever. You’ll be wearing the grooves out in this one.

Counting Dreams

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Watters/Felts Project - Watters/Felts Project

Size: 107,9 MB
Time: 46:18
File: MP3 @ 320K/s
Released: 2014
Styles: Modern Jazz
Art: Front

01. Fine & Mellow (4:28)
02. Sommerset Road (4:43)
03. Where've You Been (4:50)
04. Contrapunto Cubano (4:18)
05. Open (5:07)
06. Waiting (4:25)
07. Port-Au-Prince (4:49)
08. I'll Be Seeing You (4:35)
09. There It Is (Unreleased Live Track) (8:57)

On The Watters/Felts Project, Ken Watters, a fine trumpeter, and his quintet are confined for the most part to escorting singer Ingrid Felts as she wends her way through five present-day compositions, Billie Holiday's "Fine and Mellow" and the standard "I'll Be Seeing You." Is it a good idea? That depends in part on one's response to Felts' casual, blues-based vocal style. The opinion here is that her performance is for the most part adequate but no more than that.

Another aspect of the dilemma lies within the songs themselves. As is the case with so many contemporary themes, the lyrics, which must have made perfect sense to whoever wrote them (Felts' name is on each one, though she is not explicitly named as lyricist), are by and large inscrutable. That is especially true of the shuffling finale, "There It Is," the only track recorded live (at The Crossroads in Huntsville, AL), on which Felts and the band are, according to Watters, simply jamming and making things up as the song unfolds. It's generally muddled and at least three or four minutes too long.

Completing the album are a pair of engaging instrumentals, bassist Abe Becker's loping "Contrapunto Cubano" and Watters' sunny "Port-au-Prince," on which the quintet is able to spread its wings behind pleasing solos by Watters, Becker and pianist Keith Taylor, complementing sharp percussion work by Darrell Tibbs and drummer Marcus Pope. Felts adds a wordless vocal on "Port-au-Prince," written by Watters to exemplify his admiration for the Caribbean island of Haiti.

After listening to Felts wander through "Somerset Road," "Where've You Been," "Open" and "Waiting," it's a pleasure to revisit Sammy Fain's "I'll Be Seeing You," even though her vocal there is unimposing. Taylor ransoms the track with another splendid solo. "Fine and Mellow" is of course the personal property of Billie Holiday, and any new version must suffer by comparison. While there's no doubting that everyone involved believes in the Watters / Felts Project, the best grade that can be given for its introductory enterprise is a conclusive "e" for effort. ~Jack Bowers

Personnel: Ken Watters: trumpet, flugelhorn; Ingrid Marie Felts: vocals; Keith Taylor: piano, keyboards; Abe Becker: acoustic, electric bass (2-4, 6, 7, 9); Ben Melvin: acoustic bass (1, 5, 8); Marcus Pope: drums; Darrell Tibbs: percussion.

Watters/Felts Project

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Dena Derose - We Won't Forget You... An Homage To Shirley Horn

Size: 117,6 MB
Time: 50:27
File: MP3 @ 320K/s
Released: 2014
Styles: Jazz Vocals
Art: Front

01. You Stepped Out Of A Dream (5:31)
02. Sunday In New York (3:12)
03. Quietly There (6:24)
04. A Time For Love (5:36)
05. Don't Be On The Outside (4:53)
06. You Won't Forget Me (4:35)
07. I Just Found Out About Love (3:23)
08. Big City (4:37)
09. Your're Nearer (4:31)
10. Wild Is Love (2:50)
11. The Great City (4:50)

It's no small thing to be called "The most creative and compelling singer-pianist since Shirley Horn," but that's how Joel Siegel, Washington City Paper, described Dena DeRose. It is with great pleasure that HighNote Records welcomes Dena to their roster with this debut recording. Joining her usual trio of Martin Wind, bass and Matt Wilson, drums, are trumpeter Jeremy Pelt, tenor saxophonist Eric Alexander and baritone saxophonist Gary Smulyan. Boasting an imaginative set list and varied use of instrumental color, Dena DeRose's first HighNote CD is jazz singing of the highest order.

We Won't Forget You... An Homage To Shirley Horn                 

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Tine Bruhn & Johnny O'Neal - Nearness

Bitrate: 320K/s
Time: 49:01
Size: 112.2 MB
Styles: Vocal jazz
Year: 2013
Art: Front

[3:45] 1. I'll Be Seeing You
[7:07] 2. But Beautiful
[3:38] 3. Easy to Love
[7:16] 4. The Nearness of You
[4:48] 5. If I Should Lose You
[5:02] 6. My Foolish Heart
[3:30] 7. Just in Time
[4:04] 8. Never Let Me Go
[4:26] 9. All of You
[5:20] 10. Skylark

Tine Bruhn’s new release "Nearness" is a duo recording of standards with pianist Johnny O'Neal. Tine Bruhn and Johnny O’Neal started working together in the summer of 2011 when her regular pianist had to cancel on short notice and sent Johnny O’Neal as a sub! Since then they have been appearing almost weekly at Robert Restaurant in NYC.Mr. O'Neal has played with Art Blakey, Dexter Gordon, Lionel Hampton to name just a few. He has opened for Oscar Peterson at Carnegie Hall and he played the role of Art Tatum in the Oscar winning movie "Ray" based on Mr. Peterson’s recommendation. In a recent JazzTimes article, O’Neal is named as “one of jazz’s best-kept secrets”.

