Tuesday, May 31, 2016

Kevin Golden Trio - Pelham Parkway (Feat. Akiko Tsuruga & Peter Grant)

Size: 100,4 MB
Time: 40:02
File: MP3 @ 320K/s
Released: 2016
Styles: Jazz: Hard Bop, Hammond Organ
Art: Front

01. Market Square (7:03)
02. Let's Do This (6:42)
03. JJ's Smove Groove (5:12)
04. Pelham Parkway (4:31)
05. Where Are They Now (4:32)
06. Let's Make The Time (6:08)
07. Cherry Pie (5:51)

Pelham Parkway captures the Kevin Golden Trio performing 7 originals penned by Kevin Golden in the tradition of the guitar/organ trio reminiscent of the style of the legendary Grant Green. Kevin Golden is on guitar, along with Akiko Tsuruga on organ, and Peter Grant on drums. The session was recorded at the legendary Tedesco Studios in Paramus, NJ, by Tommy Tedesco in February 2016.

Golden is a long time journeyman of the NYC and Hudson Valley NY jazz scene and has been playing jazz for over 27 years in the Hudson Valley and greater NYC area. He often plays with the Steve Kaiser Quartet in the NYC club scene. Guitarist Golden style is influenced by Grant Green, Rene Thomas, and Joshua Breakstone. Golden is also the guitarist for Michael’s Jazz Quartet on the recording "Woody-n-Me" released in 2007 and is co-author of song "Golden Opportunity", 2nd place winner in 2008 Independent Music Awards for Jazz Song of the Year. Golden also wrote "Say What You Mean", which was chosen as an All About Jazz website "Download of the Day", and is currently available online under the Steve Kaiser Quartet.

Akiko Tsuruga (aka "Queen of the Jazz Organ") has been a mainstay on the New York jazz scene since 2001. Akiko has released five albums in Japan and four in the U.S. Both of her first two US releases, “Sweet and Funky” and “Oriental Express” (18th & Vine Records), have ranked within top 20 on the national jazz radio charts.

Akiko has been regular on the DownBeat magazine critics poll since 2008. In 2012, she placed 6th in the Rising Star category of the magazine along with ranking in the readers poll. DownBeat Magazine and Keyboard Magazine have featured articles on Akiko. Her third US album, “Sakura” released in 2012 scored 7th on the national Jazz radio chart. Her latest album, “Commencement”, released on August 20th, 2014 both in the U.S. and in Japan, ranked 4th in the Jazz Week Chart.

Drummer Peter Grant was born and raised in New York City and studied at the Manhattan School of Music. Peter is a creative and versatile musician who has been in demand in the New York recording studios and clubs for 35 years. He has performed in venues ranging from Carnegie Hall to the Blue Note to Royal Albert Hall, the Mount Fuji Jazz Festival in Japan, the Monterey Jazz Festival and the White House.

Grant has played on over 40 recordings with such artists as Gerry Mulligan , Peggy Lee , New York Voices , Harvie Swartz and Rodney Jones. Live performance credits include gigs with Astrud Gilberto, Peter Cincotti, Ben E. King, Dave Samuels and European tours with Bob Dorough and Linda Hopkins.

Pelham Parkway 

Pat Kelley - Sing Me Back Home

Size: 101,5 MB
Time: 38:43
File: MP3 @ 320K/s
Released: 2016
Styles: Guitar Jazz, Jazz/Pop Vocals
Art: Front

01. Hearts And Bones (Feat. Annie Ellicott) (5:31)
02. Overjoyed (Feat. Sarah Maud) (4:27)
03. Skylark (Feat. Stephanie Oliver) (3:48)
04. Jardin D'hiver (Feat. Olivia Duhon) (3:24)
05. Midnight Sun (Feat. Annie Ellicott) (5:00)
06. All Blues (Feat. Pam Crosby) (3:43)
07. Do You Know The Way To San Jose (Feat. Stephanie Oliver) (3:29)
08. Dindi (Feat. Olivia Duhon) (3:37)
09. Are You Lonesome Tonight (Feat. Sarah Maud) (2:48)
10. Softly As In A Morning Sunrise (Feat. Pam Crosby) (2:52)

Los Angeles jazz and studio guitarist Pat Kelley has produced a unique collection of songs that feature five vocalists from Tulsa, Oklahoma. Most of the recording was done at Artsong Studios in Los Angeles. The vocals, fiddle, flugelhorn, and flute were recorded at Drapp Studios in Tulsa.

