Sarah Vaughan - Sassy Swings The Tivoli Disc 1 And Disc 2

Disc 1

Styles: Jazz, Vocal
Year: 1963
File: MP3@320K/s
Time: 57:35 (Disc 1)
Size: 137,7 MB (Disc 1)
Art: Front

(2:34)  1. I Feel Pretty
(5:56)  2. Misty
(2:04)  3. What Is This Thing Called Love
(5:56)  4. Lover Man
(4:30)  5. Sometimes I'm Happy
(3:14)  6. Won't You Come Home, Bill Bailey
(2:33)  7. Tenderly
(5:40)  8. Sassy's Blues
(4:27)  9. Polka Dots And Moonbeams
(2:20) 10. I Cried For You
(3:12) 11. Poor Butterfly
(2:21) 12. I Could Write A Book
(4:56) 13. Time After Time
(1:43) 14. All Of Me
(3:17) 15. I Hadn't Anyone Till You
(2:46) 16. I Can't Give You Anything But Love

After four years on Roulette, Sarah Vaughan returned to Mercury (her main label of the 1950s) with this wonderful live session, one of her very best of the 1960s. Joined by her rhythm section of the period (pianist Kirk Stuart, bassist Charles Williams and drummer Georges Hughes), Vaughan is quite expressive on such signature tunes as "Misty," "Sometimes I'm Happy," "Tenderly" and "I Cried For You." A gem.~Scott Yanow http://www.allmusic.com/album/sassy-swings-the-tivoli-mw0000652544

Personnel: Sarah Vaughn (vocals); Kirk Stuart (piano); Charles Williams (bass); George Hughes (drums).

Sassy Swings The Tivoli (disc 1)

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Disc 2

Time: 61:32

Size: 146,8 MB

(5:32)  1. I'll Be Seeing You

(5:51)  2. Maria

(2:15)  3. Day In Day Out

(4:39)  4. Fly Me To The Moon

(3:07)  5. Baubles, Bangles And Beads

(2:15)  6. The Lady's In Love With You

(3:14)  7. Honeysuckle Rose

(2:01)  8. What Is This Thing Called Love

(4:06)  9. Lover Man

(2:19) 10. I Cried For You

(5:26) 11. The More I See You

(5:11) 12. Say It Isn't So

(4:40) 13. Black Coffee

(2:33) 14. Just One Of Those Things

(3:04) 15. On Green Dolphine Street

(5:11) 16. Over The Rainbow

Sassy Swings The Tivoli (disc 2)

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John Handy - Handy Dandy Man

Styles:  Saxophone Jazz
Year: 1990
File: MP3@320K/s
Time: 39:07
Size: 89,8 MB
Art: Front

(5:07)  1. Play the Music (I Feel Like Dancing)
(4:28)  2. Lady Lady
(4:40)  3. Disco Samba
(4:22)  4. Everything You Touch (Turns Into Love)
(5:15)  5. I Gotta Let Her Know (How I Feel)
(4:21)  6. I Can Tell
(3:30)  7. Handy Dandy Man
(4:05)  8. You Live, You Learn
(3:18)  9. Sing to Me

A talented and adventurous altoist whose career has gone through several phases, John Handy started playing alto in 1949. After moving to New York in 1958, he had a fiery period with Charles Mingus (1958-1959) that resulted in several passionate recordings that show off his originality; he also recorded several dates as a leader for Roulette. Handy led his own bands during 1959-1964, and played with Mingus at the 1964 Monterey Jazz Festival, but it was at the following year's festival that he was a major hit, stretching out with his quintet (which included violinist Michael White and guitarist Jerry Hahn) on two long originals. Soon, Handy was signed to Columbia, where he recorded his finest work (three excellent albums) during 1966-1968. Since that time, he has performed world music with Ali Akbar Khan, recorded the R&B hit "Hard Work" for Impulse in 1976, gigged and recorded with Mingus Dynasty, and in the late '80s led a group (called Class) featuring three female violinists who sing. John Handy (no relation to the Dixieland altoist Capt. John Handy) remains a strong soloist who can hit high notes way above his horn's normal register with ease, but he has mostly maintained a low profile, teaching in the San Francisco Bay Area.

