Various - The Jazz And Beatles Tribute

Bitrate: MP3@320K/s
Time: 41:29
Size: 95.0 MB
Styles: Crossover jazz
Year: 2010
Art: Front

[0:20] 1. M.P.R. - Intro
[3:12] 2. Jazzystics (Feat Deborah Dixon) - Day Tripper
[2:32] 3. Sarah Menescal - Here Comes The Sun
[2:32] 4. Betty Says - Yesterday
[2:36] 5. The Bryan J. White Quartet - Honey Pie
[3:59] 6. Cooltrane Quartet - Oh! Darling
[2:52] 7. Les Crossaders - A Hard Day's Night
[2:38] 8. Scubba - Something
[6:27] 9. Eve St. Jones - Blackbird
[0:23] 10. M.P.R. - Intro, Pt. 2
[3:44] 11. Richard Eastwood - Let It Be
[3:11] 12. 48th St. Collective - Come Together
[3:25] 13. Jamie Lancaster - All You Need Is Love
[3:33] 14. The Smooth Jazz Quintet - Hey Jude

The saga which is already a true classic presents its newest chapter: Jazz And Beatles. This is an album where the most popular material of the Fab Four are reinterpreted with all the warmth and charm of the music born in New Orleans, raised in New York and which forms an integral part of the universal language of sound. In Jazz And Beatles, we witness inspired interpretations of such classics as Here Comes The Sun, Yesterday, Let It Be, Hey Jude, which take on new life, entering in a world full of distinction. Jazz And Beatles will become another favorite album, full of elegance and new takes on old favorites.

The Jazz And Beatles Tribute

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Peggy Lee - Pass Me By

Bitrate: MP3@320K/s
Time: 24:27
Size: 56.0 MB
Styles: Vocal
Year: 1965/2011
Art: Front

[2:20] 1. Sneakin' Up On You
[2:22] 2. Pass Me By
[2:26] 3. I Wanna Be Around
[2:02] 4. Bewitched
[2:29] 5. My Love, Forgive Me (Amore, Scusami)
[1:43] 6. You Always Hurt The One You Love
[2:04] 7. A Hard Day's Night
[2:03] 8. L-O-V-E
[2:19] 9. Dear Heart
[2:19] 10. Quiet Nights (Corcovado)
[2:15] 11. That's What It Takes

Capitol aimed songs from Pass Me By at several different markets, and the effect is a scattershot LP with several nuggets but no real cohesion. First up is the delightfully tossed-off popcorn tune "Sneakin' Up on You," but it's followed by the title track, a queasy strike-up-the-band march which surprisingly reached the charts. "Dear Heart" leans toward the countrypolitan sound (it would've fit much better as a vehicle for Charlie Rich), and the Beatles cover "A Hard Day's Night" wasn't a good match at all; Lee strains to hit the lower notes, and sounds tentative singing the lyrics. While her vocals are on the weak side from a technical standpoint, Lee's interpretive powers are mostly intact, and her flair on "Sneakin' Up on You" makes it a natural for one of those swinging novelties often heard on '60s compilations. ~John Bush

Pass Me By

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Eddie 'Lockjaw' Davis - Leapin' On Lenox

Bitrate: MP3@320K/s
Time: 57:51
Size: 132.4 MB
Styles: Saxophone jazz
Year: 2002/2008
Art: Front

[7:03] 1. On Green Dolphin Street
[4:10] 2. Body And Soul
[5:02] 3. Leapin' On Lenox
[3:20] 4. Quiet Nights
[4:24] 5. Just Friends
[4:35] 6. I Can't Get Started
[6:22] 7. The Shadow Of Your Smile
[4:38] 8. Mean To Me
[4:31] 9. Comin' Home Baby
[7:00] 10. Love Is Here To Stay
[6:41] 11. Double Eddie

Sources vary regarding the way in which Eddie “Lockjaw” Davis earned his nickname. Some claim he adopted the moniker at an early recording session while creating titles for his compositions; “Lockjaw” consequently, became not only the name of a tune, but also an important part of his billing. Still others point to Davis’s habit of clamping down on his tenor saxophone with his mouth as the reason his nickname came about, leading observers to call him “Lockjaw.”

But regardless of the cause, Davis became for many the quintessential straight-ahead jazz saxophonist. His sound—aggressive, big-toned, and bluesy yet also capable of great sensitivity—made him a much-emulated player. He was among a handful of players who developed an unmistakably personal sound. According to Derek Taylor on the All About Jazz website, Davis was the “bearer of a sound that could cleanly shift from coarse Rhythm and Blues infused wailing to beautifully textured, romantically voiced poetry. In either incarnation his signature sound, a full-bodied articulation that made ardent use of his instrument’s rich tonal properties, always shone through as distinct and nonderivative.”

