João Donato - So Danco Samba

Bitrate: 320K/s
Time: 46:20
Size: 106.1 MB
Styles: Latin jazz
Year: 2006
Art: Front

[2:34] 1. So Danco Samba
[3:40] 2. Corcovado
[3:15] 3. Samba De Uma Nota So
[4:05] 4. Caminhos Cruzados
[2:39] 5. Garota De Ipanema
[3:02] 6. Vivo Sonhando
[4:02] 7. Meditacao
[2:53] 8. Fotografia
[3:50] 9. Amor Em Paz
[3:13] 10. Ela E Carioca
[3:54] 11. Outra Vez
[3:03] 12. Brigas Nunca Mais
[3:14] 13. Triste
[2:49] 14. Wave

João Donato de Oliveira Neto is a Brazilian jazz and bossa nova pianist from Brazil, probably best known for his numerous albums as bandleader in the idiom. He first worked with Altamiro Carrilho, and went on to perform with other masters of the idiom such as Tom Jobim, Astrud Gilberto, as well as a host of others.

João Donato de Oliveira Neto was born in Rio Branco, the capital of the state of Acre, Brazil, on August 17, 1934. His father, also called João Donato, was a pilot and in his leisure hours liked to play the mandolin at home. His mother sang and the eldest sister, Eneyda, turned out to be a pianist. The youngest, Lysias, was more inclined to letters and became the main partner in his brother’s compositions.

So Danco Samba

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Eilen Jewell - 2 albums: Sea Of Tears / Queen Of The Minor Key

Eilen Jewell is the queen of the minor key. Sad songs are her wealth and finery. The Idaho native’s unique originals feature a blend of influences from early blues, rockabilly and surf-noir, to 1960s era rock and roll. The Los Angeles Daily News wrote, “Sometimes as darkly damaged as Lucinda Williams, at others as defiant and teasing as prime Peggy Lee and always authentically Americana in the Gillian Welch tradition…. She’s mighty good.” The Word in the UK described Jewell as “A voice of real distinction [that] manages to transcend some powerful influences and pierce the fog long enough for her own point of view to emerge.”

She and her band tour relentlessly, regularly selling out venues around the world. Jewell’s tour dates span from North America to Western Europe, New Zealand and Australia. She has shared the stage with Lucinda Williams, Mavis Staples, George Jones, Emmylou Harris, Blind Boys of Alabama, Chris Smither, and Junior Brown. Eilen’s music has been heard on NPR, XM-Sirius, and the BBC. She has also received airplay in Canada, Australia, Spain, Holland, and Germany. TV shows Sons of Anarchy and True Blood have featured Eilen’s music as well as commercials such as T-Mobile’s Fast Songs national TV campaign. Hollywood stars (Tom Hanks in Entertainment Weekly) to heads of state (British Prime Minister David Cameron in Britain’s Telegraph) have praised Eilen’s music in the press.

Jewell is currently recording her fifth, full-length, solo album with her long-time road band of Jerry G. Miller (named instrumentalist of the year the past two years in a row), husband and drummer Jason Beek, and slapping upright bass player Johnny Sciascia.

Album: Sea Of Tears

Bitrate: 320K/s

Time: 38:12

Size: 87.5 MB

Styles: Blues, Pop, Jazz, Roots

Year: 2009

Art: Front

[2:46] 1. Rain Roll In

[3:07] 2. Sweet Rose

[3:00] 3. Shakin' All Over

[2:42] 4. Sea Of Tears

[3:39] 5. Fading Memory

[3:05] 6. Nowhere In No Time

[3:59] 7. I'm Gonna Dress In Black

[3:53] 8. One Of Those Days

[2:57] 9. Final Hour

[2:28] 10. The Darkest Day

[2:53] 11. Everywhere I Go

[3:36] 12. Codeine Arms

Sea Of Tears 

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Album: Queen Of The Minor Key

Bitrate: 320K/s

Time: 37:47

Size: 86.5 MB

Styles: Blues, Pop, Jazz, Roots

Year: 2011

Art: Front

[1:35] 1. Radio City

[3:50] 2. I Remember You

[2:02] 3. Queen Of The Minor Key

[2:13] 4. That's Where I'm Going

[4:30] 5. Santa Fe

[2:29] 6. Warning Signs

[2:07] 7. Reckless

[3:59] 8. Over Again (Feat. Zoe Muth)

[1:43] 9. Bang Bang Bang

[2:26] 10. Hooked

[3:42] 11. Only One

[2:51] 12. Long Road

[2:55] 13. Home To Me (Feat. Big Sandy)

[1:18] 14. Kalimotxo

Queen Of The Minor Key  

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Mark Levine Trio - One Notch Up

Bitrate: 320K/s
Time: 66:28
Size: 152.2 MB
Styles: Piano jazz
Year: 1999
Art: Front

