Yvonne Sanchez - My Garden

Styles: Vocal
Year: 2008
File: MP3@320K/s
Time: 50:33
Size: 116,8 MB
Art: Front

(4:26)  1. The Girl
(4:18)  2. Just For Us
(3:37)  3. Voa Voa
(3:09)  4. Sunshine
(4:09)  5. Pieces
(2:58)  6. Under the Moon and the Stars
(4:13)  7. The Song
(4:09)  8. Roses
(3:33)  9. Skylight
(4:03) 10. Rainbow
(4:03) 11. Dito's Lullaby
(7:49) 12. Meu Jardim (My Garden)

Yvonne Sanchez first performance was in Poland as a percussionist with the Polish rock star legend Joseph Skrzek. Later during her German stay, she started to play bass guitar and piano, but regardless her passion for musical instruments she never planned to become a vocalist until she moved to Prague in 1994 and whithin one year she had her premiere as a jazz vocalist at the reonouned Reduta jazz club in Prague. In 1997 she won the poll held by the Czech magazine Harmony which covers classical, jazz and world music as the best jazz singer and in 1998 Yvonne was awarded with Vocalist of the Year by the Czech Jazz Society. Yvonne Sanchez has always talked about Ella Fitzgerald, Sarah Vaughan and Billie Holliday in particular as her main inspirations but except her passion for jazz standards in 1998 she started a new project called “Brazilian Groove” interpreting songs based on Latin American rhytms such as Bossa Nova and Samba, especially written by her favorite Brazilian composer, Antonio Carlos Jobim. Yvonne Sanchez co-produced and arranged her first album “Invitation” in 2001. 

The album was recorded with Robert Balzar Trio, one of the best and most well respected jazz musicians in Czech Republic. “Invitation” was a great success and was considered by critics and audiences as one of the best jazz records ever to be recorded in the Czech Republic. “Invitation” received a nomination for the 2002 Czech Grammy awards in the jazz and blues category. In 2008 Yvonne recorded and produced her latest album “My Garden” (Warner Music) presenting herself for the first time as a songwriter. “My Garden was recorded with international musicians and is a fusion of jazz, latin and world music. “My Garden” received great reviews from critics and was nominated for the Andel award (equivelant of a Grammy) in the categories for the Best Album of the year and the Jazz Album of the year. Less than a year of the release, My Garden reached gold sales.Yvonne’s latest work is a live album recording with Brazilian guitarist Pedro Taglini. The album was recorded in Prague in October 2011 and will be released through Supraphon records. Songs about love is a beautifully arranged album which include love songs such as “The look of Love”, “Cry me a river” and a couple of original compositions by Yvonne Sanchez. Yet another musical treat from Producer/Singer/Composer Yvonne Sanchez.Yvonne Sanchez has performed in Russia, Poland, Hungary, Slovakia, Turkey, Cyprus, France, Germany, Austria, Luxemburg, England, Portugal, Israel, Brazil, Cuba and the USA. Bio ~ http://yvonnesanchez.eu/yvonne-sanchez-bio.html

My Garden

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Joe Zawinul - My People

Styles: World Fusion, Big Band
Year: 1996
File: MP3@320K/s
Time: 52:39
Size: 127,0 MB
Art: Front

(1:52)  1. Introduction  to a Mighty Theme
(6:03)  2. Waraya
(6:36)  3. Bimoya
(3:20)  4. You Want Some Tea, Grandpa ?
(4:12)  5. Slivovitz Trail
(2:29)  6. Ochy-Bala / Pazyryk
(7:53)  7. Orient Express
(4:53)  8. Erdäpfee Blues (Potato Blues)
(6:13)  9. Mi Gente
(4:48) 10. In An Island Way
(4:15) 11. Many Churches

