Monica Lewis - Fools Rush In

Size: 97,6 MB
Time: 32:49
File: MP3 @ 320K/s
Released: 195?/2014
Styles: Jazz Vocals
Art: Front

01. But Beautiful (2:41)
02. What'll I Do (3:13)
03. Do It Again (2:25)
04. You'd Better Go Now (2:13)
05. But Not For Me (3:00)
06. Isn't This A Lovely Day (2:25)
07. You Make Me Feel So Young (2:14)
08. Fools Rush In (2:13)
09. Am I Blue (2:23)
10. I'd Do Anything For You (2:44)
11. People Will Say We're In Love (3:50)
12. You Don't Know What Love Is (3:20)

Fools Rush In pairs Monica Lewis with arranger/pianist Jack Kelly for what would prove her most intimate and nuanced LP. Kelly's soft, moody approach perfectly complements the feminine complexity of Lewis' vocals -- while never the most gifted or accomplished singer, there's no denying the kittenish appeal she brings to familiar material like "But Not for Me" and "Am I Blue." Moreover, the songs and sequencing create a unified whole all too rare among albums from the era in question. More than just a slapdash collection of performances, Fools Rush In is a stunning evocation of mood and texture from a singer all too often overlooked in favor of less compelling contemporaries.

I Fools Rush In

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Diana Franco - I Believe In You

Size: 120,7 MB
Time: 51:54
File: MP3 @ 320K/s
Released: 2015
Styles: Jazz Vocals, Brazilian Rhythms
Art: Front

01. Gabriela (3:30)
02. What Is This Thing Called Love (2:47)
03. Nature Boy (3:55)
04. Dindi (5:07)
05. I Believe In You (6:31)
06. I Loves You Porgy (4:09)
07. Stella By Starlight (2:58)
08. Esta Tarde Vi Llover (3:56)
09. Speak Low (3:59)
10. Estate (7:02)
11. On Green Dolphin Street (2:59)
12. Insensatez (4:57)

Raised since childhood in a mixture of U.S., Spanish (Caribbean coast of Colombia), Italian and Brazilian cultures, then switched from lyric soprano to jazz, here is my collection of American Standards, Jobim's Bossa Novas, a Bolero and an Italian standard.

I Believe In You

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Vera Marijt - Inside Out

Size: 105,2 MB
Time: 45:25
File: MP3 @ 320K/s
Released: 2015
Styles: Jazz: Piano Jazz, Bebop
Art: Front

01. Beautiful Love (4:51)
02. Remember (5:39)
03. Mister And Mississauga (6:05)
04. Homage Danny Boy (7:01)
05. Cheeriokee (6:00)
06. You Look Familiar (5:23)
07. La Tempete De Neige (4:37)
08. Toys (5:44)

Vera Marijt released her debut album 'Insight Out' in July, 2015. It consists of original music as well as her arrangements of Jazz standards, and reflects the story of her experiences the past year in Montréal.

Vera's style can best be described as traditional bebop/swing, mixed with modern influences.

Personnel:
Vera Marijt - piano
Mathieu McConnell-Enright - bass
Louis-Vincent Hamel - drums
Benjamin Deschamps - alto sax (track 5 and 7)
Steven Willem Zwanink - bass (track 8)
Robbert Jan van Straalen - drums (track 8)

Bio:
Vera's appreciation for Jazz developed at a young age, while she was listening to Diana Krall and got introduced to the music of jazz icons such as Nat King Cole, Billie Holiday and Louis Armstrong.

After reading a book about the life of pianist Bud Powell and listening to his music, she got fascinated by the Bebop style and was hooked and determined to conquer the technique and language of this complex genre.

Upon finishing high school in 2007 Vera attended the prestigious Berklee College of Music in Boston, USA for the summer which became her entrance into the world of jazz. In the Hague she studied with the accomplished jazz pianist Juraj Stanik and participated in masterclasses by Barry Harris, Branford Marsalis, Mike Manieri, Alan Broadbent, Hein van de Geyn, Rob van Bavel and others.

Upon invitation to attend the annual International Association for Schools of Jazz (IASJ) at Graz, Austria in 2012, she played with international musicians from all over the world and was mentored by Dave Liebman and Hervé Sellin.

