The Nicola Sabato Quartet - Lined With A Groove

Bitrate: MP3@320K/s
Time: 54:14
Size: 124.2 MB
Styles: Contemporary jazz
Year: 2012
Art: Front

[4:54] 1. Georgia On My Mind
[4:01] 2. The Best Things In Life Are Free
[4:27] 3. Time After Time
[4:01] 4. Snugglin'
[5:54] 5. East Of The Sun
[4:17] 6. Whirlybird
[5:38] 7. O.P.
[4:48] 8. Lined With A Groove
[5:28] 9. The Nearness Of You
[4:59] 10. Wee
[5:41] 11. Shiny Stockings

Nicola Sabato: bass/arr.; Jeff Hamilton: drums; Dano Haider: guitar; Ignasi Terraza: piano. recorded on may 15-16, 2006.

"Autodidacte, il se forme à l'écoute des maîtres RAY BROWN, PAUL CHAMBERS, OSCAR PETITFORD, SAM JONES, RON CARTER etc. Fait ses débuts professionnels sur la scène montpelliéraine et « monte » à Paris en 2000. NICOLA SABATO parfait alors sa maîtrise de l'instrument avec PIERRE BOUSSAGUET et a même le privilège de suivre un cours (unique mais décisif) avec le grand RAY BROWN. Nicola Sabato se lie également d'amitié avec l'un des meilleurs batteurs du monde : JEFF HAMILTON. Ce dernier le presente au contrebassiste et arrangeur JOHN CLAYTON avec qui il etudiera lors des sejours en Europe du maitre. En très peu de temps, il devient une figure des clubs parisiens et parcourt les festivals dans toute l'Europe.

Lined With A Groove

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Etta Jones - Hollar!

Bitrate: MP3@320K/s
Time: 33:05
Size: 75.7 MB
Styles: Jazz vocals
Year: 2001
Art: Front

[2:33] 1. And The Angels Sing
[4:08] 2. I Got It Bad (And That Ain't Good)
[2:50] 3. Give Me The Simple Life
[4:10] 4. The More I See You
[3:44] 5. Love Is Here To Stay
[2:55] 6. Reverse The Charges
[2:49] 7. They Can't Take That Away From Me
[3:17] 8. Answer Me My Love
[3:41] 9. Looking Back
[2:52] 10. Nature Boy

Etta Jones had the spark that made each of her vocals special, though she was never acknowledged properly during a long career. Following her hit "Don't Go to Strangers," she continued to record first-rate songs. Many of her albums were unjustly out of print for decades, though Hollar! was finally reissued by Fantasy as part of their Original Jazz Classics series in 2001. Jones is backed by three separate groups on this release. Guitarist Wally Richardson provides the driving rhythm to back her swinging take of "And the Angels Sing," while vibraphonist Lem Winchester and pianist Richard Wyands support Jones in her emotional rendition of "I Got It Bad (And That Ain't Good)." Jones would eventually return to the brisk bop gem "Reverse the Charges" decades after this recording, but this early version is preferable, with a nice interlude by pianist Jimmy Neely. There's a bit of friendly conversation in the studio as Jones gets underway with another swinger, "Our Love Is Here to Stay," adding a boisterous tenor sax solo by Oliver Nelson. This is easily one of Etta Jones' best recordings. ~Ken Dryden

Hollar!

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Benny Carter - New Jazz Sounds: The Urbane Sessions (2 Disc Set)

The remarkable Benny Carter, who had first recorded 25 years earlier, was not even halfway through with his career when he started making sessions for Verve. This double CD wraps up the complete reissuance of all of his Verve albums. The distinctive and lyrical altoist is backed by strings throughout the first disc (16 songs plus ten alternate takes), but there is nothing sleepy about the music. The string arrangements (half by Joe Glover and half by Carter himself) are tasteful and provide a cushion for Carter's melodic but unpredictable horn; this is far from mere mood music. Most of the second disc matches the ageless altoist with trumpeter Roy Eldridge and a rhythm section. Some heat is generated, and most unusual are four unique numbers on which Eldridge duets with drummer Alvin Stoller (one has Roy overdubbing some basic piano), although Roy mostly follows the chord changes. In addition, there is a leftover alternate take from a Carter session with the Oscar Peterson quartet and two exciting selections in a sextet with trumpeter Dizzy Gillespie and trombonist Bill Harris. Easily recommended, this is a perfectly conceived series. ~Scott Yanow