There is excitement about Tulsa’s musical future in the air. Tulsa has always been a vibrant music community with great musicians and singers, and that is certainly true today. Home to the Woody Guthrie Museum, Tulsa will soon open the Bob Dylan Museum that will house more than six thousand Bob Dylan artifacts. Live music is alive and well.

Enjoy Annie Ellicott, Sarah Maud, Stephanie Oliver, Olivia Duhon, and Pam Crosby, five wonderful voices that you are sure to love.

Sing Me Back Home

Ed Calle - 360

Size: 134,6 MB
Time: 57:52
File: MP3 @ 320K/s
Released: 2016
Styles: Jazz: Saxophone Jazz, Latin Jazz
Art: Front

01. 360 (4:08)
02. Dancing On A Cloud (5:21)
03. Monk's Mode (5:46)
04. Waltz For Sydney (5:13)
05. Half Turn (4:06)
06. La La Land (4:10)
07. Until The End Of Never (3:35)
08. One For JJ (4:17)
09. 3 (Plus Minus 3) (5:30)
10. Pooch Patrol (5:26)
11. Hammocks Hoedown (4:49)
12. Pooch Patrol (Alternate Take) (5:26)

Born in Caracas, Venezuela to Spanish parents – father Joaquin Calle from Madrid and mother Maria Begoña Calle from Barcelona – it was obvious from the very start that Ed was a gifted musician whose energetic, passionate, and distinct sound captured the attention of audiences and musicians alike. His teachers and schoolmates often suggested that Calle’s sound is actually part of his DNA. Now, Calle can be heard on more than 1,200 albums, almost 9,000 singles, and countless movie and television soundtracks both as a soloist, sideman, composer, arranger, conductor, and producer. He appears on Grammy®-award-winning albums by Frank Sinatra, Juan Luis Guerra, Arturo Sandoval, Juanes, Vicky Carr, Gloria Estefan, and Jon Secada. Calle has also recorded and performed around the world with music royalty including Phil Ramone, Tom Dowd, Carlos Santana, Eddie Money, Greg Allman, Emilio Estefan, Chick Corea, Michael and Randy Brecker, Tito Puente, Celia Cruz, Poncho Sanchez, Willy Chirino, John Patitucci, Steve Gadd, Anthony Jackson, Donna Summer, the Bee Gees, Natalie Cole, Smokey Robinson, Shakira, The Temptations, The Four Tops, The Spinners, Armando Manzanero, Barry Gibb, Oscar D’Leon, Dave Valentine, Lenny Kravitz, K.C. & the Sunshine Band, Gloria Estefan, Diego Torres, Julio Iglesias, David Bisbal, Michael Bolton, Will to Power, Luis Enrique, Bob James, Bobby Caldwell, Franco de Vita, Frankie Valli, Rihanna, Idina Menzel, Extreme, the Pet Shop Boys, George Clinton, Albita, Placido Domingo, Roberto Carlos, Ricky Martin, Busta Rhyme, JLo, Chayanne, and Vanessa Williams just to name a few. Calle's television work includes an almost decade-long stint as saxophonist in the Sabado Gigante orchestra and appearances as a soloist with various artists on theTonight Show with Johnny Carson and Jay Leno, Late Night with David Letterman, the Grammy® Awards, and a host of international, national, and regional television programs and specials.

