Stan Getz - Cool Velvet: Stan Getz And Strings

Bitrate: MP3@320K/s
Time: 72:05
Size: 165.0 MB
Styles: Post bop, Saxophone jazz
Year: 1960/1995
Art: Front

[4:59] 1. The Thrill Is Gone
[4:03] 2. It Never Entered My Mind
[4:41] 3. Early Autumn
[3:56] 4. When I Go I Go All The Way
[2:38] 5. A New Town Is A Blue Town
[3:03] 6. Round Midnight
[3:50] 7. Born To Be Blue
[5:00] 8. Whisper Not
[4:22] 9. Goodbye
[2:57] 10. Nature Boy
[2:47] 11. Once
[3:24] 12. I Didn't Know What Time It Was
[3:52] 13. Nica's Dream
[2:26] 14. Little Rio
[3:58] 15. Keep Me In Your Heart
[3:05] 16. Zigeuner Song
[2:53] 17. I Want To Live
[3:03] 18. Where Flamingos Fly
[2:09] 19. Midnight Samba
[2:05] 20. Infinidad
[2:45] 21. Darling Joe

After a decade establishing himself as one of the premiere tenor saxophonists in jazz with a slew of top Verve albums, Stan Getz began the '60s with this first foray into the world of strings. This, of course, would not be his last album with strings; later milestones like the Eddie Sauter-arranged Focus and lesser bowing dates like the Michel Legrand collaboration, Communications '72, would follow. And while certainly not on the same level as Focus, Cool Velvet still finds Getz at his melodic best over the course of ten tracks. Like earlier strings dates by Charlie Parker and Clifford Brown, Cool Velvet's slinky charts bring out the best in Getz's already romantic and liquid-toned approach. Recorded in Germany with a local combo, the album features Russell Garcia's (Louis Armstrong, Mel Tormé, Anita O'Day) relatively tame charts on a program that includes such highlights as "Early Autumn" and "Born to Be Blue." A very pleasant outing that trades in the cinematic atmospherics of Focus for some straightforward ballad dreaminess. Cool Velvet is also available as a two-fer with 1966's Voices album. ~Stephen Cook

Cool Velvet: Stan Getz And Strings

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Louise Baranger Jazz Band - Trumpeter's Prayer

Bitrate: MP3@320K/s
Time: 59:55
Size: 137.2 MB
Styles: Big band, Trumpet jazz
Year: 1998
Art: Front

[2:17] 1. Well Git It!
[3:44] 2. Buttercup
[4:38] 3. I Didn't Know What Time It Was
[2:59] 4. All The Things You Are
[5:05] 5. I Only Want Some
[6:23] 6. Mood Swings
[3:54] 7. Alexander's Ragtime Band
[4:23] 8. Hip Hep Hop
[4:30] 9. Chitlins
[3:32] 10. The Way She Makes Me Feel
[4:29] 11. Not Tonight I Have A Headache
[5:05] 12. If You Remember Me
[2:52] 13. Girl Meets Horn
[3:02] 14. A Turmpeter's Prayer
[2:55] 15. A Royal Firework

Louise Baranger’s economy–sized big band (basically four trumpets including her own, three saxophones, one trombone and rhythm) is at its best when unencumbered by guest artists, a string section or other commercially–oriented considerations. While such moments are too infrequent on Trumpeter’s Prayer, Baranger’s bandleading debut, when they do arrive (as on “Alexander’s Ragtime Band,” “Chitlins,” “A Royal Firework,” for example) they are almost persuasive enough to redeem the others. Baranger is an excellent player with a pristine tone and admirable technique, as she shows on the title selection (one of several on which strings are used to amplify the core ensemble) and her many other appearances, all uncredited. The band, when given room to maneuver, is able–bodied and industrious. Saxophonists Don Shelton (“Mood Swings,” “Firework”) and Steve Wilkerson (“Ragtime Band”), trombonists Bob McChesney (“Hip Hep Hop”) and Alex Iles (“Ragtime Band”), flugel Warren Luening (Neal Hefti’s “Buttercup”) and pianist Linda Martinez (“Firework,” “Not Tonight, I Have a Headache”) spearhead a corps of topnotch soloists. Among the guests, Tom Kubis (who arranged seven of the 15 selections) unlimbers his keen–edged soprano while trombonist Carl Fontana trades rapid–fire salvos with Baranger on Steve Allen’s “Chitlins” (which Allen introduces), but Baranger and guest Arturo Sandoval are unable to ignite any sparks on Sy Oliver’s “Well, Git It!” (which suffers greatly in comparison to Tommy Dorsey’s original version). There are two nondescript vocals by Frank Sinatra Jr. (“I Only Want Some,” “The Way She Makes Me Feel”), another by Gisele Jackson (“I Didn’t Know What Time It Was”). “Headache” is Kubis’s contemporary look at Glenn Miller’s “In the Mood,” while “Firework” is Georg Friedrich Handel’s “Music for the Royal Fireworks” updated by Don Gillis. Baranger has three handsome showcases in a row for her trumpet, David Raksin’s “If You Remember Me,” Duke Ellington’s “Girl Meets Horn” and Tutti Camarata’s “Trumpeter’s Prayer,” leading to the explosive finale. A sometimes admirable session that would have been enhanced by more straight–ahead swinging and fewer detours. ~Jack Bowers