[6:52] 1. I Didn't Know What Time It Was
[7:49] 2. Up Jumped Spring
[4:50] 3. If There Is Someone Lovelier Than You
[7:41] 4. Ask Me Now
[6:35] 5. Pensativa
[6:21] 6. Low Key Lightly
[5:58] 7. Linda Chicana
[6:59] 8. One Notch Up
[7:53] 9. You Know I Care
[5:25] 10. After You

Veteran pianist Mark Levine has recorded infrequently, so this trio session is well worth the long wait. His varied program includes a rollicking "Up Jumped Spring," a jaunty version of Duke Ellington's infrequently played "Low Key Lightly," and a luscious "Ask Me Now." The tense title track, written by Mulgrew Miller, will keep listeners transfixed. Levine is also an accomplished composer, with his laid-back Latin-flavored "Linda Chicana" and constantly shifting "After You." ~Ken Dryden

One Notch Up

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Jacqui Naylor - Jacqui Naylor

Styles: Vocal Jazz
Year: 1999
File: MP3@320K/s
Time: 51:06
Size: 118,8 MB
Art: Front

(3:36)  1. Lazybones
(4:54)  2. Nocturne
(3:11)  3. What A Little Moonlight Can Do
(3:01)  4. I Love You So
(6:07)  5. Tell Me More & More & Then Some
(4:05)  6. May I Come In?
(2:49)  7. The Way You Look Tonight
(5:47)  8. I Cover The Waterfront
(4:30)  9. Something Cool
(3:26) 10. Embraceable You
(3:01) 11. Can't Help Singing
(3:44) 12. In The Wee Small Hours Of The Morning
(2:54) 13. Two Sleepy People

Another new bright entry in the vocal galaxy that covers the San Francisco Bay Area is Jacqui Naylor as she so ably demonstrates on her first album. Naylor immediately brings to mind the great Billie Holiday, whom she unabashedly admires. You can hear that poignancy of a wounded doe on such cuts as "I Cover the Waterfront" and "I Love You So." Her voice assumes light timbre on medium to up-tempo tunes such as "Two Sleepy People." This singer also has an unerring sense of rhythm, pitch and feel for the meaning of what she sings. She sways along on lilting, bouncing number as "Can't Help Singing" and "The Way You Look Tonight" and becomes innocently absorbing on "Something Cool." But what proves Naylor's singing so delightful and engaging is her understanding that the best way to put over a song is to sing it simply and straightforwardly. No swoops, hollers, grunts and other extraneous Babel on this CD. 

While this is Naylor's show, she gets outstanding help from her musicians who seem very tuned in to the mannerisms of the singer's style. Bob Johnson's smoky tenor helps set the stage for several of the tunes and adds an appropriate coda on others such as on a very pretty, world-weary "Nocturne." Other times his sax weaves in and around Naylor's voice, recalling the way Holiday and Lester Young meshed. Equally important contributions are made by steady pianist Andrew Ostwald, John Wiitala on bass and Tony Kaye's guitar. This is a fine first effort or second or third for that matter from this talented singer who showers special magic over a play list of familiar entries in the Great American Songbook as well on some less familiar material. Recommended. ~ Dave Nathan  http://www.allmusic.com/album/jacqui-naylor-mw0000597763

Jacqui Naylor

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Hans Theessink - Call Me

Styles: Blues Folk
Year: 2003
File: MP3@320K/s
Time: 49:48
Size: 116,7 MB
Art: Front

(3:31)  1. Late Last Night
(3:41)  2. Call Me
(2:55)  3. Mabellene
(3:28)  4. Lonely Days & Lonely Nights
(5:29)  5. Soul Of Song
(4:34)  6. Ain't Go No Home
(3:21)  7. Rock The Boat
(4:07)  8. New Orleans
(4:52)  9. The Planet
(3:40) 10. Bluesdoctor
(5:01) 11. Cuckoo
(5:08) 12. Sail On

For Call Me I invited Canadian producer Colin Linden as a co-producer. I had been playing a lot at festivals in N.America and wanted to invite some of the musicians and singers that I'd met on my travels. Most of the backing vocals were sung by the fantastic Bobby King & Terry Evans (wellknown from their work with Ry Cooder). With Maceo Parker, Pee Wee Ellis and Fred Wesley we had one of the funkiest horn sections in the universe. In addition we had Garth Hudson, Richard Bell and Rick Danko of "The Band", and South African sax-and pennywhistle wizzard Morris Goldberg on board. We worked at studios in Munich, Woodstock and Los Angeles, hauling the big old tapes around. The work on CALL ME was a beautiful experience and a few of my most requested songs are included on the album: My own "Call Me", "Rock The boat" and Chuck Berry's "Mabellene".  http://www.cdbaby.com/cd/hanstheessink

Call Me

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