Vera Marijt performs arrangements of Jazz standards and originals at several occasions with her own trio. She won prices at competitions such as the Leidse Jazz Award and the Zoetermeer Jazz Concour in the Netherlands.

Besides her own project, Vera played in the West Coast Big Band, in which she had the privilege to play with some of the best musicians in the Dutch Jazz scene such as Ferdinand Povel, Martijn van Iterson, Bert Boeren, Frits Landesbergen and Joke Bruijs. For years she was a core member of Alice in Dixieland, a women's jazz band with whom she toured through Germany twice.

While in the Hague, Vera began collaborating with fellow band members Camilla van der Kooij on violin and guitar, and Oukje den Hollander on vocals in their trio called 'Mannekijn'. This trio's repertoire includes original compositions and arrangements of existing music by composers such as Jacques Brel, translated in Dutch. With this group she has toured through the Netherlands in 2013/2014 and just released a videoclip, available on Youtube.

Vera and Oukje den Hollander have a long history of collaboration. Last April they performed three nights in the famous Compagnie theatre in Amsterdam with the show 'Aria van een Angsthaas'.

In 2014, Vera moved to Montréal, Canada, to study with André White, Francois Bourassa and Rémi Bolduc at McGill Schulich of Music. Since then, she had the privilige to play with some of Montréal's finest musicians such as Fraser Hollins, Alec Walkington, Norman Marshall Villeneuve, Joe Sullivan and Jim Doxas. She did a small tour in Toronto with saxophonist Rémi Bolduc and played with the renowned McGill Jazz Orchestra featuring the great Danilo Perez.

In July 2015, Vera released her debut album Insight Out, featuring original music as well as arrengements of jazz standards. She launched her CD on July 15th, playing the opening concert of the Festival Internacional Jazz de Verano in Querétaro, Mexico.

Inside Out

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Teddy Randazzo - The Way Of The Clown

Size: 143,5+128,2 MB
Time: 60:45+54:29
File: MP3 @ 320K/s
Released: 2015
Styles: Pop, Jazz Vocals, Swing
Art: Front

CD 1: I'm Confessin'
01. I'm Confessin' (That I Love You) (3:01)
02. What Is This Thing Called Love (2:06)
03. Among My Souvenirs (2:52)
04. River Stay Away From My Door (2:04)
05. But Beautiful (2:41)
06. Pagan Love Song (1:55)
07. Old Man River (1:56)
08. You Go To My Head (2:59)
09. Black And Blue (1:46)
10. My Foolish Heart (3:16)
11. You're Driving Mr Crazy (2:12)
12. For All We Know (3:02)
13. Lady Of Spain (2:42)
14. A Foggy Day (2:42)
15. Canadian Sunset (2:54)
16. It Happened In Monterey (2:18)
17. Blue Hawaiian Moon (2:20)
18. Under Paris Skies (2:25)
19. Brazil (2:41)
20. Autumn In New York (3:47)
21. On A Slow Boat To China (2:11)
22. Arriverderci, Roma (2:36)
23. Journey To Love (2:06)
24. To The Ends Of The Earth (2:00)

CD 2: Teddy Randazzo Twists
01. Bo Diddley (3:13)
02. U.S. Mail (2:15)
03. Shout (5:37)
04. Late Date Baby (2:09)
05. The Peppermint Twist (2:42)
06. Too Young To Fall In Love (1:56)
07. Twistin' To The Locomotion (2:34)
08. Foot Stompin' (2:58)
09. What'd I Say (4:44)
10. Cotton Fields (1:58)
11. Ooh-Poo-Pah-Doo (3:00)
12. Let The Sunshine In (3:13)
13. The Way Of The Clown (2:39)
14. But You Broke My Heart (2:15)
15. It's Magic (2:26)
16. Cherie (2:14)
17. Broken Bell (3:19)
18. Mother Goose Twist (2:31)
19. Triste Pagglacio (The Way Of The Clown - Italian Version) (2:36)

Teddy Randazzo is perhaps best remembered today for being a songwriter and producer during the mid to late 1960s. However he was initially immersed in the girl swooning teen idol sub-genre along with the likes of Fabian, Dion et al.

Herein are three original albums, I'm Confessin', Journey To Love and Teddy Randazzo Twists. This is prime late 50s pop. His first two albums were geared to the standards markets and the third was (as the title suggests) devoted to songs that you could twist to.