~Scott Yanow http://www.allmusic.com/artist/john-handy-mn0000221660/biography

Handy Dandy Man

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Danilo Rea - Notturno

Styles: Piano Jazz
Year: 2016
File: MP3@320K/s
Time: 50:45
Size: 117,6 MB
Art: Front

(3:12)  1. In The Hall Of The Mountain King
(5:08)  2. Studio Op. 10 n. 3
(3:43)  3. The Man I Love
(5:06)  4. Preludio Op. 28 n. 24
(4:43)  5. Sogno d'amore
(3:55)  6. Sinfonia n. 40 K550
(3:15)  7. A Summer Song For You
(3:55)  8. Corsa della vita
(2:58)  9. Anna e i suoi fratelli
(4:28) 10. Notturno in Mib Op. 9 n. 2
(5:29) 11. Sinfonia n. 3
(4:47) 12. Vento del Nilo

He moved to Rome as a child, he obtained a diploma in piano at the Conservatory of Santa Cecilia , making his debut in 1975 in the jazz music with Enzo Pietropaoli and Roberto Gatto , forming the Trio di Roma .Simultaneously to jazz develops particular interest in music progressive and participates in the formation of the group New Perigee , of which he is the leader and founder bassist Giovanni Tommaso . The New Perigee faced a long tour (seventy concerts in seventy days) along with Rino Gaetano and Riccardo Cocciante , whose testimony is recorded the album called Q Concert .It makes its way into the jazz up to play with some of the greatest American soloists such as Chet Baker , Lee Konitz , John Scofield , Joe Lovano , Art Farmer . In 1989 participates in the work of Roberto De Simone , Requiem for Pier Paolo Pasolini , performed atthe Teatro San Carlo in Naples for the direction of Zoltan Pesko ; in the same year he published together with Roberto Gatto disc Impromptus . In 1997 he creates, with bassist Enzo Pietropaoli and drummer Fabrizio Sferra to Doctor 3, a trio that for a decade the crush of the most important Italian jazz stages. His album The Tales of Doctor 3 was awarded best Italian jazz record in 1998 , while the next jobThe songs remain the same win the title of best jazz record of Music & Records in 1999 .

In Italy there are many his collaborations within the pop , as a pianist of confidence of artists such as Mina , Claudio Baglioni , Pino Daniele and as an occasional collaborator, among others, of Domenico Modugno , Fiorella Mannoia , Riccardo Cocciante , Renato Zero , Gianni Morandi and Adriano Celentano . In 2006 he took part in the Concert for Europe , on ' island of Ventotene , that he is the protagonist along with Baglioni , Nicola Piovani and Luis Bacalov . In the season in 2007 - 2 008 participated in the show Men in tails along with other musicians like Peppe Servillo , Fausto Mesolella , Mimi Ciaramella of Avion Travel , Fabrizio Bosso , Furio Di Castri , Javier Girotto , Gianluca Petrella and Cristiano Calcagno . The show was set up to celebrate the fiftieth anniversary of In the blue painted blue for the occasion, the group performs some songs of Domenico Modugno .His improvisations, ranging on any repertoire, are appreciated during concerts tour which takes in the world and during major jazz festivals.

In 2009 he is one of the 70 guest artists of the double CD of Baglioni, QPGA , where Rea plays the piano in "Centocelle" song. In 2010 he creates the music for the show "Comedy" by and with Giorgio Barberio Corsetti . The videos are Cristian Taraborrelli .On 15 June 2011, together with Paolo Damiani and Rashmi V. Bahtt, at dusk, he improvised a memorable concert on the rooftops of Rome . the entire collection was donated to Emergency , the NPO of Gino Strada .In 2012 he accompanied in some summer evenings Gino Paoli , either alone or with the group consisting of Flavio Boltro ( trumpet ), Rosario Bonaccorso ( bass ) and Roberto Gatto ( drums ), as part of the project meeting in jazz , born in the wake collaboration album Milestones of 2007 .February 21, 2014 participated in the Sanremo Music Festival 2014 always with Paoli , followed by a spring tour.~Translate by google https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Danilo_Rea

Personnel:  Piano – Danilo Rea;  Vocals – Oona Rea (tracks: 3, 7, 9, 12)

Notturno

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Brian Blade - Mama Rosa

Styles: Vocal, Guitar And Piano Jazz
File: MP3@320K/s
Year: 2009
Time: 52:18
Size: 120,1 MB
Art: Front