Album: New Jazz Sounds: The Urbane Sessions (Disc 1)

Bitrate: MP3@320K/s

Time: 76:53

Size: 176.0 MB

Styles: Saxophone jazz

Year: 1996

[3:40] 1. Isn't It Romantic

[3:44] 2. Some Other Spring

[3:37] 3. These Things You Left Me

[3:16] 4. 'round Midnight

[2:38] 5. Alone Together

[3:14] 6. Bewitched, Bothered And Bewildered

[2:59] 7. Cocktails For Two

[3:07] 8. Key Largo

[2:35] 9. I'll Be Around

[2:51] 10. Beautiful Love

[3:09] 11. Blue Star

[2:50] 12. Flamingo

[2:32] 13. With A Song In My Heart

[2:38] 14. Can't We Be Friends

[2:15] 15. Symphony

[3:03] 16. I'm Sorry

[3:12] 17. 'round Midnight

[3:14] 18. 'round Midnight (Alt 2)

[2:37] 19. Alone Together

[3:07] 20. Bewitched, Bothered And Bewildered

[3:10] 21. Bewitched, Bothered And Bewildered (Alt 2)

[3:01] 22. Cocktails For Two

[2:57] 23. Cocktails For Two (Alt 2)

[3:01] 24. Cocktails For Two (Alt 3)

[2:08] 25. Key Largo

[2:07] 26. Key Largo (Alt 2)

New Jazz Sounds: The Urbane Sessions  (Disc 1)

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Album: New Jazz Sounds: The Urbane Sessions (Disc 2)

Bitrate: MP3@320K/s

Time: 78:28

Size: 179.6 MB

Styles: Saxophone jazz

Year: 1996

Art: Front

[5:44] 1. I Still Love Him So

[6:02] 2. The Moon Is Low

[5:18] 3. I Missed My Hat

[6:15] 4. Ballad Medley I Remember You Chelsea Bridge I've Got The World On A

[8:32] 5. Polite Blues

[2:36] 6. Close Your Eyes

[4:03] 7. Where's Art

[4:35] 8. I Don't Know Why I Love You Like I Do

[4:35] 9. Striding

[3:10] 10. Wailin'

[2:25] 11. The Moon Is Low

[5:22] 12. I Missed My Hat

[2:39] 13. Close Your Eyes

[6:07] 14. Just One Of Those Things

[7:40] 15. The Marriage Blues

[3:18] 16. Street Scene

New Jazz Sounds: The Urbane Sessions  (Disc 2)

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Lyambiko - Something Like Reality

Styles: Vocal Jazz
Year: 2010
File: MP3@320K/s
Time: 54:45
Size: 125,8 MB
Art: Front

(4:48)  1. Don't Stand By Me
(3:50)  2. Taxi
(3:52)  3. Clothoid
(4:52)  4. Work Song
(4:43)  5. Angel Eyes
(3:24)  6. Lies
(3:24)  7. Black Hole Sun
(5:16)  8. Storm In a Teacup
(3:30)  9. Breaking News
(3:29) 10. Crossroads
(4:10) 11. So Very Long
(6:09) 12. Mind Over Matter
(3:12) 13. Chasing Dragonflies

The singer LYAMBIKO was born in the German state of Thuringia and grew up in a musically active family. Her grandfather was already a member of a jazz combo back in the 1930's, and her father sang in both a church choir and in jazz and world-music bands in his native Tanzania. As a child, LYAMBIKO took lessons on the saxophone and the clarinet and in classical singing, and played the tenor sax in her music school's big band. She was only 17 when she founded her first band as a singer (folk, pop and blues), and was the youngest entrant in a band contest where she won her first studio recording.

