Dave McKenna Swing Six - No Holds Barred

Bitrate: MP3@320K/s
Time: 64:58
Size: 148.7 MB
Styles: Piano jazz
Year: 2001
Art: Front

[7:08] 1. I Can't Believe That You're In Love With Me
[6:11] 2. Idaho
[6:10] 3. Memories Of You
[5:34] 4. Avalon
[4:14] 5. You're Lucky To Me
[4:19] 6. Look For The Silver Lining
[5:00] 7. Dave's Blues
[6:01] 8. Idaho
[4:37] 9. Look For The Silver Lining
[3:58] 10. You're Lucky To Me
[6:14] 11. Memories Of You
[5:27] 12. Avalon

Dave McKenna piano + leader, Warren Vache trumpet, Scott Hamilton tenor saxophone, Al Cohn tenor saxophone, Milt Hinton bass, Butch Miles drums.

Dave McKenna is undoubtedly the hardest swinging pianist on today's music scene. Long a favorite of players like Red Norvo, Carl Fontana and many others, McKenna has had a recording career dating back to the sixties. He's made some solo records as well as many small group dates.The disc at hand is probably the best he has produced up to the present. Backed by a truly compatible all-star group of players, everybody, including Dave, is given much space to stretch out....

No Holds Barred

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Christine Ebersole - Strings Attached

Bitrate: MP3@320K/s
Time: 50:09
Size: 114.8 MB
Styles: Jazz vocals
Year: 2013
Art: Front

[3:00] 1. Shall We Dance
[4:27] 2. The Things We Did Last Summer
[3:48] 3. This Time The Dream's On Me
[5:12] 4. Ev'ry Time We Say Goodbye
[3:32] 5. Am I Blue
[5:33] 6. Moon Dreams
[2:44] 7. I Wish I Were In Love Again
[3:45] 8. Our Love Is Here To Stay
[5:09] 9. After You've Gone Too Gone Too Long
[3:41] 10. I'll Be Seeing You
[4:35] 11. Jitterbug Waltz
[3:08] 12. Something There
[1:29] 13. La La Lu

Two-time Tony Award®-winning actress Christine Ebersole teams with virtuoso violinist/arranger Aaron Weinstein for a program of classic songs imbued with originality, musicality, and swing. Known for her brilliance as an actress and cabaret artist, Ebersole proves that shes equally talented in the jazz arena on a selection of beautifully arranged versions of gems from the Great American Songbook. Tony Award® winner for her roles in 42nd Street and Grey Gardens, Ebersole is currently starring in the hit TBS sitcom Sullivan & Son, is featured in the 2013 blockbuster The Big Wedding (which ends with a song she wrote and performs), and appears in the Fall 2013 Scorsese drama The Wolf of Wall Street. Named a Rising Star Violinist by DownBeat, Aaron Weinstein is quickly earning a reputation as one of the finest jazz violinists of his generation. As a featured soloist he has performed at Carnegie Hall, Jazz at Lincoln Center, Wolftrap Center, Birdland, Blue Note, Iridium, and more.

Strings Attached

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Jim Rotondi - Jim's Bop

Bitrate: MP3@320K/s
Time: 61:38
Size: 141.1 MB
Styles: Trumpet jazz
Year: 1998
Art: Front

[ 7:48] 1. King Of The Hill
[10:29] 2. Last Call
[ 7:12] 3. El Patito
[ 6:33] 4. We'll Be Together Again
[ 6:03] 5. All Or Nothing At All
[ 8:53] 6. Moon Rays
[ 8:00] 7. You Are The Sunshine Of My Life
[ 6:37] 8. Jim's Bop

Rotondi is a solid trumpeter whose crackling neo-boppish fights recall Freddie Hubbard and Lee Morgan. His charts, like the Silver-esque El Patito are similarily strong. With inspired support from tenorman Eric Alexander, pianist Harold Mabern, bassist John Webber, and drummer Joe Farnsworth, Rotondi’s adroit mix of standards and originals take us from the high-flying All of Nothing at All to the leader’s gospel-influenced Last Call, co-written with Alexander. ~Chuck Berg

Jim's Bop

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Yusef Lateef - Cry!-Tender

Styles: Saxophone, Oboe, Flute Jazz
Year: 1959
File: MP3@320K/s
Time: 37:12
Size: 85,5 MB
Art: Front