 1. After the Revival - 3:17
 2. Mercy Angel - 4:19
 3. At the Centerline - 4:27
 4. Faithful Brother - 3:27
 5. Get There - 3:22
 6. Second Home - 3:18
 7. You'll Always be My Baby - 5:37
 8. Nature's Law - 2:45
 9. Struggling with That - 3:00
10. All That was Yesterday - 5:58
11. Her Song - 5:26
12. All Gospel Radio - 4:31
13. Paslms 100 - 2:46

After a lengthy gap between records with his Fellowship Band, drummer Brian Blade has stepped up the pace, following up the unmistakable sound of Season of Changes (Verve, 2008) with Mama Rosa. Blade temporarily deserts the folkloric jazz context of his longstanding group, instead delivering a singer/songwriter album that's just as compelling. Different in nature it may be, but in its own way it makes perfect sense for the introspective and deeply spiritual Blade. Blade's always had a penchant for song, even when working in longer form for Fellowship. He closed Perceptual (Blue Note, 2000) with the gentle "Trembling," his debut as a singer and invited Joni Mitchell to sing on the more dramatic "Steadfast." Both tracks drew a clear line from Blade's more expansive, jazz-centric writing and a penchant for simple melody and articulating his feelings with words as well as music.

Blade has grown considerably as a singer/songwriter since then, though the spirit of Mitchell with whom Blade toured and recorded looms large, especially on the opening title track, where his open-tuned guitar alludes to Mitchell's own open harmonies. Blade's subject material is far more religious in nature, however, though his faith is personal and far from proselytizing. Daniel Lanois the well-known producer and singer/songwriter plays a supporting instrumental role throughout half of Mama Rosa; his tremolo'd electric guitar a soothing, defining texture on the slightly more up-tempo "Mercy Angel," where he also delivers a moving, lyrical solo. "At the Centerline" incorporates the enduring "Serenity Prayer" ("God grant me the serenity to accept the things I cannot change; courage to change the things I can; and wisdom to know the difference.") before Blade expands on its elegantly simple philosophy with a more complex song that, structurally, provides a strong link between the music of Mama Rosa and that of the Fellowship Band, as does the equally detailed yet smoothly flowing "Faithful Brother." Blade's unassuming and unaffected voice, with its subtle vibrato, brings passionate understatement to lyrics that deal with matters both corporeal and less grounded, always remaining truthful and honest to the core.

With guests including Fellowship's Jon Cowherd (keyboards), Chris Thomas (bass), and Kurt Rosenwinkel (guitar), there's enough harmonic sophistication, even on the relatively straightforward "Get There," to contextualize Blade's the singer/songwriter with Blade the jazz composer and improvising player. It's all part of one continuum, with Mama Rosa simply occupying a different place than Season of Changes or Perceptual. After 11 calming, tender songs, Blade ends the album with two brief soundscapes, in collaboration with Adam Samuels and Tucker Martine. Celestial and ethereal, both "All Gospel Radio" and "Psalms 100" reflect, in pure sound, the same spirituality reflected in Blade's words throughout Mama Rosa an album that may come as unexpected for some, but for those who have followed Blade's career closely, will come as no surprise at all.~John Kelman http://www.allaboutjazz.com/mama-rosa-brian-blade-verve-music-group-review-by-john-kelman.php

Personnel: Brian Blade: lead vocals, guitar, piano (2, 5, 7, 11, 13), drums (2, 3, 5, 7, 9, 11); Daniel Lanois: guitar soloist (2, 3, 7, 10, 11), pedal steel guitar (7); bass (2, 5), harmony vocal (11); Geoffrey Moore: guitar (1, 3), nylong string guitar (4); Kurt Rosenwinkel: guitar (4); Greg Liesz: pedal steel guitar (6); lap steel guitar and weissenborn (9); Patrick Smith: pedal steel guitar (11); Jon Cowherd: piano (3, 4), pump organ (3); Aaron Embry: piano (1); Chris Thomas: bass (1, 3, 4, 6); Jenny Lee Lindberg: bass (9); Dave Coleman: MXR operator (9); Adam Samuels: processing (12, 13); Tucker Martine: processing (13); Kelly Jones: harmony vocals (2, 5, 10); Daryl Johnson: harmony vocal (7, 11); Silverlake Male Chorus (3): John Bigham, Daryl Johnson, Aaron Embry, Rocco Deluca.

Mama Rosa

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