This recording is a natural ‘documentation’ of the musical relationship between these two very different musicians. Different in the sense of background, age, ethnicity, gender. But musicially they complement each other highly and the listener will hear a relaxedness and comfortness shining through. The music was recorded in only one day with just two takes per song. Johnny O’Neal states “We just went in there and laid it down! It just felt right!” Tenor saxophonist Stacy Dillard is feautured on four tracks. Ben Ratliff (NY Times) calls Dillard “a young saxophonist of serious promise,” and he has played with Wycliffe Gordon, Eric Reed and Roy Hargrove amongst many others.

Nearness

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Gene Harris - Alley Cats

Bitrate: 320K/s
Time: 68:03
Size: 155.8 MB
Styles: Piano jazz
Year: 1999
Art: Front

[ 5:48] 1. Put It Where You Want It
[ 4:17] 2. Magic Lady
[11:09] 3. Blues March
[ 4:54] 4. Bird's Idea
[ 6:58] 5. Walkin' With Zach
[ 6:03] 6. Jive Samba
[ 6:19] 7. You've Changed
[ 5:35] 8. Guess Who
[11:50] 9. Listen Here
[ 5:05] 10. Please Send Me Someone To Love

Too many artists have gone their entire careers without providing any live albums, but that hasn't been a problem for Gene Harris whose live recordings from the 1980s and 1990s ranged from unaccompanied solo piano to big-band dates. Arguably, the best live album he gave listeners in the 1990s was Alley Cats; recorded live at Jazz Alley in Seattle on December 11-12, 1998, this CD finds Harris' working quintet (Harris on piano, Frank Potenza on guitar, Luther Hughes on bass, and Paul Kreibich on drums) joined by such accomplished soloists as Red Holloway (tenor sax), Ernie Watts (alto and tenor sax), and Jack McDuff (organ). Many inspired moments occur, and a 65-year-old Harris really goes that extra mile on gems ranging from Nat Adderley's "Jive Samba" and Benny Golson's "Blues March" to Joe Sample's "Put It Where You Want It" (which, in the 1970s, was introduced by the Crusaders before being covered by the Average White Band). A talented but underexposed singer (underexposed in the 1990s, anyway) who has recorded R&B albums but is quite capable of handling jazz, Harris' daughter Niki Harris is featured on earthy performances of "You've Changed," "Please Send Me Someone to Love," and "Guess Who." McDuff, meanwhile, brings his gritty, down-home Hammond B-3 to two songs: Eddie Harris' "Listen Here" and Gene Harris' "Walkin' With Zach." Soul-jazz enthusiasts will definitely want this excellent CD. ~Alex Henderson

Alley Cats

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Matthieu Boré - Frizzante!!

Bitrate: 320K/s
Time: 40:17
Size: 92.3 MB
Styles: Vocal jazz
Year: 2009
Art: Front

[2:37] 1. Puttin On The Ritz
[3:15] 2. It's A Good Day
[2:57] 3. She
[2:37] 4. I Love To See You Smile
[1:37] 5. I Love To Singa
[3:29] 6. Somebody Loves Me
[3:34] 7. Satisfy My Soul
[3:33] 8. Dream A Little Dream Of Me
[3:13] 9. Side By Side
[3:03] 10. Down In Old Shanghaï
[2:58] 11. Love Love Love
[3:23] 12. Carioca
[3:56] 13. Thank You Girl

Frizzante est le nouvel album de Matthieu Boré, chanteur de jazz mais aussi auteur et compositeur. Que dire de plus que : cet album est parfait ? Matthieu Boré n’a pas seulement des années d’études de piano classique dans ses bagages, il a aussi, et surtout, une voix, sa voix : subtile. Non vraiment, en dire plus serait tomber dans la banalité. Je suis tombée en amour pour cet album de jazz aux couleurs boréennes, c’est tout. Vous pouvez le répéter, je ne m’en cache pas. Vous pouvez surtout vous le procurer si ce n’est pas déjà fait et assister à ses concerts. Et hop !

Frizzante!!