The bonus material includes his biggest solo hit, 'The Way of the Clown' along with a rare Italian language version of the hit.

The Way Of The Clown CD 1
The Way Of The Clown CD 2

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Dave McDonnell Group - The Time Inside A Year

Size: 134,1 MB
Time: 57:39
File: MP3 @ 320K/s
Released: 2015
Styles: Jazz: Avant Garde, Free Jazz
Art: Front

01. Bullitt (5:47)
02. Vox Orion (6:39)
03. The Contract With Bees (7:14)
04. Aepse Mvt 1 (4:20)
05. Bakers Man (5:32)
06. Cyclo (6:45)
07. Discovery Of The Ancient Geologist (2:09)
08. Aepse Mvt 2 (2:27)
09. Brandywine (7:15)
10. Nodes Of The Moon (5:06)
11. Aepse Mvt 3 (4:20)

One of Dave McDonnell's biggest takeaways from putting time in with dozens of outfits is a desire for his own music to be immediate and reactive, mindful of pulse and the body's innate rhythm but also cerebral. A groove-oriented framework functions as rhythmic scaffolding for his complex harmonic motifs: witness the stacked polyrhythms on the hard-driving 'Bullitt' and lithe 'Vox Orion,' or the lively Latin feel of 'Nodes of the Moon. ' 'Brandywine' is hook-laden and swings hard, similar to the bookends of 'Bakers Man,' the bulk of which is dominated by explosive free-improv fireworks.

The Time Inside A Year

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Von Freeman - Never Let Me Go

Styles: Saxophone Jazz
Year: 1992
File: MP3@320K/s
Time: 61:44
Size: 141,7 MB
Art: Front

( 9:26)  1. I'll Remember April
( 5:33)  2. Never Let Me Go
( 9:48)  3. Alone Together
( 7:32)  4. In My Solitude
( 7:17)  5. I'll Follow You
(12:19)  6. It Could Happen To You
( 9:45)  7. The End Of A Love Affair

Not nearly as famous as his son Chico Freeman (also a tenor saxophonist), Von Freeman was nevertheless an equally if not more so accomplished jazz musician. While not a free jazz player per se, Von exhibited traits commonly associated with the avant-garde: a roughly hewn, vocalic tone; a flexible, somewhat imprecise approach to rhythm, and a fanciful harmonic concept. The son of a ragtime-loving policeman and guitar-playing housewife, Freeman himself began playing music around the age of two, beginning on the family piano. He was surrounded by music from a young age; his maternal grandfather and uncle were guitarists, and his brothers George and Bruz also became jazz musicians (on guitar and drums, respectively). At the age of seven, Freeman made a primitive saxophone by removing the horn from his parents' Victrola and boring holes in it. Shortly thereafter he began playing clarinet, then C-melody saxophone. Louis Armstrong was an early influence.

Freeman attended Chicago's DuSable High School, where his band director was the famed educator Captain Walter Dyett. He also learned harmony from the school's chorus director, Mrs. Bryant Jones. Freeman worked for about a year with Horace Henderson's Orchestra (1940-1941). He played in a Navy band while in the military (1941-1945). Following that, he played in the house band at Chicago's Pershing Ballroom (1946-1950), and for a time with Sun Ra (1948-1949). While at the Pershing, he played with many of the top jazz musicians who passed through town, including Charlie Parker. Freeman developed an underground reputation among Chicago-area musicians, and purportedly influenced members of the city's Association for the Advancement of Creative Musicians (AACM). Freeman seldom left Chicago and recorded infrequently, therefore never achieving a great measure of fame.

Freeman recorded with Milt Trenier for Cadet in the mid-'60s; Rahsaan Roland Kirk produced a Freeman session for Atlantic in 1972. In the late '70s (as his son Chico became well-known) Von was discovered by a somewhat wider audience. In 1982, Chico and Von shared a Columbia LP with pianist Ellis Marsalis and his sons Wynton and Branford (Fathers & Sons). 