If one must indulge in categories, My People, featuring the Zawinul Syndicate and a United Nations coterie of guests, probably belongs on the vast world music shelf, the links to so-called jazz now so tenuous as to be nearly, but not quite, invisible. On the percolating "Slivovitz Trail," "Orient Express," "Many Churches," and the Caribbean-tinged cleverly titled "In an Island Way," the music does suggest earlier versions of the Syndicate, and Joe Zawinul's nostalgic evocations of Wayne Shorter on the Korg Pepe reach back even further. Otherwise, Zawinul is looking entirely toward ethnic cultures for musical sustenance. The musical structures are linear, the rhythms full of intricacies welded to Zawinul's love affair with the groove, the synthesizer textures usually sparer than ever. There are vocals in several languages by Zawinul's longtime colleague Salif Keita (for whom Zawinul produced a great album in 1991), Syndicate percussionist Arto Tuncboyaciyan, a throat vocal specialist from South Siberia named Bolot, Thania Sanchez, Zawinul himself, and several others. When translated, the lyrics speak of joy and unity among the cultures, and there isn't any doubt that Zawinul's bubbling music feeds the message of uplift. Hear it; you purists may be jiggling along in spite of yourselves. ~ Richard S.Ginell  

http://www.allmusic.com/album/my-people-mw0000613149

Personnel includes: Joe Zawinul (vocals, keyboards, programming); Bolot (vocals, topshur); Richard Bona (vocals, bass); Arto Tuncboyaciyan (vocals, percussion); Salif Keita, Thania Sanchez, Burhan Ocal (vocals); Duke Ellington (spoken vocals); Bobby Malach (tenor saxophone); Mike Mossman (trumpet, trombone); Cheick Tidiane Seck (keyboards); Gary Poulson, Amit Chatterjee, Osmane Kouyake (guitar); Matthew Garrison (bass); Paco Sery, Tal Bergmann (drums, percussion); Alex Acuna, Trilok Gurtu, Rudy Regalado, Michito Sanchez, Souleyman Doumbia (percussion); Ivan Zawinul (programming); Djene Doumbouya, Assitan Dembele, Beto Sabala, Kenny O'Braian, Lucho Avellaneda (background vocals).

My People

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Coleman Hawkins And Roy Eldridge - Live At The Opera House

Styles: Trumpet And Saxophone Jazz
Year: 1957
File: MP3@320K/s
Time: 73:55
Size: 171,5 MB
Art: Front

( 7:58)  1. Bean Stalkin'
( 2:50)  2. The Nearness Of You
( 2:27)  3. Time On My Hands
( 7:17)  4. The Walker
( 6:00)  5. Tea For Two
( 2:23)  6. Blue Moon
( 2:19)  7. Cocktails For Two
( 7:55)  8. Kerry
( 7:27)  9. Bean Stalkin'
( 2:36) 10. I Can't Get Started
( 2:12) 11. Time On My Hands
( 7:22) 12. The Walker
(15:04) 13. Stuffy

This CD contains the two complete sets by the Coleman Hawkins/Roy Eldridge quintet recorded it the fall of 1957 at the "Civic Opera House" in Chicago (stereo) and at the "Shrine Auditorium" in Los Angeles (mono). The "Hawk" is still imperial here, and there is also a particularly welcome bonus in the fine form of Roy Eldridge on both concerts - not always the case during his career. Another astonishing surprise is the rhythm section, which consists of three quarters of the "Modern Jazz Quartet": John Lewis, Percy Heath and Connie Kay. They swing hard, proving they were versatile enough to change their style when accompanying their two elders. Making a great closing performance for a CD full of outstanding playing is a very rare version of "Stuffy," with Coleman and Roy, plus JJ Johnson, Stan Getz, Oscar Peterson, Ray Brown, Herb Ellis and Jo Jones. ~ Editorial Reviews  http://www.amazon.com/Live-Opera-House-Roy-Eldridge/dp/B002LTNWWG

Personnel:  Bass – Percy Heath;  Drums – Connie Kay;  Piano – John Lewis;  Tenor Saxophone – Coleman Hawkins; Trumpet – Roy Eldridge

Live At The Opera House

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Eddie Chamblee - Chamblee Special

Bitrate: 320K/s
Time: 66:42
Size: 152.7 MB
Styles: Saxophone jazz
Year: 2011
Art: Front