After a longer break from making music, LYAMBIKO moved to Berlin in 1999. As part of her preparations for the entrance exam for that city's College of Music she took singing and piano lessons, and rehearsed a small repertoire of jazz standards. Concerts in Berlin jazz clubs followed with different ensembles, and a regular spot in a guitar duo entitled "LYAMBIKO – Strange Fruit". Thanks to a recommendation from the singer Mark Murphy, LYAMBIKO had the chance to appear in the well-known club A-Trane in April 2000.

In April 2001 LYAMBIKO first gave her name to the successful quartet with which she then extended her concert activities to the rest of Germany, and later on to other European countries and to the USA. In 2003 the Boston Globe described LYAMBIKO as "the most promising vocalist jazz has seen in a long, long time". Two acclaimed CD's were released by Nagel/Heyer before the quartet signed with Sony BMG in 2005. These first two albums stayed in the top ten of the jazz charts for several weeks at a time, and after her move to the major label LYAMBIKO released her self-named CD, a "collection of beautiful jazz standards" and then with Love... and then "a sugar-free contemporary reflection on love" (Berliner Zeitung). Each of these two productions was awarded in Germany with the Jazz Award.

In February 2007 Sony BMG released LYAMBIKO's next album, Inner Sense, to which the singer contributed two songs from her own pen for the first time. Apart from two pop/rock covers, the album features solely original compositions, and was positively received by the press as a successful step towards musical independence: "LYAMBIKO exudes more charisma on 'Inner Sense' than ever before" (Jazzthing). In addition to her jazz projects, the singer with Tanzanian roots worked on a program of African music together with a youth choir for the first time in 2007. February 2008 sees the release of her new CD Saffronia (Sony BMG). After five albums, LYAMBIKO now feels ready to bring out a tribute to Nina Simone, who inspired her in 2000 to embark on a career as a jazz singer. After her tribute to Nina Simone, "Saffronia“ (2008), which aroused the first substantial interest in the artist in France as well, Sony Music releases LYAMBIKO’s new album "Something Like Reality" in June 2010. http://www.lyambiko.com/eng/index.php?page=543713372&f=1&i=543713372

Something Like Reality

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Stan Breckenridge - Out Of Love For Jazz

Styles: Vocal
Year: 2013
File: MP3@320K/s
Time: 66:06
Size: 151,5 MB
Art: Front

(10:16)  1. Waterfall
( 3:46)  2. What a Difference a Day Makes
( 5:38)  3. Latin Blues
( 3:02)  4. Ain't Misbehavin
( 2:26)  5. For Sentimental Reasons
( 1:57)  6. Mona Lisa
( 4:27)  7. Route 66
( 5:25)  8. Amen
( 4:14)  9. Take the a Train
( 2:41) 10. (Everybody Likes) My Mother
( 3:59) 11. Ain't No Sunshine
( 5:14) 12. Summertime
( 5:12) 13. Take Five
( 4:40) 14. Love Sign
( 3:02) 15. Smile

Stan Breckenridge’s performance career, as a vocalist and pianist has spanned the globe delighting audiences in France, Hong Kong, Hungary, Japan, U.K., Poland, and many cities throughout the United States. National performance venues over the years have included The Dorothy Chandler Pavillion, The Greek Theater, The Los Angeles Forum, The Los Angeles Sports Arena, The Embassy Hotel, Capitol Records, T.V. Channels 5, 11 and KOCE, Maverick’s Flats, and many others. He has appeared with and/or performed for personalities such as Madeleine Albright, Scott Baio, Bobby Blue Bland, Bill Cosby, The Five Blind Boys of Alabama, Rosie Grier, Merv Griffin, Mahalia Jackson, Jerry Lewis, Moms Mabley, Greg Morris, Martha Reeves (of the Vandellas), Sam Riddle, Rowan & Martin, David Ruffin (of the Temptations), Avery Schriber, Nancy Sinatra, John Travolta, John Wayne, and others. Stan Breckenridge recently created The Education Through Music Performance program, which is a series that seeks to educate audiences of all ages about various aspects of music, people, culture, and history through live and in-person performance. Program examples include "African American Women That Greatly Contributed To Music," "Soul Music of the 1960s," "A History of American Song," "African American Women Singers of Early Black Theater and Film," "A History of Gospel Music," "Rhythmic Gestures As Definitive Attributes in Selected Piano Styles," "First" Accomplishments in Music by African Americans," "Noted Women Vocalists of Blues, Classical, Gospel, and Jazz," and others. Aoidé is the featured performer on this soon-to-be released educational series. Aoidé is a delightful vocal trio that presents educational performances in an entertaining and engaging fashion through music, drama, dance, and audience participation.