In the '90s Freeman recorded for the Steeplechase and Southport labels. Freeman was one of the great individualists of the tenor saxophone, and remained creatively vital through the end of the millennium. Freeman died of heart failure in 2012. ~ Chris Kelsey  http://www.allmusic.com/artist/von-freeman-mn0000182113/biography

Personnel:  Von Freeman(ts), Jodie Christian(p), Eddie de Haas(b), Wilbur Campbell(dr)

Never Let Me Go

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Etta Jones - The Melody Lingers On

Styles: Vocal
Year: 1997
File: MP3@320K/s
Time: 47:40
Size: 109,9 MB
Art: Front

(5:58)  1. Somewhere In My Lifetime
(4:21)  2. A-Tisket, A-Tasket
(4:37)  3. For Sentimental Reasons
(5:11)  4. What A Wonderful World
(4:46)  5. What A Difference A Day Makes
(4:19)  6. I Cover The Waterfront
(5:47)  7. Mr. Bojangles
(4:50)  8. I Apologize
(3:07)  9. I'm Having A Good Time
(4:42) 10. Misty

On The Melody Lingers On, Etta Jones pays tribute to ten departed members of show business, with one song apiece saluting Phyllis Hyman, Ella Fitzgerald, Nat King Cole, Louis Armstrong, Dinah Washington, Billie Holiday, Sammy Davis, Jr, Billy Eckstine, Alberta Hunter and Sarah Vaughan. The singer does not attempt to emulate any of these greats, and instead sings in her own soulful bluesy style. As usual, Houston Person's tenor is a strong asset while the backup group also features spots for violinist Tom Aalf and pianist Dick Morgan. Fine music. ~ Scott Yanow  http://www.allmusic.com/album/the-melody-lingers-on-mw0000022715

Personnel: Etta Jones (vocals); Tom Aaff (violin); Houston Person (tenor saxophone); Dick Morgan (piano); Frankie Jones (drums).

The Melody Lingers On

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Wolfgang Haffner - Music

Styles: Contemporary Jazz, Crossover

Year: 1999

File: MP3@320K/s

Time: 59:29

Size: 136,4 MB

Art: Front

(4:08)  1. Coconut Kiss

(5:15)  2. Into The Light

(5:30)  3. Simple Life

(5:19)  4. Dreamland

(5:07)  5. Warm Breeze

(3:13)  6. Miami Beach

(6:07)  7. Far From Home

(4:43)  8. Spring-Roll

(5:37)  9. Cool Blue

(4:21) 10. Right On

(5:15) 11. Night Move

(4:49) 12. The Day After

Wolfgang Haffner was born in Wunsiedel/Germany in 1965. He started playing drums and piano at the age of six. He began his career as a professional musician in the German French Jazz Ensemble, conducted by German Jazz legend Albert Mangelsdorff. The Band played Festivals including the Paris Jazzfestival and the Jazzfest Berlin. Haffner later became the drummer in Klaus Doldingers “Passport”, with whom he played for 11 years, touring Europe and Southafrica. From 1994 to 1995 he was the drummer in the Band of one of the greatest female singers of all times, Chaka Khan. 1994 he joined the US Fusion Superband METRO with Chuck Loeb, Mitch Forman and Anthony Jackson. In 1997 Haffner and his long-time colleague Roberto Di Gioia started their succesful Group “Zappelbude”.

Haffner worked with many great Jazz Artists including Pat Metheny, Michael & Randy Brecker, Larry Carlton, Bill Evans, Earl Klugh,Woody Shaw, Roy Hargrove, Johnny Griffin, CassandraWilson, Joe Pass, Bob James, Joe Lovano, Clark Terry, Pat Martino, Eddie Daniels, Mc Coy Tyner, Art Farmer, Pee Wee Ellis, Esbjoern Svensson, Joe Sample, Fred Wesley, Roy Ayers, Hiram Bullock, Will Lee, Robben Ford… ), also with artists and Bands like Jan Garbarek, Michael Franks, “Die Fantastischen Vier”, No Angels, Stefan Raab Helge Schneider, Xavier Naidoo, Sasha, Wolfgang Niedecken, Konstantin Wecker, DePhazz, Lalo Schifrin, NDR Big Band Hamburg and the WDR Big Band Cologne.