(3:11)  1. Sea Breeze
(3:18)  2. Dopolous
(6:00)  3. Cry!-Tender
(5:45)  4. Butter's Blues
(4:24)  5. Yesterdays
(3:13)  6. The Snow Is Green
(4:49)  7. If You Could See Me Now
(6:30)  8. Ecaps

In 1959, Yusef Lateef began using the oboe in his recording sessions and on live dates. This album marks that occasion, and is thus a turning point in an amazingly long and varied career. Accompanied by Lonnie Hillyer on trumpet, Hugh Lawson on piano, bassist Herman Wright, and drummer Frank Gant, Lateef was digging deeply into a new lyricism that was Eastern-tinged (the full flavor of that obsession would be issued two years later on Eastern Sounds and had been touched upon two years earlier on Other Sounds, released on New Jazz, where Lateef had used an argol as well as his sax and flute), modally informed, and distinctly light in texture with the exception of the deep, dark, arco work at the beginning of "Dopolous," by Wright. Lateef was already moving away from what most people would call jazz by this time, yet, as evidenced here, his music remained challenging and very accessible. This is meditative music with a stunningly rich rhythmic palette for how muted and edgeless it is. And, like John Cage or Morton Feldman, the absence of those edges was written in; it's not random. On tunes like the aforementioned, "Butter's Blues," or even "If You Could See Me Now," Lateef could take the blues and move it into shadowy territory, pulling out of the intervals and changes certain harmonic concepts to turn the music back on itself. If restraint got practiced in the dynamic range, the drama in the music would be all the greater because of the wider harmonic palette -- because it could be heard, not just felt. The result is a seamless, velvety, yet poignant take on the blues that echoed the tears referenced in the title of the album. And yet, the beauty, such a tender beauty, was so unspeakably fragile that the brass and reed instruments seemed to hover over the rhythm section and cut holes in the air like fine razors that can only be praised for the fineness of their slash. This was the beginning of Lateef's change in direction and, as a result, it deserves to be noted for that. However, it needs to be doubly noted for its truly magnificent sound, texture, playing, composition, and choice of tunes.~Thom Jurek http://www.allmusic.com/album/cry!-tender-mw0000691032

Personnel:  Yusef Lateef - tenor saxophone, flute, oboe;  Lonnie Hillyer - trumpet (tracks 1-7);  Wilbur Harden - flugelhorn (track 8);  Hugh Lawson - piano (tracks 1-7);  Ernie Farrow (track 8), Herman Wright (tracks 1-7) – bass;  Frank Gant (tracks 1-7), Oliver Jackson (track 8) - drums, percussion

Cry!-Tender

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Andra Day - Cheers To The Fall

Styles: Vocal, Soul
Year: 2015
File: MP3@320K/s
Time: 49:59
Size: 115,7 MB
Art: Front

(3:19)  1. Forever Mine
(3:24)  2. Only Love
(3:45)  3. Gold
(3:53)  4. Not Today
(3:34)  5. Mistakes
(4:27)  6. Goodbye Goodnight
(4:04)  7. Rearview
(3:48)  8. Red Flags
(3:18)  9. Honey Or Fire
(3:31) 10. Gin & Juice (Let Go My Hand)
(4:13) 11. Rise Up
(4:53) 12. City Burns
(3:46) 13. Cheers To The Fall