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Pearl Django - Modern Times

Bitrate: 320K/s
Time: 53:31
Size: 125.0 MB
Styles: Swing, Gypsy jazz
Year: 2007
Art: Front

[3:20] 1. Smile
[3:50] 2. Missoula Flood
[4:15] 3. Chutes, No Ladders
[3:43] 4. Mulholland Bounce
[4:43] 5. Saskia
[4:51] 6. Once In A While
[2:58] 7. The Conversation
[4:39] 8. September In The Rain
[3:58] 9. Sombre Dimanche / Le Rubis
[4:26] 10. Warm Valley
[3:32] 11. L'indifference
[4:52] 12. Black And Blue
[4:18] 13. Cheek To Cheek

Modern Times is the ninth release by the Hot Club style group, Pearl Django. For over 12 years Pearl Django has remained as one of the most popular Django influenced groups in the US with sales approaching 60,000. Accordionist and recording en Pearl Django: Neil Andersson (guitar); Michael Gray (violin); David Lange (accordion); Rick Leppanen (bass guitar). Additional personnel: Ron Peters, Pete Krebs, Robin Nolan, Greg Ruby (guitars).

Modern Times

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Linda Pettersson Bratt & Krister Jonsson - Some Really Nice Songs We Really Like

Styles: Vocal And Guitar Jazz
Year: 2010
File: MP3@320K/s
Time: 47:03
Size: 107,9 MB
Art: Front

(5:10)  1. My Romance
(4:41)  2. Ingenting mer (For My Lady)
(2:48)  3. Let There Be Love
(5:19)  4. Bridges 

(4:48)  5. It could happen to you
(4:49)  6. Jag vet en dejlig rosa
(4:22)  7. Answer Me My Love
(3:57)  8. On a Clear Day
(2:57)  9. That's All
(5:34) 10. Smile
(2:32) 11. Snart Stiger Solen

Linda Pettersson Bratt and Krister Jonsson have been working as a duo for a couple of years. The combination of Linda’s warm, irresistible voice and Krister’s challenging guitar is an experience that for a couple of years has been limited to concert halls. Taking on jazz standards and traditional Swedish songs with an inviting and respectfully playful attitude has touched experienced jazz listeners as well as newbies to the genre. The constant recurring question after each performance “Do you have a CD out?” – can finally be answered with a big “Yes!”   http://www.kopasetic.se/en/linda-pettersson-bratt-krister-jonsson-some-really-nice-songs-we-really-like

Personnel:  Linda Pettersson Bratt – voice; Krister Jonsson - guitar

Some Really Nice Songs We Really Like

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Hilary James - Storm Warning

Styles:  Folk

Year: 2013
File: MP3@320K/s
Time: 48:04
Size: 110,9 MB
Art: Front

(4:04)  1. Storm Warning Feat. Bob James
(4:45)  2. Can't Smile Without You
(4:26)  3. Nobody Wins
(4:13)  4. Speak My Heart
(3:59)  5. Hands on the Wheel
(5:16)  6. Lay Down with You
(4:24)  7. Behind the Mask
(4:36)  8. Come to Me
(4:01)  9. Falling into You
(3:58) 10. Serenade
(4:16) 11. Fill the Picture

One of the most stirring female voices in contemporary British folk music belongs to Hilary James. A former member of western swing band, Slim Panatella And The Mellow Virginians and children's music duo, Musical Mystery Tour, James has been embraced by the upper echelon of England's folk musicians. Her third solo album, Bluesy, released in 1999, featured instrumental support from drummer Dave Mattacks (Fairport Convention, Richard Thompson Band and Jethro Tull), guitarist/vocalist Ian Campbell (The Ian Campbell Folk Group) and her long-time collaborator Simon Mayor on fiddle, mandolin and guitar. According to Rock'N'Reel, "As a singer of folksongs, Hilary James has no peers". While the majority of her repertoire is comprised of traditional Irish and Scottish fiddle tunes and ballads, James is equally impressive singing musical theater and pop tunes by Irving Berlin and George Gershwin and classical pieces by Vivaldi and Handel. 

James first attracted attention during the four years that she studied Fine Art at Reading University. In addition to running the university folk club, she performed at the Edinburgh Festival with the school's drama society. Training to be a teacher, following her graduation, James became concerned with the lack of quality children's music in England. Together with Mayor, she formed Musical Magical Tour to perform for youngsters in theaters, arts centers and schools. The duo released the first of five albums, Gobble! Gobble! Gobble! Gobble! Gobble!, in 1985. They remained together through 1991. James' debut album for adults, Burning Sun, released in 1983, became a top ten hit on BBC Radio 1 and Radio 2. While Folk Roots called the album, "beautifully arranged, peformed and recorded", Dirty Linen praised James for her "warm and sweet dulcet tones". James' second adult album, Love, Lust & Loss, focused on traditional ballads from England, Ireland and Scotland with James accompanied by pianist Beryl Marriott. ~ Bio   https://itunes.apple.com/us/artist/hilary-james/id40756993#fullText

storm warning

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The Indigo Kings - Contotallyfused