As a composer Stan Breckenridge's most recent work includes an original score for a DVD that documents the building of the Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Memorial in Washington, DC (produced by Explorer Studios, and The Black Chamber of Orange County, as the executive producer). He also wrote a piece for a Clois du Bois commercial that targeted a sophisticated audience of professionals whose taste for wine is just as sophisticated. Stan Breckenridge has composed and arranged for other artists as well.

As a recording artist Stan Breckenridge has released a number of CDs of original works. These include “Love Sign” (2010), Reflections (2009), A Soulful Christmas (2008), This is My Song (2007), Live in Poland (2005), Solo (2003), Meditations (2001), and Expositions (1999). http://www.cdbaby.com/cd/stanbreckenridge3

Out Of Love For Jazz

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Stu Williamson - Stu Williamson

Styles: Trumpet Jazz
Year: 2014
File: MP3@320K/s
Time: 39:08
Size: 89,8 MB
Art: Front

(3:24)  1. Pee Jay
(4:21)  2. Just Friends
(3:45)  3. Darn That Dream
(6:05)  4. Hungry Child
(4:26)  5. Big Red
(5:01)  6. Red Cross
(3:15)  7. Talk Of The Town
(3:53)  8. Oom's Tune
(4:54)  9. Rose Bud

The younger brother of pianist Claude Williamson, Stu Williamson was a fixture on West Coast jazz dates of the 1950s. He moved to Los Angeles in 1949 and spent periods playing with Stan Kenton (1951), Woody Herman (1952-1953), and Kenton again (1954-1955), in addition to shorter stints with Billy May and Charlie Barnet. The mellow-toned Williamson, best-known for his association with Shelly Manne (off and on during 1954-1958), was on a countless number of sessions up until 1968 when he dropped out of the music scene. A drug addict, Stu Williamson spent most of his last two decades struggling outside of music. ~ Scott Yanow  http://www.allmusic.com/artist/stu-williamson-mn0000526195/biography

Personnel:  Alto Saxophone – Charlie Mariano;  Baritone Saxophone – Jimmy Giuffre;  Bass – Leroy Vinnegar;  Drums – Mel Lewis;  Piano – Claude Williamson;  Tenor Saxophone – Bill Holman;  Trumpet – Stu Williamson

Stu Williamson

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Straalem Mccallum - A Little Faith

Styles: Vocal
Year: 2010
File: MP3@320K/s
Time: 48:08
Size: 112,8 MB
Art: Front

(3:53)  1. Smile
(3:58)  2. Angel
(3:59)  3. Sometimes a Prayer Will Do
(2:55)  4. Panis Angelicus
(3:40)  5. How Great Thou Art
(4:35)  6. Wiyathul
(3:35)  7. Hallelujah
(3:39)  8. Father
(3:11)  9. You Are the Sunshine of My Life
(3:37) 10. Tears in Heaven
(4:29) 11. I Believe I Can Fly
(2:52) 12. Let It Be Me
(3:37) 13. Over the Rainbow

Straalen is a unique emerging Australian talent. At 12 years old he is the youngest act to ever sign to Sony Music Entertainment Australia. Singing since he was 3 years old, at 9 he commenced vocal training with the legendary Venetta Fields. He has performed at numerous charity and corporate events including signing the National Anthem at Suncorp Stadium in June prior to the State of Origin. Album was produced by Garth Porter (Sherbet, Lee Kernaghan etc). ~ Editorial Reviews  http://www.amazon.com/Little-Faith-STRAALEN-MCCALLUM/dp/B004BGJWNU

A Little Faith

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