Leapin' On Lenox

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Susi Hyldgaard - Magic Words

Styles:  Vocal And Piano Jazz
Year: 2007
File: MP3@320K/s
Time: 41:03
Size: 94,6 MB
Art: Front

(4:42)  1. Slow Hot Wind
(2:33)  2. Teach Me Tonight
(4:16)  3. Love For Sale
(4:32)  4. In The Wee Small Hours
(4:05)  5. Kemo Kimo
(2:52)  6. Je Vivrais Sans Toi
(4:55)  7. Moondance
(3:02)  8. Les Parapluies Des Cherbourg
(3:16)  9. In the Summertime
(2:51) 10. When I Fall In Love
(3:55) 11. Baby It's Cold Outside

There's a definite magic feel to Susi's vocals on this set a style that's jazzy, but also quite contemporary spacey vocals on older standards, blended with a 21st Century sense of rhythm and timing! At times, the record gets almost atmospheric just a bit of light backing as the lyrics spin out slowly in space and at other points, the rhythms pick up somewhat, with slight electric touches that almost make the album feel like some of the better vocal work on the Jazzland label in recent years. Titles include "Kemo Kimo", "Je Vivrais Sans Toi", "Slow Hot Wind", "Teach Me Tonight", "Love For Sale", "In The Summertime","Moondance","When I Fall In Love",and "Les Parapluies Des Cherbourg".  http://www.jazzrecords.com/enja/9181.htm

Personnel: Susi Hyldgaard (vocals, accordion, piano, keyboards, electronics); Aldo Romano (vocals); Niels Gerhardt, Erling Kroner (trombone); Kasper Winding (keyboards); Carsten Sonderskov (drums).

Magic Words

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Kai Winding - Swingin' States

Styles: Trombone Jazz
Year: 1959
File: MP3@320K/s
Time: 34:19
Size: 79,2 MB
Art: Front

(2:15)  1. Indiana
(2:47)  2. Carry Me Back To Old Virginny
(2:37)  3. California, Here I Come
(2:32)  4. Louisiana
(2:34)  5. Moonlight in Vermont
(3:02)  6. Georgia on My Mind
(2:22)  7. Jersey Bounce
(3:22)  8. Stars Fell on Alabama
(3:29)  9. Idaho
(3:22) 10. At Last Alaska
(3:15) 11. Mississippi Mud
(2:36) 12. Oklahoma

The gimmick of this out-of-print LP by trombonist Kai Winding is that all dozen songs have a state in their title including "Jersey Bounce," "Carry Me Back to Old Virginia," "California Here I Come" and "Oklahoma." Only "At Last Alaska" (named after the recently admitted 49th state) is an original. At the time Winding was leading a four-trombone septet (which included two bass trombones).

Winding and fellow trombonist Frank Rehak along with pianist Hank Jones split up all of the solo space on the spirited if somewhat lightweight music. https://itunes.apple.com/us/album/the-swingin-states/id709135405

Swingin' States

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Jonah Jones - Swingin' 'Round The World

Styles: Trumpet Jazz
Year: 2009
File: MP3@320K/s
Time: 25:15
Size: 58,5 MB
Art: Front

(1:59)  1. Arrivederci Roma
(1:57)  2. Swingin' 'Round The World
(2:32)  3. South of the Border
(2:03)  4. Foggy Day
(2:15)  5. April In Paris
(1:55)  6. Brazil
(2:02)  7. Madrid
(1:58)  8. Chicago
(2:25)  9. Manhattan
(2:10) 10. Song of the Islands
(2:05) 11. Isle Of Capri
(1:50) 12. Shanghai

Jonah Jones zoomed to popularity in the late 50s. He found a successful formula and used it to brighten the hit charts with a succession of bouncy albums on Capitol Records. His quartet was one of the three newcomers in the Top 10 wide variety of small groups listed in the favorite Instrumental Billboard lists in 1958. This was a time when rock and roll styled disks were flooding the singles record market, jazz combos were having big pop single hits, and Jonah Jones albums were among the most played by the nation s disc jockeys on radio shows throughout the country. 