Dr. Ed Calle is a Latin Grammy® Award winner for Best Instrumental Album (2015) with Dr. Ed Calle Presents Mamblue and a five-time Grammy® nominee. In addition to earning the 2015 Best Instrumental Album Latin Grammy® for Dr. Ed Calle Presents Mamblue, Calle also garnered a 2014 Latin Grammy® nomination and 2015 Grammy® nomination as a member of the Afro-Cuban Funk Super group PALO for their album PALO! Live. Among his many solo recordings, Ed Calle Plays Santana earned a Latin Grammy® nomination in 2005. In the Zone features original jazz compositions and jazz standards and earned a Latin Grammy nomination in 2007. His 2015 Latin Grammy® winning solo release Dr. Ed Calle Presents Mamblue, is an Afro-Cuban jazz orchestral spectacular featuring more than 115 of the most influential jazz and studio musicians in the history of South Florida. The first studio record by the World Music 5, America, features chamber jazz orchestrations of original and classic music from the Americas with an all-star quintet that includes Negroni's Trio and violinist Federico Britos. Exploring the duo realm with his longtime friend and colleague Jose Negroni, Calle is also featured on the Latin Grammy® Award nominated 2015 Sony Records release Negroni +9.

360

Richard Rodney Bennett - Take Love Easy / The Lyrics Of John Latouche

Size: 121,0 MB
Time: 51:25
File: MP3 @ 320K/s
Released: 2016
Styles: Jazz Vocals
Art: Front

01. All Of A Sudden It's You (Feat. Linc Millman) (2:22)
02. It's The Going Home Together (Feat. Linc Millman) (3:56)
03. Not A Care In The World (Feat. Dick Sarpola & Tony Tedesco) (2:46)
04. Day Dream (Feat. Dick Sarpola & Tony Tedesco) (4:23)
05. A Nickel To My Name (Feat. Linc Millman) (2:18)
06. She Makes Me Believe She's Mine (Feat. Dick Sarpola & Tony Tedesco) (4:29)
07. You Took Me By Surprise (Feat. Dick Sarpola & Tony Tedesco) (2:48)
08. Lazy Afternoon (Feat. Dick Sarpola & Tony Tedesco) (5:25)
09. Taking A Chance On Love (Feat. Dick Sarpola & Tony Tedesco) (2:58)
10. Strange (Feat. Linc Millman) (3:03)
11. Cabin In The Sky (Feat. Dick Sarpola & Tony Tedesco) (3:01)
12. Take Love Easy (Feat. Dick Sarpola & Tony Tedesco) (3:28)
13. Love Turned The Light Out (Feat. Dick Sarpola & Tony Tedesco) (3:40)
14. I've Got Me (Feat. Linc Millman) (3:12)
15. The Next Time I Care (Feat. Dick Sarpola & Tony Tedesco) (3:28)

A remarkably prolific composer and versatile pianist, Richard Rodney Bennett divided his attention among three primary musical interests: film music in an often Romantic style, concert music owing much to serialism, and jazz and cabaret music. Bennett began following all of these avenues by the 1950s, but he never allowed the paths to intersect. Each pursuit maintained its own integrity and in no way could he be considered a crossover artist. He was writing music even as he was learning to read, and produced three string quartets by the time he was 18. Bennett enrolled in the Royal Academy of Music in 1953, studying composition with Howard Ferguson and Lennox Berkeley. He graduated in 1956, then spent 1957 - 1959 as a scholarship student in Paris with Pierre Boulez. Here, Bennett was thoroughly indoctrinated in Boulez's technique of total serialism and the German avant-garde, but his only surviving work from this period is Cycle II for Paul Jacobs. Bennett almost immediately took a highly personal approach to serialism, focusing on the melodic possibilities of a tone row and readily exploring its harmonic potential. A turning point came in 1981 with his ballet Noctuary, which fused the tonality of the Scott Joplin piece on which it was based with Bennett's usual atonal serialism. After this, Bennett's techniques became much freer; while still atonal, his highly expressive music shook off the strictest controls of serialism and often indulged in quotation of earlier composers. Bennett's catalog includes four string quartets, three symphonies, concertos for almost all the principal instruments (including harpsichord), and a great deal of chamber music. He frequently wrote for woodwinds throughout his career, but began to focus more intently on them in the late '80s upon befriending many wind players in his capacity as a piano accompanist. Since 1956, Bennett had also been writing film scores in a much more conservative style. He became a favorite composer of Joseph Losey, among other directors, and among his some 50 cinematic efforts are scores for such popular movies as Far from the Madding Crowd, Nicholas and Alexandra, Murder on the Orient Express, and Four Weddings and a Funeral. It was also in the 1950s that Bennett became interested in jazz, particularly as a pianist. He kept this fascination largely to himself until the 1990s, when he began touring the world with a solo cabaret act, singing and playing jazz pieces and torch songs. ~by James Reel

