Billy Butler - Don't Be That Way

Bitrate: MP3@320K/s
Time: 67:52
Size: 155.4 MB
Styles: Soul-jazz
Year: 2001/2008
Art: Front

[5:56] 1. Don't Be That Way
[6:09] 2. Jelly Jelly
[6:16] 3. Lullabies In Rhythm
[4:29] 4. Straighten Up And Fly Right
[5:23] 5. You Go To My Head
[3:59] 6. (Back Home Again In) Indiana
[6:07] 7. Blues For Marian
[3:56] 8. Cherry
[5:03] 9. I Don't Stand A Ghost Of A Chance With You
[5:27] 10. In The Evening
[8:03] 11. Satin Doll
[6:57] 12. April In Paris

Billy Butler (December 15, 1925 – March 20, 1991) was an American soul jazz guitarist born in Philadelphia.

He played with The Harlemaires, Tommy Flanagan, tenor saxophonist Floyd "Candy" Johnson, Houston Person, organist Harry "Doc" Bagby, Benny Goodman, Dizzy Gillespie, Jimmy Smith, David "Fathead" Newman, Eddie "Lockjaw" Davis, Bill Doggett, King Curtis, Sammy Price, William (Wild Bill) Davison, Dinah Washington, Panama Francis, Johnny Hodges, Norris Turney, Al Casey, Jackie Williams and others.

He also co-wrote, with Bill Doggett, the 1956 R&B hit "Honky Tonk". He was with the Doggett band from 1954 to 1964 and recorded many albums with the organist.

Don't Be That Way

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Ingrid Lucia - Almost Blue

Bitrate: MP3@320K/s
Time: 53:24
Size: 122.2 MB
Styles: Jazz-blues vocals
Year: 2004
Art: Front

[3:25] 1. Sunny Afternoon
[3:12] 2. Hello Summer Goodbye Blue
[2:33] 3. Let Me In
[4:52] 4. This Time The Dream Is On Me
[3:49] 5. Stars Fell On Alabama
[5:00] 6. Please Send Me Someone To Love
[2:55] 7. Long Gone Lonesome Blues
[2:35] 8. Kiss Of Fire
[3:55] 9. Deep Purple
[3:54] 10. Going Back
[3:12] 11. I Want A Little Sugar In My Bowl
[4:09] 12. South Of The Border
[3:09] 13. I Remember When
[3:32] 14. Nightlife
[3:07] 15. Almost Blue

Ingrid Lucia grew up in a traveling family band, gypsy style. She lived in buses, boats and tents for the first eighteen years of her life. She started out as a dancer, by the age of 8 she was singing in the band. Her early years she was traveling with a Mexican Circus, then off to the big time. The Flying Neutrinos were born. Traveling and performing in Nyc, New Orleans and San Francisco. In her teens she lived in New Orleans in the winter months and worked on perfecting her craft. At 18 she and her cousin Todd Londagin left the family band to make it in Nyc. She did that, making her first Cd in one day.(I'd rather be in New Orleans) which features Doc Cheatham. Ingrid Lucia and The Flying Neutrinos next album (Hotel Child) was produced by Tommy Lipuma who has produced Barbara Streisand,Natalie Cole,Dinah Washington,Dr. John, Diana Krall, Miles Davis to name a few. Ingrids third record "Live from New Orleans" was recorded upon Ingrids return to the Crescent City in 2001. "Fortune" 2002 followed that. Ingrid wrote all but two songs on the record. February 2004 Ingrid released her fourth CD "Almost Blue" produced by Tracey Freeman who produces Harry Connicks recordings as well as many others.

Almost Blue

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Freddie Hubbard - Without A Song: Live in Europe 1969

Bitrate: MP3@320K/s
Time: 69:31
Size: 159.1 MB
Styles: Trumpet jazz
Year: 2009
Art: Front

[11:04] 1. Without A Song
[11:12] 2. The Things We Did Last Summer
[10:36] 3. A Night In Tunisia
[ 9:46] 4. Blues By Five
[10:07] 5. Body And Soul
[12:06] 6. Space Track
[ 4:37] 7. Hub-Tones

Do you listen to the music of great jazz artists differently once they pass away? This newly-issued live date, with bassist Ron Carter, drummer Louis Hayes and the late pianist Sir Sir Roland Hanna, may elicit nostalgia and sadness mixed with a spirit of wonder and startled appreciation of the recently departed trumpet master Freddie Hubbard.

