Benny Goodman - The Complete Trios

Bitrate: MP3@320K/s

Time: 58:15

Size: 133.4 MB

Styles: Big band, Swing

Year: 1999

Art: Front

[2:56] 1. Blue

[3:04] 2. After Hours

[2:19] 3. All I Do Is Dream Of You

[3:13] 4. I'll Never Be The Same

[2:26] 5. Bye Bye Pretty Baby

[2:47] 6. Shoe Shine Boy

[2:24] 7. At Sundown

[2:33] 8. When You're Smiling

[2:37] 9. Alll I Do Is Dream Of You

[2:48] 10. Stompin' At The Savoy

[2:56] 11. Mean To Me

[3:00] 12. Puttin' On The Ritz

[3:05] 13. I Never Knew I Could Love Anybody (Like I'm Loving You)

[2:58] 14. Lazy River

[3:07] 15. There'll Be Some Changes Made

[3:50] 16. Everything I've Got Belongs To You

[2:22] 17. But Not For Me

[2:39] 18. Margie

[3:53] 19. Rose Room

[3:07] 20. (What Can I Say) After I Say I'm Sorry

The Complete Captiol Trios is a long-overdue reissue of the five trio sessions Benny Goodman led for Capitol Records. The five sessions are easily broken down into two categories recordings from 1947 and recordings from 1954. The highlights of the 1947 recordings are sessions with pianist Teddy Wilson and drummer Jimmy Crawford. This provided Goodman an opportunity to reunite with Wilson who he had toured with in the late '30s in a trio with drummer Gene Krupa. Goodman and Wilson have a real ease to their interaction and the results are positively joyful. There are three other recordings from 1947, featuring pianist Jimmy Rowles and drummer Tom Romersa; these are good, but not quite as delightful as their 1947 companions. However, the 1954 recordings all featuring pianist Mel Powell, four featuring drummer Eddie Grady, and two featuring drummer Bobby Donaldson are equally wonderful, filled with good humor, elegant flair, and magical interludes. These sessions have been out of circulation for too long, but The Complete Capitol Trios is so well-done  and its fidelity is so good that the wait was certainly worthwhile. ~Stephen Thomas Erlewine

The Complete Trios 

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Etta James - Jazz

Bitrate: MP3@320K/s

Time: 37:55

Size: 86.8 MB

Styles: Jazz-blues vocals

Year: 2007

Art: Front

[3:06] 1. Stormy Weather

[2:55] 2. Fool That I Am

[2:24] 3. Don't Get Around Much Anymore

[2:23] 4. Dream

[3:25] 5. One For My Baby (And One More For The Road)

[3:34] 6. Don't Take Your Love From Me

[2:21] 7. Don't Blame Me

[3:57] 8. These Foolish Things (Remind Me Of You)

[2:12] 9. Prisoner Of Love

[3:52] 10. Lover Man

[3:11] 11. Misty

[4:29] 12. I Got It Bad (And That Ain't Good)

This CD presents the dynamics of Etta James capabilities as a songstress. She was much more than "Tell Mama". I'm certain everyone is famillar with "At Last". This CD goes beyond that and takes you into her abilities to perform the classic jazz standards with her soulful signature voice. This is a collector's must have. ~Glen

Jazz

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The Jazz Ambassadors - Boogie Woogie Bugle Boy

Styles: Jazz, Swing
Year: 2008
File: MP3@320K/s
Time: 45:01
Size: 103,8 MB
Art: Front

(3:40)  1. One O'Clock Jump
(3:18)  2. Don't Get Around Much Any More
(3:09)  3. Don't Be That Way
(4:18)  4. I'll Be Seeing You
(3:55)  5. Johnson Rag
(4:10)  6. Ladies of the Big Bands
(2:50)  7. Bugle Call Rag
(8:39)  8. Tribute to Glenn Miller
(3:09)  9. Song of India
(7:49) 10. Songs of World War II

Boogie Woogie Bugle Boy album for sale by Jazz Ambassadors was released Feb 25, 2008 on the Panda Digital label. Full performer name: The Jazz Ambassadors The United States Army Field Band. 

