Michael W. Smith & Friends - The Spirit Of Christmas

Size: 111,2 MB
Time: 47:18
File: MP3 @ 320K/s
Released: 2014
Styles: Pop
Art: Front

01. The Miracles Of Christmas (1:43)
02. It's The Most Wonderful Time Of The Year (2:38)
03. Happy Holiday - Holiday Season (Medley) (3:05)
04. Christmas Time Is Here (Feat. Vince Gil) (3:00)
05. White Christmas (Feat. Lady Antebellum) (3:49)
06. Somewhere In My Memory (Feat. Audrey Smith) (3:22)
07. The Spirit Of Christmas (Medley) (5:21)
08. Silent Night (Feat. Little Big Town) (4:19)
09. What Child Is This (Feat. Martina Mcbride (4:19)
10. Almost There (Feat. Amy Grant) (3:38)
11. All Is Well (Feat. Carrie Underwood) (3:55)
12. Christmas Day (Feat. Jennifer Nettles) (3:14)
13. The Darkest Midnight (Feat. Bono) (1:39)
14. Peace (3:10)

Michael W. Smith’s The Spirit of Christmas is a magnificent collaboration between the three-time Grammy winner and a who's who of outstanding vocalists from Nashville's country music scene and beyond. Smith, an acclaimed singer, songwriter, composer and bandleader, calls it “the most unique and unusual” record of his career. The album features ASCAP artists Lady Antebellum, Amy Grant, Jennifer Nettles, Bono, Michael McDonald and more singing Christmas classics as well as new original holiday tunes with Smith. Backed by an orchestra, every track stands out, presenting a fresh take on the usual holiday offerings and adding up to a truly timeless recording.

Merry Christmas
Feliz Navidad
Buon Natale
Boas Festas
Frohe Weihnachten
Joyeux Noël

The Spirit Of Christmas

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Adam Makowicz - Naughty Baby

Styles: Piano Jazz
Year: 1987
File: MP3@320K/s
Time: 53:55
Size: 126,8 MB
Art: Front

(4:33)  1. Somebody Loves Me
(5:57)  2. They All Laughed
(5:52)  3. Prelude 2
(6:05)  4. Maybe
(3:17)  5. Fascinating Rhythm
(4:27)  6. Naughty Baby
(2:41)  7. Oh Bess, Oh Where's My Bess
(6:12)  8. Embraceable You
(6:19)  9. Rhapsody in Blue
(4:25) 10. My Man's Gone Now
(4:01) 11. Summertime

The most unusual aspect of this typically exciting recital by Adam Makowicz is that on six of the 11 songs, the pianist is joined by two bassists, Dave Holland and Charlie Haden. Drummer Al Foster completes the group, and Haden is the only bassist on the remaining selections. Makowicz explores 11 George Gershwin songs, including "They All Laughed," "Prelude #2," "Fascinating Rhythm" and "Rhapsody In Blue." Although he shows great respect for the melodies, the pianist does come up with some fresh variations, even on the warhorses. 

~ Scott Yanow  http://www.allmusic.com/album/naughty-baby-mw0000194013

Naughty Baby

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Naoko Ichiizumi - Sweet Georgia Brown

Styles: Vocal Jazz
Year: 2014
File: MP3@320K/s
Time: 58:35
Size: 135,2 MB
Art: Front

(3:25)  1. Sweet Georgia Brown
(3:56)  2. Is You Is or Is You Ain't My Baby
(6:17)  3. The Island
(4:37)  4. The End of a Love Affair
(4:42)  5. Never Let Me Go
(3:51)  6. He's a Carioca
(4:27)  7. Love for Sale
(5:49)  8. You Must Believe in Spring
(4:37)  9. The Best Is yet to Come
(3:49) 10. Bonita
(4:05) 11. Frim Fram Sauce
(4:22) 12. I'm Just a Lucky so and So
(4:37) 13. When October Goes

Sophisticated urban sense and outstanding attract jazz vocalist, one Izumi Naoko and New York recording albums of the hand listening in singing ability. Now his, by the appointed musician active in the New York of the front line now, succeeded in making further establish their own view of the world as a jazz vocalist. One piano trio + a variety of guests and exquisite collaboration wonderful.

Sweet Georgia Brown

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Ben Webster & Oscar Peterson - Ben Webster Meets Oscar Peterson

Styles: Piano And Saxophone Jazz
Year: 1959/1997
File: MP3@320K/s
Time: 36:44
Size: 85,0 MB
Scans: Front

(6:20)  1. The Touch Of Your Lips
(3:59)  2. When Your Lover Has Gone
(6:45)  3. Bye Bye Blackbird
(2:36)  4. How Deep Is The Ocean (How High Is The Sky)
(3:13)  5. In The Wee Small Hours Of The Morning
(3:58)  6. Sunday
(9:51)  7. This Can't Be Love

Another fine Webster release on Verve that sees the tenor great once again backed by the deluxe Oscar Peterson Trio. In keeping with the high standard of their Soulville collaboration of two years prior, Webster and the trio Peterson is joined by bassist Ray Brown and drummer Ed Thigpen use this 1959 date to conduct a clinic in ballad playing. And while Soulville certainly ranks as one of the tenor saxophonist's best discs, the Ben Webster Meets Oscar Peterson set gets even higher marks for its almost transcendent marriage of after-hours elegance and effortless mid-tempo swing none of Webster's boogie-woogie piano work to break up the mood here. 

Besides reinvigorating such lithe strollers as "Bye Bye Blackbird" (nice bass work by Brown here) and "This Can't Be Love," Webster and company achieve classic status for their interpretation of the Sinatra gem "In the Wee Small Hours of the Morning." And to reassure Peterson fans worried about scant solo time for their hero, the pianist lays down a healthy number of extended runs, unobtrusively shadowing Webster's vaporous tone and supple phrasing along the way. Not only a definite first-disc choice for Webster newcomers, but one of the jazz legend's all-time great records. ~ Stephen Cook  http://www.allmusic.com/album/ben-webster-meets-oscar-peterson-mw0000022556

Personnel: Ben Webster (tenor saxophone); Oscar Peterson (piano); Ray Brown (bass); Ed Thigpen (drums).

Ben Webster Meets Oscar Peterson

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René Franc & Bootleggers - Summertime

Styles: Jazz
Year: 1995
File: MP3@320K/s
Time: 41:15
Size: 94,5 MB
Art: Front

(4:05)  1. Dardanella
(5:17)  2. Limehouse Blues
(5:54)  3. Summertime
(5:40)  4. Halle Hallelujah
(4:20)  5. Black Stick
(7:18)  6. Basin Street Blues
(4:05)  7. Liza
(4:32)  8. After You've Gone

René Franc (* 7 December in 1929 in Algiers ; † 2 April 2002 ) was a French jazz clarinetist and soprano saxophonist in the tradition of Sidney Bechet .Francesco began with violin and moved in 1946 to the clarinet in jazz. He played in the orchestras of Pierre Braslavsky , Claude Luter and André Réwéliotty and Sidney Bechet. He played from 1956 with his own band as well as, among others, Albert Nicholas , Bill Coleman , Peanuts Holland , Hal Singer .In 1980 he was awarded the Prix Sidney Bechet.He is the father of the soprano saxophonist and clarinetist Olivier Franc . He took under his own name several times. Tom Lord recorded in his jazz discography 29 recording sessions 1949-1999. Bio ~ http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ren%C3%A9_Franc

Summertime

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