On the title cut the quartet blazes into the 1929 melody, with Hubbard's trademark masculine sass peppering with staccato phrasing and long fluid lines in sympathetic response to Hayes' rhythmic prodding. While comping and improvising Hanna gives equal weight to his right and left hand figures and takes a solo that scintillates. The pianist's chops always demonstrated his European classical training as a young man in Detroit; it's interesting to contrast his approach to that of, say, Herbie Hancock or Dr. Billy Taylor, also equipped with such training early on.

Ron Carter also was trained in the classical idiom, but his particular pizzicato approach within the jazz genre was an innovation. Carter's subtle command is especially evident on the ballads "The Things We Did Last Summer" and "Body and Soul," his signature phrases, big tone, note selection and embellishments of the beat and chords summoning what he calls "the magic and mystery of the music." Hayes opens several of the songs with ferocity and inspires Hubbard and Hanna to heights of double- and triple-time intensity on "A Night in Tunisia" and "Blues by Five," droppin' bombs with hard bop soul. They close out with Hubbard's "Space Track," the most abstract, free-jazz influenced number on the date, and the classic "Hub-Tones," where Hayes takes a brisk solo.

This European date is an essential recording in Hubbard's oeuvre in the beginning of the second decade of his illustrious career, a portrait of the legend right before his CTI period.

Freddie Hubbard: trumpet; Roland Hanna: piano; Ron Carter: bass; Louis Hayes: drums.

Without A Song

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Carter Calvert & The Roger Cohen Trio - Carter Calvert & The Roger Cohen Trio

Styles: Vocal Jazz
Year: 2012
File: MP3@320K/s
Time: 45:22
Size: 104,6 MB
Art: Front

(3:33)  1. The Best Is Yet to Come
(3:33)  2. Fever
(4:59)  3. Bewitched Bothered and Bewildered
(3:20)  4. You Belong To Me
(3:26)  5. Not While I’m Around
(3:06)  6. Crazy
(2:39)  7. What A Little Moonlight Can Do
(4:30)  8. Send in the Clowns
(3:13)  9. Please Don’t Stop Him
(3:53) 10. Time After Time
(4:24) 11. Memory
(0:42) 12. Sometimes I Feel Like A Motherless Child
(3:58) 13. Washing of the Water

Stunning New York City singer and actress Carter Calvert has been on Broadway ("It Ain't Nothing But the Blues") and tours (Smokey Joe's Café and Cats) and now she offers her own CD of classics from the great American songbook and beyond, from a powerful run through Roger & Hart's "Bothered and Bewildered" and Andrew Lloyd Weber's "Send In the Clowns" to stretching out Cyndi Lauper's "Time After Time," a compelling reading of Peter Gabriel's "Washing of the Water" and even deep blues with "Motherless Child." That all said, she makes it more than obvious that jazz singing of the smoky and fiery kind is her true home, as in a smoldering reading of "Fever" and even her cover of country classic, "Crazy," that swings while Calvert simply soars, as she does the sassy "Please Don't Stop Him" (with a killer drum break from Cohen).

Throughout, Jim West (piano), Brian Glassman (bass), and Roger Cohen (drums, leader), have an uncanny chemistry and a smart way with an arrangements. It all comes together in the epic "Not While I'm Around" (Sondheim), a complex, yet elegant arrangement, with a passionate delivery by Calvert (check out the jaw-dropping final note) and an intriguing, ominous percolating outro. Calvert is someone who knows intuitively how to find the heart and center of a song, and her voice is pure pleasure. Surely one of the finest vocalists on the scene, she easily connects with this gorgeous record. Seek out Calvert and crew, and know you won't be disappointed.  http://www.dailyfreeman.com/general-news/20130726/sound-advice-carter-calvert-and-the-roger-cohen-trio-offer-american-classics

Musicians: Carter Calvert – vocals, Roger Cohen – drums and percussions, Jim West – piano, and Brian Glassman – acoustic bass

Carter Calvert & The Roger Cohen Trio

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Dave Brubeck, B.B. King - Jazz Café Presents