Boogie Woogie Bugle Boy CD music contains a single disc with 10 songs.  http://www.cduniverse.com/search/xx/music/pid/5654379/a/boogie+woogie+bugle+boy.htm

The Jazz Ambassadors includes: Dana Rogers (vocals); Loran McClung (alto saxophone, clarinet); Vince Norman, Pat Dillon (saxophone); Kevin Watt, Greg Reese (trumpet); Lew Chapman, Jim McFalls (trombone); Fred Hughes (piano); Tom Williams (bass).

Boogie Woogie Bugle Boy

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The Jeff Steinberg Jazz Ensemble - Jazz Blends: A Robust Blend of Instrumental Jazz With Your Coffee

Styles: Piano Jazz
Year: 2013
File: MP3@320K/s
Time: 46:33
Size: 107,0 MB
Art: Front

(3:05)  1. How About You
(3:50)  2. That Old Black Magic
(4:15)  3. Black Coffee
(3:16)  4. Old Devil Moon
(3:40)  5. But Not for Me
(4:17)  6. Taste Of Honey
(4:07)  7. You're the Cream In My Coffee
(4:30)  8. I'll Never Fall in Love Again
(3:56)  9. Coffee Song
(3:41) 10. You Stepped Out Of A Dream
(4:02) 11. Stars Fell on Alabama
(3:48) 12. Teach Me Tonight

After more than thirty-five years as a composer, arranger/orchestrator, pianist, producer and music educator, Jeff Steinberg's work continues to span the professional spectrum which includes spectacular Jazz, Big Band, and Orchestral recordings as well as original scores for advertising, television, and film.Upon graduating from the Berklee School in 1969, he joined The Glenn Miller Orchestra under the direction of Buddy DeFranco and toured the United States, Canada, Great Britain and Japan. Since then, he has worked with such luminaries as Maynard Ferguson, Count Basie, Stan Kenton, Perry Como, and Michel Legrand, and produced and arranged music for the advertising campaigns of General Motors, McDonald s, ALCOA, The Monsanto Company, TimeLife and others. He has arranged, conducted, and performed with and for The London Symphony, Scottish National Orchestra, London Philharmonic Orchestra, the orchestras of Nashville, Detroit and Tampa, as well as Randy Newman, Anne Murray, Art Garfunkel, Roberta Flack, Michael Feinstein, Olivia Newton-John, and Paul Anka. Steinberg currently serves as a frequent POPS Conductor for The Nashville Symphony and other orchestras. As producer/arranger of exciting up and coming artists, Jeff also front The Jeff Steinberg Jazz Ensemble on piano. ~ Editorial Reviews  http://www.amazon.com/Jazz-Blends-Robust-Instrumental-Coffee/dp/B00DPKQB0U

Personnel:  Jeff Steinberg – piano; Denis Solee - tenor sax, baritone sax & flute; George Tidwell - trumpet & flugelhorn; Jack Jezzro – guitar; Jay Patten - alto sax; Jim Ferguson – bass; Jim White - drums

Jazz Blends

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Elaine Lucia - Let's Live Again

Styles: Vocal
Year: 2008
File: MP3@320K/s
Time: 44:55
Size: 103,1 MB
Art: Front

(3:26)  1. Azure Te
(3:28)  2. The Wildest Gal In Town
(3:30)  3. All Dressed Up (With A Broken Heart)
(3:41)  4. In The Night
(3:42)  5. Perhaps, Perhaps, Perhaps
(4:29)  6. Blue Prelude
(3:27)  7. I'd Love To Make Love To You
(2:55)  8. Daddy
(4:31)  9. Don't Go
(3:46) 10. I'll Never Fall In Love Again
(3:40) 11. Let's Live Again
(4:14) 12. Sayulita