Styles:  Swing
Year: 2014
File: MP3@320K/s
Time: 58:30
Size: 134,2 MB
Art: Front

(2:57)  1. Jump Jive Daddy
(4:03)  2. Contotallyfused
(4:09)  3. All I Wanted
(3:09)  4. Champagne
(5:38)  5. Mouse Mat City
(3:58)  6. Too Late
(5:45)  7. He'll Get What's Coming to Him
(5:09)  8. If This Is Love
(5:04)  9. Monkey Business
(6:17) 10. My Heart Beating
(4:18) 11. DR Blues
(4:31) 12. That's Where Love Is Coming From
(3:25) 13. When I Turn Out the Light

The Indigo Kings play a tantalising mix of original jazz, blues and swing, and blend it with nostalgia to form 'vintage pop' songs that will have your foot tapping and your head swaying. The swinging piano, roaring sax and delicious dual harmony vocals confirm that the music of yesteryear is back, reinvented and here to stay!   http://www.theindigokings.co.uk/

Contotallyfused

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The Lanny Morgan Quartet - Pacific Standard

Styles: Saxophone Jazz
Year: 1997
File: MP3@320K/s
Time: 67:46
Size: 155,6 MB
Art: Front

(6:01)  1. In The Still Of The Night
(7:39)  2. People Will Say We're In Love
(7:15)  3. Stella By Starlight
(7:25)  4. The Song Is You
(8:50)  5. Rosalie
(6:19)  6. I'll Remember April
(8:01)  7. Body And Soul
(6:02)  8. Broadway
(7:00)  9. Spring Can Really Hang You Up The Most
(3:08) 10. It's you Or No One

One of the great bebop altoists, Lanny Morgan can always be relied upon to enthusiastically dig into standards, preserving the melodies and chord changes but coming up with consistently fresh variations. On this Contemporary set, Morgan is joined by three of L.A.'s finest (pianist Tom Ranier, bassist Dave Carpenter and drummer Joe LaBarbera), who give him stimulating and swinging support. Lanny mostly sticks to well-known standards, but somehow they sound new. "Stella by Starlight" is taken much faster than normal, "In the Still of the Night" cooks, "Body and Soul" is his ballad feature, "Spring Can Really Hang You Up the Most" is turned into a fast samba, and a blazing "It's You or No One" wraps up the ten-song session. There is not a throwaway track or routine moment in the 67 minutes of music, which is easily recommended to straight-ahead jazz fans. ~ Scott Yanow   http://www.allmusic.com/album/pacific-standard-mw0000593226.

Personnel: Lanny Morgan (alto saxophone); Tom Ranier (piano); Joe La Barbera (drums).

Pacific Standard

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Paul Wagnberg - Gone Fishing / Catch 22

Size: 148,8+147,5 MB
Time: 64:11+63:34
File: MP3 @ 320K/s
Released: 2001/2007
Styles: Jazz: Hammond Organ
Label: Real Records
Art: Front

Album: Gone Fishing
01. Ancient Reserve (6:06)
02. Bossaboroso (6:17)
03. Organ With Bone (6:19)
04. Albert & Herbert (5:06)
05. Hard Habit To Brake (3:46)
06. Il Capo (5:37)
07. The Awakening (5:55)
08. Oxdragarsangen (6:47)
09. My Point Of You (6:17)
10. Gone Fishing (6:56)
11. Blue Monk (5:01)

Album: Catch 22
01. A Hair From The Dog (4:20)
02. Habaneroso (5:45)
03. Pino (Dedicated To The Late Giuseppe Panzella) (6:58)
04. Catch 22 (4:20)
05. Special 230 (3:24)
06. Moon Song (4:59)
07. The James Bond Theme (4:23)
08. Funky Fingers (4:05)
09. My Precious Dream - To My Daughter Victoria (4:30)
10. Night Stroll (4:45)
11. Salute, Per La Famiglia! (4:30)
12. The Folks Back Home (5:04)
13. Too Late For Talking (3:37)
14. Remember (2:46)

Paul (Palle) Wagnberg (born 1961 in Norrköping, Sweden) is a Swedish-Norwegian jazz musician, mostly known for his jazz-organ playing. He also sings and plays the piano in addition to composing.

Since 1985 he has been playing professionally with his Hammond B3 organ. He is in particular known for his footwork on the bass pedals.

He is well-known for his membership in the Swedish-Norwegian jazz-quartet The Real Thing, consisting of Wagnberg on Hammond B3 organ, Staffan William-Olsson on guitar, Børre Dalhaug on drums and the late Sigurd Køhn on alto saxophone. The Real Thing is currently put on hold after Køhn died in 2004 in Thailand by the tsunami catastrophe.

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