Styles: Piano And Guitar Jazz
Year: 2006
File: MP3@320K/s
Time: 37:56
Size: 88,1 MB
Art: Front

(7:28)  1. Lover Man
(7:07)  2. Blue Rondo a la Turk
(6:24)  3. Ol' Bill Basie
(4:59)  4. The Thrill Is Gone
(5:47)  5. Guess Who
(6:09)  6. Payin' the Cost to Be the Boss

The Dave Brubeck Quartet with clarinetist Bill Smith, bassist Chris Brubeck and drummer Randy Jones, has the most interesting program, utilizing an electronic delay along with Smith's clarinet to add a new touch to "Lover Man," offering an energetic version of "Blue Rondo a la Turk" and introducing a recent work by Brubeck, the very swinging "Ol' Bill Basie" which showcases some fine playing by the leader and some choice bass trombone by son Chris. B. B. King's set is at best average and an odd choice to include on what is predominantly a jazz record. ~ Ken Dryden, All Music Guide

Personnel:  B.B. King & His Orchestra:  B.B.King vocals, guitar; Edgar Sunigal Jr. saxophone; James Bolden, Calvin Owens trumpet; Joseph Carrier keyboards; Caleb Emphrey, Jr. drums; Leon Warren, Russell Jackson guitar.

The Dave Brubeck Quartet:  Dave Brubeck piano; Bill Smith clarinette; Randy Jones drums; Chris Brubeck bass, bass trombone.

Jazz Café Presents

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Denise Sauter - Just One of Those Things

Styles: Vocal Jazz
Year: 2013
File: MP3@320K/s
Time: 46:37
Size: 107,6 MB
Art: Front

(5:20)  1. Just One of Those Things
(5:27)  2. Skylark
(4:13)  3. Blue Skies
(5:51)  4. Embraceable You
(3:44)  5. Makin' Whoopee
(6:19)  6. Autumn Leaves
(4:52)  7. The Nearness of You
(3:40)  8. One Note Samba
(3:25)  9. In the Wee Small Hours of the Morning
(3:41) 10. Two Sleepy People

In her debut recording, Denise and her group of extraordinary musicians bring these beautiful jazz standards to life with a soulful intimacy that will make you feel as if they are being performed exclusively for you.

Passionate and effortless, Denise is able to bring any song to life with her beautiful voice and ability to make a phrase sound as if she is singing directly to you. Her intimate and soulful style is loved by anyone who listens to her perform. Surrounded by the top musicians in her area, this debut recording captures the magic Denise has to share with her audiences. With an expressive sensitivity, Denise makes the words come alive and transports the listener deep into the heart of every song. http://www.cdbaby.com/cd/denisesauter

Just One of Those Things

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George Shearing - Continental Experience

Styles: Piano Jazz
Year: 1975
File: MP3@320K/s
Time: 38:33
Size: 89,0 MB
Art: Front

(3:11)  1. Lullaby of Birdland
(2:56)  2. When Your Love Has Gone
(3:03)  3. To a Wild Rose
(2:39)  4. I'll Be Around
(2:54)  5. Think Alone
(6:31)  6. Don't Blame Me
(3:12)  7. The Continental
(3:01)  8. The Nearness of You
(3:00)  9. Roses of Picardy
(2:34) 10. Someone to Watch Over Me
(3:28) 11. East of the Sun
(1:58) 12. We'll Be Together

In spite of the dismal result from The Way We Are, an earlier project for BASF by the George Shearing Quintet & Amigos, this seven-piece group once again recorded for the label but stuck this time to a dozen standards instead of inane '70s pop songs as on the earlier record. While the results are greatly improved, this LP hardly measures up to the level of playing on Shearing Quintet recordings of the '40s, '50s, '60s, or the revived quintet of 2000. Part of the problem is the lack of soloists in addition to the leader and the incessant and generally extraneous Latin percussion. In spite of the very strong mix of songs  including "I'll Be Around," "Don't Blame Me," "East of the Sun," and "The Nearness of You" the rather conservative arrangements make this a relatively rare George Shearing LP one that jazz fans can safely bypass. ~ Ken Dryden  http://www.allmusic.com/album/continental-experience-mw0000882517

Continental Experience

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