Retro-soul singer and songwriter Andra Day was performing at a store opening when she caught the attention of Kai Millard Morris, Stevie Wonder's second wife. Through Morris, then Stevie, the San Diego native met studio lifer Adrian Gurvitz, whose varied career as a side musician, leader, songwriter, and producer dates back to the late '60s. Day signed on with Gurvitz's Buskin label, which led to a deal with Warner Bros. and sessions that involved R&B giant Raphael Saadiq and Fitz & the Tantrums collaborator Chris Seefried, among others. Day's approach is similar to those of fellow "old souls" like Amy Winehouse, Alice Smith, and Nikki Jean, though it is ultimately as distinctive as any of the three. On her traditionally styled debut, Cheers to the Fall  for which she co-wrote every song she retraces the steps of a broken relationship in relation to learning from faults and moving on. The prevalence of ballads among the 13 songs can be fatiguing, but almost every selection has a distinguishing detail or two, whether it's a sly nod to a classic hip-hop artist, an unexpected place Day takes her dynamic voice, or some clever expression of heartache. Some verses are brilliantly written and elegantly phrased, such as the third one of "Gold": "I see the reel, now it's real to me/I gave up gold for grains of sand slipping through my hand." Saadiq isn't the only big name who is involved. The Gurvitz and James Poyser production "Only Love," which has all the cinematic tension and release necessary for a James Bond theme, was made with an all-star cast that includes drummer Questlove, bassist Pino Palladino, and a load of Dap-Kings. For all the finely crafted ballads that recall mid- to late-'60s soul, it's "Mistakes" that stands out most. It's a midtempo mover that has hints of the early-'70s proto-disco variants that came from labels like Philadelphia International and Motown, coated in a little Southern grit.~Andy Kellman http://www.allmusic.com/album/cheers-to-the-fall-mw0002860629

Cheers To The Fall

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Big John Patton - Blue John

Styles: Soul Jazz
Year: 1963
File: MP3@320K/s
Time: 73:35
Size: 168,8 MB
Art: Front

(7:59)  1. Hot Sauce
(5:59)  2. Bermuda Clay House
(6:17)  3. Dem Dirty Dues
(6:53)  4. Country Girl
(5:34)  5. Nicety
(7:31)  6. Blue John
(9:06)  7. Jean De Fleur (bonus track)
(5:45)  8. Chunky Cheeks (bonus track)
(4:49)  9. I Need You So (bonus track)
(5:05) 10. Kinda Slick (bonus track)
(8:33) 11. Untitled Patton Tune (bonus track)

Insanely wonderful and pretty darn rare! This album by John Patton was cut during the 60s, but never issued until the 80s and even then, only briefly yet it's easily one of our favorite records ever by this legendary Hammond player, thanks to lots of weird twists and turns! Although the record's led by Patton, it's more in the mad style of George Braith who plays some wonderful sax on the session, in the manner of his excellent Laughing Soul album a Prestige Records session cut with Patton and Grant Green around the same time. The vibe is very different than some of Patton's other Blue Notes very rhythmically playful, and mixed with mad reed lines from Braith with superbly sharp guitar lines from Grant Green, top trumpet work from Tommy Turrentine, and this great sense of skittish rhythm from the always-amazing drummer Ben Dixon. Titles include "Hot Sauce", "Bermuda Clay House", "Nicety", and "Blue John". Includes the bonus tracks "Jean De Fleur", "Chunky Cheeks", "Kinda Slick" & "Untitled Patton Tune"https://www.dustygroove.com/item/700809

Personnel:  John Patton – organ;  Tommy Turrentine - trumpet (track 5);  George Braith - soprano saxophone, stritch;  Grant Green – guitar;  Ben Dixon - drums

Blue John

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Doug Watkins - Watkins At Large

Styles: Jazz, Hard Bop

Year: 2006

File: MP3@320K/s

Time: 41:17

Size: 101,5 MB

Art: Front

(12:54)  1. Return To Paradise

( 9:28)  2. Phinupi

( 4:57)  3. Phil T. McNasty's Blues

(10:06)  4. More Of The Same

( 3:50)  5. Panonica

A great session and one of the few lost ones on the legendary Transition label! The album was originally recorded in Boston in 1956, and it features a group led by bassist Doug Watkins, with Donald Byrd on trumpet, Hank Mobley on tenor, and Art Taylor on drums really a Blue Note lineup, if you come to think of it and the album's definitely got a Blue Note vibe overall! Mobley's tenor is always a treat, and brings out a new sort of fire in Byrd's young horn  and Watkins, who didn't always work as a leader, has a hip conception that really keeps things interesting a slight exotic undercurrent amidst the hardbop. Tracks are long, and titles include "More Of the Same", "Return To Paradise", "Panonica", and "Phinupi".https://www.dustygroove.com/item/57697

Personnel:  Bass – Doug Watkins;  Drums – Arthur Taylor;  Guitar – Kenny Burrell;  Piano – Duke Jordan;  Tenor Saxophone – Hank Mobley;  Trumpet – Donald Byrd

Watkins At Large

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