Elaine Lucia has a beautiful, high and clear voice that is versatile, quite powerful and perfectly fits her swinging style. “My goal has always been to be as great a singer as I can and really master my instrument, to soak songs with emotion while singing in a simple and straightforward style. I don’t want to sound like anyone but myself.” One listen to any of Elaine’s three CDs shows that she has already accomplished that goal and is a memorable jazz singer. She was raised in upstate New York, and was very impressed at the age of four when she saw Judy Garland and Barbara Streisand singing “Happy Days Are Here Again” on Garland’s television show. “I remember thinking: ‘I want to do that!’” When she was 12, Elaine discovered Ella Fitzgerald and that was soon followed by Peggy Lee and Lorez Alexandria. “I like singers who are powerful, musically emotive, with clean, clear tones. I was as amazed by the quality of Ella’s voice as I was of her virtuosity.” Elaine performed her first solos in seventh grade with her school choir, started singing with her choir teacher’s jazz trio on weekends when she was 13, and taught herself guitar. “I simply wanted to be “a great singer”, so I begged my father for voice lessons and started studying opera when I was 15. The training helps me to this day, allowing me the vocal stamina to sing seven nights a week, if I had to, without tiring or harming my vocal instrument. The classical training also helped me win auditions and carried me through the many musical theater productions, rehearsals and shows I was in during my teen years.”

Elaine won a summer scholarship to attend the Chautauqua Institute for the Arts and, after graduating early from high school, received a theater scholarship to the State University of New York at Binghamton (now Binghamton University). She soon switched her focus from theater back to music. Two years later, Elaine transferred to the Eastman School of Music on a vocal scholarship but, when the Reagan administration drastically cut back on college grants, she was unable to attend her fourth year of college. “I decided to take a year off from school and go to northern California. Within a month I was singing in a rock band and recording background vocals with a country group, and I never did get the money to go back to the conservatory.” Since that time, Elaine Lucia has sung in a countless number of situations, performing all kinds of music. “I would sing anything, anytime, anywhere with anyone. I had no fear! I would beg to sit in at the Jazz Workshop in San Francisco, and the veteran musicians there were so generous; they taught me a lot about jazz performance. I learned early to only sing with the very best musicians, and that has been a very educational and joyful experience. It gave me the confidence to put together my own jazz combo, and musical shows, like my Peggy Lee tribute (2002) and our “Classical Jazz to Jazz Classics” repertoire. Ultimately, the great players I have with me now have given me the freedom to experiment with a pretty eclectic song list.”

In 2001, she recorded her debut jazz CD, \"Elaine Lucia...Sings Jazz and Other Things.\" “I felt that I had arrived at an important musical place, so I simply recorded songs that I loved. On my second CD, \"A Sonny Day,\" I followed a specific musical theme, and dedicated the project to my late father, Frank “Sonny” Lucia. The CD musically depicts a day of the life of my father, starting with ‘I Love the Sunrise’ and ending with ‘Final Remembrance.’ It is a very personal project.” Elaine Lucia’s newest CD, \"Let’s Live Again,\" is a tribute to the vocal LPs that the George Shearing Quintet of the late 1950s/early ‘60s recorded with such singers as Nat King Cole, Peggy Lee, Dakota Staton and Nancy Wilson. “On \"A Sunny Day,\" I had the same instrumentation as the George Shearing Quintet that beautiful combination of vibes and guitar with the piano, bass and drums. So we just carried that same quintet into the new project.”

“My trio with pianist Jonathan Alford, bassist Pierre Archain and drummer Alan Hall has been playing and recording with me for over 12 years now. We added Gerry Grosz on vibes when we did \"A Sonny Day; Gerry really fits in very well with the band and wrote almost all of the arrangements on this new CD. And then I asked Randy Vincent to bring his wonderful, classic guitar sound into the mix. The quintet was the perfect setting for me to record some rare songs like the title track ‘Let’s Live Again’ by Nancy Wilson, ‘Don’t Go’ and ‘Azure-Te’ by Nat King Cole, and ‘In The Night’ and ‘I’d Love to Make Love To You’ by Dakota Staton.” Elaine Lucia has appeared at nightclubs and festivals in the San Francisco Bay Area, Los Angeles, San Diego, Reno and Lake Tahoe areas for many years, gathering a solid following among fans and musicians alike. “I gig several times a month, doing a lot of private parties and shows in addition to one or two nightclub dates. I look forward to performing in larger venues and traveling more. I really just want to sing as much as possible!” Her growing number of fans look forward to hearing the very appealing Elaine Lucia singing many more times in the future, adding to her already impressive musical legacy.  http://www.cdbaby.com/cd/elainelucia2

Let's Live Again

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