[3:09] 1. Chamblee Special
[4:26] 2. Without A Song
[2:39] 3. At Your Beck And Cal
[3:57] 4. And The Angels Sing
[4:38] 5. Whisper Not
[3:13] 6. Flat Beer
[4:10] 7. Sometimes I'm Happy
[3:57] 8. Stella By Starlight
[4:34] 9. Stella By Starlight (2)
[2:22] 10. Strollin' Sax
[4:34] 11. Stardust
[2:37] 12. Swing A Little Taste
[4:00] 13. Robbin's Nest
[4:22] 14. Doodlin'
[4:16] 15. Village Square
[2:14] 16. Lone Gone
[3:23] 17. Lester Leaps Again
[2:11] 18. Solitude
[1:51] 19. Back Street

This CD brings together two excellent sessions that Chamblee made in Chicago in 1957 and 1958, fronting a septet of outstanding category that had previously served as a very efficient backing group on some of the recordings made by his wife Dinah Washington. They were most certainly not just mere blowing sessions in the studio but effective and exciting arrangements executed with enormous precision and swing.

Throughout these sessions we can hear Chamble in his triple facet of impressive honker, excellent composer and quality arranger. Apart from the splendid labours of the leader, on many of the themes that appear on this CD we can hear other experienced jazzmen such as Joe Newman, Johnny Coles, Charlie Davis or Jack Wilson. A very suitable example of the extraordinary quality of a musician who made some of his best performances fronting small combos, the type of formation that allowed him to demonstrate his great musical qualities and his enormous capacity for swinging.

Tracks #1-5: Johnny Coles (tp), Julian Priester (tb), Eddie Chamblee (ts), Charlie Davis (bs), Jack Wilson (p), Richard Evans (b), Charlie Persip (d).
#6-9: Joe Newman (tp) and Osie Johnson (d) replaxe Coles and Persip.
#10-19: Flip Ricard (tp), Julian Priester (tb), Eddie Chamblee (ts, vcl #11), Charlie Davis (bs), Jack Wilson (p), Robert Wilson (b), Charlie james Slaughter (d).
Recorded in Chicago, 1957 (1-9) and 1958 (10-19).

Chamblee Special

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Paul Horn - Plenty Of Horn (2-Disc set)

While still a member of the Chico Hamilton Quintet, Paul Horn recorded two albums for the Dot label that were later reissued on Impulse and most recently came out in the late 1970's on this two-LP set. Switching between flute, clarinet and his cool-toned alto, Horn is in excellent form on the wide-ranging material which reflects the influence of Hamilton's chamber jazz approach but also contains some hard swinging. The settings range from a quartet to a ten-piece group that utilizes a string quartet and a 12-piece mini big band. Among the sidemen are drummer Hamilton, cellist Fred Katz, vibraphonist Larry Bunker and pianist Gerry Wiggins, but most of the emphasis is on Horn's playing (particularly on flute); he also contributed five originals. Worth searching for, this music has not yet been reissued on CD. ~Scott Yanow

Bass – Don Bagley, Don Payne, Hal Gaylor, Red Mitchell; Celesta – Gerry Wiggins; Cello – Fred Katz, Ray Kramer; Claves – Larry Bunker; Congas – Mongo Santamaria; Drums – Chico Hamilton, Gene Estes, Mel Lewis, Osie Johnson, Shelly Manne; Flute, Piccolo Flute, Clarinet, Alto Saxophone, Flute [Alto] – Paul Horn; French Horn – Dick Perissi, Vince DeRosa; Guitar – Billy Bean, John Pisano; Piano – Calvin Jackson, Dick Katz, Fred Katz, Gerry Wiggins; Tuba – Red Callender; Vibraphone – Larry Bunker; Viola – DavidSterkin; Violin – Dan Lube, David Frisina;

Album: Plenty Of Horn (Disc 1)
Bitrate: 320K/s
Time: 60:49
Size: 139.3 MB
Styles: Hard bop
Year: 2011