Take Love Easy / The Lyrics Of John Latouche

Margrete Grarup & Mads Vinding - Walk With Me

Size: 148,1 MB
Time: 63:39
File: MP3 @ 320K/s
Released: 2016
Styles: Jazz Vocals
Art: Front

01. The Wish ( 7:10)
02. Walk With Me ( 6:24)
03. Salme Ved Vejs Ende ( 6:00)
04. Nature Boy ( 9:10)
05. On The Sunny Side Of The Street ( 2:20)
06. Georgia On My Mind ( 5:11)
07. Strange Fruit - Summertime (10:11)
08. My Funny Valentine ( 3:24)
09. Blame It On My Youth ( 6:03)
10. Everyday I Have The Blues ( 4:20)
11. What A Wonderful World ( 3:20)

Walk With Me, from Storyville Records, features prominent Danish jazz musicians Mads Vinding (Bass) and Carsten Dahl (Piano) with Margrete Grarup (Vocal) and Marilyn Mazur (Percussion).

This CD is a continuous journey through a landscape constantly changing. Along the way, your ears will encounter simplicity, fragility, ferocity, sensitivity and a special sense of greatness in the smallest of details. From beautiful ballads of stormy moods to swinging jazz - everything beautifully executed by Margrete Grarup’s unique and expressive voice. Each track has an identity of its own - still, they all come together and make a whole.

Walk With Me includes new, wondrous takes on classics such as “Georgia on My Mind”, “Strange Fruit” and “My Funny Valentine” along with some of the musician’s own compositions which in combination creates a soulfully meditative and with every turn delightfully unknown journey to be experienced. Margrete Grarup is an educated soloist from Nordjysk Musikkonservatorium and knows how to balance the power of her voice with delicate nuances and a certain humility.

Personnel:
Margrete Grarup (Vocal)
Mads Vinding (Bass)
Carsten Dahl (Piano)
Marilyn Mazur (Percussion)
Poul Halberg (Guitar)
Peter Weniger (Saxophones)
Rasmus Stenholm (Hammond Organ)

Walk With Me

Paul Desmond - Take Five: The Best Of Cool Saxophone

Styles: Cool jazz, Mainstream Jazz
Year: 2004
File: MP3@320K/s
Time: 56:50
Size: 138,7 MB
Art: Front

( 2:58)  1. Take Five'59
( 9:39)  2. Romance De Amour'73
( 5:20)  3. Skylark'73
( 6:07)  4. Take Ten'73
( 3:35)  5. Audrey54
(19:18)  6. Concerto De Aranjuez'75
( 3:06)  7. Koto Song'64
( 6:43)  8. Music For A White'73

Paul Desmond is widely recognized for his genius as a melodic improviser and as the benchmark of cool jazz sax players. His warm, elegant tone was one that he admittedly tried to make sound like a dry martini. He and Art Pepper were virtually the only alto players of their generation not directly influenced by Charlie Parker. Desmond was influenced by Lester Young, but took it further, into melodic and harmonic worlds never before traveled by reedmen especially in the upper registers. Desmond is best known for his years with the Dave Brubeck Quartet (1959-1967) and his well-known composition "Take Five." He met Brubeck in the late '40s and played with his Octet. The Quartet formed toward the end of 1950 and took final shape with Eugene Wright and Joe Morello a few years later. Jazz at Oberlin and Take Five were considered essential purchases by college students of the era, but Jazz Impressions of Japan was its most innovative recording. Desmond played his loping, slow, ordered, and intricate solos in direct contrast to the pianist's obsession with large chords, creating a myriad of textures for melodic and rhythmic counterpoint unlike any heard in jazz. His witty quotations from musicals, classical pieces, and folk songs were also a watermark of his artistry. When the Quartet split in 1967, Desmond began an intermittent yet satisfying recording career. It included dates with Gerry Mulligan for Verve, various sessions with Jim Hall, and a concert with the the Modern Jazz Quartet. He played his last gigs with the Brubeck Quartet at reunions before dying of lung cancer. Desmond's recordings for RCA have gotten box-set treatment and Mosaic issued one of the complete sessions with Hall. There are also reissues from A&M and CTI, though recordings on Artist House and Finesse remain regrettably out of print.~Thom Jurek http://www.allmusic.com/artist/paul-desmond-mn0000069348/biography