Trumpeter's Prayer

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Sonny Davis - Djangology

Bitrate: MP3@320K/s
Time: 63:55
Size: 146.3 MB
Styles: Gypsy jazz guitar
Year: 2015
Art: Front

[6:10] 1. Wave
[3:18] 2. Avalon
[2:24] 3. Blue Bossa
[2:40] 4. Blues En Mineur
[3:15] 5. Body And Soul
[2:56] 6. Claire De Lune
[3:09] 7. Danube
[2:41] 8. Djangology
[4:27] 9. Donna Lee
[4:16] 10. Limehouse Blues
[3:55] 11. Nuages
[4:11] 12. Perdido
[4:37] 13. Satin Doll
[2:19] 14. Shine
[5:17] 15. Take Five
[4:14] 16. Tears
[3:58] 17. There Will Never Be Another You

Sonny Davis (real name is Alex Davidson)was born & raised in Niagara Falls, Ont.After 13 years on the road playing Rock, country, jazz & blues he settled into session life. The studio experience was great so I applied it to creating the 13 CD's (of mine) to date. Musically, I enjoy composing & improvising and for guitar playing I enjoy GYPSY JAZZ (the music of Django Reinhardt).Such beautiful melodies & chord progressions & passion!

Djangology

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Yvonne Sanchez - Invitation

Styles: Vocal Jazz
Year: 2002
File: MP3@320K/s
Time: 66:21
Size: 152,3 MB
Art: Front

(5:48)  1. Old Devil Moon
(3:12)  2. The Way You Look Tonight
(5:46)  3. In A Mellow Tone
(5:10)  4. Feitico de Irena
(3:24)  5. My Romance
(6:28)  6. Invitation
(4:33)  7. Nica's Dream
(5:07)  8. All of Me
(3:02)  9. I'll Remember April
(6:11) 10. Lover Man
(5:47) 11. Well You Needn't
(8:25) 12. Dindi
(3:21) 13. Autumn Leaves

Yvonne Sanchez first album Invitation (Cube Metier) was produced and released in 2002 by Yvonne Sanchez and Robert Balzar. This album received a music award nomination and was well embraced by fans and critics. Ranging from Jazz Standards which were rearranged by Yvonne Sanchez and Robert Balzar (Bass), Yvonne Sanchez also presents her first original composition Feticio de Irena. After the release Yvonne Sanchez received an award for best Jazz Singer of the Year by the Jazz Association.  http://yvonnesanchez.eu/yvonne-sanchez-invitation-2002.html

Personnel: Yvonne Sanchez (vocals); Ernesto Chuecos (guitar); Radek Zapadlo (tenor saxophone); Filip Jelínek (trombone); Stanislav Macha (piano); Robert Balzar (double bass); Jiri Slavicek (drums).

Invitation

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Dave Pike - Times Out of Mind

Styles: Vibraphone Jazz
Year: 1975
File: MP3@320K/s
Time: 42:15
Size: 97,1 MB
Art: Front

(7:27)  1. Dance of the Grebes
(4:13)  2. Wee
(8:40)  3. Times Out of Mind
(9:20)  4. Djalma
(7:10)  5. Morning in the Park
(5:23)  6. I Love My Cigar

Vibraphonist Dave Pike's debut for Muse (which has been reissued on CD) has generally strong individual playing although the material (five group originals plus a brief version of the bop standard "Wee") and use of electronics sound a bit dated. Pike teams up with keyboardist Tom Ranier (who also plays some alto and tenor), guitarist Ron Eschete, either Luther Hughes or Harvey Newmark on bass, drummer Ted Hawke and (on three of the six numbers) guitarist Kenny Burrell. Nothing all that memorable occurs during this lesser effort. ~ Scott Yanow  http://www.allmusic.com/album/times-out-of-mind-mw0000612796

Personnel:  Bass – Harvey Newmark (tracks: 2, 3, 5), Luther Hughes (tracks: 1, 4, 6); Drums, Percussion – Ted Hawke; Guitar – Kenny Burrell (tracks: 2, 3, 5), Ron Eschete (tracks: 1, 4, 6);  Piano, Electric Piano, Synthesizer [Arp], Alto Saxophone, Tenor Saxophone – Tom Ranier; Vibraphone – Dave Pike

Times Out of Mind

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