Haffner has played Festivals around the world, such as Montreux, Paris, Chicago, North Sea Jazzfestival, Los Angeles, Berlin, Vienna, San Diego, Geneva, Amsterdam, Nice, Stockholm, Madrid, Oslo, Zurich, London. He toured more than 50 countries (Argentinia, Brasil, Venezuela, Nicaragua, Chile, Uruquay, Mexico, Peru, Bolivia Columbia, Portugal Southafrica, USA, India, Egypt, Lebanon, Syria, Italy, Jordan, Poland, Hungary, Thailand, England, Spain, Japan, Finland, Denmark, Sweden, Norway, Latvia, Russia, China…)

In 2002 Haffner formed the Wolfgang Haffner Band which toured Europe. When not performing with his own Band he plays with the Nils Landgren Funk Unit of sweden. Haffner has played on about 350 Recordings, including 11 albums under his own name. In spring 2004 he produced the new album of the iclandic supergroup “Mezzoforte”. http://www.last.fm/music/Wolfgang+Haffner/+wiki

Music

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Vincent Ingala - Coast to Coast

Styles: Saxophone Jazz
Year: 2015
File: MP3@320K/s
Time: 39:54
Size: 91,9 MB
Art: Front

(4:26)  1. Coast to Coast
(3:52)  2. Nasty
(4:38)  3. Making the Journey
(3:51)  4. Baby I'm Hooked (Right Into Your Love)
(3:50)  5. When I'm With You
(3:47)  6. Love On Hold
(3:58)  7. You Fooled Me
(3:55)  8. In Deep
(3:57)  9. Gimme Some
(3:36) 10. T.L.C. (Tender Lovin' Care)

Connecticut-born saxophonist and multi-instrumentalist Vincent Ingala makes warm, soulful, smooth jazz and R&B. A musical prodigy, Ingala started out on drums at age four and was teaching himself Elvis Presley songs on the guitar by the third grade. However, it was the tenor saxophone, an instrument Ingala gravitated toward while also studying piano in the fifth grade, that became his passion.

Growing up in a large Italian family in Prospect, Connecticut, Ingala was exposed to his family's love of soul, jazz, and R&B. Inspired to play, Ingala began performing locally and eventually drew the attention of professional players, including smooth jazz star Dave Koz, who invited the then-16-year-old Ingala to join him on-stage. A year later, he recorded his first album, 2010's North End Soul. Ingala toured extensively behind the album and quickly built a loyal fan base. 

Two years later, he returned with his sophomore release, Can't Stop Now, which became two Billboard Top Five singles, and in 2015, Ingala returned with his third studio effort, Coast to Coast, inspired by his move to California. https://itunes.apple.com/us/artist/vincent-ingala/id379521698#fullText

Coast to Coast

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Rickie Lee Jones - The Other Side Of Desire

Styles: Pop/Rock
Year: 2015
File: MP3@320K/s
Time: 46:15
Size: 106,3 MB
Art: Front

(3:57)  1. Jimmy Choo
(4:35)  2. Valtz de Mon Pere
(3:28)  3. J'ai Connais Pas
(3:25)  4. Blinded By The Hunt
(5:29)  5. Infinity
(4:06)  6. I Wasn't Here
(4:48)  7. Christmas In New Orleans
(5:22)  8. Haunted
(6:29)  9. Feet On The Ground
(1:26) 10. Juliette
(3:04) 11. Finale (A Spider in the Circus of the Falling Star)

'Rickie Lee Jones has been pushing down musical boundaries for over four decades with her hauntingly beautiful voice and fearless experimentation' ~ NPR

'a blend of bravado and vulnerability [that] wavers on indefinable borders' ~ Rolling Stone

Two-time Grammy winner Rickie Lee Jones exploded onto the pop scene with her groundbreaking self-titled debut and has fearlessly experimented with her sound and persona over 15 critically acclaimed albums. Her latest, The Other Side of Desire was written, recorded and rooted in the city of New Orleans, where Jones lives on the opposite side of the street made famous by Tennessee Williams. Produced by John Porter (of Roxy Music) and Mark Howard, this is the first new music Jones has written in over a decade. 'This work is inspired by many years of sitting with all the events of my life until I had something to paint with,' says Rickie. 'I came to New Orleans to write and to live a different way than what I have known on the west coast...

Here is another record then, made of my imagination, and whatever else that has no words, using the clay of this place and the shapes of my eyes to form some kind of picture of my life, or my heart, that I alone can understand, and hopefully that others can enjoy.' ~ Editorial Reviews  http://www.amazon.com/Other-Side-Desire-Rickie-Jones/dp/B00WIB1ZX0

The Other Side Of Desire

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