There s little doubt that in the 1960s jazz and pop music were drawing closer together than they had been for years, and Jonah Jones was one of the best-selling artists in the business. ~ Editorial Reviews  http://www.amazon.com/Jonah-Masterworks-Swingin-Jumpin-Shuffle/dp/B00LOORO8W

Swingin''Round The World

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Mônica Passos - Lemniscate

Styles: Latin Jazz
Year: 2009
File: MP3@256K/s
Time: 58:51
Size: 116,3 MB
Art: Front

(3:28)  1. Aguas de Março
(6:17)  2. Avec le temps
(2:27)  3. Rien de rien
(5:31)  4. Carmen
(4:33)  5. Colchiques dans les prés
(5:23)  6. La mémoire et la mer
(3:33)  7. Valsa do amor perfeito
(4:40)  8. Les Feuilles Mortes
(2:48)  9. A la claire fontaine
(4:18) 10. Jalousie
(3:19) 11. La caravane
(2:23) 12. Tico tico
(2:39) 13. Odéon
(3:23) 14. Lemniscate
(4:03) 15. J.Y.M

Brazilian singer Mônica Passos today published a wonderful new album, "Lemniscate", taking very many standards of French music revisited in its way with its creativity and legendary fantasy. To discover absolutely. After its success, at countless concerts, for its new repertoire composed in collaboration with one of his old friends, the great percussionist Edmundo Carneiro, it will publish "Banzo", a smooth album which will be followed by a series of jazz festivals in France and abroad. In 2005 she was awarded the Django d'Or for "World Music". But if this girl wrapped long flowing gowns of fruit or flowers between two gestures, whistling between his fingers, dialogue with his audience and his musicians, speaks with angels, improvised songs of birds ... surprises, captivates, fascinates , quickly gained a large audience that has become faithful, his strong personality and talent also attracted jazz greats. Among them we must mention Emmanuel Bex, with whom she recorded "Organ Song" Naïve, and gave a series of many concert.

But Monica has not done surprising us nor seduce us, in close collaboration with Jean-Philippe Crespin, its artistic director and principal guitarist, she just concoct "Lemniscate" released today under the label Archieball . A new album in which not merely interpret his latest compositions, she revisits in his way, with his creativity and fantasy usual few DROPS gleaned from universal music. And to give a little more spice to this new creation, this citizen of the world, who now sings in French and English, has amplified its initial formation by enriching woodwinds, brass, violin and a harp. Thus, "In time" in featuring with Archie Shepp, "dead leaves" or "Aguas de Março (Waters of March)" took on an entirely different dimension. Magnificent. Translate by google  http://www.chartsinfrance.net/actualite/news-66144.html

Personnel: Mônica Passos (vocals, guitar); Jean-Philippe Crespin (guitar, programming); Félix Jacquin (guitar); Margot Varret (harp); Jean-Yves Lenoble (alto violin); Bérénice Riollet (flute); Daniel Beaussier (clarinet, oboe, baritone saxophone); Eric Gallois (alto saxophone); Emma Ruiz (trumpet); Stéphane Beaussier (trombone); Edmundo Carneiro (surdo); Thomas Ostrowiecki, Jorge Bezerra (percussion).

Lemniscate

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Joe Williams, Thad Jones, Mel Lewis Orchestra - Presenting

Styles: Jazz
Year: 1994
File: MP3@320K/s
Time: 40:11
Size: 92,5 MB
Art: Front

(3:18)  1. Get Out Of My Life Woman
(2:18)  2. Woman's Got Soul
(4:27)  3. Nobody Knows The Way I Feel This Morning
(2:49)  4. Gee Baby, Ain't I Good to You
(2:28)  5. How Sweet It Is (To Be Loved By You)
(3:32)  6. Keep Your Hand On Your Heart
(3:22)  7. Evil Man Blues
(3:13)  8. Come Sunday
(3:26)  9. Smack Dab in the Middle
(3:01) 10. It Don't Mean a Thing (If It Ain't Got That Swing)
(2:58) 11. Hallelujah, I Love Her So
(5:12) 12. Night Time Is the Right Time

This CD reissues one of Joe Williams' finest recordings. Accompanied by the Thad Jones/Mel Lewis Orchestra, the singer is heard at the peak of his powers. The big band primarily functions as an ensemble (Snooky Young gets off some good blasts on "Nobody Knows the Way I Feel This Morning"), but the inventive Thad Jones arrangements ensure that his illustrious sidemen have plenty to play. Many of the selections (half of which have been in the singer's repertoire ever since) are given definitive treatment on this set (particularly a humorous "Evil Man Blues," "Gee Baby, Ain't I Good to You," and "Smack Dab in the Middle"), and Williams scats at his best on "It Don't Mean a Thing." Get this one. ~ Scott Yanow  http://www.allmusic.com/album/presenting-joe-williams-and-the-thad-jones-mel-lewis-jazz-orchestra-mw0000120692

Personnel: Joe Williams (vocals); Thad Jones (flugelhorn); Sam Herman (guitar); Jerome Richardson (alto saxophone); Eddie Daniels, Joe Farrell (tenor saxophone); Pepper Adams (baritone saxophone); Richard Gene Williams , Snooky Young, Bill Berry , Jimmy Nottingham (trumpet); Cliff Heather (trombone, bass trombone); Garnett Brown, Tom McIntosh, Bob Brookmeyer (trombone); Roland Hanna (piano); Mel Lewis (drums).

Presenting

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