Take Five

Emily Remler - Firefly

Styles: Guitar Jazz
Year: 1981
File: MP3@320K/s
Time: 40:16
Size: 92,6 MB
Art: Front + Back

(5:34)  1. Strollin'
(5:27)  2. Look To The Sky
(4:10)  3. Perk's Blues
(4:10)  4. The Firefly
(5:35)  5. Movin' Along
(2:14)  6. A Taste Of Honey
(5:13)  7. Inception
(7:49)  8. In A Sentimental Mood

It sounds very clichéd to say that many of music's best and brightest have lived fast and died young, but it is so true. From Jimi Hendrix to Charlie Parker to Patsy Cline, the 20th century was full of talented artists whose lives were cut short by their self-destructive ways. In an ideal world, Emily Remler would have had a very long career and made it to seventy or eighty; instead, the guitarist used heroin and died of a heart attack at 32. Firefly was Remler's first album as a leader, and it is a promising debut. Joined by pianist Hank Jones, bassist Bob Maize, and drummer Jake Hanna, a 24-year-old Remler delivers an enjoyable hard bop date. The album isn't groundbreaking by early-'80s standards although Firefly was recorded in 1981, it sounds like it could have been recorded in 1961. But there is no law stating that every young jazz musician who comes along has to reinvent the wheel, and Remler (whose influences include Wes Montgomery and Herb Ellis) brings a lot of potential to lively, swinging performances of Horace Silver's "Strollin'," McCoy Tyner's "Inception," and Montgomery's "Movin' Along." The New Jersey native also provides two original tunes ("Perk's Blues" and "The Firefly") and pleasantly surprises listeners by unearthing a pretty but lesser-known Antonio Carlos Jobim song titled "Look to the Sky." Unlike "The Girl From Ipanema," "Corcovado," or "One Note Samba," "Look to the Sky" is far from a standard; however, Remler's heartfelt interpretation demonstrates that the Jobim melody deserves to be much better known. With Firefly, Remler's recording career was off to an appealing start a career that should have been much, much longer.~Alex Henderson http://www.allmusic.com/album/firefly-mw0000076149

Personnel: Emily Remler (guitar), Hank Jones (piano), Bob Maize (bass), Jake Hanna (drums).

Firefly

Don Cherry,Dewey Redman,Charlie Haden,Ed Blackwell - Old And New Dreams

Styles: Trumpet Jazz
Year: 1976
File: MP3@320K/s
Time: 44:02
Size: 102,2 MB
Art: Front

( 6:57)  1. Handwoven
( 5:57)  2. Dewey's Tune
( 7:39)  3. Chairman Mao
( 6:48)  4. Next To The Quiet Stream
(10:12)  5. Augmented
( 6:27)  6. Old And New Dreams

The first album from this key group of Ornette Coleman alums an all-star combo that features work from Don Cherry on pocket trumpet, Dewey Redman on tenor, Charlie Haden on bass, and Ed Blackwell on drums! The sound here is quite Ornette-inspired at times with a definite late 70s harmelodic groove but given the organic, acoustic nature of the lineup, the sound is almost more faithful to Coleman's vision than Ornette's records of the time. Haden and Blackwell are great together, as always driving the tunes with a rhythmic force that Cherry and Redman can't help but carry through. Titles include "Handwoven", "Dewey's Tune", "Chairman Mao", "Next To The Quiet Stream", "Augmented", and "Old & New Dreams". © 1996-2016, Dusty Groove, Inc. https://www.dustygroove.com/item/78320

Personnel: Don Cherry ( Trumpet );  Dewey Redman ( Tenor Sax, Musette );  Charlie Haden ( Bass );  Ed Blackwell ( Drums )

Old And New Dreams