[3:39] 1. A Soldier's Dream
[4:27] 2. Day By Day
[4:06] 3. To A Little Boy
[5:46] 4. Siddartha
[2:55] 5. Pony Tale
[3:30] 6. House Of Horn
[3:50] 7. Sunday, Monday Or Always
[3:30] 8. The Golden Princess
[4:37] 9. Interlude
[2:55] 10. Pony Tale
[4:34] 11. Lover Man
[3:53] 12. Mood Improvisation
[4:46] 13. Chloe
[4:10] 14. Romanze
[4:04] 15. A Parable

Plenty Of Horn (Disc 1)

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Album: Plenty Of Horn (Disc 2)
Bitrate: 320K/s
Time: 53:33
Size: 122.6 MB
Styles: Hard bop
Year: 2011
Art: Front

[3:53] 1. Blues For Tom
[4:06] 2. Yesterdays
[2:41] 3. The Smith Family
[4:06] 4. Invitation
[3:32] 5. Tellin' The Truth
[2:24] 6. Effervescense
[3:56] 7. Reminescense
[2:06] 8. Exuberance
[4:19] 9. Ebullience
[7:46] 10. Give Me The Simple Life
[4:22] 11. Willow Weep For Me
[2:58] 12. Jive At Five
[4:28] 13. My Old Flame
[2:50] 14. Swedish Pastry

Plenty Of Horn (Disc 2)1

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Jean Bonal - Jazz Loves Paris By Night

Bitrate: 320K/s
Time: 42:24
Size: 97.1 MB
Styles: Guitar jazz
Year: 2010
Art: Front

[2:42] 1. Pétales
[2:21] 2. We'll Meet Again
[2:07] 3. Flor Do Brazil
[2:25] 4. Tenderly
[2:19] 5. From The Beginning
[3:15] 6. The Gambler
[3:11] 7. San Paolo
[2:22] 8. Still Swinging
[2:48] 9. Spleen
[2:09] 10. Bruno
[2:01] 11. Phelippe
[2:11] 12. Anatole
[2:53] 13. Caco
[2:49] 14. Tendresse
[2:23] 15. Retour
[2:15] 16. Minha Querida
[2:05] 17. Superstition

Le jazz est une affaire de passion, de feeling, presque de militant, témoin la carrière de Jean Bonal dont le jeu de guitare est nourri, entre autres de Charlie Christian et Django Reinhardt : ses premières séances d'enregistre-ment datent de 1946 pour la fameuse marque "Savoy" avec Michel de Villiers et André Persiani. Il participera même à des cessions privées avec Jeff Gilson (alors clarinettiste), puis pour Eddie Barclay (sous la marque Blues Star, encore une légende !) avec les nouvelles étoiles du Hot Club de France, et fera aussi les belles heures du Caveau de la Montagne et du Boeuf sur le toit. Depuis Jean Bonal a travaillé et enregistré avec tout le gotha du jazz français, notamment Alix Combelle, André Ekyan, Stéphane Grappelli, mais aussi du jazz américain, de Don Byas à Nelson Williams, Art Simmons, Jonah Jones, Buck Clayton (trompette chez Count Basie) avec lequel il enregistre deux 33 tours. Il a même à son palmarès un moment d'anthologie; une séance historique, le rêve de tout jazzman digne de ce nom : une authentique jam session avec Charlie Parker, Oscar Peterson, Ray Brown, à la grande époque ! De quoi peut-on rêver après cela ! Rien d'étonnant donc à ce qu'il ait obtenu de multiples récompenses dont déjà un prix SACEM en 1982 avec "Guitare à la carte", une mention spéciale de l'Académie du jazz en 1998 pour son "Histoire de la guitare dans la musique de jazz" et le prix de la SACEM de la musique instrumentale de variétés en 1993. Nous tenions a couronner la carrière de Jean Bonal; nous avons eu la chance de pouvoir réunir quelques uns des grands jazzmen français qui ont jalonné sa carrière .

Jazz Loves Paris By Night

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